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Gos the whole country basically other than north dakota has been in a deep recession. 49 different states have budget tree misery happening now. here is a simple test. we will call it the rick scott test. a simple test to determine whether your quality of life and your share of the american dream is going to shrivel significantly this year for a real economic reason or just because you have a bad governor. we call this the rick scott test. newly elected governor rick scott didn't just use the state budget deficit to justify cutting public education down to the bone and through it. he didn't s...

To shrivel significantly this year for a real economic reason or just because you have a bad governor. we call this the rick scott test because elected florida governor rick scott didn't just use a deficit to justify cutting public education down to the bone and through it. he didn't say oh, our state deficit is so bad i've got to kill education to make the deficit better. no, rick scott gets the bad governor test named after him because rick scott found a way to make huge, devastating cuts to education in a way that does not help the state's budget deficit at all. rick scott has just announce...

Deficit. then as it went on longer, the union ovd to give all the concessions he wanted. if he was just concerned about the deficit, he would have won, game over. governor walker not only didn't accept the concessions, he didn't even want to talk about them. and now today, this keeps going on. comes the threat from governor walker if he doesn't get what he wants by tomorrow, he may have to begin the process of laying off people, laying off state workers. why tomorrow? tomorrow is the deadline for refinancing the state's debt. that is a move as far as i can tell will add another $14 million ont...

If he was just concerned about the deficit, he would have won, game over. governor walker not only didn't accept the concessions, he didn't even want to talk about them. and now today, this keeps going on. comes the threat from governor walker if he doesn't get what he wants by tomorrow, he may have to begin the process of laying off people, laying off state workers. why tomorrow? tomorrow is the deadline for refinancing the state's debt. that is a move as far as i can tell will add another $14 million onto wisconsin's state deficit. so what's the reasoning here? we have such a deficit problem...

Price you can afford. call this number or go to selectquote dot com. selectquote. we shop. you save. jenna: union workers and supporters out in full force today holding rallies across this nation. we're getting more indication that this story is getting more interesting. hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. all new on hospitals the labor union taking up the cause of state workers in wisconsin. we are seeing more today. thousands gathering to show solidarity in more than a dozen states. the protest sparked by a budget battle in wisconsin where the governor is looking for labor conc...