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$80,000 pension because he used a multiplier of 4%. but steve, when you look at, for instance, just a state employee, it is half that number. we'll move that graphic here in just a second. ok. look at that. 80,000 for the legislature and only about $43,000 for the average state worker. >> right. same amount of time spent, same final salary but they -- the formulas are very complex. that's one of the problems that we have with the system. people who don't understand what the real costs are so they give themselves a better formula than state workers. >> you mean the multiplier. >> yeah, exactly....

Disagreement, chris. there, it was a matter of trying to bring more jobs to this state. indiana has been winning two-thirds of the time with we get a shot at new jobs. we have been rated as one of the bestions climates in the country by everyone now. but, there was a very large percentage of the time, maybe a third of the opportunities we didn't get a shot at because the businesses -- for their own reasons -- insisted on this freedom. two very separate questions as we saw them. we are not going after anybody, we are going after better government and more jobs for people in our state. >> chris:...

To keep his job. i think he will. >> eric: guess what? the number back up o'reilly and the governor. pull up the whiteboard. look at the upside down logic that drove wisconsin in a ditch. i'll ask you to comment on this. is after act 10, governor walker's bill that changed the wisconsin law. and collective bargaining agreements afterwards. look, if you are a state worker, you make $81,637. total compensation, salary and benefit. private workers $67,068. that is 22% less. how is it possible that these people work, they pay their taxes to pay the salary. it's upside down. just it's not up -- >> ...

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