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For seniors. that's the simple facts. if you don't like it, vote no. >> you know that the ryan plan transforms it to put market forces in there. i know you don't like it. >> what does transform it mean? >> what it does, takes it to voucher programs -- by the way we're talking about people under 55 years old. medicare we know will not exist because it is a path to go broke. soap you have to make some changes and i welcome the president to the table. remember it was the president and you democrats who cut medicare last year to fund for -- fund obama care, you did cut it, $500 billion. that was p...

Sends to local governments plus he's going to reduce the amount of money they send to school districts but at the same time that he makes the cuts in education, statewide he's going to increase voucher programs. >> they say he's going to lower the deficit by 90%. i thought it would have to be 100%. we'll have to see. what's hanging in the balance and by the way, he had to scream over people that were yelling. >> and beating the drum. >> and beating the drum. crazy situation. one thing about governor walker, the guy is unflappable. even joe montana was more flappable. this guy doesn't budge. ma...

It's not even close. >> this week, four states passed bills encouraging charter schools. south carolina, mississippi, indiana and new jersey, all considering voucher programs allowing students to attend charter and in some cases, private or parochial schools at public expense. a move many fear will drain money from public schools. >> in a time when president obama says we need to experiment, we need to learn from our past experiences, we really have yet to learn whether those experiments with charter have been successful. >> charter schools aren't for everyone. some of them require parents to ...

Fought for race to the top dollars. the same people who want this coverage opposed race to the top dollars money that could have been spent on education. many of my constituents have called. there's been a lot of news about it on talk radio here in milwaukee. a lot of people are disturbed that this is the priority. again, the question is, how does this help educate the children in the city of milwaukee and the state of wisconsin for that matter? >> greta: is the teachers' union just as aggressive in fighting cuts to teachers and improving the education of students as they are fighting for viag...

Fought for race to the top dollars. the same people who want this coverage opposed race to the top dollars money that could have been spent on education. many of my constituents have called. there's been a lot of news about it on talk radio here in milwaukee. a lot of people are disturbed that this is the priority. again, the question is, how does this help educate the children in the city of milwaukee and the state of wisconsin for that matter? >> greta: is the teachers' union just as aggressive in fighting cuts to teachers and improving the education of students as they are fighting for viag...