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>> if you didn't give them lavish pension we couldn't recruit the same employees. those arguments were false. they led us down the wrong path. >> we are the ones that are being demonized by carl demile, every day acting as if we are the ones with the six-figure pension. >> unions say average workers aren't the issue. it's the white collar management dropping the pension. a retired librarian left her job with $234,000 annual pension. >> i want the taxpayers to know that government employees are going to receive no better retirement package, retirement contribution than the hard-working families...

Of scare tactics and misinformation in the arguments to spike pensions over the past 15 years. they said if you didn't give employees lavish pensions we wouldn't be able to recruit and retain quality employees. those arguments were false. they led us down the wrong path. and now we are paying the price. >> reporter: so, jon, as you know unions will fight this tooth and nail, first in television, direct mail and finally in the courts if it survives however, you can bet that other cities are going to give this a hard look because they too are facing very big pension problems. back to you. jon: e...

proceeded to get in. all i knew, i was on the ground. million dollar baby. this man was once homeless. now he's on the brink of becoming a million-dollar champ. meet the man and hear his amazing story live. that and more right here right now on cnn. >> stand by. good evening, everyone. i'm don lemon. until just a few minutes ago, we had only heard of him as one of two u.s. service men killed this weekend in afghanistan. but now it has become all too real as we learn his name and we see his face. he is lieutenant colonel john loftus, a 44-year-old air force officer from paducah, k...

In the white house and it's this kind of voodoo mask that has put us on the wrong path. this idea that these intermnible "temporary" benefits are good for the economy. and that handing over these checks rather than giving these people jobs and calling it stimulation, that they're spending these at the mall is ridiculous and, of course, it completely leaves out of the calculation who is paying for these benefits. it's small businesses. the backbone of the american economy. and now they're seeing their unemployment insurance taxes double, triple, sometimes more than that. a lot of these state un...

Why? >> unfortunately the president, i like him personally and i respect him, he is going to be talking about the policies that he promoting that i is taking our knoong the wrong direction. as matter of conscience i will not be there. i protesting he will be talking about policies that are leading us in the wrong path. look at the last three weeks, keystone pipeline, defense cuts and unconstitutional appointments to the national labor relations board. i can't be a part of that. >> greta: from time to time, but to listen and not necessarily agree. president bush, those that might have been oppo...