teachers, snowplow drivers in wisconsin and in all of those states in saying, we're with you, we want to stand up with you and make sure that, when you work hard for a living, you get rewarded. >> we spent a lot of time focusing on wisconsin but i want to ask you about what's happening in providence, rhode island. we have every teacher in the district in providence, rhode island getting a pink slip. every single teacher. they have a $40 million deficit. why are teachers being targeted? >> i think this is the crisis in the states, that we averted with the american recovery act the past two years, and we are now having to confront thinking about what kind of country do we want to be in state after state after state, as these states cannot fill their budget holes. and i agree that it's wrong to prioritize teachers, of all of the services for these cuts, because i think what what we have to do is get back to the table with the private sector, working people in our government