0 tactic. he doesn't want anybody else, the wealthiest residents of this city, to do a little bit more. he is willing to protect others. bloomberg believes that new york city's firefighters, police officers and teachers. they're the problem. i offer to you tonight that he is dead wrong on this. meanwhile, what is he doing? he is protecting his buddies down wall street. you see just last week, he took shot at form he u.s. governor elliot spitzer. he said if he is elected new york city comptroller, it is not his job to investigate problems on wall street. do we have an admission from the mayor that there are problems on wall street? the mayor needs to learn that you cannot trust wall street. there are no guarantees. under bloomberg, we have seen the financial collapse of 2008. he stood silent. if the mayor would step forward out saying, workers aren't doing enough. that's what he said this week. our obligations to them are too much. i did not hear any of that after september 11, 2001. finally he made another comparison between new york and detroit that is truly unbelievable. >> avoiding the hard troiss is how detroit went bankrupt and it is the road to ryan for any city. >> it is. it sure is. with holding money from a city, in from a state government is really sinful. this is totally disingenuous and off the mark. mayor bloomberg is the one avoiding the hard choices. the mayor has failed to renegotiate contracts with city boringers. who knows? maybe the unions would take a benefit change. they're not coming to the table to try to screw anybody. in some cases it has been years since public workers have been under contract in the city. the result is the current dispute between the city government and the public unions is real. and he is running away saying, well, the next guy better not be too friendly to the unions. it is always the unions, isn't it? never the wealthiest paper shufflers down the street. mayor bloomberg is leaving it up to the successor to fix the mess that he really never addressed. income inequality is just as real here as anywhere else in the country. and he is taking the narrative from detroit, michigan. it is okay if a city goes bankrupt. as long as we can break the unions, screw the workers and blame it on them and let the rich people run free i can tell you if. this guy is the media darling. he may be one of the toughest media commentaries that has ever been blistered on this guy but dam it, he deserves it. he the people who have worked in the city for 30 years and earned a pension. this narrative that the conservatives are playing out, now in the richett city in america, you know what? you are the problem the biggest voting bloc, the biggest social networking machine the democrats have is organized labor. they're doing everything they can to destroy it across this country. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. does mayor michael bloomberg care more about wall street? or workers? you can always go to our blog at msnbc.com and leave a comment there. we'll bring you the results later in the show. how do you turn your back on an american worker? how do you make the case to the public that people that are willing to go into burk buildings to save other people, that maybe at the end of the day, they're really not worth that much. at the end of decades of service to a city. i'll tell you what. you have to be a filthy rich guy to have that kind of an attitude. for more, let's turn to new york city democrating mayoral candidate, bill, good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> mayor bloomberg says new york city was paying $1.4 billion for pensions in 2002. by 2009 it was $6.9 billion. first of all, is this number correct? and why is it that number in. >> we've seen real growth in the money we have to put into pension on the gagss but a lot of that was the decisions michael bloomberg made. he will always talk about what workers have done wrong. when talk about taxing the wealthy, i pr pose a tax on people make ahalf million or more. i said let's do it for our schools, let's do it for our children. we know thousands of children are being left behind. he said it was the most ridiculous thing he ever heard. >> what if we turned to mayor bloomberg and say i think you own too much. i know you didn't he shall it like the workers did, right? you're special. come. on let's talk about fairness here fairness has left the building. see the million of dollars paid out over my administration, this is wrong. this is what we've got to stop. >> he is in the vanguard of that group that says no more define benefit pensions. they want to go to a system where we let the market decide. just like social security and just as dangerous. the bottom line is these hard working people, they earn these pensions. it is a way we protect people's retirement. we help create stability in our society. but he adamantly oppose that's and opposes any effort to address inequality with a tax on the wealthy. >> my solution, and i rail on the mayor. i rail on the city. it is a transaction tax. why are we afraid to tax every transaction on wall street for the benefit of this city? they enjoy the safety. they take home the billions. $20 billion in bonus money. come on. why are we afraid to do that? or what would you do? >> i think there is a set of options. i think income tax is the first one. i believe that. i think we can do it most quickly and effectively and use to it save our school systems. there is commuter tax that was taken away and should be there. people come into the city, almost 3 million people a year, a day, and they don't pay for the services they get do you think this is an attack on workers? he is the first mayor to take bait. >> it is a theiry. it is a fact. i think it is union busting with a velvet glove. he may not sound like scott walker. he may not sound like kasich or christie but it is the same effect and it constantly takes the onus off the wealthy and puts on it working people. >> he says the next mayor if it is union friendly, fees will go up. if you were elected, are you going to be union friendly? >> absolutely. i believe the labor movement of the city is not only working in the interests of the people a lot of folks don't get paid so well. i wish it was facetious. some even live in the shelter. there are city workers who are not paid enough that they can make ends meet in new york city. some even live in a shelter. of course they're doing their job. >> has the mayor kicked the can down the road? he has protected the wealthy in the city and he is not going to the level of fairness needed to keep one the expenses. >> for a guy who likes to talk about fiscal responsibility, he is the first mayor in our history to leave every city labor contract unresolved simultaneously which puts our future in danger. >> all part of the plan. >> it could be. it is part of his legacy to avoid the tough decisions on the contracts so he could have a sunny ending to his administration. i wish he would admit that it was an responsible thing to do. >> good to have you with us on the ed show. remember tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. answer that, please. and share your thoughts with us. we always want to know what you think. coming up, powerball made some new millionaires in new jersey while some old millionaires held secret meetings in the desert. and the rnc chairman gives a new hillary documentary two thumbs down. 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