benefits. last june despite strong union opposition, 70% of san jose voters, the same number that supported president obama in 08 vote the for measure b. reed got his victory the same day scott walker easily is survived a union led recall challenge. but the san jose democrat bristles at the comparison. lots of people tried to draw the parallel with san jose and wisconsin. it is not a good analcy. analogy. he says he wants to force the union to accept cuts while walker curtailed some of their bargaining rights. in san jose we negotiated with the unions hundreds of hours and they are are still an important part of what we have to deal with. in providence, rhode island, mayor tavares feels the same way. he took office in 2012. i came into office expecting the deficit just not one of the
implement. instead, firefighters and police sued claiming measure b is unconstitutional. reed is standing firm. what is the one thing that keeps you up at night. the long-term fiscal impacts of these problems. spend the money if you have it. if you don t have it, don t spend it. we began this hour from this spot because wall street is the center of modern finance. but we end here on a different thought. behind me is federal hall. that is where our national government first met after the constitution was is ratified. one of the framers gravest concerns is that the nation could be profoundly weakened if debts run up by the states were not handled in a responsible way. not everyone agreed about what to do then and, yes, the issues are different today but two core ideas of the founders still apply. first, out of control debt can destroy is country s ability to chart its own destiny.
jose voters, the same number that supported president obama in 08 vote the for measure b. reed got his victory the same day scott walker easily is survived a union led recall challenge. but the san jose democrat bristles at the comparison. lots of people tried to draw the parallel with san jose and wisconsin. it is not a good analcy. analogy. he says he wants to force the union to accept cuts while walker curtailed some of their bargaining rights. in san jose we negotiated with the unions hundreds of hours and they are are still an important part of what we have to deal with. providence, rhod, mayor tavares feels the same way. he took office in 2012. i came into office expecting the deficit just not one of the magnitude we found. he acted quickly, notifying
jose voters, the same number that supported president obama in 08 vote the for measure b. reed got his victory the same day scott walker easily is survived a union led recall challenge. but the san jose democrat bristles at the comparison. lots of people tried to draw the parallel with san jose and wisconsin. it is not a good analcy. analogy. he says he wants to force the union to accept cuts while walker curtailed some of their bargaining rights. in san jose we negotiated with the unions hundreds of hours and they are are still an important part of what we have to deal with. in providence, rhode island, mayor tavares feels the same way. he took office in 2012. i came into office expecting the deficit just not one of the magnitude we found. he acted quickly, notifying
going to ten to cut services or bring down the cost of pensions. it would save the city billions over time but voters had to approve it first. that was hardly a slam dunk in a county that vot voted 70% for obama in 2008. reed pushed his case hard, demonizing city workers says firefighter robert s api en. trying to convince the public things were bad in the city because of employees. in some cases people have been accosted in grocery stores. from the firefighters and police officers perspective have you heard the stories they have been verbally abused and treated with scorn? there have been some instances of that but the facts are difficult and the facts are we have cut services over and over and over again to fund very expensive retirement benefits. last june despite strong union opposition, 70% of san