financial manager who wasn t elected but was just appointed by a right wing governor? tell me where the fairness is in america. joining me now, president of the communication workers of america. lth good to have you with us. related to this shut down, you know, what does this say to america, that they are getting paid when they re technically not working and making any progress whatsoever, and what does it say to america when you have such a terrible disparity of a guy who spends 20 years there, but yet you have workers and wagers who spend 30 years and have their retirement and benefits always under the gun. most workers have no pension at all. taxpayers have put more into his savings plan where he could also put money in. that s another 200,000. the global standard is that when we retire at a noumal retirement