scranton, tried and to cut city workers pay to minimum wage and that includes firefighters and police. we would like to hear what you think about how cities can control their budgets. how would you get city budgets under control? here are the numbers to call? you can also find us online. here is the front page of the times tribune of scranton, pennsylvania. here is the the associated press version of the story scranton, pennsylvania is not the only city problem with its budget. we will look at a number of stories about cities and towns across the country. here is what out of kansas from the wichita eagle. detroit, michigan is getting help from its brothers. money problems there, and questions about how many police can stay on the job. let s hear from you and how you would get city budgets under control. from our democratic line, from michigan, good morning. caller: good morning, i live maybe 50 miles from flint, michigan and maybe 30 miles from saginaw, michigan and
september 20, 2012, to cope with the budget cuts. we ll talk more about that as we get into this segment of the program. but we want to get your input on the discussion. and here are the numbers if you want to be involved with the conversation. we have a special number for the first 45 minutes of the program. for army civilians. if you would like to get in touch with us via e-mail the ad dress is journal at c-span.org. or you can follow us on twitter. this is more at the item that we got at national journal.com under the headline army to slash thousands of civilian jobs in 2012. they write 90% of the cuts will come from the installation management command. more from the statement that was released by the army earlier this week. the department of army announced december 8th, our first call regarding the 8700 civilian job cuts expected in 2012 comes from madison, wisconsin on our line for democrats. caller: i m calling because i think that defense cuts are a good thing for econ