state senator dale schultz to vote with democrats. and you heard what john nichols had to say earlier, that the democrats are targeting mike ellis. republicans need one democrat to flip. democrats need three republicans to come out against walker s bill. joining me now is the wisconsin senate minority leader mark miller and senator lena taylor. welcome to the program tonight. you know, that picture right there, america is looking at people who have got the guts to stand up to a radical agenda. you re leading the way. senator miller, governor walker called your request for talks ridiculous. what is your reaction to that? well, you know, ed, it s good to see you again. it s been two long weeks since last we met but the governor in that same press conference said he had zero flexibility and then accuses us of not being able to negotiate. i think i am beginning to understand one of the reasons
us being able to restore our economy and that has to be exports. we have to have free trade agreements. there you go again. free trade is always the answer. in fact, john mccain voted to approve every free trade agreement that has come up in the senate. he says nafta was a good idea even though it resulted in a loss of more than a million u.s. jobs. john mccain and his corporate backers love these trade agreemen agreements. they helped send american jobs to underpaid foreigners and make sure the products like iphones are never made in the united states of america again. if you think this isn t related to what s going on in wisconsin and around the country you better think again. when you bust unions and get rid of their bargaining power it is easier to fire workers and shift their jobs overseas. when i slammed john mccain for not knowing iphones are made in china, i m not doing it because he is old. i m doing it because he doesn t care about the consequences. that s the takedown.
in support of his initiatives. how many signatures do you have to recall her? we don t have exact numbers just because we like to pore over the data as they come in and check the signatures to make sure they are legitimate and no duplicates but we have several thousand already and we just started. ts is one you re going to have to recall it sounds like because she is in the governor s camp and won t move? that is correct. she is cochair of the joint finance committee so she s in a powerful position and she has refused to listen to her constituents and we can t wait for her to be up for re-election in 2012. some other numbers out there the wpri poll. would you solve the budget, how would you solve the budget gap? 72% of the people in wisconsin want the income tax on people making over $150,000 to go up.รง 50% say raising the state tax by 1% point. and 31% reducing state aid to local governments and school
today republicans began fining democratic lawmakers $250 for each day they spend outside indiana just like the wisconsin 14 the indiana 37 have vowed not to return until they get a compromise. joining me now from an undisclosed location in illinois is indiana state democratic leader patrick bauer along with indiana state representatives lawson, porter, battles, and tyler. welcome to all of you tonight. leader bauer, good to have you on. speak to this issue about the public paying for private schools. how likely is a compromise on the school voucher system seeing the republicans want to hang on to that so bad. your thoughts on that? tlnchts will be a voucher bill. who is in effect we re trying to make it lower income families and a lower number. right now they have it so it s split the first year and would cost the state approximately
it s been almost three weeks. there are no talks that are productive at this point. is that a fair analysis? well, clearly, based on what they did today, there is a question of whether or not as senator jauch said we can trust anything they say or do. you ask whether or not, how long we can stay out, the issue at this juncture is whose side are they on as senator miller has stated and in the long run we re going to ultimately have to go home. we can t stay here. we ll continue to analyze what to do but the recalls really also provide an opportunity for wisconsinites to take this and do what needs to be done to hold them accountable. they ll see them now, hear them now, listen to them now, or have to deal with them later. senator miller, senator taylor and the group great to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time so much. just like wisconsin democratic legislators in indiana have had enough for their governor s plan