55% we talk about state and local budgets and 80% we re talking about cities and school districts budgets. big numbers there. it is not all dour necessarily here, chris. 2007 and 2008 saw a spurt in union membership built on membership drives during economic times that were certainly a little more positive. so perhaps when the economy turns here so will the outlook for unions long term, chris. all right, richard, thank you so much. let s bring our company back in. christina bellantoni from roll call. radio talk show hoecht guy benson. journalist and publisher karen hunter. guy, let me start with you. is what s going on here in wisconsin, for example, a governor looking to close a budget gap or are we just looking at union busting? well, i think it has to do with balancing the budget and some of the obligations wisconsin owes to the public sector unions simply can t be met moving forward. they ve got a massive budget deficit. and the governor s doing what he was elected to do. he ca