And I think that public employees have been at the forefront of doing that. They have given up. You know, A lot of [public employees] are seeing lower pay than they had 10 years ago, much higher cost for benefits. And, you know, ultimately that takes a lot of money out of our economy because these are workers who are middle class, they're lower middle class. (02:09–22:44)
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Asserts that public employees face lower pay and higher benefit costs compared to 10 years ago.
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