You're watching...
American Spectator founder R. Emmett Tyrell on public sector unions, liberalism and the health-care mandate.
Also in this playlist...
Auto-advance: ON
Auto-advance
This transcript is automatically generated
This from Chicago from 20012010.
Chicago area pension debt to grew 600%.
Totaling 27 point four billion -- us.
Just last week the Supreme Court delivered a major blow to the unions and how the SE -- U -- views and following Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's recall.
Election victory.
It could be the beginning of the end for the unions are -- -- all through all -- the death of liberalism and joins us from Washington.
I guess you that you think that said this is the beginning of the end for public sector unions -- Well I I wrote that the death of liberalism.
After thank you very carefully about all of this I think the real that that the unions are one problem.
For liberalism but far more important.
Is of the fiscal insolvency in the country -- state local and national levels and this fiscal insolvency is going to have -- for the second.
-- -- -- -- Not independents to join with conservatives and they're going to sweep rob out in this -- are gonna sweep Obama out of office he's of course is styled socialist.
He beat -- Hillary Clinton in -- way and put.
Put paid to liberalism.
-- you've been reading the tea leaves on the Supreme -- like everybody else has.
You think that the mandates is toast it's gone.
Yes I think -- But that doesn't have anything you about the death of liberal and as I couldn't believe I believe the Supreme Court is.
Is.
Role -- by the law and the law is what it is -- My second Bob I think it does represent a huge setback -- liberalism in the sense that it's a setback for the whole idea that government does everything for everybody.
It always struck down on reversed.
And and I I think he's non that it obamacare is unpopular.
I think American exceptional -- is coming -- the -- -- fits with your your your whole schedule here.
That's correct and in one other aspect of this law.
In the whole country there's a clutch of people that understand -- the rest of the nation doesn't understand it well the liberals.
Became.
Enamored of passing laws that were -- -- on understandable on incomprehensible.
To be a majority the American people.
And I think that in itself.
Puts this law.
Beyond the pale.
Do you can you see the day in the near future well we will ban.
Public sector unions is.
Not possible.
Well I don't know I mean I'm no expert on unions I really don't know but they are -- trouble you can be sure of that.
Well general we thank you and I'm sorry.
Just call me often that.
Yes that is a deal thank you very much indeed for joining us so we much appreciate it thank you I.
