i mean this country we shouldnt be talking about you know these polarized topics we should be talking about jobs and how do we all make the investments in education and infrastructure and technology and innovation to move this i mean all 50 states we should be competing against each other to see who can drive our economies the fastest and you know the budget is tough its difficult but if everyone is at the table well get through it haley but lets be clear this was cowardly this was irresponsible they left their state at a time when their state needed them the most because they dont want to take a vote whether they are for it or against it you come back and you represent the people of your state i think what governor walker is doing is showing that he is standing his ground i talked to him this past week he is holding strong i told him the people of this country want him to hold strong i think what is absolutely shameful is those senators left their state crosstalk tapper but governor haley if i could just follow up for one second there is no correlation according to statistics between a states ability to collectively bargain with its public employees and whether or not they have a budget deficit there is you know this firsthand your state is a right to work state haley thats right tapper and in fact in the new republic joseph mccartin argues quote there is no direct correlation between public sector collective bargaining and yawning state budget deficits according to data gathered by the center for budget and policy priorities while wisconsin projects a state budget deficit of 128 percent for 2012 north carolina which does not allow government workers to bargain faces a significantly higher deficit 20 percent ohio whose republican governor john kasich has also made clear his desire to roll back collective bargaining has a deficit thats only about half the size of nonunion north carolina isnt this just a power grab by those who oppose unions haley absolutely not because what youre looking at is these employees oppose the health care cuts they have opposed the benefit cuts so theyre saying no to everything so collective bargaining is a combination of all of that what hes saying is now more than ever we have got to get control of our states weve got to get control of our budgets this is the time where he has got to make decisions hes trying to do that and i think the people elected him to do that crosstalk patrick i think excuse me nikki im sorry i just all of us as you said and as we would all acknowledge are dealing with these kinds of challenges trying to get benefits rebalanced trying to our gaps our budget gaps closed all im saying is theres another way and weve shown that there