February 27, 2011. “If you didn’t have collective bargaining would it be better for the state? Absolutely.”

Florida Governor Rick Scott talks with Bloomberg’s Al Hunt about his state’s budget and taxes, his decision to reject $2.4 billion in federal money for a high-speed rail project, and President Barack Obama’s performance. Bloomberg’s Indira Lakshmanan and Julianna Goldman discuss the turmoil in Libya. Bloomberg’s Greg Stohr comments on Obama’s decision not to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages. Commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O’Beirne discuss protests by public workers in Wisconsin. (Source: Bloomberg)

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