-cio and currently chief of staff to the president the utility workers union of america he's also the author of two brilliant books including his latest plane bigger than you are a life in organizing story welcome tom it's great to be with you thank you for having me on tonight thank you how does this republican budget you know i laid out of a few of the details but you know what's the psychology behind this is solved and working people it's hard for me to figure out i mean it's it's pretty clear that the republicans big is a future of amps and have nots with no middle class and they're working very hard to destroy the middle class i mean one of the things that paul ryan's budget would do would destroy retirement for middle class americans my father who has alzheimer's is in a assisted living home in west tennessee where i'm from as you know. and if paul ryan's budget were to go into effect he'd be thrown out in the street and and with all signers and. i would have to try to find a way to take care of me while i work full time actually there's always this whole time this is a modern v