and went on a trip, they came back and they decided they had to do something, it s called outreach. here is her speech at the white house today. each labor day volunteers all over iowa helped pack 4 million meals. and in the united states and canada, tens of thousands of volunteers of all ages and nationalities have so far helped us to pack a total of 232 million meals. so far. i thought kathy hamilton gave an amazing speech. and you can see george h.w. bush there and he had an amazing, amazing pair of socks on today. we ll move on. i could talk about the president bushes all day long. i know. and the show would just thank you for it. eric. so i have an issue with my puppy freedom.
and to pack meals. we started an organization called outreach. each day, we took another step toward a bigger operation. one day, we had no intention of building, but to expand. others were eager to help us. each labor day, volunteers all over iowa helped pack 4 million meals. and in the united states and canada, tens of thousands of volunteers of all ages and nationalities, have so far helped us to pack a total of 232 million meals so far. [ applause ]
380 million that, means 200 million go back to the government side. 133 federal tax, $15 million in state tax, using missouri state tax rate. guess what? governments take nearly a billion dollars, took in nearly a billion dollars last night and the winner split 232 million. so 116 million. gretchen: here is the question that nobody can answer for me today. that is the whole purpose of the lottery, the intention of the lottery originally was for states to raise money to help education. sure. they do. gretchen: excuse me. we are terrible at school right now. our students are on a downgrade. we re talking constantly about having no budgets for our schools and we re talking right now on capitol hill about raising taxes because we have no money. and by the way, guys, there is a huge, huge controversy brewing over this literally trillion dollar bomb that could explode in student loans defaulting and maybe there is
223,510. by the way, if you decide to take the lump sum, you ll have to pay tax. after taxes, 232 million. what do you do with all that money? i have no idea. i ve been trying to think about it all morning. i still don t know what to do. i guess buy a new car and house. steve: no kidding. or a fleet of them. thank you very much. all it takes is $2 and a dream. brian: right. and of course, everyone will probably end up with a piece of the puzzle. i think the winner should share, spread the wealth. gretchen: coming up, one educator claims she can stop school bullies by massaging them. that s rubbing a whole lot of people the wrong way. brian: remember the shrimp on the treadmill? you should, your tax dollars paid for it. the man who exposed this waste, senator tom coburn live here with a simple way the president can avoid the fiscal cliff [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer s
of july celebrates, independence, of course. here are some facts about the date you may have not known. july, 1776, 2.5 million people lived in the united states, now the nation s population is nearly 314 million. fireworks, of course, are a booming business with annual sales at nearly $232 million. that s a lot almost as much as the costume the independence day not always a celebration. three u.s. presidents have died on july 4th. i didn t know that either. of course, as you can tell by our serious set, we are doing nothing but celebrating right now. get that wiener, amanda, show initiative. this is our facebook question of the day, what are your plans for the 4th of july. go to wnnfans.com and let us know. uh-huh. and you can tell us or you could show us if you want to. yeah, tweet your pictures to us at abcwnn, hash tag wnn fans. you never know your photos