last year. hogstess, they will go to mediation to try to resolve their differences and save 18,000 jobs. holidays apparently such a source of financial stress 45% of those surveyed said they would rather skip. 45% use layaway programs as way to handle the financial burden. log to to fox business.com giving you the power to prosper. greta: obamacare may be the law of the land but that is not stopping many republican governors. they are still keeping up their fight. mary fanlon is not giving up the fight. the governor joins us. nice to see you? nice to see you. greta: tell me why don t you want to set up a stated exchange and defer to the default one? well, basically oklahoma said
people are going to layaway programs. they are starting earlier. they are more budget conscience. they will spend only $750 on average per person. that just an increase 1 percent over last year, the small of the increase since we had the huge financial meltdown in 2008. there will be a lot more stores competing for fewer dollars and they will do what they can to get you in. heather: but it is still an increase. i likened it to the stuff that creeps all over the ground, ku kudzo. won t it kill the christmas spirit? guest: research i found is that black friday, everyone rushes over each other to get to the big deal busters, black friday does not give you deals, the time to shop is now for more stuff. there are more discounts. stores are putting more things
first time you have met. is that correct? guest: yes. rick: what is it like to realize he made christmas special for your boy? guest: it is to put a face with the name, and i m just happy that i can say thank you, in person. rick: how did you come up with this idea? guest: well, the south beach athletic club, a nonprofit organization, we started thinking about this in october, and we do a number of charity causes throughout the year and we started hearing about the layaway programs and we looked at layaway programs most last for two months and the individual goes into default, and there is upfront fee of $5, a cancellation fee of $10 to $15 depending on the store, and because of that we said, well, if someone has a $50 layaway they have $40 in, that $20 taken out and the cancellation for
we talk about income inequality, talk about income disparity. and yet we have reports that luxury goods are, you know, at peak levels. the wall street journal says sales of luxury cars are going strong. saks fifth avenue had sales up in november. meanwhile, at target, walmart and toys r us, the layaway programs have expanded. you have, effectively, two americans here in terms of economic health. i think that there s a real disconnect between those in leadership and congress, who are, you know, talking about payroll tax cuts and unemployment insurance, and those who are actually dealing with this stuff, and whose heads are barely being kept above water because of these subsidies, because of these tax credits. my concern here, though, is that in the genius of the founders, the idea was to link the outcomes for ordinary people to the outcomes for elected leaders. and when you have a political system that can disfranchise the poorest americans through these new voter i.d. laws, throu
class but it will set a precedent for other football players to follow. look, denver bronco guy is total independent person. he is an adult. kids that go to school have to follow the rules. you can t have prayers in the halls, it s not appropriate. what if they were muslims? it doesn t make any difference. are you kidding. they were not warned. i think it s severe to suspend them for doing this. it s overreacting. tim tebow did tell the kids you have to follow the rules. do you agree with tim? so here is another story, anonymous donors, you heard about the layaway programs where they are paying off layaway