indicate they might be willing to sign on to this. rand paul was on one of the sunday talk shows yesterday, taking well, if there are offsets, budget cuts offsetting the cost of extending those unemployment benefits for the long term jobless, he would be willing to go along with that. but gene sperling during this press briefing a few moments ago saying the president wants this passed with no strings attached. and wolf, one thing we noticed, keeping in mind, this is the first press briefing of the new year here at the white house and first we have heard from this white house really since president obama held that year and news conference late december. check out what was very different inside the white house briefing room, and that is the press secretary, jay carney. jay carney came out, sporting a beard. usually he is a clean-shaven press secretary. not so much, wolf, as you can probably tell. his facial growth there resembles a certain anchor at cnn. i m trying to think of the name.
might lead away from the federal grant thing. my proposal was that the federal government as an experiment designate a percentage. say it was only 2% of the federal income tax. as the money is collected let the internal revenue director for the state send 98% the to washington and 2% of the total amount to the state government. in other words use the tax gathering facility, lease them is what it comes down to. and give it back to the state with no strings attached. that s a form of the so-called hiller plan, isn t it? what about the notion that it ought to be remitted to the states with reference to need? that is to say sending back a little bit more to states that need the money less to states
work and it would work might lead away from this federal grant thing. my proposal was that the federal government with the kind of experiment designate a percentage say it was only 2 percent of the federal income tax. as that money is collected in each state let the internal revenue collector for that state send 98 percent to washington and simply spend two percent of the total amount to the state government. in other words, use the facilities in tax gathers facilities of the federal government is what it comes down to. and give it back to the state with no strings attached. the so-called hilla plan. isn t it? what about the notion that it ought to be remittedto the states with reference to need, that is to say sending back a little more of it to those states that especially need the money a little bit less than the states that are less opulent.
work and it would work might lead away from this federal grant thing. my proposal was that the federal government with the kind of experiment designate a percentage say it was only 2 percent of the federal income tax. as that money is collected in each state let the internal revenue collector for that state send 98 percent to washington and simply spend two percent of the total amount to the state government. in other words, use the facilities in tax gathers facilities of the federal government is what it comes down to. and give it back to the state with no strings attached. the so-called hilla plan. isn t it? what about the notion that it ought to be remitted to the states with reference to need, that is to say sending back a little more of it to those states that especially need the money a little bit less than the states that are less opulent.
that s very cool. that s very kind of you guys, thank you very much indeed. this for the championship. oh, okay. allen, you win. well-played, man. great to see you all. good luck with your careers. you ll be better than me whatever happens. that s got to feel good, right? yes. it always does. tomorrow night i ll sit down with a man who knows his way around the golf course, the one and only donald trump. that s all for us tonight. ac 360 starts right now. there is breaking news from the capitol tonight on a deal to head off another government shutdown and everyone hopes keep this economy moving. details could be an issue as could getting it through congress. more shortly. first we have a story that s good news with no strings attached whatsoever. two adults and four children rescued after two days stranded in the bitter cold of northwest nevada.