target is very cynical, isn t it? he might want to take a trip back to 1992 and find out just how this type of attack turned out for the last national politician who tried it. prime time tv has murphy brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today s intelligent highly-paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice. well, imagine that ticket. huckabee, quail, 2012. that would give us a lot of material for the take down. slashing spending on the backs of the poor isn t the only way to balance a budget. what the republican governors don t want you to know, and the numbers prove what i have been saying for years. republican union bashing is literally crushing the entire middle-class. i ll show you how next. [ male announcer ] this is charlie whose morning flight
but his selective choice of target is very cynical, isn t it? he might want to take a trip back to 1992 and find out just how this type of attack turned out for the last national politician who tried it. prime time tv has murphy brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today s intelligent highly-paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice. well, imagine that ticket. huckabee, quail, 2012. that would give us a lot of material for the take down. slashing spending on the backs of the poor isn t the only way to balance a budget. what the republican governors don t want you to know, and the numbers prove what i have been saying for years. republican union bashing is literally crushing the entire middle-class. i ll show you how next.
breaking news from this hour in madison, wisconsin. you are looking at pictures of protesters who have been camped out in the capitol for 17 days. they have agreed to leave so that crews can clean the rotunda. the agreement came after a judge issued a court order forcing the protesters to leave, but they came to the agreement that they will be allowed back in on monday morning after it is closed for 48 hours. well, republicans would like you to believe that slashing spending on the backs of the poor is the only way to fix a budget crisis, but of course, that is a lie. how do we know? because democratic governors facing the exact same problems are doing something a little bit different. they are proposing to raise taxes. is the earth still spinning? somebody is going to raise taxes? that is right, facing a $25 billion budget shortfall, california governor jerry brown
breaking news from this hour in madison, wisconsin. you are looking at pictures of protesters who have been camped out in the capitol for 17 days. they have agreed to leave so that crews can clean the rotunda. the agreement came after a judge issued a court order forcing the protesters to leave, but they came to the agreement that they will be allowed back in on monday morning after it is closed for 48 hours. well, republicans would like you to believe that slashing spending on the backs of the poor is the only way to fix a budget crisis, but of course, that is a lie. how do we know? because democratic governors facing the exact same problems are doing something a little bit different. they are proposing to raise taxes. is the earth still spinning? somebody is going to raise taxes? that is right, facing a $25 billion budget shortfall, california governor jerry brown has had to cut funding to many state programs, but he also
spending cuts, connecticut governor dan maloy is slashing spending for sure but proposing major tax hikes on incomes and a wide range of products and services. julie banderas is live in new york. julie: and per capita highest in the nation, he is trying something new to balance the budget. dan maloy is proposing $1.5 billion in tax hikes for more income sales and gas taxes to cigarettes, alcohol, haircuts and even higher pet taxes, pet grooming taxes are going up. he is making $2 billion in spending cuts, reducing the number of state agencies by 30% and consolidating departments and services. state workers concerned about the saving and concessions he offered this alternative. i don t make these suggestions to be antagonistic