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Or agree with it and that is called a tax. but, when they spend it, it is not an investment unless you get the return. now with government, if the expend tour succeeds, they get the benefit and if it fails, you eat it. follow me so far? so, when the president tells us that his proposed spending is an investment, he is not telling you how much you are actually on the hook for. tonight we want to introduce you to something brand new, called a fox news taxpayers calculator and well show you how muc...

Or agree with it and that is called a tax. but, when they spend it, it is not an investment unless you get the return. now with government, if the expend tour succeeds, they get the benefit and if it fails, you eat it. follow me so far? so, when the president tells us that his proposed spending is an investment, he is not telling you how much you are actually on the hook for. tonight we want to introduce you to something brand new, called a fox news taxpayers calculator and well show you how muc...

Accommodations. >> you know, i want to play you something that president obama said about the budget battle in wisconsin. listen to this. >> on the other hand, some of what ive heard coming out of wisconsin where youre just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions. its important for us to understand, public employees, theyre our neighbors. theyre our friends. >> okay. so im asking you if you think this is a smart move on the...

Now i wonder if he worries about losing wisconsin and is trying to build up his capital there? >> absolutely the republicans took both houses, the governorship elected two republicans, in a huge upset defeated senator feingold. you know wisconsin better than i do, wisconsin voters are notoriously independent. and president obama could no more count on them in 2012 because he won in 2008. heres the thing what is the democratic national committee and the presidents own political arm, his on politi...

About losing wisconsin and is trying to build up his capital there? >> absolutely the republicans took both houses, the governorship elected two republicans, in a huge upset defeated senator feingold. you know wisconsin better than i do, wisconsin voters are notoriously independent. and president obama could no more count on them in 2012 because he won in 2008. heres the thing what is the democratic national committee and the presidents own political arm, his on political organization, doing mes...

That they arent going to have the resources to help obama in 2012 like they did in 2008. >> brett: the protests, juan, for the president to weigh in, i think he made a statement, his press secretary said he was expressing his opinion directly. so for the to the step in to a state issue, isnt that unique? >> not unique in terms of presidents and labor unions and american history. labor unions have prevented a problem for american presidents and given the democratic base that unions supplement. th...

Them to do their job. >> obviously, this is a state by state issue, so we talk about this spreading ohio and we could see protests there and ohio laws could be very different from wisconsin laws in terms of what a governor could do to compel a vet. >>guest: the legislature set them up and wisconsin has a little bit of teeth and it says they can be compelled to appear and they have to participate in the process but they do not have a mechanism. the people that wrote the laws are the ones that are...

President getting involved with the wisconsin protests over the last few days? is he using his power inappropriately? >> from what ive heard coming out of wisconsin where youre just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally seems like more of an assault on unions. i think everybody has got to make some adjustments. >> brian: wow. so should the president be getting involved in a state issue just like he did in arizona with immigration? our panel is back with us. i gu...

That they arent going to have the resources to help obama in 2012 like they did in 2008. >> brett: the protests, juan, for the president to weigh in, i think he made a statement, his press secretary said he was expressing his opinion directly. so for the to the step in to a state issue, isnt that unique? >> not unique in terms of presidents and labor unions and american history. labor unions have prevented a problem for american presidents and given the democratic base that unions supplement. th...

He is being too exploited about it. >> should they be meddling in the affairs. does president he have other things to deal with? or is this a valid reason because out of state guns enter into new york city and kill people? >> well, i think mayor bloomberg was acting in his capacity as co chair of the national coalition against illegal guns. and it is a national coalition. so i dont think he was overstepping any type of jurisdictional boundaries. and i dont think it is a state issue because he is...