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Students to take 30 credits per year as opposed to 24 credits per year. and im actually not aware of any of the other state programs that do that. >> okay. >> and the credit requirement seemed to be most important. >> interesting. causing them to take a full load plus incentivizing them with free tuition if they finish and keeping their grades up. interesting combination, you end up students graduating without a debt and a good, educated workforce. >> right. and one final point id like to make, ...

>> there is real potential for civil unrest. if we dont get in front of the issue and relieve the pressure little by little. the greeks waited way too long until it became a crisis and they have to do such strong measures, you see the results on your screen right now. >> this has to be a wake-up call talking republicans and democrats to keep expanding the federal and frankly state programs, as well. are they going to listen to this. do they take it seriously, it could happen here. >> i dont thin...

60% are in favor while 74% say they believe that marijuana has an actual real medicinal benefit. 62% of americans believe if it were legal, it should be taxed. the hope is that the money could benefit state programs. now, as for crime, this is an interesting stat. 65% say legalization would have no impact on crime or it would actually reduce crime, tamron. now, the thinks is in -- the economists say when it comes to this crime element, if you make it legal, you reduce these incredibly inflated p...

Have some sort of medical problem and are currently either uninsured or have difficulty getting inshurured are going to the most affected or most immediately affected as well. insurance companies are going to have to provide health care insurance for children like kalila. thats obviously a big deal. she made a good point, i thought, as well. her mom saying there was some coverage under medicaid that already existed. there was some coverage under some of the state programs. it simply wasnt enough...

That you cannot discriminate against pre-existing conditions. i think it makes a lot of sense to be able to buy policies across state lines, so you have competition and you can carry your policy with you if you move or lose your job. the complexity i think worries a lot of people. when you read these bills, theyre very long, very complicated because they build on an existing complicated system. and its not really a system. its a hodgepodge. we have medicare a, b, d, medicaid, state programs, s-c...

Of the population of people who are not elderly, the reasonable we saw nonelderly, is because as you know elderly people fall into other government-sponsored insurance areas. but of that nonelderly population, in 2008, 60% were employed -- were insured by their employers, were insured by some sort of employer-sponsored health care program. another 5% were insured by private, nongroup -- what they call nongroup insurance, you know, private insurance, small businesses, things like that. 17% of the...

Is typical of him, he steals planes and never had any flight lesson before he started this but a stolen plane was found nearby and in the past he has stolen planes to make his get away and has a nickname, because he has been seen running from the police, bare footed, all over the northwest. colt, is what hes called, to those in these parts, is 19, and, as you can see, everybody seems to know him. the store owner letting customers know that colt may have refifrsurfaced again and i wanted in a ser...

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Men who testified and who brought forward evidence in this case who have been stopped and frisked 12, 13, 14 times in a five-year period, young men who are in high school, young men who are in college doing nothing wrong, they and their families later come to distrust the police. theyre the same people who are going to sit on our juries. theyre the same people who we need to call the police to give information about real crime happening in their communities. and they become distrustful. it sets ...

The requirement is you pay for what you ask for and you pay for what you have. a real lesson for us to learn in washington, i think. >> greta: also i looked through theres a little bit of accounting work. yes state programs were cut but also money pulled from your rainy day reserve fun if you pull it this year you are not going to have it next year. some of the money, defered payments to the state pension plan which saves you know, you have to pay it later. and enhanced federal medicaid payments...