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Leave in the middle of a holiday season, and in fact i am hearing its not going to be monday now, and they are talking about coming back the 27th, which is thursday, two days after christmas, and they would be on 24-hour call. how would you or any republican feel sitting at the dinner table wondering when am i going to see my next check, and i am a federal employee in a make america great era? >> i can tell you from personal experience, i was a state employee in california when the government ha...

That george orwells "1984" is the most popular dystopian novel. basically you get the masses hooked on sensual pleasures and thereby keep them quiet, keep them calm, keep them compliant with all the things youre trying to do these are public sector pensions here, which are in the illinois state constitution, that you cant do anything to reduce them. thats been in the constitution of illinois since 1970. shouldnt be in the constitution at all. its not the proper province of constitutions to prote...

Ive always thought, tucker, that george orwells "1984" is the most popular dystopian novel. basically you get the masses hooked on sensual pleasures and thereby keep them quiet, keep them calm, keep them compliant with all the things youre trying to do these are public sector pensions here, which are in the illinois state constitution, that you cant do anything to reduce them. thats been in the constitution of illinois since 1970. shouldnt be in the constitution at all. its not the proper provin...

State workers there was no shovel ready project. he actually admitted that the gdp almost grew in any quarter. it ended up 1.9%. he extended unemployment. he grew food stamps. the amount of people not working who were eligible to work grew to record highs. he did not hand over a strong economy. the jobs were increasing at the same level, i will give him that. thats what happens when you put a billion dollars in and keep- steve: trillion. brian: keep interest rates at zero percent. ainsley: never...

>> well, it is true. we are running a massive debt in this country. and so, i take the president at his word that he wants to rein in federal spending. i dont think most people are going to have a problem with a one-year freeze on giving federal workers a pay raise. i hope they get a raise some time -- >> unless youre a federal worker whos not getting the pay raise. >> whats that? >> unless youre the federal worker whos not getting the pay raise. >> im not a federal worker, but ill tell you this...

Its too much. and now they are proposing to give free medicaid to illegal immigrants. so how will the state ever afford that, or any of this? what is the plan going forward? >> id like to think that we could grow our way out of it but i dont even think thats available to us. we will have to have some really stark, clear conversations with a lot of these employee unions. as usual, its the employees who are good, they take the pipe on this. i have to tell you, tucker, they havent even begun to put...

Give free medicaid to illegal immigrants. how will the state ever reported afford that? what is the plan going forward to keep state solvent? > i tnk could grow our out of it, but i think we will have some stark, clear conversations with a lot of these employee unions, and as usual, its the employees who are going to take the pipe on th they are the ones that are going to get hurt. i got to tell you, tucker, they havent even begun to put any money away for retiree health care. and theres all ki...

Wanted to buy her historic home. about a half mile from the state capital. >> i did get a call from i believe scott and said, were interested in buying the home. are you going to sell it? >> real estate records show pruitt and four other investors bought the home, according to "the new york times." which also reported that one of the investors was registered lobbyist justin whitefield. he was pushing for changes to state workers economy session rules, changes pruitt advocated for. they bought th...

Believe scott and said, were interested in buying the home. are you going to sell it? >> real estate records show pruitt and four other investors bought the home, according to "the new york times." which also reported that one of the investors was registered lobbyist justin whitefield. he was pushing for changes to state workers economy session rules, changes pruitt advocated for. they bought the home at a substantial discount. $100,000 less than she paid a year earlier. >> when we bought the ho...

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