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Is progressive republican, out of the mold of john mccain which is not a bad thing if youre progressive republican. michelle bachmann, obesity program. its progressive. the parent, not the state, should decide how kids should ill. period. next, tax uncreases 47% overall in the tenure as governor. he expressed his approval of several different forms of tax increases including income taxes. you have to see the monologue at glennbeck.com. state spending increased in arkansas, spending increased by ...

Is progressive republican, out of the mold of john mccain which is not a bad thing if youre progressive republican. michelle bachmann, obesity program. its progressive. the parent, not the state, should decide how kids should ill. period. next, tax uncreases 47% overall in the tenure as governor. he expressed his approval of several different forms of tax increases including income taxes. you have to see the monologue at glennbeck.com. state spending increased in arkansas, spending increased by ...

Can this test case set a growing trend for privatizing? joining us now is the president of citizens against government waste, tom, good morning to you. >> good morning, dave. >> dave: explain exactly how this works, they did not privatize the police, fire or public schools. what did they privatize and how is it working out for them? >> everything from, as you said, trash, pickup to maintenance at the park. services that as ronald reagan used to say you can find in the yellow book. his theory was...

Palins tea party rally in madison, wisconsin, catching a smattering of boos during what sounds to be the national anthem. they appear to be union supporters holding signs angry with a recent crackdown on state workers bargaining rights. remember that whole debate that we covered over the last couple of months. >> moving on. you know him best as the heartthrob from "90210" and hes got special animation. >> wow, did you see your tooth sparkle like that? >> that was funny. >> there he was then. but...

Alaskans pay no sales tax or income tax and while other legislators are looking for ways to cut spending, laying off teachers and state workers, here in alaska they are looking for ways to spend the windfall just this year of $3.4 billion, all paid by oil companies. as you said, 9 out of testi$9 e $10, alaska spends comes from oil production taxes. >> every time it is high, my first thought is what is paid out in rural alaska and my second thought is, okay. well be able to fund state government ...

Responsibility and the cost for those choices. the only alternative is for all of us to pay for other peoples bad decisions or to have the nanny state come in to regulate the lifestyle for all of us. unless we want the government to tell us what to eat and live, then i think that we have to be willing to accept the cost of the decisions we make. >> i should probably point out that arizona saz not the first to do this, because alabama charges state workers extra if they smoke or have diabetes and...

Like to help you pay the medical cost of early retirees, so we, on behalf of the taxpayers, will give the unions and the companies a gift. >> yes. in return, the unions and state workers would support obamacare. so they signed up, got the money, got so much money, the government made so big a commitment, that theyve run out. they shelled out nearly $2 billion in the first 10 months of this program. theyve only got $5 billion in total. theyve run out of money, closed up shop. megyn: its not like ...

Uses taxpayers money to cover healthcare for workers that retire early. stu, tell us the news on friday, which was significant. >> to encourage support for obamacare, the government offered $5 billion for insiders, mostly unions, state workers, and some favored companies, that we, the government, will offer you help covering the medical bills if any of your people retire early, at the age of 55. free money in return for support for obamacare. megyn: well help them until they get to medicare age....

Government shutdown. you know it comes at the end of next week. he called both john boehner, republican speaker of the house, and harry reid, the democratic senate majority leader. the presidents message, stop squabbling and reach a solution already. lawmakers have to pass a new spending plan as we said by friday when the current short-term bill runs out or the government just shuts down. a developing story to tell you about in libya this evening. a nato air strike takes out the wrong target. ...

Argument not to have collective bargaining for federal workers. once the housing market crashes they could be hitting up the taxpayers. >> despite the fact that obama argues for collective bargaining for state workers hes not arguing for federal workers. >> being. obama is especially smooth and teflonic when it comes to contradictions of what he said and what he does. i admire his ability to pull that off. >> tsa wants collective bargaining in the airports. that is one example. >> steve? >> high...