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>> when i was out there with yo and we were walking around the city hall they are, i asked why arent you enforcing the homeless decrees that are on th book afraid these people arent supposed to be out here. at that time you told me if i take my men out of the prisons, thats the only way id find th manpower for it. how many officers are you down. to get the 1400 positions that we lost plus an additional 300 now that we have the vacancies that we have been filled. they imposed a hiring freeze on o...

>> but as several justices have noted, thats a very short time frame -- >> but youre the one that brought the statistic up. and under -- >> right. but, listen -- >> and under your view, it would be very difficult for same-sex couples to adopt some of these children. i-i think the argument cuts quite against you. >> well, what im talking -- >> and goes back to the basic point where you began that you had some premise that only opposite-sex couples can have a bonding with the child. thats -- that ...

Frame -- >> but youre the one that brought the statistic up. and under -- >> right. but, listen -- >> and under your view, it would be very difficult for same-sex couples to adopt some of these children. i-i think the argument cuts quite against you. >> well, what im talking -- >> and goes back to the basic point where you began that you had some premise that only opposite-sex couples can have a bonding with the child. thats -- that was very interesting, its just a wrong premise. >> justice anth...

To the rest of us. we know all these statistics coming out about americans struggling and how the average income is going down. >> they are doing better. basically, they are doing better. a lot better. >> we found that when we did this assessment of congressional wealth two years ago, it was about 25% lower than it is now. so theyve increased 25% overall wealth at least in two years. your average american household has not. probably half that at best. and even the average member of congress is w...