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The budget proposes $1.45 billion in general fund expenses, DeKalb County Schools Chief Financial Officer Byron Schueneman said. The district anticipates $1.41 billion in revenues to pay for the general fund expenses.

Option even if its the most likely option? >> no, its not the only option. they could demonstrate ballistic missile capability from the sea. theyve done that once or twice already. they could demonstrate a capability to use solid fuel propellants. all of these things would show that north korea has made step increases in their capability. and moved in the direction of having a survivable nuclear weapons force, which means, one, that the united states cannot easily take out through military actio...

My next guest assess that they should receive those rewards. brandon arnold is the vice president of government affairs for the national taxpayers union. good evening. irs workers failed to pay their tax. are patted on the back, given out bonuses. really, why? >> this is an egregious violation of the public trust. to have the very people who are tasked with collecting our taxes, tasked with enforcing the tax laws. making sure we play by the rules arent themselves playing by the rules. to take it...

My next guest assess that they should receive those rewards. brandon arnold is the vice president of government affairs for the national taxpayers union. good evening. irs workers failed to pay their tax. are patted on the back, given out bonuses. really, why? >> this is an egregious violation of the public trust. to have the very people who are tasked with collecting our taxes, tasked with enforcing the tax laws. making sure we play by the rules arent themselves playing by the rules. to take it...

Family, for example, if your air conditioner goes out and you have to take your money from your savings account and it cost $1,000, to fix it, and it turned out it only cost $800, you have 200 extra dollars still left in your savings account, but not in washington. in washington that extra $200 is considered to be found money and can be spent on virtually anything else, and it doesnt score as an additional expenditure. >> so those are called known rescissions, essentially? >> thats correct. >> a...

Whats the appropriate level of contributions for pensions. that should not be negotiable. it shouldnt be negotiable that people get step increases and c.o.l.a. increases. managers need to be able to manage their costs and thats exactly what were proposing. >> i understand were talking about sb-5 and i understand this thing went into effect. >> hold on. hold on. >> let me finish. >> this is my show. hang on a second. >> yeah, but you asked a question and i want to finish answering it. >> go ahead...

Kinds of hard decisions the american people want us to make. you know, getting rid of the study on marijuana and malt liquor in combination seems like a small thing, but there are thousands of those. but more importantly, even the presidents disingenuous statement that hes freezing federal pay while allowing these automatic step increases, you know, in the private sector you dont get generous pay increases just because another year went by and then cost of living on top of it. guess what? they d...

Our budget deficit. >> well, you know, you and i have known each other about 12 years, and in those 12 years weve gone from having a budget surplus to a deficit so everything thats been added should be the first to be looked at and yes, social security and medicare will have to be tackled, and weve said well tackle it, really tough tackling, including reducing benefits for future generations, increasing revenues. all of that is on the table, but right now we have a cr in which people are still a...