on, well, taking those jobs. what s the latest from maryland. very good conversation with the people in maryland. we shared with them the story of texas and juxtaposition the two states. last night governor o malley and i had the chance to debate the issues, so i think it s a good, thoughtful conversation we have with the american people about red state versus blue state policies, and which one of these is best for you, which one of these states would you rather live in if you re a small business man or woman or big businessdown. want to live in state with onerous tax regulation and burdensome regulatory climate, legal system that allows for overseeing or live in a state free from overtaxation, overtaxation, overlitigation,
getting high on life anymore? that s the issue. i m high on life. i m high on life right now. well so am i. i m loving it. there s something very important here you guys are not addressing. number one, cannabis is far safer than alcohol, tobacco or pharmaceuticals. it was legal in our pharmacies until 1937. and not only that, alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceuticals, people are dying at the rate women, specifically are dying at a rate of one woman every nine minutes from overdoses from alcohol, tobacco and form su pharmaceuticals. you know how many overdoses there have been from marijuana? zero in the hit story of this plant. it s a superior mood stabilizer and it works, and the revenue and the tax regulation of this plant can heal our economy. period. cheryl, do you see any benefit to the place where i worked? harborside health center? what s a benefit to the place like that? first of all, i love stevie d. i got off the phone with andrew before i got on here. i have to s
environmental spider web not the tax code. we have done okay with our tax code. the tax code is a mess and it s because of the 70,000 pages that dictate virtually every aspect of our lives and cost americans about 6 billion hours worth of our time just to comply with. that s the reason six out of 10 of us pay someone else to do our taxes because it s not only complicated we are afraid of making a mistake and getting audited. it created fear as well as xeks city. you are s complexity. you are saying we could use that time more creative might have boosted the economy to do something useful. it cost the economy about $200 billion a year just to comply with the 70,000 pages of tax regulation. that s part of the reason why the economy is growing so slowly. these are all popular. these are steering people to good things. solar panels on the roof of your
to see if significant minds have changed or policy has changed. i will say with the caveat he has a soapbox. he is using it. when you take a look at what mayor bloomberg has done when it comes to smoking ban, tax regulation. soda ban, the headphone ban. you re going down the list. but i think it s a little too early to tell, but i do think he s an influential figure. robert is right, but he s put his money where his mouth is. you look at that race in california. he lost the primary because of the gun issue. in the suburbs of chicago he put some serious money behind it. you think there s a tectonics shift under way. he has the ability to spend and is spending. he makes is his issue. let s talk wayne lapierre, head of the nra. he s addressing them this week. what kind of reception will
real. the sequester will weaken america s economic recovery. steve: while the president continues to push tax and spend as a remedy for america s economy, there is a renaissance of growth going on in low-tax, high-income states, so says stu varney live here in the studio with us. good morning. there are certain parts of this country i m going to call them corridors of real prosperity because they are pursuing policies on tax regulation and energy which create growth and businesses are moving to them. first corridor, i m going to call that the gulf corridor. that s the states immediately surrounding the gulf of mexico. gretchen: what are they doing right? they have low tax. they have smart regulation. and they re exploiting the energy in those states. you do that, and people will move to you. you have a strong rate of growth. you will create jobs. and your state finances will be in much better shape than elsewhere. that was just one of the four corridors where there