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>> we have repurpose pussed or funding. we have 19 districts in funding we are considered a modestly funded school district. >> how much do you spend per purple? >> 7,400 per pupil per year. >> whats a cost of the a family? we charge a $50 what we call a user fee. we have had families who fwraut in a big jar of coins who are in tough times they said we are in. heres our $50. >> while his budget was cut he had to layoff 10 percent of his calf including 37 teachers his reforms improve graduation r...

>> we have repurpose pussed or funding. we have 19 districts in funding we are considered a modestly funded school district. >> how much do you spend per purple? >> 7,400 per pupil per year. >> whats a cost of the a family? we charge a $50 what we call a user fee. we have had families who fwraut in a big jar of coins who are in tough times they said we are in. heres our $50. >> while his budget was cut he had to layoff 10 percent of his calf including 37 teachers his reforms improve graduation r...

Hour ago and you have a lot say about it. weve been getting a lot of tweets and e-mails about whether or not this fee that you pay to go through, its $2.50 right now. some democrats in congress want to raise that to $5. do you think thats wasted money or going to a good cause? >> weve got an e-mail from lori. lori says what about the money wasted on equipment gathering dust in warehouses? oh, thats good. why dont they give that money back before they try to collect more from us? >> and this e-ma...

For president knew that. the republican party developed a rhetorical litmus test of how you do fiscal policy. anybody who helped balance the budget before, they are coming out saying scratch, scratch, maybe we didnt do so well. when you cant say you raised taxes, you raise things that are unnoticed taxes. you brought up user fees. they are regressive. park fees, dmv fees, all the things the rich dont notice. they arent as big of a problem. they end up being a way to hide the tax increases and ca...

Gallon. obviously there are a lot of americans who would love the freedom to choose cars that get higher miles per gallon of gasoline. they dont have that option. do you think it is time to look at the federal gas tax and think about lifting it? >> thats not something that really has been talked about, contessa. but i would say this, i would say the presidents trying to set the bar very high and set the example and thats the reason he said more hybrids, more fuel flex automobiles, more cars that...

British public health minister wants to call people "fat," saying if they are called obese they are less worried. the health minister believes calling someone fat will more likely motivate that person to lose weight. not so sure about that. >> eating a lot of fast food can lead to an expanded waist but it is creating another problem that authorities can fix by expanding taxes. our correspondent has the story. cheeseburger. fries. shake. staples of the american diet. and leading contribution to p...

Florida voteers. >> no, i dont think and ill tell you why. the only part that was a tax, and loosely defined as a tack was on cigarettes. and i would argue that is a user fee and if you dont use them you dont pay it and i think it is important to distinguish between my friend here, who opposed the largest tax increase in the history of the state and myself. >> chris: im going to get to him in a minute, but you also signed into law higher fees on drivers licenses and on motor vehicle registration...

Florida voteers. >> no, i dont think and ill tell you why. the only part that was a tax, and loosely defined as a tack was on cigarettes. and i would argue that is a user fee and if you dont use them you dont pay it and i think it is important to distinguish between my friend here, who opposed the largest tax increase in the history of the state and myself. >> chris: im going to get to him in a minute, but you also signed into law higher fees on drivers licenses and on motor vehicle registration...

>> no, i dont think i did and i tell you why. the only part of it that was a tax loosely defined as a tax was on cigarettes. thats a user fee. if you dont use it you dont pay it. its important to distinguish with my friend who proposed the largest tax increase and myself. >> i am going to get to rubio in a minute. you signed into law higher fees on drivers licenses and motor vehicle registration that meant motor vehicle tax. these arent broad based taxes. 16 million people are drivers in florida...

Camping fee, or someone comes to the gate and pay a fee to come in, $6 to park or use picnic area or boat launch. >> glenn: dream come true. >> right. i love the business. a business i love. >> glenn: how much does the state charge when you come to state park? are you jacking up the prices? >> actually just the opposite. the state parks at arizona are raising the prices and some places are doubling them from $10 to $20. we provised keeping the prices and the parks were proposing to run flat the ...