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Act. and the republicans have been all over that issue. i think what the democrats have going for them is that our republican friends believe that the way you deal with the deficit, which, by the way, is as the president just mentioned, has been cut in half in the last four years. that you do not. but the democrats are -- most democrats, at least, believe we dont cut social security, which republicans want to do. you dont cut medicare or transform medicare into a voucher program. you dont make m...

That is the challenge of the next 50 years. >> randy, equality and desegregation go together. last week, the justice department asked court to prevent from handling out school vouchers and they say the voucher program impedes the deseg gregation desegregation. >> vouchers have the highest level of disapproval ever. at the end of the day we cant have winners or losers in our schools. everybody has to be a winner. we need a public education system that creates great neighborhood schools that can i...

There is a 1975 court decision that said the federal government needs to be in charge of certain districts in louisiana including the voucher program. if it increases segregation, the federal government has to stop this. >> and even we know that 90 percent of the kids are minority kids. >> so that is the first thing everyone should know about it. i try to be a positive person and kid around a lot. and generally nice to people except telemarketers. >> dont get me started on that. >> this issue ma...

>> new information on george zimmerman after his acquittal in the death of trayvon martin. as his attorney reports that george zimmerman will ask the state of the florida to cover attorney bills. if they are acquitted they are not liable for the costs of the case. getting the money back requires approval from a judge and court clerk. a new battle brewing over americas next generation. the justice department sues the state of the louisiana to block a plan to give a family more choice in which the...

Of governors accused of being criminals. louisiana is the latest fed target. consider rick perry, now defending the states voter i.d. law after texas was sued. or jan brewer fighting the feds after her crackdown on illegals. tim, in each and every case and in other cases just like them, states defy, and then the government pounces. >> so, president obama does not seem to like federalism very much. federalism is the idea that many issues are best handled by states and the federal government shoul...

Years. here he is talking about it in 2011. >> indiana set up a system where on one rail of the track you have a more competitive education environment. more charters. the nations most expansive voucher program. more accountability on voucher receiving schools and charter schools. then on the other rail of the track, we said lets help our public schools compete with the other rail. so we relieve collective bargaining restraints. we improved teacher quality by focusing evaluations on student grow...

Voucher program. more accountability on voucher receiving schools and charter schools. then on the other rail of the track, we said lets help our public schools compete with the other rail. so we relieve collective bargaining restraints. we improved teacher quality by focusing evaluations on student growth and performance. so they can compete and they can meet the states very rigorous accountability standards. >> very rigorous accountability standards, except for the school of a major donor. >> ...

As mr. accountability. >> i love that. here he is talking about -- i want to play this tape of him talking. accountability is, of course, the watch word of all of the sort of school reform movement weve seen over the last 10, 20 years. here he is talking about it in 2011. >> indiana set up a system where on one rail of the track you have a more competitive education environment. more charters. the nations most expansive voucher program. more accountability on voucher receiving schools and charte...

Schools that we know are a disaster. d.c. has the highest expenditure for public schools per capita in the country, and the lowest test scores. and we know what the problem is here. its the unions, one of the first thing obama did when his administration came into office is he stopped the voucher program which was allowing a few kids to actually have a decent education, black kids have a decent education two of them last we all know is the culture and we all know of the sikkema sage chauvinistic...

Then you have got the schools that we know are a disaster. d.c. has the highest expenditure for public schools per capita in the country, and the lowest test scores. and we know what the problem is here. its the unions, one of the first thing obama did when his administration came into office is he stopped the voucher program which was allowing a few kids to actually have a decent education, black kids have a decent education two of them last we all know is the culture and we all know of the sik...