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Balanced. right? its got to be balanced. >> its going to have to be defense cuts and youre going to have to get republicans to go along with that. i think theyre trying -- >> no, no, no. >> i think theyre just trying to get some kind of political narrative going that will put the president on the defensive, and theyre thinking that people dont know what happened back in the summer of 2011 and theyre even trying to blame the president that this is his sequester. congressman lynch, youre going to ...

Democratic side. and remember this, in georgia, we found a source of funding before we started the 4-year-old pre-kindergarten program. used a voucher program. we used public schools where the -- public schools had the classrooms available. we put together a very flexible program that was paid for. and if we are going to have a federal program we immediate to inspire the local systems to come up with the money to fund that program and motivate them to do so. >> i will say that -- again, the whit...

They relented. >> best bet are reforming the public school system. many on the left who oppose voucher support school choice but under the us a spaces of public -- us a spaces of public education. >> raer than divert money away to individual private schools. of varying quality -- varying quality of no regulation or accountability for student outcome. >> unions are pressing the fight against the vouchers. last december they ruled jindals voucher program in louisiana amounted to unconstitutional p...

>> kimberly: a good point. every child deserves an excellent education. it should not be predetermined by what your parents or providers, socioeconomic status is and whether you can afford to pay the exorbitant bills for private schools. they are not cheap. ronin was in public school but there are so many kids in the class i think one day they lost the little guy. you have dont stand out. if you need extra help its difficult to get it. great teachers, mean well, but they are challenged by the nu...

>> kimberly: a good point. every child deserves an excellent education. it should not be predetermined by what your parents or providers, socioeconomic status is and whether you can afford to pay the exorbitant bills for private schools. they are not cheap. ronin was in public school but there are so many kids in the class i think one day they lost the little guy. you have dont stand out. if you need extra help its difficult to get it. great teachers, mean well, but they are challenged by the nu...

Jindal, who, on my place, we use a hash tag, fbj, forget bobby jindal. this is a man whose policies in the state of louisiana have created a voucher program that increasingly sends children to schools that teach creationism. this man, who was a biology major, who understands what basic, scientific principles are, is sending children in a poor state with under-achieving schools to school that are teaching them with state dollars. when he says stop being the stupid party, that is pure rhetoric. as...

Of the 50 states and looking to cure it and one of the proposals is that darned civics is so hard. why dont we get rid of it, that will solve things. >> replacing with the tic-tac-toe curriculum. >> megyn: almost exactly, they have to make more gym if they do that. >> perhaps theyre civics geniuses already and thats the reality here. >> megyn: they see the capitol every day. >> on the front lawn. >> megyn: this is scary, these are kids. kids dont generally want to take out a heavy course load, b...

Democrats arent actually interested -- >> listen, listen -- >> here we go again. >> everybody else gets their point but the republican gets caught off. let me finish my point. >> go ahead. >> my point is republicans have said and the president opposed a voucher program in the district of columbia that actually helped low income people. why? because of the teachers union. im not going to sit and listen to you all and say republicans arent willing to spend money on education. >> i didnt say -- >> ...

Unconstitutional, but it placed children into schools without adequate oversight and with no assurance of quality instruction. governor jindal fired back saying: todays ruling is wrongheaded and a travesty for parents across louisiana who want nothing more than for their children to have an equal opportunity at receiving a great education. now, experts say this is an obstacle to the voucher program in louisiana but not a brick wall, saying the state may have to go back and have lawmakers realloc...

>> greta: or even governor martinez in new mexico. she did it with a democratic legislature. >> lets do it together. im not asking it to become a voucher program. im not asking to privatize social security. if we adjusted the age of retirement over the next 30 years like ronald reagan and tip oneill and adjusted the cpi index and means tested benefits, we could save medicare and social security from insolvency. people need these programs. the good noos news is wed get r kids and grabbed kids ou ...