Page 9 - 113 3 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Would like to have a job but there are no jobs there. >> yes. the, this is california! amazing to me, we need free money unemployment so high, without asking why is unemployment so high? because of california and our government, big government, progressive policies for decades have destroyed the state and these cities like stockton. so the highest income tax rate in california is 13.3% but that is for richest. even lowest income calfornians it is 6%. steve: ouch. >> instead of giving more money to people, how about stop taking money from people in the first place. steve: interesting. we'll see...

Words might be what inspired this country in the beginning. republican presidents handed down sentences on average 2.4 months longer than those appointed by democratic presidents. in gender terms, women defenders were given sentences more than 12 months shorter. black defendants get 4.8 months more than other races with similar offenses. judges appointed by republican presidents tended to give black defendants sentences three months longer than white defendants convicted of similar crimes. the longer sentences compounds the larger issue that black inmates make up 37.9% of the prison population...

Of the tax foundation. welcome back, scott, good to see you. >> thanks, paul. pa. paul: the -- let's talk, basically the states that are mainly affected are the states with really high income tax rates; new york city, 12.7%, state and local combined, california, 13.3, some others. so let's think through the responses they're making. first of all, there's a threat of a lawsuit that they're going to say that this tax bill is illegal, unconstitutional because it discriminates against certain states. how do you see that playing out? >> well, it's kind of ironic that they're complaining about this ...

Looking at the intensity that we did earlier around marco island. 12 years ago, 2005 wilma made landfall, the exact same location where wilma did in marco island, same latitude and longitude, both category 3s, a little ironic. we're watching the core move northward, the bands of rain moving toward daytona. the rainfall totals are heavy for a fast moving storm. you got miami-dade over 13.3. in fact, the st. lucie nuclear plant had 99-mile-per-hour wind gusts a few hours ago. the rainfall shaft will continue to make its way northward along with the damaging sustained winds and even stronger gust...

What is the sentiment there? could this president do more to bring california in? or is it a lost cause? >> well, it's a little of both. the fact is california enjoys a comparatively good economy relative to its bad decisions. but that's starting to change because as you know we have the highest taxes, highest income taxes in the country at 13.3%, and we are running a deficit. so governor's having to face that yet another tax increase is not going to bring california. at the same time, you're right. one in three are californians are so strideient, they would rather fail than be part of a natio...