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Spending to address their state's budget short falls. that is actually happening in some places. look what they are trying to do in michigan. rick snyder proposed a tax increase. michigan has a budget problem. he is going to do the responsible thing. he is going to raise taxes. he is going to raise taxes on seniors and on poor people. $1.7 billion in tax hikes for michigan seniors and michigan's poor people, and for people that want to make tax deductible donation to public universities. sorry, michigan has a budget problem. we have to raise a lot of money from you, poor people, old people, pe...

Over the data as they come in and check the signatures to make sure they are legitimate and no duplicates but we have several thousand already and we just started. >> this is one you're going to have to recall it sounds like because she is in the governor's camp and won't move? >> that is correct. she is cochair of the joint finance committee so she's in a powerful position and she has refused to listen to her constituents and we can't wait for her to be up for re-election in 2012. >> some other numbers out there the wpri poll. would you solve the budget, how would you solve the budget gap? 72...

In support of his initiatives. >> how many signatures do you have to recall her? >> we don't have exact numbers just because we like to pore over the data as they come in and check the signatures to make sure they are legitimate and no duplicates but we have several thousand already and we just started. >> ts is one you're going to have to recall it sounds like because she is in the governor's camp and won't move? >> that is correct. she is cochair of the joint finance committee so she's in a powerful position and she has refused to listen to her constituents and we can't wait for her to be up...

He announced his new budget in florida it takes $1.7 billion out of the basketball schools and instead of putting that money back into the budget, budget gives it away. in corporate and property tax breaks. k-12 education gets absolutely cut in the state of florida and the money saved by the state no longer spending the money on the schools doesn't close the budget gap at all it leaves it roughly as is and instead gives the saved money away as tax cuts. all of the pain and none of the gain. is your state a worse place to live because of a shortfall or is your state about to be a worse place to...

Bargaining rights of public employees. as the protests continued all weekend, senator chris larson. he said he and his fellow democrats won't return until workers rights are preserved. republicans are trying to close a budget gap by forcing state workers to pay more of their pension and health care costs and restricting collective bargaining rights. if you thought charlie sheen was running off the rails before, you should have seen him last night. his live epic webcast wasn't simply bad, it was unwatchable. >> just he's just better than you, and -- and all bsing -- >> that was a part of it. ...