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>> it's almost now 30 percent of our budget, it's skyrocketing in cost, because of all the federal rules, it's very difficult to control it. we want to go to a statewide managed care program. we have it in a few counties now. we're struggling with the hhs that allows us to do that, we need to get a block grant to be able to do that, so it's a big problem. on top of that, as you know in our state, omabacare is absolutely unenforceable, it's unconstitutional, we'd like him to repeal the tax that is floridians are paying, the taxes are already in effect and there's another 18 taxes that are going...

Bill passed? well, it appears that that could be back on the table now. this time for the jobs bill. why? it's going to be part of the whole budget situation and they may need to use it to get it passed. so senator kent conrad from north dakota, here's his blueprint for using it. in 2010 with the budget, it is $1.4 trillion. by 2015, it would be $554 billion and the plan would be to let the bush era taxcuts expire. the three year freeze on nonsecurity discretionary spending, alternative minimum tax to start after 2012. >> he claims he's going to cut the deficit with his blueprint by 70%. but h...