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About yush kids going to college? i bet a lot of parents are tossing and turning at night because paying for your children's college tuition or watching them take the loans they will need to could cost more than $200,000 to send your child to college in the year 2030. that's the estimate of the study out this week. so in the take charge consumer protection segment, i want to tell you how it better prepare for this huge but all-important expense. we have the founder and ceo of the powell foundation group. >> thanks for having me. >> jamie: it's a pleasure. this topic will help so many people. i...

Senatorial committees. what do you think governor rom romney has to do to capture the white house in november? >> he will be given a couple of opportunities to present himself to the american people. until now, he has focused on the president and the failure of the last 3 1/2 years, when he picks a vice-president and when he gives his speech at the convention, he will have a chance to really introduce himself to the american people. and he needs to show a vision for the future. >> eric: how about the president for capturing a second term? >> i think this is what is best for the american people...

They would go in to the machine, cast their vote. i have one gentleman telling me, he said, i have four votes. i gave him $100. $25 a vote. >> eric: in another county, the cost was much higher. did drug money buy votes? >> yes, we believe that drug money did buy votes. >> eric: in clay county, prosecutors say over the course of several elections, $400,000 -- part of it drug money -- was spent to buy 8,000 voters at $50. one was bid up to $800. >> these folks go out and literally hijack the local elections for their own purposes and then they use the jobs to enrich themselves and their confeder...

Sometimes they will go for half. that's a tremendous help. >> jamie: that's a great tip. i hope we have helped folks help their kids get the education they need and not load up with debt. for more on how to take charge on consumer issues and we are trying to protect you, go to foxnews.com. and click at the bottom of the main page at the america's news headquarters page for the show. you will see a link for take charge. you can only find it on this program. meanwhile, the accused mass murderer in the colorado movie massacre will be back in court. but you won't be able to see him because the jud...

Rather than the free will of the people, then it doesn't belong to everybody. it's a very central to our democracy. so this work is very important. >> eric: richard moore believes that vote buying can never be fully stamped out. you don't think it would stop? >> no. >> eric: they will be buying and selling votes here for years. >> yeah. >> eric: why is that? >> because that's the way -- [inaudible]. >> they are chipping away at the tip of the iceberg. if you don't do something about the inequality, if you don't do something about the poor folk, the lack of education, you are going to have this...