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Cut spending, raise taxes. if you've got money trouble, if you've got a budget problem, spending more than you're taking in, how do you fix that problem? cut spending, raise taxes. cut spending, raise taxes. those are the two basic tools you've got to fix the problem. and they are both pretty ugly little puppets. you can spin either one of them, aren't they hideous? you can spin them to sound better or worse, depending if you're for or against it in the first place. those are two options for dealing with an unpleasant money problem. wouldn't it be great if you could start to fix a money proble...

Cut spending, raise taxes. cut spending, raise taxes. those are the two basic tools you've got to fix the problem. and they are both pretty ugly little puppets. you can spin either one of them, aren't they hideous? you can spin them to sound better or worse, depending if you're for or against it in the first place. those are two options for dealing with an unpleasant money problem. wouldn't it be great if you could start to fix a money problem, if you could fix a deficit problem without having to do either of these things, without having to raise taxes or cut spending? wouldn't that be amazing...

Bill: i never recall children being taken as long as this has gone on... martha: 12 to 16 years old. bill: let's hope for the best. martha: absolutely. bill: wisconsin is not the only state considering drastic measures to close a massive budget gap. sam brownback is the governor in kansas, wait until you hear what he is proposing, for his state. we'll talk to him live in a couple minutes. martha: how about this story outs of rhode island, the mayor fired every teacher in the city's public school district. you think there are a few angry folks in providence, right now? the revolt as the union l...

Right now the teachers have already received what i lettersg them this could happen. if they are sent out it appears that a majority of them will be rescinded. here is the superintendent explaining why this action is being taken. >> there will be teachers that will be affected, and they will be -- the information will go out as quickly and transparent lee as wlyas we can. >> reporter: the superintendent knows this is a difficult situation but they are facing a major money problem here. it's been upsetting to the teachers' union who is continually working with the school district and trying to ...

>> a big percentage of the money problem for the republicans is michael steele. it's the gaffes saying things like the afghanistan war was obama's war when in fact it started under the previous administration. and as holly pointed out, spending money on strip clubs and lavish meetings and the like. another factor here is the tea party movement. there's a general sense, i was out on the road in the west talking to a lot of conservatives, they don't trust anything about the republican establishment in washington, whether it's the rnc, the political committees in congress or the republicans in co...