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Run into some hard times. this new state aid bill, the $26 billion. they're taking money away from the stood stamp program to pay for some of those. other bill, the hunger-free kids act is also paring away money from the assistance program. it's kind of robbing peter to pay paul here but you want to make sure the kids get good nutrition in school. >> exactly. what ko what congress did yesterday was pass this aid to states act which is a good bill but they paid for it by making deep cuts if food stamps. $12 billion. that's a lot of food. lot of us are involved in trying to help food banks, food...

Just to be clear, it's 10 billion for laid off teachers in states like california and texas, it's 16 billion for medicaid payment toss various states. they say we've paid for it and the way they did it, i believe, and correct me if i'm wrong here, they raised taxes on companies from overseas working here in the u.s., and they're going to phase out the food stamp payments for millions -- is it millions or is it thousands in america today? what is it? >> i think it's millions. and bill, look at what they have done. they have said well, we're going to make some changes here, but then you know the...

Between $200 billion and $300 billion more over the next two to three years, that's not in this bill anywhere. it's going to cost over $100 billion to run the programs that the bill sets up over the next ten years. that's not in here. some things are left out. there are lots of gains with timing. you frontload the bill with taxes and have ten years of taxes with only six years of spending, it makes it look like it add up, but it doesn't. >> let me pick up on that because i think the response to that or counterargument to that allegation is that, yes, as a practical matter we can start collecti...

Capitols. i think you'll see more of this. but these student just can't continue to take these double digit increases. a lot of the stimulus money was supposed to go to this. what some states have done is horded the money away and not forked it into education. >> if you have protesters across the country, saying the politicians we want the money for us. where has that money gone? >> it's gone in the state coffers because they're facing unbelievable deficits. look here in the state of new york where the kind of money they're looking at right now and the budget deficit. you're seeing that all ov...

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