1999 for advertising for products overseas. we are looking at it because it s your money. senator tom coburn has released this new report highlighting the program to stir up debate about the role of government in promoting private goods. we put the program into the taxpayer calculator and take a look at some examples of the spending. according to this report, blue diamond growers has received $28.2 million since 1999 to help promote its products overseas. in 2009 they sold $709 million worth of nuts. the wine institute has got $7 million in order to conduct wine tours, marketing and other events promoting an $18 billion per year industry. cotton council international has received more than $169 million. some of it spent on an indian tv show where contestants make
in 2009 alone, they sold $709 million of nuts. california wine institute received $60 million in the past decade. in order to conduct wine tours, marketing and other events promoting $18 billion per year industry. cotton council international received $169 million in the last decade. some spent on indian reality tv show where contestants make clothes out of cotton. then there is the livestock genetics group which received $14 million since 1999. for marketing livestock semen. tom coburn is planning to offer amendment to farm bill to reduce funding. the point is nobody is measuring the effectiveness of the program. there is no metrics on it to say this is what it s done. when you look at the total share of world markets and how we have seen a decline we taught be questioning it. usda spokesman matt harig
her. clinton making the comments while visiting a girl s school in india earlier today. the avengers raking in $2 million, it shatters the previous record of $169 million set last year. martha: i heard it was really good. you didn t see it. bill: i did not. martha: the boys saw it over the weekend. she loved it. bill: did they? they gave it two thumbs up? martha: yeah they loved it. france s election after socialist president sparks new economic fears here in the united states. my next guest says that president obama s policies he believes can drive us off the same fiscal cliff. let s check out the big board this morning. just as stewart varney pretexted bee are up about 63 points, just below the 13,000 mark there for the doi jones industrial.
over $169 million when it opened in theaters domestically last summer. it s also a real stamp of validation, a vindication essentially on disney s $4 billion acquisition of marvel entertainment back in 2009 and might go a long way to soften the blow of that recent thud. remember that john carter. you hit the money there. oh, yes. and amazingly enough it was also about $30 million more expensive to make than the avengers so this is essentially a win. all right. did you see it? i didn t. i m sorry. i actually saw the pirates instead which was excellent by the way. cnbc s mandy drury with that report and a movie recommendation for you as well on this monday morning. always a pleasure. thank you. see you. if you have to guess you might think women are the biggest online shoppers. you would be wrong. according to a new survey from i prospect there are 19 million affluent men online and the majority of them are shopping to
percent in favor of this plan. and now like with us in washington this afternoon. james? reporter: this showdown will take the follow of three procedural votes in the senate before 6:00. it will not pass. let alone the house of representatives. but as a wedge issue the buffett rule will be with us all way to november. roughly 438,000 households will earn $1 million a year. or more. in 2015. less than half, 210,000 will be affected by the rule if it comes to pass and pay the higher tax rates. so the affected group comprises .1 percent of the 169 million taxpayers in america. now, crunching the 2009 numbers and you can see that roughly 27 million taxpayers earn between $50,000 and $100,000 that year and of those only 2 the paid the 30 percent tax rate and president obama insists millionaires should pay. what does it mean? it is good to be an accountant.