the panels without the tax break and that s the problem for state lawmakers who want to reduce the state s dependency on importing oil but can no longer afford the generous tax break that took 174 million dollars out of the state treasury last year. we want to support the energy use in hawaii. there s no doubt about it, but not at the expense of all the taxpayers who are heavily subsidizing this one component. the local solar industry is split on whether the break should stay like enviro environmentalists or want to phase it out. we cannot sustain this rate. it s about time they get off the training wheels and run on their own. and hawaii s tax break is in addition to a 30% federal benefit, so if you can afford that significant up front cost, the tax help from both the state and the feds is actually a huge leg up. one other complaint from
imported oil but can t afford the tax breaks that took $174 million out of the state treasury last year. we want to support this kind of energy use, but not at expense of taxpayers. whether the break should stay environmentalists say it should. lawmakers seem to agree on one thing. you cannot sustain this rate of expenditure for one particular thing. it s time to get off the training wheels and run on their own. reporter: the state tax break is in addition to 30% federal benefit. if you can t afford it up front, it s a huge leg up for people. one of complaints homeowners and businesses are getting tax breaks if 42 add more solar panels they need and sell the surface electricity back to the
do so. lawmakers are scrambling how to fund the project without going bust. dominic di-natale. and in the past five years, and 2012 installed more panels than the last six years combined that comes at a cost. the average power rate $25,000 to stall and gave them a generous 35% tax break. well, not many people were on board yet that didn t cost the state treasury so much. but last year it took 174 million dollar chunk out of hawaii s budget. causing the lawmakers to have a serious rethink. and for the residential, for the private sector industry business guys, we re going to look at whether or not we can scale it down and those are in place right now and want to honor the
pacs. this will be the most expensive presidential campaign in history. what does it mean for our democracy? thank you, sir. also really appreciated the map work earlier. that was cool, thank you. i m always happy to do it if there are two things i love to geek out on it s the map and ad spending. let s go with your second geekout here. the ad spending. let s talk about where the bulk where all this money is going. spending, ad spending for tv and radio across the states, nearly $920 million. in florida right here in the sunshine state, somewhere around $174 million, i ve been told. it s going to hit $1 billion? look at that graphic we had just up. $919 million already. we had just crossed $900 million just on friday. the amount of money they are pouring in this upcoming week, $100 million.
kind of monster that we didn t understand. i think many kids are saying okay, these drugs are prescription, they must be safe. my whom takes them. my dad takes them. my brother, my older brother takes them. how bad can they be? they get them from doctors. and, remember, shep, we are only focusing on those kids who actually take pain medication and die. there are tens of thousands of others who actually get medical treatment because of taking too many painkillers. shep? shepard: and in so many cases they are not getting these pills off the streets at all, trace. no. they re getting them at home, right? they are getting them at friends house. here is the reason why. look at these charts. look at the explosion in the number of painkillers issued over the past 10 years. in 2000, pharmacies filled 174 million prescriptions for painkillers. by 2009, the number had gone up almost 50% to 257 million. and 75% of those who abuse