blaming it on congress and postal labor unions. $58 billion, how much money the new high speed bullet train in california will cost you. the project won t be completed until 2033. 181.5 billion, the total coast of regulations imposed by the obama administration in 2014 alone, the most expensive coming from the environmental protection agency. pay that bill. steve? the state of colorado moving away from discouraging drug use and now instead telling people how to legally and safely smoke weed. the state launching a $5.7 million taxpayer-paid campaign aimed at educating people on the laws regarding recreational pot use. our next guest says there s one big problem. it fails to address the jaingz address the dangers of marijuana.
billion a year. the federal government spends $81.5 billion every eight days. it s just a drop in the bucket. is it a drop in the bucket if the numbers are accurate and $2200 would be saved for an individual family, is that a drop in the bucket, $2200? absolutely not. this is the message war. how do you look at it? do you look at it as $81.5 billion every eight days which doesn t do anything or do you look at it in terms of $2,000 per family which is a lot when the average income is $49,000 a year. karen, you wanted to get in on the whole notion that bill clinton isn t standing with the president. we ve been hearing that from republicans as part of the argument that the president by the way, senator chuck schumer came out strongly yesterday and said for those who believe he s not standing with the president on the $250,000 or more mark are wrong. he does. here is what i would say on that. while there s disagreement whether it s $250,000 or $1
i ll be honest with you. i think you know the republicans have offered up the $1 million benchmark, the answer would still be no compromise. i would probably say that s correct. i don t think that s necessarily right, by the way, for them to do politically or professionally for them to move forward to get this ball rolling forward, to get the american people on our side on this issue. but look, this thing the president did, everybody on this panel and on this show knows it s not going anywhere. it s not even going to come up. it s not going to pass. everybody knows that. it s purely political, it s not economics. we know the health care repeal vote from the house republicans tomorrow won t go beyond the house, it will not pass in the senate. but that has not stopped speaker boehner and republicans from talking about it? that is, too, quote, unquote, political. no question. let the message wars begin. if the president is going to try into crease taxes on everyone making $250,000
government, apple reported cash reserves, reserves toting $81.5 billion. that s about $30 billion more than the government has socked away in the bank right now, you should know. so the question is, does that say more about apple s billions in business or washington s fiscal woes? stay with us. you re watching weekends with alex witt. when you have diabetes. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans. but their shakes aren t always made for people with diabetes. that s why there s new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger. look who s getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes.
makes democrats really angry. but look what he did tonight. he came back and he talked about things that i think do unite independents and democrats. i thought the strength of the speech was he was specific, he gave us a plan. i didn t want a vision, actually. i ve got enough vision from this guy. i wanted a plan. that was paul i m living hand to mouth begala. paul is the only person we know that enjoys redistributing himself. let me put this in context. you re done, paul. $81.5 billion going to people who make more than $250,000 a year. only $5 billion goes to the top, and there is something really wrong about that, when we can only find $5 billion for