since that ticket was sold. we are inside the mart here where that record-setting $219 million lottery ticket was sold back in march. you remember there were two other additional winners besides the one here in red bud. those other winning tickets were sold in kansas and maryland. those winners have already come forward but they have been allowed to remain anonymous. in illinois, though, lottery winners generally speaking have to come forward publicly. that s why we re going to know who that person is who won their share of that record, what, $656 million jackpot back on march 30th. the only details that have been released so far about the winner here is it s one person and it s an illinois resident. the motomart here has already had a nice pay day. the parent company receiving a check for $500,000. this story here getting $50,000 of that and gretchen, i can tell you around town this morning,
bringing this company back to profitability. three years ago our company was in dire straits. they lost $219 million. and we had a contract. and we all got together and said we ve got to bring this company back on its feet. we offered the company a $30 million in concessions, and it did. it brought them back to profitability. and what they ve done with that money, they bought a plant over there in china, and they lined their own pockets. the top ceo had a 50% wage increase, and they got plenty of big bonuses to go along with that. okay. i am told that you want your workers to get another 50 cents an hour. is that correct? that s our proposal. your proposal. they won t even entertain that. your proposal s 50 cents an hour. on an eight-hour day that s four hours a day. that s $20 a week. that s a little over $1,000 a year raise.
we want to be rewarded for bringing this company back to profitability. three years ago our company was in dire straits. they lost $219 million. and we had a contract. and we all got together and said we ve got to bring this company back on its feet.รง we offered the company a $30 million in concessions, and it did. it brought them back to profitability. and what they ve done with that money, they bought a plant over there in china, and they lined their own pockets. the top ceo had a 50% wage increase, and they got plenty of big bonuses to go along with that. okay. i am told that you want your workers to get another 50 cents an hour. is that correct? that s our proposal. your proposal. they won t even entertain that. your proposal s 50 cents an hour. on an eight-hour day that s four hours a day. that s $20 a week. that s a little over $1,000 a year raise.
consumer sentiment and how they feel about the economy and whether or not they spend. getting back to the $700 billion issue. wouldn t it be better to be within the system? leave it to the markets, not have the government hold it under $1 billion but let the country have $700 billion? yeah. the fact of the matter is if you want to talk about facts instead of emotions here, the facts of the matter are from 2003 to 2007 the deficit, this is after the bush tax cuts. the deficit actually fell by $219 million. that s the congressional budget office report. if you want to argue with the facts, you can put on blinders and hit yourself in the head with a wall or something. [ laughter ] let s be really clear here let s be clear here. cheryl: charlie? they re not using the tax decrease to pay down deficit. cheryl: right. this president embarked on
issue. he is well known to voters in washington state and in fact, he may be well known to our viewers because we covered the race extensively for governor when he lost by 129 votes after the third count. well, this time he s running in a nonpresidential year and he thinks that will help him. we expect him to make an issue out of earmarks. murray sponsored, get this 190 earmarks last year totalling $219 million. we can t continue to do this. it s worth doing. it s worth doing in the normal budgeting process. not, you know, with full transparency with republicans and democrats alike in committee. not the dark of the night. and polls right now a tossup. the rules in russia when it comes to the sale of vodka with changing tchl will be illegal for stores in russia to sale vodka from 10:00 at night until