mantra didn t say here is how we create more energy in the u.s. carley: this war in the u.s. is raging on, he spent the first several moments of the speech, the topic he talked about most is the war in ukraine. he talks about that and you think about how much oil we import from russia like 59 million dollars a day? when people say that the united states is funding this war, you can see where they are coming from. it is strange, this is a policy that can hit a lot of the issues he has trouble with. it is a way to weaken russia, obviously make their oil less of a factor, produce our own, it is a great disinflationary tool. bring prices down, they are contributor to cost throughout the economy. and obviously for that desire to create more products in the u.s., energy is
their jobs and the audacity of the president of the united states last week would sign the executive order and give everybody an increase who is a federal employee, of course they threw that out last night, but the rally the president signed an executive order to give a pay increase. again, they throw it back in our faces. they say they re going to have a fiscal cliff piece of legislation, they don t. they have a tax bill they in fact throw at us. what i did today i woke up this morning and fired my pool man and i m going to start growing algae in my pool so i can get part of that 59 million dollars. megyn: and use it to power your car in california. absolutely. the car i buy, right? and do you see an inconsistency in the philosophy of raising the taxes on the rich and because there was well, there was a discussion about whether they should do that, right? because is that going to slow growth to raise taxes on the rich, but they ve also raised taxes on the middle class by revok
back from gm. as sales fall, gm is planning to send more than half a million dollars to sponsor an english soccer team and on top of that helping it fund a village in texas. and add it up and we ll never see one dime of the 27 billion that gm still owes us? exactly. brenda. back in the good old days, i didn t care what gm did, could waste their money, didn t matter. i wasn t invested in the company. now as a taxpayer i am. number one, this whole, 559 million dollars, they re spending to sponsor manchester united. and a sell and 159 million dollars worth of vehicles, and i think everyone at this point knows what gm is, you know, the name recognition thing, they could move on from that, but the bigger issue is the sponsorship of the chevy volt. thing is should it have been done or not, it s sold as well
there s no ability for the candidate and the super pac. the legal idea. no hand holding, no collusion, it has to be kept independent and clearly they re created and the entire purpose is to help one candidate and therefore, to hurt one or more of the others. and here is something that many do not know. 59 million dollars have been spent by the super packs in television advertising and how much the candidates have spent, about 18 million. so it s almost 3-1 mix as to $3 of super pack money for every dollar that a candidate actually comes on and says, i m mitt romney and i approve this message or newt gingrich and approve this message. let talk to some of our audience and talk about super pack s today. mike from oklahoma has a question on super pacs. yes, governor, i was curious, why is it there s no