of the tab has mysteriously disappeared. but vladimir putin says it s just the price you pay to do business in russia. billions and billions, miriam, allegedly siphoned off here. where exactly do we think all of that went? well, according to a new report that came out today by someone who has been investigating russian corruption for years, he says that it s been stored offshore so we don t know exactly know who the end participant is but the allegations that he makes in this report are friends of vladimir putin that he s had since childhood, the officials that he s surrounded himself since he s been ruling russia. $8.7 billion to build a new road and rail line connecting the olympic events on the coast with the events in the mountains. one russian magazine says it would have been cheaper to pavement road in cavier.
movement to get women who historically have been some of the best ski jumpers on earth actually able to compete at the winter games and sarah hendrickson should be the star. wow, that s great. let s talk about why this thing is so expensive. it s unbelievable when you look at the dollar signs, the zeros behind this. how did it get so out of control? reporter: every winter games combined. does not cost as much as these games. the price tag is looking at $51 billion. the original bid was $12 billion. in a short word, it s cronyism and corruption. let me give one story here. the road, the train road that was paved between the olympic village and the top of the mountain where the skiing is taking place is costing $8.7 billion. that s more than the entire vancouver games. they could have paved that entire road with beluga calf caviar and would have cost less. and when you look at who the got contracts, long-time friends of
forever with the private-sector unions. private-sector unions are less than 6% now unionized. it is the public sector that has the big unionization. when you push these companies, these companies can threaten to move to friendlier places and that s what basically happened. they had to concede or they were going to lose 20,000 jobs in washington. we got a lot of viewers in south carolina. there is a great big dream liner plant building boeing s dream liner down in charleston, south. what boeing said to the unions was unless you agree to concessions with pension costs we re going to else and 22 sites said we ll take a plant right here. they knew in washington, the union guys knew they either had to concede or they were going to lose jobs big-time. but also the state gave them $8.7 billion to stay. that s like $1,250 a
so, my brother, you say that states like colorado and washington are becoming like joints, but who is really getting high? excellent question, my sister. i think states will quickly find themselves getting high on the revenue from taxing the marijuana economy. the national survey on drug use and health found in 2011 over 18 million people said they have smoked in the last month. another study that was endorsed by 500 economists estimated the yield in revenues at tax and rates similar to tobacco or alcohol would be $8.7 billion a year. hold on, my brother. can you break that down a bit because that is some good stuff? my sister, oakland collected 1.4 million in taxes from just four dispensariedispensaries. colorado imposed a 15% excise
planning to pursue child abandonment charges against a couple who turned their adopted son over, saying he was too much to handle. and remains found believed to be the missing family that vanished in 2010. investigators believe they were murdered. washington state lawmakers agreeing to give boeing $8.7 billion in tax breaks through 2040. that s bleached to ebelieved t largest break for a company ever. attempting to commit them to a new production line in the state. the company is threatening to take predictioduction elsewherea contract dispute with its machinist unions.