money. so this congress hands are virtually tied in terms of eliminating this beltway big budget bingo. this game of chance, this atlantic city boardwalk thing where you say, well, what s it gonna be? what s the budget gonna be this year? and if congress hides out over here, maybe they ll miss this program. maybe we ll get the cowboy poetry program to go forward. that s wrong. and americans are really kind of sick of it. and they re sick of it in terps of both parties. absolutely. i blame congress. i mean, congress handles the dough. and so if they re gonna double count half a trillion dollars, if they re going to have a $1.5 billion slush fund and if they re going to have overlap on all these programs, i blame congress! > we ve reinvented government 17 times. people have won prizes for that. we know what to do. senator tom coburn of oklahoma says we may be able to save hundreds of billions of dollars with regard to overlapping
in houston, texas being told to put away their steve urkel costumes. they canceled dress like a geek day. it was part of the school s annual spirit week and was supposed to happen today but the school canned it after parents complained it promotes bullying against nerdy kids. steve? oh, boy. meanwhile, ever wonder where all your tax money is going? the federal government certainly can t tell us, there s so much. first, there was a report finding massive amounts of government overlap. then congresswoman michelle bachmann found billions of dollars hidden in the health care bill. then, health and human services secretary kathleen sabelius admitted she double counted half a trillion dollars in obama care. is this normal? let s talk to peter johnson jr. he s live today. it s normal to playing beltway big budget bingo if this is all left to chance. if this becomes a game of chance, rather than something that s predictable and transparent, we will have these occasions where we ll spend $5