to keep them from moving in with their children in the rec room or on the couch. it gives them money for assisted living. nursing homes. nursing homes of all kinds. the point here is that she can t deal with her budget crisis until she gets some money for her medicaid shortfall and she can t do that without eating crow on obama-care. here are the dollars and cents from the ram study. the loss in federal dollars for those states opting out, $8.4 billion, increased state spending of a billion dollars. my question to you. you have republican governors like jan brewer and rick scott in florida pushing for medicaid expansion. rick scott is the guy that tried to kill obama-care. what is the difference between the state governors in the republican party and republican members of congress? they don t have to close budget gaps in congress. they don t have to deal with medicaid short falls.
members of the chicago teachers union picketing across the city including outside cellular field on the south side after teachers and city officials missed last night s deadline to reach a new contract. this is the largest strike our nation has seen all year from any industry in the private or public sector. nearly 26,000 teachers and staff expected to join the picket lines their dispute over pay brings the third largest school in the united states to a halt. keep in mind other cities and towns across the country may face similar sites as officials try to close their own budget gaps. today chicago s police chiefs employ different officers across the safety protest keep an eye on all those kids who are not in class. steve brown is in our chicago newsroom tonight. what are the chances of a quick settlement here, steve. well, shep, based on day one, it looks like there will be several more days to come. at least based on the comments the president of the chicago school board said hopefu
all of the votes cast. bill: meanwhile president obama inveiling a new billion dollar program to promote better education. president obama proposing reward system for high-performing teachers under a plan that would create a core of elite master instructors in science and in math. the billion dollar program will reward teachers with a $20,000 per year increase in their salary. six minutes now past the hour. martha: as washington continues to spend, listen to this. there is a new report out that finds that the fiscal crisis in many states in this country could indeed be with us for quite some time. even long after the economy starts to rebuild itself. so right now you ve got 31 states that are projecting budget gaps for 2013. slow job growth that cuts into the taxes that states can collect. 18 states have an unemployment rate that is above 8% which is the national average. and in the most recent state jobs report, unemployment
so-called user fees not just in the criminal justice system but traffic and license violations and people not paying child support. when they can t pay, he writes hills mcgee, with a monthly income of $243 in veterans benefits was charged with public drunkenness, assessed $270 by a court and put on probation through a private company. the company added a $15 enrollment fee and $39 in monthly fees. that put his total for a year above $700 which mr. mcgee, 53, struggled to meet before being jailed for failing to pay. cities are charging everything from probation supervision as well as others. it s to shore up budget gaps. when offenders can t pay these fees they get a knee it is to show up in court, if they don t show up, warrant goes out for their arrest. the supreme court ruled in 1983 it s understand constitutional to send people to jay because they can t pay their debts but
punishment. neil: i actually read it because i have no life i am not going to las vegas. guest: they made good points about all banks. neil: what do you do do get out of it in the president says more government and spending and romney says tax cuts. where are we? guest: i think we need stimulus. okay? i thought we needed stimulus coming out of the financial crisis. it is the type of stimulus that you put forward. you put forward the stimulus that the president wants. do you think that works? history shows that is inever inefficient. woo would was the greatest stimulus but before that we were admired with roosevelt in a depression. that spending is hard to carry out. no real shovel ready process because money was transferred to the states and the states did not bond out they kept it to plug their budget gaps and pay down the pensions. they if not create jobs. tax cuts are better.