texas. thank you. thank you. top of the hour here. welcome back. $2 billion gone. poof. now as he gets called a crook, the man of jpmorgan explains the big time screw up. why jamie dimon warns something has got to be done about the economy before november. you ll hear everything, but first this. the russians are turning the table on the united states today. this is him on the left side of your screen. today he is accusing washington of arming the syrian rebels. the united states saying no way. the secretary of state hillary clinton slammed the russians over syria once again. she accused moscow of supplying helicopters to the syrian government. they were accused of torturing children. joining us from washington, chris lawrence. what s going on? this back and forth between the united states. this is getting serious. reporter: very serious. the accusations are really flying back and forth now. when you look at some of the what s coming out of the state department in the
less than 400 people showed up, and they declared themselves a charter city which means they didn t fall under the state guidelines. even after last night the city council meeting and the members decided to slash their pay by 90%. those people were not happy. in fact, they spoke for five hours after the city council agreed to cut their salary saying they want to clean house, they re looking for a recall election now. listen to some of the comments from last night. people pay our taxes, and these people are ripping us off. you were a crook yesterday, you re a crook today, and you ll be a crook tomorrow. shame on you, sham on you! all of you! reporter: remember, the firestorm began when it came to light that these city officials were making such huge salaries, $787,000 a year, the assistant city manager making $376,000 a year, the police chief, randy adams, 457.
you are a crook today. you will be a crook tomorrow. reporter: but most politicians don t break any law. they legally give money to people they like. they want to do whatever the hell they want. reporter: exactly. rarely is it such blatant self dealing as in bell but every day politicians spend your tax dollars on their vision of what america should have. as they do, government grows. thomas jefferson said it s the natural progress of things for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. but never before outside wartime has government gained so much ground. just got to stop spending. be a point to the end. reporter: most of the life of america when we grew the best government spent in today dollar a few hundred dollars per person but today the federal government alone spends 10,000 dollars per american and state spent another 3000 dollars. total government now eats up 40 percent of the economy. 40
yesterday, you are a crook today and will be a crook tomorrow. you all need to go to jail so we don t have to pay you back one penny. bill: that was july and this is september and we all remember the outrage from folks from that tiny town in california. they are now getting a bit of revenge. the paybacks. and the refunds. the latest, in a moment, here.