address. mm-hmm. you know, we all learned in school about the gettysburg address, what it stood for, what it said and that the president was commemorating a cemetery for the fallen union soldiers at gettysburg. the last line, if i remember it correctly, is we shouldn t forget that this is a nation of the people by the people and for the people. let s start with that. if it is a government of the people and by the people, we are talking about people who have to act responsibly. we are also talking about the fact that government is there to serve us not the other way around. i want to go back to a story. when i was a supervising judge in family court in manhattan back in the 80s, i had a judge who didn t take the bench on time. i like to get there early.
breaking tonight the government may still be shut down but some of the national treasures are open for business. how can that be? grace gallagher is live in the west coast newsroom with developments. trace? what s happening is the federal government is leasing back the national parks to the states at least for a short time. in return the states get to keep all the money the parks generate. so the governors have to sit down and figure t out if the math works and if it s worth it. the governors of washington state, wyoming have said no thanks. several other states struck deals. take a look at this. utah is paying $166,000 per day to keep open its eight parks. arizona, 93,000 per day to re-open the grand canyon. new york paying $61,000 plus to open the statue of lib ertliber. colorado $40,000 for rocky mountain park. and $15,000 plus for south dakota to re-open mt. rushmore.
well, as long as you are giving me a couple of seconds i will tell you my idea. i think if you receive an entitlement because the government determined you are unable to work because of x and you have young children that go to school and you are receiving some sort of public stanassista i think in order to continue with it you have to dmon state you get your children to school every day. your children need a certificate of attendance in school in order to continue with your assistance. i also think that people who take a deduction for their children, working people who take a deduction on their tax returns because they are participating, in order to be able to get that deduction you have to attach to your tax return a certificate of attendance for the children in a school. you re going to see to it that your kids get to school. you want that couple of grand. that s dollars and cent s. reward and punishment.
speaking up for them. she eel do it. when i see her clips it makes me want to be a better perpendicular. be a better friend, better wife, better mother, better everything . it s the most uplifting thing i have seen all week. we just had a gallup poll that showed 81% of the country now is dissatisfied with government and that there is a certain malaise, for lack of a better term, that people are feeling in the country now. you have been covering news for a long time. you had a bit of a stint in politics. have you ever seen it like this? i have been through contentious times in my long life and career. i haven t had people come up to me the way they said, we are so smart in america. we believe in the future. why are we living crisis to crisis? why are we doing this? i know you are hearing it too. we are reporting it every night. you are definitely my role model in television news.
citizens paid for an expensive court system just like the public pays for an ex-pe pepens government. i felt i was a public servant. they paid my salary. they were entitled for a day s work for a day s pay. court started at 9:15. i was on the bench at 9:00 ready to get going and everybody else was there waiting for me. court officers, clerks. this judge had a house in the hamptons. he couldn t get to work on time on monday before 11:00. i would say to him, judge, it s not the right thing. you left people sitting outside. he said, they can t do anything unless i m here. i said, you know, you re a public servant. this public is not there to serve your needs. well, that s a lot of what we are seeing in government today. we are seeing mediocre people elected to substantial positions