ifill: colorado prepares to roll out a new way for residents to get health insurance. betty ann bowser reports on the challenge of getting people to buy in. there s 800,000 uninsured in this state. probably 600,000 to 700,000 of those will need to be educated by september. i think it s a monoutilityal task. when i m gonna go back home brown: and we close with singer and actress audra mcdonald: her recent whirlwind of new career challenges, and the one place that keeps calling her back. i felt much better on stage. for me it s the rush of being forced to be so in the present. concentrating sloppy haired actor brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and f
probably 600,000 to 700,000 of those will need to be educated by september. i think it s a monoutilityal task. when i m gonna go back home brown: and we close with singer and actress audra mcdonald: her recent whirlwind of new career challenges, and the one place that keeps calling her back. i felt much better on stage. for me it s the rush of being forced to be so in the present. concentrating sloppy haired actor brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: it s considered one of t
800,000 uninsured in this state. probably 600,000 to 700,000 of those will need to be educated by september. i think it s a monoutilityal task. when i m gonna go back home brown: and we close with singer and actress audra mcdonald: her recent whirlwind of new career challenges, and the one place that keeps calling her back. i felt much better on stage. for me it s the rush of being forced to be so in the present. concentrating sloppy haired actor brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.
i worked with people in the government and retired, go out the front door and retire, then come back in the back door and get their same drop. guest: well, i do not quite know how to respond to that. that is a problem in the department of defense. there are quite a contrast contract workers who are retired after 25 years and they go back to work as private contractors for the department of defense using this deals they developed. the skills. we could now run the department without their experience, but it is not an issue that was addressed in the report. host: mike from six mile, south dakota. you are on the former congressman john spratt. caller: i am in district 3. how does the idea of shared desire cars break down with the idea of raising taxes on people with more money versus cutting benefits for people who have less money? that is a big deal for me. i think for most democrats come no one minds. the idea that we need to get people on medicare or medicaid and give tax
let s take a look at the story in the washington post today. while the rich are paying less, many in the u.s. are paying zero. a 45% of households of no federal income taxes. but peace is says the piece says the to find out why some pay no income tax, a washington think tank we already have a comment on twitter. the associated press has this recent survey looking at the numbers and how people feel about what they pay. in the poll the be conducted, it shows 44% or rather, 54% believe their tax bills are either somewhat fair were very fair compared to 46% to say they are unfair. democrats were more likely than republicans to think that tax bills were fair. liberals and moderates were more likely to fix of and conservatives. women more likely than men. most whites thought their tax bills were fair and most non- white didn t. adults under 30 and seniors 65 and above were much more likely to say their taxes were fair. then those in their prime earning years. little diffe