i can tell you the people i work for and the other states i travel to, this is a big deal when government targets you based on your political beliefs. but to say there s not a smidgen of evidence when the investigation is ongoing. he fired the head of the i.r.s. there s a criminal probe open and lois lerner took the fifth. on questions about the failed healthcare.gov, here s the answer. we decided how we re going to fix it, it got fixed in a month and a half, it s up and running and working the way it s supposed to and we ve signed up 3 million people. not so fast.
schools. right now you have about a third of them that have armed security guards of one kind or another. so that means you ve got two-thirds, 70,000, costs about $100,000 to pay a salary and benefits for a police officer so, that comes out to $7 billion. to put that in perspective, the fbi s annual budget is $8 billion. now, i don t know where you get that money. do you raise local property taxes? do you fire 70,000 teachers? do you ask congress to kick in that money? then we re adding to the deficit. all right, guys. speaking of deficit, we ll turn to the fiscal cliff in just a moment. stand by. i want to bring in nbc s kristen welker with the president in honolulu. hello to you in paradise. president obama, is he as focused on the fiscal cliff today as everyone back here and on my remote live shots are? reporter: well, here s the answer, alex. today partisan bickering is going to be put aside, at least temporarily, with president obama and a number of members of congress and the
a stubbornly high unemployment rate. sean: he did this on purpose? what other explanation can you have? any other american president sean: here s the answer wait. this guy doesn t break a sweat, why? sean: he believes he s right. i think he s double down on stupid. listen, i do not think this man is stupid. he knows exactly what he s doing. sean: keynesian economics has been proven. that model has failed again. he believes it so much he s doubling down on it. what is the ultimate objective of policies we perceive as failing? to him these policies are succeeding. because the more people dependent on government, unemployment, welfare, food stamps, under kinds of social programs more people dependent on the government you have a permanent democratic majority.
a stubbornly high unemployment rate. sean: he did this on purpose? what other explanation can you have? any other american president sean: here s the answer wait. this guy doesn t break a sweat, why? sean: he believes he s right. i think he s double down on stupid. listen, i do not think this man is stupid. he knows exactly what he s doing. sean: keynesian economics has been proven. that model has failed again. he believes it so much he s doubling down on it. what is the ultimate objective of policies we perceive as failing? to him these policies are succeeding. because the more people dependent on government, unemployment, welfare, food stamps, under kinds of social programs more people dependent on the government you have a permanent democratic majority.
justice probably has to recuse herself and i think that may have driven the numbers up a little bit. reporter: one final note. i have the high privilege of sitting in the courtroom when the nine justices appeared at the stroke of ten, and when the marshal in toned the famous term god save the united states and this honorable court and justice kagan seemed at home, staring serenely ahead. martha: thanks for being with us this morning, we ll see you soon. bill: the key part of the country s health care reform law, insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to people who have preexisting conditionses. but, since the part of that law went into affect, the expectations have fallen short, at the moment, woefully short. now, why is that? eric bolling, anchor of money rocks from the fox business network with me. good morning to you, fine sir. good morning. bill: how short? well, i have my card here, why? here s the answer, the law of unintended consequences, costs have gone up, the