americans say we should defend if attacked. gregg: scott rasmussen, great to see you. let s take about the economy. we re getting brand-new numbers on consumer spending and the figures are down for a couple of reasons. the high cost of gasoline and food and americans aren t spending money, some are saving, some are reallocating for the inflated goods. there may be a silver lining. we ll talk about that with mickey carlisle. mickey, good see you. we ll get to the silver lining in a second. consumer spending is clearly the largest sector of the economy, driving force behind economic growth, but when consumers to have allocate more money for gasoline and good because of increased prices, aren t they
what they are doing in michigan with this particular tax hike will not make that state s budget deficit any better. it just shifts resources from one group of humans, old people and poor people, to corporations. it s just a shift of the resources that the state has control over. as you might imagine, this is not a popular kind of idea. florida is doing the same kind of shift with their schools. cutting hundreds of millions of dollars out their k through 12 education not to pay down the state s budget deficit but in order to give that money away to businesses. the money saved by sticking it to the school kids will be given away as a corporate and property tax break. and the state s deficit will stay as is, roughly. shifting resources like this, shifting resources like this, reallocating resources, reallocating money from the poor, from kids, from old people to businesses is not a very popular idea. there is a reason that people don t run for office by saying that s what they re going to
those jobs to come and get us. it s ridiculous. rachel, everything you listed, everything you listed is their counterproposal to our offers to try to come to resolution over the issue of collective bargaining. we re very serious about this and they come back with going after our parking spots, extortion with our paychecks, being arrested, reallocating staff, cutting off copying privileges. we ve been very honest and up front as to why we re here. we ve been very honest and up front as to what we would like to see happen in order to move us forward. and this is what we get in return. i think they should spend more time on actually concentrating on the problem in wisconsin as opposed to wasting time coming up with resolution after resolution that doesn t make any difference. just to be clear i feel like we ve been assuming this is true but i should just clarify it with you. the governor is still saying that he will not negotiate, that he will not talk about union stripping, that it s n
going after our parking spots, extortion with our paychecks, being arrested, reallocating staff, cutting off copying privileges. i think they should spend more time on concentrating on the problem in wisconsin as opposed to wasting time with coming you have with resolution after resolution that doesn t make a difference. labor disputes are springing up in new jersey where thousands of firefighters and police officers rallied against a proposal by the government. chris christie wants public workers to pay more for their benefits. in washington, d.c., registered nurses are on the picket line right now demanding safety improvements for patients. let s bring in now wrc s megan mcgrath. megan, what s the impasse here? reporter: well, that really depends on who you ask. you can see the nurses and their picket line behind me here. they say that this strike is about staffing levels, that they aren t high enough to ensure patient care and safety. the hospital though says that the staffing l
talking about contracting out those jobs to come and get us. it s ridiculous. rachel, everything you listed, everything you listed is their counterproposal to our offers to try to come to resolution over the issue of collective bargaining. we re very serious about this and they come back with going after our parking spots, extortion with our paychecks, being arrested, reallocating staff, cutting off copying privileges. we ve been very honest and up front as to why we re here. we ve been very honest and up front as to what we would like to see happen in order to move us forward. and this is what we get in return. i think they should spend more time on actually concentrating on the problem in wisconsin as opposed to wasting time coming up with resolution after resolution that doesn t make any difference. just to be clear i feel like we ve been assuming this is true but i should just clarify it with you. the governor is still saying that he will not negotiate, that he will not talk abou