we have no other options. i have to ask you, what is the attitude of the people in your area when they see these kinds of cuts hang at the local schools? well, of course the people are very disturbed. you know, it s finally come home that we have a problem. it takes money to run a public school. and without our public school, our democracy is in trouble as you well know and continue to say, ed. public schools are what made our nation great. we must continue to fund our public schools. so you would say that rick perry comes from the school of thought it s more important to make sure that the wealthy do better instead of the kids having an opportunity in the public school system? retired educator. yeah, go ahead. what i was going to say is it was more important for rick perry to get his presidential campaign in order than it was to
the reason gas was $1.79 in december as you pointed out is because we were in the middle of the bush recession. earlier in the year gas had been $4.05 a gallon. people don t have a job. they can t afford to buy gas. we were peeling off almost 800,000 jobs a month at that particular time. bill, great to have you with us. thank you for joining us. remember to answer the question, tonight s question at the bottomst screen. we want you to respond to that. governor rick perry, he s at it again. this time he s try iing to take over the civil rights movement to today s republican battle for lower tacks. we ve got a retired texas public educator with us tonight to talk about the real rick perry and what he s done in texas. later, libyan rebels took control of gadhafi s compound today. but with the libyan leader missing, can republicans find a coherent message on this conflict? stay tuned. you re watching the ed show we ll be right back. t.
i have to ask you, what is the attitude of the people in your area when they see these kinds of cuts happening at the local schools? well, of course the people are very disturbed. you know, it s finally come home that we have a problem. it takes money to run a public school. and without our public school, our democracy is in trouble as you well know and continue to say, ed. public schools are what made our nation great. we must continue to fund our public schools. so you would say that rick perry comes from the school of thought it s more important to make sure that the wealthy do better instead of the kids having an opportunity in the public school system? retired educator, jo go ahead, go ahead. what i was going to say is it was more important for rick perry to get his presidential campaign in order than it was to fund the schools of texas.
because we were in the middle of the bush recession. earlier in the year gas had been $4.05 a gallon. people don t have a job. they can t afford to buy gas. we were peeling off almost 800,000 jobs a month at that particular time. bill, great to have you with us. thank you for joining us. remember to answer the question, tonight s question at the bottomst screen. we want you to respond to that. governor rick perry, he s at it again. this time he s trying doekt the civil rights movement to today s republican battle for lower taxes. we ve got a retired texas public educator with us tonight to talk about the real rick perry and what he s done in texas. later, libyan rebels took control of gadhafi s compound today. but with the libyan leader missing, can republicans find a coherent message on this conflict? stay tuned. [ groans ] you okay? i m not looking forward to my flight. try this. bayer aspirin? i m not having a heart attack. it s my back. no, this is new bayer advanced aspirin.