work less hard. they ll take less risk. they ll earn less money. and again, this goes back to the issue that the liberals of big government don t seem to get it that people don t work to pay taxes. that s not why people work. people work to save for the future, to send their kids to college, to buy stuff, to live comfortably. but they don t work for the government. kelly: and to establish a legacy for their children and make sure that future generations in this country can move forward and have a great prosperous nation. as we are, in fact, entitled to because we ve worked for it and it wasn t given as a handout. thank you, sir. christmas is over and now you re left staring at a bunch of bills and so what s next? that one credit card you should pay first or else. then doctors used a shot of alcohol to save a man s life. we ve got the extraordinary story coming up [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego.
fox news meteorologist, maria molina in our weather center tracking this storm. how long will this last? good morning. thankfully the storm system will be out of the northeast tomorrow. but the bad news is that we have a storm system on the heels of this one that will be producing more snow across the midwest as we head into tomorrow and then this weekend, bringing more snow across portions of the northeast and also some very strong winds as it does intensify over the next 24 to 48 hours. right now we re still dealing with the first storm system that dumped significant snowfall across places that don t typically get it around christmas time. in arkansas, we have reports of over a foot of snow. some spots picking up to 15 inches of snow. incredible stuff. a foot of it as well across portions of southern illinois and indiana. that s a story as well. right now across the northeast. upstate new york, we re getting very heavy snowfall. that s the case as well in through portions of new en
refinance for five years. so essentially it would cost the taxpayers almost $60 billion. and this is a group of home borrowers who has proven that they can pay their mortgages time every month even though their interest rates are twice that of prevailing rates in the midst of a struggling economy. so these are people who don t even really need the help. juliet: okay. so people who are watching this are saying, wait. who is this going to help? is it going to be good news for anybody? listen, before people say gosh, kendra, you re not in that position, how would you know? i m under water in my home. i happen to be under water. juliet: a lot of us are. yeah. but is it really worth the personal benefit to me to pass that bill on to future generations of americans? no, i don t think so. and to expand the government s
this is a tough time for the people of california because they ve seen so much in taxes. it s already an expensive area. what drove you away from the area? where will, exactly that. california now has the highest taxes in the nation. they just tripled the car tax and what the people who run california don t understand is that people don t work to pay taxes and increasing taxes and passing more laws isn t going to make what ails california better. kelly: you were at the top of the game out there politically. you were a force to be reckoned with, helping a lot of people in california from the republican party side. what do you think went wrong in california? what caused this kind of massive tax hikes causing people to have a mass exodus? well, california now has a very large government. it has government spending at almost 40% more as a share of the economy than does texas where i now live.