and it s also slightly less for halloween than this time last year, when total spending hit $7.5 billion. about 80% of consumer s cited te state of the national economy as their reason for spending less. i guess they re not feeling as upbeat perhaps as they were before. by the numbers if you want to break it down, the nrf says total candy spending is going to be about $2.1 billion for halloween, an additional $330 million will be spent on greeting cards. that s a lot of money washing around on one single holiday, right? it sure is. mandy, great seeing you. thanks. coming up, the real-life goodfellas drama is as captivating as the movie counterpart. former mobsters turning on each other in federal court, giving new details about one of the most famous heists in history. first, more insight from vice president joe biden revealing why he decided not to run for president. take a listen. i ll be very blunt.
necessary and continuing the executive actions to tackle problems that congress is ignoring. and that brings us to a final resolution for the most important people in our politics the billionaires. bara walters did her special on the most fascinating people of the year. and david koch was the most interesting person on it. people call you an evil billionaire. why? i don t understand that. donors just blew the roof off the mid-term elections. these were the most expensive ever. and the spending hit $1.5 billion. what does that buy? national voter turnout was 36%, the lowest in 72 years. you have to go back to world war ii for the last time americans were this distracted from voting.
case is new so must we think and act anew. but, look, you don t become, you know, big rhetoric by simply copying the words of somebody else, you have to have a big original thought. charles was right. this was a declaration of liberalism is back in all its glory you about he couldn t say the era of big government is over or find a memorable phrase that introduces the idea, this is about expanding government and more power. sean: stay right there. and according to cbs we ought to be a one party country. and we ll explain. more from washington as we keep our eye on the inauguration 2013. and will the spending hit them in the pocket? details of na plan. and world champion the shooter showed us on friday night the stupidity behind some newest proposed gun laws. it set our blogosphere on fire and we ll tell you why coming up next.
case is new so must we think and act anew. but, look, you don t become, you know, big rhetoric by simply copying the words of somebody else, you have to have a big original thought. charles was right. this was a declaration of liberalism is back in all its glory you about he couldn t say the era of big government is over or find a memorable phrase that introduces the idea, this is about expanding government and more power. sean: stay right there. and according to cbs we ought to be a one party country. and we ll explain. more from washington as we keep our eye on the inauguration 2013. and will the spending hit them in the pocket? details of na plan. and world champion the shooter showed us on friday night the stupidity behind some newest proposed gun laws. it set our blogosphere on fire and we ll tell you why coming up next.
as long as you reduce tax rates and it is not a hidden tax increase, yes. the talk about the constant increase in spending makes me think of a cocaine user who always needs more coke to get high. someone like this guy. america can learn a lot from a drug addict. even though this country is $14 trillion in debt washington raised the debt ceiling ten times in the last ten years. each time it is like a hit. another spending hit but you are the junkies. to borrow less you need to spend less. yeah, washington could learn a lot from a drug addict. that was an ad made by a group run by gretchen hamill. what is your group and what is it doing? we want to educate the american public on the crisis we are experiencing and all things about economics and what happens inside the beltway and try to put it in simple terms and simple ways that americans can understand like a drug addict. are you one of the front