about the prisoner swap with bergdahl and the reaction. more americans are back at work, but only part time. are we seeing the end of full-time jobs? stu varney. you re next. come in. first happy birthday to master champ phil mickelson. he is 44 today. woman: everyone in the nicu all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment.
students across the country to pursue the american dream. there are seven other states that have similar referendum and measures as well. now we expect that additional states may be emboldened to do the same. very interesting. shannon, thank you. now that tax day is over, a new reports shows how much money the government made from you. the treasury department putting that number at more than $1.4 trillion. that is a record high for tax revenue in the united states of america. but is it a good thing? stu varney is here to tackle the issue. you say we re screwed. i didn t use that language. please. you said it was bad, bad news that we ve collected all this tax revenue. why? because we re taking all this money out of the economy. when the government taxes us, it takes our private money and puts it into the public trough. now we re collecting a record amount of money from private citizens. result? we ve got a very slow economy.
entitlements because neither party really wants to get to grips with reining it in. that s a vote loser. that s the third rail of american politics and nobody wants to touch it. it s a record that is not a good one that we ve collected that much money. i don t think so. for the aforementioned reasons. stu, thank you. more blowback over the keystone pipeline. we ll talk to one midwest governor strongly urging the president, make this thing happen, even though it doesn t go through his own state. he says everyone could benefit from it. and the kid who hopped a plane to hawaii, what his neighbors have to say about him now. and some high school graduates running a drug ring out of their former school. how they were caught and brought down. it s known to be an amazing school, one of the best public schools in the state. it s just good to hear they found out who was involved. hi, i m terry and i have diabetic nerve pain.
to boston for a moment of silence and a flag-raising ceremony at the finish line on boylston street. the white house will also observe that moment of silence. three people were killed and more than 260 people injured when the bomb exploded. people mailing in last-minute tax returns. those numbers could be going up when obamacare taxes kick in. businesses and consumers expected to pay another 1$100 billion over the next ten years. stu varney breaks down numbers for us. $100 billion? what s ahead? welcome to the new health insurance tax, which will start in year on all insurers. it will raise $8 billion this year, well over $100 billion over ten years. your premium is probably going to go up. your benefits will probably go down. jobs will be lost because this
the american people while still working to repeal obamacare. gretchen? mike emanuel live on capitol hill, thank you. the obama administration making yet another change to the president s signature law. but are politics in play? a lot of criticism when it was announced medicare recipients would face cuts in their insurance payments. the administration is reversing course on that. could it be due to the criticism democrats were taking on the heels of the midterm elections? stu varney is my guest today. could it be? yes. there s no could about it. yes, it is. 100%. it serves 16 million americans. cuts were going to be made in that program. the president says, oh, no cuts. we don t want to hurt 16 million americans right before an election. so, yes, this was clearly done for political reasons. that s what happened. that s why it happened. it s interesting because