calipers, mssvelily underfunded. it's good-bye u.s.a., hello greece if we're notareful. >> the conce is that we're going end up with fewer state workers. oh no, smaller government is better in my book so if we're going to save money and shrink government, it sounds like a home run. i hope they're doing enough. >> christian, you're worried we the government might lose out on valuablable employees. >> absolutely. it's not just about having smaller government, it's about having smart, efficient government. size is relative to value. if the buyouts succeed in losing talented employees, the short term bottom lining gain may be long term public sector pain in terms of what services we taxpayers get. this is a tool. it can be used. i'm not saying you can't pursue buyouts but to think it's a magic bullet is wrong-headed. >> christian, you know more is not necessarily good. i mean washington, for example, d.c. increased their hiring in government job by 38,000 people in the last three years. by the way, he can't overcome the

and i agree we wouldn't want to disfract from the focus but i think that office should not be underfunded and needs to have more resources because it is very difficult for a lot of businesses to access all the different bureaucracies that we have. so i want to say i definitely appreciate i guess what was written to us from the office of small business and in the future i think it's appropriate for that office to expand to actually remove redundant bureaucracies in other departments but i do think it's probably a longer conversation just given how many departments there are that impact different aspects of our small business community. >> president farrell: okay. >> can i clarify, this will not be implemented or it requires further analysis? >> president farrell: further analysis. >> then you want them to come back in six months. >> president farrell: that would be great. we are mandated to have them come back in a certain time timeframe. let's do that. recommendation 18, the attorney response to sunshine complaint 11023. again this is something that's not going to be implemented by the bo

and there are over 50,000 children in san francisco public schools drastically underfunded system. too many are being set up for failure without the necessary supports is, like opportunities for credit recovery, which has come up multiple times already. which could look like a targeted seventh period for students who need it with teacher present, who could directly support them. in general we just want to thank supervisor eric mar, jane kim, all of the leadership of the board of education, board of supervisors to prioritize this hearing because we would absolutely support any and all efforts to identify additional resources from the city of san francisco to support our schools. and ultimately our students. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. christina? >> good afternoon, supervisors and commissioners. i'm the economic justice campaign organizer at coleman advocates. and i'm here to speak on behalf of our parent and youth members. in 2009, coleman parent and youth members supported the board of education passing the a through g graduation requirement. it ensures all students gradu

that is the problem, the state of illinois government is facing right now is underfunded pensions. it's just, it's -- and it's because of blagojevich, it's because, i mean, right now quinn is still trying to deal with it. it's because before quinn governor ryan, everyone just has been kicking the can down the road on this issue. and so, and the tribune and other papers have, i mean, and the legislature's allegedly going to address it. they were supposed to address it this spring and, shockingly, they didn't because it's an election year. and now they're going to address it after the election. so we'll see. or they say they're going to address it after the election. it's an important, it's a majorly important issue. trs isn't the only one. it's every, it's every pension that the state controls because they don't, they don't -- they haven't been funding it. they've been borrowing from it. they haven't been paying, and when they borrow from out, they don't pay back n simplest terms, they don't pay it back. and the way the system is set up right now, there's no way to catch up unless y

they're so underfunded. i don't know what they can do but basically cut a lot of benefits.'ll tell you what, whether it's michigan or illinois, democrats have never said no. they've never asked for anything. this is going to be quite a sight to behold. >> quite a sight to behold. sounds like a scary end game at this stage. lawrence, rick, thank you for weighing in. it's a very worrying situation. >> it is. income taxes hit the rich. property tax increases hit everyone that owns property. it's going to get worse before it gets better in chicago. >>> all right. a french bank is selling a greek bank for one euro that it bought for $2.2 billion euros in 2006. >> it is the bank that would stand to lose the most. obviously it wants to reduce its exposure to greece at this stage. that bank we're talking about here to be sold for one euro is their greek unit. this is a bank that has not made a profit since 2006 when it was bought. i believe -- actually, that's wrong. there was one year in 2007 when it made a profit. this has basically been a bad investment. >>> okay. last chance to

. >> the damage is $1.2 billion in underfunded pensions, a number that will come to fruition if nothing changes and it will happen in a matter of four years. what we really need most is our representatives in springfield to step up, take their share of responsibility and not miss this critical opportunity once again. it's gotten worse over time by the city council not making it a priority for the last several years. chicago is facing a 25% increase in homicides compared to this same time last year. some say our streets need more human power and we need it now. it's just not an accurate reflection of what's going on in the police department in chicago. >> we will not raise property taxes, we will not raise sales tax, we will not raise the fuel tax, we will not raise the amusement tax. chicago is known as a city that works and this is our opportunity to deliver a budget that works for the taxpayers. >> chicago public school teachers will see their funds emptied in a matter of a year or so shortly after that the police and fire pension funds run dry right now hiking property taxes by 150%.

they didn't have experience, they didn't know what they were doing, and severely underfunded. in a tight-knit community where they had to work with the judge and prosecutors on a daily basis. they didn't want to push too hard. to them this was one case. they knew they would have to come back and work with these people on a daily basis and they didn't want to do anything that would make them too angry. they didn't want to try too hard. >> eliot: every bit of social pressure came down. they just pretended to give you good defense and you were just a small gear in the defense. you had a movie who was made and almost by happenstance, they decided to take a hard look at this. without that what would have happened? >> they would have murdered me. the state would have gotten away with murdering me. the only reason why i'm sitting here now is because the pressure was too great and there was too much of a public outcry, and they knew it would cost them if they didn't do something in this case. really they would have murdered me and never lost a night's sleep over it if not for that. >>

divide is so stark and you have students of color are growing up in inner cities where schools are underfunded textbooks are outdated when their parents are working two jobs and don't have don't necessarily have money to pay for an essay t. class that they might not know the ins and outs of college admissions procedure as it leaves the students at a far you know disadvantage compared to others and there's i mean there's there's the obvious financial difference i think the average white family in america has a net worth of around. eighty seven thousand dollars in the average african-american family has a net wealth of around five thousand dollars but there's also a cultural advantage i mean there's for five hundred years of slavery and legal apartheid and white privilege why is there no discussion in america of white privilege. and you know that's very interesting i think. what has happened is that we haven't really understood that a lot of our institutions and what we are considering to be for example. what is good in terms of academics is sort of built by and around a certain group of people

, part of a massive problem in state government of underfunded pensions, they're a big one, but not the only one. pensions, i mean, that is thee problem the state of illinois government is facing right now is under funded pensions. it's just -- it's because of blagojevich. it's because, i mean, right now they are trying to deal with it. before him, governor ryan, just everybody's been kicking the can down the road on the issue, and so the tribune and other papers have, i mean, and the legislatures allegedly going to address it. they were supposed to address it this spring, and shockingly, they didn't because it's an election year, and now they are going to address it after the election so we'll see, or they say they'll address it after the election. it's a majorly important issue. trs is not the only one. it's every pension that the state controls because they don't -- they have not been funding it. they've been borrowing from it. they have not been paying in, and when they borrow from it, they don't pay back. that's the simplest terms -- they don't pay back. the way the system's set up

i just wanted to add a point about the underfunding. samhsa reports that only 2 percent of people with severe mental illness actually have access to evidence-based supported employment. and, and the, the mismatch between what we fund and what is effective. what we know from some of our research is that in the long term, people who work use the mental health system less and so the savings, the cost savings can be phenomenal over the long term. one area, which we really haven't talked about a little bit is, individuals in recovery starting their own businesses. and i know you mentioned your husband is in recovery, and you want to talk about how he got into business? well, yes, he's in recovery and, fortunately for us, it wasn't out of necessity that we created our business of, you know, a safe haven. it was out of a desire to help others that may be suffering from something that he went through, but didn't have the resources to get the help that they need. so we decided, as a charitable thing, to just open up, you know, a recovery home. w

they didn't have experience, they didn't know what they were doing, severely underfunded.l tight-knit community where they had to work with the same judge and same prosecutors on a daily basis. they didn't want to risk pushing too hard because to them this was just one case. they knew they were going to a have to come back and work with these same people daily basis, and didn't want to do anything that would make them angry. >> eliot: every bit of social pressure came down. you were just a small gear in a much larger system, and nobody really cared. until fortunately you got a movie that was made, and some people who were far away by happenstance in their enormous credit decided to take a hard look at this without that, what would have happened? >> oh, they would have murdered me. the state would have gotten away with murdering me. the only reason they even--that i'm sitting here now is because the pressure became too great. there was too much of a public outcry and they knew it would cost them if they didn't do something in this case. really, they would have murdered me a

it is underfunded $8 trillion and he also said his idea was not that different than governor romney'specially since the president has not said much but when the president compared himself to bill clinton because he supported tough budget controls and reform welfare and did not expand entitlements. neil: that was the golden opportunity for mitt romney to say you are no bill clinton. but maybe would welcome this would romney said i will cut tax rates i will limit deductions and allowances. rethink of the rich guys around the country saying i know you would substantially cut taxes but i wonder doesn't come back to hurt? i don't know this 5 trillion or billion but is striking a surprising reaction. >> the $5 trillion tax cut number is bogus. neil: where did they get it? >> he said he wanted 20% across the board rate cut but they did not consider he would eliminate deductions and credits and exclusions to pay for all or part of that. neil: he did not specify. >> correct. he led them to believe he would not eliminate certain things. the bottom line. you cannot have 46 point* 4 percent of ta

that berger is going to ask for more money for the bicentennial because he is believing that it is underfunded they debate whether to allow him to come in to meet with reagan or not. but he decides to meet with him. he decides to do so as a courtesy. so berger comes in and about 20 minutes into this discussion that he is having with the president, he drops the bombshell that he is going to resign. they have been waiting for this and now it is upon him. so the political guys, which includes edward needs, who is reagan's very good friend, but he is the new attorney general. at the top of the shortlist is rehnquist. because neiss believes that rehnquist will do exactly what nixon believed he would do as an associate justice. and he is right. that rehnquist will come in with an agenda to reverse what the reagan white house these is the excesses of the war in the berger quarter. >> host: reagan administration was much more vigorous. was there anyone who would have been in contention with william rehnquist to be chief justice? >> i think that sandra day o'connor, actually, you wrote a book about her

but they have this real problem in libya, what happened with our embassy, was security somehow underfunded and is there something the administration is not telling us? that's going to be a challenge for him to get past that. >> that will likely be in our arena tonight. >> i suspect it will be. >> paul, thank you so much. we want to remind you beginning tonight at 9 p.m. usa today reporters will be live blocking about what the candidates are saying. you -- blogging about what the candidates are saying. you can see that on our website www.wusa9.com. we'll be streaming the debate live there as well. turn on your tv to chap 9 and watch the debate -- channel 9 and watch the debate at 9 p.m. this is a multi-platform experience. then join derek and me at 11:00 as we fact check what the candidates did say with the usa today political team. we will be your no political bull zone all night tonight. that's all for now from the usa today newsroom, but we will be here throughout the evening. >>> coming up reading and writing and bears, oh, my. they almost interrupt the classes at an elementary school.

guest: many years public health has been underfunded.ve spent a fair amount of time, practically after 9/11, and the west nile fire is really trying to build up the capacity problem.blic helalth tragically we have the recession and loss of memory and have begun to reduce the funds. that is made it much more difficult to respond when we have these kinds of emergencies. host: taking a look at the dollars in play. this is from their president budget request. $1.2 billion money to go toward state and local prepared this. cdc prepared is in response, 147 million. talking about what some of these funds would go towards. what is the difference between state and local response is like verses the cdc? guest: the latest case of the steroid injection started and massachusetts allegedly but the first case was in tennessee. many, many states were involved. that means you have to have a robust federal presence as well as state and local presence. that means disease detectives of the state and local level and detectives at the national level. host: pho

now underfunded.he question comes back to, okay, if you ever are funded -- fully funded again what would you do in the future, having lived this in the past? and many are look tact and saying, you know what actually, our corporate balance sheets are strong enough, we can take that risk on right now of redee risking the plan full and paying out cash in order to use this liability-driven investing to in essence, create certainty about their statements they haven't had in the past. cfos can take one of the things off their list they worry about at night that keeps them up. >> derek, how do the fund managers presently feel about the volatility of the market? the loaned of the volatility as far as the s & p 500, how are they approaching investments based upon that? >> yeah, you know what, great point there, because basically what's happening is we see volatility as bag big concern. it shows up from our clients, shows up in the survey. in essence what they have done is they have tried to rethink some of the

we also know 43% of title i schools are underfunded and one in six americans are not in school working. i went out we are failing kids in texas. texas has, for exam will, the last decade in the growth of a number of kids, texas has 50% of that. texas flashier cut education spending by over $5 billion. and so, my parents live in texas. schools in texas have over 40 kids in the classroom and that is not a success. their school systems to have completely eliminated extracurricular duties. no spores, no debate, no drama, no art could because of the lack of funding. and that is something as a nation we must address. i won't go into this for lack of time, but we have disparity in dropout rates that we must work on. although this is a success story and those numbers are declining. so we're moving in the right direction. i'm permanence and stability, permanence and stability combines child welfare, child abuse and neglect, immigration policy and also juvenile justice. .. in terms of immigration, one of the things that is a problem, i really didn't have -- and her staff have worked tirelessly o

he believes it's underfunded. they debate whether or not to allow him to meet with reagan. reagan decides to meet with him as a courtesy. berger comes in and about twenty minutes in to the discussion he's having with with the president, he drops the bomb shell he's going to resign. and so they have been waiting for this, and now it is upon them. the political guys in the reagan white house, which includes ed northeast among others who is reagan's good friend. now he's the new attorney general. and so ed has a short list at the top of the short list is william. because ed believes that william will do exactly what nixon believed he would do as an associate justice and he's right. that william will come in with an agenda to reverse the -- what the reagan white house sees as the excesses of the warren and the berg are courts. >> host: the reagan administration was more vigorous in the pursuit of that angle. >> guest: yes. >> host: than the nixon administration. there was anybody who would be have been contention against william to be chief justice in 1986? >> guest: i think sa

and, and we were underfunded. and we didn't have a good message. and we failed. but i think iowans are awake now to the possibilities of what can happen if you're just sitting back and not doing everything you can to defend your democracy and to defend the system of government that you have. >> what did you find out about who was behind this well-orchestrated and well-funded effort three years ago? >> they're out-of-state organizations that gave money to that effort. >> the american family association is one of those organizations. >> which is? >> out of tupelo, mississippi. they're really a right-wing hate group. they've been identified, as by the southern poverty law center. and then an organization out of washington, d.c. that is anti-same-sex marriage. so, they have an agenda. and they're dumping money into iowa to see to it that if they can turn back these justices in iowa, it will send a signal to other states. you know, those judges and those justices, you know, better be careful about what kind of decisions they make, because they'll go after them. >> new

peters: let's go back further because sandy goes pension underfunding started over three decades and of bad sectors. like a lot of cities, states and school districts around the country. on my first new year i didn't continue those practices which was a mistake. the difference is when we got into we may change. we are to outside auditors to tell us what was wrong and how to fix it. we banned under funds would pay the full payment now. we asked employees to step up and a higher cost other benefits. we held the line on raises. most folks haven't had raises. i negotiate a new pension system for new employees that was a the $23 million a year. at the end of our decade, the sec's own mother called san diego a model for other cities to follow. that's a stark contrast to congress which a look at a model for anything. >> moderator: i will have to ask you to wrap up. tragic if you took out the problem why did the voters have to dash and issued in by 60% what she didn't learn your lesson. with any of leaving the council, he went to the district and made a motion that include consideration of u

the state department is notoriously underfunded. we have to ensure they have their resources and capabilities and assets in place to do that. the ambassadors have a large voice. tragedy that that the ambassador has been killed dennis. a stamp -- has been killed in this. he was committed to the people of libya. he was committed to getting out there. he was well aware of the risks. he was in an environment it sounds like he was comfortable with. that is something i have not seen yet. host: i find it impossible that the president of our country, the head of our military did not know this was going on. to me, it is a cover-up. for joe biden to kick in front of the united states and denied that he had no information. we are not stupid. i called the day after. it was 9/11. you guys have to stop lying to the people. gets us out of there. these people hate us, thank you. casco they were not political entities. what is important going forward and the best thing we can do is figure out what resources and capabilities the department of state n

been looking for support from the west haven't been getting arms or claim they're underarmed and underfunded. and there is an argument, i think, to be made-- and, again, i don't know the details on the ground, i'm not sure anybody really does-- that the united states should be looking for ways to very -- in a targeted way get arms to the people who do share our values so if and when this situation in syria tips it isn't the islamists and the people who have been getting money and arms from the gulf that entirely own the field. i think there's a legitimate argument to be had there. i don't know, though, exactly what the administration is doing. >> rose: and then there's the debate about what kind of arms because in some cases if you lose control of them you put some people with bad ideas and bad intent into a dangerous place. >> that's right. and, by the way, just to follow that up, charlie, we have a serious situation between turkey-- a nato ally-- and syria developing. they've actually now exchanged fire across their border. the turks are very concerned, also, who gets arms inside syria wha

is probably going to ask for more money, um, for the bicentennial because he believes that it's underfunded. so they debate whether to allow him to come in to meet with reagan or not. but reagan decides to meet with him as a courtesy. and so, um, so berger comes in, and about 20 minutes into this discussion that he's having with the president, he drops the bombshell that he's going to resign. and so they've been waiting for this, and now it is upon them. so the political guys in the reagan white house which includes ed meese, among others, who was by then he's reagan's very, very good friend, but now he's the attorney general, the new attorney general. so meese has already got a short list. and at the top of that short list is rehnquist. because meese believes that rehnquist will, will do exactly what nixon believed he would do as an associate justice, and he's right. that rehnquist will come in with an agenda to reverse the, um, what the white house, what the reagan white house sees as the excesses of the warren and the berger courts. >> host: now, the reagan administration was much more v