We never went in saying we'd make money off of this program, but do we try to recover some costs? Definitely.

To be honest, the impetus was state Legislature. You had to do this and here's some money to help you. A lot of counties have been struggling as that money dried up.

What I'm saying to foreign investors who have been putting a lot of money into this market is reconsider that position. For the last 16 months people have been saying it's cheap, but they dumped almost $6 billion into it and it hasn't moved.

There's an old saying that there is only one way to make money in a casino and that's to own one. You have to work doubly hard to lose money in a casino.

All we're saying is, even if you're not paying your money for political dues, you can still be a union member, for organizing and benefits, ... They want to stay in the union, but they want to have a voice about how their money is spent.

We are using 2006 money to pay for 2005 bills. The saying goes that you can't get sick after June. People get bills that ruin their credit. There is stress of not being able to pay your bills. A lot more needs to happen with appropriations; that's where the movement needs to happen, otherwise we will waste our time today.