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What this has cost us and compare it to the food stamp program. >> please do that. >> it makes no sense whatsoever to shut down the government, costing billions and billions and making it $1.40 for what a person has to buy their lunch, dinner and break fast. its outrageous, its wrong and need to turn it around. >> congresswoman carolyn maloney. >> thank you for your concern. >> thank you. stay with us. your trick-or-treat top lines are coming up. and whatever you do, do not follow the republic...

No prospect of a job, you have to be able to feed yourself. until we can get an economy moving that puts people back to work, what are these folks supposed to do? its just beyond my comprehension that they cant just spend a little bit of time talking to real people in flint, saginaw, or any district in america. there are poor people. for some reason, they just dont know these folks. they just dont understand them. >> so youre telling me the constituents of your district in michigan arent choosin...

But they are able to set up their own programs now. theyre able to have better control over -- >> where are they going to get the money for these programs? >> they still get the federal money. what theyre doing, theyre increasing the work requirements that are already in place in federal law, that welfare reform advocated signed off on the last 20 years and theyre increasing federal matches for people who do this in order to increase the -- >> on work requirements, do you genuinely think, are yo...

Youre disincentivizing -- >> the logic of the policy, quite frankly, is that we are disincentivizing people getting into the labor market by giving them $1.40 for every meal, and we need to put work requirements, otherwise, the government, with its tasty, tasty candy will lure people away from being productive members of society, in an economy that has 7.5% unemployment. it is completely nonsensical. >> i also would like to know, how many lottery winners and dead people, if youre endorsing this ...

Into the labor market by giving them $1.40 for every meal, and we need to put work requirements, otherwise, the government, with its tasty, tasty candy will lure people away from being productive members of society, in an economy that has 7.5% unemployment. it is completely nonsensical. >> i also would like to know, how many lottery winners and dead people, if youre endorsing this policy, how many lottery winners and dead people -- do you think that we are funding? >> but does it really matter? ...

Them. >> no, this is all -- >> federal government -- >> correct. but they are able to set up their own programs now. theyre able to have better control over -- >> where are they going to get the money for these programs? >> they still get the federal money. what theyre doing, theyre increasing the work requirements that are already in place in federal law, that welfare reform advocates signed off on the last 20 years and theyre increasing federal matches for people who do this in order to increa...

Until we can get an economy moving that puts people back to work, what are these folks supposed to do? its just beyond my comprehension that they cant just spend a little bit of time talking to real people in flint, saginaw, or any district in america. there are poor people. for some reason, they just dont know these folks. they just dont understand them. >> so youre telling me the constituents of your district in michigan arent choosing to not work, so that they can collect, you know, $1.40 per...

Supposed to do? its just beyond my comprehension that they cant just spend a little bit of time talking to real people in flint, saginaw, or any district in america. there are poor people. for some reason, they just dont know these folks. they just dont understand them. >> so youre telling me the constituents of your district in michigan arent choosing to not work, so that they can collect, you know, $1.40 per meal on snap. >> its the biggest myth that you continue to hear republicans try to sel...

Seniors or disabled people. in house holds where there are working people, 58% do. and 82% worked the year before or after they received food stamps. were not talking about lazies. were not talking about parasites. were not talking about fraud, and we talk about very little money. earn who has gone on this amount of money has talked about, i had a congresswoman on last night, simone, said it was the worst situation shes ever had to face in terms of a diet. what are we talking about here? >> righ...

>> university of iowa got 1 million dollars to study snail sex, and theres nothing to do in iowa, but watch that, build a bunker, up 20%. >> snails up, gold down. >> brenda: thats it. neil, take it away. >> neil: think youre paying a lot for gas now. and make a buck 40 a gallon more, maybe soon. when an international body called for it and american members of that body dont raise actions to it, lets just say theyre of all so imf. and welcome, im neil cavuto. the international monetary fund calli...