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You know that? >> no, it isnt. they say its going back up. lets not quibble over a couple of decimal points. why the big rise? >> its not compulsory for women to marry. theyre opting out of marriage. with an increase in unmarried women youre seeing a shift of wedlock births. >> do you feel thats a poverty driver? >> no. i think poverty relates to it but poverty is at the root. i think when you have people are locatewad where there are low access to jobs -- >> you dont think women having babies o...

Senators in congress people that this sounds good to them. >> bret: charles? >> i think that is right, but thats because its trivial amount of money. $1.3 trillion is the interest on the loan that the feds have given the state. the feds are foregoing. when you think about the federal budget next year, $1.3 billion, where the deficit alone will be $1.5 trillion, thats less than a tenth of 1% of the deficit. so, its not a lot of money. >> bret: at first you said, "$1.3 trillion." you meant $1.3 bi...

Telling their republican senators in congress people that this sounds good to them. >> bret: charles? >> i think that is right, but thats because its trivial amount of money. $1.3 trillion is the interest on the loan that the feds have given the state. the feds are foregoing. when you think about the federal budget next year, $1.3 billion, where the deficit alone will be $1.5 trillion, thats less than a tenth of 1% of the deficit. so, its not a lot of money. >> bret: at first you said, "$1.3 tri...