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Affluent as i are giving me money. >> it is an important place to be for my generation. you have 16 percent unemployment a third of us forced to move back in with our parents. they will make the next election toward the next generation. >> some of my generation is pour and they were promised medicare. >> they started restructuring and reforming the entitlement program to keep the promises we made. there are a lot of good policy proposals. >> like what, raise the retierments age? >> absolutely. y...

Months. they just have to sign up for insurance somewhere then say please give me some of that free money, then they will get some and they will try as the administration likes to say true it up 6 months down the road. bill: maryland is one. but massachusetts is having issues, hawaii. you mentioned the state of oregon. did these states screw it up or did they trust the federal government to get it right? >> i think it was much harder than the folks in these states assumed. and also we have had a...

Arkansas. its part of a federal lunch school program. its an entitlement program, nonetheless. next, $50,000. thats how much a college kid won in a lawsuit. he took his school to court after they blocked him from handing out constitutions. the school agreed to change their free speech rules. finally, 146. thats how many consecutive months fox news channel has been number one in viewers of all cable networks. we like that last story. elisabe elisabeth? >> thats good news, brian. in other news, sh...

So-called medicare cuts come from medicare advantage. is this a program that you think works well considering that it has been the faster rate of growth when it comes to the cost of the federal entitlement program? >> well, lets talk about the seniors, chuck. they relied on medicare. relied on the medicare advantage program. it helps families all across our state, you know, a lot of the individuals, you know, they cant afford that the increases that theyll see in the premiums, but the biggest th...

Obamacare works is they give you a subsidy for an insurance plan. as you make more money, they take away more and more of the subsidy. this creates effectively a tax with people on low and moderate incomes. as they earn more money, they lose part of the subsidy. it adds on 5%, 10%, 15% to their tax rate. some people will work less. thats not a desirable economic effect. tweak the program to have less of that effect. any kinds of means tested entitlement plan -- >> any means testing in entitlemen...

Quoted in there talks about the submerged state. she did this great research. have you used a government program? right? all these people said no. people reported never having used a government program. 57%. actually people who have not used a government program is 4%. if you look at the different kinds of government programs, the more submerged it is, the less likely. if youre on food stamps, people know thats a government program. only 25% of people say i havent gotten a federal program. if yo...

Have you used a government program? right? all these people said no. people reported never having used a government program. 57%. actually people who have not used a government program is 4%. if you look at the different kinds of government programs, the more submerged it is, the less likely. if youre on food stamps, people know thats a government program. only 25% of people say i havent gotten a federal program. if you look at unemployment insurance, 43%, the home mortgage deduction, okay, 60% ...

The economy. on the other hand, part of this effect is because the way obamacare works is they give you a subsidy for an insurance plan. as you make more money, they take away more and more of the subsidy. this creates effectively a tax with people on low and moderate incomes. as they earn more money, they lose part of the subsidy. it adds on 5%, 10%, 15% to their tax rate. some people will work less. thats not a desirable economic effect. tweak the program to have less of that effect. any kinds...

>> thats not an entitlement program. >> a lot of government spending. >> thats what it is. >> he doesnt do enough, as far as im concerned. >> grown government more under his watch from george washington up to today. >> were proud to call ourselves liberal. >> you get the perfect segue award, because bill asked president obama about welfare last night. >> we have not massively expanded the welfare state. thats just not true. when you take a look at it, actually, the levers of support that we prov...

Its kind of showing you that government cant act competently. and that makes people question trusting government to fix things like health care and the economy. im sure that he has not thrown away his liberal nature. but it gives up a good point. it does show the limits of what government can do efficiently. and i think that does give less confidence that the government can fix the economy. i certainly dont believe that its the governments role to fix the economy. i think it needs to get out of ...