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Out of there, apply it to the wall, and by the way the wall is way overpriced. we can build it for $10 billion or less. ive spent 42 years in the construction business. im not interested in building it myself, but we could do that. theres a start on it. and when you look at the rest of this, another thing that caught their attention was the snap program, the food stamp program as weve long known it, and when you look at the numbers on that its just astonishing. when i came to congress in 2003, t...

The people on the lowest rung in terms of the nations safety net and their children on food stamps, youre willing to take money from them to build the $1.6 billion for the border wall? >> for a couple of reasons. one of them would be that we will create the kind of security that would bring about 10 million new jobs in america by enforcing immigration law. the second thing i wouldnt impose anything more strict than what michelle obama did with her school lunch program. i would say lets limit for...

Steve: do you think a number of people were trying to scam the system? >> i dont know i call it scam, a number do do that. like anything if you could stay on vacation longer than you. if you want to stay on snap program you will stay as long as you can until the law says you cant stay there. why wouldnt you get a lot of free people. brian: 44 million people are receiving snap benefits at cost of $71 billion. it is significant. >> it is really large. it has broken significantly. that was about $1...

Absolutely reasonable budget that is not targeting people who suffer the deepest in this country. not getting a budget that puts profit over people and that really bills us up the misery -- >> tucker: rather than getting to motive, why dont you say, look, the snap program for example, would you support, and i think it is fair to say, we shouldnt got this and heres why. instead of making gross generalizations about peoples ethnicity and skin color, and evoking the shared memories of persecution, ...

Get a reasonable budget thats not targeting people who suffer theer deepest. not creating a budget that puts profits over people. >> tucker: rather than getting to motive, why dont you say, look, the snap program for example, which you support, and i think it is fair to say, we shouldnt cut this and heres why. instead of making gross generalizations about peoples ethnicity and skin color, and evoking the shared memories of persecution, which you are doing on purpose, say, look --bo >> this is pe...

Absolutely reasonable budget that is not targeting people who suffer the deepest in this country. not getting a budget that puts profit over people and that really bills us up the misery -- >> tucker: rather than getting to motive, why dont you say, look, the snap program for example, would you support, and i think it is fair to say, we shouldnt got this and heres why. instead of making gross generalizations about peoples ethnicity and skin color, and evoking the shared memories of persecution, ...

Starving, going to do that. my point with lets say the food stamp, the snap program, if 44 million are getting this for food or not, we have bigger problems than just the budget issue. >> absolutely. let me tell you something. the biggest single to threat to life is income and equality. you let that gap get wide enough as it did in cuba, as it did in argentina, venezuela, people will go for the most likely root to give them what they want. okay? we cant afford -- now the gap is as much in effect...

Looks were seeing huge allotment accounted for infrastructure, defense, parental leave, and massive cuts to things like food stamps. why does that make sense? >> so theres a couple things to look at and i would say weve got, what, $46 million i think right now on food stamps. half of them have been on for ten years. theres something wrong with our food stamp program. >> then the program needs to be revised. to say were not going to offer food stamps anymore -- >> i think what youve seeing is we ...

Whats your body of proof? welcome back to "the lead." testimony with politics. programs helped low-income children and families could take a hit. his budget blueprint comes out tomorrow. we had a preview and now swe have specifics. its set to cut s.n.a.p. and food stamps. an administration official suggest the last week this program would likely remain untouched. what are the proposed changes? >> exactly right. doesnt appear to be true. if you look specifically at the food stamp project, the s...

>> bill: the main thing doesnt prove that to you? >> i think the majority of able-bodied adults between 18 and 50 years old, they dont need it. i am all for work-fare. bill clinton and newt gingrich were on the right track. governor lepage in maine on the right track. i dont think entitlements do any good.d. you cant have more than three months of food stamp assistance in three years. i think thats a good plan. >> bill: in maine. able-bodied adults. not children or anything like that. >> you can...