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Overdraft fees increased for a straight 15 years. how high are they going to go? we put the question to christine romans. >> the banks say it costs 250 to $300 a year to keep a checking account for you. they say after congress put restrictions on overdraft charges and jacking up interest rates they had to find a way to make money. they charge higher atm fees and higher overdraft fees. thats how they make money from your money, michaela. >> this one is shaking his head. >> he doesnt buy it. >> i ...

That is in need of oh help will get it. what it also says is the dignity of job is what things should be about b in these programs. in fact, going back to 1996 when republican congress worked with president bill clinton, they overhauled the welfare program and instituted a work requirement. thats what it does. what it says is if you are able-bodied you should be willing to work. not that you have to have a job because there are many parts of the country that dont have jobs. but that you could go...

Place, but we made a mistake. >> i love bob. >> can you expand on what youre talking about? >> yeah. i can tell you welfare for children of -- theres a program that the more children you get, the more money you get. and the fathers have no -- these guys -- >> no accountability. >> the other thing was we built these god-awful tall buildings. and they became crime infested, projects. i mean, we put projects every place. >> so if a welfare program is bad and not helpful, arent bigger and more welfa...

>> i love bob. >> can you expand on what you are talking about though. >> yes. welfare for children of -- there is a program that the more children you get, the more money you get and the fathers have no -- these guys go around getting people pregnant. the other thing is we built these god awful tall buildings , and they became crime infested. projects. we put projects every place. >> the welfare program is bad and not helpful. then arent bigger and more welfare programs less helpful? >> i want ...

Place, but we made a mistake. >> i love bob. >> can you expand on what youre talking about? >> yeah. i can tell you welfare for children of -- theres a program that the more children you get, the more money you get. and the fathers have no -- these guys -- >> no accountability. >> the other thing was we built these god-awful tall buildings. and they became crime infested, projects. i mean, we put projects every place. >> so if a welfare program is bad and not helpful, arent bigger and more welfa...

1959 to now by 59%. workers on disability, americans workers on disability has increased 640%. more injuries today, colmes? are there more injuries today than there were in 1959? >> i dont know why that number would exist. >> bill: stay in. >> come on, this goes back to our original point here. whether you have that government went through the great society. reagan did his best to try to reign that in. barack obama turns it around and puts it on steroids. the incentive is to go away from the sel...

1959 to now by 59%. workers on disability, americans workers on disability has increased 640%. more injuries today, colmes? are there more injuries today than there were in 1959? >> i dont know why that number would exist. >> bill: stay in. >> come on, this goes back to our original point here. whether you have that government went through the great society. reagan did his best to try to reign that in. barack obama turns it around and puts it on steroids. the incentive is to go away from the sel...

Theres another report that supposedly one of these brothers had applied for a visa to go into saudi arabia, that was denied and there was written confirmation given back, saying look we denied this visa. one of the other questions i think we need to ask is these people were claiming asylum, yet on the welfare program, taking a lot of public assistance, how is it and who is it that paid for these flights? how is it that somebody who cant afford basic food and necessities, on food stamps, suddenly...

Correspondent the president is linked to another popular give away program. >> what started out as an effort ronald reagan help people in poor areas have a phone in rural areas has mush roomed in what rit particulars suspect is a new welfare program. >> the cost has gone from $143 million a few years ago to $2.2 billion today. a 15 times increase. >> the cost of the program left after cell phones were added in 2008. only low income people on welfare legally qualify but lawmakers say the program ...

Further attacks. jon: stephen yates, who knows quite a bit about intelligence and security out of washington. stephen, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: in other news there are growing calls in congress to end a program known as lifeline. provide discounts on phone service to low income sub scrubbers. the federal program recently exploding inside costing more than $2 billion a year and a house committee is set to look whether or not it should actually continue. chief correspondent jim angle is liv...