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>> the vast majority of illegal aliens are consuming welfare programs. >> we have illegals coming here taking jobs. we have people at home that need these jobs. >> but are businesses ready to get rid of such cheap, dependable labor? how many jobs are they taking away from americans? it may be a policy debate in washington, but in the orange groves of polk county, florida, its back breaking labor and the looming threat of deportation. this is the hardest ive ever worked for 93 cents. ♪ florid...

They are going after wal-mart. i mean these people should be suspended. from the program. they should have to pay back the money they used. that they knew they didnt have. >> you know, wayne, what is frustrating to me. i sit here and we do a lot. talk about the economy. those on the left say things are better. president obamas brought us out of the ditch. president obama says he brought us out of the ditch. look at the numbers. the numbers dont lie. welfare programs have exploded. balloon under ...

Thank you very much for being here. so, do we need to get entitlements, welfare programs, under control? fair and balanced to ebony williams and dee dee. you say something has to be done. >> this is absolutely outrageous, and through the obama administration its always about giving out the goodies. we want to give you everything. its gotten to the point -- you have the bodega owners theyre making a ton of money. $2 million in one store. 20,000 in others. and 700,000 in arizona. its a crime rin...

And thats a significant part of what drives opposition to welfare programs or other means-tested entitlement programs in the united states. but i think -- and this is the mistake i think joan walsh makes in her salon piece. you dont want to talk about that like its the only driver of this because, for example, other states not expanding medicaid include new hampshire and maine, which are almost entirely white. and republicans there are still strongly opposed to medicaid expansion. so i think whe...

It was a disgusting alternative and that is the choice we made. what happened since that moment, is where we got ourselves in trouble. it was the slippery slope. its the eight plus billion national debt and you pick winners and losers. thats where we got ourselves and trouble and didnt learn our lesson, lesson that europe may have learned better in the fact they adopted some austerity measures in countries that we will never learn. >> neil, i just heard you talking about welfare reform, and one ...

Can actually make more money if youre on welfare because in addition to state welfare, there are also something like 126 different programs where you can get money. take a look. 35 states where you can make more money on welfare than working. take a look. if you are lucky enough to live in the state of hawaii where the minimum wage is 7.25, through all the welfare programs, you can actually draw 29.13 an hour on welfare. dc, 24. massachusetts, 24. connecticut, 21 bucks an hour. why work? >> bria...

Problem, greta. there are 126 quote-unquote welfare public assistance programs. and some people have figured out not only how to take advantage of the loopholes but the sinkholes. what washington does not do is cross-compare people who apply for all of these programs. so it starts in washington, d.c. in terms of making it too easy to take advantage of the system and then some people, not all, would rather take advantage of the system than to allow their pride and self-respect to cause them to tr...

Problem, greta. there are 126 quote-unquote welfare public assistance programs. and some people have figured out not only how to take advantage of the loopholes but the sinkholes. what washington does not do is cross-compare people who apply for all of these programs. so it starts in washington, d.c. in terms of making it too easy to take advantage of the system and then some people, not all, would rather take advantage of the system than to allow their pride and self-respect to cause them to tr...

>> i am not against charity. the knights of columbus are good and we deed charitable organizations. but free money like lottery winners are always broken for five years and a lot of the welfare programs are all soft. >> you bring up native americans because you are part native americans. there are good in all charities. >> there is a thing that drives me nuts. i have to go after this because it is my point. people who give money to the homeless where you live and they are coming from new jersey ...

Bel lolow zero. my sons will all tell you that. were in the second generation of the construction business. a lot of times theyd like to pick oranges compared to what they might have been doing. >> my experience when i was there was probably one of the toughest jobs ive ever done. ive mined coal in west virginia. this was a pretty grueling, you know, backbreaking job. to you think americans are lining up for jobs like this? >> i think there are 100 million americans that are of working age that ...