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And the rating agencies saying watch out, america. if you dont get your debt under control you will be downgraded. so the actual numbers, this latest projection, martha, they are truly astonishing. as you pointed out, an 80% increase over the next 10 years. that amounts to a total spending in dollar terms of $11 trillion. that would mean that roughly a quarter of all government spending, federal spending would be taken up with welfare payments. that does not include any welfare payments actually...

Its a blight, an economic bright on our society talking 600 billion dollars a year in welfare programs and they think this is humor and think this is something that we should reward and celebrate. weve reached a real new low. >> youve spent a lot of your adult life fighting against not only the stereo type, but in your own life, the struggle that came tu today leading an organization to help empower people to be on their own. >> thats right, i actually lived the life of the left seven years in a...

Society. were talking $600 billion a year in these welfare programs and they think this is humor? this is something we should reward and intralt? we have reached a real new low. >> mike: you spent a lot of your adult life fighting against not only the stereotype but in your own life the struggle that you came through to be today leading an organization to help empower people to be on their own. >> thats right. i actually live the lie of the left. seven years in and out oof welfare dependency. i ...

Society. were talking $600 billion a year in these welfare programs and they think this is humor? this is something we should reward and intralt? we have reached a real new low. >> mike: you spent a lot of your adult life fighting against not only the stereotype but in your own life the struggle that you came through to be today leading an organization to help empower people to be on their own. >> thats right. i actually live the lie of the left. seven years in and out oof welfare dependency. i ...

There is a spending side to the equation that nobody is really talking about but when it is put to the american people they say by far and away that is the best option. >> whose cut is the question. should we do cuts or taxes. cuts. what are are we going to cut? not a program you like. some bad program. if you ask liberal people they say yes cut the pentagon deeply. conservative people say cut welfare programs deeply. they both agree that cuts are the way to go but wouldnt agree on what what to ...

Household. when you break that down to an hourly bases you are talking about spending per hour over $30. the median income per hour is $25 in this country. so these that are fully on the federal spending programs or welfare programs in this country are earning more than the average household earning a salary. so some really shocking numbers. >> not much incentive to get up and work eerie day. >> and these numbers are going up. >> they are going up. welfare payments up 33 percent when you look ba...

Welfare industrial complex. it gets to a certain size and looks on behalf of itself and that is a bad thing. we have another crisis here that is related. we have a growth crisis. we are growing at two percent and should be growing at four percent annually and right tax and regulatory policy to liberate job creators to do that i dont think we would have a food stamp crisis. >> i think think all of us could agree. that is keeping poor people poor because they are pushing welfare programs. >>, you ...

Priority for them and the democrat party offers them the best hope to do that. yes, theyre catholic, so most are pro-life. but that doesnt trump social justice is what they call it. thats the reason they vote democrat and also, they are used to a socialist form of government in mexico, which is big government, welfare programs, so thats what theyre going to vote for over the republicans. >> with republican punditry like that, democrats have nothing to fear. tim says quote, getting amnesty for th...

Latino vote went democrat is quote, they are used to a socialist form of government in mexico. which is big government, welfare programs, so thats who theyre going to vote for over the republicans. tim doesnt seem to realize a couple of things here. first, the united states has a much bigger big government welfare program that mexico could ever dream of and second, those people left mexico looking for a different kind of life than they could have in mexico. people who come to the united states a...

Old fashioned way. he inherited it from his father. >> i think that the hispanics here illegally getting amnesty for their hispanics is a high priority for them and the democrat party offers them the best hope to do that. yes, theyre catholic, so most are pro-life. but that doesnt trump social justice is what they call it. thats the reason they vote democrat and also, they are used to a socialist form of government in mexico, which is big government, welfare programs, so thats what theyre going ...