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I think he is right. think about t when many of our ancestors came here generations ago there were no welfare programs new york food stamps, no rent subsidies, and yet the poor and the uneducated from places like italy and ireland, people, some of them who didnt even speak english, came to this country, managed to survive and in time, actually thrived and prospered. back when we had no federal department of education, our schools were the best in the world. now they are among the worst. before t...

Magazine. good to have you with us tonight. so weve got this guy from wisconsin named ryan from the middle of the country. his name recognition isnt great but he has really got a dude of a plan doesnt he? who is this guy? >> well, paul ryan is a very reaganesque figure and folks are going to like him. he is going to come off very well. youre not going to hear the sarah palin/michele bachmann lock-and-load kind of rhetoric. ryan will come on very smooth, very appealing, but youve got to go beyond...

I audited the county jails last august and found illegal aliens are costing the county 540, 50 million dollars a year. when you add that to half a billion dollars to the health care costs for illegal immigrants we are exceeding 1.6 billion dollars, just for health services and welfare programs and criminal justice enforcement. this does not include educational costs. what we have is a catastrophic impact that is impacting our community, our state and our nation as well. california has over 25 bi...

I audited the county jails last august and found illegal aliens are costing the county 540, 50 million dollars a year. when you add that to half a billion dollars to the health care costs for illegal immigrants we are exceeding 1.6 billion dollars, just for health services and welfare programs and criminal justice enforcement. this does not include educational costs. what we have is a catastrophic impact that is impacting our community, our state and our nation as well. california has over 25 bi...

They are simply piling on and corrupting the constitution. >> let me go back to congressman -- do you want to respond? by the way, are you for fake proof social security number so you cant come in and cheat and get a job here? youre for that, arent you? congressman? >> absolutely, chris. let me just say to my articulate, compassionate friend from illinois, hes just flat wrong on this. this is not about christianity. he tries to lump all these things and say its political. its political season. t...

Become citizens of the united states. we have 70 welfare programs, not just foodstamps and medicaid and free care in the emergency room and free schooling in our public schools. we are breaking this country if we dont solve that problem. >> this is going to be very tricky to change though. i can understand the sentiment if this is people coming here and abusing it and leaving but let me ask you this. if youre on a student visa and you have kids here should they be americans? sir, congressman gin...

Do that. lets now go after children. they are simply piling on and corrupting the constitution. >> let me go back to congressman -- do you want to respond? by the way, are you for fake proof social security number so you cant come in and cheat and get a job here? youre for that, arent you? congressman? >> absolutely, chris. let me just say to my articulate, compassionate friend from illinois, hes just flat wrong on this. this is not about christianity. he tries to lump all these things and say i...

I dont think so. >> there is definitely a death ap. >> andy, you know what im going to do? im getting one of the bunkerses and i will share it so during the the apocalypse i will have a pair of lips. she has very big lips. >> steven, you said this will appeal pry matter to poor people and lyndon johnson tried this with the great society welfare programs and it doesnt work. he is now creating more poor people to vote for his party like linden johnson did. >> because the votes are what are importa...

Youre argue with the position youre taking. it seems to me they are arguing the point about border security. >> well, and that is border security. you cant have border security without internal enforcement. as long as youve got the magnet, free jobs, citizenship for children, entitling them to the welfare programs of this country, weve turned it into a welfare state, you know, free health care, free education, i mean, youve got to right this. common sense some place in d.c. i realize that its ha...

Need to stop this d-reform of the welfare programs in this country because not many americans were aware, but congress over the last year or so has been -- they have set up a new welfare program that doesnt have the work requirement attached to it. again, while youve got americans facing tough times right now, it is not i think very american for us to say, we need just increased welfare because i dont think that americans are not compassionate -- >> what do you mean by welfare? because thats a b...