i felt like she got her stippen from the government and just enough to get by on and that's all we did. one time when i was about 9, i said to her why don't you just get a job then we can have a nice car and some furniture and colored tv we could watch rhoda and mad -- maud on color tv. she said if i get a join will lose my welfare. i thought that is a horrible message to send. it inspired me. int. inspired me to buy a book. don't buy glenn beck's book by the way, that bastard is rich enough. he will land on his feet i need the money. >> bill: you can buy both books, all right? now what you took away though is your mother was a not motivated to improve herself because the government was us sustaining her. >> i think we all have that in us. i think if somebody -- i include myself. >> bill: was your mother a bright woman? could she have made a good living? could she have done something? >> the point is we will never