This is an advertisement . What this is doing is just encouraging people to game the system. When my mother came here, she did not come here to try and get welfare benefits, she came here to be selfsufficient. What this administration is doing is trying to create people not selfsufficient but dependent. Tom jonathan, what happened to the day when immigrants set i want to go to america to have a better life . Are they still doing it . Land of the free is now land of the freebies. We turn the American Dream into the dependency dream. I am vehemently antientitlement. We have had generations of generations of successful immigrants who came here and succeeded prior to the migration of the entitlement state. Were advertising a thing as having a damaging impact not only on the economy, but of the culture overall. Tom what is your take on this . Should the government be advertising all of these . Lets be clear, calm is approved these benefit programs as well as the appropriate budgets to go with them. We will have these programs but we will not let anybody know how to actually get access to them seems a little bit ludicrous. Mothers would want the website and put everything in fine print so the elderly cannot access it. He looked back to earlier immigrant times, absolutely they advertised the families have come across. We should make the benefits that were bipartisan approved available to the people they are intended for. All those benefits are modern invention. They came after. Advertise them as a reason to come to america and a great benefit for coming to america. This is only welcome page. They are transforming this country int and a country that s dependent. When really what this country is about is coming here to achieve the American Dream, not welfare benefits. Everybody is saying great, we are land of immigrants, come on in. The only problem with it is there are booklets written in various light which is in other countries on how to basically game the system. There is something wrong with that. Heres how to access the system. The Bipartisan Congress put into place. Anytime youre moving toward a new country does not matter if it is american moving toward another, there are things you have to understand to be part of any system. How do you pay your taxes . How do you get signed up for the appropriate visa . And how do you get health care and Everything Else . As well as a section that advertises one of the reason many immigrants come to america is because of the free health care. Listen, listen, listen. We have a country where we used to require, dont know if they still do, does anybody have to have a sponsor and so much money in the bank because it used to be our grandparents had to have a lot of different assets or wee they would send them back home. Tom lets go to jonathan. We should want immigrants to come, of course, they are a vital resource in a benefit to this country. Entitlements are not. The fact they are ready for freedom and we are at the door the minute they step off of ellis island handing them the benefits and saying signup, i think it only is in decorating immigrants but wouldbe voters and you know which way they will vote. Should be encouraging people to be contributing members of society, not burdened on the system. We say welcome to the country, be a burden on the system. Tom we used to have that rule, do we still have that rule . Im asking the question. There are clear set of systems and requirements for anybody who comes over to be an immigrant or become a citizen. A lot of what were talking about for immigration reforms are setting up very clear lines of systems. This is about people who are selfsustaining also contributing. People come into wor in to worky into the state system receiving benefits from and that is a key thing to understand. The reason somebody would come from another country to game the system. Americans are not willing to do in a lot of cases and we need them to sustain our economy. Tom if you are right, every afternoon on the radio and i will tell you there are government adds not only for immigrants but everybody saying we have all of these great benefits. Never remember hearing commercials for government benefits prior to maybe five, six, seven years ago. Advertisements for welfare as well. Advertisement essentially growing the size and scope of government. Of course we all want them to come and contribute. But it does not contribute to anything. All these programs are all broke. The one sending us over the proverbial fiscal cliff. Should the benefits be available to people, that is one interesting conversation to have. Im sure we can agree there has to be cuts in a lot of these programs. But whether we should make them available to the people they were intended to is the important thing is absolutely they should. Tom im not so sure we should spend money in booklets and advertisements and everything. We will see you at the end of the show, but thank you for tackling this one for us. Instead of giving thanks, unions are not giving up, and this thanksgiving labor strikes could stop travel everywhere. In the grand old election backlash, republicans are turning on each other. And something about federal workers, that will make you fed up. They are earning more, but still complain more, and you are picking up the tab. Tom walmart labor dispute is now becoming a federal case. National Labor Relations board says resolving this is a top priority. Worlds largest retailer prompting a file a complaint to prevent strikes in protest. Walmart says it again is illegally rallying the workers. David, there are rules about a union going to protest a company for limited amount of time if i have got this right, but they have gone way beyond that . Yes, absolutely. Thank you for having me on the show. There are definitely rules and they have been violating those rules. We filed the charge last week. Labor board said it is their top priority and theyre looking into it, were focused this week like a laser right now on black friday serving our customers because it will be an awesome event at walmart this year. They keep making efforts to do that, but have you ever had a place that has actually gone union . They can vote if they get 50 or more, right . Yeah, theyve trie they haveo organize walmart for years unsuccessfully. Timtime and time again we concle they dont need a union, they have a good deal working at walmart, they appreciate the opportunities we have at walmart and we appreciate our associates. We can have wifi without our associates and we will have over 1 million of them working on our stores on black friday. Tom youre such a big company with such a large number of employees, you have people who are very happy with their jobs, people who could take it or leave it, disgruntled former employees or even current employees. The disgruntled are going to be the ones that march out to tell the story about why they are so unhappy. The question is, is there some way to address the unions that would finally say to them go ahead, take your vote, take a shot at us. That was one of the things im glad we filed our own unfair labor practice. Why are we doing something about this . The few associates put in front of the media in this attention to not represent our associates base. The 1. 3 million associates and they appreciate the Opportunity Health the ice that were to co to. Worked for the company for 10 years. 20 of the people we hire this year were rehired. They worked for the company at one point, they left and decided they werent getting as good of a deal so they came back to walmart. That is a different story than what the unions would have you believe. Tom so its going on friday. Are we going to have people in the parking lot covered front of the doors harassing customers, what is your plan to provide security for the customer . Our plan plan is we will sera lot of customers that day. We have some hot items, even guarantee three of the top items and that is unlike other retailers you might go and get up to the front of the line and then be sold out of that item. We are guaranteeing through the hottest items and we really believe that if the majority of the customers experiencing, great Shopping Experience and a great thanksgiving event walmart. Tom willet rule before black friday . Thatll be up to them. We were glad when they said this was the top priority, but black friday will go on and it will be a great event at walmart. Tom even so, there are rules about what you can and cannot do around a company. You cant interfere with the employees, can interfere with the customers. And yet they will not stop, so it is a longterm plan, there some way to meet agreement with these folks . I think longer term we have to see where everything goes. We will see what the labor board decides, but this week focusing on black friday, we manage our stores like we always have, one customer at a time, one associate at a time and we are ready. Tom have got to mention this to the audience is the fact that even though you are not allowed to business in new york city, i know you and your associates and truckloads of equipment have come in to help the people victims of sandy. It is a very good move on your part, dont know how much of it is pr and how much you jus he dt to help out people, but you cant do business here but youryouare helping the people. Speaker that is just who we are, we have been doing that for 50 years now. Anytime the communities are in need we are there to step up and help, such an awful incident, and were just happy to do our part when the governor called and governor Chris Christie called, we got our trucks on the road as quickly as possible getting relief to the victims hurt by hurricane sandy, that is just what we do. Tom i would love to be a fly on that phone call. I know youre in new jersey and new york, still kept out for some reason. Thank you very, very much. Thank you, we appreciate it. Tom the fiscal cliff is not here yet, but more Companies Say they are already falling off. And while everybody is worried, washington, guess where they are, theyre on vacation. Tom the fiscal cliff is looming, Many Companies are preparing for the worst. Already cutting back on things like hiring and spending among those kind of things but nobody in washington, nobody is there working to get the mess sorted out. The president touring asia, congress is on recess. Tea Party Activist says the government has got to get their priorities in check. And so this is something that has been a pet peeve of mine not just for the last couple of days or since the election, because once we knew there was going to be a fiscal cliff, we were talking about this six, eight months ago and everybody washington sat back and did nothing. I think it is funny people are criticizing the president for being abroad in asia during this crisis. The president can do what he does at the white house, which is absolutely nothing to prevent the economic calamities that will come on all americans because of his fiscal policies. At the end of the day the worst fiscal cliff is becoming a sensible term like green energy or hope and change. It is president barack obama tax hike. It will kill Small Businesses who employ the majority of americans. Couple that with obamacare, and you are in big trouble. Tom i dont mean to remind you but we had an election recently. And his point, you sa say okay,i know there was almost country voted for mitt romney, but more voted for him. And so he has the cards right now. First of all the rest of the country is not a bunch of defeated republicans, theyre the loyal opposition and had a voice in the right to express their concerns. He is now the president of the people who voted for him, he is the president of the United States of america and he ought to act like it because he has not done it for four years. Tom john boehner has another election in two years. He has the entire house every two years. So hes going to want to look like the obstructionist again . And by the way, he has the vote thing going for him. He think he will go along . Speak out like to hit republicans in the head and say no matter what you do, you are getting blamed. He might as well do it is right. People did not put john boehner into office to equivocate and become a democrat like. Tom youre her the Republican Party has to change. Mitt romney moves to the middle on a lot of issues and it got him a lost election. At the end of the day there are issues. There are things that are right and there are things that are wrong. President obamas tax hikes would need to crucify Small Businesses in this country like along with obamacare, it is a crushing blow to the ethereal spirit and the bottom line. You already see businesses maneuver and they are not going to hire more than 25 employees or work over 30 hours and this tax hike on over people who make under 50,000, the majority of those are Small Businesses. By the way, this is a big old news flash. 2 . 2. 1 of the population makes 250. Come on. Tom it is the same answer the president has given before. A lot of surveys lately, we understand, it wont fix the deficit. You think it is going to . No, but what is it for . It is because of fairness. That is what i want people to understand the president obama does not care about fiscal responsible if your economies or jobs, marked the doctrine of fairness, because he went out and build a business, you were successful, it is not fair that others didnt. This is a market idea, it is what this man is about. He can crush as many people as possible to get this fairness thing under wraps. Tom if things go bad and the economy slows down, people will look back and say what the republicans do . Republicans went along with it, this is what a lot of fear is, they will say not us, they own it. The democrats own it, do you think that will stick . Theres no question the vast majority of the media will pin anything on them like the death of jesus and disappearance of jimmy hoffa. At the end of the day they should do what is right. Decide what is right, do what is right. And thethey promised during thet crisis when we were negotiating the debt ceiling and promised to cut spending. If they do not like what is happening with sequestration they can cut the same amount. They must cut spending first and reform entitlement. It is immoral to promise people things like Social Security and medicaid when you notice broken and will not be there. That is a moral issue, do what is right. Tom i feel like we will have this conversation again. Pennsylvania state director, thank you, jennifer. Who is really out of touch . The Vice President s in the white house . As the president stepped things up for the governor, we are not going anywhere. And you have a homeboy in the deal who gets it. The boys use capital one venture miles for their annual football trip. Thats double miles you can actually use. Tragically, their ddy got sacked by blackouts. But its our tradition thats roughing the card holder. But with the capital one venture card you get double miles you can actually use. [ cheering ] any flight, anytime. The scoreboard doesnt lie. Whats in your wallet . Hut i have me on my fantasy team. Tom postelection fallout hitting the g. O. P. Add bobby jindal to the list now. Blending of the republicans for their big loss, but who is really getting it wrong . The grand old party or good old joe biden . A man who will be the next president of the United States. God rest your soul, low, her mom is still alive, your dad passed. Theyre going to put you all back in chains. We are not going anywhere. Were not going anywhere and you have a homeboy in the deal who gets it. Tom republicans should stop calling each other out of touch and focus on how the Vice President is out of tune. Every once republicans, including republicans, that appeared to be already throwing their hat into the ring for 2016, saying you have to change. First told us a break from the 201the 2016 talk. Republicans are doing what generally parties always do when they lose an election. They try to be the one who is right and the leader who is going to move people into the next election especially if they have a Different Party in the office in the white house. Tom it makes sense, you always look and say what could we have done better. Are they going beyond that . Speak i think they are going beyond that. The difference in the wrong people under the bus and actually having behind closeddoor meetings about what went wrong with the party and who they really should be putting up in 2016. In the immediate aftermath, it has not been that long since the election. Republicans who take a step back really taken actually what happened and talk behind closed doors about what they can do better next time. As far as joe bidens comments. If a republican and said what he said about the homeboy, they would be painted as racist immediately. There are bigger fish to fry for public and especially the state could be helping with the fiscal cliff and promote the attitude on hoand how that will affect te state and pressing john boehner to the right thing for them because the states have bear the burden. Tom what do you think went wrong with the election . So many things. That rummy missed a big opportunity with the youth vote. They shouldve done a couple of College Tours with the Business Schools because theres a lot of republican type thinking students and Business Schools across the country that are not political. I think the Romney Campaign hasnt made that human contact with voters and republicans havent been that great at the past 30 years and i think president obama just had better get out and vote effort than the republicans did. We saw that in the days since the election, the technology failed. I think you hit the nail on the last point. The Obama Campaign had 200,000 people on get out the vote. Romney campaign had 20,000. Just 10 . It makes a difference. I thought republicans were energized. They cannot be energized left to talk about the candidate is and asking for their vote but why the candidate will be better for you. One thing for them to vote against barack obama, another to be energized and get out to vote for mitt romney. Tom if i had a message im trying to sell it to people, they may not buy my message back of the best get out to vote effort possible and they still wont go out and vote fo