Firemen. Accused of a con job so big and so crass and vile that it makes you woner how they wear a uniform at all. Collecting millions of dollars in benefits but reportedly faking things like mental illnes in some of these creeps even pretended that they suffered from, working at groundero after 9 11 and they never did. Just arrested in a 400 million Social Security scam. In one the New York Post called a ripoff for the history books. But dont focus on that. Focus on how they haply screwed us and theyre fine colleagues who are held in high regard by us. Like this excop. Featured on the cover of todays New York Post, claiming that he suffered from depression but apparently not enough to keep them off jet skis. This man claimed he was so distraught that he couldnt leave the house. But apparently he could off the coast of costa rica. He took advantage of a Disability Program even though he was well enough to reportedly teach karate at a martial arts all. Dozens of cases like these and many thickening cases le these. And i still cant get out of my head how he shamelessly exploited 9 11 in some sort of Traumatic Stress is just made up. They were all in the same bogus claims, pocketing up to an extra 50,000 per year and we ended up paying foor. And investigators say that up to a thousand people were involved. And again, think about that. 400 million and that is just one city and one investigation. One sam. If you dont think this is happening in other cities or other states, if you dont think that in the trillions of dollars that taxpayers build is out to god knows what and god knows whom. Then you must be among those leaves legalizing pot in some states. Im not saying that we stop helping those who need and deserve it, but we better stop throwing good money to the back of those that just steal it. And when you build it in society, some feel a little bit extra entitled and the bestselling author says that we as taxpayers stop this nonsense. What do you think . Youre right, we do end up not doing that. I want to applaud you for calling out this on national television. This is a disgusting story. Especially those who toiled at ground zero. It does a disservice to them. That is what makes it amassed about this whole thing. And you should demand that everyone who works rest be inspected periodically. The problem is that we dont expect Good Behavior from the people anymore. And we dont get Good Behavior from these people anymore. We live in a society where the system is screwed and it is okay to take advantage of everybody else and not think anything about it. But stories like this, these are big stories and they will eventually be found out. Its not the big stuff that bothers us thats really the problem credits will step in and stop bothering us. And we have 25 of americans that cheat on their taxes. Those stories teach our kids that it is okay to be dishonest. It is very well put on how we can sort of lose our compass and apparently in this case they are finding out that there was a message to getting this money in one advisor told us how they could get this. And here is how you get it. In other words come you have to act like you are forgetting things and you have to look like you are seriously compromised and mentally out of it in this is what you do to get this. And these guys did it. It is enough to make you vomit. Gas, and they have lost their moral compass. I think that it is one of the big things hat we have seen in our country. We have seen the basic integrity and honesty and a strong work a bit, doing the right thing we dont value those things anymore. When we dont do those things, we dont punish them severely enough for publicly known. These guys be punished severely and publicly. So wedont set them up as any kind of an an example. This problem overall longterm is not going to be sold legally. It will not be solved by government. It will be solved by individuals in their homes teaching their kids what the value should be a. Neil well put, larry. Congressman dodd website help republicans have to stop playing nice and just emanding paper for performance. To say yes to those that deserve it. Some things that appear in that is what worries me. I think hat this is just the important cliche in the tip of the iceberg. There are many cases like this and you can find 400 million worth of reviews and god knows what else you will find around the country. You are absolutely right. We talked about this back in 2012. About how we have seen people with Unemployment Benefits that are running out and Social Security disability and once you get on not it is almost impossible to get out of it. Im sure that we are seeing that down here in south lorida and the thing that the republicans have to start doing is not allowing the democrats and president obama to demagogue them and put them in a position where they are seen as mea and hateful. But to say that we should not be encouraging people to not want to t out of participate in the American Dream when you look at what president obama and the liberals have done, they have driven up the overty rolls and those that are on food stamps and today is the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty. Its a war that we have lost. 20 trillion and we have only seen a few decrease. When he looked at leaders of the obama administration, those rules are heavily increased. So we have to get back to what works for an economy and not just try to increase economic dependency but economic independence. Many times we can believe that. Because its an overwhelming majority of those that have worked at groundero and elsewhere on 9 11. This is so alien to their inner fiber and their dna. That it justifies the description. But what i worry about is that americans and these heroes are good to a court and will gladly help anyone and everyone. And they have their wallet open and they are willing to help out. What do you say are the lessons here . That is the thing. Americans are benevolent. Americans believe in the safety net. But we want people to bounce up and continue to climb the ladder of success. It is when you see people i president obama and other progressives and you have a problem in new york city with your new mayor, they believe that they should be ale to take care people for the rest of their lives and that is how they get that vote from them. Look at the obama funds. It was part of the clinton administration. This is not about doing what is best for americans but its really a moral what is happening. Because we are making americans so dependent and despondent that they have to lead to Big Government to be their caretaker. Neil many of them are trying to be like this and its not easy because these numbers are bigger. Happy new year. Thank you. The latest fight over unemployment. Some republicans fear that they do not exte them yet again. And i want you to meet the woman who says that they risk looking clueless but they that they [ male announcer ] if youre taking multiple medications, does your mouth often feel dry . A dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. Thats why theres biotene. Available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel, biotene can provide soothing relief, and it helps keep your mouth althy, too. Rember, while your medication is doing you good, a dry mouth isnt. Biotene for people who suffer from dry mouth. Over the pizza place on Chestnut Street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreli down i95. This magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. And of those who believed they had thpower to do more. Dell is honored to be part of some of the worlds great stories. That began much the same way ours did in a little dorm room 2713. This magic moment neil republicans feel like theyre on therong side and tired of being called heartless extending jobless benefits in the senate. Because the alternative is to risk looking heartless if you dont. Some say republicans shouldnt forget the jobless, but they really shouldnt forget the taxpayers to keep forking over more dough each year for those benefits. Our guest joins us now. Everyone wants to help out those who need it. There is the other thing you are paying for and those that generally have to pay for. But republicans always get nervous and antsy. What do you think . Yes, it is definitely an issue of concern, being labeled heartless and meanspirited. But the policies of giving people money rather than growing the economy, i think its a quick fix the longterm solution that this administration and the Democratic Administration parties have talked about. We have done 11 extensionof the Unemployment Benefits and we are continuing with this bandaid. Neil my issue is that we spent a lot more time and energy and money looking at ways to provide assistance for those who dont have work than we do today is helping them find wk in providing an environment that will help them. Exctly. While the left might paint them as heartless and meanspirited, they are going to do that anyway. Many say itsbout jobs and many have been saying that since i could remember. About 30 jobs that the senate hasnt picked up and i think that maybe taking a look at those before we move forward with more might be a good idea. Whether those get the benefits or not, i can understand those that are looking for work. These benefits are a a point that but if you are at a stay at home position, the issue of going back to work must involve what it is costing me for child care and benefits have gone generous to the point where they dont have to were they actually have to continue this because im not saying that you can live high on the hog. That makes a difference to some and they have to decide all of these issues. So the better part of this is that actually pays them to go out and find a job of like value. Absolutely. You talk about single moms an things like that. If republicans do decide to move forward with this and he spoke about this in the senators who voted for cloture yesterday. I do not think that there is going to be long story short republicans are going to be painted as mean spirited no matter what. And so if they do have to vote for these unemployment extensions, they should at least get something for them and find a way to offset them. They are afraid of have a look if they dont. But they always forget the folks who have to pay these bills and they look far more clueless when they dont. But we will see what happens. Carolyn, its been a pleasure. Thank you sue on the Controversial Health care ads are now going for the gold. The Health Care Law and the last tow. Coming up next. Lemieux go. Minnesota is one of 10,000 minnesota is one of 10,000 reasons to get health [ male announcer ] e new new york is open. Open to innovation. Open to ambition. Open to boldids. Thats why n york has a new plan dozens of tax free zones all across the state. Move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years. Were new york. If theres something that creates more jobs, and ows more businesses. Were open to it. Start a taxfree business at startupny. Com. Where does the United States get most of its energy . Is it africa . The middle east . Canada . Or the u. S. . The answer is. The u. S. Most of Americas Energy comes from right here at home. Take the energy quiz. Energy lives here. 9 out of 10 wildfires are caused by humans. If you see someone in danger of starting a wildfire, step in and make a difference because 9 out of 10 wildfires can be prevented. Only you can prevent wildfires. Neil the super bowl and only bigger. The Winter Olympics desnt only command highballs but more than two weeks. And does in the white house know it. The Health Care Law at and the world is focused on the healthiest among us. But even Lindsay Ronni went to step aside. Its all dow from here. And you would think the administration, after all with health care would get a clue. We have our guest here. You say that these are part of the olympic big boomers. Why is that . Lets take a look where they say oh my goodness. He is so hot. I dont have to worry about control, all i have to worry about is this. Its demeaning to women. There is a guy that they have in pajamas and he is a bigtime loser. You think anyone is going to listeno a guy like that . The pajama one was really stupid. Neil funny like a clown. [laughter] lets talk first about the advertising itself. I think that nobody out there understands this. But before you complain about it as you might want to do, keep in mind that over half of the federal budget is spent on advertising and its been on military. By the defense department. It is be all that you can be. So when you have fun with this, not everybody likes the Health Care Law. So you are up against three out of 19 million. There is one thing. But the ads are terrible. Does the government pay for the . Its not like Public Service announcements. On the ou for the super bowl, it is probably spotted. So maybe not that but even more than i do want to point out as we are critiquing these ads, you were ranting against the project. And what i am judging is that we always get the what i am judt we always get the cart before the horse. And one that youll fix the course make him stronger, do what you have to do and that is an opinion based on fact and opinion. [laughter] thank you very much. [laughter] this is a new future that we have. Is that how it would happen. [laughter] oh, my. Both of your points come youre going to see a lot of ads in the super bowl. Its just one more reason to not like the olympics. But whatever you say about these private ads, and does not really move the needle . Will they eventually do it . I dont know. I think we dont know. We dont know the numbers on how many young people have signed up for coverage. The percentage is lower than what you need. It is way too early to tell. There are a lot of young people. But a lot of them are not going to sign up for obamacare and its too expensive in these ads will make it worse. These are going to make it like a craft show. Many are not going to look at this and say, okay, tts great. Neil this just doesnt make any sense. Okay, we are freezing up here. What you think . 1670. How about that . What about jay carney in a speedo saying, hey, if you dont have obamacare, check this out. [laughter] that is so crazy. Did you just call him the secretary of terror . I think thats breaking news. [laughter] we come back, a new sheriff at the irs. And it seems that he needs more dough. I want you to meet the guy with hisneword warning for congress. [ cellphones beeping ] [ cellphone rings ] hello . [ male announcer ] over 12,000 financial advisors. Good, good. Good over 700 billion dollars in assets under care. Let me just put this away. [ male announcer ] how did edward jones get so big . Could you teach kids that trick . [ male announcer ] by not acting that way. Ok, st quarter. [ male announcer ] s how edward jones makes sense of investing. Neil the new guy at the irs apparently wants to make as big of an impression as james bond. The word is that he is getting this bigtime today. Many say with all the irs abuses he shouldnt get it. Jura joins us right now. Why not . I think that you senate. And i lik that angle. And i worked on that for minutes at a time. I think the Senate Finance committee was shaken but not quite stirred by his argument. You are so smart and quick. It is very. [laughter] the first thing that popped into my mind when i saw this story was one of the complaint that complaints it was made in the declaration of independence in 1776 against the king of england and he said that we have created a host of new offices and sent them to harass our people and we were talking about the revenue agents then as well. What we are seeing is that we talked about this over the year and there is a steady transfer of power from the people in the government and from the state to the federal government from and from the entire federal government to the executive branch. And this creates tens of thousands of new revenue agents with another step in that direction. I always try to give the benefit of the doubt with those who have ridiculously asinine pitches. So i thought what would make you think you deserve more money when you have been part of the conservative groups and screwing things up left and right. And then i say to you have to take care of a lot of this. And so he says that maybe you shouldnt have those and republicans say they have to dial it back to what you say . I think that that is right. In the spirit of bipartisanship, im going to say that he have a point. And if the government has given him enormous new areas of the economy to regulate, its every man and woman and child that is required to pay the penalty if they dont buy Health Health care under obamacare and theres a lot more managing and that takes more enforcement. And that is how it works. Its based on taking it from someone else so the bigger it gets, the more enforcement mechanism it takes and those with checklists that are looking into your lives. The answer is to pl back the size of government and then he dont need that. If the are going to take this up, they are going to be a lot more. By the way, if you are going to be pitching for more money, then you have to have a proven successful record of doing other things as well. And i would say look to the old guy. Because that wasnt working there. He didnt cover himself at turning this around. He came in after the housing bubble. But that is still under water and i dont think you have a good track record in the organization. So i think that its two strikes neil what do you think about me going to a jackal lane Fitness Center and taking over. There you go. Neil it is always a pleasure, my friend. Happy new year to you. 10,000, something having to do with pole dancing. And lets just say that for now welcome back. How is everything . Theres nothing like being your own boss and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. Fedex one rate. Really makes my life easier. Maybe a promotion is in order. Good news. I got a new title. And a raise . Management couldnt make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. Simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. It was a group of linemen and it was handled by a nonpr