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Program and we completely negate the reality of our economy. we say things like and believe things like the government will save $5 billion. the part they won't tell you is every dollar that goes into food stamps, it returns $1.73 to local economy. so it's not just that government is going to save $5 billion. everyone is about to have millions of dollars snatched right from your town and no one asked you. >> many lawmakers would say the economy is getting better. mine it would be slow but it's getting better. the unemployment rate is going down but it's time to wean people off the system. >> t...

>> what do you make of this? that's a lot of spending. >> out of the worst economic times in 2008 we have had since the great depression. people are hurting. want i don't use the numbers from the last five years people have been hurting the most. >> it's not like we paid a lot in 2009 and it went down. it's done up every year. >> by the way, mark zandy at moody's said on food stamps more people getting them now than ever. puts money back in the economy. for every dollar in food stamps $1.73 goes back in the economy because they spend the the money immediately. even people with unemployment spe...

The house behind me has a mote front of me. it's difficult for the residents to get around. the anxiety is still very, very strong here among the residents as they predict more rain throughout the weekend which could cause more major problems. victor? >> nick valencia, you and your team stay safe there. thank you so much. the storms really are showing us the power of nature. it can be deadly in some cases. unfortunately, there is more rain on the way. >> i know. i can't believe it. in fact, i was reading that colorado in some places got 1.73 inches of rain in less than 30 minutes yesterday. ...

Kennedy and what we're getting today is both presidents kennedy and reagan understood that jobs come from promoting new suppliers of goods and services and new labor flyers and came from both republican and democrat, the largest tax cuts in our country's history to promote opportunities for people to show up and create jobs, opportunity and work, but the difference today is, if we look at the obama administration, even during the financial crisis, the economists in the obama administration told us that for every dollar, for example, corporate tax relierelief, the cuts, bush tax cuts, economy g...

Fearing americans like me are having trouble. there must be something wrong with the system, it isn't fair. when the economy is good, the fairness issue doesn't work. >> for every dollar we give out in food stamp programs now, we get -- for $1.73 worth of economic activity, it's good. >> stop. tell me why. if i'm not an expert, why when i get $1.73 in food stamps do i get -- >> simple economics. if you give that person an extra dollar or $5, what will they do? they'll go spend it. the engine of the economy turns. people will produce more, more service in the economy. >> so we create consumers ...