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On the surface, that looks bad. but if you look behind the stats, as talking points always does, not about skin color or ethnicity, it's about education. americans with college degrees 4.4%. if you have a high school degree, it's 10%. if you fail to graduate from high school, the unemployment rate is a whopping 14.3%. so you can see the key to success is graduating from college. our high tech society demands educated people and if you are not educated, you are likely in for a very rough time. also, the unemployment rate proves that no matter how much money the feds pump into the hans of the le...

The poor to prosperity. they can't. in 1965, the poverty rate in this country stood at 14%. now, after untold trillions have been spent fighting poverty, the poverty rate is 14.3%. amazing, is it not? the conclusion, america is bankrupting itself with an entitlement philosophy that does little. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, according to a consulting firm mackenzie and company, 20% of american men ages 25 to 64 are currently not working. that's up 13 points since 1970. if the study is true, that's obviously a massive problem. here now to analyze our barack and hard place...

Generations. you have been discussing this on the road and you talked about today. how balance the budget? you want to go from 40% to 20% gdp. specifically balancing america's budget. now for three years we've had at least a trillion and a half billion dollar -- trillion and a half dollar budget deficit. almost five trillion more dollars. they want to raise the debt ceiling from where it is to 14.3, how do you get the budget in balance and provide the services that maybe america wants and maybe don't need? >> some think the only way to balance the budget is raising taxes. not only is it unfair...

To avoid federal scrutiny. illinois, maryland, and massachusetts are studying this as well, they may allow counties to opt out of this program that is an obama- obama-approved program. coming up, we're going to hear from both sides about this hot button immigration issue. we'll have a fair and balanced debate coming up on that just minutes away. and it is a very big afternoon on capitol hill, as house lawmakers are set to vote on raising the country's maxed out credit limit. right now the plan is to raise the debt ceiling from 14.3 to $16.3 trillion, try to wrap your head around that number,...

On the road and you talked about today. how balance the budget? you want to go from 40% to 20% gdp. specifically balancing america's budget. now for three years we've had at least a trillion and a half billion dollar -- trillion and a half dollar budget deficit. almost five trillion more dollars. they want to raise the debt ceiling from where it is to 14.3, how do you get the budget in balance and provide the services that maybe america wants and maybe don't need? >> some think the only way to balance the budget is raising taxes. not only is it unfair, but you slow the economy which is self-de...