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His hellos there in northern virginia. obviously, key voting bloc for the president in 2012 will be the hispanic community. what do you think we're going to hear from him? what do you think they want to hear from him? >> they just want to hear where he's at. you know, he has often said, don't forget who your friends are. and a lot of people are saying, okay, if you're a friend, prove it. where is your heart? where is the action? i've got to tell you, there are a lot of questions, especially when the unemployment rate in the hispanic community is 11.3%. >> good point. thank you so much, jose. j...

They believe foreign aid, pensions, education, food and housing assistance and public broadcasting account for 52% of the budget. reality, it's 11.3% of the budget. the bulk of our spending goes to defense, social security, medicare and medicaid. >> we have a skewed perceptive. >> reporter: why do you think that is snk is probably the media. >> reporter: in the media, we can take the blame but it's also politicians making a small part of the budget part of the fight. they are not touching social security, medicare and medicaid. jessica yellen, cnn washington. a connecticut man is charged wit...

Budget. >> really? wow! yeah, i thought it was like a big thing. >> reporter: so we asked about a few more. government pensions. >> government pensions, that would probably be 10%. >> probably 10%. >> reporter: according to the poll that's what most americans think, but the reality, just 3.5%. >> reporter: npr. >> zero now, right? >> maybe 15. >> reporter: most folks think public broadcasting gets 5% of the federal budget. reality? less than 0.1 of 1%. overall americans believe that foreign aid, government pensions, education, food and housing assistance and public broadcasting account for 52%...

It's not even close. foreign aid, 0.6% of the 2010 budget. >> really? wow! i thought that was a big thing. >> reporter: so we asked about a few more. government pensions. >> that would probably be 10%. >> probably 10%. >> reporter: according to the poll, that's what most americans think. but the reality? just 3.5%. for public broadcasting, npr? >> zero now, right? maybe 15%. >> reporter: most folks think public broadcasting gets 5% of the federal budget. reality? less than 0.1 of 1%. overall, americans think foreign aid, government pensions, education and food and housing assistance and public...

Budget? >> really? wow! >> i thought it would be more. >> i thought it was like a big thing. >> reporter: so we asked about a few more. government pensions. >> government pensions. that would probably be 10%? >> probably 10%. >> reporter: according to the poll, that's what most americans think. but the reality? just 3.5%. for public broadcasting, npr. >> zero now, right? maybe 15. >> reporter: most public thinks 5%. reality? less than 0.1%. overall, americans think foreign aid, government pensions, education, food and housing assistance account for 52% of the federal budget. reality, it's just...