Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140107:14:35:00
This is average monthly participation in food stamps. in 1964 you had 376,000 people getting food stamps. now you have 47 million on food stamps. on the thing is single parent homes. in 1964 it was 11%. now it's 35%. do these programs work? >> let's put things in perspective. the number of people on welfare as we know it are more white than they are minority. secondly, a large percentage of people in poverty work but they work in low-wage jobs. and usually a single mother is the head of a household. the great society was medicare and medicaid. and education. there were some good programs.