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Mr. . $750 million of estimated fraud and food stamps. >> bob: how much is the food stamp budget? >> eric: $57 billion. >> bob: $75 billion. i've been asking for the number. >> eric: 1/10th of 1%. bonds big deal. >> eric: big deal? $750 million? >> greg: that is the beauty. you can say big deal. it's not the money. easier to trash a public bathroom than private bathroom. fraud is less a priority when it's not your money. >> bob: you are trashing 9 #% of the people -- 99% of the people for 1% of the people that do fraud. i admit there is fraud. there is fraud in the military and the police depa...

Of healthcare costs. the second is a constitutional argument. it is fairly unambiguous in terms of precedent and original intent. the debate about policy is one that will go on. what i don't think is fair is that people who work hard, play by the rules and pay for their own insurance have to shoulder the burden of $57 billion a year for the people who don't play by the rules and get insurance. a hard working middle class family pays a thousand dollars more in premiums every year because of the people that don't bother to get insurance. we are trying to get personal responsibility and fairness ...

Is an integration with the health system different from other areas. >> shannon: advocates on the other side say it is not legitimate to say somebody would show up in the emergency room and not be treated. that wouldn't happen. doctors are obligated to save a life if it is a leaf or death situation. >> i agree that and say because they continue to pay for the person where does the cost go. $57 billion a year get dumped on the people paying for their premiums. that is not fair either. the idea of a minimum amount of care and responsibility for people to take over their own health situation or p...

geepg good evening. i'm ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett. republican presidential candidates have just over a week left to prove to iowans that they're the first to win the nation's contest held on january 3rd. polls show the race there is still very much up for grabs, but there was only one candidate out today with an official campaign event and it wasn't one of those top three. it was rick santorum and he went hunting with an important guest. dana bash joins us now with more. who is this special guest that got rick santorum out on a campaign event today? >> he's congressman s...

good evening. i'm ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett. the iowa caucus is just eight days away. republican presidential candidates have just over a week left to prove to iowans that they're the first to win the nation's contest held on january 3rd. polls show the race there is still very much up for grabs, but there was only one candidate out today with an official campaign event and it wasn't one of those top three. it was rick santorum and he went hunting with an important guest. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash joins us now with more. who is this special guest t...