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When amazon prime came out to offer a discount for people on food stamps, is that helpful or hurtful? >> i think amazon is trying to do take advantage of that marketplace that $71 billion. we ask ourselves whose money is it? it belongs to taxpayers. they're working hard to pay for amazon prime's program out of their own pocket. what we're looking forward to in the new administration, to drain the swamp and there are companies that don't smooch. corporate welfare has to step as well. ainsley: this gives them helping to buy groceries and will it encourage them to shop more and spend taxpayer dol...

Nancy at team cavuto, awesome job. karen, please, please. your heart. if we lose you, i'm on to reruns of let's make a deal. by the way, the camera does add 50 pounds. just saying. let's cut to the chase. most of the budget, no cuts at all. that's unless you think a cut is slowing the growth of something. because there's very little real cutting of anything. it's true, despite the fear of president trump was getting medicaid, what if i told you he's increasing funding from medicaid from $389 billion from now. that is triple of what we spent in 2000. same with food stamps. a program that we sai...

Let's look at medicaid. $389 billion today. as recently as 2000, 2000, it was $118 billion. the food stamp program, $71 billion today. that same program under snap whatever it's called now -- >> neil -- >> neil: 44 million people are getting food help. some need it. this math is not sustainable. this support -- >> you're trying to change us off the subject of medicaid. forget about the fact that donald trump promised -- >> neil: go back to medicaid. 389 billion today. >> that's what i want to talk about. >> neil: ten years from now, it will be $550 bill. >> you sound like my grandpa. he was a ...

What's your body of proof? welcome back to "the lead." testimony with politics. programs helped low-income children and families could take a hit. his budget blueprint comes out tomorrow. we had a preview and now swe have specifics. it's set to cut s.n.a.p. and food stamps. an administration official suggest the last week this program would likely remain untouched. what are the proposed changes? >> exactly right. doesn't appear to be true. if you look specifically at the food stamp project, the s.n.a.p. program, the administration is going to propose $193 billion in cuts over a ten year peri...

At the masters in augusta, georgia as thunderstorms force people to take cover there. and, stealing your hard working tax dollars by selling food stamps on facebook. post after post. people near philadelphia caught trying to pawn off millions worth of free food money for real cash. >> people come in here with a snap card, 8 of them want to sell me their food stamps. the other two want to use them. ainsley: food stamps cost taxpayers, by the way, nearly $71 billion last year. and finally, you will like this story. teenagers put their patriotism on display. ♪ the red rockets. heather: high sch...