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to pick up that market and that interest. >> for more information about tvs recent visit to wichita kansas and that many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/local content. >> brian doherty examines the political career of ron paul, 12 term republican representative from texas and three-time candidate for president next on booktv. mr. doherty reports on congressman paul's political ideologies that range across party lines. following his talk there are marked by congressman paul's son, senator rand paul. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> alright,...

Foreign aid is the largest item in the budget. one of the biggest is winners is foreign aid. >> not social security, not medicaid. >> welfare and foreign aid is probably less than 1 percent. >> roughly ten when you put them together. >> john: social security and medicaid are ten times bigger. >> what people think how much they like people. whether they like you, you are good for the budget. elderly don't cost much. >> john: thank you brian kaplan. up next, what are you afraid of? the thing you fear is going to get you. that is next. [ applause ] [ male announcer ] in bli, even ragu users chose...

Think of his name. >> looks like will ferrell. >> who is this guy? >> i don't know. >> how about this? >> he is a character on a sleazy reality show. yet more people knew him that knew important politicians. >> this is one reason, get out the vote drives are dumb. they hold them at rock con earth is. many of the young people had no clue about national affairs. most of them don't vote. those that don't pay attention will be less likely to vote. i take heat for saying that. some people shouldn't vote. one economyist that agrees with me is brian caplan, the myth of the rational voter and why demo...

The white and male part, guy walking down the street is less afraid than a woman because the same control. so risk perception is absolutely proven. >> john: and is god based on instinct? >> it comes naturally to think there is some hidden force behind the scenes running the show. we call that an agency we tend to see invisible agents running things. >> john: mom and dad ran the show and elders ran the show? >> i think there is something like god of the government. we almost like a government is like a deity force that we can pray for and casting our vote and telling us to do something. >> john...

my next guest say they know why our brains are wired that way. lita is a evolutionary psychologist at university of california. and sean is mind of the market. let me start with you. you talk about the mind. you say the state and government comes from evolution? >> i think the natural propensity we have if somebody has more sufficient stuff than somebody else there must be something done wrong, something unfair. we've evolved in the hunter gatherers with a few dozen to a few hundred people in very resource poor environments. any kind of redistribution had to be done fairly equally o...