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Have failed the poor. >> liberal institutions have failed the poor. tell that to the 40 million poor people who are able to put meals on the dinner table thanks to food staumps, or 9 million people served by women, infant and children food programs. or the 900,000 poor kids enrolled in preexile by headstart programs. all of us want them to be able to earn a living by themselves. all of us want them to have equal opportunity. that's what we marched and fought to, but it has been policies that have robbed them of that and caused afternoon inequality in the economy that makes a safety net necessa...

Failed the poor. tell that to the 40 million poor people who are able to put meals on the dinner table thanks to food staumps, or 9 million people served by women, infant and children food programs. or the 900,000 poor kids enrolled in preexile by headstart programs. all of us want them to be able to earn a living by themselves. all of us want them to have equal opportunity. that's what we marched and fought to, but it has been policies that have robbed them of that and caused afternoon inequality in the economy that makes a safety net necessary. you want to remove the safety net because the p...

Time. when they begin to destroy a country, when they bring -- >> destroy a country? >> absolutely. >> gretchen needs to get some new material, don't you think? the "some would say" line has been a fox news staple for years. my good friend robert greenwald pointed it out in his 2004 documentary "outfoxed." >> some people say in light of what's happened with the oil for food programs -- >> some people say supported by iran. >> some say? i've heard a couple people say -- >> some say it's a sour grapes book. >> some people say -- >> some people say -- >> some people say it's too violent, there's ...

Pentagon and federal domestic spending. they must approve their own budgets by this coming spring and no state budgets will reflect diminished federal aid well before 2013. in virginia defense contractors are already anticipating cuts in pentagon spending of roughly 600 billion. they are expected to trim their own corporate payrolls and purchases accordingly that will likely translate into accelerated layoffs and budget strains in the states that president obama carried easily in 2008. even in those states without a significant military footprint per se will feel the pinch from the 600 billion...

Obama carried easily in 2008. this is money that often goes to states in the form block grants and other aid. >> those are the kind of funds that go into education program. food programs. the state level assistance to the unemployed and those needing training. these are big dollars. we are talking about $50 billion in defense cuts. $35 billion in non-defense cuts and they will have a substantial impact immediately on the states. >> reporter: 30% of the state of maryland's budget is dough pendant on federal spending. that is a state president obama carried by 25 points three years ago. rick: mo...