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Katie, are we becoming a dependent nation? >> absolutely. all we have to do is look at the numbers to prove it. in 2009, 11% of american households were on food stamps. in 2014, 20% of american households are on food stamps. why is that? because unemployment is not down. the percentage of unemployment that the bureau of labor statisticses gives us is a bonus false number that doesn't show us the whole unemployment picture. we have 90 million people out of work. you said it in the beginning of the segment. there are a lot of people, almost half, who are not paying income tax for the federal gov...

7.8% in september. the economy adding 114,000 jobs last month, but not nearly enough to keep pace with population growth. so how does the overall rate drop? if we delve deeper into the numbers what does it really tell us about the health. economy five weeks from election day? charles payne, fox business network and ceo of w street.com. he joins us now. charles, if 114,000 jobs added will not keep pace with population growth, how does the rate drop? >> jon, when the bureau labor statisticses does the monthly job survey, they do two of them. one they call the establishment survey. that is the on...