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>> yeah. i think that's well said and exactly what's happening in this country. and frustrating as it is to think that one in five households now is on food stamps. that we have just about half the population of this country in some way or the other receiving federal assistance. whether you call it welfare, whatever it may be. that's a crazy number. what is most alarming, we're in the fifth year of so-called recovery from the deepest recession since the depression. and we still are not creating jobs. we are still not moving toward even a discussion of how to restore prosperity. we have the fed...

Flooding in various areas. he is going to head over there himself to take a look. heather: well, when hollywood producers are choosing where to shoot big budget projects many states, they offer generous tax breaks to make their locations more appealing. but in this economy with cities and states laying off workers and cutting off vital services should taxpayer dollars be going to billion dollar studios? william la jeunesse joins us from los angeles with more on this. william? >> reporter: well, heather, it is not uncommon to poach or lure a company from one state to another using tax incentive...

Only a few months or a year. i know, i was on assistance. what they don't tell you is that there's at least one working adult in 48% of households with children on food stamps. only 13% don't have jobs. in a time of national economic crisis, when so many people are struggling to find a job, the republicans are calling the country weak. americans dependent and repeatedly criticizing millions for their work ethic. let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for "bloomberg view." let's get to the point, jonathan, does welfare make americans dependent? >> first of all, we ...

Don't tell you is 65% of recipients take assistance for only a few months or a year. i know, i was on assistance. what they don't tell you is that there's at least one working adult in 48% of households with children on food stamps. only 13% don't have jobs. in a time of national economic crisis, when so many people are struggling to find a job, the republicans are calling the country weak. americans dependent and repeatedly criticizing millions for their work ethic. let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for "bloomberg view." let's get to the point, jonathan, doe...

Ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. competition and the desire to succeed in the marketplace have made america great, but that ethic is being eroded by a culture of where's mine? >> in the big finish tonight, it's the right wing's weak argument. tuesday night, fox news's bill o'reilly spouted some interesting statistics about welfare. he waxed po wettic about life in 1962 and boasted only 62% of americans were on welfare. since his data shows it was actually closer to 12%, but o'reilly's families...