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And then obama have hugely expanded eligibility and benefit levels for the food stamp program. to give you one example, president bush changed the law and lo allowed immigrants to get food stamps. immigrants barred from food stamps. one must be on this in the last five years the number of americans in poverty has gone up 10 million but the number on food stamps have gone up 20 million. so you can see it's not just a poverty problem. it's this expansion in eligibility under the last few administrations that is the real problem here. >> bill: the government expands because they want to be humane...

And then obama have hugely expanded eligibility and benefit levels for the food stamp program. to give you one example, president bush changed the law and lo allowed immigrants to get food stamps. immigrants barred from food stamps. one must be on this in the last five years the number of americans in poverty has gone up 10 million but the number on food stamps have gone up 20 million. so you can see it's not just a poverty problem. it's this expansion in eligibility under the last few administrations that is the real problem here. >> bill: the government expands because they want to be humane...

And then obama have hugely expanded eligibility and benefit levels for the food stamp program. to give you one example, president bush changed the law and lo allowed immigrants to get food stamps. immigrants barred from food stamps. one must be on this in the poverty hasears the number gone up 10 million but the number on food stamps have gone up 20 million. so you can see it's not just a poverty problem. it's this expansion in eligibility under the last few administrations that is the real problem here. >> bill: the government expands because they want to be humane though. you say it's a prob...

Going to talk about it, it's a position that smart people shouldn't take. >> in the meantime, there does seem to be some movement on capitol hill on gun control. there's a bipartisan senate bill that would make gun trafficking a federal crime. at the same time that's going on, i don't know if you've seen it, congressman, but the nra is out with a new ad that specifically targets african-american youth. let me play a clip for you. >> it's not a gun problem, it's a culture problem, it's a poverty problem, it's a history problem. the only person responsible for your safety is you. cops can't alwa...

austerity and fears of a meltdown. looking ahead to the rio environmental summit, a sharply contrarian take from someone who says the whole thing is a waste of time. finally -- >> i am for free press, fair elections and equal rights for women. i can't say that. >> what in the world? "the dictator" might be a fun movie, but dictators in real life are getting smarter, sav savvier and less authoritarian. but first, here's my take. we're now in the general election campaign in the united states. the point at which the candidates are meant to pivot from the primary voters to the general...