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You know the only people who believe that? right there. right there. >> robert rector told us that amnesty costs a fortune. amnesty could also cost something more than just money. it could cost a nation. >> don't come in to be a taker. come in to be a giver. and if you'll come in to be a giver, give us your tired, your poor, because we'll give you a chance to work. but we should not be giving a chance to be a taker. >> wow. that was a rally on capitol hill today hosted by conservative republicans as you can tell. much of their volume focused primarily around the cost of immigration reform. you...

That a person who has less than a high school education pays more in taxes than they get in government benefits. you know the only people who believe that? right there. right there. >> robert rector told us that amnesty costs a fortune. amnesty could also cost something more than just money. it could cost a nation. >> don't come in to be a taker. come in to be a giver. and if you'll come in to be a giver, give us your tired, your poor, because we'll give you a chance to work. but we should not be giving a chance to be a taker. >> wow. that was a rally on capitol hill today hosted by conservati...

That really doesn't occur anymore in our society. >> perhaps not getting the resources to those who truly need it the most. robert rector, senior fellow at the heritage foundation. thank you for being on this morning. >> thank you. >> coming up on the show, it's been over a month since they met with fema and the president, but the sandy victims haven't seen any help just yet. >> and i told president obama, you told us you were going to cut the red tape. and i told him, the middle class getting the royal finger. what did he say? fema works for me. fema ain't doing nothing still. they keep going...

Robert rector writes facts about the poor. this was posted about a year ago. the chart shows the percent of households with certain amendties. 92 pkts have microwaves. 50% have internet service. 33% have a big screen or plasma lcd. the argument there is, how can someone be poor if they have a television set? steve, let me get your take on this because you work in an area of extreme poverty and i would imagine that a tv set, one way or another is not going to help you get out of poverty. >> let me start by saying, or addressing the microwave issue. in chicago, the microwave may be the only thin...

Consider this, this week's teacher strike in chicago, more than 25,000 chicago teachers went on trike over a mere yad of issues, not the least of which are the teaching conditions in chicago schools. the strike exposed the battle lines between the movement and educators fighting against high stakes testing and a better approach to measuring school performance. driving the battle is educational outcomes to improve economic things for kids. it is always education, which is first and often only mentioned as the cure. that prescription sounds intuitive. what if the premise is wrong? what is robert...