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Christmas is not about happy holidays, merry christmas, the color santa and jesus is but what is going on in america with children that literally are being kicked off head start, they're hungry because of cuts in s.n.a.p. programs. 1.3 million -- you know the numbers. that is the war on christmas that we should be talking about because that feels like a true sort of contradiction of what the american values are supposed to be, right? >> right. this new budget deal, three days after christmas, 1.3 million people lose unemployment benefits and people making their choices about christmas shopping...

As i said, also call my show and talk about being in line at the grocery store, watching some of the the items that people that are on these snap programs, that they are buying. they're buying irresponsibly and at the expense of the taxpayer. our fundamental is, you know, don't believe in the nanny state or the government trying to tell you how to make those decisions. if obesity is a problem in america, and it is, it should be up to individuals and not up to government and secondly, taxpayers should not be paying for the crimes of others who decide to eat irresponsibly or do anything else. ou...

Paying citizens that we can afford. what's interesting, though, is there's an item in "the daily caller" today, the web site, that talks about how apparently the usda that now runs food stamps which are called the snap program, apparently they're trying to ease the restrictions, make it easier for people to get and you don't necessarily have to prove financial necessity. >> and real quickly, that's starting right from universities all the way through, you know, whether you can pay your mortgage or not, we'll help you out and help you down the road. they should make it a little bit more persona...

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