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In maine, the largest city in maine, portland, there is a proposal now on the ballot that if it passes it will give legal residents who are not u.s. citizens the right to vote! this is a growing trend. i love this. in cities such as san francisco and chicago, san francisco, chicago, portland, oregon, what do they have? umbrellas. progressives. they're considering similar legislation. they already loosened the rules. they're all over fixing that one. they have to make sure that people have a way to vote, though they're not citizens. but is anyone, anyone in those cities in hot water? how about ...

Government. i don't think that a medicare system is -- excessive government. i don't think the student loan system is excessive government. >> we have to make sure the most vulnerable are always protected. john: protected by a big government the progressives' argument. professor hill makes their case better than most. >> we have suffering everywhere. john: he's giving a commencement address in california. >> poor people, rich people, black, white, everyone has to be involved in the struggle. with those of us at the top of the economic ladder have to be willing to make sacrifices that will bene...

Socialists. that's who they are. the democratic socialists. because the progressives ate the democrats as our grandparents knew them. the democratic socialists. now the republicans are still under the same umbrella. not all of them. there are a lot of good ones that are trying to get out from underneath this. the tea party came in and they are standing up for those republicans that want out from underneath the umbrella. some of them are still going to be there, because they believe in big giant government, too. there is a clear choice. if you don't save this party, if this party becomes coopte...

Than either president clinton or president obama to assign responsibility to the democrats for this problem is not factually accurate. >> it is true in the past government has grown just as much, sometime more under republicans. these days it is the democrats who are most eager to spend. you ever think government is doing too much? >> this is what built the country. this is the declaration of independence and the constitution. john: pretty thin. limited government. you guys have gone way beyond this. >> i don't that i a social security system is excessive government. i don't think that a medic...

In maine, the largest city in maine, portland, there is a proposal now on the ballot that if it passes it will give legal residents who are not u.s. citizens the right to vote! this is a growing trend. i love this. in cities such as san francisco and chicago, san francisco, chicago, portland, oregon, what do they have? umbrellas. progressives. they're considering similar legislation. they already loosened the rules. they're all over fixing that one. they have to make sure that people have a way to vote, though they're not citizens. but is anyone, anyone in those cities in hot water? how about ...