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1973. nine years after we initiated that war on poverty, it dropped to 11%. it has gone up since then simply because we lost our will to continue to fight the war. president johnson told us from the beginning that it will be long and it wouldn't be easy. the fact of the matter is the moment you start quitting, the moment you face obstacles, you aren't losing, you're just quitting. we were absolutely winning the war on poverty. i can show you places in south carolina and families like mine that is proof of that. >> why do you think we stopped the fight? what was behind it? >> elections. every t...

That is what -- here's where they come from. they are phubbfunded in a signit way by billionaires like the koch brothers who want more tax breaks for the rich and for corporate america. now, these guys don't have the guts to stand up to big money, so what they try to do is to take out people's anger against low and moderate income people. we have been hearing that line since ronald reagan, the so-called welfare stuff. but the bottom line is right now poverty today at 46.5 million is higher than it has ever been. middle class is disappearing. people are working longer hours for low wages. many ...

No. the welfare stuff? >> yes. >> they -- i guess earlier today. >> why didn't you tell me that? i didn't write the story. >> no. they d parents received food stamps from january 2003 then again august. the brothers never received welfare there is something to be said about maybe we should be paying these parents but kids never received. >> parents were -- just bleachers? the review gee status. is that real? >> yes. i mean you can argue that the -- we're sensitive to the russian treatment of chechens. she's in pakistan, he's from chechnya. i can buy the fact they ended up here. that doesn't bo...

Future. >> they have released it. >> the welfare stuff? >> yeah. >> earlier today? >> why didn't you tell me that? >> thanks, bill. >> i didn't write the story. >> no, they did. the parents will she have food stamps from january 2003 to march 2003 and august to june of 2010. the brothers never received welfare benefits. so there's something to be said about well maybe we shouldn't be paying these very strange parents. the kids themselves never received welfare. >> the parents, were they just fleecers? >> i mean the refugee status, was that real? >> yes. i mean, you could argue that the -- we'r...

>> greg: the fact is... wait... with this media the only way to cure lessism is let everybody feel the consequences. let everybody experience the buyer's remorse and code pink will be pleading for george to come back. >> bob: end of the bush administration we had the great recession. of course food stamps are going to go up. >> they can't go any higher. >> i'm just jealous of all the welfare stuff going to the strip clubs. they are having more fun than me. >> there you go. >> justin beiber caught on camera smoking something after paparazzi was accidentally killed while trying to snap photos.