the impact this has on tour economy. that s what the structure of this argument should shall surrounding. what can we do to get this economy which is the economic recovery since the great depression to get going? what is going to get the 23.6 million people that are unemployed or under employed or dropped out of the job market completely jobs? that s the solution to a long-term problem. megyn: that s what they argued about in the president campaign. growth is the way out. but the question is, all right. the growth would be nice, but no one is talking about that right now. they are talking about spending cuts and tax hikes. and the republicans you tell me, but it seems like they are starting to be a fissure in the once united front on holding firm against these tax hikes until they got their spending cuts. boehner was strong on it. but we are starting to hear a couple of republican voices say
disappointed in romney or whatever. this is the guy that started this entire tea party movement. if we re going to get him out, we have to do it now. the guy that s sort of been sitting on the sidelines if we re talking about super pacs, karl rove has raised $3.48 million, spent only $2810,000. this is last month. cash on hand, $23.6 million. karl rove is waiting till there is a nominee and then to your point, steve, you can beta dude is going to get in the race. absolutely. and to your point, michael, president obama s super pac has only raised $2 million, spent $500,000, cash on hand 2al $8 million. it s worth mentioning the buzz feed is reporting black and latino supporters of president obama are forming pac plus which will spent approximately $10 million. the news from all of that or the final analysis, it s not going to be decided by money because everybody is going to have plenty. it s going to be decided by the yard signs and about this marginal sort of middle group of
expanded wic. i don t think republicans made issue of wic. here is the issue. you keep want to grow it. you have want to grow it not to help people but as a form of economic stimulus, because you believe it will get the economy back on track. that is wrong. eric: let me bring it around. speaking of growing it. under president bush, dana, the average, full year averages, 23.6 million americans per year. at a cost of $28.1 billion on food stamps. referring to newt gingrich s comments. under president obama that number skyrocketed to 39.4 million americans at a cost of $65.7 billion. with the last year of record, approaching $76 billion. he is right. wow! it s exploded. dana: i think that you have to go back and look at the law and the formula under which you can apply and get food stamps. i don t think, i don t remember the bush administration changing that. maybe there was a change. i do remember that like the
expanded wic. i don t think republicans made issue of wic. here is the issue. you keep want to grow it. you have want to grow it not to help people but as a form of economic stimulus, because you believe it will get the economy back on track. that is wrong. eric: let me bring it around. speaking of growing it. under president bush, dana, the average, full year averages, 23.6 million americans per year. at a cost of $28.1 billion on food stamps. referring to newt gingrich s comments. under president obama that number skyrocketed to 39.4 million americans at a cost of $65.7 billion. with the last year of record, approaching $76 billion. he is right. wow! it s exploded. dana: i think that you have to go back and look at the law and the formula under which you can apply and get food stamps. i don t think, i don t remember the bush administration changing that. maybe there was a change. i do remember that like the
it s the republicans representing the koch brothers and some of the biggest special interests, wealthiest special interests in this country that have day after day, week after week, year after year in this city gone after the middle class, and waged class warfare against the middle class and against working families that aspire to join the middle class. as you say, we ve seen the wleltier get richer and the broad middle class begin to shrink, where it s harder and harder to get into the middle class, and harder for people as you know, what i definitely want you to address, i was as a forum in michigan saying you ve got to cut taxes to provide jobs. bill clinton raised taxes, and bill clinton was able to produce 23.6 million jobs, and he taxed the rich. george bush gave the rich tax