fearing americans like me are having trouble. there must be something wrong with the system, it isn t fair. when the economy is good, the fairness issue doesn t work. for every dollar we give out in food stamp programs now, we get for $1.73 worth of economic activity, it s good. stop. tell me why. if i m not an expert, why when i get $1.73 in food stamps do i get simple economics. if you give that person an extra dollar or $5, what will they do? they ll go spend it. the engine of the economy turns. people will produce more, more service in the economy. so we create consumers by giving people food to feed families, we create consumers. we had an eitc, earned income tax credit, where we give money to poor people and we end up
large, but when the economy turns, all of them eventually lose their jobs, forcing them to deal with the grim realities of unemployment. anyone want to take a guess at what i shot at the club today? you re firing me? dear god, police help nigh dad find a job so he worcht be unhappy all the time. faith, courage, enthusiasm. i will win! we re joining by john wells, the film s writer and director. what made you focus on this story now? it began with something that was happening with a anybody of my own family, someone lost their job, and they started telling me about all the things that are happening to them as they went back into the marketplace, very well-educated, and discovered in the large downsizing they had to make their own way. i went from that to interview a