Absolutely. None of us begrudge people that fall on hard times, all of us imagine what that might be like. But the safety net is terribly broken. Supplemental Assistance Program has doubled in size since 2007. It is now helping 47 million americans. Theres something wrong if one in seven americans depend on food stamps. Good point. Michael, this debate often is derailed by people that think we dont want to help widows, orphans, children. Thats not where the debate sits. We added the equivalent of new york state in the last decade to the food stamp rolls, it is now about new york and texas combined. What is the problem here . Whats wrong . What do you think is the fix. The main problem, the president s economic policies have been terrible. I think what you need to take from this, the big picture, if you go back to what a Real Recovery is in the mid 80s, the average person was on food stamps for six months. Today, after four years of the obama recovery, the average person is on food stam
Absolutely. None of us begrudge people that fall on hard times, all of us imagine what that might be like. But the safety net is terribly broken. Supplemental Assistance Program has doubled in size since 2007. It is now helping 47 million americans. Theres something wrong if one in seven americans depend on food stamps. Good point. Michael, this debate often is derailed by people that think we dont want to help widows, orphans, children. Thats not where the debate sits. We added the equivalent of new york state in the last decade to the food stamp rolls, it is now about new york and texas combined. What is the problem here . Whats wrong . What do you think is the fix. The main problem, the president s economic policies have been terrible. I think what you need to take from this, the big picture, if you go back to what a Real Recovery is in the mid 80s, the average person was on food stamps for six months. Today, after four years of the obama recovery, the average person is on food stam
Are the ones hurt the mostpy the policies. Yes, they are. The research is clear. What is interesting is you must blame the obama administration. We have infinite wants and we get up to work to fulfill the wants. The only time economies are slow for extented period are when the government are putting up barriers to the natural ability to work. Obamacare inhibits hiring hiring and Government Spending staffs capital. Weak dollar drives away investors. That is what is keeping the economy down. The good news is if they reverse the policies, the economy will soar again. David nice to know good news on the horizon if we do the right thing. Why is it the very people this president is fighting the hardest for are hurting the most . What i like to say about this is it takes two to tango. I wont sit here and tell you the policies are working. The numbers you quote are accurate. Things are not good for those people. President cannot do this on his own. I want to read you something. One of our coll
Rich karlgaard, elizabeth macdonald. John tandy. Is this going up more . Of course. Doctors are restricted, deductibles are raised. Young people know now they are learning more and more you can get the insurance if you have something happen to u and you need it. So something happens to you, they wont sign up. Adverse selection. We are seeing it unfold now. Rick, when you have a 90 failure rate on their own targets you know the costs are going to go up, right . Here is the problem. The white house set themselves up by creating the target. I dont care if its 10 million or 2 million. But i care about the mix. If the Young Healthy people dont come, you are right. We have a big problem. We wont see it pay off in price increases in the next two years because of the risk. But after that, if we dont get the right Insurance Plan its a big problem. To ricks point, rich, the fact is that it seems that the people signing up are not the healthy ones that are going to pay more in the system than the
Rich karlgaard, elizabeth macdonald. John tandy. Is this going up more . Ofcourse. Doctors are restricted, deductibles are raised. Young people know now they are learning more and more you can get the insurance if you have something happen to you and you need it. So something happens to you, they wont sign up. Adverse selection. We are seeing it unfold now. Rick, when you have a 90 failure rate on their own targets you know the costs are going to go up, right . Here is the problem. The white house set themselves up by creating the target. I dont care if its 10 million or 2 million. But i care about the mix. If the Young Healthy people dont come, you are right. We have a big problem. We wont see it pay off in price increases in the next two years because of the risk. But after that, if we dont get the right Insurance Plan its a big problem. To ricks point, rich, the fact is that it seems that the peop signing up are not the healthy ones that are going to pay more in the system than they