buying votes with taxpayers money. anna: these numbers would seem to ebb and flow with the state of the economy for sure. over the years every single year we ve had an increase in these food stamps we ve gone from 28 million on food stamps in 2008. we ve now got 46, 47 million people on food stamps. the number is at that high level despite the so-called recovery in the economy that the president touts all over the place. brian: i don t know what is going to come up on varney and company, but it seems like a topic we could expect at 9:20. i think we ll get into it. brian: because you re stuart varney and the show is named after you. yes and it s a great picture, don t you think? brian: it s a torso shot that i envy. ten years old. steve: that tie he s wearing right there, i m wearing today. brian: stuart, i ll see you this weekend.
the situation. he would have to get a bailout through congress and congress is highly unlikely to provide this money because, gretchen, you are right, you provide money to the retirees in detroit and you re on the hook for retirees all across the country. i don t know how many billions that is but it s a lot. brian: this could be good for the president politically. locally they re making tough decisions. he could say what do you want me to do. get mad at your local politician, don t get mad at the president of the united states. if he doesn t bail them out, does he alienate a big part of his base? he s already in trouble with the unions over obamacare, in trouble with seniors over obamacare and medicare. gretchen: what happens to new contracts? new contracts will be different. detroit has reached the end of the line. you cannot go on like this. steve: i ve got a feeling he ll be talking about this over on varney
hasn t paid taxes in ten years. how would a nevada senator who never met mitt romney know what he paid in taxes or not paid? senator reid said governor romney had not paid any taxes, but he said that on the senate floor, which gives him protection from any suit to say that he was lying. brian: you might defect back to the u.k. if this keeps happening. what is coming up on varney and company at 9:20? you are. brian: i m going to simulcast with you? you are going to be the star of varney and company. brian: i should be on that promo. okay, mr. torso promo, thank you very much, varney. middle schoolers caught hacking into their teachers computers. the f.b.i. is hauling them away in handcuffs. former president george former president george bush on his bike ride. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios
the president will do. he ll say, look, we re denying head start kids a place in the class. these fat cats on wall street are doing so well. a new record high for wall street, they should pay their fair share. tax them some more so the head start kids don t get hurt. gretchen: at the same time revenues from taxes are at an all-time high right now. if you re one of those fat cats on wall street, couldn t you just say, look, i am paying my fair share? that s exactly what they will say. but it s a political argument. you re quite right. this year tax revenue will be a record $2.7 trillion. unfortunately, we will spend $3.7 trillion. in other words, we clearly have a spending problem. it s not a taxing and revenue problem. it s a spending problem. brian: you don t have any problems. you have a lot to discuss today as the dow sets an all-time record at 9:20 eastern time on varney and company. i want to see the smile on your face, brian, when your 401(k) goes up again. brian: right.
agency that has union employees, you have to have union representative. in the union shops i worked in in the past, you would have to have a job, be a camera guy and be a union represent. you never worked for federal government. this is totally different. this drives taxpayers crazy. here we are cutting kids vaccines. we re cutting border security. oh, but we can t make federal workers work for the federal government. no, they ve got to keep on working for the unions. are we going to keep on paying them? this drives people nuts when you have this kind of waste. gretchen: thank you. brian: we re going to watch you on the fox business network on varney and company. glad to hear that. gretchen: have a great day. it s one of the top theme parks in the nation and home to 12,000 animals. now bush garden camp is