a new poll asks that question. weigh in. just because president obama chose not to present a universal healthcare plan does not give him the right to attack me because i did. bill: great american news quiz featuring the powerful trashing the powerful. senator, you are no jack kennedy. [cheers] bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. bill: hi, i m bill o reilly, thanks for watching us tent. big change in america. that s the subject of this evening s talking points memo. under the president obama the u.s.a. has greatly increased social welfare programs. the president will tell you because it s a bad recession. we have gone through bad recessions before. never, never have the amount of dependence on the federal government that we have now. according to stats compiled by the republic side of the senate budget committee, more than 100 million americans are currently receiving some kind of federal welfare and that doesn t count
americans pay the vast majority of federal taxes and half the population pay no income tax at all. in france, the new socialist president there wants to tax the affluent at a rate of 75%. three quarters of their stuff he wants. he wants to do that so he can dole the money out to french citizens who don t have very much thereby ensuring their permanent support. do you see a difference between the french socialist strategy and what the democratic party wants in the u.s.a.? i don t. it s just a matter of percentage points. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction from two democrats. joining us from los angeles, leslie marshall and from washington kirsten powers both are fox news analysts. we are becoming an entitlement state are we not. we are not becoming entitlement state we have been an entitlement state for a long time. the question is whether or not you think that s a good thing or bad thing. whether or not you think the government should be providing
majority of federal taxes and half the population pay no income tax at all. in france, the new socialist president there wants to tax the affluent at a rate of 75%. three quarters of their stuff he wants. he wants to do that so he can dole the money out to french citizens who don t have very much thereby ensuring their permanent support. do you see a difference between the french socialist strategy and what the democratic party wants in the u.s.a.? i don t. it s just a matter of percentage points. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction from two democrats. joining us from los angeles, leslie marshall and from washington kirsten powers both are fox news analysts. we are becoming an entitlement state are we not. we are not becoming entitlement state we have been an entitlement state for a long time. the question is whether or not you think that s a good thing or bad thing. whether or not you think the government should be providing these services or not.
majority of federal taxes and half the population pay no income tax at all. in france, the new socialist president there wants to tax the affluent at a rate of 75%. three quarters of their stuff he wants. he wants to do that so he can dole the money out to french citizens who don t have very much thereby ensuring their permanent support. do you see a difference between the french socialist strategy and what the democratic party wants in the u.s.a.? i don t. it s just a matter of percentage points. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction from two democrats. joining us from los angeles, leslie marshall and from washington kirsten powers both are fox news analysts. we are becoming an entitlement state are we not. we are not becoming entitlement state we have been an entitlement state for a long time. the question is whether or not you think that s a good thing or bad thing. whether or not you think the government should be providing these services or not.
if i m president, federal education funds will be linked to a student so that parents can send their child to any public or charter school they choose. bill: don t get more specific than that. so obviously governor romney did address education and, again, ms. taylor mislead the folks who heard her. but why? it s a very interesting question. part of the answer is provided by our pal nancy pelosi. well, i think it was a calculated move on his part to get booed at the naacp convention. bill: but ms. pelosi did not explain that and the reporter didn t ask her to. on the surface it doesn t seem to make much sense, does it? why would any politician want to get booed? talking points believes nancy pelosi is saying something very provocative. the former speaker of the house seems to believe that governor romney wanted to get scorned so people who don t like blacks would rally to his cause. that was what the base remark was by ms. taylor. that s an underlying theme being put out