have been recovered along with, as you see there, her mangled california driver s license. the plane was built back in 1969 and reportedly was damaged during a takeoff in amarillo, texas, back in 2006 when a fuel line failed. that will certainly become part of this investigation. jenni rivera, she sold 15 million albums, and she was about to sign on to abc news for a new sitcom all about her life, also onboard that plane her publicist, her lawyer as well as her makeup artist along with the two pilots and the ntsb investigation in the very early stages right now. alisyn: all right, trace, thanks so much for the update. for the latest on the death of jenni rivera and other stories developing in latin america and around the world, head to fox news latino.com. there s a new theory that suggests our nation s expanding entitlement programs are breeding a new, quote, government class of citizens dependent on big government. michael reagan joins us later to
all the reasons touted why barack obama won, that is what he is defending here. the union s ability to compel workers to pay fees as condition of employment used in this process. alisyn: mark, i want to read a quote the president said yesterday. it is confusing. perhaps you can explain it better. the president said what we should not be doing trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working conditions. well, that sounds like collective bargaining but that is not what this michigan battle is about as you pointed out. it is about forcing workers to have to pay union dues. is the president fighting an old battle here or the wrong battle? well, you know, i think when you can t defend the position you re taking you have to rely on anything else that has some palatability. the fact is, this is not about bargaining. workers in michigan, all the workers shouting right now they will still be part of unions and pay union dues but will choose to voluntarily. that is what
the people. [applause] all of us, all of us need to be reminded that the federal government did not create the states. the states created the federal government. alisyn: well that was president ronald reagan, warning about the dangers of expanding entitlements and the creation of what some are now calling a quote, government class. that is a growing group of citizens dependent upon government. entitlement programs have exploded since president reagan was in office. let s take a look at the latest figures on food stamps. spending skyrocketed even since 2011, from $76 billion last fiscal year to now over $78 billion in 2012. it is getting more expensive to run. in 2000 the food stamp program cost just under $1,000 per person.
now the number skyrocketed to $1700 per person. that is 68% and double the rate of inflation. michael reagan is a political consultant and chairman of the reagan group. hi, michael. how are you? you know my father also said, the only guaranty of eternal life is a government job. alisyn: well boy was he right when he said that one also. alisyn: interesting that you say that. when you are you were, referred to new quote, government class, what is that? how do you define it? the government class. look you have 47 million people on food stamps. you have two million people now working for the federal government. there is over 100 people a day being hired by the federal government. so more and more people are becoming dependent on the government. look at the unions. look what is going on right now in michigan. it was going on a year ago in wisconsin. i mean, you lock at the situation where in michigan you ve got, what, 7% proficiency rate in reading? 4% in math.
they said it was a labeling mistake but, you look at all this controversy, someone is buying the stuff because their combined store group of urban outfit is, anthropology, free people last year, combined sales of $2.5 billion. a lot of complaints. a lot of customers too, ali. alisyn: a lot of dough. thank you for those heartwarming messages, trace. reporter: sure. alisyn: meanwhile we have a disturbing new report that reveals cell phone companies may be keeping tabs on your kids. who they call, where they go and sharing that information with other companies. we ll investigate just what they re doing with that info. plus president reagan repeatedly warned of the dangers of what he called creeping socialism. his son michael reagan joins to us explain what he calls, new, quote, government class dependent on big government and why his dad warned against this very thing. in this present crisis government is not the solution to our problem.