And now, john stossel. Stossel one great thing about america and Free Enterprise is that for the most part, people can only get rich by helping others in some way. Thats because capitalism is voluntary. No one is forced to buy from you. And thats great. Most of life fortunately happens this way. But on now now in america we have people that can use force. They enrich themselves by using government to force people to give them money. David bows of boaz of the Cato Institute calls this parasite economy. Thats from his libertarian mind. Theres two ways to get rich in any society. You can make it and trade with others or take it from people who have produced something. And i call making it the economic means of wealth, and taking it, the political means. And some of the people who take are criminals. They they rob you. They embezzle from you. But more importantly are the people who use government to take from you. Stossel and thats growing numbers. And what do you mean parasite economy, wh
And now, john stossel. Stossel one great thing about america and Free Enterprise is that for the most part, people can only get rich by helping others in some way. Thats because capitalism is voluntary. No one is forced to buy from you. And thats great. Most of life fortunately happens this way. But on now now in america we have people that can use force. They enrich themselves by using government to force people to give them money. David bows of boaz of the Cato Institute calls this parasite economy. Thats from his libertarian mind. Theres two ways to get rich in any society. You can make it and trade with others or take it from people who have produced something. And i call making it the economic means of wealth, and taking it, the political means. And some of the people who take are criminals. They they rob you. They embezzle from you. But more importantly are the people who use government to take from you. Stossel and thats growing numbers. And what do you mean parasite economy, wh
40 at 7 37 out here but all the eastbound traffic is backed up because all the lanes are closed. The westbound traffic is slowing down as well and all the westbound lanes are open but you can see this long line of vehicles here that are taking a look at that accident. Now, heres an update from twitter. Its a multivehicle accident. We also made some calls to a tracker trailer and car involved in this accident on 78. Its actually eastbound. They sent out an update between exits 45 and exit 40 so all lanes are closed out there. Thats just something to be aware of. A little closer to the philadelphia area on the schuylkill expressway well take a look at the drive times here. We are not seeing any major delays except for the incident on interstate 78. 12 minutes is your drive time eastbound from the blue route to the vine. About the same heading on the westbound side. If you are heading out to mass transit, everything is on or close to schedule. 5 31 now. And investigators right now are wor
Health and other issues facing veterans is Tom Tarantino, a former army captain and current chief. Announcement last weekend a good sign for veterans waiting for their benefits claims to be processed . Guest it was an expected announcement. The backlog has been reduced by about 1 3, which is outstanding news. There is some light at the end of the tunnel. We have about 400,000 claims still in the inventory. They were going to halt the mandatory overtime. We expect it to resume after the holidays in february. We have 400,000 claims. If they want to make their goal, it is going to require overtime and other initiatives that have put into gear that have started this trend downward. Host 400,000 claims that is down from 600,000 claims in march. Talk about the impact of the government shutdown. How did that affect the claims . Guest it slowed it down. We averted a potential disaster. The processors were technically protected. The v. A. Could not accept any new claims but they could continue
Present, quickly pledged to support these local efforts in order to ensure full recovery. He created the Hurricane Sandy rebuilding task force to maximize cabinet level ordination in support of the work to rebuild this region. Ive been enormously proud to share this effort as we work to achieve two basic goals. One, to get the assistance you all thought so hard to make a reality to communities as quickly as possible, to meet the immediate needs and second to ensure the region rebuild stronger and smarter than before so its better equipped for future storms. Quickly and effectively. As you know, in january, working with all of you in the congress, state leaders fought tirelessly to get 50 billion in funding inlemental order to aid victims of the storm. Its been a priority to get these dollars into communities quickly and responsibly as possible. Thats why we thought it was critical to include several the supplemental that facilitated more efficient spending of these dollars. I want to p