they will lay it out in the program. it will allow states to qualify such activities as work. mike huckabee worked on this in the 90s. i know it is upsetting to you and also upseting to a fellow who used to work in arkansas by the name of bill clinton. welfare reform is a signature initiative and now they are blowing tup. it was the fow times when government did something and it worked it originated with tommy thomson and michael levit and engle from mush mish and coined of the original goyce was welfare reform and the concept is simple. if you get benefits, you have to work or be in job training. a lot of people thought it would cause trouble. the opposite happened. more than half of the people
got off and went on pay rolls. and it was successful and the unemployment rate went down and poverty rate went down and now the obama administration through an illegal executive order and change of the rule is make redefoining work . tommy thompson if no one else does he will sue the federal government to challenge the legality of doing this. because the statute requires you have to work . i want to show our audience the activities that will qualify as work. include bed rest and motivational reading and mass annuals and exercise and journaling and personal care activities. i am not sure what that moons and moking and weight loss participating in parent-teacher meetings and helping friend or relative with household and errand and
have government help. steve: he would be successful with the government. gretchin: that business is successful over 90 years. a lot of people have issue with that particular statement. eric: president obama said in a few days he would change america. he warned us in 2008 and he talked about class warfare and demonizing the rich and business owners. this line that we played. you have a business and you didn t build that somebody else made it. the man is a statist. a lot of trouble when you call him a social. his policies are social. government runs the government and businesses are just lucky to be on board. steve: what he said behind every successful business is a great big government. it is another way to say we need to raise taxes. he wants more taxes from the small business people. the ceo of the chamber of commerce said we should applaud the risk takers and dreamers who are willing to stand out from the crowd rather than denigrate what these people have done. we n
they are firing back at the president. turkey and needles what they found when they bit in a sandwich. fox and friends starts right now. gretchin: good morning, everyone. i hope you have a great tuesday. eric bolling is in for brian kilmeade today. eric: i lost the tie on the way in. i couldn t find it steve: talking a little bit about something. if you are listening to talk radio. you saw the president of the united states stepped in it on friday in roanake. you know, successful businesses didn t make it on their own. they have bridges and tunnels and teachers and internet to thank for that. dumiss it here is a snippet. there is a lot of wealthy successful americans who agree with me because they want to give something back. they know if you are successful. you didn t get that on your own. you didn t get there on your own. i am always struck by people who think. well, it must have been because i am so smart. if you have a business, you didn t build that. somebody