when a president says something for three years and it turns out that it s not true, i think there s no doubt that that affects the credibility. i don t care if you re the janitor or you re the president of the united states, it affects your credibility. got to move on to the next topic. the first ever across-the-board cut for food stamps comes tomorrow. billions of dollars will be slashed, and that will affect a whole lot of folks because currently, around 47 million americans, one-sixth of the country receive food stamps. that s up from 44 million the year before. and fraud a big concern with usda estimating a whopping $753 million in federal food aid is spent fraudulently each year! brad, are these cuts the right thing to do so that we can root out some of this fraud? you bet. and we should not only be looking at food stamps, we should look at every entitlement. fraud, mismanagement and abuse is ripe in america. the fact that obama has people going out selling entitlements in groc
there may be in other programs, but not in this program. i disagree. i just said the numbers were 773 million. 753 million spent fraudulently each year. guys, i ve got to go. we could talk forever, but i ve got to go. that s exaggerated. that s according to the usda estimates, the own government estimates. yeah, yeah. thanks, guys. terrifying night in one city as raging flames keep people endoors. we ll tells you where crews were fighting these fires. and good news for anyone who flies, you and your gadget will get to spend a little more time together. is that always good news? i guess it is when you re on an airplane and you re stuck.
brian: according to to the usda, this entitlement nation wastes $753 million on fraudulent food stamp spending each year. steve: in florida welfare money is being used at strip clubs, casinos and what not. and it is perfectly legal. brian: florida state representative jimmy smith wants to change that. sir, how do you expect to do it? very simply, we re going to pass legislation that will allow our departments of children and family to contract with a vendor to deny access to machines at those locations. steve: up till this point, if somebody took this little e.b.t. card, if they took them to the liquor store, casino, strip joint and said i d like to pay with this, they could; right? if they want to buy certain products there, they would be able to do that. the e.b.t. card allows you to get additional cash along with it. that is one of the ways they use it to benefit. steve: what certain items could they buy at a strip joint other than the
naught. we saw him raise 753 million dollars. he wants to match that or hit the one billion mark. campaign fund raising at this time is excessive and done more than any other presidential candidate at this point in the election cycle. he hasn t quite raised the amount they were targeting. that doesn t mean he will have a problem. but it means in terms of the pacing, there it is more sluggish for him. republicans have their work cut out. once we veyhave a nominee i assume mitt romney. they match the billion mark that obama will is likely to hit that is different question. they have 500 paid staffers. and have a political action