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FOX News Contributor Chris Hahn on the latest GOP debate and whether the president will change his energy policies to aid debt reduction.
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Fox News contributor Chris Hani is here alright Chris again if you don't mind -- implement clock on myself and on you.
We don't wanna shouting match I've got a couple of issues to go over -- festivals Newt Gingrich.
-- -- -- He shifted back to attacking President Obama in the debate last night and attacking social handouts.
Just listen to this for a second Christmas is from Newt Gingrich in the last night's debate.
Parts -- the best food stamp president in American history to maximize dependency.
Is terrible for the future of this country.
But I'm gonna to start a few seconds or lay on -- you have mr.
Gingrich called the present the food stamp president and he was.
Accurate in saying.
That more people -- had been added to the food stamp rolls by this president than any other president in history.
I say that is a black mark for the president on food stamps and you say.
Well first he's got to get out of the conference is before you place in the super ball I don't know that he's quite out of the conference is yet but he did have a very strong debate performance last night.
Second on the food -- side I'll say this a lot of people down the food -- got on -- -- because of conditions an economy that existed before this president was there I'd rather have people eating and starting in America and the president and is doing everything he -- get people back to work and I believe that the economy start to turn a corner and that is bad news republic a quick throwback action this has become an entitlement culture because of food stamps and the -- and -- I don't believe that's the case I think right now we're rough spot our economy where we're probably one of the -- we -- are in the worst economy -- since the Great Depression.
And something's gotta be done to keep people afloat.
That's all people would rather be working to be on entitlements and right after I believe -- David Axelrod the -- I think chief political advisor for the reelection catch up and he's come out and says look to Europe that's gonna hostess that's what he's most afraid of and in the year ahead.
I maintain that he's essentially bringing up an excuse.
He's excusing the president's -- -- called on the economy by saying to somebody -- -- external -- last year the tsunami the Arab Spring this year -- Europe I think he's wrong he's covering up and excusing -- -- powerful sponsor and -- -- some of the great business minds in New York -- I had you all know you all know that this economy is a very connected economy and things that -- in Europe are completely out of the control the president the United States and the congress and they will dramatically impact our economy if things go bad.
Now Europe's gonna make some very tough decision I think they will make the right choice to bail out Greece and deal with them with their problems over there.
And if they make the right choices that economy -- stable than it the wrong choices it's gonna be bad as we bad and I.
Has -- can I just get a Lincoln way because -- -- reason this economy is so that is because we're working so hard to become what you -- -- in trouble we have grown our debt to European levels during this administration and that's the reason this economy's bad.
Our debt is not -- European level you're that -- eight.
But that is -- in this case -- all -- and we will have we will have sequester again this year Robby and the bush tax cuts and we will start to see our.
Get -- doubt we'll see a change incorporate and we will also see a flattening of the corporate rate and that will too in part make our our -- down.
You off factually wrong we are European debt levels -- that's another story I'm it -- -- -- three.
I think the president has a golden opportunity right now to shift his energy policy.
And go towards natural gas.
I think that he will say no to the pipeline that's nasty oil but yes to fracking and I think that will be a good development and you -- While much assures us -- the pipeline from what I've heard there's there's mixed feelings on both sides in the administration.
And I think that at the end of the day they're gonna say yes -- the pipeline.
On fracking I think they're gonna say yes to fracking machine Governor Cuomo do that here in New York.
Where he said yes we're gonna do -- -- to do it safely I think that you receive more fracking in the United States -- the natural gas is probably.
You know is a resource that needs to be developed here but done safely with the proper amount of regulation not over regulation but the proper amount of regulation to make sure we're not poisoning people's water supplies.
And and ruining people's lives and we have to move people like we'll do it listen we'd rather get our our our energy.
From yeah -- Okay I think -- put the price of natural gas up on the screen for a second because today's selling off it is down 6%.
That is -- Norma -- drop in natural gas heat out of 251 per million British -- it's -- whatever that measurement is half.
That means if you -- -- when natural gas this winter you've got to -- I wish I could.
-- it's President Obama at a jump all over that precisely what I I think you're gonna see a lot of that in the next couple we do you expect he will tell little.
What I -- -- -- know David and I've talked about this many times I -- I am kind of not I'm not part of left on natural gas I think that we should be developing natural gas in this country got to do it safely I'm not say give them a blank check Google whatever they want -- global warming it's a fossil fuel.
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