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Jason Mattera, author of “Hollywood Hypocrites,” on the youth vote and how Obama and Romney are evenly split.
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-- but according to a new poll he could be losing.
A lot of -- support.
Is the call is from Fox News among voters eighteen to 29 that is the youth vote Mitt Romney and -- Obama are tied dead even 47%.
Jason the Tara is all -- of Hollywood hypocrites.
He's written extensively on how young people vote and how they vote that -- no -- overwhelmingly for President Obama so Jason welcome back to the program a way to explain.
Why is it that the youth vote is now time even split between Obama and Mitt Romney what's going on.
Hey good morning Stuart thanks for having me back well that is an encouraging sign -- you know there's another Paula Gallup poll that shows that.
Barack Obama has a 35 point lead on Mitt Romney when it comes -- that same demographic.
So as as we move on these months towards the election will Begin to see these -- -- and and see real indicators.
But really young people are looking back at their futures and saying.
Listen I have obscene amounts of student loans the youth unemployment rate is nearly double the national average.
And they you know they can't find their jobs it's a shrinking labor force so of course they're going to give another attended a chance.
However I I I do think Mitt Romney is going in the wrong direction.
He just recently embraced federally subsidized student loans has said that the congress should read authorized them -- was rather Jason do you think he should you think Mitt Romney should stand out there and say look.
The pipe -- must be paid we count of fall -- this subsidized student loan rates let it double.
You think he should -- I think -- sit in.
Take the issue of college tuition hand on the reason why college tuition has skyrocketed is because the third party system.
Colleges know they can continue to charge more for.
-- course to end of an education because Uncle Sam is in the continue to skyrocket.
Continue to subsidize it that's why skyrocketing -- good reason that you get motive well you know I have.
What you don't get what I hope so we just gonna let the cost of education to continue to go up and up and up if we tried to -- -- Democrat on how many goodies we can offer.
I think conservatives always going to lose that's why Mitt Romney have to have some type of contrast to Barack Obama and and the thing is we have the benefit of being -- On this issue and that is the reason why education is going through the roof.
Is because of third party system just like we have what health care thought that we manage that and I think Mitt Romney actually come in enough to talk about it.
All right okay -- -- point and I've been very interest and see how that panned out he's not gonna happen because Mitt Romney is agree -- we continue to subsidize okay hello move on to another topic comedian -- -- -- he went on our rant against against president Obama's plan to raise taxes on the rich not just -- of this percentages.
-- -- Actually thinking of ways to be creative and make money -- what's wrong with that.
You know why because governments.
That's right and you they had no money going at -- -- -- -- now that was just a part of an extended rant in which -- and don't love it today you've really does not like coming half of his money taxed away from -- by the Obama administration.
And -- -- he's a liberal Democrat he voted for Obama in 2008.
Your reaction.
-- well you know they did tail washed up SNL actor from the eighties.
Can articulate more on the subject of taxation.
I them Barack Obama were in a really sets they in this country.
We don't Hollywood -- schizophrenic when it comes to taxes you hear a lot mates who was railing against how he pays enough taxes -- -- of out of his money.
Yet he continues to support some like Barack Obama and he supported him in 2008 yeah I think the bill for -- Mitt Romney.
I don't know but up you know you gotta support a man who tons around he says look I voted for him in 2008 but I don't like paying half my money in taxes.
You -- like the guy surely you can't condemn in because he voted for years ago for President Obama.
I'm out sir I'm not condemning I welcome into the right side of the aisle but again he's you know if this may this is an interest -- -- title -- make a ring -- out of that.
Because it was great but in terms of -- Hollywood support I mean Obama was just having Oslo -- to the news that Jimmy Fallon the as the 40000 dollar plate fund raiser.
We George -- -- -- Tom Hanks now rating his reelection documentary Hollywood substantially is favoring Barack Obama.
But there's schizophrenic because what will support.
These tax and spend Democrats they'll kill bill -- a movie on Mars if it meant that they can get -- 45% tax reduction.
Tooth go ahead and filmed that movie so I think we got to continue to point that -- I'm glad I love it came around but you know lead has -- much.
Cash -- like he did that guy you know in the eighties gentlemen terror we love having on the show we like you youngsters good to see again thanks to adjustments that we --
