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Obama Trying to Expand Dependency on Government?

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    FBN’s Lou Dobbs on the number of Americans on food stamps and disability insurance.

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You talk a lot about the basic choice in this election is a between a president who is committed to more spending more government.

Greater debt for the first time this administration is demonstrating no regard or care.

For the crushing burdens of debt that we are leaving the next generation.

And the generation after that and you understand.

The president last week.

Rocket fire station number one in Roanoke Virginia any define his campaign.

It is all about government and greater dependency.

Government vs freedom entitlement vs opportunity.

House minority whip Steny Hoyer reinforce the president's view this week -- telling reporters at a Capitol Hill briefing that quote.

If you talk to economists.

They won't tell you there are two things that are the most stimulative that you can do.

One is unemployment insurance.

And the other is food stamps.

The congressman moral simply -- I -- from around those economists will look harder.

But it is crystal clear the President Obama and congressional Democrats are intent on enlarging our dependency.

As -- people rather than creating opportunity for all Americans.

Take a look at the latest count.

On food stamps.

Food stamps alone.

These numbers.

Are simply.

Stunning.

46.

Million.

Americans.

On food -- About one in seven notes are on food stamps and when the president took promised back in January 2009.

There were thirty.

To.

Million Americans.

An increase of almost 45%.

45%.

Inquiries.

Don't think for a second it's an accident either until last week.

The Department of Agriculture was running Spanish language radio advertisements to encourage even illegal immigrants to go on food stamps.

Then the public found out.

Those advertisements by the way in any language have been slowed -- we are told reliably.

The food stamp program by the way cost taxpayers in this country eighty billion dollars a year eighty billion a year.

What we need are jobs but this president instead it's calling for higher taxes and he hasn't even as we have reported here tonight.

Hasn't even once called a meeting of his job council over the past six months.

An estimated 246000.

Americans.

246.

Thousand.

Almost a quarter -- a million folks.

-- disability.

From just April to June.

April.

To June.

-- ability.

In that period how many jobs were created.

225.

-- When that ice I use.

The expression.

Dependent nation I'm doing so advisable in reluctantly.

You know.

This president won't call a meeting of his jobs council for crying out loud.

-- this going on and our country.

And the national liberal media not focusing on the economy stupid.

The White House is quietly destroyed.

The cornerstone of the welfare reform of democratic president bill caught.

Last week the Department of Health and Human Services issued regulations that essentially got in the work requirement as a condition of receiving welfare.

All of that apparently against the wishes of the American people get back -- new Rasmussen poll finds 83%.

Of all Americans.

Favor such a work require 83.

Percent.

And the president says he likes about big ideas instead.

But name one big idea that he is driven that he's articulated.

He is demonstrating that he has one idea and it is certainly big it is the idea of big government.

And ever greater depend.

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