Friday, September 20, 2013 On The O'Reilly Factor... Segment
Summaries Talking Points Memo & Top Story The Nanny State "The
Obama administration has greatly increased the government's role
in your life. Republicans want to cut spending on food stamps by
5% over the next 10 years, but even though the cut is small, the
Senate and the President will not go along. When President Obama
took office, 39.8 million Americans were living in poverty; four
years later, 46.2 million are poor. This year the feds will
receive the most tax money in history, but the feds are running
a deficit of almost $650 billion. So you can see how much money
the Obama administration is spending, much of it on social
programs. But despite all the spending, the poverty rate
continues to rise. And it's not only the poor who are suffering
- in the past four years American workers have not gained
anything in salary. But rich people are in good shape because
their stock investments are rising. The truth is that President
Obama's vision of 'inco