. >> john: john stossel, i want to take pictures of the lobby. i had plenty of time to think about the 12,000 active lobbyists working in washington. they are smart to be here. because washington controls so much but this union doesn't want you to see what they've got. >> i've been notified by our legal department that we're not because of the state of the mural. >> john: the estate wouldn't allow it. oh, well. the bottom line is that washington, once a sleepy part time home for politicians now resembles versailles. they work in buildings that look like palaces and after work they go home to castles. >> the property is on five acres. >> beautiful shower and his and her closets. >> it helps understand why people spend millions to win jobs here and then.... >> once people come to d.c. they never leave. >> john: that is our show. i'm john stossel. market. thanks a lot and thank you for watching. see you tomorrow. ♪ >> none of us should be negotiating on the debt ceiling. she just the listed. john: that is what the big spender say, and they get the

. >> i don't represent john stossel. they don't want post offices closed. >> they are shortsighted they want free stuff for themselves. aren't you supposed to be the grown-up that says in this case you can't have it all. >> i don't have a moral obligation to shut down post offices when they don't want to be shut down. the public disagrees with you. most people don't want their post office closed. >> not this one. >> seems like too much, but it's convenient. >> there are a couple while they are still open but this one definitely has to be. >> next what you don't know about trains and mass transit. >> this thing is like the boondoggle of boondoggles. maybe you've already heard what they're saying about the nissan altima. ♪ and we have to admit, that it's all true. but don't just take their word for it, check it out for yourself. the award-winning nissan altima. nissan. innovation that excites. now get a $179 per month lease on a 2013 nissan altima. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> john: now, a>> we need government to invest in infrast

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surprise, john stossel is fed up. he is not happy fellow americans don't know what the fed is and hitting the streets to prove it. more money straight ahead. >> the what? >> the fed. >> i don't know. >> you felt it was okay to take my client from my open house and start showing him properties? >> uh-huh. i took him back. there's a difference. you got him. he tried to get ahold of me. get his phone number. don't work with flag. work with me. >> i never said don't work with flag. >> how is that fair? >> i'm a realtor, flag, if i give away every listing, please, competitive world. no one can get ahold of you because you're on permanent vacation. you haven't worked a day in your life. >> i'm up here looking for a view. melissa: they didn't kill each other. they're here with me. pressure is on, boys are back. stakes are never higher in the world of luxury real estate. we have inside secrets with very best back with me. stars of "million dollar listing l.a., quote. we have josh flagg. you guys didn't kill each other. >> we'

>> that's right. >> here's john stossel, a very honest woman. a lot of people are gaming the system. we'll talk with karl rove after you about the disability which "60 minutes" featured on sunday. is it worse now and almost like the mean discussion we had. is it worse now, people saying i'll con the government and steal from my fellow american who has to pay the taxes than it was in the past? >> absolutely, because we've taught people that you get paid off if you are helpless. we have encouraged learned helplessness. >> didn't we pass welfare reform under the clinton administration that you had to work and stuff like that. >> that took it back a little bit but at first there's a stigma and you don't want to take it then you're glad and later on you feel like a sucker if you don't take it. these programs always increase. >> i don't think that there's any public school emphasis on self-reliance anymore but i could be wrong. >> they can barely teach reading and writing. i don't expect them to teach self-reliance. if you give people to be helpless,

i'm not awake yet. >> here now to analyze fox business anchor john stossel. first of all, who do you think is to blame? >> the president. because he could have just made it go away. but the republicans who thankfully are saying stop. enough with the spending and we have a partial thoughtdown that is good. >> i lay it on president obama because of executive order capability that he has. given to the president of the united states when there is a situation like this. all right, that needs to be protect find quickly. for the vox of the peb he opens up the funding for a specification thing. can he do that under our constitution. he chose not to do it. hard to say why he chose. he event tweafl signed the law that the snas meantime of the debate and all of that, there was five or six day period where the families are going we're not -- we don't have -- we can't even bury our people. it was embarrassing and hue millating for the whole country, was it not? >> it was. it's $3 million. that's what he spent on his hawaii vacation just traveling there they could have eas

john stossel thank you very much. in the meantime this bumpy healthcare rollout is just like the iphone rollout, true? steve moore says hang it up. >> nobody called for apple to stop selling iphones they fixed the problem and moved forward. and that's what we are doing. the day we rescued riley, was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today at angieslist.com >>> comparing apples to apples. >> we have told you and been very transparent about the fact that the interest has been even greater than we expected. which is a high-class problem. so what i can tell you is that as was the case when the new operating system for the apple iphone was released, they didn't pull it off the market and nobody called for apple to stop selling iphones. they fixed the problem and moved forward, and that's what we're doing. >> this is the government. it's not a phone. stev

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i'm not awake yet. >> here now to analyze fox business anchor john stossel. first of all, who do you think is to blame? >> the president. because he could have just made it go away. but the republicans who thankfully are saying stop. enough with the spending and we have a partial thoughtdown that is good. >> i lay it on president obama because of executive order capability that he has. given to the president of the united states when there is a situation like this. all right, that needs to be protect find quickly. for the vox of the peb he opens up the funding for a specification thing. can he do that under our constitution. he chose not to do it. hard to say why he chose. he event tweafl signed the law that the snas meantime of the debate and all of that, there was five or six day period where the families are going we're not -- we don't have -- we can't even bury our people. it was embarrassing and hue millating for the whole country, was it not? >> it was. it's $3 million. that's what he spent on his hawaii vacation just traveling there they could have eas

john stossel checked. >> nancy's cupboard, this is empty? no, it's filled with stuff, lots of money and things we don't need. stuart: he's good, isn't he? . he joins us now and he's got three more examples of things that can be cut. number one, john, pig excrement in china? >> it's a study we funded to examine it in china. stuart: we funded that? >> we funded that. stuart: how much? $140,000. stuart: next one? i'm told it's aliens can help us reverse climate change. >> $100,000 for a video about climate change, aliens save the planet. stuart: we paid that. >> we paid for that. stuart: last one i can't resist, a comedy tour in india? >> make chai, not war. this is small stuff, we could lose departments, education, 100 billion. labor, commerce, labor happens without a department, department get in the way. federal flood insurance, the fcc the agriculture department. they interfere with life more than they help. stuart: but, it's a tough row to hoe. when you say get rid of the education department. politically a tough thing to do, but if you sa

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that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: okay. congress kick the can down the road again, but this does not address the irresponsible spending that is going to bankrupt us. tonight we will solve america's debt problems. really. it is not that hard once you stop assuming that what makes america work is government. our politicians did not always believe that government was so important. they used to spend billions less . this week and was trying to think about how i could illustrate this. so we build a big, goofy charge in ticket outside. this is federal spending per person since america began. started low, less than 5 percent of the economy. world war one, or to. it used to go down. now even in peacetime it only goes up. pretty san we are up here. so what is going to happen? >> grandchildren and maybe my children. they will be burdened. >> it is unbelievable the amount of debt that we rack up. >> 20,000 per person. >> it is astronomical. john: this is where we are going >> well, you should stop. john: that there are some who just h

. >> now, john stossel. >> are you a victim? i won 19 emmy awards for protecting victims by protecting them by exposing sleazy companies like the ones selling these solar powered clothes dry ar. 50 bucks. >> what does that get in the mail? a clothes lionel. >> this machine uses chemical sprays to make people feel younger. >> ugly facial things. >> look, there was my job. i am a consumer reporter. i should warn you about scams. nothing wrong with consumer's reports. but the media always goes over board. at 2020 we did. >> phony coffee makers may cause thousands of fires. john stossel on brewing disasters. >> did you happen to catch this news story. >> tamara leitner went under cover to see first hand how this under ground world works. >> 8 people sharing a meal in a stranger's home. clandestine dinner parties like these have become more popular and insiders tell us they are completely unregulated. >> oh my goodness unregulated dinner parties. >> gavin is a columnist for a magazine and hates this kind of hype and righwrites about

john stossel is here, can you believe this? he actually likes part of that collectivist paradise known as obamacare. you want to make your case, john? >> when you have a collective paradise people react to it and finally people are starting to think about the cost and ask what things cost and more are driven into health savings accounts which might be better. our old system was too government dominated anyway. if people start paying for their own health care because of this, good. stuart: so it forces-- not forces, but encourages those health savings accounts which are tax-free dollars you can use to spend on medical expenses. you think that's a consequence of obamacare and you like it. >> the numbers are going up and people start bargaining with their doctors and markets. stuart: any other effect of obamacare that you like? >> i'm getting stronger lugging this around. stuart: that's it? >> that's it. price consciousness. stuart: that's it? >> that's it. stuart: i'm glad to hear that's it. thank you, john. we asked our viewers

. >>> and now, john stossel. >>> are you a victim? i won 19 emmy awards for protected victims, protecting them by exploezing sleazy companies like the ones selling these solar powered clothes dry drirs. just 50 bucks. what does they get? a clothe line. this machine supposedly used chemical sprays to make people feel younger. or you could buy this. supposed to cure ugly facial slag. that was my job. i should warn you about scams. nothing wrong with consumer reporting. but the media almost go overboard. and at 20/20, we did. >> faulty coffee makers may have started thousands of fires. john stossel with the facts should you know. >> did you happen to catch this so-called news story? >> investigative reporter went undercover to see first happened how this underground world works. >> eight people sharing a meal in a stranger's home. clan decemb dinner parties like these are completely unregulated. p. >> oh, my goodness, unregulated dinner parties. gavin mcginnis is a media cri c critic. what gets in their heads? >> they're just out 6 touch

john stossel is telling me, all right. that dianne feinstein, a liberal from california, is heavily invested in water project between kentucky and illinois. she did it that's what you are telling me. >> for the public good. >> all right. stossel. we have no evidence to the contrary, ladies and gentlemen. i'm just a little skeptical here. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. some "american idol" contestants suing the program for racial bias. we have some inside information that you will hear. and then, the washington redskins still under fire for racial nickname. we'll hear the team's side. we hope you stay tuned to those repo weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly evolve to meet your needs. every day

john stossel is telling me, all right. that dianne feinstein, a liberal from california, is heavily invested in water project between kentucky and illinois. she did it that's what you are telling me. >> for the public good. >> all right. stossel. we have no evidence to the contrary, ladies and gentlemen. i'm just a little skeptical here. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. some "american idol" contestants suing the program for racial bias. we have some inside information that you will hear. and then, the washington redskins still under fire for racial nickname. we'll hear the team's side. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. u can have the car and everything that goes along with it. ♪ ♪ so, what do you say? thanks... but i think i got this. ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new cla. set your soul free. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up-

joining us is the host of stossel, john stossel himself. is the system not doing what it's intend to do do? >> i think government was there to keep us safe and welfare was a new idea. it used to be done by private charities which did it better because they knew who needed help and who needed a kick in the rear. but now we have these programs. but you can see it with the war on poverty, how it created dependency. look at this, they can proudly say, lyndon johnson, poverty goes down for the next six years. look at before it started. americans were lifting themselves out of poverty. welfare continued that and then progress stops, has gone up and down since. we taught people to be dependent. >> steve: and wouldn't you say that given the fact -- when you looked at the last presidential election, there were a number of people on the right who said, look, everybody is going to vote for barak obama because he's giving away so much free stuff. >> maybe. and we all get free stuff. i'm getting medicare now. it feels like free stuff. >> steve: way to g

john stossel, said call it stealing from our kids. he's the host of "stossel" and airs tonight of the welcome back. >> thank you. it is borrowing, but it's also stealing from the kids. >> right. unless we can somehow grow the government to the point where we can pay our bills. >> grow the economy to the point. government is growing already. >> give me an example of how in the past we have run a definite sit. >> this is the history of the republic from the beginning, starting in 1776. for most of our history, government was less than 5%. >> that yellow line is? just a -- >> this is not growth. this is the size of government, how much spending per person. couple hundred dollars per person. this is world war one, world war ii. it used to be that after wars, spending would go back down. but then came the war on poverty, lyndon johnson. now only goes up to the unsustainable levels we have now, 20,000 per person, federal spending. of course, we're not told enough to show where it's going. >> so john, you're saying to yourself, we should thi

oh yes, it is a very big deal says john stossel, too big and powerful and messing with us all. he is here. death threats to that leads by social media? maybe just part of modern life. and nfl player is here with that. this is the all new second hour of "varney and company". we are half hour into the trading session, dow jones average standout 15,468, up 54 points. let me give you three big names, google, the high yesterday was 1034. it went to a new high, there you have it, that from that, can, although late. 1040, any advance. move on to amazon, they are back a little bit. i of their high but 328. facebook stock not too far, 54 and changes the high, 5222 now and then we bring you to netflix. more subscribers than hbo? our next guest says sell this thing. oh oh oh. jeff is the founder of wealth management. you are the guy in the wall street journal when netflix was at 60, did you go out and buy it? now 330 or whatever it is, you say sell it. charles: amazing how much the psychology changed with netflix. now betty has a fear of missing out and we have this stock is trading at 40

john: are you fed up with the fed? that's our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. john: i have done hundreds of tv shows, but there is one topic i have always avoided, the fed. i know is important, more so than most of what i cover, but it is so complex injury. people in charge even work at being tall. al greenspan called it fed speech and tried to be obscure because he did not want to spook the market. bernanke and janet yellen, but the fed is crucially important. it can destroy your savings, affect whether you have a job or a future. i wish there were a simple way to explain what it does which is why am thankful their is a new film out about the fed called "money for nothing". jim bruce made the film, and befo we get your movie of want to play a part of the video made by the federal reserve. >> the fed is important because it keeps america's monetary system stable and growing with low inflation was foster's further growth and helps keep the economy growing in the right direction. john: it sounds good. the economy going in the right direction. >> you could argue t

john: are you fed up with the fed? that's our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. john: i have done hundreds of tv shows, but there is one topic i have always avoided, the fed. i know is important, more so than most of what i cover, but it is so complex injury. people in charge even work at being tall. alan greenspan called it fed speech and tried to be obscure because he did not want to spook the market. bernanke and janet yellen, but the fed is crucially important. it can destroy your savings, affect whether you have a job or a future. i wish there were a simple way to explain what it does which is why am thankful their is a new film out about the fed called "money for nothing". jim bruce made the film, and before we get your movie of want to play a part of the video made by the federal reserve. >> the fed is important because it keeps america's monetary system stable and growing with low inflation was foster's further growth and helps keep the economy growing in the right direction. john: it sounds good. the economy going in the right direction. >> you could arg

. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: okay. congress kick the can down the road again, but this does not address the irresponsible spending that is going to bankrupt us. tonight we will solve america's debt problems. really. it is not that hard once you stop assuming that what makes america work is government. our politicians did not always believe that government was so important. they used to spend billions less . this week and was trying to think about how i could illustrate this. so we build a big, goofy charge in ticket outside. this is federal spending per person since america began. started low, less than 5 percent of the economy. world war one, or to. it used to go down. now even in peacetime it only goes up. pretty san we are up here. so what is going to happen? >> grandchildren and maybe my children. they will be burdened. >> it is unbelievable the amount of debt that we rack up. >> 20,000 per person. >> it is astronomical. john: this is where we are going >> well, you should stop. john: that there are some who just h

john: that's our show tonight. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and here is john stossel's. john: americans schoolchildren have been caught in a double run monopoly. it is not for lack of ney, we have tripled what we have spent on k-12 education by test scores do not allow. the good news is there are all kinds of alternatives at allow kids to escape the government cannot wait. but here is one word that you will be interested in. it is because it was created none other than libertarian congreman ron paul. were homeschoolers, introducing the ron paul curriculum, which is what? >> it is a freedom curriculum,. >> you're not going to go into every home and teach. how and were? >> it is going to be through the internet. it is studying the constitution, not from the textbooks, but they will have a lecture to do video lectures at the young people can watch at their own speed. it is going to be designed to get people to read and get people to write and to think about businesses and how to interact. so i'm very encouraged by this and now hopefully we can participate in this in our pub

. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: okay. congress kick the can down the road again, but this does not address the irresponsible spending that is going to bankrupt us. tonight we will solve america's debt problems. really. it is not that hard once you stop assuming that what makes america work is government. our politicians did not always believe that government was so important. they used to spend billions less . this week and was trying to think about how i could illustrate this. so we build a big, goofy charge in ticket outside. this is federal spending per person since america began. started low, less than 5 percent of the economy. world war one, or to. it used to go down. now even in peacetime it only goes up. pretty san we are up here. so what is going to happen? >> grandchildren and maybe my children. they will be burdened. >> it is unbelievable the amount of debt that we rack up. >> 20,000 per person. >> it is astronomical. john: this is where we are going >> well, you should stop. john: tt there are some who just hav

john stossel with thfacts you @%ould know, brewing disaster. john: did you hpen to catch this so-called this story? >> invesgati reporter went undercover to see firsthand how this underground world works. >> eight peoples sharing a meal in a stranger's home. blended best and dinner parties like these have bece more common. siders tell us they are completely unregulated. john: oh, my goodness. unregulated dinner parties. gavin mcinnes is a media critic ann columnist. he hates this kind of hide and writes about it. what gets in their heads? >> out of touch with the average american and think that they need to get in there and regulated all. i feel like they have never built the business, a liberal arts degree, a journalism degree, d't run the numbers. john: that is a good point. anybody u.s. tried to build somethin, a building or a busiss, they wake up to regution. reporters, most have never built anything. >> i notice they took thee comments section down from the web page at that news station. you called the reporter up and gave her some heat, i

. >> now john stossel. >> i have done hundreds of tv shows. there's one topic i have always avoided. the fed. it is so complex and dreary. the people in charge even work at being dull. some call it fed speech because he didn't want to spook the markets or kiss his hand about the fed's plan. bernanke and gel len are also. ment it could destroy your saving, effect whether you have a job or a future. i wish there was one called money for nothing. before we get to your movie i want to play part of a video. >> the fed is important because it ep couldn'ts america's monetary system stable and growing with low inflation which fosters further growth and helps keep the economy going in the right direction. >> the economy going in the right direction. >> you could argue the intentions may be good but the results aren't always. >> you interviewed janet yellen for the film. i choose not to show any of her interview bits because she was even more boring than everybody else. you get the feeling they work at this? >> since greenspan there has been a tradition

. >> coming up next, john stossel, mr. antigovernment, pro-privatization, who everyone knows hates obamacare, finds something inside the bill he actually likesment come on, john. he's walk not guilty and up next. first on this day in history 1987, "bad" by michael jackson was the number one song. ♪ heart healthy, huh?! ugh! actually progresso's soup has pretty bold flavor. i love bold flavors! i'd love it if you'd open the chute! [ male announcer ] progresso. surprisingly bold flavor for a heart healthy soup. >>> well, the singer born on this date in 1967 with the first name of a flavor of ice cream, a loft you were right, vanilla ice was the man, len silverman is the winner. you'll get a copy of brian's new book "george washington's secret." >>> the president says obamacare is more than just a web site that doesn't work. john stossel says he's right, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing. host of "stossel" joins us live. >> it's a good thing in that this complication, which no -- this at least makes people think about

fox business anchor john stossel. why do they not like it? >> because it's more complication. already they've got the medicare code book. >> that's the medicare code book? >> 134,000 codes and now you get -- you know, would you want this added this? >> that is obama care. >> so the doctors who are -- some of whom take insurance, some of whom don't, if you do sign up for insurance, medicare, any of that, obama care, you have to do every regulation rule in the world, some don't have to do it? >> well, some want the medicare benefits, the costs, and say they will take the pain. >> some will, some don't, some will just not take the medicare. >> and maybe that is good, that is the beginning of a free market. >> so that is not good, so only the wealthy and the rich will pay those doctors, most can't do that. >> but that is how the innovation starts, used to be only the wealthy could afford a cell phone or computer. now the prices came down. >> so you will have a dr. bernie who says come on in, we'll give you 50% off on the procedure. already you have dr. bernie in oklahoma who says

john stossel with the facts you @%ould know, breng disaster. john: did you happen to catch this so-call this story? >> investigative reporter went undercover to see firsthand how this underground world works. >> eight peoples sharing a meal in a strger's home. blended best andinner parties like these have become more common. insiders tell us they are complete unregulated. john: oh, my goodness. unregulated dinner parties. gavin mcinnes is a media critic ann columnist. he hates this kind of hide and writes about it. what gets in their heads? >> out of touch with the average american and think that they need to get in there and regulated all. i feel like the have never built the business, a liberal arts degree, a journalism degree, don't run the numbers. john: that is a good point. anybody u.s. tried to build something, a building or a business, they wake up to regulation. reporters, most ha never built anything. >> i notice they toothe comments section down from the web page at that news station. you called the reporter up and gave her some heat

. >> and now john stossel. >> just shut it? that's a rude idea so people tell me. most of the government continues to operate it. >> more people even politicians might realize, we don't need all of this stuff. america is going broke we have to cut it now permanently. i am probably dell lewding myself given what i read in the media and politicians but not from senator mike lee. you said you kick started the obama karimovment which led to the shut down and you are proud of it. you don't think this partial shut down is a bad thing? >> it is unfortunate we had to get to the shut down in the first place. we should never be in a position you have to fund all of government in order to fund any of government. it shouldn't be an all or nothing proposition. historically it hasn't been. for the last four and a half years we have been operating on the basis of continuing resolutions which is an all or nothing funding operation which kept the government running. it makes no sense to do it that way especially in a time we are extending government. it is hurting americans. >> i d

john stossel investigates? plus, the "american idol" lawsuit. how some former contestants are behind all kinds of wiley shenanigans. tonight on "the factor." >>> all right. three and a half more minutes. dana is up, one more thing. >> who doesn't love a marching band. >> i hate them. >> love a marching band. my friend who told me to refer to him as one man sent this out last night. iowa hawk blog, ohio state, and they had a game against university of iowa. look at this. they do an eight-minute tribute to michael jackson, and they form, you can see there, this is michael jackson, and then they start doing the moonwalk across the field. this is pure art, people. there you go. isn't that pretty gaal cool. >> you sped it up, so you have the video where you can see it faster. this is the video, that would be faster, i guess. isn't that cool. >> as long as it stays away from your kids. >> great thing for your kids to be involved in is the marching band. >> not that marching band. >> whatever happened to that circus? >> andrea up next. >> big congratul

. >>> and now john stossel. >> okay, congress kicked the can down the road again, but this doesn't address the irresponsible spending that is going to bankrupt us. so tonight, we'll solve america's debt problems. really, it's not that hard. once you stop assuming that what makes america work is government. our politics didn't always believe that government was so important. and they used to spend billions less. this week, i was trying to think about how i can illustrate this and so we built a big, goofy chart and took it outside. this is federal spending per person since america began. started low, less than 5% of the economy. here's world war i. here's world war ii. used to go down after wars but now even in peacetime it only goes up. pretty soon, we're up here. how are we going to pay for that? what's going to happen? >> we're going broke. our grandchildren and even our children. i just -- they're going to be burdened with the big debt. >> it is unbelievable the amount of debt we're wracking up in our country right now. >> $20,000 per person. >> that's astronomical. >> this is where we'r

. >> i am john stossel. thanks for watching. >> none of us should be negotiating on the debt ceiling. >> that's what the big spenders say and they get their way. what is this for the budget of someone you know. >> what do you think of these people they are making 24,000 to spend 35,000. they are almost 11,000 dollars in debt. >> they can get their priorities straight on what they need to be spending and saving money on. >> this is the federal budget. i took the zeros off. >> suppose america were personally trying to borrow from a bank. >> i would like to leave my debt limit. >> i would like to raise my debt limit. >> says you are 140,270 dollars in debt. >> so i figure we should raise the limit to 170,000. i want a flat screen. >> america bought plenty of flat screens and promises every one many more things. is there no limit on what politicians can promise? who will pay for it? oh, kids will. >> excuse me. i have to take some of these. no, i am the old person. i need this. >> no, i won't give it back. >> bu