thank you very much john stossel. >>> all right, pro-union demonstrators throwing fists in michigan. victim of those attacks. we have got it for you. it is next. stuart: john mcafee back in the united states. many years ago he founded the computer software company that bears his name but recently he's been a recluse, living in beliz. he left that country after police there wanted to question him in the death of his neighbor. he says he is not guilty. >> this morning i was in jail. today here i am. i'm not worried at all. if i'm in front of a court, there's nothing in the world they will do to send me back. they have no evidence. stuart: that is john mcafee and he is now back in america. >>> union members, caught on camera destroying a tent during the big protests over right to work laws earlier this week. one of the victims of this, a small business owner who was selling food. he says two people tore down his tent, overturned his table, smashed his hot dogs, spilled his chili. the community pitched in to raise money to help. that's pretty good, isn't it? charles: amazing. >> it shows

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that device tax hits john 1, and john stossel hits back at the hypocrisy, it is weird.it is disgusting. they are right. it is a terrible tax. 2 percent tax, on medical devices. we want the artificial hips and shoulders and heart pumps. >> clearly passed along. this is a tax on their sales. this puts them out of business, if they have a thin margin but they didn't read it bill and they vote for it. the other evil part, this is how big government law making works, they pass this bill and they ask for an ex-exception for this person. there are already more than 1,000 waves on obamacare, mostly the teachers union and the friends of the democrats. one month, 20 percent of the exemptions went to expensive hotels and restaurants and nancy pelosi's district is where it occurred. >>neil: well someone has to push forward to pay the bills. >>guest: but only a few percent of the people get a pass but it increases new industry of parasite lobbyists and the politicians like it because if you give me money i would be more likely to honor your request here. they get the goodies upfront

john stossel has a special entitled science versus god. it will be controversial. stossel will be here. and then is it legal on legalizing marijuana and chrysler ordered it to rehire some workers caught smoking pot on the job. we hope you stay >> bill: in the stossel matter segment tonight. big stossel program this thursday entitled science vs. god. county two coexist? here now is stossel from our new york studios. so i understand stossel you don't believe in god? you are a heathen? >> i guess i am a heathen. i mean, i would like to believe in god. i envy those of you who do but i have vide. i can't get there. >> bill: okay. you know what? if it's a sincere belief system on your part, i don't think anybody on earth misthe right to criticize you and that's just the way i believe. conscience is conscience. what is the headline of your special? what is the most important thing that we'll learn? >> well, we'll have to see what they say. i'm eager to hear what some scientists who nuclear face physicists explain how they get there. if religious people are happier, they fi

thanks for watching, i'm john stossel. ♪ >>. >> neil: if you are still waiting for an end of the yeareal before the edge of the cliff, 80 congressmen are saying not with any of our stuff. 80 democrats are saying better not touch entitlements with leave medicare alone and medicaid alone. don't think about touching social security echoing many of the same warnings. it leaving you wondering if they are not cutting and we're down to tax hikes that republicans are proposing, where is all of this going? to charles? >> i guess we go through the weekend saying no one knows where it is going. it's going nowhere. the irony was set up as ultimate. we're going to force you to make the ultimate choice. it will include combination of taxes or revenue and spending cuts. spending cut parted has not been in the conversation at all and it's absurd because that is the crux of the problem. >> neil: we both had conversations with congressmen, they don't see any need to cut. the best they do is promise they will address next year? >> what is going to end up happening, if they did agree to some cuts and cha

thanks for watching, i'm john stossel. ♪ >>. >> neil: if you are still waiting for an end of the yeareal before the edge of the cliff, 80 congressmen are saying not with any of our stuff. 80 democrats are saying better not touch entitlements with leave medicare alone and medicaid alone. don't think about touching social security echoing many of the same warnings. it leaving you wondering if they are not cutting and we're down to tax hikes that republicans are proposing, where is all of this going? to charles? >> i guess we go through the weekend sing no one knows where it is going. it's going nowhere. the irony was set up as ultimate. we're going to force you to make the ultimate choice. it will include combination of taxes or revenue and spending cuts. spending cut parted has not been in the conversation at all and it's absurd because that is the crux of the problem. >> neil: we both had conversations with congressmen, they don see any need to cut. the best they do is promise they will address next year? >> what is going to end up happening, if they did agree to some cuts and changes

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here now fox business anchor john stossel. all right, now, thurman, that professor teaches at columbia private college. went to princeton private college and they can do whatever they want. that's not the discussion here. once you get into the state university systems in all five states have them then i'm paying and you are paying for these guys to run wild. shouldn't there be some kind of imposed balance? >> affirmative action for conservative thought on campus. >> they should do that but they should do it on their own. columbia isn't clean. they get lots of government money too. harvard got $670 million. >> bill: those are grants to do specific projects not tied into who they hire. i don't have a beef with professor thurman. >> i do. we all know that. >> that's creepy and crazy. >> i watched kill. >> bill: bill he has a right -- you are mocking the man because of his daughter. he has a right to say it under the academic freedom. that's what we don't have a beef with we are not going to be hypocrites here. however, princeton

then john stossel, what do you think the government should do about guns? stossel a libertarian and we're coming right back >> bill: factor follow-up segment. as we have been reporting, jon hamm it is mar, iraqi and afghan vet has been in a mexican prison since august on bogus gun charges. with christmas just a week away, we are respectfully asking the mexican government to release him on humanitarian grounds. >> this is a 27-year-old marine in a mexican prison. his family is urging the administration to do something about it. >> we don't know all the facts of the case and inn what he did, but his family is asking the white house to look into it. is there anything going on to ascertain the facts to see whether he's innocent or not, 'cause again, we don't know what really happened? >> well, i'll have to take the question 'cause i don't know the facts myself on that. so i'll have to take the question. >> bill: the fact that he doesn't know about the story, very, very disturbing. joining us from miami, john and olivia hammar, the corporal's parents. i understa

[applause] >> and now john stossel. john: food can kill. people will eat the wrong stuff may get sick. it's while most everyone says we need government to set some limits. make sure there is not bacteria in your food or dangerous chemicals. to make sure food companies tell you what is in their food and how fattening it is. state legislator felix ortiz has done that in new york city. he got trans fat man, calorie counts posted at mcdonald's and other fast-food places. now he wants a ban on adding too much salt. so you think he saved lives? >> absolutely. john: okay. a farmer. he grows vegetables dollar raises cows, chickens, and pigs. i assume you want the people who buy your beef and pork to be safe. so don't we owe him a vote of thanks for saving this? >> no. i would say you're killing me out here. trying to get my stuff to market. this plethora of government regulations, you know, is killing our farm and our ability to come to market. john: you are just a greedy businessman and don't care if people died. let's go through some of the ways

[applause] >> and now john stossel. john: food can kill. people will eat the wrong stuff may get sick. it's while most everyone says we need government to set some limits. make sure there is not bacteria in your food or dangerous chemicals. to make sure food companies tell you what is in their food and how fattening it is. state legislator felix ortiz has done that in new york city. he got trans fat man, calorie counts posted at mcdonald's and other fast-food places. now he wants a ban on adding too much salt. so you think he saved lives? >> absolutely. john: okay. a farmer. he grows vegetables dollar raises cows, chickens, and pigs. i assume you want the people who buy your beef and pork to be safe. so don't we owe him a vote of thanks for saving this? >> no. i would say you're killing me out here. trying to get my stuff to market. this plethora of government regulations, you know, is killing our farm and our ability to come to market. john: you e just a greedy businessman and don't care if people died. let's go through some of the ways th

and time for giving, john stossel joins us for a look at charity.thursday morning, it's time i give the 7 early movers. and disappointing results from amicus their p amicus therapeutics. and the nyse euronext, and acquiring motorola, arris is acquiring, the stock is up a little bit. and accenture and we have all strips health care solutions seeing the ceo stepping down and new management is needed. it's down. better than expected results from jabil circuit. and better than expected, $19 a share, i remember when it was much higher. investors bancorp has agreed to acquire roma financial, and it's up big. and dow industrials are now down about 20 points. higher employment, surging debt, record government spending and recession in europe printing a ton of money. why isn't the price of gold going through the roof? it's not, you know, we'll have an answer after the break. ♪ >> i love this one, i'm going to read it for you, in case you can't read it yourself. government cannot make man richer, but it did make a man poorer. oh, yes. ♪ decorations for every

thanks for watching, i'm john stossel. ♪ tracy: spending taxpayers money is only a federal problem.heck this out. this atlanta mayor, approving the city council to receive -- wait for it -- 50% pay increase starting in 2014. do they not have tv inatlanta? you heard it right. 50%. the council council members voted to raise their own pay earlier th month. these employers employees are also demanding that pays well. they are wanting to raise the income for these city employees. really? fiscal cliff? deficit? that? anyone? what steps can you take to lower your tax burden mr.? we have dominant from diversified financiaa consultants. you talk with them leaders. what do they say? >> they are working diligently to get this compromise. if you ook at the economic and tax issues facing us in 2013, it's going to go either bad or really bad. it is not going to be a compromise. there is not a good scenario coming out of the picture. even if they compromise, we are still going to be facing higher taxes and substantial cuts in entitlements and other programs. >> at the end of the day, that hurts gd

gretchen: joining me to tackle that question is the host of stossel on "fox business" network, john stosselu who believe and i tried. >> gretchen: why not? >> because i want evidence. i want reason and explanation. i keep saying, well, how do you know god exists? >> gretchen: that's the point of religion. that's all about faith. you're missing the point of religion, though, because there really aren't facts that you hold on to. you hold on to the faith aspect of it. i find your history, though, interesting. you were raised protestant, but then found out that you were actually jewish. >> i did. i made a comment about the jewish people down the street and my brother said what the heck do you think you are? i had no idea. my parents were raised jewish and came to america right before hitler. and came to the new country. they wanted to assimilate. they joined the congregational church. >> gretchen: how did you raise your children? >> i didn't. my wife, who is jewish, raised the children jewish. >> gretchen: so do you feel that it's important to give children, especially in this generation, a fo

thanks for watching, i'm john stossel. ♪ >> eric: watch the 5 nt week. >> the 5 p.m. or the show?hank for joining us. >> see you tomorrow. >> brenda: just as the unemployment rate is dropping, isapitol hill signaling tax heights are coming? add up the signs. a key conseative leaving the senate for the private sector epublicans reportedly cook up a doomsday plan that would give the president the tax hikes he wants. so if taxes goup, will jobs go down? hi, everyone, i'm brenda buttner, this is bulls and bears, let's get right to it. here they are, the bulls and bears this week. we've got gary b smith, tobin smith. and julian epstein, welcome to everybody. todd, if taxes go up, get ready for that unemployment rate to shoots u, too. >> you've got that right. brenda, not only going to go higher, we're looking at hundreds of thousands of jobs eliminated because of higher taxes. you can't, you can't simply look at small business owners small business comprise of two-thirds of all jobs created in the country in the last ten years, if you're going to raise that personal income tax, that's

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i am john stossel, thank you for watching. >> congratulations. >> and good to see you, hap saturday. >> one month to go before our financial d-day and d.c. is still stuck in a stalemate. and now a new plan is emerging to buy more time bypassing an extension and pushing the deadline back. job creators slamming the idea, saying it will do nothing to kill uncertainty and could rewind any signs of recovery. so, why is someone here certain it will work? hi, everyone, i'm brenda buttner, this is bulls and bears. let's get right down to it. bulls and bears gary b smith, tobin smith. jonas max ferris and larry glazier, welcome to everybody. and larry, you say delay it? >> that'right, that's right, brenda, given the choice between the loss of millions of jobs in a deep and severe recession or delayg a deal in hopes of getting meaningful spending cuts in washington, the kind of spending that would cut the 4 billion dollars worth of additional spending every day, that's the long-term not the short-term torevent being back in this place a year from now and that's going to g the country back on i

[applause] >> and now john stossel. >> john: food can kill. people eat the wrong stuff and get sick. that is why most everyone that we need government to set limits. not bacteria chemicals. to make sure food companies tell you what is in their food and how fattening it is. state legislator felix ortiz has done that in new york city. he got trans fat man, calorie counts posted at mcdonald's and other fast-food places. now he wants a ban on adding too much salt. so you think he saved lives? >> absolutely. john: okay. a farmer. he grows vegetables dollar raises cows, chickens, and pigs. i assume you want the people who buy your beef and pork to be safe. so don't we owe him a vote of thanks for saving this? >> no. i would say you're killing me out here. trying to get my stuff to market. this plethora of government regulations, you know, is killing our farm and our ability to come to market. john: you are just a greedy businessman and don't care if people died. let's go through some of the ways that assemblyman ortiz has saved the chance that band.

. >> and now, john stossel. [applauding] john: what does your brain tl you that america should do about our problem? we have plenty. a lot of people are poor. we should spread the wealth around. i hear busesses raise prices and gouge people. foreigners sneak into america and take american jobs, there ought to be a law, government ought to do something. that's just the way pple think, it's instinct. i have to admit how i used to think, took me decades to realize i was wrong, passing a law often does more harm than good. and progress comes from millions of individuals acting to make themselves better off guided by an invisible hand that inadvertently helps others. not to viewers of the "stossel" show, but to normal people. when there is a problem, government should address it. my next guest says they know what our brain is wired that way. an evolutionary psychiatrist at the university of california santa barbara and the author of the mind of the market. so, there is your book, let me start with you since you talk a

thanks for watching, i'm john stossel. ♪ ♪ ♪ gerri: hello, everyone, i am tracy byrnes and for gerris. it won't be long until more than $500 billion in tax hikes hit america's wallets. that isn't yours and mine. congress is out for held for a long weekend. john boehner skipping town. those sourcesay his meeting with the president failed to make any progress to avert the fiscal cliff. even if washington doesn't get its act together, there are steps you can take to lower your tax burden next year. you can empower yourself. in a moment, we are going to get advice from the founder and president of diverse financial consulting. it looks like congress will have no choice but to punt the fical cliff debate until next year. we have a guest from the cato institute. sequestration kicks in, maybe talked about? >> i certainly agree with the sequestration part. we should be able to find 100 belden and spending cuts. we should be able to find 50 billion in spending cuts the front. i think the sequestration and spending cuts should happen. unfortunately, many of the tax increase if we don't do some

i am john stossel. thank you for watching. [applause] will maintain current tax levels. i want to point* out to the bill to supplantlou: sequestration, a vote will be coming to supplant sequestration. that was passed narrow the. now we will have the vote from plan b upcoming. watch we of course, will watch thatin carefully and bring that to you this evening. >> president knows i can keep my word of every agreement we have made. but his plan is not balanced. as a result time is running short i will do everything i a can to protect americans from increase in taxes as i can. >> the spending reduction act of 2012 replacing supplanting sequestration over one year moving over the defense cuts with specific over arbitrary cuts limiting the money. the cbo scoresg the bill ats ovr 218 billion of deficit reduction over a decade boehner' beginning january 1st winningal approval from grover norquist despite the hike for top earners. he said quebec republican supportingup the bill consrming to their tnstituents in writing thisill, bill bustle purpose to prevent tax increases, is cons

i am john stossel, thank you for watching. [a[a >> i am pratt tee ann brown. >> i a heather cheryleds. thank you for watching "fox friends first." >> overnight two suspects have been detained after a coast guard member was killed in santa cruz island in california. chef petty officer terrell horns suffered a traumatic head injury after suspected smugglers rammed his boat sending him into the water. another cost guard member was also injured. >> a confessed serial killer has been found dead in his jail cell. israel keys was found dead in an apparent suicide. police are linking him to at least 7 other murders. cops say he confessed to killing the 18-year-old woman as well as a vermont couple. he then told them he killed 4 people in washington state and one in new york. >> the trial for the suspected wikileaks suspect bradley manning delayed. it is take longer than expected. the trial will start in mid march. he is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents he could face life in prison if convicted. >> the s

. >> now, john stossel. ♪ i think to myself ♪ what wonderfu world >> what a wonderful world?t are they talkingbout? all we hear from the media is doom, uemployment,ollution, social conflict, all the things exist but couldn't once in while someone put it in perspective? th man did that. isually don't like to put on swedish public health professionals or dnish public health professionals they put you to sleep but this gentleman has caught t world's attention because he gave a tech talk, technogy entertainment design, many are boring but his talk has been vwed 100,000 times. here is part of it. >> i was only four years old when i s my motherlode the washing machine for the very first time in her life. even grandma was invited to see the machine. throughout her life, she had been heating water with fire hood and hand wash laundry for her seven children and sat wn in front of the machine and she watched the entire washing program. to my grandmother, the washing machine was a miracle. >> but there are seven billion people on work and most have no access to such miracles. >> two bil

[applause] >> and now, john stossel. [applause] >> food can kill. people eat the wrong stuff may get sick. that's why most everyone says we need government to set some limits. make sure there isn't bacteria in your food or dangerous chemicals and to make sure food companies tell you what's in their food and how fattening it is. state legislator felix ortiz has done that in new york city. he got trans-fats banned. calorie counts posted at mcdonald's and other fast food places. now he wants a ban on adding too much salt. do you think you have saved lives? >> absolutely. >> well, joel is a farmer, grows vegetables vegetables vegetables and raise cows, chickens and pigs. joe, assume you want people to buy your beef and pork to be safe. don't we owe him a vote of thanks for saving us? >> no, i would say you're killing me out here. i'm trying to get my stuff to market and this plethora of government regulations is killing our farm and our ability to come to market. >> you're just a greedy businessman and you don't care if people die. let's go through some

the fact they don't that is more vexing than the fact that you and john stossel never seem to age.t do you do at night? i row -- i resent you. terribly. >>neil: thank you, a comic that makes you think, a double reward right there. thank you, steve. they took us to the moon so why can't our politicians find a way out of this box? [ male announcer ] red lobster's crabfest ends soon. hurry in and try five succulent entrees, like ourender snow crab paired with savory garlic shrimp. just $12.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. >>> there is a santa claus. >> neil: family just delay the christmas celebration after you came back? >> partly. well, i planned ahead of time and i gave my wife a present. since the card said from the man in the moon. [ laughter ] >> apollo 8 showed everyone up. the sew yets especially. america was leaving the space race, the end of the decade and jfk's deadline quickly approaching. >> neil: our 40th anniversary of being on the moon. fox has specials but "flying to the moon" was superb and inspiring.

thanks for watching, i'm john stossel. ♪ lou: the obama administration tonight ramping up dlomatic effortso end seer -- syris bloody civil war and the fear assad could use chemical weapons against his own people. the military is prepared to use poisen gas bombs, secretary of hillary clinton flew to dublin to hold a meetg with her russian counter part and u.n. enjoy to syria meeting to discuss how they would end the now 21-month long conflict in syria and how to move assad from power. and there's no sign they had to reverse the support, and toda a senior lawmaker says the syria government is now incapable of functioning properly. just before the meeting with the russian foreign minister, secretary clinton insisted that the united states and russia share common goals in the region. >> trying hard to work hard with russia to stop the bloodshed in syria and begin a political transition to a post asad future the pressure against the regime in and aroundamascus seems to be increasing. lou: at home, leon pa net fa issuing the -- panetta issuinghe sharpest warning yet. >> the president of t united

i am john stossel, thank you for secret.. [laughter] melissa: here comes gerri will. ♪ ♪ gerri: tonight a warm and likable a. what they say could damage your car and the triple a agency. welcome to "the willis report." senator kay bailey hutchison and sarah gerri: hello, everyone. speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi threatened over the president had to go over the president had her go. we have two guests. welcome to you both. last night, we covered the details of the president's opening gambit in the fiscal cliff talk. he wants a $1. trillion tax increase, 50 billion and stimulus spending. and the white house has the ability to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. a very big deal for folks there. today, the president is out there, trying to drum up support among the public. not in washington or with congress or the senate. here is what he had to say. >> it is noacceptable to me, and i do not think it is acceptable to you for a handful of republicans in congress will middle-class tax cuts hostage simply bec

thanks for watching, i'm john stossel. ♪ >> good morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is time now for the top 5@5 owe it clo o'clock. he was one of america's gravest. a u.s. navy seal shot dead in afghanistan during a risky mission to rescue a colorado doctor held by the taliban. the man who died was also a member of elite seal team 6. it was the same unit that killed osama bin laden last year. in the meantime new questions are being raised this morning as to doctor joseph was doing there and why he had such dangerous location. >> he came to the u.s. back in 2004 calling for a slow and painful death for american soldiers and families. why did the korean rapper psy still get to perform for the president? >> he sang gangham style. many are outraged including a mother of a navy seal killed in iraq. >> performing before our president was just disgust to go me. how do we allow that to happen and dhou we choose that as role models that get that honor. he should be on a no fly list or a terrorist watch list for staying the sa

but john stossel thinks we should get rid of laws like that. would we be better off? round the corner and live outside on our plaza, the real life nativity scene. it's the heart of a controversy in santa monica, california. more on that coming up. take a picture, folks. it might not be around for that much longer. >> brian: it was a lot warmer in bethlehem. initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. and now -- i got a great new way to get deals. it's called bankamerideals, from bank of america. i choose the cash back deals in my mobile or online banking. i just use my bank of america debit or credit card when i pay. and i get as much as 15% cash back -- put into my account. this is cash back on top of other rewards i already get. best of all -- it's free. happy holidays. [ male announcer ] introducing bankamerideals, free for online banking customers. sign in to your online banking

i am john stossel. ♪ >> tonight on huckabee. >> decorating trees still not happy. >> why is charlie brownreesed? because it is offensive. we weigh in on the trouble standard. >> we are going to have to see the rates on the top 2 percent go up. >> virginia congressman randy forge on the president to go over the fiscal cliff. >> gabby douglas on the role of her try iumph. >> governor mike huckabee. >> thank you very much. great audience thank you from huckabee fox news studios in new york city. >> for the past few weeks i have 48 city scarlet i met several hundred who watch the show every week. there is political gridlock on both parties and many of you are concerned about the country. your kids and grand kids could have a better life in you. the recurring theme i heard over and over was the sense that our leaders weren't leading and they aren't listening. the elections accident a clear message. they said meet the new boss instesame as the old boss. same president, same senate, same house. we truly made have will sunk the titanic. we may have put too much hope in human beings could have sol

that is our show tonight >> now, john stossel. ♪ i think to myself ♪ what wonderful world >> what a wonderfulld? what are they talking about? all we hear from the media is doom, unemployment, pollution, social conflict, all the things exist but couldn't once in a while someone put it in perspective? this man did that. i usually don't like to put on swedish public health professionals or danish public health professionals they put you to sleep but this gentleman has caught the world's attention because he gave a tech talk, technology entertainment design, many are boring but his talk has been viewed 100,000 times. here is part of it. >> i was only four years old when i saw my motherlode the washing machine r the very first time in her life. even grandma was invited to see the machine. throughout her life, she had been heating water with fire hood and hand wash laundry for her seven children and sat down in front of the machine and she watched the entire washing program. to my grandmother, the washing machine was a miracle. >> but there are seven billion people on work and most have no access t

i am john stossel. thanks for watching. captioned by, closed captioning services, inc. in four seconds . >> tont on huckabee. republicans say the president will not budge. raising tax instead of a balanced approach instead of cutting spending is wrong. >> is the president serious about avoiding the fiscal cliff allen webb resphond. >> my homeowner insurance offered me $150 what can i do with that? >> they lost the home and business and sense of security. victims of super storm sandep ho on how they are coping. >> who can throw their hate in the ring for 2016. ladies and gentlemen. our guest host tonight dana preno. [ applause ] ♪ >> welcome to huckabee. i am dana pereno and i want to thank governor huckabee to have me guest host. it is it a month since the presidential election and half of the country is elate vindicate they voted for president obama and walking on cloud 9. the other half not so much. they are confuse despondant and sleepless. they wonder if the nation has gone mad and want to return to common sense not another four years on fantasy island. we are taugh

. >> and now, john stossel. >> politicians claim they make our lives better bypassing law. i assume they have good intentions but we shouldn't judge anything by intention. sometimes good intentions go wrong. tonight we start with workplace regulations. companies are greedy they want to make a buck so it seems reasonable government has to protect workers. everyone we asked agreed with that. >> i think we definitely do. there are so many things that could happen in a workplace and you have so many corporations that could be corrupt. so i think the government should step in and help out workers. >> that makes sense to people. there is so much beyond the worker's control. safety rules for example. what does the fabbing story worker care if he is injured on the joab. that's what we need oshea. it sets safety rules for factories. they are fond of showing people this graph of how workplace deaths dropped since the beginning of oshea. workplace injuries dropped at about the same rate. thank goodness for government. except look at this graph. what happens if you go back a few years.