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Riots in America?

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    Ben Stein predicts record unemployment will result in Greece like violence in the streets

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-- are -- that he died according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics about 36%.

Of Americans -- could be in the workforce.

Or not.

Some of them can't find jobs -- there's a stop looking.

But obviously these people need to live somehow now and many of them get by on government entitlements.

Solve those entitlements or cut back as they will have to be.

And they have been in places like Greece.

Some believe is going to be violence here in the USA.

And want to know since Ben Stein joins us now from Los Angeles so that's what it is right you're you're you are looking into the future prognosticate.

Seeing that there's massive amount of people dependent on some government assistance to even eat.

And if that's cut back -- gonna get violence that's what you saw him.

What I'm saying is it every single problem weighs in Greece is coming our way.

Huge deficits.

-- to be demagogue liaison -- selling our bonds who's gonna have to be some austerity.

People are not gonna lie get a zombie will riot we've already seen riots in our sister city of Oakland and we don't know is exactly what -- they were riding a balance.

Boy you know there are rioting over alleged mistreatment by the government.

Now what we have no reason that it was Terry does becomes the rule -- low life in America that won't happen everywhere.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- That about half.

Of the American population now is on some kind.

Is receiving some kind of assistance now some of that has been earned Social Security -- Medicare or Medicare does that are so that's -- -- that's.

Those people have a right.

To get that government check.

But if they reorganize and they won't for the people who are of a certain age that'll never happen in America but if they -- -- they say.

Two people under forty for example gonna have to change Medicare how it goes you might have to be a little older Social Security same -- I don't know if that's gonna do it.

But if they start to cut -- food stamps and they start to cut back other direct payments to people who.

Aren't in the work force that I think you're right then I think there's going to be a lot a lot of trouble because these the occupiers in the far left cranks and Kooks.

On certain cable networks we won't mention.

They're gonna whip these crowds up they're gonna whip the mop you'll get the hole is -- -- stake in your money -- -- stake in your money you gotta -- good.

Blair house that segment about you last night on MSNBC.

Well they do that every night they got nothing else to report about our high ratings.

But that's right -- with a mop.

-- -- and indignation that somehow they're getting hosed because the media can do that in this country they can they can really really -- people look at trade Lamar we discovered.

Let's have a right but -- people there.

My -- my players and other we should be some mud here in America mr.

Miss America sending by our televisions and watching the riots in Greece or Spain or Italy.

And saying how it can happen here in glorious people America it actually can happen there are a lot of young people especially who don't have jobs who are very angry and nothing better than duke who would like to arrive at a variety is fun for them and that they can be broke into doing it at the drop -- All right now what -- -- do because it's inevitable.

It is inevitable.

That if Mitt Romney wins the election in November I expect that there's going to be a huge cut government spending that this is going to come very very quickly.

Particularly if the Republicans control the senate and house it's gonna be totally reorganized Romney's gonna have to do -- You expect this to come very very quickly.

I don't expect Romney to win I'd like him to win -- vote for him.

But I think Obama is -- far more formidable campaigner and a -- -- your friend reminded margin just a bit Obama was swamped him in terms of money raising.

But if Romney does -- and I LB does of course there'll be drastic cutbacks in government spending.

And then people will be whipped dumped up Ramsey by people and MSNBC and elsewhere.

I at least -- my prediction.

And they'll be riot there will be riding industries and they won't even need MSNBC they'll be whipped up into a frenzy by their local friends and family and they'll go out riot Pelosi seems at least on Greece.

Here in America and -- that I don't know we do the -- -- up remember you're too young to know when we had riding -- in the sixties it was a very uncomfortable situation.

Well it is -- -- once -- -- to have anarchy -- you have the -- states and then you have the authorities have to be come out and as always mistakes made.

My final question is that it Barack Obama is a Smart -- you would say that right he's -- Smart man.

No I wouldn't say that I would even say this mark I would say the Smart man -- I don't I don't think -- imperative he's not in the same league president ingenious as.

Nixon for example that he's our bodies is smarter than the average bear all the.

That's all I'm saying.

Don't you think he understands that if you build an entitlement society like they does they have in Western Europe.

Particularly in Greece in -- view bill that kind of society with 36% of the workforce isn't working.

That you are sitting on a powder -- do you think he understands.

I think he understands that but I don't think he understands that there's going to be a problem after he leaves obvious he's like the French king Louis that it gave.

After ready -- deluge he's got to get the voters lined up within violence and -- live next guy's problem after him.

By then -- everybody.

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