TRUMP JOINING ME ALONG WITH
CHIEF ECONOMIST LINDSAY --
GOOD TO SEE BOTH, DON, YOU AGREE
WITH THAT.
MIDDLE CLASS RIGHT THE
FOUNDATION OF OUR ECONOMY, WE
HAVE REALLY SEEN THAT
DETERIORATE IN THE LAST DECADE.
>> THAT’S VERY IMPORTANT WE NEED
TO SEE MORE IN TERMS OF UPWARD
MOBILITY AND WE WILL GET THAT
UPWARD MOBILITY NOT ONLY THROUGH
TAX CUTS BUT ALSO THROUGH
DEREGULATION, AND THIS RELEASING
IF YOU LIKE, OF ANIMAL SPIRIT.
I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE FORCE
GOING FORWARD AS WE HAVE MORE
CAPITAL SPENDING AS
ENTREPRENEURS BECOME MORE
INNOVATIVE FASTER LABOR
PRODUCTIVITY GREET AND WITH THAT
COMES HIGH PER WAGES.
HIGH REAL WAGES.
>> IT IS NOT THAT HARD.
>> WE WERE THERE BEFORE.
WE HAD 3 POCKET PRODUCTIVITY
GROWTH OVER A TEN-YEAR SPAN.
BACK AROUND 2,000 WE CAN DO IT
AGAIN.
>> WE SURE CAN.
WE SURE CAN YOU JUST NEED THE
RIGHT KIND OF POLICIES IN PLACE
AND WE HADN’T HAD THEM FOR QUITE
SOME TIME.
LINDSAY I DON’T THINK IT HAS TO
BE --
LEFT OR RIGHT.
I’LL USE NEIL CAVUTO PHRASE WHO
SAYS HERE WE’RE NOT RED WE’RE
NOT BLUE.
WE’RE GREEN.
AND PART OF BEING GREEN IS
RECOGNIZING THE POLICIES THAT
ARE GOING TO ENABLE GROWTH.
LESS REGULATION, LOWER TAXES,
WILL THAT HELP THIS GROUP THAT
IS STUCK RIGHT HERE AND GETTING
SQUEEZED SO BADLY?
>> WELL IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO NOVEMBER
ELECTIONS IT IS GOING TO BE VERY
MUCH DEPENDENT ON HOW EITHER
SIDE THE RED OR BLUE AS YOU SAY
REALLY SELLS TO IMPROVEMENT THAT
WE’VE SEEN.
NOW, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
OBVIOUSLY, HAS PUSHED FOR SOME
OF THE THESE PROGRAMS THAT
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
DEREGULATION, IMMIGRATION
REFORM, REGULATORY REFORM,
HEALTH CARE REFORM, AND HAS ANY
OF THAT TRANSLATED INTO THE
NUMBERS?
NOW P NOT WAGE GROWTH AS YOU
POINTED OUT EARLY ON HAS PICKED
UP TO ANNUAL PACE OF 2.8% THAT’S
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE REALLY
GOING TO FOCUS ON.
THE IMPROVEMENT FROM A MORE
STAGNANT 2.1% EARLIER IT IN THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
>> LIKE I SAID WAGES THEY CAN
KEEP THAT --
GOING AND THEY CAN KEEP
THEMSELVES IN OFFICE SO THEY CAN
CONTINUE THAT PATTERN OF LOWER
TAXES AND LESS REGULATION, THEN
WOULDN’T THEORETICALLY START TO
SEE A BIG IMPROVEMENT IN WAGE
GROWTH?
>> WELL WAIT A MINUTE, THE
DEMOCRATS CAN EASILY SAY 2.8%
ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH.
WE’RE IN THIS RECOVERY NOW FOR
NEARLY A DECADE, AND ALL WE HAVE
TO SHOW FOR IT SO TENTHS OF A
PERCENTAGE OF IMPROVEMENT SO
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO SAY LOOK
WE GAVE FRUMP AN HONEST GO AT IT
HE’S HAD YEARS NOW TO PUT THESE
POTSES IN POLICE STATION AND ALL
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IS A HALF A
PERCENTAGE POINT IMPROVEMENT?
SO I THINK BOTH SIDES CAN LOOK
AT WAGE GROWTH THAT WE’VE SEEN,
AND REALLY TRY TO PANNEDDER TO
THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT EITHER
WEED NEED MORE OF THE SAME --
OR WHAT WE’RE DOING SOUNDS GOOD
ENOUGH.
>> DAWN, PEOPLE KNOW.
YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW IT SHALL
THEY --
>> THEY KNOW A DIFFERENCE IF
NFIB THEY CAME RIGHT OUT AND
SAID THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A
RECORD HIGH CONFIDENCE AMONG
SMALL BUSINESSES IS BECAUSE OF
THE CHANGES BROUGHT ON BY THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
VOTER REALIZES TODAY’S WORLD IS
MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE WORLD OF
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AS
FAR AS OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ADVANCEMENT.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, AND
THAT’S WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE WANT.
IT IS NOT JUST A QUESTION OF
WAGES SURE I’LL TAKE A
RELATIVELY LOW SALARY AT THE
START BUT I WANT TO SEE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBLE, TRIPLE MY
SALARY IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
AND THAT WASN’T THERE
PREVIOUSLY.
>> IT WASN’T AND BY THE WAY
BUSINESSES WERE BLAMED RIGHT,
YOU DOESN’T BUILD THAT.
THAT WAS THE OBAMA MANTRA HE
HATED BIG BUSINESS.
HE HATED LITTLE BUSINESS, AND
SOMEHOW THIS UTOPIA IDEA OF
SOCIAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE YOUR
MONEY TO GIVE IT TO ME.
THAT’S WHERE OPPOSITION PARTY
RIGHT NOW IS STUCK ON TRYING TO
PLAY IDENTITY POLITICS THAT’S
THE ONLY GAME THEY CAN PLAY.
THEY TRIED ECONOMICS AND THEY
DIDN’T DO ALL THAT WELL.
>> CONTRADICTED TO JUDGE
KAVANAUGH STUFF.
>> THAT’S THEIR ONLY CARD ONLY