DAVID: PRESIDENT TRUMP ROLLING
OUT A GRAND BUDGET DEAL THIS
COMING AFTER LEFT RING REVOLT IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TORPEDOED A
DEMOCRAT BILL TO STOP OVER
$100 BILLION IN FUTURE SPENDING
CUTS AND THE PRESIDENT TWEETING
OUT, "HOUSE DEMOCRATS WANT TO RE
NEGOTIATE A $2 TRILLION
SPENDING INCREASE, BUT CAN'T
EVEN PASS THEIR OWN PLAN.
WE CAN'T AFFORD IT ANYWAY AND IT
IS NOT HAPPENING."
WELL WITH THE DEMOCRATS DIVIDED
HOW WILL WE EVER SEE A
BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL?
>> I DON'T THINK WE DO.
WHOSE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT NANCY
PELOSI, THERE'S SO MUCH IN-
FIGHTING RIGHT NOW IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY THEY'RE GETTING
IN EACH OTHER'S WAYS.
I DON'T SEE HOW THIS ONE PANS
OUT.
NANCY PELOSI SAID RECENTLY, YOU
KNOW WHAT?
WE CAN REACH SOMETHING
BIPARTISAN, A COMPROMISE WHEN IT
COMES TO LOWERING THE PRICE OF
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, TO
INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I DON'T EVEN
THINK THOSE SOFTBALLS CAN BE
DONE BETWEEN THE FIGHTING IN
THAT PARTY AND THEN THE FIGHTING
WITH REPUBLICANS.
>> WELL I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I
THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
LAUREN.
I THINK THE BIGGER QUESTION IS
DO WE EVEN WANT A DEAL TO BE
HONEST?
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE ON THIS PANEL
KNOWS IT ANY DEAL IS GOING TO
COME WITH EVEN BIGGER DEFICITS.
DEFICITS ARE GROWING NOW
EXPONENTIALLY.
ALL POLITICIANS WANT TO DO
EITHER PARTY IS SPEND MORE.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET ANY KIND OF
DEAL IS IF BOTH SIDES DECIDE OH,
WE'LL SPEND A LOT MORE.
THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO GO DOWN
THE RABBIT HOLE WITH INCREASE
ENTITLEMENT
SPENDING NO ONE IS TACKLING THAT
I'D RATHER SEE NO BUDGET
RESOLUTION AND HAVE CONTINUING
RESOLUTIONS ALL ALONG TO SEE
THAT SPENDING DOESN'T INCREASE.
>> GARY YOUR WAY OF THINKING IS
WHAT HAS LED THE BRITISH INTO
"THE SITUATION" THAT THEY ARE.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS WANT A DEAL,
EVEN A BAD DEAL, THE POLITICIANS
ARE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES GET
IS BETTER THAN NO DEAL.
LAUREN?
I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT
ALTHOUGH SHE CAN'T GET
EVERYTHING RIGHT, NANCY PELOSI
IS PROBABLY THE BEST NEGOTIATOR
IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.
CERTAINLY BETTER THAN SOME GUY
WHO WROTE A BOOK ABOUT DEAL
MAKING.
SHE'LL GET HER CAUCUS IN SHAPE.
DAVID: THERE'S A GUY HERE WHO
WORKS FOR THE GUY WHO WROTE THE
BOOK ON DEAL MAKING.
>> HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE
WHOLE THING IS THAT WE HAVE NO
25 YEAR PLAN TO RIGHT SIZE ALL
THIS STUFF SO WE CAN'T GET A TWO
MINUTE PLAN DONE OR A BIPARTISAN
DEAL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IF WE
REALLY CARE ABOUT THE UNITED
STATES, NO 25 YEAR PLAN FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT SIZING THE
ENTITLEMENTS, INDUSTRIAL POLICY
PLAN, EDUCATION PLANS, FOR THE
CHINESE, DAVID, THAT'S A 25
YEARS IS LIKE 25 SECONDS.
THEY THINK IN CENTURIES AND SO
THE UNITED STATES BETTER WAKE UP
, AND BETTER DIAL BACK THE
PARTISAN NONSENSE, AND COME
TOGETHER ON SOME THINGS.
DAVID: ALTHOUGH I'M WITH GARY B.
ON NO DEAL IS BETTER THAN A
BAD DEAL.
I THINK A BAD DEAL IS WHAT DRAGS
DOWN THE ECONOMY AND FRANKLY,
THE MARKETS WHEN THERE'S NO DEAL
WHEN YOU HAVE THE GRID LOCK IT
WORKS OUT PRETTY WELL.
THE ONE THING I'D GIVE YOU ON
NANCY PELOSI, ADAM IS THAT AT
LEAST SHE'S AGAINST MEDICARE FOR
ALL.
SHE CAME OUT VERY STRONGLY
AGAINST MEDICARE FOR ALL SAYING
$32 TRILLION, DOUBLING THE
BUDGET, IS TOO MUCH FOR THIS
THING, SO SHE IS PUSHING BACK A
LITTLE BIT.
>> SHE DOES THINGS LIKE THAT
REPEATEDLY DAVID THAT SHE THINKS
ARE BEST FOR THE PARTY AND THE
COUNTRY AND SHE'S DONE IT MORE
THAN ONCE.
>> WHAT'S SEPARATING DEMOCRATS
ON THIS BUDGET IS $33 BILLION,
THAT THE MORAL LEFT DEMOCRATS IN
THE PARTY WANT MORE MONEY TO BE
SPENT ON NON-DEFENSE, THAN SPENT
ON DEFENSE AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE
THIS GROUP OF DEMOCRATS JUST
CANNOT GET BEHIND OUR MILITARY
AND BEEFING IT UP.
DOES THAT UPSET ANYBODY?
>> I WANT TO JUMP IN THOUGH,
LAUREN MAKES A GOOD POINT THAT
MILITARY WE'RE DEGRADING OUR
MILITARY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
DO SO, ESPECIALLY IF A DEMOCRAT
GETS ELECTED PRESIDENT.
ON ANTHONY'S POINT I DON'T THINK
WE NEED A 25 YEAR PLAN.
NO ONE CAN LOOK OUT 25 YEARS.
CHINA COULDN'T LOOK OUT 25 YEARS
AGO TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS REDEFINE
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.
SHOULD WE PROTECT OUR BORDERS,
ADJUDICATE OUR CLAIMS AND STAY
THE HECK OUT OF THE WAY?
NOW WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO DO
EVERYTHING FOR US AND THAT'S
JUST THAT'S GOING THE WRONG-WAY.
>> SO GARY JUST GOOGLE THE
BEIJING PLAN 2049 WHICH IS THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION,
THEY WROTE THAT PLAN ABOUT 40
YEARS AGO AND THEY ARE RIGHT ON
TRACK TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO,
SO THEY DO THINK IN VERY VERY
LONG UNITS OF TIME THERE, AND
THEY ARE BUILDING TONS OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AT A TIME WHEN
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING,
AND ANYBODY THAT'S REALLY
STUDYING AI KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE
A 25-YEAR INVESTMENT PLAN IN AI.
>> ANTHONY, HAVE WE INSTRUCTED
THE GOVERNMENT, IF WE INSTRUCTED
THE GOVERNMENT TO BUILD OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'LL TURN OUT
JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER HUGE GOT
PROJECT FROM THE GIG BIG TO THE
PARKING LOT AT THE KENNEDY
CENTER.
WAY OVER BUDGET, WAY OVER TIME.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS
TRUST GOVERNMENT TO HELP BUILD
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
DAVID: VERY QUICKLY.
YOU'VE GOT 10 SECONDS.
>> IT'S WILDLY OVER EXPENSIVE
BUT UNBELIEVABLE POSITIVES
DESPITE THE CORRUPTION ET CETERA
WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE, GARY.
WE GOT TO GET IT DONE.
DAVID: GOD KNOWS WE DON'T NEED
TO GIVE THE GOVERNMENT MORE
MONEY THAN THEY'VE ALREADY GOT.
>> WELL THE PRESIDENT HAD A