PAYNE WITH "MAKING MONEY."
CHARLES: PRESIDENT TRUMP
COUNTING THE ECONOMY IN THE
FIRST YEAR HIS ADMINISTRATION.
YOU SAID YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYTHING YET.
SO WAS THE ECONOMY ROORING, TAX
CUTS DONE, INFRASTRUCTURE THE
NEXT BIG THING?
AGENDA?
JOINING ME, WASHINGTON EXAMINER
CONTRIBUTOR, KATIE FRATES, AND
DENEEN BORELLI.
KATIE, YOU KNOW WHAT, FORGET
PREDICTIONS OF DOOM FAN GLOOM,
THE OBAMACARE FAILURE, THE TWEET
STORMS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS ECONOMIC
AGENDA, HE HAS AN AMAZING HEAD
HIGHS AND THE MARKET AT ALL-TIME
HIGHS.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF
REPUBLICANS CAN KEEP AN EVEN
KEEL.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP
THAT COHESIVENESS WITH TRUMP TO
HAVE THIS MOMENTUM CONTINUE ON
INTO 2018.
CHARLES: ARE YOU -- TO KEEP
THEIR SHIP IN ORDER.
DOES THIS MEAN ESTABLISHMENT
REPUBLICANS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHO IS DRIVING THE SHIP AND STAY
ON BOARD.
INSTEAD OF SAYING I HAVE GOT
WIND IN MY SAILS.
PAUL RYAN WAS COMING OUT EVERY
OTHER WEEK WITH HIS OWN AGENDA.
KATIE: PEOPLE BE BE OVEREXCITED.
WATCH OUT FOR.
I'M JUST HOPING THEY HAVE COME
TOGETHER AND THAT GLUE WILL
STICK LONG ENOUGH TO GET THINGS
LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM.
CHARLES: DEMOCRATS CRIED,
SCREAMED, HOLLERED FOR MORE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY HAVE A CHANCE -- POLITICAL
EXPERTS KEEP TELLING ME THEY ARE
GOING TO PLAY BALL.
IT'S THEIR OWN PLATFORM.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE
FACT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WILL
CREATE MORE JOBS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT
TO HAND PRESIDENT TRUMP AS A
WIN.
LOOK WHAT THEY DID WITH TAX
REFORM.
NO DEMOCRATS IN SIGHT IN TERMS
OF HELPING OUT THEIR
CONSTITUENTS WITH TAX REFORM.
INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE HAND AT
STATE LEVEL.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THE TAX
YOU ARE PAYING AN ARM AND A
WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THOSE
FUNDS?
THEY ARE USING DID IT FOR OTHER
PROJECTS.
GOVERNMENTS AND DIVVIED UP FOR
OTHER PURPOSES THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS HAT HAPPENED WITH THE
OBAMA EFFORT.
>> LESS THAN $50 BILLION EVEN
WENT TO HIGHWAYS.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A SUPPOSED
STIMULUS BILL THAT DID NOTHING
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING
ABOUT, IS PARTNERING WITH STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE
PRIVATE SECTOR ON GETTING NEW
AMERICAN HIGHWAYS, NEW BRIDGES,
HAVE TO BUILD MORE CONNECTIONS,
MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
IT WILL RELIEVE CONGESTION FOR
AND RURAL AMERICA.
THEY OUGHT TO.
IT'S IN THEIR OWN INTEREST GOAT
THIS EFFORT DONE.
CHARLES: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN A
SMART WAY.
THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE AND
INITIAL PUSHBACK FROM DEMOCRATS
ON THE PRIVATE PART.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAYING WE CAN
DO A COMBINATION.
PRIVATE-PUBLIC FUNDING,
ESPECIALLY ON AIRPORTS.
THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
FROM WELL-HEELED INVESTORS ON
THIS.
KATIE: OF COURSE DEMOCRATS DON'T
LIKE TRUMP'S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
THE BACK TO STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.
THEY WANT TO TAKE A TRILLION
THE MONEY WE GAVE.
AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO USE
THAT MONEY AS THEY SEE GOOD.
>> IN LOUDON COUNTY WE ARE READY
TO PARTNER WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND CONGRESS.
WE HAVE PROJECTS READY TO GO
THAT WILL RELIEVE CANADIAN
JEPTION AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO
AVERT TOLL ROADS NOT ADD TOLL
ROADS.
WE ARE EXCITED THIS EFFORT.
WE WANT TO SEE IT TO BE NUMBER
ONE ON THE AGENDA.
SCHARLS * GETTING THE MONEY FRO
SCHARLS * GETTING THE MONEY FRM
LEVEL.
>> IT NEEDS TO SCORE WELL ON
CONGESTION RELIEF.
THAT'S WHAT THE OBAMA ERA STUFF
SYSTEM.
IF IT'S AIRPORTS IT NEEDS TO BE
DIFFERENT RATING SYSTEMS IT'S
WHAT STATES AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE USING.
SO WE CAN TAKE THOSE PRINCIPLES,
APPLY THEM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
>> I QUESTION THE SPECIAL
INTERESTS INVOLVED IN MAKING
THESE DECISIONS, CHARLES.
WHAT STATES WILL GET THE FUNDING
AND WHAT PROJECT AND WHEN.
THAT'S A BIG CONCERN WHEN IT
COMES TO FEDERAL SPENDING.
CHARLES: DO YOU DECIDE THAT
BASED ON OUTCOME?
THIS IS PROBABLY WHY THE PRIVATE
SECTOR IS CRITICAL.
THEY LOOK AT RETURN ON
INVESTMENT.
OR SQUANDERING MONEY.
BUT REAL WHY IT BANG FOR THE
BUCK.
COULD THAT BE ANOTHER AREA WHERE
THE PRIVATE SECTOR HELPS HOLD
DOWN COSTS AND MAKE A FINAL
ASSESSMENT ON OUTCOME?
>> THERE ARE INCENTIVES FOR TAX