OUR NEXT GUEST WROTE THIS
HEADLINE.
THE HEADLINE READS, IF DEMOCRATS
WERE SHREWD, BOBBY JINDAL,
FORMER LOUISIANA GOVERNOR WILL
EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS.
I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID HERE TO
READ THE PIECE.
YOU THINK DEMOCRATS WOULD BE
SHREWD IF THEY STUCK A GREAT BIG
TAX ON SOCIAL NETWORKS LIKE THE
EUROPEANS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
RIGHT?
>> FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
IT'S MY OLDEST CHILD'S BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AS WELL.
MY POINT IN THE OP-ED WAS TWO
POINTS.
ONE THAT DEMOCRATS SEEM INTENT
ON GETTING RID OF I.C.E.
THEY SEEM INTENT ON $30 TRILLION
PLUS EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT
SPENDING ON HEALTH CARE.
NONE OF APPLE WHEN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
IF THEY REALLY WANT TO COMPETE
WITH DONALD TRUMP, I THINK THEY
NEED TO SPLIT HIS POPULIST
VOTERS FROM VOTERS.
TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVES WANT
TO CUT TAXES, CUT REGULATIONS.
DONALD TRUMP UNIQUELY APPEALED
TO THOSE VOTERS NOT A BIG BANKS
AS A CANDIDATE, DONALD TRUMP
SAID I'M GOING TO REFORM THE TAX
CODE IN A WAY THAT WON'T BENEFIT
TO COMPANIES, WON'T BENEFIT THE
WEALTHY.
MY POINT IS THESE TECH COMPANIES
NEED TO BE WORRIED.
THEY BEEN SO ARROGANT THAT THEY
MIGHT UNITE THE LEFT AND THE
RIGHT AGAINST THEM.
DONALD TRUMP TALKING ABOUT
POTENTIALLY BREAKING THEM UP
LOOKING AT ANTITRUST REVIEWS OF
THE LARGEST COMPANIES.
FOLKS ON THE LEFT SAYING YOU
WANT TO DO A EUROPEANS WHILE TAX
ON TECH COMPANIES.
I'M NOT FOR THAT TAX, BUT MY
POINT IS TWO THINGS.
THEY NEED TO STOP THE EXTREMELY
LIBERAL POLICIES IF THEY WANT TO
WIN THE WHITE HOUSE AND
SECONDLY, THE TECH COMPANY WILL
BE WORRIED ABOUT THE RISING
POPULIST ANGER AGAINST THEIR
ARROGANCE.
>> ONE CAME ON THIS PROGRAM HAS
BEEN A DISCUSSION OF BIG RATHER.
WE TEND TO FEEL THAT FACEBOOK
AND GOOGLE IN PARTICULAR ACTS
LIKE A BROTHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ENORMOUS POWER IN THE INTO EVERY
ASPECT OF OUR LIVES.
JUST IGNORE THE POLITICS FOR A
SECOND.
DON'T YOU THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE
REINING IN THE GOOGLE AND
FACEBOOK OF THIS WORLD TO STOP
THEM BECOMING SO POWERFUL IN
THIS BIG BROTHER FASHION.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO DO THAT?
>> I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY MONETIZING OUR DATA
AND THEY ARE GETTING MORE AND
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
THEY GIVE US THESE PRODUCTS.
THEY ARE MAKING MONEY AND THERE
SHOULD BE STRONGER PROTECTIONS
FOR CONSUMERS.
SECONDLY, THIS BECOMES
IMPORTANT.
PLATFORMS HAVE GOTTEN SO
POWERFUL THAT IT WOULD BE IF YOU
WENT BACK IN TIME AND SOMEONE IS
ABLE TO OWN ALL THE POINTING
PROCESS AND DECIDE WHOSE VOICE
HAS GOT TO BE HEARD.
THAT'S WHY CONSERVATIVES ARE SO
WORRIED ABOUT BIAS IN HIRING.
YOU SAW TWITTER CEO ADMITTING
THAT MOST OF THE WORK FORCE HAS
ONE IDEOLOGY.
THE LARGE TECH COMPANIES ARE
LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE LARGE
UNIVERSITIES WITH THE MAINSTREAM
MEDIA AND THAT MEANS THEY'RE
GROWING INCREASINGLY OUT OF
TOUCH WITH THE REST OF AMERICA.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, GOVERNOR.
HOW DO YOU BRING THEM IN.
HOW ABOUT MAKING THEM LIABLE IF
THEY LOST YOUR DATA FOR SOLDIER
DATA, YOU COULD SUE THEM.
THAT WOULD REIN THEM IN,
WOULDN'T I.?
>> WILL LOOK HIM IN TWO
DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROACH THIS.
WE NEED MORE REGULATION, I THINK
TO REALLY ANSWER IS MORE
COMPETITION.
STUART: HOW DO YOU GET
COMPETITION FOR A FACEBOOK
AUTHORITY GOT 2 BILLION GLOBAL
USERS?
HOW DO YOU COMPETE WITH THAT?
>> IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
POLICE THEMSELVES AND HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE DONALD TRUMP AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THING DO
WE NEED STRONGER ANTITRUST
CONCERNS.
INNOVATIVE COMPANIES WANT TO
DISRUPT THESE HAVE BECOME THE
NEXT FACEBOOK COME OF GOOGLE,
APPLE OR MICROSOFT.
A LOT OF TECH COMPANIES WANT TO
SELL THEMSELVES.
THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR TECHNOLOGY.
IT WORKS BEST WHEN YOU'VE GOT
THE CYCLE OF DYNAMISM IN THE
STRUCTURE INVOLVED WITHOUT.
THEY'RE SQUELCHING INNOVATION,
AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR OUR
ECONOMY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR
AMERICA LONGER-TERM.
GETTING THAT BACK AS IT NOT ONLY
FOR PRIVACY CONCERNS AND HAVING
DIVERSE IDEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES