AND ITS WORKS.
>>> AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF
AMAZON SPLIT HEADQUARTERS GETS
DIGESTED THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS OUT THERE ON THE
DECISION OF NEW YORK AND
VIRGINIA.
JUST NOT FROM ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ.
REPORTS SHOW VIRGINIA OFFERING
THE ONLINE BEHEMOTH
800 MILLION-DOLLAR TAX BREAKS
FOR 25,000 JOBS.
NEW YORK?
HOW ABOUT 3 BILLION BUCKS.
GOVERNORS OF BOTH STATES BOAST
OF JOB GROWTHS, RESIDENTS
GRUMBLE ABOUT RISING RENTS,
INCREASED TRAFFIC.
OWE CAUSE YO BLAST TAX BREAKS.
MANY CONSERVATIVES AGREE WITH
HER.
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T NEED THE TAX
BREAKS.
MAYBE NEW YORK GOT PLAYED.
JOINING ME TO DISCUSS FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, COLUMNIST FOR
"THE NATIONAL REVIEW," DEROY
MURDOCH, AMERICAN ACTION FORUM
PRESIDENT, DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN.
I SAW YOUR PIECE YESTERDAY.
I THINK IT BEGAN, I AGREE WITH
OCASIO-CORTEZ.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
>> WORDS I THOUGHT WOULD EVER
SAY, NOT BECAUSE SHE IS DEMOCRAT
BUT EVERYTHING COMES OUT OF HER
MOUTH IS ILLITERATE.
SHE CAME OUT AGAINST CRONYISM.
I WAS SAID TO SEE SOME
CONSERVATIVES IN THE NAME OF JOB
CREATION, AS YOU SAID, IT IS
LIKE, WOULD HAVE LIKELY
HAPPENED, THE JOBS WOULD HAVE
LIKELY BEEN HERE BECAUSE THERE
AREN'T THAT MANY PLACES WHERE
YOU CAN FIND TALENTS.
IN FACT TALENTS AGAIN IS WHAT
DROVE THE DECISION TO SPLIT
THEM.
BUT I WAS SAD TO SEE THAT THAT
JUSTIFIES THROWING BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO A VERY WEALTHY, VERY
SUCCESSFUL COMPANY.
THAT IS CALLED CRONYISM.
IT IS WHAT WE DON'T WANT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS IT THE
SWAMP.
THIS IS UNHEALTHY MARRIAGE
BETWEEN BIG COMPANIES AND THE
GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
BUT AMAZON, PLAYED IT REALLY
SMART.
VERY SMART.
CHARLES: YEAH, THEY DID.
DOUGLAS, YOU KNOW CONSERVATIVES
USED TO BE UP IN ARMS ABOUT THE
SOLYNDRAS OF THE WORLD.
ALONG WITH VERA, YOU ARE TWO
MOST CONSERVATIVE BUT YOU GUYS
STICK TO YOUR GUNS.
YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU BELIEVE
IN SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS,
THIS DEAL?
>> WELL, I MEAN LOOK, YOU
DESCRIBED VIRGINIA AS GETTING A
BARGAIN.
THE LATEST ESTIMATES ARE ABOUT
$2.5 BILLION IN INCENTIVES.
THAT IS 100,000 BUCKS A JOB.
THOSE MUST BE PRETTY GOOD JOBS,
RIGHT, CHARLES?
$100,000 A THROW.
THAT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
I THINK SHE HAS THIS EXACTLY
RIGHT.
TO DO THAT YOU HAVE TO TAX
SOMEBODY ELSE MORE.
SO YOU DEGRADE THE BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT.
YOU ARE PICKING WINNERS AND
LOSERS IN THE PROCESS.
SO YOU MADE A RISKY BET ON A
COMPANY QUITE MATURE AND CAN DO
THIS ON THEIR OWN.
TO TOP IT OFF I HATE THE DEAL,
NOW THEY WILL NAME USED TO BE
GETTING NAMING RIGHTS.
CHARLES: WHEN THEY TOOK OVER
ENTIRE TOWN IN OREGON AND
RENAMED IT FOR HIMSELF.
WORD IS COMING OUT THEY WILL
HAVE SOME SORT OF LEGAL
PROTECTION AGAINST, YOU KNOW,
SOME THINGS TOO.
WE'LL EXPLORE THAT PROBABLY
LATER ON BUT I DO WANT TO ASK
YOU, DEROY, YOU KNOW, LATE IN
THE MIDTERM ELECTION TO THE
RUN-UP TO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
I WAS READING IN WISCONSIN
PEOPLE WERE GETTING NEGATIVE
ABOUT THE FOXCONN DEAL.
THAT TOO WATCHES GIVEN AWAY.
MAYBE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO
GOVERNOR WALKER LOSING.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW, WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING
PRO-BUSINESS AND THEN CORPORATE
WELFARE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LET ME BE THE FIRST TO WELCOME
CONGRESSWOMAN ELECT
OCASIO-CORTEZ TO THE FREE MARKET
MOVEMENT.
CHARLES: I THINK HER INSTINCTS
ARE PRETTY GOOD.
THE IDEA SOCIALISM IS THE ANSWER
WHERE I THINK SHE MAKES HER
MISTAKE.
>> IF I WERE MAYOR DE BLASIO,
LISTEN COME TO NEW YORK CITY, WE
HAVE TALENTED PEOPLE, POOLS OF
CASH ON WALL STREET, THREE
AIRPORTS AND ALL THE MEDIA TO
GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT.
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO MAKE THE
ROTTEN SCHOOLS BETTER SO KIDS OF
WORKERS COME HERE CAN GET
EDUCATED.
IF THERE IS CRIME IN THE AREA,
WE'LL SEND IN POLICE.
IF POLICE LIGHTS NEED TO BE
FIXED, WE'LL FIX THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT SHOULD BE IT.
THE CITY HAS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
TO OFFER.
LAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS GIVE
CUSTOMIZED TAX BREAKS TO THE
RICHEST MAN ON EARTH.
CHARLES: THEY BROKE UP THE DEAL
INTO TWO.
TALENTED, NEW YORK WITH 320,000,
AND D.C., 263,000.
IS A SLAM-DUNK THESE CITIES
WOULD PROBABLY GET THIS.
VERA, MAXINE WATERS, THREW DOWN
THE GAUNTLET IF YOU WILL AGAINST
BANKS.
DEMOCRATS MAY TINKER WITH AND
HARM THE USMCA DEAL WHICH I'M
NOT SURE YOU'RE A FAN OF ANYWAY,
BUT WITH DEMOCRATS COMING IN
NOW, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC AGENDA THUS FAR?
>> THERE WAS ONE GOOD THING
ABOUT THE U.S. MCA DEAL WE HAD
HAD A DEAL.
UNCERTAINTY WAS GONE.
I'M WORRIED ON THE TRADE SIDE,
AT LEAST FOR AT THAT PARTICULAR
DEAL THE UNCERTAINTY IS GOING TO
COME BACK.
AND, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT THE
DEMOCRATS ARE DOING.
THEY HAVE TWO OPTIONS, RIGHT?
THEY CAN TRY TO DO POLICIES THEY
CAN WORK WITH REPUBLICANS WHICH
WOULD BE SUCCESS FOR THEM.
OR THEY CAN CHASE INVESTIGATION
AFTER INVESTIGATION AND SO WE'LL
SEE.
IT IS TOO EARLY FOR ME TO SAY.
I'M ALWAYS WORRIED WHEN PRO-BIG
GOVERNMENT POLICIES ARE IN
CHARGE.
THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T DISLIKE
DIVIDED GOVERNMENT BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T ALWAYS
GET SMALL GOVERNMENT WITH
REPUBLICANS IN POWER.
CHARLES: NO.
IT'S RARE.
DOUG, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
BUDGET.
YOU WROTE ABOUT IT TODAY.
DO YOU THINK ANYTHING WILL
HAPPEN?
>> I DON'T THINK ANYTHING VERY
BIG IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.
GRIDLOCK IS PROBABLY THE BEST
FORECAST RIGHT NOW AND GRIDLOCK
MEANS THAT THE ENTITLEMENTS JUST
GRIND ALONG, THE DEFICIT GETS
BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.
CHARLES: THANK YOU ALL VERY