LARRY: WE CAN THINK OF A LOT OF
WORDS.
TERRIFIC.
YOU’RE BOTH TERRIFIC.
>>> JOINING US NOW THIS IS
WONDERFUL, FIRST OF ALL THE
GREAT, GREAT STEVE HILTON, HOST
OF THE NEXT REVOLUTION ON
FOX NEWS.
THIS IS FABULOUS STORY, BROWN
BAGS, PLASTIC BAGS, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF EUROS IN CASH,
BRIBES TO SOCIALISTS FROM THE
EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT WHICH
IS KIND OF A JOKE TO BEGIN WITH,
YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS STUFF.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
>> I DO.
BY THE WAY JUST BEFORE WE START,
LARRY I WANT TO SAY HAVING HEARD
YOUR EARLIER DISCUSSION WITH
KEVIN CRAMER MY NEXT GOAL IS TO
MAKE IT TO THE LIST OF THE
SENATOR’S FAVORITE STEVES.
THAT IS MY GOAL.
GET TO THE LIST.
LARRY: [LAUGHTER] WE CAN DO THAT
WE CAN DO THAT.
>> LOOK YOU’RE RIGHT, IT IS
HILARIOUS.
I’VE WORKED WITH THEM FROM
INSIDE OF THE EU WORKING AT 10
DOWNING STREET.
NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED BY
THIS.
THIS IS A IS A VISIBLE EXAMPLE O
WHAT GOES ON INSIDE OF THE EU
THIS WHOLE PLACE IS ONE OF THE
MOST CORRUPT INSTITUTIONS I EVER
COME ACROSS.
THERE IS BRAZEN ONE OF THE
STORIES COVERS THIS, THIS STOOD
OUT TO ME DESCRIBING ILLEGAL
LOBBYING.
YEAH, BECAUSE MOST OF THE
LOBBYING GOES ON IS PERFECTLY
LEGAL.
IT IS LEGALIZED BRIBERY.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU HAVE ALL THE INDUSTRY
GROUPS.
INDUSTRY LOBBYING ORGANIZATIONS,
YOU HAVE GOT INDIVIDUAL
COUNTRIES LOBBYING FOR THEIR
INTEREST GROUPS, THE UNIONS, ON
AND ON IT GOES.
BRIBERY GOES IN.
IT IS LEGALIZED BRIBERY.
IN THIS CASE IT WAS ILLEGAL THAT
IS WHY IT CAME TO LIGHT.
THE WHOLE THING IS A RACKET,
DIVIDING UP THE SPOILS.
THE LESSON OF IT ALL, YOU GET
THIS BEHAVIOR WHEN GOVERNMENT
GETS TOO BIG AND MICRO MANAGES
SO MANY ASPECTS OF LIFE FOR
INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES AND
COUNTRIES, WHEN IT IS SO
IMPORTANT THAT YOU TO TRY TO
INFLUENCE IT IN THIS WAY.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH.
EU GENERALLY.
IT HAS GOT TOO BIG, AND TOO
INTRUSIVE INTO THE DAILY AFFAIRS
OF A WHOLE CONTINENT.
LARRY: SO THE QATARIS, THIS IS
GREAT STUFF IN HERE, I’M READING
FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
ACCOUNT, THEY’RE LOOKING AT
OFFICES AND HOMES, RESIDENCES,
ONE BAG WITH 600,000 EUROS IN
CASH IN THE POSSESSION OF ONE
SUSPECT.
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF 150,000
EUROS IN CASH IN THE HOME OF A
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT STAFFER.
SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS,
THIS IS THE BEST ONE, SEVERAL
HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS, STEVE IN
A SUITCASE IN A BRUSSELS HOTEL
ROOM, OKAY?
THE LEADING HERE, THE LEADER
FROM GREECE, EVA KALEY,
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION.
I GUESS SHE IS THE HEAD
SOCIALIST IN THIS.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS ALL ABOUT
SOCIALISTS, MAYBE IT IS, MAYBE
IT ISN’T.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE QATARIS
WANT, I’M JUST IMPRESSED WITH
ALL THIS CASH YOU KNOW.
EUROPE MAY LOOK POOR, WHEN IT
COMES TO BRIBERY, LOOK AT ALL
THIS MONEY.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF EUROS,
VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT.
>> EXACTLY.
THERE IS DEFINITELY A PRO-GROWTH
AGENDA GOING ON WHEN IT COMES TO
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
THERE IS A HUGE UPTICK IN THAT.
LARRY: YES.
CAN I SWITCH GEARS FOR ONE
MINUTE?
IN LONDON YOU HAVE THIS NEW TORY
GOVERNMENT WHICH IS INCREASING
SPENDING, INCREASING TAXES,
STOPPING ANY FOSSIL FUEL
FRACKING AND SO FORTH.
IT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT
LIZ TRUSS WANTED.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE
TORIES?
THE TORIES SOUND LIKE LABOUR.
>> TOTALLY INEXPLICABLE.
I ASKED SO MANY FRIENDS OVER THE
PAST FEW WEEKS, WHAT IS GOING
ON?
WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE
LIZ TRUSS AGENDA, YOU AND I
TALKED ABOUT THIS, IT WAS A
PRO-GROWTH AGENDA.
IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A MODERATE
PRO-GROWTH AGENDA.
IT WASN’T EXTREME.
THERE WERE MODEST TAX CUTS.
MOST OF THE TAX CUTS WERE ABOUT
REVERSING PLANNED INCREASES.
THEY WEREN’T EVEN CUTS AT ALL.
THERE WAS SOME DEREGULATION, NOT
NEARLY ENOUGH AS FAR AS MANY
OBSERVERS WERE CONCERNED.
BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T IMPLEMENT IT
PROPERLY, THE MARKETS TOOK
FRIGHT IT GOT INTO WHOLE MEDIA
PANIC.
SHE WAS FORCED TO BACK DOWN.
NOW IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THEY
HAVEN’T JUST KIND OF REVERSED
WHAT SHE PLANNED TO REASSURE THE
MARKETS.
THEY HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY TO
THE OTHER EXTREME WITH THIS KIND
OF AUSTERITY, WITH THIS
EYE-WATERING SPENDING THEY WILL
HAVE TO CUT BACK ON THE HEALTH
SERVICE, ALL THESE DIFFERENT
THINGS, TAX INCREASES, GOING
AHEAD WITH A CORPORATE TAX
INCREASE AT THE VERY TIME
THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE THE UK
OUTSIDE OF THE EU AFTER BREXIT A
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT TO GROW THE ECONOMY.
THEY SHOULD DO TOTALLY THE
OPPOSITE, BASICALLY POSITIONING
THE UK WHICH WAS THE WHOLE IDEA
OF BREXIT AS KIND OF A SINGAPORE
OFFSHORE FROM EUROPE, THE PLACE
YOU WANT TO BE IF YOU WANT TO
START AND GROW A BUSINESS.
THEY’RE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
I GENUINELY DON’T UNDERSTAND IT.
LARRY: THERE MAY BE A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN JAIL IN EUROPE.
THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF CASH.
I GUESS THEY WILL LOSE ALL THE
EUROS BEING BRIBED.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE QATARIS
WANT.
BRITAIN GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
U.S. GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
STEVE, YOU AND I HAVE TO PUT OUR
HEADS TOGETHER TO STRAIGHTEN IT
OUT.
>> WE TO FIGURE IT OUT, THANKS A
MILLION FOR COMING ON.