REVOLUTION".
>> WELCOME BACK.
FOR YEARS CONSERVATIVE
POLICYMAKING IN WASHINGTON
D.C. WAS DOMINATED THAT TURNED
OUT THE SAME OLD POLICY THAT
HURT WORKERS UNDERMINE
FAMILIES, DESTROYED LOCAL
COMMUNITIES IN SOLD-OUT
AMERICA AND ALL THAT IS ABOUT
CHANGE.
THERE’S A NEW KID ON THE
BLOCK, NEW THINK TANK WORKING
ALONG THE SAME LINES AS WE
EVER PAID ON THIS SHOW WITH
POSITIVE POPULISM.
IT’S CALLED AMERICAN COMPASS
AND I’M DELIGHTED THAT ITS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OREN WHO
YOU’VE SEEN TALKING ABOUT HIS
FANTASTIC BOOK, OREN IS HERE
TONIGHT WITH US.
LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME
SPECIFICS IN A MOMENT BUT
FIRST COULD YOU JUST SET OUT
FOR OUR AUDIENCE WHAT YOU’RE
HOPING TO ACHIEVE WITH
AMERICAN COMPASS.
>> SURE, IT’S GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
WE ARE AT AMERICAN COMPASS
TRYING TO RESTORE AN ECONOMIC
CONSENSUS WHICH IS REALLY THE
WAY AMERICANS AND
CONSERVATIVES USED TO THINK
ABOUT THE ECONOMY THAT
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY
TO THE NATION’S LIBERTY AND
PROSPERITY AND REALIZED.
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>> GIVE US SOME SPECIFIC, I
THINK A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ONE
OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU
FOCUSED ON WITH THIS BIG ISSUE
OF BRINGING BACK JOBS FROM
OVERSEAS, I THINK YOU CALL IT
REASSURING JOBS, TELL US ABOUT
THAT.
>> REASSURING IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE AND IT’S SOMETHING
WHERE THE ESTABLISHMENT GOT SO WRONG FOR SO LONG SAYING
WRONG FOR SO LONG SAYING
ESTABLISHMENT DOESN’T MATTER,
THEY SAY IT DOESN’T MATTER
WHICH JOBS GO OVER SEAS, FREE
MARKETS WILL CREATE SOMETHING
THAT’S EVEN BETTER FOR
EVERYBODY AND OBVIOUSLY THAT
HASN’T HAPPENED.
IT DIDN’T WORK OUT FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE AND WE ESPECIALLY
HAVE SEEN DURING THE PANDEMIC
THAT HAVING SUPPLY CHAINS IN
THIS COUNTRY, KNOWING HOW TO
MAKE THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY
MATTER AND THERE’S LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC
LOTS OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC
POLICY WE COULD PURSUE THAT
WOULD HELP WITH THAT.
WE COULD INVEST MORE IN
INVASION, HAVE BETTER SYSTEMS
OF TRAINING FOR WORKER,
LEFTISTS REGULATIONS THAT
PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM BUILDING
THING, WE COULD INVEST MORE IN
INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE’S A LONG
LIST OF APPROACHES WE COULD
TAKE AND I THINK IT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO PUT ALL OF THAT
AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST.
>> ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND, I
THINK WE’VE GOT SOMETHING NEW
THAT’S JUST COME OUT OR JUST
ABOUT TO COME OUT WHICH
FOCUSES ON WORKERS IN
PARTICULAR.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> WERE REALLY EXCITED TO
ANNOUNCE IT RIGHT NOW IN FACT WERE KICKING OFF A NEW PACKAGE
WERE KICKING OFF A NEW PACKAGE
FOR LABOR DAY THAT’S CALLED A
SEAT AT THE TABLE.
IT’S ABOUT THE IDEA THAT
CONSERVATIVES SHOULD REALLY
CARE ABOUT ORGANIZED LABOR AND
IT’S NOT THE UNIONS THAT WE
HAVE TODAY AND BIG LABOR WHICH
MOSTLY SEEMS TO FUNCTION TO
RAISE MONEY FOR DEMOCRATS, BUT
THE IDEA OF ORGANIZED LABOR,
THE IDEA THAT WORKERS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER TO
FORM ASSOCIATIONS, TO HAVE
SOME POWER AND BARGAIN
COLLECTIVELY, I THINK THOSE
ARE GREAT IDEAS THAT
CONSERVATIVES SHOULD CARE
ABOUT AND A LOT OF OTHER CONSERVATIVES TO SO WERE
CONSERVATIVES TO SO WERE
RELEASING A STATEMENT SIGNED
BY EVERYBODY FROM MARCO RUBIO
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF
SESSIONS AND LEADERS OF THINK
TANKS AND SOME OF THE LEADING
CONSERVATIVE LABOR LAWYERS,
ALL MAKING THIS EXACT POINT
THAT LABOR SHOULD WORK
DIFFERENTLY THAN IT DOES RIGHT
NOW IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT
CONSERVATIVE SHOULDN’T BE
HOPING THAT LABOR GOES AWAY.
THEY SHOULD BE FINDING A WAY
TO BUILD STRONG ORGANIZATIONS
THAT GIVE WORKERS A REAL SEAT
AT THE TABLE.
>> I JUST LOVE YOUR APPROACH
TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
SINCE YOU LOST LAUNCHED
AMERICAN COMPASS AND YOU BEEN
OUT THERE MAKING THESE
ARGUMENTS, WINDS WHAT’S BEEN
THE REACTION FROM OTHERS IN
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.
>> GENERALLY THE REACTION HAS
BEEN REALLY, REALLY
ENCOURAGING.
IF I LOOK JUST OVER THE LAST
COUPLE WEEKS, ESPECIALLY WITH
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
GOING ON WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TELL OUR STORY
EVERYWHERE.
IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL
STREET JOURNAL, CNN, NPR, EVEN
THE FINANCIAL TIME OVER IN
ENGLAND, EVERYONE WAS REALLY
INTERESTED IN THIS AND WANTS
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE FUTURE
FOR THE RIGHT OF CENTER
DOESN’T JUST HAVE TO BE GOING
BACK TO THE SAME OLD TAX CUTS
AND MORE TAX CUTS AND WERE
SURE EVERYTHING WILL COME OUT
OKAY.
THERE’S A LOT OF IMPORTANT
IDEAS OUT THERE WERE TRYING TO
DO OUR PART TO BUILD THAT UP
TO MAKE SURE THERE’S A REALLY
PROMISING PARTY FOR
CONSERVATIVISM.
>> WERE REALLY PROUD TO
SUPPORT THIS.
IS IT AMERICAN COMPASS.ORG?
>> AMERICAN COMPASS.ORG.
WE WILL HAVE ALL OUR STUFF
ABOUT LABOR UP AND WE HOPE
PEOPLE WILL COME CHECK IT