DAVID: LOTS OF TALK ABOUT
DEMOCRATS TAKING THE HOUSE IN
THE MIDTERMS, MAYBE THE SENATE
TOO BUT WHAT ARE THEY SELLING
EXACTLY, OTHER THAN VAGUE
ABOUT THIS FORMER PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, CONSUMER ADVOCATE
RALPH NADER WHO JUST WROTE A
PIECE WHICH IS NOT VAPID AT ALL,
CALLED, WHERE IS THE DEMOCRATS
CONTRACT WITH AMERICA 2018?
THAT IS WHAT LED HIM TO BEING
HERE.
RAMPARTS, A NEW BOOK BY RALPH
YOU SHOULD ALL PICK UP.
NOT ME SAYING, YOU YOURSELF SAID
THAT A BETTER DEAL IS PRETTY
LAME AS A SLOGAN.
WHAT DO THE DEMOCRATS STAND FOR,
WHAT SHOULD THE SLOGAN BE.
>> THEY'RE TOO VAGUE.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
CLEAR.
THEY WANT TO GET RID OF MINIMUM
WAGE AND DEREGULATE.
DAVID: WANT TO KEEP THE ECONOMIC
BOOM GOING AS STRONG AS IT HAS
BEEN YES.
>> YOUR WORDS.
FEWER WORKERS WORKING NOW AND
WAGES --
>> COMPARE THE NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
LOCALLY SOME CANDIDATES ARE
BEING SPECIFIC, DAVID.
PEOPLE LIKE BETO O'ROURKE IN
TEXAS CHALLENGING TED CRUZ FOR
THE SENATE.
DAVID: YES.
>> BUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
THEY SAY THEY WANT A BETTER
MINIMUM WAGE BUT THEY DON'T PUT
A FIGURE ON IT AND PUSH IT LOUD
AND CLEAR.
THEY SAY THEY WANT TO EXPAND
HEALTH CARE BUT THEY'RE NOT
CLEAR WHAT THEY MEAN.
THEY MEAN FULL MEDICARE FOR ALL
OR JUST THE PUBLIC OPTION?
TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TAX PLAN.
DAVID: THEY DO HAVE BEEN AN
ALTERNATIVE, RALPH, FORGIVE ME.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATIC
YOU HAVE OCASIO-CORTEZ ELEMENT
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW,
SOCIALIST ELEMENT OR CLOSE TO
THE SOCIALEST ELEMENT, IN HER
CASE SHE IS SELF-PROCLAIMED,
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
SHOULD THAT BE THE MESSAGE OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
>> WELL CERTAINLY THAT RINGS
LOUD AND CLEAR WITH TENS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
DAVID: IT DOES.
AND IS SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME
BUT IT RINGS CLEAR, BUT GO
DEMOCRATS ARE STILL IN CHARGE OF
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
PEREZ THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO HAVE
DISCUSSION WITH HIM FOR A YEAR.
DAVID: HE IS THE ONE THAT SAYS
OCASIO-CORTEZ IS THE FUTURE OF
PARTY.
>> MAYBE, 2018 IS LESS THAN 50
DAYS AWAY.
DAVID: RIGHT.
>> IF THE DEMOCRATS DON'T HAVE A
CLEAR AGENDA TO SHOW
AUTHENTICITY ON LIVING WAGE, ON
EXPANDED HEALTH CARE, ON A
PUBLIC WORKS JOBS PROGRAM AND ON
A NEW TAX SYSTEM TO COUNTER THE
TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH AND
CORPORATE BY THE BIG BUSINESS
REPUBLICAN PARTY, THEY MAY NOT
A RESTAURANT.
YOU KNOW THAT RESTAURANT CLOSED
NEW YORK, YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW THAT?
SO PEOPLE SHE WAS WORKING WITH,
HER COWORKERS ARE OUT OF WORK
NOW BECAUSE OF A MANDATE HIGHER
MINIMUM WAGE.
BUT LET ME BE EVEN MORE
SPECIFIC.
SHE, FOLKS HAVE ADDED UP ALL SHE
HAS BEEN ASKING FOR, MEDICARE
FOR ALL IS GOING TO CROSS
ADDS UP TO $40 TRILLION THE
SOCIALIST AGENDA.
HOW THE HECK ARE YOU GUYS GOING
SOMEBODY.
ALL SHE COULD ACCOUNT FOR WAS 2
OF THE $40 TRILLION.
SHE HAD TO SAY I WELL GET BACK
I CAN SHOW YOU IF YOU GET RID OF
CORPORATE WELFARE, DEBLEAT THE
MILITARY BUDGET, RUNAWAY
UNHONORABLE BUDGET, RETURN THE
CORPORATE TAX RATES TO THE
PROSPEROUS 1960S, YOU WILL PAY
FOR A LOT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND
BRING THE MINIMUM WAGE UP FOR
INFLATION ADJUSTED.
DAVID: PROSPEROUS '60s,
BECAUSE THE PROSPEROUS '60s
>> HARDLY.
DAVID: THEY WERE IMPORTANT.
THEY VERY IMPORTANT.
>> NOT THE REASON.
THE POINT IS THIS --
DAVID: FINALLY I JUST GOT TO
ASK, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THESE
UNDENIABLE STATISTIC ITS OF A
ECONOMIC BOOM WE'RE IN RIGHT
NOW?
IT IS NOT JUST THE CORPORATE
THEY FEEL MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT
>> MILLIONS OF WORKERS DROPPED
OUT.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE
THAT LOOKS BAD.
>> MASSIVE POVERTY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
I THE THING I LOVE BUT, YOU DO
HAVE A SLOGAN.
YOU DO PUT IT OUT THERE AS
DEMOCRATS AND YOU AND I AGREE ON
CORPORATE WELFARE AS WELL.
CORPORATE WELFARE.
LOT OF IT.
DAVID: SOUNDS GOOD TO ME, RALPH.