TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY THEY NEED
TO COLLECT DATA.
MARIA: LET'S MOVE ONTO SHUTDOWN.
SENATE FAILED, DAY 35, ANOTHER
PAY PERIOD THAT GOVERNMENT
WORKERS ARE MISSING, PRESIDENT
TRUMP CALLING FOR DOWN PAYMENT
AS PART OF THE DEAL, WE ARE
CLOSE TO A TIPPING POINT IN OUR
TRAVEL, YOUR REACTION?
>> THIS HAS GOT TO COME TO AN
END SOON, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR
ANYBODY, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR
800,000 WORKERS, IT'S NOT GOOD
FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE ARE
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF WHAT THESE
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DO THAT ARE
STARTING TO IMPACT PEOPLE'S
LIVES AND I THINK IT IS RATHER
TRAGIC THAT THIS POLITICALLY
GAME IS BEING PLAYED IN
WASHINGTON WITH INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICES AND
WITH THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS
OF PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE.
IT'S GOT TO COME TO AN END.
IT'S NOT DOING ANYBODY ANY GOOD
IN WASHINGTON, IT'S HURTING THE
PRESIDENT MORE THAN THE
DEMOCRATS BECAUSE HE SAID I OWN
THIS, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY AND
BECAUSE HE'S THE PRESIDENT.
THEY HAVE TO FIND A WAY, THE
RIDICULOUS THING IS THEY ARE NOT
THAT FAR, THE DEMOCRATS AGREED
TO FUNDING THE BORDER.
THE PRESIDENT HAS DROPPEDDED
INSISTING CALL A WALL.
THE LIVELIHOODS OF SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE AT STAKE.
MARIA: DAGEN, I WANT TO GET YOUR
TAKE ON THIS, TAXING THE
WEALTHY, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
ELIZABETH WARREN HAS PROPOSED A
TAX ON WEALTHIEST HOUSEHOLDS,
ABOVE $50 MILLION AND IN
ADDITION 1% TAX ON WEALTH ABOVE
$1 BILLION, NATIONAL ECONOMIC
COUNCIL LARRY KUDLOW RESPOND
TODAY PROPOSAL ON LOU DOBBS
TONIGHT.
>> LET'S TAX RICH PEOPLE,
CONFISCATE WHAT THE RICH PEOPLE
OWNED, DESTROY INCENTIVES AND
MARKET BASE REFORMS, YOU KNOW
WHAT HAPPENS, EVERYBODY IS
EQUAL, NOBODY HAS ANY MONEY.
NOBODY HAS ANY MONEY EXCEPT THE
DICTATOR AND A HANDFUL OF
GENERALS, THIS STUFF HAS BEEN
TRIED FOR HUNDRED YEARS, IT
NEVER WORKS AND ALWAYS MAKES THE
COUNTRY POORER.
MARIA: DAGEN, YOUR REACTION?
DAGEN: BIG NOISY ARGUMENT FROM
ELIZABETH WARREN TO DROWN OUT
ALEJANDRA OCASIO-CORTEZ, TOP
INCOME BRACKET OF 70%, BUT THIS
DOESN'T WORK UNLESS LIKE I SAID
ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD JOIN IN AND TAX WEALTH
BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, MONEY IS
MOBILE, BILLIONAIRES WILL GO
SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND ULTIMATELY
PREVENTS INVESTMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES AND THAT'S WHAT
MAKES OUR ECONOMY VIBRANT AND
ROBUST, IT WON'T GO ANYWHERE,
IT'LL BE INTERESTING, THOUGH, TO
SEE HOW DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT RESPOND TO ELIZABETH
WARREN.
>> MAKES SENSE FOR A WORLD
THAT'S POLITICS OF ENVY, BUT IF
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SUCH
A THING AS GROWTH AND LIKE DAGEN
SAID, ALL ABOUT INCOME BEING
MOBILE AND THIS IS SUPPRESSING
PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO RISE, THEN
IT'S A BAD IDEA.
DAGEN: LIKELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
MARIA: AS I ALWAYS SAY, REMIND
PEOPLE TO GO TO TAX
FOUNDATION.ORG BECAUSE TOP
10 PERCENT OWNERS PAY 70% OF ALL
INCOME TAXES ALREADY.
GERRY BAKER, GREAT TO HAVE YOU
WEIGH IN ON THIS.
>> MASSIVE INEQUALITY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
MARIA: WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
>> WHAT'S APPEARING ALSO IS
MOBILITY, INCOME ABILITY IS
GETTING LESS, PEOPLE USED TO
BEING ABLE TO GET IN THE
MOBILITY SCALE, THEY DON'T
ANYMORE.
THERE'S REAL CONCERNS, ALL KINDS
OF PROBLEMS WITH THE PLAN THAT
ELIZABETH WARREN IS COMING UP,
THERE'S INCREASING AN NEAR THE
COUNTRY.
WE ARE HERE IN DAVO, PEOPLE THAT
GO AROUND PREACHING.
MARIA: PRIVATE JETS.
>> GET RECH RICHER AND RICHER
EVERY YEAR AND THE MIDDLE CLASS
ARE GETTING SCREWED AND PEOPLE
ARE ANGRY ABOUT IT AND ELIZABETH
WARREN AND DEMOCRATS ARE GOING
TO TAP INTO THAT.
MARIA: WHAT SURPRISES ME THE
ISSUE OF EDUCATION NEVER COMES
UP IN ALL OF THE SUBJECT.
WE NEED TO DISCUSS EDUCATION AND
ARMING PEOPLE ON ALL INCOME
LEVELS TO ACTUALLY BE BETTER