DOW GAINED TRACTION SINCE THEN.
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE QUESTION,
WILL HE GET IT DONE?
JOINING US NOW, BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR MARK STEIN.
DEMOCRATS SAID FOR YEARS THEY
WANT INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY HAVE
IT.
NOW THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GIVE
IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN THIS.
THIS OVERRIDES ANY COMMITMENT
TO SMALL GOVERNMENT AND LOW
SPENDING YOU WOULD'VE HAD WITH
TED CRUZ, THEY CAN DO IT WITH
THIS PRESIDENT THEY ARE NOT
SERIOUS.
CHARLES: YOU CAN ARGUE THE TAX
BILL, STEEPED IN TRADITION
REPUBLICAN ORTHODOXY, $2000
CHILD TAX CREDIT, $1400
REFUNDABLE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE GOT A BUILDER, SOMEONE
OUTSIDE THE NORM.
CHUCK SCHUMER KNOWS DONALD
TRUMP VERY WELL.
REPORTS AND NEW YORK OUGHT TO
BE.
LA GUARDIA IS THE RIDICULOUS.
YOU CAN'T GET A TAXI OR BUS OR
CAR ANYWHERE NEAR THE TOWN.
THE MARINE TERMINAL IS TRAINING
WIDE.
THESE ARE NOT FIRST WORLD
AIRPORTS.
SAME WITH MY SYSTEM, SAME WITH
BRIDGES.
CHARLES: I DRIVE A JEEP.
FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW MY CAR
ENDED UP HITTING A POTHOLE,
$2000 EVERY TIME.
THE THIRD TIME I BOUGHT A JEEP.
>> I USED TO BE MANLY, NOT LIKE
YOU WITH YOUR BIG SUV.
I USED TO DRIVE A CHEVY
SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK, I
WANTED TO LOOK LIKE A PICKUP
DRIVER.
AFTER YOU DRIVE ON NEW YORK
STATE ROADS FOR 30 OR 40 MILES,
YOUR BACK IS WRECKED, YOU HAVE
SCIATICA AND YOU WANT SOME --
CHARLES: UNFORTUNATELY NEW
YORK, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO
BAD, EMBLEMATIC OF THE ENTIRE
NATION.
IF THE CITY INSTEAD OF BEING
OPPOSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE, THE
MAYOR HAD A FLOOD BARRIER, THE
DUTCH FLOOD BARRIER, THE ST.
PETERSBURG, IF WE ARE GOING TO
COLLUDE WITH WHOEVER BUILT THE
ST. PETERSBURG FLOOD BARRIER,
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
CHARLES: DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR
CHANCE.
ANOTHER ONE, THE USDA SANG
NUMBER OF AMERICANS SIGNING UP
FOR FOOD STAMPS DOWN 5% THIS
YEAR.
THAT IS A POSITIVE SIGN.
DO YOU THINK THE ECONOMIC
OPTIMISM THAT EXISTS EVERYWHERE
EXCEPT IN HEADLINES AND POLLS
OF DONALD TRUMP WILL START TO
I LIVE IN BROKEN DOWN NORTHERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS IS
THE WAY SUPERMARKETS IN THE
OBAMA YEARS TOOK TO ORDERING ON
THE BASIS OF FOOD STAMPS.
WHEN THE FOOD STAMP IS RENEWED
THE FIRST OF THE MONTH THE
SUPERMARKET SHELVES GOT MEET
AND VEGETABLES AND TWO, THREE,
POPULATION OF AMERICA DURING
RECORD BE HAYES'S PRESIDENCY,
STILL ON FOOD STAMPS.
THE POPULATION OF SCANDINAVIA,
TEN TIMES THE POPULATION OF NEW
ZEALAND.
IT IS NOT ABOUT POVERTY.
IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GIVEN UP ON THE POSSIBILITY OF
WORK AND A LIFE WITH DIGNITY.
THAT LAST PART IS WHAT DROVE
PART OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
CHARLES: PART OF THAT IS MAKING
THE TRANSITION IS GOING TO BE
TOUGH.
YOU CAN TAKE AN ECONOMIC HIT AS
YOU STEP OUTSIDE THE SAFETY NET
AMERICA HAS CREATED INTO
ANOTHER WORLD.
YOU MAY TAKE AN ECONOMIC HIT TO
GET A JOB SOMEWHERE LIKE
MCDONALD'S.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BELIEVE THE
INITIAL IT IS WORTH IT
FROM THE DEMOCRATS POINT OF
VIEW IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
MINIMUM WAGE, THEY TALK ABOUT
MINIMUM WAGE AS IF A GUY STARTS
ON THE MINIMUM WAGE AT 17 OR 18
AND THAT IS THE JOB HE DOES 50
YEARS LATER AND IT IS NOT.
PEOPLE GET OFF MINIMUM WAGE.
FOOD STAMPS FOR THE REASONS YOU
SAID IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS AND
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS
COUNTRY GO ANYWAY, BRITAIN FOR
EXAMPLE, 10% OF THE POPULATION
HASN'T WORKED TODAY SINCE TONY
BLAIR PUT OFFICE IN 1997, 20%
OF BRITISH CHILDREN ARE RAISED
IN HOMES WHERE NOBODY WORKS SO