>> EVERYBODY IN CLEVELAND GOT
OBAMA PHONES.
KEEP OBAMA AS PRESIDENT, THEY
GAVE US A PHONE.
>> HOW DID HE GIVE YOU A PHONE?
>> IF YOU SIGN UP, YOU GET LOW
INCOME, YOU GET DISABILITY.
>> Ed: WE ALL REMEMBER SOME
VOTERS WHO THOUGHT
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS GOING TO
HAND OUT FREE CELL PHONES.
NOW ONE CANDIDATE IS TAKING IT
FURTHER, A RADICAL PROPOSAL THAT
WOULD PUT FREE CASH IN THE HANDS
OF EVERY ADULT AMERICAN.
>> I'M PROPOSING THE FREEDOM
DIVIDEND EVERY ADULT IN AMERICA
STARTING AT AGE 18 WOULD RECEIVE
A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH TO DO
WHATEVER THEY WANT.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRICE
TAG WOULD BE PAYING EVERY
AMERICAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS A
MONTH?
>> IS ABOUT $1.8 TRILLION A YEAR
PASSED CURRENT EXPENSES.
WE NEED TO PASS A VALUE-ADDED
TAX THAT WOULD GET THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE A SLICE OF EVERY AMAZON
TRANSACTION, EVERY GOOGLE
SEARCH, EVERY ROBOT TRUCK MILE.
>> Ed: HERE NOW GUY BENSON AND
MICHELLE RITCHIE, FORMER PRESS
SECRETARY FOR HOUSE DEMOCRATS,
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I REMEMBER PRESIDENT OBAMA
SAYING HE WAS GOING TO HELP THE
CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
BY REFRAMING THIS AS I'M HELPING
DREAMERS, WHOSE AGAINST
DREAMERS?
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE --
>> I'M COMING OUT TONIGHT IS A
STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERI
STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERD
STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERV
STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERD
STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERA
STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMER.
>> IT COST $1.8 TRILLION WE
DON'T HAVE PER YEAR AND YOU
EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER A 10-YEAR
BUDGET WINDOW IT'S CRAZY.
I BELIEVE THIS CANDIDATE CAME
OUT AGAINST CIRCUMCISION SO HE'S
FOCUSING ON IMPORTANT AND
REALISTIC ISSUES.
WE CAN CHUCKLE ABOUT THIS IDEA
OF UNCLE SAM ENDING A THOUSAND
BUCKS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
BUT IS IT NECESSARY THAT FAR OFF
FROM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
BEING MORE SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED
BY DEMOCRATS AT ENORMOUS COST TO
AMERICAN TAXPAYERS?
THEY HAVE NO REAL ANSWERS, AT
LEAST HE MENTIONED A TAX
INCREASE AND HOW YOU WOULD PAY
FOR IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE KAMALA
HARRIS COME OUT AND SAY 32,
$33 TRILLION SINGLE-PAYER
HEALTH CARE, SHE SAYS RETURN ON
INVESTMENT LIKE THAT'S AN ANSWE
ANSWER.
>> YOU HAVE ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ TALK ABOUT THIS
ISSUE, SHE'S TALKED ABOUT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND HOW AMBITIONS
IT'S GOING TO BECOME A WHAT'S
IMPATIENT ABOUT SAYING YOU'RE
GOING TO GET A FREE CHECK EVERY
MONTH?
>> I AM A REGISTERED INDEPENDENT
BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I
DON'T BELIEVE UNIVERSAL BASE
INCOME IS THE WAY OUT OF
POVERTY.
I DON'T THINK IT PUTS PEOPLE ON
A PATH TO PROSPERITY, IT
ACTUALLY GIVES SOMEONE A PATH OF
CONSISTENT POVERTY AND LOW
INCOME.
THE VALUE-ADDED TAX THAT HE
TALKS ABOUT IS AN ADDED TAX FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE ARE GETTING
FREE MONEY, GETTING A THOUSAND
DOLLARS, WERE NOT.
WE ARE PAYING FOR THIS.
IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
GIVING OUT MONEY TO PEOPLE JUST
FOR BEING AN ADULT, JUST FOR
BEING AN AMERICAN, WHAT I WOULD
RATHER HEAR FROM THESE PEOPLE,
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AS FAR AS
PUTTING PEOPLE BECOME A BETTER
EDUCATION, BETTER JOB TRAINING?
A UBI IS IN RESPONSE TO
AUTOMATION.
IT'S A RESPONSE TO -- WHY NOT
PUT THAT MONEY MORE TOWARD
PREPARING PEOPLE TOWARD THE
FUTURE?
>> Ed: CONTRAST THAT WITH THE
PRESIDENT WHO IS IN BATTLEGROUND
OHIO TODAY, WE SHOULD BE CLEAR
AND FAIR, AND IT HASN'T GONE
SMOOTHLY WITH HIM AND THE
AUTOWORKERS.
HE'S OUT THERE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO CREATE JOBS AND HIS
FIRST TWO YEARS HAVE CREATED AN
AWFUL LOT OF MANUFACTURING JOBS
AND WAGES ARE GOING UP.
CONTRAST THAT WITH WE ARE GOING
TO GIVE YOU FREE MONEY.
>> ONE OF THE REASONS WAGES ARE
COMING UP IS BECAUSE TAXES WERE
CUT.
FOR HIM TO SAY WERE GOING TO
GIVE YOU MONEY BUT RAISE TAXES
ON EVERYBODY, THAT'S SOMETHING
EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TO PAY AT
EVERY STEP OF THE MANUFACTURING
AND CONSUMPTION PROCESS.
THE GOVERNMENT IS CLAWING BACK
SOME OF THE MONEY YOU JUST GAVE
YOU, IT'S A CONVOLUTED
COCKAMAMIE IDEA AND I THINK IT'S
COMING JUST TO BEAT ALL THE
OTHER GIVEAWAYS.
BERNIE SANDERS WANTS FREE
COLLEGE, I'M GOING TO CUT OUT
THE MIDDLEMAN AND GIVE YOU THE
MONEY.
IT'S AN AUCTION TO SEE WHO CAN
GIVE AWAY THE MOST?
>> CHICAGO HAD THIS IDEA ON A
LOCAL LEVEL, YOU DO SEE LOCAL
MUNICIPALITIES PROMOTING
UNIVERSAL BASE INCOME AS WELL.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
HEARD IT ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
>> ANDREW YANG WHOSE RUNNING ONE
OF THE MANY DOZEN OR SO
DEMOCRATS INCLUDING BILL
DE BLASIO, WATCH THIS.
>> WHEN SOMEBODY IS SERIOUS
ABOUT RUNNING, I WILL BE SERIOUS
ABOUT COMMENTING ON IT.
WHEN HE MAKES HIS ANNOUNCEMENT I
WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
>> WELL HANDLED.
>> BILL de BLASIO SAYS LET'S
DUCK THIS FOR A WHILE, YOU WROTE
ABOUT THIS TODAY IN THE PAPER IN
"THE NEW YORK POST."
IS THAT BECAUSE BILL de BLASIO
WENT THERE?
HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP?
>> THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 20
PEOPLE IN THE ROOM BUT 14 OF
THEM WERE ON THE PANEL HE SET
UP, SO ONLY SIX REAL PEOPLE CAME
TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AND
THIS FOLLOWS TRIPS TO
SOUTH CAROLINA AND IOWA.
EVERYWHERE HE HAS GONE, PEOPLE
HAVE NOT SHOWN UP FOR HIM.
HE'S BEEN A TERRIBLE MAYOR IN
NEW YORK CITY, THE CITY IS IN
SERIOUS DECLINE, HE'S SPENDING
IT NEAR THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY
AND DISASTER, AND HE JUST KEEPS
GOING AND WASTING MONEY.
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THERE
HAVE BEEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
PROGRAMS THAT HE HAS INITIATED
THAT HAVE SHOWN LITTER LT
THAT HAVE SHOWN LITTER LL
THAT HAVE SHOWN LITTER LE
THAT HAVE SHOWN LITTER LO
RESULTS.
>> I SAT DOWN WITH THE SENIOR
PERSON FROM THE OBAMA DAYS A
COUPLE WEEKS BACK, HE TOLD ME
FRANKLY HE THINKS
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VULNERABLE
BUT HE'S WORRIED DEMOCRATS ARE
GOING TO BLOW IT WITH THESE PIE
THESE PIE-IN-THE-SKY IDEAS THAT
ARE GOING TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YOU KNOW
WHAT?
VENEZUELA 2.0.
>> I THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
REPUBLICANS IN 2016 WHEN YOU HAD
A POOL OF 15 OR 20 CANDIDATES
AND YOU ENDED UP WITH A
CANDIDATE WITH DONALD TRUMP WHO
WAS NOMINATED BY THE RNC.
I THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY
WITH A DONALD TRUMP BUT MAY BE
SOMEONE WHO IS NOT REALLY A
DEMOCRAT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SAY
BERNIE SANDERS IS NOT REALLY A
DEMOCRAT.
>> I FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A
SLIGHT PLAY BY BILL de BLASIO,
HE CAN PLAY MOMENTUM.
AT HIS NEXT EVENT IF HE HAS
LITERALLY TENS OF PEOPLE SHOW
UP, HE SAYS LOOK IT'S
IMPROVEMENT.
THAT'S A NARRATIVE FOR HIM.
I WELCOME HIS ENTRY INTO THIS
RACE AS A CONSERVATIVE COME OUT
LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
>> THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM WILL BE