>>
THIS PENALTY IS THE SAME, WOULD
THIS PENALTY IS THE SAME, WOULDE
THE SAME IF PASSED UNDER
CALIFORNIA LAW AS THE PENALTY
FOR KNOWINGLY TRANSMITTING HIV
TO SOMEONE.
GIVING A STRAW WITHOUT BEING
ASKED IS THE SAME PUNISHMENT.
DOES THAT SEEM A LITTLE OVER THE
TOP TO YOUSOME -- TO YOU?
>> WELL, THAT IS WHAT THE LAW
ALLOWS, AND AS YOU AND I BOTH
KNOW, THAT'S NOT HOW LAWS ARE
IMPLEMENTED.
IT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE THE
ESTABLISHMENT THAT PAYS THE
FINE, NOT THE WAITER IN THIS
PLASTIC POLLUTION --
>> THIS IS WHAT CALIFORNIA LOOKS
LIKE IN A LOT OF PARTS.
THESE ARE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS
THAT ARE ALL OVER THE STATE
INCLUDING THE TOWN THAT I GREW
UP IN, ALL OVER THE STATE, AND
THE STATE DOES, LET'S SEE,
ONE THAT SUPPOSEDLY CARES ABOUT
POLLUTION -- DOES NOTHING TO
NOBODY FOR DOING IT.
SO WHY ARE YOU GOING AFTER
WAITERS WHEN YOU HAVE THIS?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S AN
UNDER FIRE FOR PROPOSING A NEW
LAW IN CALIFORNIA THAT WOULD
SUBJECT WAITERS, WAITRESSES AND
BARTENDERS TO CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION IF THEY HAND OUT
PLASTIC STRAWS UNLESS THOSE
STRAWS ARE REQUESTED.
PUNISHABLE BY UP TO SIX MONTHS
IN JAIL AND A $1,000 FINE.
LET'S BRING IN CONSERVATIVE
COMMENTATOR AND CALIFORNIA
RESIDENT KURT SCHLICHTER.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA?
THE ARMY, BUT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE
MY DREAMS COME THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT
CALIFORNIA'S AMERICAN DREAMERS
RIGHT NOW?
THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME OUT
HERE AND START AT JOBS LIKE
BEING WAITERS AND WAITRESSES TO
BUILD CAREERS, AND NOW THIS IS
JUST ONE MORE ROCK IN THEIR
RUCKSACK HOLDING THEM BACK,
PUSHING THEM DOWN.
I DON'T GET IT.
WHY ARE THESE LIMOUSINE LIBERALS
RELIGION CULT ON INNOCENT PEOPLE
WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO GET
AHEAD.
IT'S BIZARRE AND IT'S CRUEL, AND
IT NEEDS TO STOP.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO
MANY METRIC TONS OF PLASTIC IN
THE OCEAN, WE GET THAT.
BUT TUCKER CARLSON THOUGH, KURT,
JUST SHOWED ALL THE FOOTAGE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND THE POLLUTION
THERE.
I MEAN, THE GARBAGE THAT'S JUST
STREWN ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
THOSE TWO ISSUES ARE TIED, I'M
THEY PASS A TAX HIKE ON GAS THAT
CAN'T BE USED TO FIX THE ROADS.
I JUST DON'T GET WHAT'S GOING ON
IN CALIFORNIA.
NOW YOU'RE GOING AFTER
WAITRESSES AND WAITERS AND
THEY'RE TRYING TO BECOME
VENEZUELA, I GUESS WITH, YOU
KNOW, GOLDEN SUNSETS.
LOOK, THIS IS, THIS IS INSANE.
I -- WE'RE HERE IN WEST L.A.
THIS, ROWS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE,
PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE
PROBLEMS, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL
ILLNESSES, VETS WITH PROBLEMS.
ABOUT THEM?
NAH.
LET'S PICK ON WORKING PEOPLE,
PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO
MAKE A LIVING, YOU KNOW?
THE LIMOUSINE LIBERAL TYPES WHO
DRIVE AROUND HERE IN THEIR
BE THE ONES TRYING TO GET AHEAD
WAITING TABLES, THEY AREN'T
GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE
GOING TO SUFFER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR EGO'S GOING
TO BE INTACT, THEY GET TO BE
SMUG, AND I GUESS THAT'S THE
UNDERLYING IMPETUS NOW FOR
POSSIBLY STARTING THIS YEAR.
THE PROGRAM, BASICALLY, WOULD
GIVE PEOPLE $500 A MONTH TO A
FEW HUNDRED TO TO HAVE CITY'S
LOW INCOME RESIDENTS NO STRINGS
ATTACHED.
THIS WOULD BE, I THINK, ONE OF
THE FIRST EXPERIMENTS HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES OF UNIVERSAL
BASIC INCOME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
>> I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA,
LIZ.
THERE'S ALREADY A UNIVERSAL
BASIC INCOME, IT'S CALLED
NOTHING, OKAY?
IF YOU DON'T WORK, YOU GET
NOTHING.
AND MOREOVER, IF YOU DON'T WORK,
YOU SHOULD GET NOTHING.
OKAY?
THE ECONOMY IS GROWING, NOT IN
PLACES LIKE STOCKTON THANKS TO
DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS
SEGMENT, THE ONE RUNNING DOWN
THE MILITARY.
BUT PEOPLE NEED TO WORK.
PEOPLE NEED TO GO OUT AND
SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
WE CAN'T SUPPORT EVERYBODY WITH
A FEW SCRAPS FROM THE TABLE OF
THE RICH FOLKS LIVING ON THE
THIS IS SILLINESS.
STOCKTON ALMOST WENT BANKRUPT
WITH, LIZ.
ELIZABETH: YEAH.
>> A TOWN ALMOST WENT BANKRUPT,
AND NOW THEY WANT TO GIVE FREE