THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE MIDDLE CLASS IS GETTING KILLED AND THE
POOR HAVE NO WAY UP.
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
CHUCK. >> MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, I WANT TO
GET YOU IN ON THIS.
IN 2000 YOU WROTE AN AWARD
WINNING ESSAY.
WINNING ESSAY. YOU PRAISED SENATOR SANDERS.
YOU SPECIFICALLY PRAISED HIM FOR
EMBRACING SOCIALISM.
EMBRACING SOCIALISM. YOU HAVE NOW SINCE SAID THAT YOU
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS
POLICIES.
BUT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS. ARE YOU OUT OF TOUCH WITH YOUR
OWN GENERATION, MILLENNIALS BY A
BIG CHUNK EMBRACE HIS VERSION OF
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM. YOU DO NOT.
ARE YOU OUT OF TOUCH WITH YOUR
GENERATION?
GENERATION?
>> NO. LOOK, ITS TRUE THAT I WAS INTO
BERNIE BEFORE IT WAS COOL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HE WAS A CONGRESSMAN AT THE
TIME.
TIME. THE QUALITIES I ADMIRED THEN ARE
QUALITIES I STILL RESPECT A
GREAT DEAL. I NEVER SAID THAT I AGREE WITH
EVERY PART OF HIS POLICY VIEWS
THEN OR NOW.
BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AT LEAST
HES STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONEST
ABOUT THEM.
ABOUT THEM. HES HONEST ABOUT THE FACT THAT
TAXES WILL GO UP ON ANYBODY
MAKING MORE THAN $29,000 TO FUND
HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN.
ALTHOUGH AGAIN A LITTLE BIT
VAGUE ABOUT HOW THE REST OF
THAT --
THAT -- >> YOURE NOT BEING HONEST.
THE PREMIUMS SHOULD BE
ELIMINATED.
ELIMINATED. >> BUT YOURE STILL RAISING
THOSE TAXES.
THOSE TAXES. >> BUT WERE SAVING PEOPLE MONEY
BECAUSE THEY DONT PAY ANY
PREMIUMS OUT-OF-POCKET, CO-PAYS
OR DEDUCTIBLES.
OR DEDUCTIBLES. >> WHERE IS THE OTHER $25
TRILLION SUPPOSED TO COME FROM?
AT A CERTAIN POINT YOUVE GOT TO
DO THE MATH.
>> ITS A PAYROLL TAX.
>> EVEN AFTER THE PAYROLL TAX
YOU STILL HAVE A HOLE.
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE A WEALTH TAX.
ELIZABETH HAS A GOOD ONE.
OURS IS A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER ON
MR. BLOOMBERG THAN HERS.
WERE GOING TO RAISE IT IN A
PROGRESSIVE WAY WHICH DEALS WITH