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Hidden message. it is a democratic message. the message is medicaid, social security, universal health care. they are de facto constitutional rights. when he compares those policies to the constitution and he makes them equivalent, hes saying this is a constitutional right. thats part of the democratic philosophy. >>brian: hes saying people dont understand it. other people look at it and say it doesnt work. its impossible to understand. for example, what we talked about yesterday with the indivi...

10, grab them, keep them in the school, sustain them in the school, give them much more support because many of the kids are poor, come from single-parent homes. if thats what you want to do, if that is part of what you want to do for new york city, how do you afford it? >> ive called for a tax on the wealthiest new yorkers, folks who make a half million or more. its a modest tax but it would make all the difference in the world when it comes to early childhood education, it would guarantee all ...

Note the federal government has reached the same conclusion, this isnt working. thats why the attorney general two days ago made a great reversal of this kind of arbitrary crackdown. so this is passe. it just doesnt work. >> i dont know if you can say it just doesnt work. its not proven. >> its also not working. >> there are statistics showing it is working. >> but it doesnt have to stop. the policy just has to be done right and then you may still have those arrests but you dont have the discrim...

Youve been in it for over three decades. you heard zachary carter say you cant arrest and incarcerate your way to public safety. do you agree with that? and if so, why, and give me your experiences on that. >> you know, i agree 100%. most of this is focused around our drug policies, a drug war which we know doesnt work, and weve made thousands upon thousands of arrests as a result of these policies. and its actually counterproductive to public safety. you know, our institutions, our correctional...

Violence in a society of violence within our prisons. and, you need to say, okay, what are many so of the contributing factors? one of the contributing factors is overcrowding. another thing we cant afford to have the overcrowding. you say, can rehabilitation work for a non-violent offender who has some bags of pot and it will not work certainly for a rape it or a murderer most likely, that is something that he needs to do and rightly some he is not blaming the system. he is looking what doesnt ...

Youre getting into it. >> im hanging out with academics and what is he talking about? >> hes talking -- >> what hes saying is when he tried to cut costs at the "tribune" and "l.a. times," it was like talking to a brick wall. >> i dont hang out with academics and drink tea and -- >> yes, you do. >> listen, newspapers are a horrible business. thats the bottom line. it is a very tough business. you know, there are costs for printing. this is the worst business in the world. and, you know, and heres...

>> hanging out with academics? >> neil: when you try to cut costs at the tribune and "l.a. times", it was like talking to a brick wall? >> print journalism and wall street, i dont hand out academics. >> neil: yes you do. >> the newspapers is horrible business. its a very tough business. there are costs for printing. this is the worst. here is the problem. online model doesnt work as a pay model. >> neil: dagen, what he was saying, he owns the post, but in fact journalists who have to make cuts o...

Them. it doesnt work in a socialist system, doesnt work in france, doesnt work here. the government just needs to do something other than say were going to take care of everybody. >> all right. okay. thanks, guys. and thank you, jehmu for joining us. up next, three months later and the clock is still ticking on getting to the bottom of the irs targeting scandal. someone here says times up, theres only one thing left to do. and later on cashing in. well, no reporters asked the president about h...

Institution. theres money to be made in it. >> well, look, "washington post" is a different model than it will "wall street journal." maybe thats the difference. maybe rupert murdoch has figured out how to monetize this. >> still cant make money. >> would you give this dog a bone? that would be me and my bone here and say there might be money to be made. not always being left wing balancing it out. >> i think theres money to be made if youre doing good journalism. and unfortunately, i think nobo...

It can be her choice where she chooses to be child free or experience infer dellitiy and she could be working or hasnt found the right partner and we can all relate to that in our lives. i dont have children either and i think a lot of times, you do get the questions which i find from a personal perspective, i find that, really, i know they are trying to be nice and trying to ask the question, do you think it is in your future? it is a hilo personal thing and the person asking the question doesn...