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>> joining us to discuss this is the conservative millennial, you think this will make the entitlement problem of the younger generation in this country worse. >> i do and offering a 2-year community college degree is better than plunging a four your regular college degree but lets not be naïve, they made their intentions clear, they want all college tuition free for any american the matter what. republicans put forward a bill that would relieve taxpayers of $15 billion, bernie sanders and alex...

The socialist message in the last campaign actually won. they activated all these young people and if only bernie had been the democratic nominee he would have beaten donald trump. whats your message to bernie sanders and his supporters? >> if it aint broke, dont fix it we have a lot of things in america that need to be fixed. we have income inequality. we have generational theft. we have got to deal with the entitlement problem. we can do a whole lot better in terms of bringing everybody to the...

To be rewarded for their efforts like any other american? >> well, these are all legitimate questions. theyre questions that we have dealt with in trying to work through this issue. the bottom line is, we need to change the systems that youre talking about where theyre sound. social security and medicare are literally on the drink of failure. >> what if they pay in? >> well, they probably are. probably theyre employer is paying in and were still in trouble. but the facts of the case are that the...

Reasons why this tax reform effort is so difficult. heres the thing i would say as an economist. its not good for the long-term health of our economy when the tax code tilts the playing field so that you have more investment in housing and less investment in business. thats where we get the jobs and the higher wages. >> neil: i thought about it. like doubling the standard deduction, thats part of housing. thats a benefit. besides the difference ill say with the national association of home build...

Into the speakers race. he really does want to go and focus on the kind of reforms that hes been working on formerly as budget chairman now. to fix the tax code in this country and solve the entitlement problem, theres a lot he wants to do. unfortunately, washington, as you know, that dynamic with having barack obama and the white house unwilling to work over the last several years, you know, im not so sure how much is going to change as far as results are concerned but paul is going to be very ...

Can make this case. he made the case against government employee unions better than anyone. he made the case for reform. i think the second part of it though is that it didnt go that far in new jersey and theres a question here. this is a start at what hes talking about but to be clear, what hes saying now, hes talking about raising the retirement age a few years, hes talking about means testing social security benefits. >> which means that well-to-do retirees get fewer benefits. >> right. >> in...

But herself and entitled to the office. i think thats a huge mistake. >> i dont feel like the entitlement problem is one that democrats will necessarily react to. democrats above a certain age are used to the notion she was the first lady she was the secretary of state. shes larger than life to many democrats. i think, though again the details of what she did and why she did it what might be contained within the e-mails, the substance of it is what is going to matter. all though it wont necessar...

Months ago with senator murray. paul is a serious guy that understands that growth and getting tax rates right is the most important thing to grow the pie so that we can do the things that are important for the country. and unfortunately there is not enough engagement on the other side for paul ryan -- >> but even on his side, jimmy, paul ryan has not found a lot of republicans to agree with him to go out on a limb to say we have the entitlement problem. and what hes proposed is hardly draconian...

Years. it is true that the personnel budget has been exploding. it has been growing faster than anything else. and secretary hagel has a problem, if he doesnt cap it, bend that curve, were going to end up with our department of defense and the social services and health care organization that occasionally fights wars. so we have to put a cap on it. the real problem that you have suggested is that were capping the entitlements of this 1% who have sacrificed, and we dont have the courage to take o...