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Did they invest it? create more jobs? no. they just brought back their shares of stock, pumped up share prices, provide d more executiv pay to the top executives. this, weve done it and weve seen that there is no results. these big companies already have enough money. theyve never had as much money as they have right now. theyre hugely competitive. if they were going to make investments, if they needed to make them, they would make them already, but what are they doing with all their money even ...

Like infrastructure that directly helps americans. >> can i play what gary cohen said? he used the words trickle down. he says thats what it is rksz hes not ashamed to admit it. >> workers get paid more. workers have more disposable income. the workers spend more. we see the whole trickle down through the economy. thats good for the economy. >> steve, can you tell me why, if you give a corporation a tax break they would spend it on wages as oppose zed to executive pay or buybacks or dividends or...

Businesses, you dont have healthy jobs. if corporations are more profitable and they have more money, guess what, they will invest in more factories. >> steve, heres the big -- heres the big difference between steve and me. im looking at history, and the corporations have never done as well as they are doing now. they have huge profits, where are those profits going, theyre not going into wages, theyre going into executive pay and theyre going to shareholders, the top 1% of america has a huge pe...

Military, youve got just about every kind of power structure in america walking away -- >> not long ago the nations ceos were roasted for executive pay. and golden parachutes. now they are suddenly our moral arbiter. an interesting time in this country, indeed. okay, democrats pouncing on the president and republican leaders claiming hate groups have found a safe haven in the gop. dnc chairman tom perez sending a letter to his gop counterpart, romney mcdaniel, saying, "there is no denying that...

>> tucker: i guess what bothered me about it -- i think probably your macro view on this is probably right, not on trump but on trade, prosperity, et cetera. your analysis seemed to ignore the nature of the distribution of the wealth. one of the reasons trump was elected is because a small group of people got really rich during the obama years to come up with a middle-class language. you are seeing the same phenomenon across western europe. as of something that politicians need to address otherw...

Is probably right, not on trump but on trade, prosperity,ab et cetera. your analysis seemed to ignore the nature of the distribution of the wealth. one of the reasons trump was elected is because a small group of people got really rich durin. the obama years, but the middle-class languished. you are seeing the same phenomenon across western europe. isnt something that politicians need to address otherwise you will get political chaos?me is that something you need to factor in?ed >> thats absolut...

Equality, but there is a broader range of issues i have a long record of addressing. when i was in the senate i took on corporate executive pay. a lot of the abuses i thought were there. i took on these derivatives and credit default swaps that contributed to the collapse of the economy and the great recession. i stood up to wall street. i called them out. so i have a very long record. i have a broader agenda. its not the only thing i talk about because i think you have to view the quality of op...

Your money. european and asian shares are mixed. shanghai up 2%. u.s. stock futures are lower. this coming after stocks retreated on friday. the dow dropped 200 points. uncertain about the plan to raise interest rates and concern at the fed about global growth. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon could be fined. >> if you said to me would you pay 10% more. i have no personal problem with that at all. i understand i should pay more than my assistant pays. >> the top income tax rate is 39.6%. executive...

Throughout markets on friday and again overnight. jpmorgan chase jamie dimon said he would be fine paying more in taxes. here are his comments on sundays "meet the press." >> if you said to me would you pay 10% more, i would say i have no personal problem doing that at all. i understand. i should pay more than my assistant. >> the top income tax rate is 39.6%. executive pay and taxes are an issue on the campaign trail. bernie sanders is okay with bringing back a 90% tax rate on wealthy. somethin...

So instead of waiting on hold, well call you when things are just as wonderful... [phone rings] but a little less crazy. were doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. welcome back. were back with our panel. i want to talk about hillary clinton last week at nyu school of business. she made an economic speech and talked about short-termism versus long-termism and hitting on executive pay. what was your take ...