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Much in the service of barack obama. it didnt do a lot to, to bring up other democrats. there were some disastrous mid-term elections. what were seeing now theres not a lot of seed corn in the democratic party. its starting organically over the last several months. barack obama has turned out to be a pretty generous phenomenon and it remains to be seen whether democrats can get that going again. i think at this point the rolling news and the rolling story can be a distraction. >> they can be les...

Because of certain industry short comings but weve learnly seen steady economic growth since we moveded to a free trade economy in the united states. >> does the pain come up front? because president trumps ardent supporters are those angry forgottencans who we say ll b hur but they continue to support him. >> i think the cynical gamble there is you can -- you can run this play a long time before the damage you create catches up. we see this with authoritarian rulers all over the world. they des...

Economic growth so it will be a vicious cycle that were setting ourselves in. it will always squeeze out investment. you were just talking about infrastructure. thats a perfect example. by the time we get done paying the interest on our higher rates and higher amounts of debt, were not going to have the resources to invest in our future. were going to eat our own seed corn. and think about what that will mean for our security, for our competitiveness. we are on a trajectory that is contradictory...

Between now and when we get tax reform done. we are doing tax reform. tax reform is going to happen. do you know why tax reform is going to happen? because it has to happen. america has the worst tax code in the industrialized world. it is killing economic growth. it is driving companies to become foreign companies. more and more and more, u.s. companies are going to leave this country because of our tax laws, or get bought by foreign companies and we will lose our seed corn, our employers. we w...

Off. youre going to report 150 stories on tax reforms fate between now and when we get tax reform done. we are doing tax reform. its going to happen. do you know why its going to happen? because it has to happen. america has the worst tax code in the industrialized world. it is killing economic growth. it is driving companies to become foreign companies. more and more and more u.s. companies are going to leave this country because of our tax laws or get bought by foreign companies and we will lo...

Ourselves at a more competitive playing field so american businesses and jobs can compete. if we as american workers and businesses are putting ourselves on a level competitive playing field well do great. and that is not what our current tax system is today. now, tariffs are different than border taxes. tariffs are something the president has unilateral authority. in congress we have tax reform. we want tax reform that works for american businesses and jobs and i cant tell you how many hearings...

So what were not going to do is to if accept a budget that shortchanges or long-term requirements for new technologies for readiness. were not going to eat our seed corn by devoting too much money on things we dont need now and robbing ourselves the capacity to make sure were prepared for future threats. ive worked very closely with the chairman and the members of the joint chiefs of staff to develop a budget that is realistic and that looks out for the future and says this is how were going to ...

Is the corporations to give more money essentially to them and much less money is being spent on things corporations used to spend money on like research and development, new technology expansion. the figures are clear that more money is going to investors and ultimately its coming from workers and the kind of things corporations did. >> so i tweeted out that column that you wrote and my question was, is the u.s. eating its seed corn? the very things -- corporations used to make a lot of money, ...

The stock market just to live on. theyve taken their savings and are eating their seed corn. thats what you have saving for. >> so david, when we talk about the wage gap and how important that is to our economy. that all plays into this, too, because people dont have this, as john said, so much money in their pocket to invest in anything besides housing and food. >> thats right. so middle class, people at the middle of the middle class, median hasnt gone up much the past decade. those people don...

Most on the fact that we arent where we need to be in terms of preventing too big to fail. you had an event with sheila bair and senator sherrod brown. what came out of that? why are we still here? >> well, a consensus across political lines, which is always a good thing, and a very, very, i think, helpful discussion about the road ahead on too big to fail. so if you stop to imagine, we need a healthy financial sector in order to get capital. the seed corn of our existence to the innovators and ...