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>> neil: on top of the $5 trillion that's been spend. that money adds up, right? >> the $3 trillion was under donald trump. most of that money -- look at the $175 billion compared to the $5 trillion. that will not -- that will push inflation. that money is going to help with lowering child care costs, going to help with giving people lost cost of taking care of the elderly. i think they're long-term investments that will help the working and middle class and long overdue. you pay less if you're in the working class or middle class with these policies. >> neil: that would be a first if that hap...

Decade, we had losses of about $175 billion. this is from the world meteorological organization, as a result of extreme weather. fast forward to 2010, 2019 and we've seen more extreme weather since then, and it was approximately $1.83 trillion. $1.8 trillion. so we're seeing far more damage, part of that is bigger population, greater density, higher assets. but we are also just being struck more by bad events. in fact, we now see four to five times more extreme events than we did in the 1970s. >> so what should we be doing? that's the question in front of us right now. we're talking about budg...

Can finish negotiations. this is a complex bill that involves several committees, lot of very tough issues because we've got to resolve them between us first. again, we're meeting today. 11 democrats, 11 republicans are working on this. we're moving as fast as we can. dana, think about it. when we came together with the general framework agreement, it was decided that we would then get into the details. we have had one week of legislative session since then for a bill that, as you indicated earlier, is over a ten-year period, over $1 trillion. over a five-year period, it's $175 billion. it mak...

Can live with a shred of dignity. that's not a lot of money. now, i went to walmart in bettenville, arkansas, to make this point. that the family that owns walmart is the walton family. as you may know, dana, the walton family is the wealthiest family in america. they are worth $175 billion. $175 billion. they should be able to pay their workers a living wage, at least $11 an hour. and now you have the absurd situation that because they have a starting minimum wage in walmart of $11 an hour, you have many thousands of walmart employees who are forced to go on medicaid, food stamps, and public ...

Dignity. i went to walmart to make this point, that the family that owns walmart is the walton family. as you may know, the walton family is the wealthiest family in america. they are worth $175 billion, $175 billion. they should be able to pay their workers a living wage, at least $11 an hour. now you have the absurd situation that because they have a starting minimum wage in walmart of $11 an hour, thousands of walmart employees who are forced to go on medicaid, food stamps and public housing. guess who pays for that? it is the taxpayers of america. i don't think the ordinary taxpayer should...