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The well connected. look at the to stock market, lo at the confidence numbers, look at the great achievements, the regulatory reform. isis is all but gone. >> every decision should be looked at in terms of its conceptual base and in terms of its impact. they don't like it on wall street at all when it comes to tariffs. >> thank you, christopher, and good luck on your new show as well. >> you're always welcome on my show. >> don't tell people that there are issues of public service. >> don't tell people that things aren't true. >> i only said that the tax cuts did pass, we're going to talk abou...

Taxpayers paid for these things and the businesses used to get successful. i paid to do that. fine. >> andrea: the ones you're citing. i'm talking about examples, greg, like the small business owners that doesn't take the handout, the subsidy or the booster, the one that comes to work every day risk and goes to debt and works every weekend -- nuclear's not what obama cited. >> andrea: that is exactly what he said. no, he's not. >> greg: i forgot what the question was. here is the thing. that clip of obama talking, i think i have officially seen that more times than the infamous chocolate on th...

Things like that, consumer confidence, those numbers are not great right now. what are the trends you guys look at on "squawk box" and cnbc. >> we look at the confidence numbers, and those don't reflect positively. oddly enough and it comes back -- i'll say it over and over again. the ceos you talk to over and over again, their companies are not falling off a cliff the way you'd expect them to. the question becomes, what are they doing with the earnings? and unfrortunately, they're not investing in new plants and equipment, what they're doing is hoarding the cash or buying back their stock or ...