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I saw some small appliances i liked. it's a lot of impulse purchases that happen. >> charles: there was a report out of the u.k., they did a study. over send 70% of people who worked there skipped bathroom breaks. they were afraid they would lose their jobs. the human side, someone has to pack the boxes. does it bother you? do you think that could ultimately hurt amazon? >> from a consumer standpoint, i am an amazon prime member and they do use amazon. we have to look at the type of company that amazon is versus a company like starbucks. this is something in line with -- it makes sense for ama...

I appreciate your expertise. >> thanks, charles. >> charles: now go to john barraso. i have to ask you about what just went down. is this a microcosm or a harbinger of things to come, not just in the automobile industry but in other industries? >> people love subsidies. the terms of corporations, they look for them all the time. i'm opposed to this up to 7,500 in subsidies for electric vehicles. i have a bill to eliminate it. general motors and tesla have a bill to actually give them an extension of the subsidies. we shouldn't subsidize vehicles. it's a mistake for taxpayers to be paying that ...

Some time. so, yes. but i would say that this is a purely local story of right now. we're going to have to see how this plays out naturally. but when you start to see demands for vehicles soften like that, most economists will take that into consideration and say there is some softening in demand. that said, poppy, consumer confidence is still high, and that's still driving a lot of spending from a consumer standpoint at this point. >> thank you for being there and reporting on the ground. appreciate it. protesters in alabama are demanding justice for an african-american man killed by a poli...

Forth, part of their political constituency group, and finding in america today more and more, i and you, are in the minority. when it comes to capitalism. we talk about free trade. we don't have free trade. i mean, freer trade and all of a sudden you are anti-american, you don't believe in fair play. what do you say to people like that? >> this whole idea of make america first, that is putting american consumers last. if you think of it from the consumer standpoint and politically, that's one of the dangers is that protectism sells in the political -- mark: it's an easy headliner. >> yeah. an...

Forth, part of their political constituency group, and finding in america today more and more, i and you, are in the minority. when it comes to capitalism. we talk about free trade. we don't have free trade. i mean, freer trade and all of a sudden you are anti-american, you don't believe in fair play. what do you say to people like that? >> this whole idea of make america first, that is putting american consumers last. if you think of it from the consumer standpoint and politically, that's one of the dangers is that protectism sells in the political -- mark: it's an easy headliner. >> yeah. an...