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Rid of the red tape that makes it so impossible for businesses to be in that business because they don't want to spend ten years working on permits and so you can increase the speed at which you can get the permits done. then you have more private companies willing to get into the act. >> private companies will get into the act if they can make a return on their investment. what is the cost when you take the return on equity, north of 15%, as opposed to government money which is probably 3, 4, 5%. so you have a cost differential there. yes, he proposes taking the dulles airport, privatizing th...

Going to follow through on trying to do things, and if he is, i am going to on there. >> okay, let me ask you this, though, you and your husband before you have thought about this hard. the idea that if you put tariffs on countries that export goods to the united states, and you try and keep these factories running at a higher degree than they're running, goods could get more expensive for americans. bottom line is things made by people who earn less money are cheaper to buy here in america. what's your answer to that? >> you know, you are right that i'm spending a whole lot of time thinking a...

I'm very worried about a sector of our economy that has been under fire. i come from southwestern pennsylvania. the heart of the steel country. the heart of manufacturing. and it's been devastated because we are uncompetitive. 30 years ago, we were devastated because business and labor didn't understand global competitiveness. and they made a lot of mistakes. they weren't prepared for it, we lost a lot of jobs. that's not what's happening now. our productivity gains, our labor force, they're doing their job. they're being competitive but they're running into a stiff headwind called government....

I'm very worried about a sector of our economy that has been under fire. i come from southwestern pennsylvania. the heart of the steel country. the heart of manufacturing. and it's been devastated because we are uncompetitive. 30 years ago, we were devastated because business and labor didn't understand global competitiveness. and they made a lot of mistakes. they weren't prepared for it, we lost a lot of jobs. that's not what's happening now. our productivity gains, our labor force, they're doing their job. they're being competitive but they're running into a stiff headwind called government....

>> -- to zero it out for manufacturers and processors. which is what i do. because we are at 20% cost differential with our nine top trading partners on average. and that 20% cost differential, that is excluding labor costs. so it is government taxation, eliminating the corporate tax gets rid of a big chunk of that. it's regulation. this administration is on track. i think it's congressional research service, they look at regulations and they price the highest cost, ones over $100 million. and bush and clinton, there were 60 on average per year under those two administrations. last year under ...