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Nice to see you, sir. appreciate it. this is the problem with an agency come a problem with policies or a problem with neither and democrats just seem to be wanting to find a wage issue. >> i think there are issues with the agency because it was originally set up after 9/11 to catch terrorists and that conflicts with the mission being used to do now. i think it is probably a political loser for the democrat to focus on that. they probably should be focusing on the policy. you know, we can argue about illegal immigration, but really, we need to look at a wider -- the issue more widely. we need ...

Right now. by the way, why is that the case? take it out of a partisan context. explain it to me as a guy who would like to know, why are wages not popping? >> at 3.9%, you would expect wages to be higher than the 2.6% increase we've had. in part, there is much more slack in the labor market than we've had in the past. frankly, i think we're starting to see the economy maybe not being what we always thought it was. whether it's globalization or automation, the economy is just different at this point. but i will say more broadly to your point, the fact that the president's approval ratings are ...

Had. in part, i think we're starting to see there's much more slack in the labor market than we've had in the past. and we're starting to see the economy maybe not being what we always thought it was and whether it's because of globalization or automation, the economy is just different at this point. but i will say more broadly to your point, the fact that the president's approval ratings are mired in the lower 40s shows that the economy does matter. but people want a president whose values reflect theirs. the economy will provide ultimately less of a boost to him than perhaps it has to other ...

Maybe cold medication, right? and we'll sell cold medication and we've got to build a factory to make the cold medication. we'd look around the country, try to find a spot where there are a lot of available workers and locate our factory there. when we do that, there will be a lot of people there that will get a job. >> why would a company do that? it's still going to be cheaper in china or other places like that. you've not solving the wage issue. you're actually saying they're going to pay them even more than they're paying them right now. >> right now there are a lot of factors that encoura...

The right, economists on both sides of the aisle agree the corporate tax is a burden shared by the employees of the company and the consumers of those products. >> senator cantwell? >> thank you for that question. you have hit on the centerpiece of what this discussion should be about tonight. just like repeal health care, reform tax cuts, it's like a moniker that they want to put up, but the substance is wrong. and that is on the point you just made. most people will tell you that this money, 75% of of it at least, will go to dividends and shareholders. what we have in america is a wage issue...