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Uphold, you know, the principles of this agency? >> this is the issue, the issue is who you define as the people. are the people -- the big banks, who have, you know, taken advantage of the poor and underbanked, who, you know, debt collectors who have taken advantage of people in trouble, or are you on the side of the working guy? you know, trying to make a living here. and trying to recognize that the people who have the least credit have the most problems, who have the biggest issues. and the fewest people fighting for them are those that this agency helps. it depends on who's side you're on...

Going on the endowments of private universities. that's something that's going to create static. all of the industry groups that have come out, the national federation of independent business has come out and said this bill doesn't do enough to help small business. all of these points of static are going to add as well as the competing priorities that jake outlined to make it very difficult for them to get this done by the end of the year. >> i just want to close this out by saying we all know president trump has said repeatedly that his goal with tax reform was to help the working guy, help t...

Spotlight for their use of private aircraft. how concerned are you that this is more than an isolated incident with tom price? >> i'm not saying what tom did was right, but i've known tom to be honest and hard working guy. the optics are not good and we want to be resourceful with every taxpayer dollar coming to washington d.c. this brings us to the point why we're trying to cut taxes. i think that people locally can spend money lot better than washington d.c. we kind of get lost. when we don't earn it, we don't appreciate it as much as those that earn the dollars and when washington d.c. gets...

Of ways, it is interesting. you can analyze it two ways. one way, the rest of the country has been subsidizing them because their states punish them. paul ryan made this point last night. your thoughts? >> first of all, let me come back to this. i would urge every republican in the country, just as i used to pull out the contract, pull out the paul ryan postcard and ask your constituents. here is the second thing, for most of the people in long island, by the way, maybe not you, you have done really, really well, but for most people, by the time you get to doubling the deduction, and to get to...

Do. i would settle for that by itself. none of the others. i love the death tax repeal. i like the lower rates and the other stuff as well. we're going to get it all. we're going to get repeal of healthcare, the aca. >> neil: all righty. let me tell you how i plan to lose 50 pounds. >> come on. >> neil: no, no. >> come on. i'm going to tell you i'm going to be 50 years younger. >> neil: there you go. thanks very much, my friend. art laffer. he's the one they want on board. he's the support they need. he is sort of like getting yoda behind you. they need yoda. a star wars reference there. >> yo...