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But first, for those of you who have been on the edge of your seat,
senator and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has finally
unveiled her economic vision. And if she is elected and she gets her way,
you can kiss good-bye the prosperity and the economic opportunity that we
Americans have enjoyed since the Reagan years. And buckle up for some good
old-fashioned socialism.
In her speech at the Manchester School of Technology in New Hampshire,
Clinton said that we need to do away with President Bush`s ownership
society and try a more touchy-feely flower power one instead.
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CLINTON: It`s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the
few, by the few and for the few. Time to reject the idea of an on- your-
own society and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared
prosperity. I prefer a "we`re all in it together" society.
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BECK: Oh, boy. Blood`s going to shoot out of my eyes. Mary Matalin is here
with us.
How are you, Mary?
MARY MATALIN, CONSERVATIVE STRATEGIST: From each, according to his
ability, to each according to his needs. ( Karl Marx quote )
BECK: That is craziness.
MATALIN: This was crazy when we were kids. It`s not -- I don`t understand
this. I don`t understand. Progressive means going back.
BECK: To what?
MATALIN: Backward looking economic policy. And Obama this week, too, came
out with it, redistribution kind of health care, command and control,
government centered. Who do they think they`re speaking to?
BECK: I don`t -- I don`t really know, because Americans are buying it.
Here we are, we`re moving closer and closer to -- yes, we`re moving closer
and closer to socialized...
MATALIN: Who`s buying that?
BECK: ... medicine, while Europe is running away from it and trying to
downsize. We`re -- we`re starting to tout this, like it`s a good idea.
MATALIN: We`re not. We`re not. You know why? No one`s going to buy
rationalized health care here.
BECK: I hope not.
MATALIN: There`s not -- no -- no Republicans are proposing it. The bigger
picture here is all the -- all of our friends in the mainstream press
think all the energy and all is suddenly on the Democratic side.
We have a wonderful competitive field that`s growing larger by the minute,
which will make it even better. This is a centrist country, and we know
how we become prosperous. The Dow is at an all-time high. Today, S&P at an
all-time high.
BECK: But you know what? Here`s what kills me, is people -- people say
it`s compassion to -- to redistribute wealth, to move it around. They say
all these -- all these big -- for instance, you say who`s -- who`s a big
artist that is really compassionate. It would be U2. U2 actually has all
of their music licensing done in Amsterdam. All of the rights are held in
Amsterdam, because they have a corporate tax rate of 1.5.
MATALIN: Thank you. That`s another thing that`s in her speech. Let`s tax
corporations more. We are the second highest corporate taxed country in
the world. This is why business move overseas. They`re about to resurrect
two other Democrats. The problem is outsourcing. Of course, we insource so
many more thousands of jobs. And the outsourcing businesses would stay
here if we had a better tax structure for them.
BECK: I don`t understand. Here are the same people on both sides of the
aisle that don`t want to do anything about the border, that we want -- at
least companies want the borders open so we can -- we can have a global
economy. And yet, they want to tax us more here. Well, what the hell are
these companies going to do? They`re going to go to another country.
MATALIN: They -- they -- you know what? But I do blame CEOs for not
sticking up for themselves. People feel guilty. Explain this to me, my
friend. I aspired to be rich and wealthy when I was growing up in the
steel mills in the south side of Chicago. Why do people, when they make
it, feel guilty about achieving the success and the wealth? And why do
they allow their salaries to be compared to a worker`s salary?
They should compare their salaries, their compensation, to the thousands
of employees. Each employee times all the others. That`s the wealth that
they`re creating. And then that -- those people are paying taxes, which is
creating public wealth.
BECK: You know what here? No one understands. You know, when -- when we
were back in the robber baron years, when it was the Carnegies and the
Rockefellers and, you know, Standard Oil and everything else, most people
that were wealthy, it was inherited wealth.
Now, the vast majority were poor, or relatively poor. And they made it
themselves. I think it`s -- it`s up over 70 percent of the people who are
wealthy started out with nothing. Bill Gates -- Bill Gates started in his
Dad`s garage. And look at how many people he`s employed.
Look how many -- look at what he`s created. That should be penalized?
MATALIN: Well, those to whom it is happening quickest today, by virtue of
the information age technology that increased productivity, are women,
minorities, small business owners. That`s the greatest growth sector in
our country. What a testament to our founders and freedom and
entrepreneurship and opportunity, quality of opportunity.
What the Democrats continue to believe, in addition to command and control
and redistribution economic system, is a demand for equality in outcome.
And therefore, only the government can do that, by redistribution, by
dependence programs, so we can all be assured of mediocrity instead of
those of us who can seize an opportunity can excel in a country like this.
BECK: You know, everybody forgets the one word, the pursuit of happiness.
Everybody wants happiness, and they forget about -- and we`re not promised
that. You`re promised you can pursue it.
Mary, great. Great to have you on.
MATALIN: You`re so handsome. Love the show.
BECK: How true it is.
MATALIN: You talk about your new book coming out?
BECK: No, I haven`t. Not yet.
All right. Coming up. Who can possibly replace Rosie O`Donnell on "The
View"? I`ll tell you who`s in the running and who actually has a chance to
get a seat at the table.
And think of all the airport security that is making you safer. You better
think again. Terrorists are taking dry runs on our airlines, and nothing
really is being done about it. Don`t miss it, tonight`s "Real Story" next.
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