the key, nobody in washington was ever punished for it. the people who planned it went on to even better jobs. one of them is now our national security advisor, john bolton. five years after the iraq war, our economy collapse. remember that? the subprime meltdown? the specific causes were complex but the themes were instantly recognizable. the greed and stupidity and yet, once again, no one was ever punished. now, fast forward another 11 years to today, right now america stands on the brink of yet more foolish foreign entanglements and on the break of potentially another financial bmeltdown. why is that? because nobody in washington has learned anything. and why would they learn anything? when they scrub, there are never any consequences. it is skate by on the unusual mixture of aggression and b.s. s nothing to see here. keep moving. imagine for a second what would happen if you ll let your kids act like that. well, they would be in prison by now.et time to stop the
the key, nobody in washington was ever punished for it. the people who planned it went on to even better jobs. one of them is now our national security advisor, john bolton. five years after the iraq war, our economy collapse. remember that? the subprime meltdown? the specific causes were complex but the themes were instantly recognizable. the greed and stupidity and yet, once again, no one was ever punished. now, fast forward another 11 years to today, right now america stands on the brink of yet more foolish foreign entanglements and on the break of potentially another financial meltdown. why is that? because nobody in washington has learned anything. and why would they learn anything? when they scrub, there are never any consequences. it is skate by on the unusual mixture of aggression and b.s. nothing to see here. keep moving. imagine for a second what would happen if you ll let your kids act like that. well, they would be in prison by
it s funny. i m a recovering alcoholic. when i was sober six months, i was reading a boring best seller. i thought i could write a better book. i sat down, a year later, i started writing. this being the fourth one now out in july, it was just something that i felt compelled to do. dana: it s a very fast book. you can t put it down. if you re looking for a beach read, rules of war is one. in the 40 seconds we have left, you chose to write about venezuela. it s very timely. i know. it s fascinating. i started plotting this out two years ago. i write a series so all the characters dana: logan west. absolutely. dana: good name. thank you. and this one i wanted to set in a chaotic country, so i picked venezuela as i watched the country s economy collapse and crumble. dana: it s like you were prophetic. yeah. most importantly, i hope people enjoy the books. dana: you can follow him on
without the 2008 bailout the u.s. was possibly days away for from a complete meltdown. despite that, you voted against it. as president would you stand by your principal? i remember that very well. i remember it like it was yesterday. hank paulson, bernanke came in and say, guys, the economy is going to collapse because wall street is going under and is going to take the economy with them. you know what i said to hank paulson? i said, hank, your guys, your millionaire and billionaire friends caused this problem, how about your millionaire and billionaire fans paying for the bailout, not working families in this country. so, no, i would not have let the economy collapse. but it was wrong to ask the middle class to bail out wall street. by the way, i want wall street now to help kids in this country go to college free with a wall street speculation tax. we ll talk about that in a minute.
riszinged the country s financial stability? no, i would not let the economy collapse. do you think taxpayers should pick up the tab for wealthy children? every kid in the country should be able to get a high school education regardless of the income of their family. i think we have to say that is truf for everybody going to college. senator sanders plan to expand social security to make medicare available to all americans. is that something you would support? i would focus on helping those people who need it the most. carly fiorina argues if the government requires paid leave, it will force small businesses to hire fewer people and create fewer jobs. and i think this is typical republican fair tactics. even people who agree with