that cost $50 a semester and i got a chance to be a public school teacher, a chance to be a college professor, and a chance to be a united states senator because america invested in that opportunity. i believe in investing in opportunities for our kids. i think that's how we build a future in this country and i'm out there and willing to fight for it. >> to voters who look at the economy, see it booming, credit the president's tack cuts for that, i'm wondering what you have to say. have the tax cuts had a positive effect on the economy? >> oh, look, giving away a trillion and a half dollars to corporations, to billionaires, to the wealthy and well-connected while young people are struggling with student loan debt, while families can't have prescriptions filled, while infrastructure crumbles around us, that's not how we build a