table. let s bring in our panel for that joke analysis. what did you guys think? i kind of liked it. he s a grand dad. we re done with ketchup. what did you think? i didn t know where he was going the first couple of words then when he was done, i mean, i love dogs. it was a dog joke. it s the delivery for you i think is what it is. moving on to very important matters here. michael, sources are telling cnn the democrats are actually worried you could have a younger republican in a primary race against trump and really defeat trump and that this is someone who would give joe biden a bigger run for his money. do you think that should be a concern? no. why? first of all, any reason has to go through a republican primary and not just any primary. a primary with donald trump. donald trump s also not the most loyal to the republican party. i think he s been a republican for a couple of years maybe, but if he were to lose, i can
wealthy and bring in the money that you are talking about, what damage do you do to the economy? you do a lot of damage to the economy. frankly, laura, i contest the view that you bring in $900 billion by raising taxes on the wealthy. i though you bring in more like $80 billion. that is hundred percent. the joke analysis. they are trying to point out the absurdity of it. that is not going to happen. you do not close this gap by taxing people. you close the gap by less spending and by growing the economy and you grow government revenues. ben stein is smart guy, why do you think he has gone down this road. it s a mindset, going after the rich and soaking the rich is going to be the panacea when we know that this out growth of the
wealthy and bring in the money that you are talking about, what damage do you do to the economy? you do a lot of damage to the economy. frankly, laura, i contest the view that you bring in $900 billion by raising taxes on the wealthy. i though you bring in more like $80 billion. that is hundred percent. the joke analysis. they are trying to point out the absurdity of it. that is not going to happen. you do not close this gap by taxing people. you close the gap by less spending and by growing the economy and you grow govnment revenues. ben stein is smart guy, why do you think he has gone down this road. it s a mindset, going after the rich and soaking the rich is going to be the panacea when we know that this out growth of the
wealthy and bring in the money that you are talking about, what damage do you do to the economy? you do a lot of damage to the economy. frankly, laura, i contest the view that you bring in $900 billion by raising taxes on the wealthy. i though you bring in more like $80 billion. that is hundred percent. the joke analysis. they are trying to point out the absurdity of it. that is not going to happen. you do not close this gap by taxing people. you close the gap by less spending and by growing the economy and you grow government revenues. ben stein is smart guy, why do you think he has gone down this road. it s a mindset, going after the rich and soaking the rich is going to be the panacea when we know that this out growth of the