alexander hamilton said when people drink too much they doing this they regret. >> alexander hamilton right drunk edgeness often leads to bad behavior. there was a which is tee rebellion against that. i think a government would be better if it ks at thatted everything but consulting adults a -- consenting adults are agreeing. >> there was a tax on tea. colonial protestors protested taxes on teas but not quite on slaves in the same way. >> moving to present day after the newtown tragedy, newtown lawmaker proposed a sin tax on violent video games. >> even though there is no serious research that shows playing violent games cause it. >> not even serious research. >> scapegoating goes on. when there's a problem throw a law or throw a tax at it. video gamers are demonized group. >> colorado is excited about the money they will get from marijuana. >> that is the upside of sin taxes cash strapped governments always want more revel new. they are willing to say something like maybe it's not such a bad thing that adults can legally smoke pot instead of going on the tax market. people are happy

alexander hamilton said whenn people drink too much, theyn often do things they regret.y >> right.t is one of the very few things i think that everybody will agree.yo alexander hamilton was right drunk and it often leads to bad behavior. there was also a whiskey rebellion against that and it didn't stamp it out, but it'st y clear that the -- i think ald government would be better if it taxed everything equally, as long as we're talking about activities or goods that consenting adults are freely choosing. >> researching this you found there was a tax on importing slaves?a >> yeah. it was an excise tax, just like there was on tea. it's kind of disturbing that colonial protesters protested taxes on tea, but not quite on slaves in the same way. >> moving to present day,s after the newtown tragedy. law maker proposed a sin tax on violent video games. >> even though there is absolutely no serious research that shows playing violent video games -- >> not even not violent. much more in japan where therei. is less crime. s >> this underscores the kind ofg scapegoating that goes on when ther

alexander hamilton in the united states.the united states always oppose free-market because he didn't have enough technological progress, etc. once he got all this and he did the most efficient economy in the world, well, now he preaches a free-market. but if that were true, well, now mexico would be a developed country. a mode for almost 20 years of free market with united states and canada and that is not true at all. >> why do most people look at mexico and think it is now the best and most effective economy in all of latin america? >> mexico? >> who has a better economy than mexico in latin america? >> ecuador. according to the economic commission of latin america for the united nations, ecuador is the leader in releasing inequality in the region, one of the three countries reducing poverty. >> so if i were to say to you or would you say to me, if you want to see the future of what government can do, come to ecuador? >> well, no, we have done a lot of mistakes. but at least our people know very well that they have power.

>> alexander hamilton in the states, all the united states traditionally opposed free market because he didn't have enough technological products, et cetera. once he got all this and it is the most efficient economy in the world, well, now, it preach as free market. but if that were true, well, now mexico would be a developed country. almost 20 years of market with the united states, and that is not true at all. >> charlie: why do most people look at mexico and think it now has the best and most effective economy in all of latin america? >> mexico? >> charlie: mexico. who has a better economy than mexico in latin america? >> ecuador. >> charlie: really? according to the economic commission for latin america in the united nations, ecuador is reducing equality in the region, one of three countries reducing poverty. >> charlie: if you want to see the future of what the government can do, come to ecuador? >> well, no, we've done a lot of mistakes, but at least our people know very well that they have the power, that we are acting in order to serve then, that now ecuador is a sovereign co

one of his kicker alexander hamilton is on death row.is accomplice was sentenced to life without parole. now they are weighing on whether to reduce his sentence because she was 17 when he committed the crime. >> i will leave that up to god. >> a ruling on moffett's sentence is expected this june or july. >>> a multimillion drug trafficking ring in santa clara county has been dismantled by local and federal law enforcement. 18 people are in custody and one of them is this man. who also goes by the main blanco. he believes he's a high ranking cartel member and responsible for millions of dollars in illegal drug sales. [ inaudible ] >> and so it events the supply side of narcotics. >> now this investigation which is called operation five degrees started in 2012. the officers say they seized meth, cocaine, heroin, weapons and thousands of dollars in cash. many of the suspects in custody are facing more than 20 years in prison if convicted. >>> former supreme court justice john paul stevens thinks the federal government should legalize mariju

i thought alexander hamilton and we can discussion whether he was constitutionally eligible, would getng about this tournament and talking about the bill nelson thing a minute ago, there's always these politicians that wish their political profiles included the had been president of the united states. i think ultimately with bill nelson, it bothers him -- it's always going to bother him that he was never governor of florida. the great florida democrats, lawton childs, bill graham with senators and governors and bill nelson is not going to have that. everybody's human. i think that's in the back of his head. >> that is a great point. maybe why the speculation continues and, chuck, you said there was a hunk ground swell of support for bobby kennedy yesterday. looks like you were right. would have been an interesting debate, though. bobby kennedy against ben franklin. that would have been one to tune into. >> oh, yes, it would have. fair enough. >> check, thanks so much. that was a lot of fun. time now for another number in today's data bank. 1,200. that's the number of followers secretar

c-span: which of the federalist papers writers -- john jay, james madison, alexander hamilton -- would you prefer to read? >> guest: well, i think madison wrote the papers that are now thought to be the most essential. jay wrote only three, but hamilton also contributed some good stuff. c-span: who's your favorite of the three? >> guest: well, the most important of those documents is the declaration, i believe. i think the federalist papers are the commentary on the constitution, which is really a way of effectuating the ideals of the declaration. this is one problem that wasps have. they are very good at thinking, but they only do it in bursts. there are lightening flashes of brilliance and then decades of darkness before the next one. the attitude is, "all right, we already thought of that. what's the good of keeping on thinking?" c-span: who are your favorite world figures? >> guest: world figures. well, i just came from a lunch addressed by margaret thatcher. she's no longer prime minister, but she was an awfully good one. c-span: what about in history? would you put her up there h

alexander hamilton a nation that prefers disgrace to danger is prepared forked for a master and deserves one. should moses have told the children to go to ahead rather than deal with the wilderness? are we to believe the people in history died in vein. he is saying step up and accept the risks and fight for freed. he loved the reading of tom pane. his favorite quote was we have the power to make the change. the battle against conservatism was able to do that. he told richard alan a few weeks after jimmy carter was inaugurated and alan came out here and he said dick my idea of foreign policy is simple: we win they lose. what do you think of that? and around would have thought you are crazy. you are going to defeat the empire and the soviet union? reagan thought he would do. lower taxes. reagan conservatives from a policy perspective most identify with lower taxes. and lower federal income taxes in particularly. and even more specifically the federal progressive graduated income tax. anybody know when the income tax was permanent in america? 1913. it is little over a hundred years old. pas

alexander hamilton a nation that prefers disgrace to danger is prepared forked for a master and deserves one. should moses have told the children to go to ahead rather than deal with the wilderness? are we to believe the people in history died in vein. he is saying step up and accept the risks and fight for freed. he loved the reading of tom pane. his favorite quote was we have the power to make the change. the battle against conservatism was able to do that. he told richard alan a few weeks after jimmy carter was inaugurated and alan came out here and he said dick my idea of foreign policy is simple: we win they lose. what do you think of that? and around would have thought you are crazy. you are going to defeat the empire and the soviet union? reagan thought he would do. lower taxes. reagan conservatives from a policy perspective most identify with lower taxes. and lower federal income taxes in particularly. and even more specifically the federal progressive graduated income tax. anybody know when the income tax was permanent in america? 1913. it is little over a hundred years old. pas

alexander hamilton said here the people govern. we are the people's representatives. and people are asking questions on why they as normal law-abiding citizens that had political beliefs, were being targeted. they deserve those answers. we are the people's representatives. thomas jefferson said when the people fear their government, there is t tyranny. when the government fears the people, there is liberty. how in the world can we reverse that to the point where the government does fear the people and have a nonelected bureaucrat targeted by the record, targeted individual citizens for their political beliefs and get away with it? how can we carry out the advice of thomas jemp and finally, mr. chairman, john adams said liberty lost once is liberty lost forever. we run that risk if an i.r.s. bureaucrat can strike fear in the hearts and minds and actions of people so they won't even use their first amendment liberties without worries that their names will be taken down. we have a problem. and that problem is a loss of liberty. so mr. chairman, i applaud you for continui

his teenage son attended a united methodists church of the resurrection lead by our friend alexander hamilt hamilton know during my inauguration he delivered the sermon and the prayer service at the cathedral. i was grateful for his presence, his words. he joined us at our breakfast last year and at the easter service for palm sunday last night he had to break this terrible news to his congregation. this occurred now as jews were preparing to celebrate passover as christians were observing palm sunday. making the tragedy all the more painful. today as passover begins, we are seeing a number of synagogues and jewish community centers with added security precautions. nobody should have to worry about their security when gathering. nobody should have to fear for their safety when they go to pray. as a government, we will provide whatever assistance is necessary to support the investigation. as americans were not only need to open our hearts the family of the victims, we needed to stand united against this kind of terrible violence, which has no place in society. we have to keep coming together across f

calls on it i think the founders would be astounded utterly standard to a man elbridge gary alexander hamilton george washington. james madison you name one of the founders that we know may be a standard we had introduced some bastard out every generation and we've we've just not used that clause properly it certainly should have been used against george w. bush if there was anyone who should have been impeached successfully removed from office it was george w. bush so in that vein the nature of those crimes in my view and i think we need that six thousand plus page report from the senate select committee i think we need to panetta report we need these things out so we can look at them as americans with that in mind i think president obama made a grave mistake in not doing something about the previous administration's high crimes and misdemeanors and if you were to draft that bill of impeachment what is specified i'd have to have those six thousand pages and then i think i'd have adequate material to frame those articles so we don't even know the full extent of i think the fright on john brenn