so it makes me wonder whether we'll soon be seeing the ben stein lecture hall at his alma mater at yalewould that be a good or bad thing, ben? >> areat thing, but i don't think that yale will do it because they don't name halls for republicans. (laughter) >> adam, what do you think it is? >> republicans. you know, i think this is abou college sports which is already such a corrupt, money grubbing business. i say take the money, who cares? >> what do you think, charles? >> i agree with adam. take the money. >> neil: whoa, whoa, whoa. i think we have a fox news alert. come in handy. you agree with adam. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> thank you, charles. >> i do, too, and particularly if it prevents it from raising tuition. >> exactly, you hit on the key point, that invariably the idea, just in movie theaters they started the nonsense they were going to do commercials and contain ticket prices. it did not, you lying scum. and when has it ever been-- >> that's harsh. >> ben? >> that's too harsh. you know i'm right. >> too harsh. >> neil: and started commercials and the movie tickets are stil

the market looking so good, so good, ben stein is picking a stock.es pain in agreement and ben stein picking stocks, we're very v close to me eating vegetables. my insurance rates e probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands?

the market looking so good, so good, ben stein is picking a stock.es pain in agreement and ben stein picking stocks, we're very v close to me eating vegetables. my insurance rates e probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? >>. >> neil: all right, stocks are still higher. >> i love railroads so i will take csx, very well run railroad. i love it. >> neil: what about that. >> i love railroads even before warren buffett by i like tennessee wyoming more than that one. >> i'm for a company ultra salons, beauty salons and amazing company. the ceo left the company and got hit but amazing buying opportunity. >> neil: adam? >> i hated to doubt you, charles, but it sounds fadish to me. >> neil: what are you doing, adam? >> company called home away. they help people r

as promised, we have economist ben stein on the hot seat. there he is, with a salute.s appreciate it, ben, just want to remind everybody, ben has a book how to really ruin your financial life and portfolio. and that is something we all really want to avoid, ben. i'm going to launch into our viewer questions because they've been waiting. >> go for it. jenna: brian wants to know how do we get the middle class back? he's been working his whole life, he still can't afford his house. how does the middle class come back? >> one at a time. one job at a time. one additional degree, one additional skill. the government can't do it. we hear all kinds of politicians say the government's got to bring back the middle class. can't with done. the middle class has to get back there by itself. it's a very hard gig. we've been drastically affected by the global economy. there is no overall wand that can be waved by the government, but by dent of hard work and the thrift and persistence, people will get back into it if they're out of it, or they'll stay into it, or they'll even move up t

curious why ben stein is not here. we report.

curious why ben stein is not here. we report. >>. >> neil: what the chuck?harles payne is starting the year strong and three stocks to keep it rolling. what are you going to do? >> byod, bring your own device, every business got iphones and bring it and we'll have a system we can use it within our fire walls. this company makes it possible. green mont coffee they are still taking market share. starbucks didn't do so well. i like this major breakout. finally first sol on are a how i learned to love the bomb. i hate the way the government is doing this. they are going to pile so much money, this stock takes off big time. >> neil: what do you think of all of the above? >> i don't like going against charles when it comes to stock picking any time, but the one i love the most is first solar. i think solar

to ben stein and dagen mcdowell, along with adam lashinsky and gary k, more taxes? >> jumpy, mo yummy, more taxes course not. you hand it it to washington d.c. inefficient, ineffective and every program they've ever run is bankrupt and it's the worst possible thing to do and amazing to watch they said they'd only raise taxes on the so-called privileged few, but everybody got a payroll tax hike and unfortunately, we're hearing from reid, pelosi and unemployment still at 7.9% and we have yet to feel the effects of things to come. >> dagen, i've got to tell you, one way they think you can fix the economy, taxes, taxes, taxes, it's nuts. >> we got that cbo report this past week, 7 trillion dollar in additional deficit and factor in what that 600 billion dollars in tax hikes that the democrats did already push through and how does that balance things? but the point about baltimore is interesting because that's where this nation could possibly be headed. you continue to raise taxes and you don't cut spending and you wind up on the brink of bankruptcy, exactly where that c

and curious that ben stein is not here. we report. you decide.ill be our new senior social media strategists. any questions? since we make radiator valves wouldn't it be better if we just let fedex help us to expand to new markets? hmm gotta admit that's better than a few "likes." i don't have the door code. who's that? he won a contest online to be ceo for the day. how am i supposed to run a business here without an office?! [ male announcer ] fast, reliable deliveries worldwide. fedex.

ben stein and dagen mcdowell, adam, charlie and gary k. >> they should pay for every dime. the politicians didn't read the bill. the unions didn't read the bill. every time obama comes -- president obama comes out with something, they just back it no matter what, and all of a sudden they have an oops moment 'cause they realized oh, my costs go up, so please help me. i think the bottom line, they'll end up with some sort of exemption, some sort of subsidy and guess what? it will be on our backs as usual. >> i know, but it's kind of interesting, dagen, maybe expecting quid pro quo didn't happen. >> to gary's point, if they get these subsidies on top of -- these members already having health insurance, that just opens the door for handouts to anybody. will ultimately drive up the cost of this health care law even more. listen, this law was about expanding health insurance to people who didn't have it. well, union members, you have it. your costs go up. suck it up. that's the way it goes [ laughter ] >> you like that one, huh? >> charlie, they've got -- to dagen's point, they q

and curious that ben stein is not here. we report. you decide.ill be our new senior social media strategists. any questions? since we make radiator valves wouldn't it be better if we just let fedex help us to expand to new markets? hmm gotta admit that's better than a few "likes." i don't have the door code. who's that? he won a contest online to be ceo for the day. how am i supposed to run a business here without an office?! [ male announcer ] fast, reliable deliveries worldwide. fedex. >> what did chuck, charles payne's starting the year strong and now he has three stocks to keep big ball rolling, i guess. what are you going to do? >> like aruba networks. byod, you'll learn that pretty soon. bring your own device. every business will say, i don't care if you got iphone, whatever, bring it. we'll have a system so you can use it even with our fire walls. this company makes that possible. green mount coffee. everyone knows the coffee. hate it. i don't know why they're still taking market share. starbucks didn't do so well. i like this major breako

to ben stein and dagen mcdowell, along with adam lashinsky and gary k, more taxes? >> jumpy, mo yummy, more taxes course not. you hand it it to washington d.c. inefficient, ineffective and every program they've ever run is bankrupt and it's the worst possible thing to do and amazing to watch they said they'd only raise taxes on the so-called privileged few, but everybody got a payroll tax hike and unfortunately, we're hearing from reid, pelosi and unemployment still at 7.9% and we have yet to feel the effects of things to come. >> dagen, i've got to tell you, one way they think you can fix the economy, taxes, taxes, taxes, it's nuts. >> we got that cbo report this past week, 7 trillion dollar in additional deficit and factor in what that 600 billion dollars in tax hikes that the democrats did already push through and how does that balance things? but the point about baltimore is interesting because that's where this nation could possibly be headed. you continue to raise taxes and you don't cut spending and you wind up on the brink of bankruptcy, exactly where that c

ben stein was on my flight to d.c. for the inauguration in first class of course.n coach. we were like if we had ben stein's money, we would be up there with him. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] >> oh, boy. >> stephanie: tonic. the poodleshy zu mix --shy zu mix ended up in kentucky. he's no longer there. the person-faced pup is ready for immediate adoption in indiana. go get him. >> that's creepy. [ applause ] >> stephanie: stop looking at me like that! i can't take anymore after the budweiser pony. the budweiser -- >> the grumpy cat. >> he kind of looks like grumpy cat. >> stephanie: all right. lots to get to today. kids, the chicago -- chicago continues to sell like crazy. i would hurry your week and get your tickets for sexy liberal april 13th. we just went on sale friday and it's gone, you know. bananas. >> kablooey. >> stephanie: sexy liberal hal sparks will be with us in hour three. in hour two tina dupuy and gutierrez. >> you can't pronounce it. >> stephanie: i could. that looks like a pronunciation interventions. before i hit the carpet. okay. >> we hadn't discussed it befo

ben stein, back today.or in chief of the daily download and also syndicated columnist, you can read his work as salon.com and a contributor to the "huffington post" and a regular on the show, legal analyst and prosecutor sunny hostin. welcome to all of you. let me begin with you here. what do you think? under what circumstances should the u.s. be allowed to kill americans. >> under the law, the first situation should be that the u.s. actually brings a single charge against the people that it is targeting for assassination. that is missed. we are having a drone war that's going on. the u.s. citizens that have been targeted for assassination have not been charged with crimes. there is supposed to be a check on power and the question should be why is the government not charging the people it is assassinating with a single crime. it shouldn't be hard if the evidence is so overwhelming and you want to execute somebody. it shouldn't be too much to ask for the government to at least bring a charge of a crime. the

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some fed watchers think ben bernanke would say the president asked him, but another says to keep an eye on jeremy stein the fed in late 2011. other potential replacements that watchers say, ferguson. ashley: interesting, indeed. thank you so much. tracy: companies are sitting on record levels of cash. our next guest says they're finally putting it to use by spending on machines and software and other equipment. jack, it is actionable, but what you're seeing are these companies bring the dividend thing, repurchasing, kind of nothing left to do. >> they don't have a way to earn higher return on their cash, they have a problem on a trillion dollars in cash right now. have a good-sized tax break for spending the money on equipment they can expand their business. for some companies this is a safer way to do it than hiring. hopefully the hiring will be down the road but that increase in revenues for companies that sell this equipment. tracy: are we building plants and factories or just machines? >> we're not talking about toner cartridges, this is big-ticket items, tractors, new factories and sometimes the t