to ben stein and dagen mcdowell, adam lashinsky and charlie gasperino, what do you think, dagen? >> i think it goes back to the argument a we've been talking about for several years now, what role does government play in our lives? who makes the country great? is it the government or the private citizen snz and i think we are right now at a pivotal moment in our country's history where we're in danger of becoming, as a nation, so dependent on not only government money, but the government making decisions for us as individuals that either we stop it in its tracks or we are going the way of europe and i'm talking about not just food stamps and government assistance and i'm talking about medicare and all of the above. >> you know, ben stein, i've suspected that government is the reason why you're the success you are, now we know why. >> well, when my parents got out of graduate school, they both worked for the government. my father went through world war ii in the navy and in a way they are. but government is incredibly important, let's not sell that short and let's not sell short t

to ben stein and dagen mcdowell, adam lashinsky and charlie gasperino, what do you think, dagen?> i think it goes back to the argument a we've been talking about for several years now, what role does government play in our lives? who makes the country great? is it the government or the private citizen snz and i think we are right now at a pivotal moment in our country's history where we're in danger of becoming, as a nation, so dependent on not only government money, but the government making decisions for us as individuals that either we stop it in its tracks or we are going the way of europe and i'm talking about not just food stamps and government assistance and i'm talking about medicare and all of the above. >> you know, ben stein, i've suspected that government is the reason why you're the success you are, now we know why. >> well, when my parents got out of graduate school, they both worked for the goveren

and charlie gasperino, dagen mcdowell and dr. payne. >> if that was, communist russia would be the most powerful in the country. >> a lot floating around d.c. these days. >> might want to be careful-- >> and to express this little faith in american citizens, they go out and knock ambition and denigrate success, it's ridiculous. >> i thought the audience was stepford audience. >> neil: look at the crowd behind him they look delighted to be there. adam, you're looking this, hearing this, watching this, i mean, you must even be saying, come on, enough of this? >> well, neil, i'm delighted to be here, just to say, just to get that out here. no, i understand your point, but i don't agree at all. i mean, i listen to what he said. i read what he said. all of what he said, by the way and i think, first of all, this is politics. he's hitting the private equity crowd and hit being mitt romney. i don't agree with all the criticisms of private equity pt what he's saying the so-called job creators, that's true. they are interested in doing wh

what's this adding up to, to ben stein, charles payne, dagen mcdowell, along with julian epstein andharlie gasperino. >> mitt is start to go come on strong with in the money category. when obama was raising more money than hillary, who, what, how. they're saying it's bush's fault, tsunami's fault. did you know that tom cruise and katie holmes broke up? and everything under the sun and they're not buying it. >> you know, if not for obama, that marriage would be okay. what do you make of that, ben stein, not the katie holmes-- >> i studied a lot of years at universities, i had no idea na tom cruise had an affect on the stock market. i want to thank charles for that. i think it's a close race and i don't think that romney is a particularly exciting candidate, but people are disgusted with the fact that mr. obama promised so much and delivered nothing, nothing. >> julian, the political, the polls have been close, and tight ones and carter reagan comes to mind and then we know they broke loose for reagan, right, almost the day before the election. can you see a phenomena like that for eit

what's this adding up to, to ben stein, charles payne, dagen mcdowell, along with julian epstein andt to go come on strong with in the money category. when obama was raising more money than hillary, who, what, how. they're saying it's bush's fault, tsunami's fault. did you know that tom cruise and katie holmes broke up? and everything under the sun and they're not buying it. >> you know, if not for obama, that marriage would be okay. what do you make of that, ben stein, not the katie holmes-- >> i studied a lot of years at universities, i had no idea na tom cruise had an affect on the stock market. i want to thank charles for that. i think it's a close race and i don't think that romney is a particularly exciting candidate, but people are disgusted with the fact that mr. obama promised so much and delivered nothing, nothing. >> julian, the

and charlie gasperino, dagen mcdowell and dr.ne. >> if that was, communist russia would be the most powerful in the country. >> a lot floating around d.c.