to ben stein, dagen mcdowell, along with charlie gasperino. >> first of all, looked like a hell afteri'm a little jealous. >> with that kind of, it should be a hell of a party. >> and go ahead. >> here is the thing, a hell after party. a little jealous i wasn't invited because i helped to pay for it. now, the president said i wasn't going to be paying those, i don't par for my own party. the 2010, president said no one. why are you going to vegas, we're in the middle of a meltdown, i didn't go, but they went. i don't get it. we talk about the ultimate double standard. >> neil: what do you think. >> it's shocking and i looked up. and i thought what general services administration do? they're responsible for managing and supporting the government functioning of federal agencies and in part, to keep the costs down. my favorite was, they spent $130,000 on six planning trips to plan this. >> neil: and you know in college, there was somebody, an intern for the gsa, i had no idea what the heck i was doing, and furthermore, neither did my boss, neither did my boss, but it was essentially a pr

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here for a closer look, bobb network's charlie gasperino. welcome back. [applaus [applause] >> you know, governor, when you go from one to two, that's 100% increase, that's what we're talking about here. >> mike: we really are. i want to begin with gasoline prices and we've got a screen that we're going to take a look at because this shows what gasoline costs when he was sworn in as president and what gasoline costs today. it's staggering. it's up 111%. >> what's bad about this, higher gas prices is a regressive tax, as you know. it hits poor people and working class people, more than rich people. rich people have more disposable income. he talks and has a war against the rich and a class warfare, but some of the policies actually led to the fact that rich people are getting richer and poor-- and the working class don't have as much disposable income. the fact is we have inflation and commodities, food prices are going up. gas prices are going up. in large part because some of the policies, including lack of drilling and everything, all of the above. >> a

we're also joined by ben stein, dagen mcdowell, adam lashinsky and charlie gasperi gasperino. >> it's simple. the power grab, one-two combination and crush corporate profits and instill noncompetitive rules in the work place and keep the mediocre workers and it's going to be a catastrophe, look at them. and the automakers, we see what happens there, and the airlines see what happens there and public government see what happens there. it's a no brain, a fantastic week and you didn't mention boeing, they shoo shook down boeing and unions, great weeks for them. >> because i forgot boeing, it doesn't have to reminds me. >> and you know what, and it's-- (laughter) >> a little over yourself, here, okay? and the show is for now-- >> and the unions, but not cavuto. >> exactly. but, adam what do you make of not only the broadside here, but on this issue, a good week for unions, we were flexing them big time. >> well, i think this is what journalists call a dog bites man story. this is exactly what it is next, it's not a surprise that the president is close with labor unions, and nor is it towa