margaret thatcher. c geraldine ferraro, or d, susanna m. salter. >> margaret thatcher. >> that is correct. >> what was the subject of the first broadcast of "the oprah winfrey show" in 1986, racial tension in georgia, overspending, how to marry the man/woman of your choice or d -- don? >> c. >> that is correct. they were trying to get don johnson to star on the episode, they were turned down. after the subway vigilante, who purportedly sent him a telegram and offered to pay his bail. a, john gotti, b joan rivers, c, arnold schwarzenegger or d, rudy giuliani. robin? >> d. >> brianna? >> a. >> that is incorrect. a, john gotti. b, joan rivers, c, arnold schwarzenegger, d, rudy giuliani. >> schwarzenegger? >> that is incorrect. joan rivers was the answer. >> wow! >> that's right. whose 1987 supreme court nomination was the last to be rejected by a vote -- brianna? >> robert bork. >> that is correct. >> in 1984, who was the first female athlete to be pictured on the front of a wheat ties back? >> mary lou retton. >> that is correct. in 1983, a w

he might be aware that patrick mitford, a former economic adviser to margaret thatcher said the european union has a negative effect on the city of london and he would want the shackles of european regulation removed. does the prime minister believed that membership hurts the city of london or does he believe that european union regulation of the finance that are in britain and british minister attacks they then let help expose the panama papers or underlined by my friend in his earlier question today. >> this is an area where we basically agree with each other about the european union. i'll try to identify a question. first of all, i completely disagree with the economist patrick mitford. you mitford. he wants at the manufacturing industry of glitter rated kind of would be a disastrous step if we followed the advice that he gives. in terms of the city of london, we need the right regulation for the city of london to continue its massive rate of job creation and our country, boylston need to remain members of the single market that is absolutely vital for this important sector of our eco

he might be aware patrick minuteford, a former economic adviser to margaret thatcher said the europeanunion has a negative effect on the city of london and he would want the shackles of european regulation removed. does the prime minister believe that membership hurts the city of london or does he believe that european union regulation of the finance sector in britain and british administered tax havens would help the sorted bad practice exposed by the panama papers or underlined by my friend in his earlier question today? >> well, this is an area where we basically agree with each other about the european union so i'll try and identify a question in that lot and answer as positively as i can. first of all, on patrick minuteford, i completely disagree with the economy patrick minford. he wants to see manufacturing industry in our country obliterated. it would be a disastrous step if we follow the advice he gives. in terms of the city of london, we need the right regulation for the city of london to continue its massive rate of job creation and wealth creation in our country, but we als

government ensure -- it also includes something i first raised with margaret thatcher in 1989? the awful consequences of child sex abuse on victims and perpetrators, but we must also use early intervention expertise to stop it from happening in the first place. will the prime minister back the excellent work of ministers and members from all parties and get this much needed center up and running without delay within the five-year term of his government? i'm glad the honorable gentleman rescued his own question with that little -- those last words. prime minister cameron: i'm sorry it has taken a question in 1989 to take so long to get an answer. setting up a center of expertise on sexual abuse is exactly what the home office is doing. it will play a significant role in identifying and sharing high-quality evidence on what works to prevent and deal with sexual abuse and exploitation. the department of attention -- education existing center will ensure that centers across the country can learn from the best example. >> john baron. we on prime minister and these benches can be pro

>> i think reagan and margaret thatcher, john paul ii. all of those people deserve a little credit. and did on many occasions that the lion's share of the credit ought to go to the people who were actually living under communism, resisting it at every turn. they were heroes in the eyes of people like reagan. john: who's next? >> how do you go against the nature of what's popular in society and fight and go to another country. what motivated you to change the regime there. >> this may sound corny, it was a movie. john: yes, it does. >> in 1966 -- [ laughter ] >> well, i was 14 when my mother insisted on take my sister and me to pittsburgh near where we lived to see the sound of music. and so when the soviets later invaded czechoslovakia next door to austria where the movie took place, i took a keen interest. john: yes, sir? >> i'm a libertarian, i have read milton friedman, how come many of my generation and most americans look at politicians as gods but unfortunately frown at businessmen. >> it's not just your generation, that was true in my generation, too. one of the reasons is bu

that is what margaret thatcher's amendment did. of the results of it is that the british economist are doing far better. regulation where you are stuck. you cannot do anything about it. within theluence european union has declined considerably as a result of a be aion we took not to member. not to exchange fairly for the euro. everyone said we would be mad, we must go into the euro. we decided we didn't want to, and i think even the cbi now admits it was a big mistake to advocate that britain should join the euro. what this means now is there is a eurozone focus within the european union, we had a choice not to be part of it. it was the right choice. we pay a price. we have much to lose with the eurozone caucus now, which has an infield qualified majority. the ability of the united kingdom to influence decisions and brussels has greatly diminished as a result of our decision. which i think was the correct decision not to be part of the eurozone. but it comes back to the politics, and economically, we will do fine. fortunately, we l

prime minister margaret thatcher made the argument that the problem with socialism eventually you rinpeople's money to spend. that is the issue we saw play out in greece, with their austerity protests. now we're seeing it come out closer to home. decades of financial populism have consequences because they become culturally ingrained and they're very difficult to overcome. neil, as we saw in puerto rico, you had higher and higher taxes, eventually$0 billion in debt. 70,000 people left puerto rico with the main land. all the smart, intelligent people with business leave. that is the danger facing illinois right now. you have highest property taxes in the country. as taxes continue to increase you will see all those businesses leave. smart people leave right behind them. people eventually will follow. neil: larry, one of the ideas they submitted, our jeff flock you hope to get to there, look, just charge, per trade at cme. penny as trade. it will raise billions of dollars of revenue. no fuss, no muss, what do you say? >> look at puerto rico. ask puerto ricans how that worked with all th

think of margaret thatcher who did a great job for her country. but wasn't the most warm person. you can think of winston churchill, teddy roosevelt, it might matter less than a person who thinks they can get the job done at this point. >> what do you think of justin bieber no longer allowing people to take his picture with them? >> well i was hoping he would be in the building today to get a selfie. >> justin, did you hear that. >>> all right, by the way, those two companies are kind of very similar here because they both have justin bieber connections. coincidence? i think not. host of making money on what he thinks of all of this. and in all seriousness, let's first talk about the most vus crucial issue, that is justin bieber. and whether or not he is getting too prima donnaish. >> he is getting too prima donnaish. maybe he should go back and read history. it is a short life history and shorter when you start dising the fans. >> and the folks that pay the bills. >> the market essentially reversed it self yesterday and i like to remind people, and this is a long hall game, the

schul schultz did working with margaret thatcher in that area.t clear who will want to do business with donald trump because he seems to belittle all the nations of the world. >> michael, the president was in japan today and he said world leaders are rattled by donald trump. that trump displays an ignorance of world affairs. here's trump's response to that. >> i love that word. he used a bad word because he knows nothing about business. when you rattle someone, that's good because many of the world as you know, many of the countries in our world, beautiful world have been absolutely abusing us and taking advantage of us so if they're rattled in a friendly way, we'll have great relationships with these countries but if they're rattled in a friendly way, that's a good thing, john, not a bad thing. >> rattling world leaders, is that good, michael? >> i don't know about world leaders but i will tell you i travel quite a bit, i just got back from normandy where we opened up the ronald reagan center just last thursday and the people are rattled. there'

. >> socialism means shortages, as margaret thatcher said it does not work and you run out of other people'sey. venezuela has no kind of economy, they are paying the price for it. the ministers are living richly, and people are literally dying in the hospital, can't get treatments, it a disaster, you just look at north korea and cuba. that leads. david: people see venezuela. they see it in latin america, may have richest oil receive in the world it looks like a third world country. people say there is no comparison, what bernie sanders is talking about is a european socialism we can live with that. when you say? >> recession is not prey pleasant, his policies and her policies would lead to a severe recession. and so you may have start from a higher base, as we did in 1932, or 1929 with with the great depression. it still a painful and disastrous situation. david: bernie sanders at least is honest in terms of calling himself a socialist. but she does not. would you consider her policies since she has been pulled to left with bernie socialisticki policies. >> call it socialist-light. she does

and margaret thatcher problem with socialism is you run out of other people's money to spend.hey design things that say we're going to give the poor people something which they can't sustain. in the process of giving to them, i'm going to create a bubble, it must have been the republicans' fault because we're never wrong because our hearts are pure. >> they're always wrong, they're always wrong. republicans are always wrong, they're always right. mr. speaker, thank you very much. by the way, i know the whole vice president thing floating, if you want to talk about, but what about senior adviser role? >> what about it? i mean, are you offering it? are you -- >> suggesting it. >> i'm happy to be helpful any way i can. >> speaker gingrich, thank you very much. >> thanks. >>> coming up, left-wing demonstrators wreaked havoc outside donald trump's rally last night in new mexico. they threw bottles, set things on fire and even injured some police. >> [ bleep ]. >> how should law enforcement handle these disrupters? sheriff david clarke and bo dietl are here next to explain. >>> plus

of the date came back in 1979 from an unlikely source, newly elected british prime minister margaret thatcherters took out a newspaper ad saying, may the force be with you, maggie. congratulations. since then, star wars day, well, has really taken off. disney dropped a special gift today to help fans celebrate. ♪ it's a mini version of the force awakens told completely by emojis. the two-plus-hour epic is condensed to three minutes and told through a cell phone conversation. the clip comes complete with music and epic light saber battle and millenium falcon noises. it wouldn't be complete without that. disney owns the rights to the star wars franchise. >> i wonders if anybody can get those eemojis. >>> the warriors jumping on the may 4th bandwagon according to the "san francisco chronicle." this is more of a chronicle idea as you can see the fourth is with them. and a big picture. festus was completely in focus last night. didn't play at all in game one of the series and played in the fourth quarter, entered the game in the fourth quarter, and he was huge for the warriors last night. without

fact all of the battle and was played at the kerala was some churchill it was not played for margaret thatcherf interesting. think of the battle am, the battle hymn of sarah palin. i recommend you bring it. it is unbelievable. the titles and a number of great american novels. come on a trip to washington with her husband. have a plaque. and in february 1862 printed on the cover within a short time it was the anthem of the union army. it was performed before president lincoln. the original manuscript was auctioned by christie for $782,000. maybe somebody will find out. not the forbes is the one who sold it. and that was very much in my mind. marking a hundred years of the biography. i'm pretty sure the 1st substantial biography of an american woman. before the 20th century biographies were collective. but a biography of one woman , two volumes long, that was really remarkable. they won the 1st pulitzer prize. and that was the year was given. the 1st prize for biography in the 1st one that was given. when it was done columbia university was running the award. and nicholas butler who was the pres

something i first raised with margaret thatcher in 1989. we can do with the awful consequences of child sex abuse, but we must also use early intervention expertise to stop it from happening in the first place. will the prime minister thank the excellent work of ministers and members from all parties and get much-needed what work center up and running without delay within the five year term of this government speak was i'm glad the honorable gentleman rescued his own question with those last words. we are grateful to him. constitutionally. [laughter] >> i'm sorry to say a question 1989 takes a lot to get an answer but i can tell the setting up a center of the expertise of sex abuse is exactly the home office is doing. it will play a significant role on what works to prevent and deal with sexual abuse and exploitation alongside this the department of education existing work center -- able to refer the best examples but it's a good example of government reform which i know he supports. >> the prime minister and we can be very proud of the fac

they made everybody feel good like the faulklands wars made margaret thatcher look good. >> reagan wasbig time interventionist. >> he was in and out. >> he was very trying to minimize the footprints -- >> bite sized wars. >> and try to commit ourselves as little as possible to the foreign entanglements. you can say american interests. >> here is in the present time. new donald trump, new model this year. at the campaign trail he called for less intervention in the world but called himself the most militaristic, even more militaristic than george w. bush. >> i'm the most militaristic person in this room, believe me. i'm the most militaristic person. millerterre millerterre milleri milleristic. than brush, even the brother. >> it's like this guy, why does that sell? >> he is carrying a big stick. he's not being quiet about this. this is, again, this is donald trump where every day it seems like he has a different position. he can be whoever his supporters want him to be. >> there's a certain bottom line to where he is now. he's for non-intervention now. >> but he wants to hold out the th

margaret thatcher was deeply such. she said western culture is judeo-christian. >> host: a couple of state laws have gone into effect, or not come into effect in north carolina, mississippi, georgia vetoed it. it's about bathrooms. it's about gender equality. it's about, what's it about him in your view? >> guest: it is first and foremost about religious liberty. so, for example, if i am a photographer and you're going to have a same-sex wedding or a gay wedding as it is often called, and you want me to be the photographer and take part in the wedding and i say, look, i would happily have you sit down and take your photo for your wedding. i would happily take your photo for anything you wanted, but to participate in an event that violates some of my core values, one of which is that marriage has been said definitionally by god to mean the union of one man and one woman to ask you to understand, i can participate in that event. there's been a lot of i think underreporting. the people that i followed, the cases i have fo

this saying dates back to a 1979 newspaper ad congratulating newly elect british prime minister margaret thatcher, and it read may the force be with you maggie, congratulations. >>> we are looking at a rare image from princess lea. >> she has it going on. >> oh, my. >> yes. >> when was princess lea black. >> yes. >>> what if i tell you you can i have $500 or more a year on car insurance. it is true. coming up on your side has a crash course how to get the best rate most people dent want a crying baby but not the case on this one flight. find out why passengers were hoping that the babies were going to cry. >> interesting. thanks very much, lea. we will look at more wet weather in the forecast for a couple more days but i have news on when we're finally breaking this dreary pattern in the seven day of after the in the seven day of after the break, dear fellow citizen, time spent with my son really makes me appreciate "the now". but i also have to plan for my family's future. and that means taking on debt. in a smart way. like my mortgage - it's working for me. and if he needs a college loan down t

under margaret thatcher. it is ultimately a question of domestic circumstances. good at least to talk about a possible whether or not france doesn't want have much to do with the g7 statement. it is domestic political peculation. anna: with that in mind, how long do we wait for the ecb to do anything more? are they done easing for now? holger: i think so, the economy is holding up ok. we will see trend growth, that means no more easing. if there was a brexit, with serious consequences, let's talk again. that might be a different situation. anna: thank you very much. up next, we have an exclusive tells us with -- he why bloomberg is opening the door to the public. anna: welcome back, this is "countdown." let's the bloomberg business flash. france's foreign minister says the cooperation between his country and egypt of the flight that vanished over the mediterranean, but the mystery has deepened after greek authorities dismissed calls that the plane had been found. investigators say that the play made a series of sudden moves before declining rapidly. the pilot sen

they made everybody feel good, like the falkland words made margaret thatcher feel good, but they were not a big-time interventionalist. >> well, he is now. >> is pretty much -- >> peace through strength! >> in and out, too. bite-sized wars. . >> and tried to commit ourselves as little as possible, that he's for entanglements. you can say america first and have that not mean isolationism. >> here he is now in the present time, here's the new donald trump, the new model this year, out on the campaign trail. he called for less intervention in the world, but he also calls himself the most militaristic, catch this, even more militaristic than george w. bush. so, another angle to the man. >> i'm the most militaristic person here. >> i'm the most militaristic person in this room. believe me. >> i'm the most militaristic person. militaristic. militaristic. militaristic. i'm much more militaristic than bush, even the brother. >> it's like general leaseimo. it's like this guy, epaulets on his sleeve, i'm going to war. why is that selling at the same time he's selling nonintervention? >> he's ca

although the vet-- battle hymn was played at the funeral of winston churchill, it was not paid for margaret thatcher is identified with merit-- male heroism and on the other hand it has become kind of a meme, a reference points for determined women and you think of the battle hymn of the-- also the battle hymn of sarah palin. if you don't know the battle hymn of sarah palin and you have a couple of free minutes i recommend you google it because it's unbelievable. [laughter] >> of course, it's also inspired the title of a number of great american novels-- novels. most famously the grapes of wrath. she wrote it in washington probably another legend and she wrote in november, 1861, with a trip to washington with her son. and also friends from boston. that-- they were staying in the willard hotel, which incident-- incidentally has a plaque. that winter she sent it into the atlantic monthly and in february the atlantic monthly printed it on that cover and paid her $5. within a short time, it was the anthem of the union armies and in 1864, it was performed before president lincoln. then, in december 2012,

margaret thatcher said first you in the debate then you win the vote. now here's the nudge. and this is the nudge for you. one of the things i think you and i have talked about off-line and you have alluded to some of this too, minutes ago. there is a tension that is out there, there is a tension that manifests, let me tell you a quick story. i was serving serving the state legislature and we had some education testing issues that came before us. you know how this works. there's a new test a new standard, so i called a friend of mine who is an old friends from high school who is a high school administrator. i said give me the straight scoop on these tests. he said peter, look what you just pick a test and stick with it and not change it every four years. we are happy to be accountable but stick with the test and stick with the program. that deeply resonated with me. so the so the tension is that i think healthcare providers want to standard. they want something that is predictable but also the tension is they do not want something that is declarative and can never be revisit

margaret thatcher said, "first you win the debate, then you win the vote." okay, now here's the nudge. and this is a nudge for you, mr. slavitt. one of the things i think you and i have talked about offline and you've alluded to some of this, too, a minute ago. there is this tension that's out there. and there's a tension that manifests -- and let me just tell you a quick story. i served in the state legislature and we had some education testing issues that came before us. you know how this works. there's always a new test. there's always a new standard. so i called a friend of mine who's an old friend from high school who is a high school administrator. and i said, give me the straight scoop on these tests. and he said, peter, look, will you just pick a test and stick with it and not change it every four years? and he goes, we're happy to be accountable, but stick with a test, stick with a program. and that deeply resonated with me. so, the tension is that i think health care providers want a standard. they want something that's predictable. but now also, t

he might be aware that patrick mitford, a former economic adviser to margaret thatcher said the european negative effect on the city of london and he would want the shackles of european regulation removed. does the prime minister believed that membership hurts the city of london or does he believe that european union regulation of the finance that are in britain and british minister attacks they then let help expose the panama papers or underlined by my friend in his earlier question today. >> this is an area where we basically agree with each other about the european union. i'll try to identify a question. first of all, i completely disagree with the economist patrick mitford. you mitford. he wants at the manufacturing industry of glitter rated kind of would be a disastrous step if we followed the advice that he gives. in terms of the city of london, we need the right regulation for the city of london to continue its massive rate of job creation and our country, boylston need to remain members of the single market that is absolutely vital for this important sector of our economy. i hope

long overdue creation of a center for sexual abuse of children, something i first raised with margaret thatcher in 1989. we can deal with the awful consequences of child sex abuse on victims and perpetrators but we must also use early intervention expertise to stop it from happening in the first place. will the prime minister back the excellent work of ministers and members from all parties and get this much needed what works center up and running without delay within the five-year term of this government. >> i'm glad the honorable gentleman rescued his own question with his own words. we're grateful to him constitutionally at least. [ laughter ] >> i'm sorry to say can a question in 1989 can take so long to get an answer. i can tell you setting up center of? expertise on sexual abuse is exactly what the home office will do, play a significant role sharing high-quality evidence to determine what works to prevent sexual exploitation. along with this the existing center will ensure social workers are able to learn from the best examples. it is a good example of government reform which i support.

he might be aware patrick minuteford, a former economic adviser to margaret thatcher said the europeanunion has a negative effect on the city of london and he would want the shackles of european regulation removed. does the prime minister believe that membership hurts the city of london or does he believe that european union regulation of the finance sector in britain and british administered tax havens would help the sorted bad practice exposed by the panama papers or underlined by my friend in his earlier question today? >> well, this is an area where we basically agree with each other about the european union so i'll try and identify a question in that lot and answer as positively as i can. first of all, on patrick minuteford, i completely disagree with the economy patrick minford. he wants to see manufacturing industry in our country obliterated. it would be a disastrous step if we follow the advice he gives. in terms of the city of london, we need the right regulation for the city of london to continue its massive rate of job creation and wealth creation in our country, but we als

margaret thatcher was a proponent of british membership when britain joined in the 1970s.as extremely good force for reforming the eu in the '80s. i it this president was right on one specific point. if britain leaves the eu, it will have to renegotiate not only its relationship with the remaining eu, but also the trading relationships with the rest of the world. and that kind of thing requires time. all of this could take years to play out, brian. there will be a great deal of investor uncertainty. >> we were talking about the cameras rolled and you made this point. isn't it sad we have a situation where the world seems to be getting better finally economically. we have this kind of lumbering along recovery. it feels commodities have strengthened, currencies stabilized. everything is kind of getting better. but now we've got migrant political distress in germany and england. will the political dysfunction ruin any economic recovery that we feel like we're on the cusp of? >> it could. after the financial crisis, i said shortly after there will be a political backlash once

something i first raised with margaret thatcher in 1989. we can do with the awful consequences of child sex abuse, but we must also use early intervention expertise to stop it from happening in the first place. will the prime minister thank the excellent work of ministers and members from all parties and get much-needed what work center up and running without delay within the five year term of this government speak was i'm glad the honorable gentleman rescued his own question with those last words. we are grateful to him. constitutionally. [laughter] >> i'm sorry to say a question 1989 takes a lot to get an answer but i can tell the setting up a center of the expertise of sex abuse is exactly the home office is doing. it will play a significant role on what works to prevent and deal with sexual abuse and exploitation alongside this the department of education existing work center -- able to refer the best examples but it's a good example of government reform which i know he supports. >> the prime minister and we can be very proud of the fac

we say that the worst-case scenario of socialism is the margar margaret thatcher thing, you run out ofther people's money. when the civilian unrest comes, they hike the pave the army officers there a few times on chavez and maduro, i'm worried we could see a full-scale civil war, civil unrest. >> you can, the great thing about elizabeth's reporting on this is she has shown us stuff when it reaches the level where persuasion alone doesn't work, you begin to see the violence, you begin to see the force of a dictatorship. that's what we're seeing. >> to david's point, argentina defaulted at half the debt load that venezuela is facing now, about half. that happened in 2001. people were killed, two dozen people were killed in unrest in argentina, fearing a military crackdown and news blackout in venezuela. that's scary. >> when you take the sound off, i'm telling you these protests in venezuela remind me of the leftist protests that go on in places like ferguson, the leftist protests that go on at bernie sanders rallies. >> these are people who are poor and starving. i wouldn't say they're

margaret thatcher said first you win the debate, then you win the vote. okay, now here's the nudge. and this is the nudge for you, mr. slavitt. one of the things that i think you and i have talked about offline and you've alluded to some of this too a minute ago, there is this tension that's out there, and there's a tension that manifests -- and let me just tell you a quick story. so, i served in the state legislature and we had some education testing issues that came before us. you know how this works. there's always a new test, there's always a new standard. so i called a friend of mine who's an old friend from high school who is a high school administrator. and i said, give me the straight scoop on these tests. and he said, peter, look, will you just pick a test and stick with it and not change it every four years? and he goes, we're happy to be accountable, but stick with a test, stick with a program. and that deeply resonated with me. so, the tension is that i think health care providers want a standard. they want something that's predictable. but now also, the tension is they

that was margaret thatcher's phrase. she saw it too. and that reagan never liked nuclear weapons. and it's worth remembering about ronald reagan, he didn't intervene in very many foreign conflicts. the only war he fought was in granada which had an army of about a hundred people. and, you know, if you remember when the marines were blown up in that tragic episode in lebanon, i was actually, covered that war and interviewed the marines about a month before. and they were saying, they were questioning what are we doing here. so i disagreed with reagan's decision to put them there. but he pulled them out right away. he did not go to war. so that side of reagan i very much respect. the other part of reagan i respect is, you know, if you look at him -- reagan is a complicated figure. my chapter on reagan in the book is called "the ambiguous hero," and i argue that on the one hand keys are right -- conservatives are right who want to see him as an idealogue, and he certainly held to conservative principles. you can't listen to that speech he made for goldwater and not think he was an id

margaret thatcher, you know when a socialist economy dies is it's when they spend your last dollar. >does seem to me that the combination of trade and immigration and technology suggests that some adjustment needs to be made in the american safety net. because there are going to be casualties. in the news yesterday was the likelihood in three to five years we'll have self-driving trucks. at $50,000 a year and up many truckers will be out of work. >> what should we do? should we lest the rest of the world develop the technology? >> no. i'm not suggesting -- you're putting up for me, you know, basically a rhetorical thing to knock down. that's not the alternative. what i am suggesting is, tom, the chamber needs to evaluate what kind of safety net do you need to have when trade is negative to jobs, when immigration is negative to jobs, when technology is negative to jobs. you support all three of those things and so do i. the chamber could answer the question what kind of safety net do we need to have? in my view, both in the trump and sanders world something is going on that people don'

, what those who pursue wealth destroying redistribution policies are really saying to quote margaret thatcher is that they -- quote -- "would rather that the poor were poorer provided that the rich were less rich." that may result in less differences in wealth between americans but at the expense of making us all worse off. our goal must be to create wealth and opportunities for all americans. we should reject the notion that in order to improve the lot of one individual, someone else must be made worse off. the leadership of the other side has become fixated on redistributing the existing economic pie. the better policy is to increase the size of that economic pie. when this occurs, no one is made better off at the expense of anyone else. this is best achieved through pro-growth policies aimed at growing the economic pie, not by taking from some and giving to others. instead of seeking to reduce inequality by knocking the top down a few peggs on the in-- few pegs on the income ladder, policies should be focused on helping individuals climb upward by tearing down barriers that stand in their