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in focus with steve forbes, rick unger, morgan brennan, mike osanian and sabrina schaefer.ve, if this is extortion? isn't the president guilty of doing this a couple of years ago? >> sure. guilty of the anti-democracy and arrogance. there is negotiation around raising the debt limit, and budget issue. he rammed through congress healthcare bill that no one likes. it's more up on popular today than three years ago wh it was passed. becoming unworkable. the american people say enough. he says that is arrogance. i think there is another word for it. >> morgan, speaking of it. extortion is a loaded word. is the president right to use it? >> it's a loaded word. i see why he uses it when you look at the deaf six. this is poor politics and this is worse f business. you have the republican leaning chamber of commerce saying quit tieing this together and get legislation through. in the last couple of years when you look at the economic fiscal policy face-off,he economy, the american economy has been a thing that tas a hit. that is without throwing a hot topic issue like obamacare in

john tandy, rick unger, elizabeth macdonald, is a dryia schaefer. the very people who fought hardest for the re-election are the ones hurt the mostpy the policies. >> yes, they are. the research is clear. what is interesting is you must blame the obama administration. we have infinite wants and we get up to work to fulfill the wants. the only time economies are slow for extented period are when the government are putting up barriers to the natural ability to work. obamacare inhibits hiring hiring and government spending staffs capital. weak dollar drives away investors. that is what is keeping the economy down. the good news is if they reverse the policies, the economy will soar again. >> david: nice to know good news on the horizon if we do the right thing. why is it the very people this president is fighting the hardest for are hurting the most? >> what i like to say about this is it takes two to tango. i won't sit here and tell you the policies are working. the numbers you quote are accurate. things are not good for those people. president cannot

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this is win for business when government stays out but rick unger clashing it out. >> why does dc council decide what walmart does? walmart is a company, they should decide what they pay, it is up to them, that is capitalism, free market. that is what is great about our country. i don't even like walmart, but it is up to them to decide what they are paying their employees. charles: she makes a great poi point. a free market. this is a walmart specific bill. if you do a billion dollars with certain amount of square feet. >> i don't think it the backfi backfire. i can't wait to see walmart's contribution to mayor's campaign next time, but -- >> besides cynicism, overall idea a company with force a company to pay a certain amount to an unskilled worker there is a problem there. >> problem is that when a company pays their employees so low, that you and i have to subsidize their earnings by giving them medicaid, by food stamps because they can't make enough working 40 hours a week to take care of their families, that is when you have to. >> not that low, it is -- walmart greeters, they say ho

let's go in focus with john tandy, rich unger, rich karlgaard, sebringna schaefer. and elizabeth macdonald. rick we becoming too dependent? >> this is a national tragedy for the blue collar employees. the core problem is we have a tax and regulatory structure punishing employers hiring blue collar workers. chevron is taxed at a federal and state combined rate of almost 44%. meanwhile, 30 miles away in silicon valley, google and apple with very few blue collar laborers, google is taxed at 10% combined and a it at 15%. there is a disparity right now that is great if you're a white collar skilled laborer in the economy but horrible if you're blue collar. i don't think the federal government rizes how it's punishing -- realize how it's punishing the companies. >> david: just before we started the program, you and i were talking about with were poor at one point and never would have thought about going to welfare. now middle class kids are doing this. >> the real question is in the question asked. yes, more people are going back to work. yes, food stamps are at an all-time high. >> david: isn't there