stossel u, that's our show, tonight. ♪ [cheers and applause] >>> and now, john stossel.cheers and applause] john: thank you, you students are unusual. you have a special interest in liberty. moss people don't which makes me wonder, how many of you ever discuss liberty on your campuses? how many of your professors discuss it? [laughter] how many of them discuss social justice? many more. i'm not surprised given the love for big government on big campuses. most of your professors probably don't know much about basic economics, which is why we titled this show "stossel university," and our professors are ab biand john, here to tell students about what they should learn about economics. you can't do it all. first thing? >> first thing to learn is that intentions are not results. judge policies by results and not stated intentions. second, people in the public sector are just as self-interested and no more enlightened than people in the private sector. john: nice or vicious as everybody else. >> absolutely. john: they are doing the public good. they are different. >> that's w

and look at me, stossel, i'm more famous and powerful, stossel, than you. all right?re equal in the sense that they have a chance to achieve things that are are amazing. are you g and nobody has denied that pursuit of happiness, i don't believe. >> i agree with you, why are you using that stossel you are wrong tone. what matters is if we have income mobility and we still do in america. the pew research shows that most people move out of the kids of most people move out of the income bracket that they are in and 10% move from the bottom all the way to the top. >> if they work in the structure that we have. but you seem to be saying that some of the animals are more equal than others if they're members of the political class. and i'm telling you i don't know anybody in the political class and they don't touch me. >> but how about the fact that they forcibly take money from you to give it to people -- >> -- that's the constitution gives them a right to tax. >> right. but then to give it to the politicians who gave money to solyndra, the biggest shareholder with the big o

john stossel says yes i say no. the debate coming up. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. hi i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching under the circumstances tonight. freedom of speech under attack from the left. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the american civil liberties union the aclu set up to protect predom of speech in america it's a committed left wing outfit. now, some other very liberal people are trying to shut down free speem speech and the aclu is silent about it here is a vivid example. writing in the harvard crimson paper editorialist sandra corrine says it's tempting to decry restrictions on academic violations of academic freedom. i would encourage student and worker organizers to instead use a framework of justice. after all, if we give up our obsessive reliance on the doctrine of academic freedom, we can consider more thoughtfully what is just. now, isn't that swell? editorialist sandra korn wants to stop academic research, an opinion contained in that

stossel, moments away. >>> back of the book segment, stossel matters.udget office says that obama care might discourage some americans from working. they can either make it on entitlements and/or on the underground economy. recently john stossel tackled the issue. >> what should government do to help people in need? >> give them money. >> find more jobs. >> people are accustomed to handouts and want more. >> there's something more they should do for you in here? >> help us more. >> have you looked for jobs? >> yeah. >> no jobs around? >> no. >> i asked my team to check that out. within a few blocks of that welfare office, they found lots of businesses that want to hire peop people. >> so in my opinion not based on data. we're creating a nanny state mentality in this country. not everybody, there are people who are ambitious and who want to do well in the marketplace. enough people are saying, i can con the system, disability, entitlements, now obama care. i'm going to float. you said? >> you are absolutely right. we agree on this one. and you -- there i

please send me a tweet at fbn stossel. stossel. let us know what you think.e to take care of business with century link's global broadband network and cloud infrastructure. we constantly evolve to meet your needs every day of the week. john: gary johnso hadley heath, and charles cook of national review are with us. and so, charles, you first. >> i think the is a soldier in the audience. lying facedown with shrapnel in her brain, we should make a virtue of what they have done. >> i agree wwth charles. and i like the wind that if you are a citizen who makes the state of our human strong, i agree with that. i don't believe the president's actions or policies reflect that philosophy. i agree with it. >> paraphrasing, we have hundreds of millions of enemies. if not for our military intervention. [applause] john: what did you hate the most? >> what i hated is that he implied that he was taking government credit for our most technological innovations. and that he was taking credit for past technological innovations and the government is going to lead when it comes t

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which is why we title this show stossel university. our first professors tonight are eby mccloskey and don boudreau. you are here to tell students what they should learn about economics. you can't do it all. >> first thing they should learn intentions are not results. judge policies by their results and not by the state intentions. people in the public sector are just as self did interested and no more enlightened than the people in the private sector. >> nice or vicious as everybody else. they are doing the public good. they are different. >> that's what they say. >> some other ideas that are taught. higher taxes can encourage work. carl smith, who teaches economics at the university of north carolina, fine school, says taxes make me poorer when people are poorer, they need to work more to pay for the things they want. therefore, taxes should make me work harder. >> when you tax something, you get less of it. if you take work you get less of it. the same for investments and business. this is why in countries with high taxes, like the

please send me a tweet at fbn stossel.nsored by free market america if i wanted america to fail, i'd start with energy. and they did. the keystone pipeline, the war on coal, endless environmental lawsuits. our public officials were not empowered to negotiate the slow surrender of our freedoms. let not history say, that we deserted our principles, when they were most in need of a vigorous defense. we are not the masses. watch the video at freemarketamerica.org. jo: gary johnso hadley heath, and charles cook of national review are with us. and so, charles, you first. >> i think there is a soldier in the audience. lying facedown with shrapnel in her brain, we should make a virtue of what they have done. >> i agree wwth charles. and i like the wind that if you are a citizen who makes the state of our human strong, i agree with that. i don't believe the president's actions or policies reflect that philosophy. i agree with it. >> paraphrasing, we have hundreds of millions of enemies. if not for our military intervention. [applau

. >> and now, john stossel. >> 11 or presidential candidate.o here is the independent women's forum. john: gary, have you heard anything that impresses you? >> if somebody's going to do things with executive order and that is scary. john: that is what we want, all of them to focus on their lies and their hope. >> we had to have legislation to accomplish for all of the things and they have all of the opportunities to do things by executive orders. >> you'd think that he would want to expand executive power quietly and secretly in a clandestine sort of way. but he is blatantly telling us that i'm going to bypass your presentatives in congress and our representatives in congress and up and cheer. so that makes no sense. john: charles? >> he came to the chamber as he has before and said the whole chamber was united with was a creepy thing to say because people disagree. and it's bizarre for an executive to stand firm as elected person. john: he he's had i made job creation happened. >> the lowest unemployment in the rebounding housing market in the

let's get back to stossel. >> not only rich but they have other advantages.d george clooney is much smoother and better looking than i am. what is fair about that? i want to be a pro basketball player. not fair lebron james is so much taller than i and stronger. it is not my fault i am just 5, 9. it is not fair that i matured late so i was tiny in school. i got picked on because i had a little kid voice when everybody else's voice changed. that was definitely not fair. maybe what everybody needs is a handy capper general. a government official lie surgeon general to make sure no one has an unfair advantage over any on any one else. >> make them weaker intelligent ear pieces that kept them from taking unfair advantage of their brains. even the beautiful sometimes wore masks in situations where their beauty might be too distra distracting. >> the idea of redistributing income to the poor is more reasonable especially when americans are so rich. it is the fate of most of the poor does not depend on g government. the world's best poverty fighter is free market ca

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that is stossel. the battle of the generations.wo different aspects of the story. youth has gone to pot and they are useless bunch, that is is that of movieland second, the stealing, older people stealing from the young generation. deal with o'reilly's rant first. john: his rent is silly the old codgers of always complained about the young and kids are texting a lot but no evidence -- more are watching violent video games, youth violence is down, teen pregnancy is down and kids are inventing facebook can youtube, they will do fine. stuart: you gotta get up prop out. this is fascinating. john: if he were in the 50s he would complain about superman comic books. our senate actually held hearings, this is going to wreck the kids, but teaching them sadistic fantasies. stuart: are you serious? john: i am a newsman. the news is funny enough. stuart: my mom and dad hated the rolling stones with a passion because they got long hair and obviously they were using drugs. they hated them, hated them. john: we came out okay. stuart: the second s

. >> and now, john stossel. >>> are you a victim? i won 19 emmy awards for protecting victims, protecting them by exposing sleazy companies like the one selling the solar powered clothes dry ar, 50 bucks. what did they get in the mail? a clothesline. >> this is chemical spray to make you feel younger. >> a ugly facial thing. >> there was my job i am a consumer reporter. i should warn you about scams. the media always goes over board and at 2020 we did. >> faulty coffee makers may have caused fires. john stossel what you need to know brewing disasters. >> did you ever get this story. >> tear ray went under cover to see how this the under cover works. >> sharing a meal in a stranger's home. they have become more common. insiders tell us they are completely unregulated. >>> oh my goodness unregulated dinner parties. gavin mcginnis is a columnist for the magazine and writes about it. >> they think that they need to get in there and regulate. they don't have a degree in business. they have liberal arts degree. they don't run the numbers.

. >> joy, john stossel. >> whenever there's a problem politicians claim the answer is more laws, more regulation. obamacare will make medicine better. dodd frank will stop problems in banking. >> they believe paper and pro r proub will fug- -- >> smart regulation. they always say that. apparently this dodd frank, this is smart, except after the collapse in enron a law called cher bane was supposed to stop but it didn't stop persbernie f madoff. >> you get more rules. government is a hammer government is force. when you have the hammer everything looks like a nail. but there is a better way a private sector way to protect consumers without force. the power of reputation. i will go to a movie any more, i won't go without checking the rotten tomatoes web site. when i travel i always look at what other tourists wrote about hotels i might stay at. i trust this more than any certificate of approval from department of business regulation. libertarian radio host, liberal host says... >> look at all of the trees that died for that, huh? >> stop financial fraud not just the beginning. >> if we

stossel goes to college. looking for freedom on campus. is the last thursday at this time. we will make the most of it. ♪ stuart: the latest in the 3d printing revolution which we have been talking about on this program before the other guys. we, desktop manufacturing and there is news on it today. one of the biggest plants in the industry 3d systems is partnering with as grow to allow police in your own home. download plans for the latest ploy to your home computer, print it out on your desktop 3d machine. no need to go to the store. two angle stir charles, 3d is the place to be. charles: revolutionary, revolutionary stuff from large manufacturing to individuals in their homes. stuart: you expect consolidation? charles: tremendously successful. i am shocked larger names haven't been leaked into this already. stuart: a blow to bricks and mortar. charles: i went to a 3d factory last week in queens and we will show it in the next show and i presented this, and he said the opposite like this hasbro's thing. has rollout every single kid with t

is exactly what fox does every day with the exception of the one hour every two weeks where john stossel exposes how homeless people are scamming the system. how does fox news respond to to outrageous yet completely accurate charge. >> our commander in chief does d- what he does best and tried to change the subject. >> picking a fight with fox news. >> he tried to turn night an attack on fox. >> jon: brilliant move. deflect the spotlight from your scandals by doing an interview with fox about them right before the most watched event in the history of television. that obama keeping it on the dl of. [laughter] [ applause ] this isn't the first time that fox has caught yoab hiding his scandals by doing the old squirrel look over there. take the obamacare rollout. >> trying to change the subject away from obama obamacare to immigration. >> income inequality. have you chase rabbits. >> news of the deal dominated political talk which means focus has shift add way from obamacare. it's another attempt to distract from the disastrous rollout. >> he is talking about equal rights for gays and lesbi

it seems like the smart course would be to reduce regulation, adopt the john stossel rule, your colleagueevery law is passed, take off two other laws, reduce two other regulations, or more, to unleash the private sector. i think this is also very important, that the number one domestic challenges are long term. fiscal picture are unfunded entitlements. get those on pace. let businesses know we're not going to be insolvent. make them feel confident in america again. unleash the private sector, give them the strength to move forward and hire people. >> i wonder, has the botched rollout of obama care, not only hurt the president's leadership image on health care, and it's way down there, but the economy as well? after all, health care is one-sixth of the entire economy, and many people saying, you know what, he botched the rollout. maybe he is to blame for the economy. >> i think it's very possible. you know, last week, nancy pelosi appeared on the "daily show" with jon stewart. stewart is a pretty liberal guy. but he nailed her for this. he said, look, you know, the botched obamacare rollou

. >> tonight a special edition of "stossel" from the nation's capital. 1,500 college students from allathered here to debate what makes for a free society. these are our future leaders. i'm glad they are learn being the most important thing -- liberty. students usually don't learn much about that in school. tonight, what you ought to know about economic freedom. free speech,

sure that you have a device to ♪ ♪ >> and now it is time for john stossel. and.n: whenever there is a problem, politicians claim that the answer is more laws and more regulations. obamacare will make medicine better. dodd-frank will stop problems in thinking. and this is how bureaucrats and lawyers believe. they believe that will fix things. america's lawyer in chief leaves that. >> we need smart regulations to prevent irresponsible behavior. john: smart regulations. they always say. apparently this is smart except after the collapse of enron they also were supposed to stop financial frauds like bernie madoff and others. government is a hammer and government is force. when you have a hammer, everything looks like this. but there is a better way and they private sector way. the power of reputation. i won't go to a movie anymore without checking iran's maeda's website. when i travel i look at what other people say about the hotels. a test is more than a certificate of approval from the department of business regulation. jason lewis agrees and alan colmes says this

hey, john stossel. >> not everybody who complained.you're loud and you have a big enough wallet and a good power behind you, then that favor will happen. what specifically is happening in washington that you noticed? >> this is the part that galls me. now the richest counties in america for the first time are surrounding washington, d.c six out of the top ten. people say, we need rules to prevent like solyndra, george kaiser a billionaire who gave money to obama, went to the white house often. it wasn't just green energy. it was a connected green energy. we have to have a rule. no rule can stop this. once government is spending three plus trillion dollars, they're going to gather there and the connected will suck it up. >> when they spend, we pay. >> right. >> in and around washington, you say it's getting built up. we were in alexandria, that's where people are make the most money, that's where the private contractors are. what's most interesting, this president in particular keeps on harping on the fact that we got to level the playi

the ♪ ♪ >> now it's time for john stossel. john: battle of the ages is the title of the show.tween generations. the celebrities are bad role models. ♪ ♪ john: we will get to miley cyrus later. at first, my generation is running a scam. we feel for you young people. >> would be doing? >> i'm old and i need this. i need to take the scooter. >> hey, give that back. john: i don't normally grab things from kids. the because of medicare and social security, we give it to people my age and older even if we have plenty of money. most older people are richer than young people. and yes, the 30-year-old our tax to pay for my health care. this is why say america should cut entitlement. medicare and social security will suck every penny away from young people. young people at the coalition of reducing spending. obviously you want spending reduced, but it suits that so the government should spend more. >> they will get older, they will get older every year, someday they will be old people and they will need retirement and purity and health care. john: this is unsustainable. we are taking to

. ♪ ♪ >> and now it is time for john stossel. >> for the first time most of america's richest countiesrounding washington dc. washington is where you go if you want to show privileges and that is where they dole them out and as government grows washington is also where they say that we are all equal and in this together. when the government is very vague, that is a loot. >> all of us are equal. hn: what about all of thi writin about communism? the principles apply to america today. the ggvernment central planning hurts everyone a little but rewards people with connection. >> the animals themselves are no better off. john: they were the political leaders and over time hey prospered at the other animals expense. ♪ ♪ john: some are lower than others. today the animals that are more he will than others are washington politicians and their cronies. and those who get close to the politicians. that is how in the budget deal hollywood film producers got a special break. nascar got $70 million to build a new race track. multinational corporation of offshore subsidiaries got a 9 billion-dollar t

. ♪ ♪ >> now it is time for john stossel. john: some will be more successful than others.be they are smarter or they work harder or they are just luckier. whatever the reason in the global economy, that success kids magnified. michael jordan has made much more money because he could do things like sell these t-shirts in china. because of the free market, globalization and new technology, a result is growing inequality. it has been viewed at least 13 million times. >> the poorest americans don't even register in it they are down to pocket change. the top two to 5% are actually off the chart. the income inequality has gotten worse and the reason is a ceo makes 400 times what the average worker makes. and what you are talking about, when it comes to corporations whether it's wal-mart or mcdonald's down the list, the top echelon of the corporate world makes it exceedingly larger amount of money than workers do. and microsoft made it a good wage. and you have been doing all the business with china all the time,. john: it is true that we have a big gap between rich and poor. tho

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on stossel is here.from your show tonight that tells the story. rolled that one please. >> they want everyone to have equal opportunity but give special breaks to certain companies. >> we will all benefit from a. john: paul don't benefit. the privilege to benefit. like members of congress when it came to obamacare. >> any other large employer who gets the same treatment? >> the congressional provisionally applies to congress. stuart: i heard that loud and clear. you are saying the new privileged class is the political elite. is this just under president obama or is it true of republican administrations too? >> true of republicans too but it is worse now, not the first time the richest counties surrounding washington d.c.. the story that brian roberts of comcast, a dozen visits to the white house. political contributions, you are free to do what you want in america if you kiss politicians's riig first. that is wrong. stuart: granted this is happening in america. but don't you also make the point that the

. ♪ ♪ >> now it is time for john stossel. john: some will be more successful than others.be they are smarter or they work harder or they are just luckier. whatever the reason in the global economy, that success kids magnified. michael jordan has made much more money because he could do things like sell these t-shirts in china. because of the free market, globalization and new technology, a result is growing inequality. it has been viewed at least 13 million times. >> the poorest americans don't even register in it they are down to pocket change. the top two to 5% are actually off the chart. the income inequality has gotten worse and the reason is a ceo makes 400 times what the average worker makes. and what you are talking about, when it comes to corporations whether it's wal-mart or mcdonald's down the list, the top echelon of the corporate world makes it exceedingly larger amount of money than workers do. and microsoft made it a good wage. and you have been doing all the business with china all the time,. john: it is true that we have a big gap between rich and poor. tho

. >> i am john stossel from abc news. >> i'm not interested. >> most women talk to me. >> so then i demandernment action. consumers don't have the time or resources to investigate everything. it seems logical. government has to great product and services and punish bad businesses and find them and shut them down. unsold government created a consumer protection agency and i was instrumental in creating this one. then came the consumer product safety commission and the financial crimes enforcement network and so on. but what was weird is that i soon saw his government regulators that made almost no difference. years ago they convinced people that if you pay a fee they are having a week stuffing envelopes but the rules don't mater. >> the patchwork systems have failed to present these abuses. >> mccook hires a lawyer in maybe two or three years later you will find a consent order. were they say that i do not admit to doing anything wrong but i won't do it anymore. then he goes on to a new scam under a new namein another state. once i realized that i gathered my thoughts which i put into this

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