OBAMA PHONES.

KEEP OBAMA AS PRESIDENT, THEY

GAVE US A PHONE.

>> HOW DID HE GIVE YOU A PHONE?

>> IF YOU SIGN UP, YOU GET LOW

INCOME, YOU GET DISABILITY.

>> Ed: WE ALL REMEMBER SOME

VOTERS WHO THOUGHT

PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS GOING TO

HAND OUT FREE CELL PHONES.

NOW ONE CANDIDATE IS TAKING IT

FURTHER, A RADICAL PROPOSAL THAT

WOULD PUT FREE CASH IN THE HANDS

OF EVERY ADULT AMERICAN.

>> I'M PROPOSING THE FREEDOM

DIVIDEND EVERY ADULT IN AMERICA

STARTING AT AGE 18 WOULD RECEIVE

A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH TO DO

WHATEVER THEY WANT.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRICE

TAG WOULD BE PAYING EVERY

AMERICAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS A

MONTH?

>> IS ABOUT $1.8 TRILLION A YEAR

PASSED CURRENT EXPENSES.

WE NEED TO PASS A VALUE-ADDED

TAX THAT WOULD GET THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE A SLICE OF EVERY AMAZON

TRANSACTION, EVERY GOOGLE

SEARCH, EVERY ROBOT TRUCK MILE.

>> Ed: HERE NOW GUY BENSON AND

MICHELLE RITCHIE, FORMER PRESS

SECRETARY FOR HOUSE DEMOCRATS,

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

I REMEMBER PRESIDENT OBAMA

SAYING HE WAS GOING TO HELP THE

CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

BY REFRAMING THIS AS I'M HELPING

DREAMERS, WHOSE AGAINST

DREAMERS?

NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE --

>> I'M COMING OUT TONIGHT IS A

STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERI

STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERD

STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERV

STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERD

STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMERA

STRONG ANTI- ANTI-DREAMER.

>> IT COST $1.8 TRILLION WE

DON'T HAVE PER YEAR AND YOU

EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER A 10-YEAR

BUDGET WINDOW IT'S CRAZY.

I BELIEVE THIS CANDIDATE CAME

OUT AGAINST CIRCUMCISION SO HE'S

FOCUSING ON IMPORTANT AND

REALISTIC ISSUES.

WE CAN CHUCKLE ABOUT THIS IDEA

OF UNCLE SAM ENDING A THOUSAND

BUCKS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

BUT IS IT NECESSARY THAT FAR OFF

FROM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE

BEING MORE SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED

BY DEMOCRATS AT ENORMOUS COST TO

AMERICAN TAXPAYERS?

THEY HAVE NO REAL ANSWERS, AT

LEAST HE MENTIONED A TAX

INCREASE AND HOW YOU WOULD PAY

FOR IT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE KAMALA

HARRIS COME OUT AND SAY 32,

$33 TRILLION SINGLE-PAYER

HEALTH CARE, SHE SAYS RETURN ON

INVESTMENT LIKE THAT'S AN ANSWE

ANSWER.

>> YOU HAVE ALEXANDRIA

OCASIO-CORTEZ TALK ABOUT THIS

ISSUE, SHE'S TALKED ABOUT THE

GREEN NEW DEAL AND HOW AMBITIONS

IT'S GOING TO BECOME A WHAT'S

IMPATIENT ABOUT SAYING YOU'RE

GOING TO GET A FREE CHECK EVERY

MONTH?

>> I AM A REGISTERED INDEPENDENT

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I

DON'T BELIEVE UNIVERSAL BASE

INCOME IS THE WAY OUT OF

POVERTY.

I DON'T THINK IT PUTS PEOPLE ON

A PATH TO PROSPERITY, IT

ACTUALLY GIVES SOMEONE A PATH OF

CONSISTENT POVERTY AND LOW

INCOME.

THE VALUE-ADDED TAX THAT HE

TALKS ABOUT IS AN ADDED TAX FOR

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE ARE GETTING

FREE MONEY, GETTING A THOUSAND

DOLLARS, WERE NOT.

WE ARE PAYING FOR THIS.

IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE

THAT ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

GIVING OUT MONEY TO PEOPLE JUST

FOR BEING AN ADULT, JUST FOR

BEING AN AMERICAN, WHAT I WOULD

RATHER HEAR FROM THESE PEOPLE,

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AS FAR AS

PUTTING PEOPLE BECOME A BETTER

EDUCATION, BETTER JOB TRAINING?

A UBI IS IN RESPONSE TO

AUTOMATION.

IT'S A RESPONSE TO -- WHY NOT

PUT THAT MONEY MORE TOWARD

PREPARING PEOPLE TOWARD THE

FUTURE?

>> Ed: CONTRAST THAT WITH THE

PRESIDENT WHO IS IN BATTLEGROUND

OHIO TODAY, WE SHOULD BE CLEAR

AND FAIR, AND IT HASN'T GONE

SMOOTHLY WITH HIM AND THE

AUTOWORKERS.

HE'S OUT THERE TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT HOW TO CREATE JOBS AND HIS

FIRST TWO YEARS HAVE CREATED AN

AWFUL LOT OF MANUFACTURING JOBS

AND WAGES ARE GOING UP.

CONTRAST THAT WITH WE ARE GOING

TO GIVE YOU FREE MONEY.

>> ONE OF THE REASONS WAGES ARE

COMING UP IS BECAUSE TAXES WERE

CUT.

FOR HIM TO SAY WERE GOING TO

GIVE YOU MONEY BUT RAISE TAXES

ON EVERYBODY, THAT'S SOMETHING

EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TO PAY AT

EVERY STEP OF THE MANUFACTURING

AND CONSUMPTION PROCESS.

THE GOVERNMENT IS CLAWING BACK

SOME OF THE MONEY YOU JUST GAVE

YOU, IT'S A CONVOLUTED

COCKAMAMIE IDEA AND I THINK IT'S

COMING JUST TO BEAT ALL THE

OTHER GIVEAWAYS.

BERNIE SANDERS WANTS FREE

COLLEGE, I'M GOING TO CUT OUT

THE MIDDLEMAN AND GIVE YOU THE

MONEY.

IT'S AN AUCTION TO SEE WHO CAN

GIVE AWAY THE MOST?

>> CHICAGO HAD THIS IDEA ON A

LOCAL LEVEL, YOU DO SEE LOCAL

MUNICIPALITIES PROMOTING

UNIVERSAL BASE INCOME AS WELL.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE

HEARD IT ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

>> ANDREW YANG WHOSE RUNNING ONE

OF THE MANY DOZEN OR SO

DEMOCRATS INCLUDING BILL

DE BLASIO, WATCH THIS.

>> WHEN SOMEBODY IS SERIOUS

ABOUT RUNNING, I WILL BE SERIOUS

ABOUT COMMENTING ON IT.

WHEN HE MAKES HIS ANNOUNCEMENT I

WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

>> WELL HANDLED.

>> BILL de BLASIO SAYS LET'S

DUCK THIS FOR A WHILE, YOU WROTE

ABOUT THIS TODAY IN THE PAPER IN

"THE NEW YORK POST."

IS THAT BECAUSE BILL de BLASIO

WENT THERE?

HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP?

>> THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 20

PEOPLE IN THE ROOM BUT 14 OF

THEM WERE ON THE PANEL HE SET

UP, SO ONLY SIX REAL PEOPLE CAME

TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AND

THIS FOLLOWS TRIPS TO

SOUTH CAROLINA AND IOWA.

EVERYWHERE HE HAS GONE, PEOPLE

HAVE NOT SHOWN UP FOR HIM.

HE'S BEEN A TERRIBLE MAYOR IN

NEW YORK CITY, THE CITY IS IN

SERIOUS DECLINE, HE'S SPENDING

IT NEAR THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY

AND DISASTER, AND HE JUST KEEPS

GOING AND WASTING MONEY.

THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THERE

HAVE BEEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF

PROGRAMS THAT HE HAS INITIATED

THAT HAVE SHOWN LITTER LT

THAT HAVE SHOWN LITTER LL

THAT HAVE SHOWN LITTER LE

THAT HAVE SHOWN LITTER LO

RESULTS.

>> I SAT DOWN WITH THE SENIOR

PERSON FROM THE OBAMA DAYS A

COUPLE WEEKS BACK, HE TOLD ME

FRANKLY HE THINKS

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VULNERABLE

BUT HE'S WORRIED DEMOCRATS ARE

GOING TO BLOW IT WITH THESE PIE

THESE PIE-IN-THE-SKY IDEAS THAT

ARE GOING TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT

AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YOU KNOW

WHAT?

VENEZUELA 2.0.

>> I THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO

BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT

TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE

REPUBLICANS IN 2016 WHEN YOU HAD

A POOL OF 15 OR 20 CANDIDATES

AND YOU ENDED UP WITH A

CANDIDATE WITH DONALD TRUMP WHO

WAS NOMINATED BY THE RNC.

I THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE

CAREFUL -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY

WITH A DONALD TRUMP BUT MAY BE

SOMEONE WHO IS NOT REALLY A

DEMOCRAT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SAY

BERNIE SANDERS IS NOT REALLY A

DEMOCRAT.

>> I FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A

SLIGHT PLAY BY BILL de BLASIO,

HE CAN PLAY MOMENTUM.

AT HIS NEXT EVENT IF HE HAS

LITERALLY TENS OF PEOPLE SHOW

UP, HE SAYS LOOK IT'S

IMPROVEMENT.

THAT'S A NARRATIVE FOR HIM.

I WELCOME HIS ENTRY INTO THIS

RACE AS A CONSERVATIVE COME OUT

LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

>> THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM WILL BE