OUR TOP STORY THIS HALF HOUR,
ALL THIS WEEK FOX BUSINESS THE
NETWORK IS SHINING A SPOTLIGHT
ON CAPITALISM VERSUS SOCIALISM.
>> HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WE
ARE ALARMED BY THE NEW CALLS TO
ADOPT SOCIALISM IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> BOO!
>> AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON
LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE AND NOT
GOVERNMENT COERCION, DOMINATION,
AND CONTROL.
WE ARE BORN FREE AND WE WILL
STAY FREE.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WE RENEW OUR RESOLVE THAT
AMERICA WILL NEVER BE A
SOCIALIST COUNTRY.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
MARIA:  THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP
DURING THE STATE OF THE UNION
ADDRESS BACK IN FEBRUARY.
BERNIE SANDERS, ELIZABETH
WARREN, KAMALA HARRIS ARE
CALLING FOR POLICIES SUCH AS TAX
INCREASES ON THE WEALTHY, FREE
COLLEGE TUITION, MEDICARE FOR
ALL THAT ARE CONSIDERED
SOCIALIST POLICIES.
JOINING US RIGHT NOW, FOSTER
FREEZE ALONG WITH ELIJAH MANLY.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
FOSTER, LET ME KICK IT OFF WITH
YOU.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
YOU'RE A CAPITALIST, I KNOW
THAT.
CAN YOU TELL US WHY YOU BELIEVE
CAPITALISM IS BETTER THAN
SOCIALISM?
>> LET ME GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE
HERE.
I BROUGHT THIS 100-DOLLAR BILL
TO SHOW ELIJAH.
I CAN TAKE THIS AND GO TO ALMOST
ANY DOCTOR THAT WILL ACCEPT ME,
ANY PLACE IN AMERICA.
I GIVE THIS $100 TO ELIJAH WHEN
HE BECOMES PRESIDENT, HE DECIDES
WHERE THIS GOES AND I LOSE
CONTROL OF MY MEDICAL CARE.
MEDICAL CARE IS PROBABLY MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO PEOPLE.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE WHY WE SHOULD
MAKE SURE WE STAY WITH THE
FREEDOM-LOVING SYSTEM WHERE WE
CHOOSE.
MARIA:  THIS IS REALLY A FREE
ENTERPRISE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY ENJOYING, ELIJAH.
AT THE
TE THE
TELLHE
TELLME WHERE YOU ARE ON THIS ISU
TELLME WHERE YOU ARE ON THIS ISE
AND WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
SOCIALISM?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME, MARIA.
I'M A LIFE-LONG SOCIALIST.
I BELIEVE IN IT BECAUSE IT'S
ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN THE N END.
THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SCHEME THAT
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW CALLED
CAPITALISM IS ALL ABOUT
EXTRACTING SURPLUS VALUE FROM
THE WORKERS AND GIVING IT TO A
BUNCH OF CRONIES AT THE TOP.
I DON'T THINK HE THAT'S FAIR AT
ALL.
MARIA:  LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT
THAT.
IF YOU'RE WORKING AND YOU MAKE A
SALARY, IF YOU'RE A SOCIALIST
THEN THAT SALARY IS NOT ALL
YOURS.
YOU HAVE TO SHARE THAT, IT HAS
TO REALLY BE SHARED FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND IT'S MORE ABOUT
THE COMMUNITY THAN IT WOULD BE
WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
IF YOU WORK HARD IN YOUR LIFE TO
GET SOMEWHERE, WOULDN'T YOU WANT
THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY TO BE
ABLE TO EARN MONEY FROM THAT AND
BENEFIT FROM YOUR HARD WORK?
IN SOCIALISM THAT'S NOT THE CASE
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY, NOT ABOUT YOUR
PROSPECT.
>> I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
SOCIALISM IS ABOUT REAPING THE
FRUIT OF YOUR LABOR.
UNDER THE CAPITALISM,
PRODUCTION, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THE CROW YOU ANIES AND CEOS --
CRONIES AND THE CEOS AT THE TOP
REAP THE BENEFITS.
BETWEEN 197 #
BETWEEN 1978#
BETWEEN 1978 AND 2013 WE SAW A 9
HAD HUNDRED% INCREASE
HAD HUNDRED PINCREASE
HAD HUNDRED PERCREASE
HAD HUNDRED PERCEEASE
HAD HUNDRED PERCENTSE
HAD HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE FOR
THE TOP.
MARIA:  ALL INCOMES ACTUALLY SAW
TAXES GO DOWN WITH THIS MOST
RECENT TAX CUT PLAN.
ALL INCOME LEVELS.
AND COMPANY TALLISM
CAD COMPANY TALLISM
CAPICOMPANY TALLISM
CAPITAMPANY TALLISM
CAPITALIANY TALLISM
CAPITALISMY TALLISM
CAPITALISM HTALLISM
CAPITALISM HASLLISM
CAPITALISM HAS MISM
CAPITALISM HAS MANM
CAPITALISM HAS MANAGED TO LIFT
MILLIONS OUT OF POVERTY IN THE
LAST S 0
LAST 1 0
LAST 100
LAST 10 YEARS.
>> WE HAVE 40 MILLION PEOPLE IN
POVERTY.
I WANT TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT THE
TAX CUTS.
IT IS A SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC
GROWTH PLAN.
IN THERM
IN LHERM
IN LONRM
IN LONG-TERM IT WILL BLOW A HOLE
IN THE DEFICIT AND MAKE IT
HARDER TO FUND SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RAN ON NOT
CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND
MEDICAID AND OTHER SOCIAL
WELFARE PROGRAMS.
THE TAX PLAN TO ME, WHICH IS
MORE TO HELP MAKE THE RICH
RICHER PLAN, IT'S NOT
SUSTAINABLE AND NOT HELPING
WORKING PEOPLE AT ALL IN MY
OPINION.
MARIA:  THIS CONVERSATION HAS
BEEN SPARKED BECAUSE WE HAVE A
PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH INCOME
GAP ACROSS INCOMES.
SO WHAT'S YOUR SOLUTION TO
LIFTING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY
AND ENSURING THAT ALL INCOMES
BENEFIT FROM CAPITALISM?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE SAY WE
HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE INCOME
INEQUALITY.
IF THAT'S A PROBLEM, THEN THE
AMERICAN DREAM IS A PROBLEM.
THE AMERICAN DREAM ENTITLES
EXPANDING PEOPLE'S INCOMES SO IT
GROWS LARGER.
WHAT WOULD ELIJAH -- WHAT WOULD
YOU BENEFIT IF BILL GATES'
INCOME WAS SLASHED IN HALF.
HE WOULD HAVE LESS TAXES TO PAY
FOR THE SAFETY NET WHERE
EVERYBODY CAN HAVE MEDICAL CARE,
AND THIS IDEA ABOUT DEMOCRACY IS
ABSOLUTELY REVERSED.
GO TO CUBA.
I WAS IN HAVANA FOR FOUR DAYS.
AND ALL THE LOCAL WORKERS ARE
LIVING IN POVERTY BUT THE
LEADERS ARE VERY WELL TAKEN CARE
OF.
I WAS IN RUSSIA IN THE '70s,
THERE'S SPECIAL STORES THAT
TOURISTS CAN GO TO THAT EVERYDAY
RUSSIANS CAN'T BUT POLITICAL
LEADERS COULD.
OUR OWN COUNTRY, THE CORRUPTION
THAT TAKES PLACE.
JOE BIDEN IS ONE OF THE NICEST
GUYS BUT HE APPARENTLY WITHHELD
$1 BILLION FROM THE UKRAINE
UNTIL THEY FIRED THE CHIEF
PROSECUTOR BECAUSE THEY WERE
GOING AFTER A COMPANY IN WHICH
HIS SON GOT $50,000 A MONTH
RETAINER.
TO ME, THAT'S NOT DEMOCRACY.
THAT'S WHERE THE LEADERS GAIN
