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What Do We Owe the Government?

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    FBN’s John Stossel breaks down calls for bigger government from Democrats.

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And in the most outspoken defender of the free market would have turned to 100 years old this week.

And today while the free market he defended this coming under attack by the -- now here's Massachusetts state that's senate candidate.

-- well Elizabeth Warren from last year.

Nobody in this country who got rich.

On his own.

Nobody.

Factory there aren't you already clear you moved your goods to market all of the rest of us paid for -- You hire workers don't wrapped -- just hate to educate.

You will all -- safe in your factory.

But -- the police forces and fire forces that don't rest of us paid.

More.

-- also offer office and no they can't is here what do you make John among the coming.

The she set it up with the president's taken as won't run with the big time sounds like he copied her but.

If you think about before specific examples she gives us see how distorted this arguments become suggests a repeat them.

-- yet you've built a factory but.

You moved your goods in the roads we paid for the rest of us pay for.

That's right and that's true and we your -- of the president's daughters they pay a little bit of external debt by an educated by our safe because of the police forces and fire forces.

Those are all state and local government responsibilities if she stopped at that I'd be okay would that.

But what's the federal government spending three trillion dollars on -- demanding more always know.

He's exam I'm not go to the -- -- not given any -- because you know what if you look at the unemployment it's people who would only a high school education who have the fewest amount of jobs outside a drop -- it's of people who have the trillion dollars in college debt that pay for themselves -- the parent so government had nothing do with that and -- -- visit daughter's big more than pay for the roads -- funded their factories I mean let's face it the whole thing is disingenuous at the at the bit.

It's a dangerous -- it's not just -- a dangerous line.

I don't disagree but I guess -- want -- to stop and think for a moment and how limited the argument it is.

We -- not police forces and fire departments we want education it's all local.

But definitely -- this is -- -- federal -- we've got to -- second I -- runs all the those -- -- we noticed all the time sucks it up who's sucks up we are but because of the media is it -- -- sucks up.

The lion's share of these public services what neighborhoods -- the fire department the most the police amongst those that paid very little into the system the begin with.

I mean this -- Now I'll make this one point analysts -- the Olympics right now Michael Phelps let's say that Michael Phelps practiced in -- public swimming pool.

Does that mean that Michael Phelps -- some of his Olympic medals to those people municipality that he not do it himself because he swim in a public swimming pool this whole argument is actually reverting to say he should thank the public for building the pool and he should happily pay all the taxes we asked for and I don't remember that Elizabeth Warren standing next to him when he was getting in the swimming pool but he did it -- Aliases that pilot nature with which they speak and where it would Elizabeth Warren speaking and that that home that she used it says that half got how dare -- how dare.

Melissa because they're trying to trigger a violent reaction -- -- -- that's my high.

You don't think so you don't think they want this want that tonight an emotional reaction to the -- -- -- Wall Street thing.

They have to fan those flames and have our people marched into the streets and going into factories in the -- analyst -- -- -- It hasn't happened.

And I I don't see it happening I don't see it happening either but I think that was the -- -- you know this I don't know I think.

I have -- -- -- they really believe that -- -- there was this believe and all this border trying to stoke in the average person what what are they trying to think to the public.

That we need to raise taxes on the rich and were all in this together and socialism works best.

The intellectuals fell forward and maturing or marxism at it's.

It's in their hearts that are really think they're evil people scary that they actually believed this then we really do well -- -- -- did not miss spousal tonight 9 PM eastern right here on Fox Business value to best.

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