WAR ON FRAUD: Minnesota is just the ‘TIP OF THE ICEBERG’

BRIGADE.

>> Martha: HE DIDN'T MENTION

THEM LAST NIGHT.

WITH THAT WE BRING IN COUNCIL

DIRECTOR KEVIN HASSETT.

I SEE YOU ARE NOT WEARING A FROG

SUIT OR JUMPING AROUND ON STAGE

RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU

SEE THAT?

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHUCKLE A

BIT.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT

EFFORT?

>> I THINK IT GOES BACK TO SOME

OF THE STUFF THAT YOU RAN BEFORE

THE BREAK TOO WHERE WE HAD A

LIBERAL COMMENTATOR SAYING THAT

THE NUMBERS WERE ALLIES, THEY

WERE ALL WRONG.

AS YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE HAVE A

STATE OF THE UNION, FIRST OF

ALL, NERDS LIKE ME OR OVER EVERY

NUMBER FOR WEEKS TO MAKE SURE

THAT EVERYTHING IS RIGHT BUT

THEN WE POST THE FACTS ON

WHITEHOUSE.GOV SO ANYONE WHO HAS

A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE

NUMBERS AT THE PRESIDENT SAID

CAN GO AND LOOK UP WHAT THE

SOURCE SAYS.

WHAT IS GOING ON IS THAT PEOPLE

ARE DANCING AROUND WITH FROGS

AND DANCING AROUND THE FACTS

BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE THE

FACTS.

THE FACTS ARE THAT

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CREATING

THIS.

IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS

WHERE HE'S BEEN PRESIDENT, THE

AVERAGE GDP GROWTH HAS BEEN

3.2%.

HE PROMISED 3% GROWTH IN 2017

AND EVERYONE SAID HE'S CRAZY.

HE'S ALREADY DELIVERING THAT AND

THERE'S LOTS OF POLICIES THAT

ARE JUST KICKING IN RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE ARE VERY, VERY

OPTIMISTIC THAT THE GOLDEN AGES

HERE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY

SEEING IT IN THEIR WALLETS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP MENTION LAST

NIGHT THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN

FAMILY SAW THEIR INCOME GO UP BY

$1400 LAST YEAR AFTER ADJUSTING

FOR INFLATION.

>> Martha: PUTTING UP SOME

APPROVAL NUMBERS.

JUST LOOKING AT THE POLLS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDLING OF

ECONOMY.

THREE DIFFERENT SETS HERE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT ANYONE OF THEM.

A FOX NEWS POLL, A WASHINGTON

POLL, "WALL STREET JOURNAL"

POLL.

ALL HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S

DISAPPROVAL NUMBER ON THE

ECONOMY IN THE MID-TO-UPPER

50s, KEVIN.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?

>> WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS AS PEOPLE

SEE THEIR INCOMES GO UP WHICH

ALREADY HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND

SKYROCKETED WHICH IS WHAT'S

GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR AND

NEXT, REMEMBER WE GOT BETWEEN

$6500 IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS

BEFORE COVID AND THOSE NUMBERS

WERE FANTASTIC.

THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS

THAT A LOT OF CONSUMER SENTIMENT

NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO VERY

POSITIVE AND WHENEVER YOU ARE

SURVEYING THESE SURVEYS,

REMEMBER THAT HALF PEOPLE, THE

DEMOCRATS, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO

THEY WILL WANT TO DANCE WITH

FROGS AND IGNORE THE NUMBERS.

>> Martha: WITH REGARD TO THIS

NEW PROGRAM THAT IS A SAVINGS

PROGRAM, WHICH I KNOW IS

SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE WORKED ON

IN THE BACKGROUND FOR QUITE A

WHILE, KEVIN.

WHO WOULD BE GETTING THESE

ACCOUNTS?

AND I'M SURE YOU'VE RUN THE

NUMBERS ON THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE

IF YOU GIVE PEOPLE $1000 PER

YEAR TO INVEST IN A SAVINGS

ACCOUNT AND THEN THEY ADD TO AND

OVER TIME AS WELL, IF YOU LOOKED

AT THE NEXT 10-YEAR PERIOD, THAT

COULD COST THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT ABOUT $500 BILLION SO

WHERE IS THAT MONEY GOING TO

COME FROM FOR THIS PROGRAM?

>> THERE IS ALREADY, IN LAW, A

PROGRAM CALLED THE SABRES MATCH

WHICH CAN FUND THE START OF

THESE PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME

PEOPLE.

AS PRESIDENT TRUMP MENTIONED,

THE TYPICAL 401(K) FAMILY THAT

WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE

MADE $40,000 LAST YEAR BUT HALF

OF AMERICANS WERE LEFT OUT.

THE SABRES MATCH PROGRAM APPLIES

TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND

THAT'S REALLY STEP ONE AND

THAT'S WHAT WE WILL START RIGHT

AWAY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY IN

LAW, DOESN'T REQUIRE LEGISLATION

BUT AFTERWARDS I'M SURE THAT WE

WILL HAVE A STRONG EFFORT --

MAKE A STRONG EFFORT TO WORK

WITH FRIENDS IN CONGRESS TO MAKE

SURE WE GET ALL THE WAY UP TO

THE MEETING IN PERSON.

RIGHT NOW THE COST ISN'T AS HIGH

AS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BECAUSE

THE PROGRAM IS SMALLER AND

DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY UP MEDIAN

BUT A SMALLER INCOME LEVEL.

>> Martha: PART OF THAT TRICK

IS TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF IT WHICH WE KNOW A

LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OFFERED

401(K)'S AND THEY DON'T TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF THEM AND IT IS A

GREAT WAY TO SAVE.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT J.D. EVENTS,

THE VICE PRESIDENT, IN CHARGE ON

THE WAR ON FRAUD AND HE SPOKE

ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT IN HIS

SPEECH DURING A MOMENT THAT WAS

VERY HEATED.

ILHAN OMAR WAS YELLING AT THE

PRESIDENT.

HE WAS TELLING HER THAT SHE

SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HERSELF

WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE FRAUD

THAT HAS BEEN FOUND, $9 BILLION

IN MINNESOTA AND THEN HE SAID

THIS ABOUT THE WAR ON FRAUD.

WATCH.

>> I AM OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING

THE WAR ON FRAUD TO BE LED BY

OUR GREAT VICE PRESIDENT J.D.

VANCE.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

HE WILL GET IT DONE.

WE ARE ABLE TO FIND ENOUGH OF

THAT FRAUD AND WE WILL ACTUALLY

HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET

OVERNIGHT.

IT WILL GO VERY QUICKLY.

>> OVER 1.7 TRILLION IN THE

BUDGET DEFICIT RIGHT NOW.

IT WILL BE A VERY BUSY

VICE PRESIDENT FINDING ENOUGH

FRAUD TO MAKE UP FOR THAT.

HERE'S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THIS

PROGRAM AND HIS PROJECT THIS

MORNING.

>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT NO ONE

HAS TRIED TO TAKE A SYSTEMATIC

LOOK AT HOW MUCH FATHER IS IN

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

HOW MANY ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE ON

MEDICAID?

WE KNOW IT'S BILLIONS AND

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT SHOULD

GO TO AMERICAN CITIZENS, IT'S

GOING TO ILLEGAL ALIENS.

HOW MANY FRAUDULENT DAY CARE

CENTERS ARE SET UP SO THAT THAT

MONEY SHOULD GO TO AMERICAN

CITIZENS TO HELP CHILDREN GET

INTO CHILD CARE.

THE NEXT YEAR WE WILL TRY TO

UNCOVER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND

RUN AT THIS IS MUCH AS WE CAN

BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP AFTER

A YEAR.

>> Martha: WHO WILL OVERSEE

THIS INVESTIGATION?

IS THIS COMING FROM THE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE?

WE HAD DOGE OF COURSE THAT

LASTED FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE WE.

>> THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHO IS

THE PERFECT PERSON TO LEAD THIS.

HE GETS THEM ALL IN A ROOM AND

ASKS THEM TO GET THEIR PEOPLE

TOGETHER TO STUDY THE POSSIBLE

FRAUD IN THEIR AGENCY AND ONCE

THE STUFF IS COLLECTED, HE WILL

WORK WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

TO FIX IT.

MAKE NO MISTAKE THOUGH THAT THE

MINNESOTA PROBLEM IS REALLY THE

TIP OF THE ICEBERG AND AS WE ARE

LOOKING AROUND FOR OTHER

EXAMPLES IN CALIFORNIA,

MASSACHUSETTS AND MAINE, WE'VE

BEEN FINDING THEM EVERYWHERE WE

LOOK.

THE PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED TO GET

THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO

STAMP OUT THAT FRAUD BECAUSE THE

FRAUD MEANS HIGHER TAXES FOR YOU

AND BIGGER DEFICITS FOR THE U.S.

>> Martha: I THINK IT OUTRAGES

ALL AMERICANS TO SEE THAT PEOPLE

ARE RIPPING OFF OTHER

WELL-MEANING TAXPAYERS WHO PAY

THEIR TAXES AND DON'T EXPECT

THESE BENEFIT PROGRAMS TO BE

ABUSED THAT THOSE TAX DOLLARS GO

INTO SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF

FOCUS ON THIS AND WE WILL BE

INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THE

VICE PRESIDENT SHOWS US WHAT HE

HASN'T IF HE CAN GET TO

1.7 TRILLION TO BALANCE THE

BUDGET.

THAT WOULD BE PRETTY