CNN Panel Erupts in Laughter After Batya Ungar-Sargon Includes ‘Tariffs’ as Part of Solution to Reaching the American Dream

UNGAR-SARGON: “The problem is, you can‘t consume your way to the American dream.”
PHILLIP: “I get it.”
UNGAR-SARGON: “We all agree on what I think, probably, what the American dream is. You know, home ownership, health care is a big thing that the Republicans have no answer to. I fully admit that. Retirement and an education for your kids. And these things have just become astronomically expensive, especially if you‘re lower middle class, working class. The problem is, is that what we did was we made college the gatekeeper of the American dream, but our economy is already over-producing college grads by 50%. So half of college grads — actually, I think that would make it 100% — sorry. English major. Half of college grads are working in jobs that don‘t require a college degree. Meaning, if we say — “
Allison: “With debt that they can‘t pay back and then their salaries don‘t — “
QUEST: What‘s your solution? What’s your solution?”
UNGAR-SARGON: “Vocational training, tariffs, reshoring — “
[Cross-talk]
[Laughter]
PHILLIP: “You had everybody nodding at this table, and then you said tariffs.”
TANDEN: “There are young men — we are seeing in some of the polling that people who are most concerned about the tariffs are younger people who are losing [inaudible].”
PHILLIP: “Okay, we do have to — great conversation.”