Capitalism’s New Low in America 9/8/25

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) and Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy discuss the latest Gallup poll results: American support for capitalism has hit a new low. In a lively discussion, the two share their ideas for the country’s future, as well as the rise of support for socialism and solutions to the nation’s affordability crisis. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb discusses the agenda of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including restricting access to vaccines. Plus, FHFA Director Bill Pulte has called for Fed governor Lisa Cook to resign over allegations of mortgage fraud, but his own family is now in the spotlight for a similar issue. President Trump joined the crowds at the U.S. Open Men’s Finals in New York, and Squawk Box kicks off a celebratory week! It has been 30 iconic years of ‘squawking’ on TV, as of this summer. Vivek Ramaswamy & Rick Scott - 16:01 Dr. Scott Gottlieb - 27:53 In this episode: Vivek Ramaswamy, @VivekGRamaswamy Rick Scott, @SenRickScott Dr. Scott Gottlieb, @ScottGottliebMD Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	Support for capitalism has dropped to a new low among Americans.
0:14.0	Florida Senator Rick Scott is still a believer, but he understands frustrations.
0:18.0	What government has done has made it very difficult for the poor to get hit.
0:21.6	The cost of everything has gone up, and it's a lot of it's government regulation.
0:24.6	You can't get a permit. You can't start a business.
0:27.6	Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramoswamy sees the rising interest in socialism as an opportunity for his party.
0:34.6	I want to see Republicans use this as a wake-up call to affirmatively
0:39.2	make the case for capitalism itself. And inside the vaccine agenda of the nation's highest
0:47.3	health care official, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the
0:52.2	FDA, joins us. I think Kennedy is at odds with both the president's ethos around these things and certainly
0:57.6	members of the Senate.
0:59.8	Plus, special guests at the U.S. Open men's final, including President Trump.
1:04.8	The crowd, some of which was, you know, applauding loudly and others were booing.
1:10.1	It's Monday, September 8th, 2025,
1:13.0	a very special week for Squawk Box.
1:15.7	This is a program where things are unscripted.
1:18.7	We're looking for news to break.
1:20.8	Very unscripted.
1:21.2	Very unscripted.
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