HEALTHCARE IS IN THE DUMPER.
WHAT'S NEXT?
TAX REFORM IT SEEMS.
THERE IS A PUSH NOW THAT HEALTHCARE
IS OUT-OF-THE-WAY TO FOCUS ON ONE OF THE MAIN PROMISES OF
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS A TAX REFORM INITIATIVE.
THERE IS A NEW EVENT, IN CASE YOU WANT TO PUT ON YOUR
CALENDARS FOR MONDAY.
IT IS HOSTED BY THE KOCH BROTHERS
AND THEIR AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS.
WHO'S THERE?
TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN ACCORDING TO
GRAPHIC
16, STEVEN MNUCHIN AND WHITE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS MARC SHORT ARE SLATED TO SPEAK ON A PANEL
AT THE NEWSEUM EVENT, ALONG WITH FREEDOM PARTNERS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT JAMES DAVIS
AND AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY PRESIDENT TIM PHILLIPS.
FREEDOM PARTNERS AND AFP ARE BOTH BACKED BY WEALTHY GOP
DONORS THE KOCH BROTHERS.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING AFTER?
THE KOCH NETWORK HAS COMMITTED TO SPEND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ON ITS EFFORTS TO CHAMPION TAX REFORM THAT
FOLLOWS FIVE PRINCIPLES: SIMPLICITY, EFFICIENCY,
EQUITABILITY, PREDICTABILITY, AND NO NEW BURDENS ON TAXPAYERS.
HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THIS IS THE MAIN THING THAT REPUBLICAN DONORS WANTED.
IN FACT, PAUL RYAN ADMITS THAT THE WHOLE HEALTHCARE PLAN
WAS TO GET TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH.
WE TOLD YOU THAT MONDAY.
TRUMP LIKES TO PRETEND
THESE ARE HONORABLE GENTLEMEN WITH IDEAS ON HOW TO
IMPROVE HEALTHCARE.
NO, PAUL RYAN EXPLAINED THAT DOING SO, GETTING RID OF
OBAMACARE WOULD REMOVE THE LAW'S RELATED TAXES AND ALLOW THE
GOP TO LOWER TAX RATES EVEN MORE DRAMATICALLY.
THAT WAS WHY THEY WERE TRYING TO GET RID OF OBAMACARE.
THEY FAILED THERE.
NOW THEY'RE MOVING ON AND GOING COME
ON, SCREW IT, WE'LL JUST GET THE TAX CUTS BY THEMSELVES.
WE WERE HOPING TO DO HEALTHCARE AND THEN THE GIANT
TAX CUTS, I GUESS WE WILL JUST HAVE TO DO THE GIANT TAX CUTS.
PAUL RYAN HAD PROPOSED TO LEVEL THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT MORE BY
DOING AN IMPORT TAX BASICALLY, AND HE WAS SAYING, WE'RE GOING
TO CREATE A GIANT DEFICIT WHEN WE CLAIM WE CARE ABOUT DEFICITS.
LET'S MAKE THAT GIANT DEFICIT JUST A TINY BIT SMALLER BY
ALWAYS BRINGING IN SOME REVENUE FROM AN IMPORT TAX AND THE
KOCH BROTHERS SAID NO.
WE IMPORT THINGS, I DON'T WANT TO PAY THAT TAX.
WHAT
PART OF MY LEGALIZED BRIBE DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?
AND IT IS GONE.
NOW THERE IS NO CHECK, THERE IS NO BALANCE, NO EXTRA REVENUE.
THIS IS A MULTI- TRILLION DOLLAR GIVEAWAY TO THE RICH AND
THE CORPORATIONS.
THIS IS THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA.
I WANT TO LAY IT OUT FOR YOU GUYS.
THIS IS THE ONE THING PEOPLE DEFINITELY PASS UNDER TRUMP, SO
TRUMP CAN FAIL AT EVERYTHING UNDER THE MOON AND THE SKY, AND
HEALTHCARE THEY COULD'VE WON ON, BUT THEY BUNGLED IT BECAUSE
THE RICH REALLY WANTED THAT TAX CUT WITH THE REPEALING OF
OBAMACARE, BUT HE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DEAL.
HE IS SO STUPID.
ANYWAY, FOR THE TAX CUTS THOUGH, THERE IS NO NEGOTIATION HERE.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE THE SHOW, I HAVE RECORDS FROM THE
DONORS WHO HAVE COME OUT FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND
SAID, I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR.
THIS IS DO OR DIE.
YOU EITHER PASS THIS OR THEY SAID, LITERALLY THERE WAS A
QUOTE SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO TURN OFF THE PIGGY BANK.
REPUBLICANS, YOU MUST PASS THIS, I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THEIR VOTERS.
YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET A DIME FROM US AGAIN.
THE WHOLE POINT OF OUR LEGALIZED BRIBES FOR YOU GUYS WAS TO
GET THIS IN RETURN.
AND THEY WILL.
NOT ONLY WILL THEY, I WILL GO FURTHER WITH MY PREDICTION.
THEY WILL GET SOME DEMOCRATIC VOTES TOO.
THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT ISN'T NEARLY AS SENSATIONAL AS
HEALTHCARE.
IT DOESN'T AFFECT PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE LIKE
HEALTHCARE DOES, AND I HOPE WE WILL SEE THE SAME AMOUNT OF
AMAZING RESISTANCE WITH THIS.
AS MUCH AS WE
TALKED ABOUT MCCAIN, IT REALLY IS OWED TO THE MOVEMENTS OF
THE PEOPLE WHO SAT IN, AND ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS I KNOW
TYT COVERED AND TALKED ABOUT, BUT THIS IS ONE THAT
IS HARDER TO RALLY AROUND.
ARE YOU GOING TO CALL YOUR
SENATORS AND CONGRESSPEOPLE ABOUT THIS?
WE SHOULD, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO HIT US JUST AS HARD.
IT REQUIRES EASILY ñ
HEALTHCARE, RIDICULOUSLY COMPLICATED, BUT WAS ABLE
TO GET BOILED DOWN TO A FEW KEY TERMS THAT EVERYONE COULD
IDENTIFY VERY EASILY, LIKE, 15 MILLION LOSE HEALTH INSURANCE.
30 MILLION LOSE HEALTH INSURANCE.
PREMIUMS CHANGE THIS MUCH.
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THOSE ARE THE MARKERS THAT NEED TO BE LAID OUT IMMEDIATELY
TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS OFF-LIMITS THAT PEOPLE CAN REALLY
IDENTIFY WITH AND IT IS GOING TO BE TOO BECAUSE ALL OF THIS
IS GOING TO BE PUT IN TERMS OF THIS SAVES MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FROM BUSINESSES.
I CAN HIRE PEOPLE.
THEY WILL SAY
EVEN THOUGH, HE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE SHOW YESTERDAY,
THAT TAX PLAN DOES NOT WORK.
WE HAD A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT IN KANSAS.
LOOK AS, BOTTOM
LINE IS, FRANCESCA AND BRETT ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS A SLOW-MOTION ROBBERY AND WHAT HAPPENS, YOU MIGHT
NOT SEE IT ON DAY ONE, BUT IT ESTIMATES THE REST OF THE
BUDGET BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT AND THEN REPUBLICANS
WILL TURN AROUND, AND YOU'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN ON YOUR TV
FOR DECADES, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
OH MY GOD, BERNIE SANDERS WANTS TO DO FOR COLLEGE FOR YOUR
KIDS YOU CANNOT BE AMERICAN DREAM?
SORRY, WE RAN OUT OF MONEY FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
SORRY, WE RUN OUT OF MONEY FOR YOUR HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION,
FOR ANYTHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP YOUR FAMILY.
WHY?
THEY NEVER TELL YOU IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TRILLION DOLLAR TAX
CUTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PASS, AND THEY WILL.
UNFORTUNATELY, LOOK, YOU BITE EVERY DAY AND WE WILL WE WILL
SEE THE REALITY OF IT AND WE WILL PRESSURE YOUR CONGRESSMAN
AND SENATORS DIVIDED IF THEY VOTE FOR IT, MAKE SURE YOU VOTE
THEM OUT OF OFFICE, BUT ON THIS ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN
TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE WINS ON ANY
OTHER ISSUE, BUT ON THIS ISSUE, HE IS VERY LIKELY TO WIN BECAUSE
THIS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE DONORS GIVING ALL OF THIS MONEY.
THEY GAVE A COMBINED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DONATIONS AND
LOBBYIST MONEY BUT THE KID BACK TRILLIONS IN TAX CUTS.
THEY'RE NOT STUPID, THEY'RE NOT GIVING AWAY THAT MONEY FOR
THEIR OR YOUR HELP.
THERE GIVING IT FOR THEIR WELL SO THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY
AND THIS IS HOW THEY GET THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND
THEY WILL GET IT.