BEFORE THE BIG TRUMPET TAX BILL A NUMBER OF CORPORATIONS THAT
WILL BENEFIT GREATLY MADE SOME BIG PROMISES ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING TO COME FROM THE BILL.
THE PROMISE GENERALLY WAS JOBS, JOBS, JOBS.
THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED BONUSES, MANY BEING GIVEN TO THEIR
WORKERS.
BUT BONUSES ARE ACTUALLY VERY CHEAP FOR CORPORATIONS TO GIVE
AWAY.
HIGHER WAGES AND NEW JOBS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
WE KNOW COMCAST IS NOT GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY
WHILE
BEING THE- THEY MADE THOSE PROMISES BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT
COMCAST FIRED OVER 500
SALES PERSONNEL SHORTLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
OH GOOD, BEFORE CHRISTMAS WE WILL STING A LITTLE MORE.
ON ONE HAND THEY ARE PROMISING $1000 BONUS, WITH THE
OTHER THEY ARE THROWING OUT 500
WORKERS.
WHAT IS AN INDIRECT JOB?
I DON'T KNOW.
BY THE WAY THOSE AREN'T THE ONLY JOBS LOST.
THAT IS WHAT WE FOUND THAT IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH.
WE ALSO SHOW YOU HOW AT&T HAD CUT OVER 1000
JOBS AFTER PROMISING MANY JOBS WOULD COME FROM THESE TAX CUTS.
THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE SHOW OR NOT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE
SURPRISED.
BUT WE DO HAVE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT ALL THE RHETORIC
ABOUT WHAT TAXES WILL DO BOTH PHILOSOPHICALLY, IDEOLOGICALLY,
AND REALITY NEVER MADE ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER.
I THINK THAT IS THE REASON WHY THE APPROVAL FOR THE TAX
PLAN WAS SO INCREDIBLY LOW.
THERE WAS A HUGE DISCONNECT AMONG MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
THE ACTUAL ELECTORATE IN TERMS
OF WHAT THEY WANTED AND WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS WOULD BE.
CONGRESS IS SELLING THIS AS A LEGISLATIVE WIN BUT AT THE SAME
TIME IT IS NOT REALLY A
LEGISLATIVE WIN IF THE ELECTORATE DOESN'T FIND THIS
NEW LAW TO BE A GOOD THING WERE POPULAR.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT IT IS GOOD THAT WE ARE SPREADING THE
WORD BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE
PEOPLE KNOW.
BUT TO BE FAIR THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF COVERAGE ABOUT HOW
NEGATIVE THE TAX PLAN WOULD BE
FOR THE COUNTRY.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION IN PEOPLE KNOW.
MY PREDICTION IS THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL PAY FOR
THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THESE JOBS GETTING CUT,
THEY ARE NOTICING THAT THEIR WAGES MIGHT HAVE GONE UP A
TINY BIT BUT LARGELY REMAINED STAGNANT.
WE ARE NOT IDIOTS AND WE SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR
FINANCES.
THE GOP CAN GO AROUND TOUTING ñ
BUT WE KNOW WHO IT REALLY BENEFITS.
YOU CAN'T NOTICE IF YOU'RE MAKING MORE ON YOUR PAYCHECK
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PAYCHECK WHICH IS THE BOTTOM LINE HERE.
THESE BIG COMPANIES THAT MADE THIS BIG SPLASH ñ THE NUMBER ONE
PETITION THEY PUT IN IS NOT THE FIRST.
DIDN'T AT&T CUT 1000?
THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK AND BITE THEM.
THE IDEA WAS THAT THEY COULD GO BACK TO THEIR DISTRICTS AND SAY
WE GOT THIS TAX BILL NOW REELECT US WE GOT THIS TEXT.
BUT IF THIS
TEXT BUILT STARTS BEING THE FOCAL POINT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
LOSING THEIR JOBS AND ARE NOW
SCARED BECAUSE THEIR TAXES ARE GOING TO INCREMENT A LITTLE BIT
AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING A WAGE INCREASE IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK
IT IS GOING TO BACKFIRE.
I DOUBT YOU WERE SURPRISED BY THIS.
I KNOW THANKFULLY WE HAVE ñ
TO WHICH HE INVESTIGATES TO THE GREAT JOB SHOWING WHAT
HAPPENED THE LAST TIME BILLS LIKE THIS WERE PASSED.
A LOT OF CORPORATIONS CUT TONS OF JOBS.
THEY WILL KEEP TRACK OF THIS BUT ALSO IF YOU SEE ONE OF THESE
CORPORATIONS THAT WAS OUT FRONT MAKING THESE BIG PROMISES, IF
YOU SEE ANYTHING YOU CAN KEEP THESE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE.
IF THEY STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL IS POPULAR, YOU CAN JUST
SHOW THEM THAT INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES ARE FIRING PEOPLE.
TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHY THIS MADE SENSE.
THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT ARE HIRING PEOPLE BUT WHY ARE THEY
DOING THAT?
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ECONOMICS IS BECAUSE THERE IS
A DEMAND FOR THEIR PRODUCT AND THEY NEED MORE EMPLOYEES TO
SERVICE THAT DEMAND.
THEY DON'T HIRE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU GIVE THEM $1 MILLION, THAT
IS NOT HOW BUSINESSES FUNCTION.
AND WE'RE NOT TREATING JOBS AS IF THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.
WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT IS DOWN, UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND CONTINUES
TO BE A SEVERE ISSUE THAT GOES UNADDRESSED.
HOW MANY FULL-TIME JOBS THAT PROVIDE A LIVING WAGE AND
BENEFITS ARE BEING CREATED?
HOW
MANY OF THOSE JOBS EXIST OR ARE BEING CREATED?
GETTING A
PART-TIME NO BENEFITS JOB THAT GIVES YOU MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT A
GREAT JOB THAT IS GOING TO HELP
YOU MAKE ENDS MEET.
OR AN INDIRECT JOB.
GREAT POINT WHICH IS WHY THE SAME TIME
WE NEED TO HAVE GROUPS
LIKE FIGHT FOR 15
OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET WAGE INCREASES.