I TOLD YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED
FOLLOWING TUESDAY'S VOTE, HERE ARE SOME OF THE LESS THAN
GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE DREAM DIED IN COLORADO.
THE DEFEAT OF AMENDMENT 69 WAS DECISIVE, AS PREDICTED.
2/3 OF RESIDENTS OPPOSED THE MEASURE, WHICH WOULD'VE
ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM CALLED COLORADOCARE TO COVER MOST
PEOPLE IN THE STATE.
ALSO, NEBRASKA AND OKLAHOMA DID VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
DEATH
PENALTY.
OKLAHOMA ANSWERS THAT QUESTION 776, WHICH DECLARED THE CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT IS NOT COOL OR UNUSUAL, WHILE ALSO ADDING A
SECTION TO THE STATE IN ADDITION TO DECLARING ANY METHOD OF
EXECUTION SHALL BE ALLOWED UNLESS NOT ALLOWED BY THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION.
IN CALIFORNIA, 54% OF VOTERS SAID NO TO A VALID QUESTION
ASKING IF THE DEATH PENALTHY SHOULD BE REPEALED.
VIDEO BUFFERING -
BASICALLY, THE TAX PROPOSED A LEVY OF $25 PER METRIC TON
OF CARBON EMISSIONS IN 2018, WHICH WOULD INCREASE ñ
INCREASED TO $100 PER METRIC TON OVER THE NEXT FOUR DECADES.
SO, CENK, KEEPING THAT IN MIND, WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A
SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE DREAM THAT DIED IN COLORADO, THEN WE
HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY, AND THEN WASHINGTON STATE REJECTING THEIR
FIRST TRY AT A CARBON TAX.
THE COUNTRY'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT A CARBON TAX.
WHAT IS MOST DISHEARTENING?
DEFINITELY THE DEATH PENALTY, BECAUSE WASHINGTON AND COLORADO
WERE NICE COLLEGE DRIVES, AND THEY HAVE BEEN LEADING THE PACK
IN TERMS OF DOING PROGRESSIVE BALLOT INITIATIVES.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK ON THE FIRST ONE, AND THEN THEY
COME BACK AND EXPLAIN IT BETTER AND IT WORKS.
BOTH IN MARIJUANA AND RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE, AND
EUTHANASIA, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
SO THEY ARE WONDERFUL STATES DOING GREAT EXPERIMENTS, AND I'M
NOT TOO DISHEARTENED IF IT DOESN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME.
HEALTHCARE NOBODY'S GOING TO SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU,
SINGLE-PAYER WILL NEVER WORK, YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY.
SO THEN THEY'LL SPEND A TON OF MONEY TO TRY TO FIGHT IT.
THE CARBON TAX IS A GREAT IDEA.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN HIS MOUTH, SO I'M NOT SURE HE'S IN
FAVOR OF THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE, BUT ELON MUSK MADE A
GREAT POINT, BECAUSE IT'S ONE I USED TO MAKE, SO -
SO GREAT
ñ ELON MUSK TALKS ABOUT, WE HAVE THESE FOSSIL FUELS AND WE MIGHT
NEED THEM FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME AS WE TRANSITION INTO
RENEWABLE ENERGIES, BUT IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THEY GET TO PUT THESE
EXTERNALITIES ON THE REST OF US.
THEY ARE A BYPRODUCT OF THEIR PRODUCT, WHOSE COSTS WE BEAR.
ONE OF THE COSTS IS CLIMATE CHANGE, SO I HAVE TO BEAR IT,
EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T DO IT.
BANGLADESH HAS TO BEAR THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T DO IT.
A CARBON TAX IS ONE WAY TO SAY, YOU CREATED THIS COST, SO
YOU SHOULD PAY FOR IT.
YOU MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY, THE OIL COMPANIES ARE STILL THE MOST
PROFITABLE COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, USUALLY IN THE TOP 10, SO
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CAN AFFORD IT, AND SO WHY SHOULD THEY GET
TO MAKE A PROFIT BEYOND WHAT THEIR PRODUCT MERITS?
RIGHT?
YOUR PRODUCT HAS CERTAIN PROFITS AND CERTAIN COSTS, YOU
SHOULD BEAR THEIR COSTS.
THERE'S NO REASON I SHOULD BEAR THE COSTS AND YOU SHOULD NOT
BEAR THE COSTS WHEN WE DIDN'T GET ANY OF THE PRODUCT.
SO THAT'S A, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL WIN ON THOSE LATER.
THAT'S IT, ON THE DEATH PENALTY, COME ON GUYS.
LOOK, I'M A GUY WHO WAS IN FAVOR OF THE DEATH PENALTY.
IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF JUSTICE, AND
WELL MAYBE EVEN ENGINES.
IF SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY WAS KILLED I WOULD WANT A
LITTLE BIT OF VENGEANCE, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT ON
THE SHOW IN THE PAST.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY SHOWN THAT THE GUYS ON DEATH ROW ARE OFTEN
VINDICATED, THAT THEY DIDN'T DO IT; DOZENS OF THEM.
SO I MIGHT WANT VENGEANCE ON A GUY WHO DID IT, I DON'T WANT
VENGEANCE ON A GUY WHO DIDN'T DO IT.
SO THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH US IF WE SAY, YEAH I KNOW WE GET
DEATH ROW WRONG ALL THE TIME, IT'S A PROVEN FACT, LET'S
JUST KILL THEM ANYWAY.
I'M HOPING THAT YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF THE FACTS, AND THAT WE
CAN HOPEFULLY GET YOU THE FACTS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
HAVE BEEN EXONERATED, BECAUSE IF YOU SEE THAT AND YOU KNOW THAT
WE ARE KILLING THE WRONG GUYS AND YOU STILL WANT TO GO AHEAD,
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU.
I ALSO THINK THERE'S SOME MISINFORMATION WITH HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE ON DEATH ROW.
SOME PEOPLE THINK ñ THE PEOPLE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE DEATH
PENALTY BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY NEED TO CLEAR THE PRISONS AND
THAT THE PRISONS ARE OVERCROWDED, WHEN IN FACT
THERE'S 10 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW IN THE ñ IN NEBRASKA.
IF YOU WANT TO CLEAR THE PRISONS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT
THE WAR ON DRUGS.
THE DEATH PENALTY, I DON'T REALLY SEE IT AS A HOT BUTTON
ISSUE, BECAUSE, TO ME, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT AGAIN
THIS IS PROBABLY ME COMING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
NO, WE HAVE THE CORRECT PERSPECTIVE.
OKAY.
NO, I'M SERIOUS BECAUSE I USED TO BE PRO-DEATH PENALTY.
I EVEN THINK IT HAS DETERRED VALUE, I KNOW THAT LIBERALS
GO CRAZY WHEN I SAY THAT.
I HAD A BIG DEBATE WITH MARIO CUOMO BACK IN THE DAY, WHO HATES
THE DEATH PENALTY, BUT WE ARE KILLING THE WRONG PEOPLE,
THAT'S CRAZY.
YOU CAN'T BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE, 1% OF THE GUYS ON DEATH ROW WE HAD THE
WRONG GUYS, NO, IT'S A GIANT PERCENTAGE.
2 OF THEM ARE WORSE, OKLAHOMA IS SEEING THEY HAD PROBLEMS
WITH THE CHEMICALS THEY WERE USING, IT WASN'T KILLING
THE GUY RIGHT AWAY.
THEY WERE USING THE WRONG CHEMICALS AND THEY WERE LIKE,
THAT IS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT THAT IS AGAINST THE
U.S. CONSTITUTION, DON'T KILL THAT GUY THAT WAY.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO PASS A LEGISLATION THAT SAYS WE
CAN KILL THE GUY ANYWAY WE WANT.
COME ON, VALUE ON DECENCY, RIGHT?
BACK WHEN I WAS IN FAVOR OF THE DEATH PENALTY, I DID NOT
WANT TO TORTURE THE GUYS WHILE WE WERE DOING IT.
BE DONE WITH IT.
DO IT IN A MEDICALLY SOUND WAY.
BUT CALIFORNIA, LOOK, I GET OKLAHOMA AND NEBRASKA, THERE'S A
LOT OF EDUCATION TO BE DONE THERE, AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS
SMUG, BUT REALLY, YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
INNOCENT ON DEATH ROW.
BUT IN CALIFORNIA, YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW BETTER, I CAN'T
BELIEVE IT PASSED IN CALIFORNIA.
NOT TO GET YOU EVEN MORE MAD, BUT THE SECOND QUESTION TO
QUICKEN THE TIME BETWEEN SENTENCING AND EXECUTION
ACTUALLY PASSED.
LAST POINT ON THAT, WHICH IS, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE MORE
DISAPPOINTED IN THE CARBON TAX FOR SINGLE-PAYER, BECAUSE THESE
FOLKS ARE ON DEATH ROW, WE'RE NOT 100% SURE THEY DID IT, AND
BETWEEN THIS TIME AND THE NEXT BALLOT MEASURE, SOME
CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE GOING TO DIE.
SO, THAT'S SOME PRETTY HEAVY, SERIOUS BUSINESS.
WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS ONE RIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN
CALIFORNIA, AND WE DIDN'T.