YOU MIGHT BE THINKING IT MIGHT GO
ENTIRELY TO VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE AS A COUNTRY.
WE SAW THAT WITHIN 10 YEARS IT HELPED TO CRASH THE ECONOMY.
HOW COULD THEY POSSIBLY CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT
THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
WE KNOW SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS THEY ARE GOING TO USE DOT
IN THIS VIDEO YOU WILL SEE STEVE RUSSELL MAKING THE CHRISTIAN
ARGUMENT FOR GIVING ALL OF YOUR MONEY TO WEALTHY PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE UNDERSTAND IS SPEAKER RYAN
CONSIDERING ADDING BACK A TOP TAX BRACKET FOR THE
WEALTHIEST AMERICANS.
AXIAL IS REPORTING A MIGHT BE KEEPING A 30%
TAX BRACKET FOR PEOPLE MAKING OVER $1 MILLION A YEAR.
COULD YOU SUPPORT THAT?
WHAT I SUPPORT IS FAIR TO EVERYONE.
GOT IN HIS LINCOLN LAW REQUIRED 10%
OF ALL PEOPLE, THAT SEEM PRETTY FAIR.
WHY DO WE NEED 30, 40, 50% IN TAXATION.
AT SOME POINT WE TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
I DON'T THINK WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY AND
TO CLASS WARFARE.
ONE OF THE SAD THINGS IS LEAVING THE MILITARY AND CUT COMING
TO CONGRESS AND SEEING HOW WE HAVE DIVIDED OUR NATION ON
ALMOST EVERY LEVEL ñ SOCIOECONOMIC, GENDER, RACE.
NOW WE WILL DIVIDE ON CLASS AND DIVIDE ON WEALTH.
WHEN IS IT THAT WE UNITE ON THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY ñ IT IS
EASY TO THROW ROCKS AT SOMEBODY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE MONEY.
THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS CLASS WARFARE.
WE ARE BETTER AS A COUNTRY THAN THAT.
WE WANT A COUNTRY THAT CREATES INNOVATION.
AND CREATES HOPES OF THAT SUMMARY GROWING UP IN
POVERTY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, COULD BE WEALTHY IF THEY INVENTED
IDEA AND THEY TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO SUCCESS.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY ALONG
THESE LINES, IT IS A MYSTERY TO ME.
JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE RICH YOU WANT TO THROW STONES.
AND I MEAN HAVE A TAX RATE THAT IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PAY.
THAT IS NOT FAIR ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE?
YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT DID THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY AND
SAID WHY PEOPLE GET REALLY MAD AT BLACK PEOPLE AND SWITCH
OVER TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I CAN GO ON AND ON.
YOU GUYS INVENTED DIVIDING PEOPLE AND NOW THAT YOU SAY
MAYBE THE RICH SHOULD PAY THEIR SHARE FAIR AND TAXES THEY
SAY OH YOU ARE DIVIDING PEOPLE.
HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS PURELY
FOR THE RICH.
AND THE OLD WAYS THE CHURCH WOULD TAKE 10% AND BUILD A NICE
CHURCH.
NOW WE HAVE GIANT MILITARY POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT,
HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS ETC.
10% DOESN'T REALLY CUT IT.
COLLECTS I ACTUALLY WANT TO PLAY ONE MORE QUICK.
HERE IS BEN CARSON ECHOING A VERY SIMILAR IDEA.
YOU IN A TELEVISED INTERVIEW AND YOU SAY LISTEN PEOPLE
THAT PAY THE MOST TAXES DESERVE A BREAK.
DO YOU THINK THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE THAT IT WILL HELP EVERYONE
AND IT WILL HELP THE ECONOMY?
THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER MESSAGE
ON TAXES.
I
THINK WE NEED TO STOP ENGAGING IN THE CLASS WARFARE STUFF.
THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT HAS ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE IN IT.
RICH PEOPLE, POOR PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE.
WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT QUITE FRANKLY.
IF PART OF THE BOAT SINKS THE REST OF IT IS GOING DOWN TO.
AS I SAID BEFORE, IF PART OF THE BOAT SINKS TYPICALLY WE
BAIL IT OUT.
IT'S PLAY ONE MORE BECAUSE HE HAS A METAPHOR THAT IS MORE
CONDESCENDING THAN PERHAPS HE REALIZES.
WE NEED TO STOP ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BE DIVIDED UP.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WEALTHY AT ALL WHO ARE VERY
HAPPY AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY WEALTHY WHO ARE VERY
UNHAPPY.
WEALTH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HAPPINESS BUT FAIRNESS IS
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD GO ACROSS ALL LINES.
THAT IS WHY I LOVE THINGS THAT ARE PROPORTIONAL.
IN WHAT WAY?
YOU MAKE $10 BILLION, YOU PAY 1 BILLION.
YOU MAKE $10, YOU PAY ONE.
EVERYBODY HAS SKIN IN THE GAME, BECAUSE HE MAKES A TON OF
MONEY IS PUTTING A TON OF MONEY BACK AND THOUGHT IT JUST
MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.
I WENT TO CHURCH GROWING UP AND IF I KNOW JESUS HE WOULD SEE
A MAN WITH $10 AND SAY GIVE ME THAT FUCKING DOLLAR.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
IF YOU ONLY HAVE $10 LOSING A DOLLAR HURTS.
IF YOU HAVE 10 BILLION AND HE LOST 1 BILLION, YOU STILL HAVE
$9 BILLION AND CAN AFFORD ANYTHING YOU WANT FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
EVEN IF THEY ARE ALL PARIS HILTON AND SPENT LIKE NUTS.
THE OTHER GUY HAS NINE DOLLARS LEFT IN HAS TO FEED HIS WHOLE
FAMILY LET ALONE INSURANCE ETC.
THINK ABOUT THAT ANALOGY FOR A SECOND I KNOW WE ARE NOT ALL ON
THE SAME BOAT.
BUT YOU THE ONES DOING CLASS WARFARE.
THEY ARE NOW SAYING YOUR 401(K)S WE ARE GOING TO CUT IT DOWN BY
$16,000 SO THAT IS A TAX INCREASE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
ON THE OTHER HAND THEY WILL GIVE YOU TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
TAX CUTS TO THE RICH.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES WE ARE NOT
ON THE SAME BOAT.
THE RICH GET GIANT TAX CUTS AND YOU GUYS GET TAX INCREASES.
IT IS REVERSE ROBIN HOOD.
IN THEIR FANTASIES WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT.
BUT THAT IS OKAY BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SERVING DRINKS ARE
REALLY HAPPY AND SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE GETTING DRINKS FROM
THEIR SERVANTS ARE NOT HAPPY.
IT
DOESN'T LEAD TO HAPPINESS THAT'S WHY HE DOESN'T TAKE A SALARY.
SO I GUESS THE RICH DON'T NEED THOSE TRILLION DOLLARS IN TAX
CUTS BUT THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO PASS RIGHT NOW.