AS WE HAVE BEEN STAYING HERE FOR A
LONG TIME THE ENTIRE REASON THAT THIS ACA REPEALED DEBATE HAS
BEEN GOING ON WAS SO THAT EVENTUALLY REPUBLICANS COULD GET
RID OF THE NEW TAXES THAT THE ACA HAD PUT INTO EFFECT AND
THROW HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT THE RICHEST PEOPLE.
YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT
THAT THE SENATE REPEALS ñ ALL OF THE SUBSTANTIVE TAXES THAT WERE
IN THE ACA WILL BE REMOVED UNDER
THE SENATE BILL ñ THAT IS PROBABLY THE AREA WHERE IT IS
CLOSEST TO THE HOUSE BILL.
THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT THAT IS GOING
TO BE THROWN TO THE RICHEST
AMERICANS.
WE HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT
ARE GOING TO LOSE HEALTH INSURANCE OR WILL PAY MORE, BUT
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU IN ONE
GRAPHIC ñ IT WILL SHOW THAT THE TAX CUTS IN THIS BILL FOR THE
TOP 400 INDIVIDUALS EQUALS FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS FOR
MEDICAID FOR NEVADA, WEST VIRGINIA, ARKANSAS, AND ALASKA
TOGETHER.
ALL OF THOSE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL BE
THROWN OFF THEIR INSURANCE SO THE RICHEST 400 PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY CAN BE JUST A LITTLE BIT RICHER.
WHY DID YOU THINK REPUBLICANS HATED OBAMA CARE?
YOU THINK THEY
WERE CONCERNED THAT THE POOR AND THE MIDDLE CLASS WERE NOT
TREATED WELL ENOUGH?
THAT THERE WAS NO COST CONTROL?
THAT THE
CORPORATIONS WOULD BE MAKING TOO
MUCH MONEY?
OF COURSE NOT.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE REASON WHY THEY
CARE, THAT IS MY DONOR CLASS RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS $600
BILLION TAKEN OUT OF THEIR POCKETS, AND USED TO PROVIDE
INSURANCE FOR MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS.
THEY DON'T DONATE TO US AT ALL.
THEY ARE THE PEOPLE
WE SERVE, THEY WRITE OUR CHECKS.
THESE ARE THE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS COMING OUT SAYING HELLO, MCFLY?
HOODIES AND
CORRUPTED THEM?
POOR PEOPLE?
NO, THE PEOPLE WITH THE MOST AMOUNT
OF MONEY.
THIS IS THEIR CHRISTMAS GIFT.
AND THE COOL THING IS IT WORKS OUT REALLY WELL FOR THEM.
THEY THROW ALL THAT MONEY TO THOSE PEOPLE IN A TINY
FRACTION OF IT COMES BACK TO THE REPUBLICANS IN THE NEXT CYCLE.
RIGHT.
TO LAST THINGS ON WHO IS AFFECTED, OBAMA HAD EXPANDED
MEDICAID TO IF YOU MADE 138% ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE- YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT IS?
IF YOU MAKE 15,000
A YEAR.
THEY COVER YOU IF YOU MAKE 15,000 A YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU CAN PAY FOR INSURANCE IF YOU MAKE 15,000 A YEAR.
NOW THAT
IS GONE.
SAD DAY
FOR YOU.
JUST CUT OUT LOBSTER ONCE A WEEK.
SO THAT IS THE POOR.
HOW ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS?
UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, YOU HAD TO CONTRIBUTE A
CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF YOUR INCOME IF YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
IF YOU DIDN'T DO THAT REPUBLICANS WOULD SAY
FREELOADERS.
AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO 9.7%.
IF YOU ARE
GETTING SOME SORT OF COVERAGE OR HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT YOU
STILL HAD TO PUT IN 9.7% AT THE
HIGHEST RATES.
THAT MEANS 400% ABOVE THE POVERTY LEVEL.
THEY
CUT THAT FROM 400% TO 350%.
MAYBE YOU CAN LIVE WITH THAT?
BUT WHAT THEY ALSO DID WAS NOW YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A LOT MORE OF
YOUR INCOME.
IF YOU ARE A 60-YEAR-OLD WHO MAKES $35,000,
MIDDLE CLASS, NOT A LOT OF MONEY
BUT YOU ARE NOT POOR, NOW YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT IN 16.2%
OF ALL OF YOUR INCOME INTO HEALTHCARE.
SO THEY ALMOST DOUBLED IT.
AND ALSO YOUR HEALTHCARE WILL COVER LESS STUFF.
YOU BETTER NOT
HIT YOUR YEARLY CAP, OR OTHERWISE YOU DIE.
TO BE FAIR
THE RICH DID NEED A COUPLE
HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS.
LET ME GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE, SHELDON
ADELSON, HUGE REPUBLICAN DONOR.
ON THIS BILL ALONE WILL MAKE $44
MILLION EXTRA IN 2017.
IF YOU ARE MAKING $15,000 A YEAR MAYBE
YOU DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE?
BUT LET'S BE FAIR NOW THE POOR
SON OF A BITCH NEEDED IT BECAUSE
HE ONLY HAS $36 BILLION.
IF WE LIVED IN A DEMOCRACY AND WE
ACTUALLY HAD MORE MIDDLE-CLASS VOTERS THEY WOULD SERVE US, THEY
WOULD SERVE A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
BUT WE DON'T LIVE IN A
DEMOCRACY.
WE LIVE IN A SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN LEGALLY BRIBE
POLITICIANS SO GUESS WHO THEY WORK FOR?
ESPECIALLY THE
REPUBLICANS HERE.
THEY THOUGHT I'M GOING TO KICK OFF 20 MILLION
PEOPLE FROM HEALTH INSURANCE AND YOU WILL GET LESS HEALTH
INSURANCE AND ALL THIS.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THE DONOR THAT
GAVE ME A COUPLE MILLION, I JUST MADE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF
ABOUT 2000%.
THAT DONOR IS REALLY HAPPY AND HE WILL FINANCE
ALL THE REST OF MY CAMPAIGNS.
NO, WHAT PRIVATE FINANCING
ELECTIONS DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR
LEGALIZED BRIBERY THAT IS LITERALLY KILLING US.