I have to get something off my chest. It's been on my mind since yesterday.
Can I get it off my chest? Are you ready?
He has no idea what's coming, okay, I don't.
Yesterday we did a story about what would happen if Trump gets elected.
And he further extends tax cuts, tax cuts for the rich.
Right now.
It is an injustice that ordinary, hard working Americans have a higher
percentage of their income taxed compared to literal billionaires in the country.
Okay, I get the conservatives like to focus on the dollar amount
and oh, the dollar amount is much more when it comes to extremely wealthy people.
But obviously percentage wise, okay, the higher taxes on, you know,
low income people or lower income people has more of an impact
on their lives and their livelihood.
Okay.
So I still stand by what we said, but I've gotten to a point where I don't
trust government jank, whether it's a Democrat in charge or a Republican in
charge, I don't trust government.
So in that analysis that we did and talked about, one of the tax breaks that came
with Trump's tax cuts for the rich.
If he extends it, it would lead to $700 billion in lost revenue
for the federal government.
So what?
So what what is the federal government do with our money? $700 billion for what?
For more aid to other countries in the form of weaponry?
Is that what it is?
Which is basically just redistributing our money from taxpayers to weapons
contractors and defense contractors?
- Yeah. - So it bothers me.
It I can't sit here and talk about like, oh, the federal government
needs more revenue when I've seen what they do with our revenue.
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So there's two different things here. And this is really important guys.
So there is the issue of whether government is a good thing or a bad thing.
And then there's the issue of this current government as it's constituted this system
that we're living under.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing.
And does that spend spend our money, spend our money.
Right.
So I think the right wing makes an absurd point that government is always bad, but.
Okay, wait. I mean, they want cops, right?
Cops are government firefighters, government schools, buildings.
It's absurd to say government, bad defense, government, etc.
Social security, Medicare, government. So of course it depends.
Right.
But under this current system and these two things are being conflated.
And then I'm going to get to the political side of this in a second,
because it's really important.
These two things are being conflated. This current government sucks.
And it sucks not because it's Biden.
No. And by current government, I don't mean right now,
I mean the last 40, 50 years.
And that's because we, our Supreme Court legalized bribery.
And when they did, corporations that have the most money took over both parties.
That's the whole thesis of my book. Justice is Coming, right.
And I provide overwhelming evidence.
And for those of you who are Democrats, I hate to break your heart, but they totally
took over the Democratic Party as well.
So now this current government is not a government of the people,
by the people, for the people.
It's of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations.
So that's why we all hate it. And then get a load of this.
That's genius on so many fronts by the corporations and the powerful,
because it destroys the whole point of the Democratic Party.
The Republicans were also always for the rich.
The Democrats were supposed to be for the average man, but they're not anymore.
So that's a giant problem for the Democrats.
Number two, it makes the government look bad, like look like an evil organization.
So that is also helpful of the Republic to the Republicans
and hurts the Democratic Party because the government keeps screwing us.
They take our money, they send it over to Israel to kill more people.
They take our money and give it to oil companies and subsidies for the most
profitable companies in the world.
They constantly take our money and give it to corporations.
So then people hate government, right?
So that also helps the Republican Party, which was originally formed
to help rich people.
So the entire system now gets you swirling around and angry and directs you
towards policies that help rich people.
And so the Republicans and the Democrats have been doing good cop,
bad cop on us for the last 50 years.
And that's why you're frustrated like this, Anna,
and that's why you speak for the country.
At some point, the arguments made, look, I'm not libertarian.
You guys know that.
But the argument of taxation is theft starts to resonate because under
this government, under this guy, because you see how much gets taken out of
your paychecks and you see your quality of life dwindle away year after year,
election cycle after election cycle.
I'm supposed to sit here and get real upset that the federal government
doesn't have the kind of revenue that it could if they just tax us more
and tax wealthier people more.
What are you going to do with the money?
Are you going to actually fight for policies that are going to improve
the lives of Americans?
And so far I have not seen much of that happen.
Okay. You want to tout the infrastructure bill?
What was the infrastructure? Your bill.
There's a provision in there that privatizes public infrastructure.
I'm not excited about that. But I'm supposed to celebrate it?
Really? Okay, fine, fine.
And then there's the provisions that provides government grants, meaning
our taxpayer money to corporations.
Yep.
Told you that the whole thing is structured around taking our money
and giving it to corporations that are the largest donors of both
the Republican and Democratic parties.
And what's the mainstream media's role in all this
is to pretend that that is not happening.
That's why they never, ever report, oh, while we're doing
the infrastructure bill, how much did, construction companies give to Democrats?
How much did unions that benefit from construction give to Democrats?
Right.
And when they were passing the giant tax cuts for corporations under Trump,
how much did corporations give to Donald Trump?
None of that is ever reported, even by the press.
Who hates Trump when it comes to rich people and corporations?
All of a sudden they can't find any facts that show how bad Trump is.
Isn't that amazing?
Sheldon Adelson gives him $100 million twice in campaigns, and the press
who hates Trump doesn't criticize that.
You don't want to know why. Where does the $100 million go to?
Mainly into TV ads.
So TV and media is now invested in that same corruption.
So they want to trick you into believing that there's a real food fight going on
and people are fighting for your rights.
- But Anna mentioned it earlier in the. - Show for us.
Period.
What has happened like in the since the Republicans took the House,
neither side has proposed any bills that actually affect your lives.
There's been all this nonsense hearings and circuses
and speaker changes, but it's not.
Republicans that are in charge of the House have proposed zero bills
that are going to help you.
On the other hand, how about Democrats Bernie and Ro Khanna and couples have
introduced good bills we've talked about, but outside of them, they're not in power.
The corporate Democrats and Joe Biden, what have they proposed?
Nothing.
It's perfect. Gridlock.
Gridlock is a great excuse.
You know, you have the Democrats control the Senate, but not enough, right?
They don't have the 60 Democratic senators to, over, get over the football,
get over the legislative filibuster, and then, oh, how nice.
Republicans have a slim majority in the House, so we can just point to gridlock
and say that we can't work together, we can't get any bills passed.
So we do nothing for the American people as they continue collecting our taxes,
by the way, and as they continue funneling that revenue and those tax dollars
to all sorts of things that Americans are actually overwhelmingly against,
like including military aid or providing military aid for wars abroad.
I just I'm just anyway, this is super spontaneous, a very self-indulgent.
I had to get it off my chest because I've been thinking about
that story we did since yesterday.
And I just feel like, listen, if we had a well functioning government
that actually utilized those tax dollars to improve the lives of Americans,
I would feel even more strongly against extending the tax cuts for the rich.
But I can't help but think about what the government does with that money,
and it makes me absolutely furious.
Now, in the meanwhile, the only people not paying taxes
like we all are are the super rich.
Sometimes they pay 0%. Corporations that are.
- Amazon made $1 trillion and paid no. - Taxes.
No, no federal taxes.
Come on guys, you're telling me this system isn't rigged?
And the minute you say the word rigged, mainstream media is going
to jump all over you.
How dare you?
Are you saying that the billionaires who have given millions of dollars
to politicians are running the system?
God damn right I'm saying that.
And are you saying corporations that give money aren't doing it for their health
or for the general welfare?
Of course, of course. You goddamn liars.
Of course. Right.
So. And now, final thing, since we started on taxes.
So if you're if you're a guy making $200,000, you're a dentist, you're an
accountant, whatever you are right.
You're going to tax you 4050 sometimes if you live in California, New York,
even over 50. Right.
So they're going to take 100 of your 200,000, and then you're going
to have to try to figure out how to pay for private school and all that stuff
with that remaining 100,000.
But if you're a billionaire and you made $1 billion last year,
on average, they're paying about 8%. So yeah, they're going to pay a big number
like 80 million or whatever, but they're going to keep 920 million.
How is that fair?
And no one cares about fair anymore because this government is just doing
the great American robbery while the media drives the getaway car.
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