>> WE HAVE A THINK TANK NAMED URBAN BROOKINGS TAX POLICY
CENTERS, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NOMINALLY LIBERALS.
I HAVE
INTERESTING NEWS, THIS IS THE STUFF THEY NEVER TELL YOU
ANYWHERE ELSE, THESE THINK TANKS ARE FUNDED LARGELY BY
MILLIONAIRES.
SO -- A THINK TANK THAT IS A BUNCH OF SO-CALLED
EXPERTS SITTING IN WASHINGTON COMING UP WITH REPORTS AND
POLICY PAPERS.
DO YOU GIVE MONEY FOR THAT?
ALMOST NEVER.
WHO
GIVES MONEY FOR THAT, WHO PAYS THEIR SALARIES?
PEOPLE WITH A
VESTED INTEREST IN THE REPORTS THAT COME OUT.
THAT IS
OVERWHELMINGLY TRUE FOR CONSERVATIVE THINK TANKS, THEY
ARE FUNDED BY MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES AND ALL OF THE
REPORTS SAY SHOCKINGLY THAT WE SHOULD GIVE TAX CUTS TO
MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.
A LOT OF YOU THINK THE LIBERAL
GROUPS ARE BETTER.
SOMETIMES ON SOME ISSUES.
THE LIBERAL GROUPS
ARE NOT AS BIGOTED AS THE CONSERVATIVE GROUPS, BUT A LOT
OF THE PEOPLE ON THEIR BOARDS AND A LOT OF THEIR DONORS ARE
ALSO MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.
THEY ARE GENERALLY
BETTER GUYS THAN THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A VESTED
INTEREST EVEN IF THEY DON'T REALIZE.
WHY DO I TELL YOU THIS
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE URBAN BROOKINGS TAX POLICY CENTER?
BECAUSE THEY PUT OUT THIS REPORT IN MARCH WHEN IT WAS VERY
RELEVANT TO THE PRIMARIES BETWEEN BERNIE SANDERS AND
HILLARY CLINTON.
LET'S GO TO THE HILL, THE REPORTS THAT THE TAX
POLICY CENTER --
>>WOW.
IF YOU JUST SAW THAT, YOU WOULD BE LIKE, HE WILL
RAISE
TAXES BY $15 TRILLION?
THAT SOUNDS DANGEROUS.
WELL, ESTEEMED
THINK TANK, NICE JOB.
HOLD, HOLD.
THE HILL SAYS --
>>NOW, THAT COULDN'T BE TRUE.
I MEAN, THEIR JOB IS TO SIT AROUND
AND THINK ALL DAY, THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED A THINK TANK.
YOU DIDN'T THINK, HERE ARE THE DOWNSIDES, UPSIDES?
IT DIDN'T EVEN OCCUR TO ME.
IT TURNS OUT, NO, THE SANDERS
CAMPAIGN WAS RIGHT.
THE DIRECTOR FOR THE THINK TANK, LEN BERMAN,
THOUGHT THAT THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN HAD A POINT.
YOU THINK?
YOU THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD A POINT?
NOW --
>> ISN'T THIS CONVENIENT?
IN THE HEAT OF THE PRIMARIES THEY DO A
ONE-SIDED REPORT THAT GOES, OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THE SOCIALIST
BERNIE SANDERS RAISING TAXES BY $13 TRILLION.
BENEFITS?
I'VE
NEVER HEARD OF BENEFITS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME.
I GUESS EVERY GENIUS AT THIS TAX POLICY
CENTER SHOULD BE FIRED FOR NOT CONSIDERING BENEFITS AS WELL,
THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL, OBVIOUS THING YOU WOULD INCLUDE IN A
REPORT LIKE THIS.
NOW THAT THE PRIMARIES ARE ALMOST OVER, THEY
GO OH, RIGHT, WE ARE NOT BIASED, WE ARE NOT BIASED TOWARD HILLARY
CLINTON, WE ARE NOT PRO THE MILLIONAIRES WHO FUND US AND
HILLARY CLINTON AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL DO THE
FULL
ANALYSIS NOW THAT IT IS ALMOST
IRRELEVANT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TPC FOUND --
>>OH, DID WE FORGET TO TELL YOU THAT AFTER THE $9000 IN TAXES
YOU WOULD ACTUALLY GET $13,000 IN BENEFITS, SO BERNIE SANDERS'S
PROPOSALS WOULD MASSIVELY HELP YOU?
OOPS, I GUESS WE FORGOT TO
TELL YOU THAT UNTIL IT WAS NEARLY IRRELEVANT.
GOLLY GEE,
WHAT A MISTAKE WE MADE.
"MISTAKE."
LEN BERMAN, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE GROUP, SAYS --
>>I WONDER IF THAT IS WHY HE WAS SO POPULAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY WITHOUT YOU GUYS NOT ONLY HELPING THEM BUT WITH YOU
WORKING AGAINST HIM IN THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THEY ALSO SAY --
>> IN OTHER WORDS, YEAH, OUR
FIRST REPORT WAS COMPLETELY AND
UTTERLY MISLEADING, IT MADE YOU THINK YOU WOULD LOSE $9000 BUT
IN FACT YOU WOULD GAIN $4300.
HA-HA.
THAT HATCHET IN BERNIE
SANDERS'S BACK, PARTLY THANKS TO THE URBAN BROOKINGS TAX POLICY
CENTER, FUNDED BY MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.
I LIKE HOW
LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE THEY ARE.
THEY ARE THE GUYS WHO
ATTACKED THE PLAN THEY CALLED THE MOST PROGRESSIVE.
GEE, I
WONDER WHY NOBODY TRUSTS ANYBODY IN WASHINGTON.
I CAN'T QUITE
TELL.
YOUNG TURKS.