YESTERDAY WE COVERED THE DAILY NEWS HATCHET JOB AGAINST
BERNIE SANDERS, THEY INVITED HIM FOR AN INTERVIEW AND THEY
SPENT THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW LAYING TRAPS FOR HIM.
TRYING TO GET HIM ON THE RECORD TO SAY THINGS THEY THINK
WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN.
I PROVED THAT OVER A SERIES OF VIDEOS YESTERDAY LASTING ABOUT
20 MINUTES, AND OF COURSE ONE OF THE OBVIOUS PIECES OF EVIDENCE
WAS RIGHT AFTER THEY DO THE INTERVIEW WITH HIM, THE VERY
NEXT DAY THEY RUN THIS SMEAR JOB ON THEIR FRONT PAGE: BERNIE'S
SANDY HOOK SHANE, CALLOUSLY DEFENDS THE MAKERS AGAINST
NEWTOWN LAWSUIT.
IN THAT PORTION OF THE INTERVIEW THEY ASKED BERNIE SANDERS,
HOW ABOUT THESE ASSAULT RIFLES?
HE SAID I'M AGAINST THEM.
THEY SAID, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE NEWTOWN LAWSUIT AGAINST GUN
MANUFACTURERS -- [BUFFERING] HE HAD TO SAY I WANT TO MAKE THEM
ILLEGAL, I WANT TO BAN ASSAULT RIFLES NOT BANK IT WAS OBVIOUSLY
AN ATTEMPT TO SMEAR HIM, AND THEY SMEAR HIM NO MATTER
WHAT HE ANSWERED ANYWAY.
THEY DID IT ON AT LEAST 10 ISSUES, AS I SHOWED YESTERDAY.
WE WONDERED IN THE MIDST OF THAT, WHY?
WHAT IS DAILY NEWS'S BEEF HERE?
TODAY HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT?
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ACCORDING TO POLITICO, GATE ABOUT 50 OR $100,000 FROM MORT
ZUCKERMAN TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.
WAIT, I'M SURE THAT
WAS DISCLOSED IN THE INTERVIEW WITH HIM, RIGHT?
I AM SURE THEY RAN A HUGE HEADLINE ABOUT THAT.
REMEMBER, THE OWNER OF THIS PAPER SUPPORTS THE
CLINTONS, NOT BERNIE SANDERS.
OH, THEY DIDN'T DO THAT?
THAT IS INTERESTING.
HE ALSO OWNS SEVERAL OTHER PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING U.S. NEWS
AND WORLD REPORT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HEADLINES I CAN GIVE
YOU FROM THERE AND FROM THE DAILY NEWS EITHER ATTACKING
BERNIE SANDERS ARE SUPPORTING HILLARY CLINTON, BUT A RANDOM
ONE HERE FROM U.S. NEWS -- THE MOST COMPELLING STORY ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, HILLARY CLINTON'S PATH MAKES GREAT
CLINICAL COPY; SHE NEEDS TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT.
[LAUGHTER] AND THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IS TELLING US ABOUT HOW
COMPELLING AND WONDERFUL HILLARY CLINTON IS, AND HOW SHE
JUST NEEDS TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL PERSON SHE IS.
OKAY, WELL --
GLAD TO SEE YOU AREN'T BIASED AT ALL AND YOU ARE REVEALING
THOSE DISCLOSURES AND THOSE POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE MAIN EVER HERE, HIS LOVE FOR
HILLARY CLINTON.
HE IS, AND A LOT OF OTHER RESPECTS, A DIEHARD RIGHT-WINGER
AND HE HAS GIVEN TO A LOT OF REPUBLICANS, SO UNSURPRISING
THAT HE WOULD NOT LIKE BERNIE SANDERS ON THAT AS WELL.
BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE HERE, WHICH IS WHAT A LOT
OF WHICH PEOPLE LOOK AT, AND PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY
CAN'T STAND BERNIE SANDERS.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF IT.
IT TURNS OUT MORE TO COME IN, CLOSE THE DAILY NEWS, IS WORTH
ABOUT $2.4 BILLION.
BUT FOR HIM.
WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF CALCULATION HERE.
I WILL ADMIT TO YOU THAT THIS COMPILATION IS SUPER ROUGH,
AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY IT IS ROUGH.
BUT YOU WILL GET A SENSE, AN OVERALL SENSE HERE, OF HOW MUCH
IT WOULD AFFECT MORT ZUCKERMAN'S FINANCES IF BERNIE SANDERS
WOULD GET ELECTED PRESIDENT.
MAYBE PERHAPS YOU COULD LOOK INTO IF THAT MIGHT BE A
MOTIVATOR FOR HIM.
THE CURRENT CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATE IS JUST 23.8 PERCENT FOR
INCOME OVER $10 MILLION.
THAT IS A LOW RATE BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A
REGULAR SALARY LIKE YOUR LOCAL DENTIST, YOUR DOCTOR, IF THEY
ARE IN THE TOP BRACKET THEY MIGHT PAY 39%, BUT IF IT IS
CAPITAL GAINS, YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING, YOU JUST INVEST, YOU
PAY A LOWER RATE.
THAT FAVORS THE ALREADY RICH, SO OBVIOUSLY
MORT ZUCKERMAN AND HIS BUDDIES LOVE THAT.
WHAT WOULD IT BE UNDERSTAND?
IT WOULD BE 64% FOR INCOME OVER $10 MILLION.
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN 23.8 AND 64 IS SIGNIFICANT.
WE ASSUMED A 10%
RETURN ON WELL FROM HIS 2.4 BILLION, AND THAT GETS YOU A
YEARLY RETURN OF 240
MILLION THAT MORT ZUCKERMAN WOULD NORMALLY MAKE.
IN REALITY SOME OF HIS BUSINESSES MIGHT MAKE MORE THAN
10%, BUT THEY MIGHT BE UNDER A DIFFERENT INCOME BRACKET,
BUT EVEN THOSE INCOME BRACKETS GO WAY UP UNDER BERNIE SANDERS.
SOMETIMES HE MIGHT NOT MAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP TO 10%, BUT IT
GIVES YOU A BALLPARK SENSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY HE MAKES, AND HOW
MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IT WOULD MAKE IN TAXES.
CURRENT TAXES
THAT HE WOULD PAY UNDER THE SYSTEM, MORT ZUCKERMAN, IF HE
WERE TO MAKE ABOUT A 10% RETURN HIS MONEY, IS A LITTLE OVER 57
MILLION.
UNDER SANDERS'S SANDER PROPOSAL IT WOULD BE 154
MILLION ACCORDING TO OUR CALCULATIONS.
SITE MORT ZUCKERMAN HAS ABOUT $100 MILLION A YEAR ON THE LINE
HERE.
IF BERNIE SANDERS GETS ELECTED AND IS PRESIDENT FOR
FOUR YEARS, ASSUMING HE PASSES THIS IMMEDIATELY, MORT
ZUCKERMAN WILL LOSE $400 MILLION.
THE REALITY IS HE IS NOT LOSING IT, THAT IS ONLY TAKING FROM
GAINS HE HAD ALREADY MADE, HE CONTINUES TO MAKE MORE AND MORE
MONEY, BUT HE WOULD GET TAXED A LITTLE HIGHER SO WE COULD
BUILD OUT INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ETC.,
FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT BILLIONAIRES DON'T WANT THINGS FOR EVERYBODY.
YOUR KIDS?
WHAT DOES MORT ZUCKERMAN CARE ABOUT YOUR KIDS?
I KEEP THE MONEY, NOT YOU.
YOU THINK HE WILL LET BERNIE SANDERS WALK AWAY WITH $100
MILLION A YEAR OF WHAT HE PERCEIVES TO BE HIS MONEY?
I MADE IT, I WAS EVEN MONEY, I AM A BILLIONAIRE AND I EARNED
EVERY CENT OF IT, SO WHEN I PRESS BUTTONS LIKE THIS AND
MAKE INVESTMENTS, I DESERVE ALL OF IT.
AND I DESERVE TO PAY
LOWER TAXES THAN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN.
THAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION FOR CAPITAL GAINS, WHICH IS
INSANE.
SO WHEN BERNIE SANDERS SAYS I WON'T TOLERATE THAT, WE ARE ALL
GOING TO GROW TOGETHER, AND BY THE WAY WHEN I GIVE TO THE
MIDDLE CLASS THEY WILL SPEND IT AND THEY WILL STIMULATE THE
ECONOMY, MORT, YOU WILL PROBABLY MAKE MORE MONEY IN THE LONG
RUN ANYWAY.
BUT HE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT, HE WANTS TO PROTECT HIS OWN.
SO I WONDER WHY MORT ZUCKERMAN DECIDED WHY HE WOULD PUT A
HATCHET IN THE BACK OF BERNIE SANDERS?
HE HAS ABOUT $400 MILLION INCENTIVE TO DO SO.
SO WHEN YOU
SEE PROPAGANDA IN THE CORPORATE MEDIA, UNDERSTAND WHO OWNS
THOSE DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS.
TIME WARNER AND COMCAST, FOR EXAMPLE.
TIME WARNER OWNS CNN, COMCAST OWNS MSNBC, CNBC.
ALL OF THESE
OUTLETS HAVE BEEN FAR MORE FAVORABLE TO HILLARY
CLINTON THAN THEY HAVE TO BERNIE SANDERS, AND WE PROVED IT
IN THE TAPES I'VE SHOWN YOU, THE DEBATES, THE TOWN HALLS,
THE ARTICLES, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THOSE TWO, TIME WARNER AND COMCAST, ARE AMONG THE TOP
10 DONORS TO HILLARY CLINTON OVER THE COURSE OF HER CAREER.
MORT ZUCKERMAN THINKS YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY MONEY, BERNIE
SANDERS.
COME TO AN INTERVIEW WITH ME, WE WILL BE FAIR.
BUT HE WILL NOT BE FAIR, MORT ZUCKERMAN DOESN'T WANT
BERNIE SANDERS TO BE PRESIDENT.
HE WANTS TO HELP HIMSELF, INSTEAD OF YOU.