>> TONIGHT WE RENEWED OUR RESOLVE THAT AMERICA WILL NEVER
BE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY IT’S
NOT ABOUT AN ISM, AND I THINK
THAT THAT’S WHAT THE PRESIDENT
IS TRYING TO DO EXACTLY.
HE IS TRYING TO MISCHARACTERIZE,
FRAME, ASSOCIATE BECAUSE OUR
POLICIES ARE SO POPULAR, BECAUSE
WE ADVANCE AND FIGHT FOR
IMPROVED AND EXPAPDED MEDICARE
FOR ALL, WHICH HAS A 70%
APPROVAL RATING IN THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. >> THAT’S THE FUNNY THING ABOUT
SOCIALISM IN AMERICA.
WHEN IT BECOMES POP LARKS PEOPLE
FORGET THAT IT’S SOCIALISM.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY
AND WRANGLED INTO LAW.
IN 1935 BY A WOMAN WHO BEGAN HER
POLITICAL LIFE AS A MEMBER OF
THE SOCIALIST PARTY.
FRANCIS PERKINS WAS THE FIRST
WOMAN MEMBER OF A PRESIDENT’S
CABINET, AND WHEN
PRESIDENT-ELECT FRANKLIN
PRESIDENT-ELECT FRANKLIN DELEANOR ROOSEVELT ASKED FRANCIS
PERKINS TO COME TO WASHINGTON AS
HIS SECRETARY OF LABOR, SHE
PRESENTED HIM WITH A LIST OF
DEMANDS FOR THE ROOSEVELT AGENDA
AND SOCIAL SECURITY WAS ON HER
LIST.
LIST. IT WAS AND STILL IS, BUT SOCIAL
SECURITY IS POPULAR, AND SO IT’S
NOT SOCIALISM ANYMORE IN THE
AMERICAN MIND.
AMERICAN MIND. SINCE THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
WAS PASSED WITH A BIPARTISAN
VOTE IN 135, THE GOVERNING
ARGUMENT IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN
EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS
BEEN HOW MUCH SOCIALISM SHOULD
WE HAVE, AND HOW MUCH CAPITALISM
SHOULD WE HAVE?
ECONOMISTS WILL TELL YOU THAT
EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS
WHAT THEY CALL A MIXED ECONOMY,
A MIX OF CAPITALISM AND
SOCIALISM.
SOCIALISM. THERE IS GOOD SOCIALISM AND BAD
SOCIALISM, AND THE VERY WORST
SOCIALISM IS SPORTS SOCIALISM.
WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE A $37
MILLION PITCHER PLAYS IN A
STADIUM WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE
OF THE WHITE HOUSE THAT COST
TAXPAYERS $670 MILLION.
YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD DONALD
TRUMP COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT.
IN THE LAST 20 YEARS 23 NATIONAL
FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAMS HAVE SPENT
AN AVERAGE OF $250 MILLION IN
TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THE BUILDING
OF NEW STADIUMS OR THE
REBUILDING OF STADIUMS FOR A
TOTAL OF $5.7 BILLION.
THAT IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO GET
TO BEGIN BUILDING HIS WALL.
WELL, SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT.
THAT MONEY IS ALREADY GONE.
WE USED IT TO BUILD WALLS AROUND
TOM BRAID YAS PLAYPENS.
AND THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THOSE
WALLS ARE VERY, VERY RICH.
THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD WAS
AT THE SUPER BOWL ON SUNDAY.
EVERYONE ON THE FIELD IS RICH.
COACHES, PLAYERS.
COACHES, PLAYERS. THE FANS IN THE SEATS AT THE
SUPER BOWL ARE THE RICHEST FANS
IN AMERICA, BUT THEY NEED
TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDYIZE THIS
GIANT INDUSTRY CALLED FOOTBALL.
WHAT IF WE DIDN’T?
WHAT IF WE DIDN’T PAY FOR THEIR
STADIUMS?
STADIUMS? THE LOS ANGELES RAMS ACTUALLY
RAN THAT TEST FOR US.
POLITICIANS IN LOS ANGELES WERE
DOING EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY
COULD TO COME UP WITH HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
TAXPAYER MONEY TO GET THE RAMS
TO MOVE TO LOS ANGELES, AND LOS
ANGELES POLITICIANS WERE DOING
THAT AT THE VERY SAME TIME.
VERY SAME TIME THAT THEY WERE
TELLING LOS ANGELES SCHOOL
TEACHERS THEY DID NOT HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO RAISE THEIR
SALARIES.
SALARIES. THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
LOS ANGELES TAXPAYERS REFUSED.
LOS ANGELES POLITICIANS COULD
NOT CONVINCE THEIR TAXPAYERS TO
PAY FOR A NEW STADIUM FOR THE
RAMS QUICKLY ENOUGH AND SO THE
OWNER OF THE RAMS JUST WENT
AHEAD AND STARTED BUILDING ONE
ANYWAY WITH HIS OWN MONEY.
THE RAMS WILL PLAY IN A NEW
STAUD YIM, THAT THE TAXPAYERS
DID NOT PAY FOR.
AND SO THEY GET PAID LESS
BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS DIDN’T PAY
FOR THEIR NEW STADIUM, RIGHT?
THEY CAN’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
LEFT OVER TO KEEP PAYING THE
PLAYERS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THE
FUNNY THING IS, THERE’S SO MUCH
MONEY IN THE FOOTBALL BUSINESS
THAT THE LOS ANGELES RAMS WHO
HAD TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN STADIUM
CAN STILL AFFORD TO PAY THE
HIGHEST SALARY.
HIGHEST SALARY. THE HIGHEST SALARY THAT WAS ON
THE FIELD AT THE SUPER BOWL.
THEIR $22.5 MILLION DEFENSIVE
TACKLE.
TACKLE. THERE IS NO STUPIDER FORM OF
SOCIALISM IN AMERICA THAN SPORTS
SOCIALISM.
SOCIALISM. THERE IS NO BETTER FORM OF
SOCIALISM IN THIS COUNTRY THAN
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE,
AND PEOPLE KNOW IT.
THAT’S WHY MEDICARE FOR ALL IS
SO POPULAR.
SO POPULAR. DONALD TRUMP CALLING MEDICARE
SOCIALISM IS NOT GOING TO MAKE
IT ANY LESS POPULAR.
THE RICH GET RICHER AT THE SUPER
BOWL.
BOWL. OUR RICHEST COMPANIES ATTRACT
MORE CUSTOMERS BY ADVERTISING
DURING THE GAME FOR $5 MILLION
PER SPOT.
PER SPOT. ALREADY VERY RICH ENTERTAINER
JUMPED AROUND THE STABLE FOR HIS
SHIRT OFF WITH SEVERAL MINUTES
TO PUSH UP THE VALUE OF HIS
BRAND FOR MAKE HIM RICHER.
ALL THANKS TO SPORTS SOCIALISM,
AND THE GOOD SOCIALISTIC IDEAS
LIKE EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAYS, THE
SOCIALISTIC IDEAS THAT ACTUALLY
IMPROVE PEOPLE’S LIVES, LIKE
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, CONTINUE
TO BE POPULAR IN AMERICA.
JUST AS LONG AS EVERYONE