DONALD TRUMP SAID DURING THE
CAMPAIGN THAT HE WAS GOING TO DEVOTE A LOT OF MONEY TO
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT SOUNDED LIKE A VERY POSITIVE THING AND I
TOLD YOU DURING THE CAMPAIGN THAT HE HAD A LOT OF POSITIONS
THAT WERE ACTUALLY PROGRESSIVE AND POPULIST.
HE WANTED TO END
THE TRANSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIP.
HE TALKED ABOUT ENDING LOOPHOLES
FOR THE HEDGE FUNDS AND HE WANTED TO GO AFTER THE BANKERS
AND HE SAID HE WOULD PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
I
TOLD YOU THAT ALMOST ALL OF THOSE RELIES AND IT TURNS OUT,
YEAH.
HE KEPT THE LOOPHOLE FOR THE HEDGE FUNDS IN HIS TAX BILL.
HE DOES NOT CARE.
HE WAS LYING TO THE WHOLE TIME.
HE JUST
PROPOSED A BUDGET WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO CUT MEDICARE BY
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WHY?
THERE IS NO MONEY LEFT
BECAUSE THEY GAVE SO MUCH IN TAX CUTS TO THE RICH.
TPP HE DID
ACTUALLY STOP THE NEGOTIATIONS BUT HE JUST WENT TO DAVOS
WITH THE GLOBALISTS AND SAID WE WILL MAKE THE DEAL BETTER
AND GET BACK TO IT.
WHAT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE?
HE PROMISED IT.
THERE IS MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BUT
OVERALL SPENDING IS 1.7 BILLION.
I'M SORRY, 1.3 TRILLION I
SHOULD SAY SO WHERE IS THE REST OF THE MONEY COMING FROM?
FROM
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS.
OKAY.
IS THAT A GOOD THING?
LET'S FIND
OUT.
WE GO TO FIRST OF ALL WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS.
LET ME TRANSLATE THAT FOR YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO BUILD TOLLS
EVERYWHERE.
FOR A LONG TIME IN AMERICA THE GREAT MAJORITY OF
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM WAS TOLL-FREE.
WELL, DONALD TRUMP
WOULD LIKE TO END THAT.
SO HE IS SAYING PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
ARE GOING TO PUT MONEY IN AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO
MAXIMIZE PROFIT, SO NOT ONLY WILL THEY GET THEIR MONEY BACK
BUT THEY WILL GET SOME MONEY ON TOP OF THAT SO AT THE END OF THE
DAY, WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE ROLES?
YOU ARE.
LOOK, EVEN
TAXES IN, WE BUILD THEM AT A REASONABLE RATE AND IT HELPS
EVERYONE.
HELPS YOU TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND HELPS
BUSINESSES.
WHEN EISENHOWER HELPED TO BUILD THE INTERSTATE
HIGHWAYS IT HELPED BUSINESS BOOM AND WE DID THAT THEIR TAXES AND
IT STILL MADE SENSE AND STILL CREATED A BIGGER, LARGER, MORE
SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY.
IT LIFTED ALL BOATS.
NOW WE'RE NOT GOING
TO DO IT.
WE'RE GOING TO PRIVATIZE ALL THE ROADS AND YOU
ARE GOING TO BE PAYING TOLLS FOREVER.
THIS IS ACTUALLY
DEEPLY UNPOPULAR EVEN AMONG CONSERVATIVES.
I'M GOING TO
CLAIM THAT A SECOND BUT OF COURSE THAT MEANS IT IS
BIPARTISAN.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR CORPORATE
INTERESTS ONLY AND AGAINST ALL OF THE CITIZENS THEN BOTH
PARTIES AGREE TO IT.
SO WHENEVER YOU SEE ON TV THAT
THERE IS NO BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THEY OFTEN
AGREE ON THINGS THAT WOULD ROB US.
IN THIS CASE, OBAMA AGREED
TO THIS TOO.
AS USUAL, OBAMA DID NOT PLAN TO DO IT ON THE SCALE THAT TRUMP IS
PLANNING BUT HE THOUGHT YEAH, PRIVATIZE THE ROADS, BRING IN
TOLLS.
CONGRESS WILL THEN AGREE.
WHY WOULD CONGRESS AGREE?
THEIR
OWN BY THE DONORS.
DEMOCRATS AGREE, THE REPUBLICANS AGREED
THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE DON'T AGREE THE CITIZENS.
NOW LET ME SHOW
YOU HOW DEEPLY UNPOPULAR IT IS.
NOT JUST AMONG PROGRESSIVES
BUT AMONG CONSERVATIVES.
WE GO TO THE DEEP RED STATE OF TEXAS.
THOSE GUYS ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE.
THEY ARE LIKE
OKAY, DONORS, YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US MONEY?
WE WILL MAKE THE
CITIZENS PLAY TAXES.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY DIFFERENT FORM
ATTACKS ME PAY FOREVER.
WILL MAKE THEM PAY TOLLS FOREVER ON
THE HIGHWAYS.
IT TURNS OUT CONSERVATIVES DIDN'T LIKE THAT
EITHER.
THERE LIKE I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, THAT IS TERRIBLE AND
IT IS A PAIN IN THE ASS TOO.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU PAYING IT IS A
REGRESSIVE TAX THOUGH IT IS A TINY FRACTION OF THE INCOME OF
THE RICH BUT IT IS A BIGGER FRACTION OF THE INCOME OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS AND THE POOR BUT ON TOP OF THAT YOU HAVE TO STOP AT
THE TOLLS WE HAVE TO GET THE THING IN HER CAR THAT LETS YOU
GO THROUGH THE TOLLS BUT GOD FORBID YOU LET IT LAPSE OR YOU
DIDN'T GET IN THE FIRST PLACE OR YOU WIN THE WRONG LANE AND THEN
YOU GOT FINES AND TICKETS AND IT ALL ADDS UP.
THOSE ARE ALL A
WAY OF TAXING YOU, THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE POOR AND LIKE I
SAID, IT IS A FRACTION OF THE INCOME OF THE RICH SO IT IS A
WAY OF REDISTRIBUTING THE WEALTH TO THE TOP AND TAKING IT FROM
YOU AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR AND A ROW TOO FAR
APPARENTLY FOR EVEN REPUBLICANS IN TEXAS.
THEY ARE LIKE THIS IS
WHAT I GET.
NO, I DON'T KNOW AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ABBOTT
AND PATRICK ARE LIKE BACKPEDAL, BACKPEDAL.
DID WE SAY TOLLS?
TOLLS ARE AN OUTRAGE, WE ARE AGAINST THEM.
IT DOES NOT
MATTER, IT IS NOT COMING TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO THE TUNE OF
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL STOP IT BUT IF WE DO
NOT, GET READY TO PAY NO MATTER WHERE YOU DRIVE FOR THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE.