LAWMAKERS ARE PLANNING ON FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON TAX
REFORM, AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS REALIZE THAT IN ORDER
TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO APPEAL TO SOME
DEMOCRATS.
THERE IS A STRATEGY IN PLACE, AND IF YOU ARE ANGRY
AT ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS, THIS STORY WILL PROBABLY INFURIATE
YOU EVEN MORE --
THAT IS ACCORDING TO POLITICO.
THEY HAVE SOME
SPECIFIC NAMES THAT I WILL SHARE IN A MINUTE.
KEEP IN MIND --
THAT IS
ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE SOURCES THAT SPOKE TO POLITICO.
SO THERE ARE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AND
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON, IT'S
THE BLUE DOG COALITION, THESE ARE THE CENTRIST DEMOCRATS, BLUE
DOG DEMOCRATS, AND ALSO THE PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS, WHICH
ALSO CONSISTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T REALLY SOLVE PROBLEMS,
AGAIN, THEY ARE CENTRIST DEMOCRATS.
MARC SHORT, THE
WHITE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, SAYS --
KEEP IN MIND I'M NOT AGAINST WORKING TOGETHER, NEGOTIATING,
DEBATING, FIGURING OUT WHICH POLICIES MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BUT THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY DEMOCRATS WHO
ARE IN FAVOR OF FURTHER TAX CUTS FOR THE TOP 1%.
THAT'S THE ISSUE
HERE.
AND REPUBLICANS KNOW, HEY, WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH SUCCESS WHEN
IT CAME TO REPEALING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T GET ANY DEMOCRATS ON BOARD, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
WEALTHY DONORS WE CAN PROBABLY GET SOME DEMOCRATS TO WORK WITH
US ON TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHY.
ARE WE AGAINST WORKING TOGETHER?
NO.
OF COURSE IT
DEPENDS ON THE ISSUE.
IF YOU ARE TALKING BUT INFRASTRUCTURE
SPENDING, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A SMART POLITICAL IDEA TO
START TALKING ABOUT SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S A SMART
IDEA IN REAL LIFE BECAUSE IT WOULD STIMULATE THE ECONOMY AND
GET MORE JOBS -- BUT, SOME HUGE BUTS, YOU DIVE INTO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
PROPOSING, AND YOU GO OH, THEY ARE PRIVATIZING THE ROADS.
WE
AREN'T PAYING IN TAXES AND WE GET BETTER ROADS, AND THAT WOULD
BE GOOD, TAXES SHOULD GO TO BETTER ROADS AND BRIDGES, PLUS
IT CREATES JOBS -- NO, IT GETS PRIVATELY FINANCED AND THEN WE
HAVE TO PAY TOLLS ON THOSE ROADS FOREVER, AND THEY WILL MAKE A
PROFIT OFF OF THAT.
IF YOU SAY I DON'T WANT MORE TAXES TO MAKE
SURE THE BRIDGES DON'T FALL DOWN, WELL, YOU WILL GET TAXED
MORE BECAUSE THEY WILL MAKE A PROFIT ON TOP.
NO, I DON'T AGREE
TO THAT PLAN, THAT'S A TERRIBLE PLAN.
THE DEVIL IN THIS CASE,
MAYBE LITERALLY, IS IN THE DETAILS.
THAT'S THE BETTER SIDE
OF THE PLAN.
THE HIDEOUS SIDE OF THE PLAN IS GIANT TAX GIVEAWAYS
FOR THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS.
THEY CALL IT TAX REFORM -- THAT
IS A LIE.
LET ME BREAK DOWN THREE DIFFERENT WORDS THAT ARE
USED HERE THAT AREN'T TRUE.
TAX REFORM WOULD ENTAIL POTENTIALLY
RAISING TAXES.
REFORM DOESN'T MEAN CUTTING OR RAISING
THEORETICALLY, THAT WORD DOESN'T MEAN EITHER -- IS THERE ANY
CHANCE TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS WILL RAISE TAXES ON THE RICH AND
CORPORATIONS?
NO, THERE IS A 0% CHANCE.
SO IT'S NOT TAX REFORM.
AND BY THE WAY, JOURNALISTS, BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS, DON'T
LISTEN TO THEIR PROPAGANDA, IT'S TAX CUTS AND YOU KNOW IT.
AND BY
THE WAY REPUBLICANS HAVE NOW PUBLICLY SAID THAT IT IS NOT
GOING TO BE REVENUE NEUTRAL, SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE LEFT.
IT'S
TAX CUTS, CALL IT BY ITS NAME.
SECOND OF ALL, THE PROBLEMS OVER
CAUCUS, THE ONLY PROBLEMS THEY SOLVE ARE FOR THEIR DONORS.
THEY
ARE TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
HOW DOES YET
ANOTHER TAX CUT FOR RICH PEOPLE AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
HELP ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY?
I KNOW, TRICKLE-DOWN NONSENSE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 40 YEARS AND IT HAS DESTROYED OUR
WAGES.
AND THIRDLY, THEY ARE NOT CENTRIST DEMOCRATS.
THEY MIGHT
BE CENTRIST IN WASHINGTON WHERE THE SPECTRUM IS INSANELY
RIGHT-WING, AND I DON'T SAY THIS BECAUSE I'M A PROGRESSIVE OR SAY
IT FROM MY GUT, I SAY IT FROM POLLING. 60% OF AMERICANS WANT
TO RAISE TAXES ON THE RICH, 67% WANT TO RAISE TAXES ON
CORPORATIONS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO CUT THEM.
IF YOU HEAR THAT IN
WASHINGTON YOU ARE HEARING PROPAGANDA THAT IS PAID FOR
LIES.
IF YOU ARE A SO-CALLED REPORTER AND YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT -- REPUBLICANS SAID THIS,
CENTRIST DEMOCRATS SAID THIS, WHO GIVES A DAMN?
WHAT IS THE
REALITY?
THE REALITY IS AMERICANS DON'T WANT THIS, THEY
WANT THE OPPOSITE.
THESE BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS WILL SERVE UP
THESE TAX CUTS FOR THEIR DONOR FRIENDS, SO LET'S NAME NAMES.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER, DEMOCRAT FROM NEW JERSEY.
HE
SHOULD BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY BY HIS VOTERS, THEY SHOULD RIDE HIM
OUT OF TOWN.
MORE TAX CUTS TO THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN
AMERICA?
YOU ARE GOING TO PULL A CHRIS CHRISTIE IN NEW JERSEY?
HE
SHOULD BE PRIMARIED AND RIDDEN OUT OF TOWN.
KURT SCHRADER,
SO-CALLED DEMOCRAT FROM OREGON.
IN OREGON?
HE SAYS THE FOLLOWING --
IN OREGON YOU HAVE A GUY WHO IS A DEMOCRAT GOING I HOPE TRUMP
CONSIDERS US, I WANT TO CUT TAXES FOR MY DONORS TOO, PLEASE
CONSIDER US.
YOU HAVE TO GET THEM OUT.
I THINK THIS PAST ELECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WAKE-UP CALL
FOR DEMOCRATS IN OFFICE PERIOD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
THEY IDENTIFY AS CENTRIST OR LIBERAL DEMOCRATS.
THE REALITY
IS WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS FEEL ABANDONED BY THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
NOW THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BETTER REPRESENTED THE
REPUBLICANS.
THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING, RIGHT?
THE ONLY
REASON THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BETTER REPRESENTED BY
REPUBLICANS IS BECAUSE YOU HAD SOMEONE LIKE DONALD TRUMP
PRETENDING HE CARED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT A LOT OF
WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
HE WAS
THE ONLY PERSON COME OUTSIDE OF BERNIE SANDERS -- I'M JUST
TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL ELECTION -- ONLY ONE PERSON,
DONALD TRUMP, FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF JOBS, BRINGING THEM
BACK TO THE UNITED STATES, WAGES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WAS HE
BEING GENUINE OR SINCERE, DOES HE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THOSE
ISSUES?
NO, HE'S PROVEN THAT HE DOESN'T.
BUT AGAIN, DEMOCRATS
DON'T FOCUS ON THAT ENOUGH AND THEIR ACTIONS GO COMPLETELY
AGAINST WHAT THEY CLAIM THEY WANT TO DO, WHICH IS TAKE CARE
OF THE WORKING-CLASS AND MIDDLE-CLASS.
TRUMP LIED ABOUT IT, BUT AT LEAST HE WAS SAVVY ENOUGH TO
LIE.
HE SAID NOT ONLY THAT HE WOULD DO INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CREATE JOBS -- HEY DEMOCRATS, WHY DON'T YOU TRY THAT, YOU
IDIOTS?
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE PARTY OF CREATING JOBS, WHY
DON'T YOU SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE?
WE AREN'T GOING
TO PRIVATIZE YOUR ROADS AND MAKE YOU PAY TOLLS FOR THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE, WE WILL DO WHAT HE PROMISED IN THE CAMPAIGN.
SECONDLY, HE SAID HE WOULD RAISE TAXES ON THE RICH.
WE FORGET
THAT, HE SAID HE WOULD TAKE AWAY THE LOOPHOLE THAT HEDGE FUNDS
AND PRIVATE EQUITY HAD.
ANOTHER GROTESQUE LIE.
BUT AT LEAST HE
WAS SMART ENOUGH TO LIE ABOUT IT.
AND DEMOCRATS ARE LIKE, NO,
WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR BOYS ON WALL STREET.
MORE MONEY IN
POLITICS IS FANTASTIC, AND HOW COULD YOU SAY WE DID SOMETHING
FOR WALL STREET?
AND BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS, YOU TOLD US IT WAS
THE PRACTICAL THING TO DO.
YOU HAD ABOUT FOUR DOZEN BLUE DOG
DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
THEY ALL STARTED
TO LOSE, AND NOW YOU WERE DOWN TO, WHAT, 18 MEMBERS?
YOU KNOW
HOW YOU LOST ALL THOSE MEMBERS?
BECAUSE YOU DON'T WIN ELECTIONS,
PEOPLE HATE YOU, THEY HATE THAT YOU REPRESENT YOUR DONORS AND
THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY.
THEY DON'T LIKE YOU.
WHAT PART OF
THIS DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
IT IS IT PRACTICAL TO SELL OUT TO YOUR
DONORS, IT'S A LOSING, TERRIBLE STRATEGY.
I WANT TO READ A QUOTE FROM ANOTHER ONE OF THESE DEMOCRATS,
REPRESENTATIVE DAN LIPINSKI FROM ILLINOIS.
HE SAYS --
SMALL BUSINESSES?
DAN LIPINSKI, GOTTA GO.
HE'S IN
ILLINOIS.
JUSTICE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO RUN AGAINST THESE GUYS
-- IT'S NOT PERSONAL, I DON'T KNOW LIPINSKI, I DON'T KNOW
THESE GUYS, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THEM.
I JUST WANT THEM OUT OF
OFFICE BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING GREAT DAMAGE YES TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO PROGRESSIVE
IDEOLOGY INTO THE COUNTRY.
YOU HAVE TO GET THEM OUT.
THERE ARE
10 PEOPLE RUNNING FOR JUSTICE DEMOCRATS, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
WE
HAVE TO GET MORE MONEY, OTHERWISE -- WE SHOULD PRIMARY
EVERYONE OF THESE GUYS.
AND IF WE DON'T DO IT, SOMEBODY ELSE
SHOULD DO IT.
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS BEGGING TO WORK WITH TRUMP TO
CUT TAXES, WHICH IS AGAINST TWO THIRDS OF NOT DEMOCRATS, OF THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY'S WISHES.
WHETHER IT'S JUSTICEDEMOCRATS.COM/WIN,
BY GOD HELP THERE, BUT ANY ORGANIZATION, HELP TO GET THESE
GUYS OUT, IT'S NOT PRACTICAL AND IT LEADS TO DISASTROUS RESULTS,
AND THIS IS WHAT GOT TRUMP ELECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.