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David Gregory over the weekend I meet the press
I was you know having the same conversation that they've been having
about the
shut down the political machinations around that I
and he stepped in to the usual
center-right morass that is these boring stale stuffy
and I would actually add really referring back damn common the
fundamental lack of empathy
that you see in these programs these mindset so he's doing the whole
you know first the mall equating were the Republican right
and the democratic left which is ludicrous substantively it's also a
ludicrous just in terms of actual power there's no way
there's no there's no progressive faction that would do this cuz they're
not irresponsible on crazy enough to do it
and there's none that have the power even if they wanted to
to shut down the federal government to install single-payer universal health
care
not happen K dali republicans that are crazy enough to actually do it
and it's only republicans that I would try to do it in an attempt to do things
that are even more destructive to the country but anyways
of course does empirical realities
don't impact shows like this that much very often
so David Gregory's of the races and he's gonna talk about
entitlements I let's play it sound so my question then gets
so if if you get past a crisis point and say oh I know well let's get into a
bigger discussion about the budget
you are on No simpson-bowles that commission you are on the
supercommittee both for those went nowhere was it so super
wasn't so super right so we still have a problem which is the democrats want more
revenue
republicans want to deal with the you know in in the entitlements which are
you're really cannibalizing the budget where is there reason to be hopeful that
the
notice that term he just he basically just referred to social security and
medicare
as cannibalizing the budget so the program's
that we see this endlessly and this and this is why I can never be an
equidistant discussion we've had an explosion income inequality over the
past several decades week we talk about this
regularly we've had a full spectrum policy from tax cuts too extreme
deregulation to
a 22 even just the this social
I and psychological ships that game gonna miss talking about on this mass in
equality this massive social stagnation
and not only are cuts and this particular scramble argun concept still
being pushed
through mobley too many media outlets
now are using the word cannibalized what is cannibalize you know my grandmother
who was
she collected tokens and worked at the Long Island Rail Road as a single mother
I in the in the sixties and the seventies
okay like and she's retired
in a not you know in a in a perfectly nice perfectly pleasant not upscale not
you know rich part of Florida and she's OK
she can pay your bills she saved well
she can go on the occasional vacation what is so
pensive about her doing that especially considered back
that was her money that was paid in the whole time and we all know
we said a million times everybody knows the policy answers you concerned about
social security issues that may arise
another over at least a decade from now what he do
you lift the cap these people come out every day and they also another thing
said
in the cynically will today that they care about people that are man dies age
they care about young people well young people entered the worst job market that
has existed for decades
all these people have offered is contraction austerity policies
that limit job opportunities and cut wages and then they say all but don't
worry we have your back
we're gonna slashed your parents retirement and medical security
so in addition to your limited job prospects and depreciated earnings
because we're policies
you also have to foot the bill for your parents because we're going to slash
that too
why to give people more tax cuts to give top honors more tax cuts and of course
the bell banks out so they can deed to make
risky speculation on the real state market which could jeopardize
the enemy recovery to begin with I don't wanna pick on David Gregory all the time
but it's like
it just gets ridiculous when a certain point when you're completely empirically
wrong
you have no connection to a vast majority of Americans experience
including like
upper middle class Americans it's enough already book somebody else on your
frigging show us match a life experience
michael white a grandma down there in florida are zombie-like
being accountable and eating the budget I know she's just like
I Michael I just brought groceries today
haha I just I just sent you fifty dollars for your birthday
Obama haha our
I need more I able to buy clothing for the winter and I can get my
hot modest American car repaired I just want my are in Marin Mar
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