Roberts County: A Year in the Most Pro-Trump Town
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- As President Trump's first year in office unfolded, ABC News' Amna Nawaz spent one year with families in the county that had the highest percentage of Trump voters in the 2016 election.
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Time for another update with these people.
Why? You think that many people will have actually swung left far enough to agree with you? lmao. Not likely.
I live in “Trump Country” in Texas and it’s still extremely conservative with way too many people who still believe him. I will say it’s been fun when I hear them in a gas station talking about the voter fraud in 2020 and I get to tell them it didn’t occur and that yes the majority of the country is loving that Biden and Harris will make America great again
Barry Baz hahahaha oh they said some stuff while I was inside too lol. They act like facts and debating is the enemy. It’s just sad how many people out here are extremely religious Christian conservatives yet they support the kind of behavior that’s been in office? I just don’t understand
Yeah
@@fadedtiger3181 I doubt trump has as much support now . See what they say after trump has seized power.
John Wayne was wrong, saying you're sorry is a sign of strength. Being able to admit a fault or mistake requires strength of character.
Swampbutt Stinson
I’ve always remembered him saying that. Wayne.
It’s always made me think about it.
I agree with you.
You can’t learn from your mistakes if you don’t admit them.
And your apologies don’t mean shit if you don’t admit your mistakes either.
John Wayne didn't know what the hell he was talking about, when his time came to serve his country he didn't try very hard to get into a combat position, even though with his connections he certainly could have. Hollywood was his WW2.
When the time came for another man to serve his country a generation later, he also avoided service.
You are wrong. They military wouldn’t put a movie star on the frontlines because they thought it would endanger other soldiers. They believed soldiers would try to protect them over the mission or other soldiers. Elvis tried for a combat mission and was denied.
Jimmy Stewart?
@Linda Terry that doesn't make it acceptable or good, even by the standards of common decency then
@32:56 "Everybody is saying 2017 is the worst year ever..."
2020: Hold my mask...
RIGHT??!!!!! 🤣🤦🏻♀️
I've never heard someone use that reference..
Like so many here I wish she could go back now.
Republicans: No, I don't think I will.
For real 🤣👏🏾🤣🤣🤣
ABC DO A CURRENT UPDATE WITH THESE PEOPLE NOW IN 2020 !!
ABC really needs to do that!
It will go from 95% to 97%. not worth the story.
Arsene Wenga oh no, we are the most loving kind people you will ever meet. Our community is flourishing
I would like to see an update too.
@@noel3385 Hi! How are you and your family doing? I hope you all are well. Do you know if anyone's opinion on Trump has changed?
I can respect the first guy. He was honest, he knows Trump isn't a good person but he voted for him because he was concerned about his family, not other people. I wish everyone would be that honest.
Yes he did. You watch it again starting at 3:15.
Gina H what i got from it was if ur business needs govnt help/change of policy to stay afloat u either suck at business or u r in the wrong business
The problem is he's been conned to believe hillary would've been a worse president
yeah I was gonna say that. He doesn't like him but he voted for his stance. At least he admitted that. Most people turn a blind eye to every thing and you wonder if they are mentally ill.
Have you ever even seen a farm or ranch? I would suggest you travel out west and talk to the people that know. When you are being bombarded by hundreds of new regulations every year but still struggle on so to leave something for your kids only to have the feds seize it when you die. These people need and deserve our utmost respect.
The average farmer/rancher has far more skills and intelligence then the average urbanite. Not to mention a work ethic.
ABC DO A CURRENT UPDATE WITH THESE PEOPLE NOW IN 2019 !!
Sonia mensa.
I agree
THRY WILL NOT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT THEIR AGENDA
I would like to know what they think of the tax reform now. I would also like to know what that teacher thinks of the education system now with Betsy Devos in charge. I don't see where anything these people said was important to them is better. In most situations I would say the things important to them have been made worse. Or at least stagnant.
@@marciarose9656 Betsy wants school charters, school choice....are you opposed to that ? Here's a thought....she's fighting democrats the entire time, they refuse to fund it, support it, listen to or bring forth debates...etc....Trump knows what she is fighting....and we all want better schools. But you can't take democrat controlled schools, boards, book publishers and liberal city council, not to mention colleges, and media...and make them all sit up and say well gee whiz...we have been wrong...
"We're going broke..."
She says as she grabs the bottle from the $200 dollar 'formula keurig'
Lol right? She thinks we're stupid.
We clearly don’t have the same definition of “broke”.
I know a family that were friends of my mother's and were worth over 100 million and every April they would cry to me about how they were going broke. All the while knowing that my family was living on welfare. It's easy to see why there's a disconnect between the haves and the have nots. The haves worry about their wealth and the have nots worry about their health.
Guess it is all relative
Really ????
I appreciate the unbias of this reporter. Getting to know people and just asking legit questions.
I thought she was very biased and showed her NYC liberalism. She was asking them questions almost as if she was a prosecutor questioning a hostile witness (without the harshness and invective). She was very arrogant and condescending.
@25:00 "If it don't effect me...", Well that sums it up. If it don't effect you and your family, to hell with everyone else. Sir, if you lose your family farm, it don't effect me.
I said the same thing! Not my problem if you can't pay your bills the right way 🤷🏽♀️
Exactly
selfish attitude? in their little world. How their great great great grandfather get the land???????
The "melting pot" needs a good stir. Instead, special interest groups - and that includes bigots of all stripes - just want to stir things UP. We should be united not divided and conquered. Everyone in the 99% has been played for suckers. We are all the same! We want peace not war. We want a safe place to live, good education and healthcare, clean air and water, food that isn't genetically manipulated or poisoned BECAUSE THOSE THINGS BENEFIT ALL OF US.!
"Doesn't effect me so why should I care?" is not only selfish it's beyond stupid.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Guess they don't teach civics anymore (and our history textbooks have always been politically censored). The schools have lost the financial ability to teach art & music. But football? They always have enough money for that, don't they?
Fuck you easy talking libtards. Fuck taxing away farmers land. Fuck Hitlary
"It doesn't affect me"... uh, yes it does mama. It's your children's future.
kalo924 That poor dumb woman...
As her hero tRump would say... SAD
kalo924 😂lawd you made me spit out my coffee
Liz C * Who's dumb, the suckers who frothed over the LIE of collusion, or the more reasonable person, who got in some "me"
time, instead. Looks like a lot of folks, wasted days of their
lives, believing one of THE GREATEST LIES OF LIVES, that couldn't even make it into the script of "The Days of Our Lives."
Seems like a smart chick to me, you sexist idiot! KOut
Maybe she lives in a bubble.
"Nothing's burned down yet." .... didn't age well.
Remember when 2017 was the worst year ever?
Trump didn’t burn them down
It's as crazy as Hell is hot that people don't realize that the entire country is on figurative fire. I wanted to end that with an exclamation point but there's no need to overemphasize pure truth. This country is in danger of full on losing its major foothold with the rest of the world. The more we oppose the world in its face, the more we offer a similar opposition to the needs of those at home, the more we set ourselves up for the hostile takeover we've puked all over others. This, while the people battle internally the illusion of bigoted nationalism being "my right". Its over.
Remember all those fires trump and his supporters started?
Yeah me neither.
Just doesnt affect some I guess (shrugs)
Roberts County is right next to my county of Gray. Mr. Porter looks very good after all these years. He was my history teacher in 9th grade here in Pampa.
"As long as it doesn't affect me" must be nice to afford the mindset.
So I am guessin you are willing to cut your salary with 50 % and give that to somebody else? I mean since you are such a good and unselfish person.
Tf are you talking about lolol. I was quoting the dude. People during the holocaust had the same mindset. It's not a good mindset to have.
That's what Bishop Romnuts said.
Spoiled brats!
And they are all Christians. Jesus would be proud
ABC News please return to Roberts county before the next election.
The best thing is California is moving to Texas.
Agree those communist media try anything to defeat president Trump
@@mduan314 at least those 'communist media' react when Putin put a bounty on the head of our soldiers. Strange kind of patriotism Trump is in for... silence is golden, but my eyes still see.
Trump is gonna win again a district in Florida that Clinton won but 16 points and now a republican is about to win the district with 3 points above
@@jasonusa4945 Whatever district he wins and even if he would win the electorate college : take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself if we want this chaos another 4 years, realising the free world will loose its liberties and install an authoritarian leader for generations to come. Have we become that disappointed and unpatriotic ? Trump doesn't deserve the USA but jail time.
6:34- i almost fell off my chair when the pup howled at the name of hilllary lol
It was so funny
Dogs are trained just like children trained to hate
@@estherfarris3802 they can also sniff out a demon.
She is a fool if she thinks the Comey stuff aa she put it doesn’t affect her smh
20:25 “I don’t want them to have to sell half the ranch just to pay taxes on it.” First of all, that is a HUGE overestimation on what their overall tax burden would be. In 2016, the exemption was $5.45 million per PERSON or $10.9 million per married couple. That means, only the 5.45 million and first dollar, or 10.9 million and first dollar (and up) for married couples would potentially be taxed at the 40% rate he was talking about. Not to mention they could begin to “gift” the estate at $28,000 per person per year tax free into a family trust, and avoid any tax altogether. The shortsightedness of these folks is astounding.
People don’t understand our tax systems and how the tax brackets and That EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US PAYS THE SAME IN TAX.
@@jasonwilliams4400 clearly you dont understand it either lol
I'm sure if they knew better, they would do better.....
They just didn't know better, which itself says something about the education level of Trump voters.
I don’t understand either, do you mean the first dollar over 10.9 or 10.9 plus the first dollar. If the ranch was worth 20 million what is the tax?
Lovely piece. An insightful, compassionate, and non-inflammatory glimpse into the lives of these folks and the things that make them tick. Thanks Amna and team!
ABC News go back!!! Go see what’s changed!!!
ABC needs to do an update on them as soon as they can safely do one, after we tap down this Corona virus. I would be interested in seeing how many of the old guys from that table are feeling now.
Unfortunately it's unlikely the older guys may be alive next year, since they are older also probably refuse to wear a mask
Roberts county has had zero deaths, look at the statistics... and no, we don’t have any regulations
@@lylatfox4 Roberts County Texas COVID deaths: 0
Now what??? LMFAO
@@noel3385 the population is only 800 or so and they've had 20 cases... Just because there havent been any deaths doesnt mean the stats are too and Lord knows how many people they've spread it to. So Paso Texas is a living hell at the moment, bet if people would wear masks the situation wouldnt be anywhere near this detrimental. Get yourselves together people!!
@@theresadaines5764 nahhh
I dont think they will haha
I hope you return to this town throughout his presidency. This is a very good mini documentary.
EDEN 2 nothing will happen under the devil Trump unless you rich
+ ESPN 2 + A great idea. by the 6th year the producers may run out of angles to subjectively slant the discussions, and the people in hear may become tired o,f unjustifiably injecting their resentful venom, into the sections below those videos. There should be far fewer of such anti-american, political vipers, as more. and more folks use, "formerly on the left," as an itroduction in their brighter, new world. #Walkaway, or for the less patient with the lunacy, #Runaway. KOut
KO - from what I gathered from the video, the good people in Roberts Co. voted for Trump for two general reasons:1) Trump promised Tax Relief in the form of repealing the Estate Tax. He and the GOP have yet to do this and probably never will. The tax reform they pushed through was a big win for the very wealthy and the big multinational corporations. The folks of Roberts will not see anything more from Trump on this front.2) The hatred and/or mistrust of Hillary Clinton. I can't blame them there. The Dems forced a really bad candidate on the nation and like so many poor candidates before her, she deserved to lose. however, now that she's lost, the conservatives still seek to use her ghost as a political punching bag.
I'm pretty sure the GOP could have put up Bozo the Clown and the folks in Roberts Co would have voted for him if Hillary was still running. Had the Dems allowed a fair and equal primary, I think the race could have come out much differently. But alas, the powers that be got what they wanted, as usual.
+ Steve Williams + I must commend you for one of the few thoughtful
and reasoned comments posted in this section. This is not to say that you may be operating under some conclusions, serious ones, that do not stand up to scrutiny.
1, Virtually everything you believe about the the tax cuts for one thing.
a. The company I work for, attributed the company wide raises, and the one time bonuses everyone received to the to the decrease in the corporate tax rate. This combined with a significant tax decrease that I have realized in my own paychecks, bely your assertion that the tax cut bill affected the "very wealthy" predominantly. In my more than four decades, in the american workforce, there isn't one piece of legislation,
to more clearly improve my life, or the lives of millions of other americans, than this one. I'was struggling to maintain a middle class
lifestyle, and this is no longer the case, and I am far from the "very wealthy" you wish to .castigate.
2. I have the unfair advantage over you, in having reached out to this family, through relatives who live nearby, through their church, and know 1st hand about this family, now. I feel the need to inform you at this point, so that you do not falsely ramble-off into ugly stereotype territory,
that I neither voted for President Trump, nor am I a person of faith. I've
been a life-long atheist, not that, that should matter, but you can see why I felt the need to point this out. While this heavily biased "One year Later," style report, chose to focus on the estate-tax issue, as a way to further demonize this family of Trump voters. it actually played little role
in their voting choices. In reality, "the estate tax" was of little concern to these people, as they were really never in any jeopardy of coming under it's austere auspices, financially. While they were compelled by the "reporter" and the ABC producers, to comment on it, the estate tax was barely on their electoral landscape. They may have been looking another generation or two down the road, as their assets come no where near the $11million dollar threshold to "qualify" for this most arbitrarily applied form of double, and triple, form of taxation. This impression was almost completely a creation, and exaggeration of the producers of this 'Documentary."
I might add that those who believe that this video is not a very contrived. presentation of an agenda, with it's on focus on certain hot button, issues, loaded & leading questions, and heavily edited responses, arranged to achieve maximum impact, that they have little idea, the lengths the establishment MSM is willing to go, to protect it's hegemony
over our media diet. The legacy media is in an existential fight, and they are far more aware of this, than is the general public. Perhaps you media selections have not informed you that this is just the first stage of tax reform, with the next installment aimed more directly at the middle, and working classes. I for one can hardly wait, not for any benefits that might apply to me personally, but in anticipation of the further stimulus that the economy, and all americans, can expect to see. The improved economy, seen in the historically low levels of unemployment among minority communities, can be dismissed by the most blinded, by their own partisan concerns.
I look forward to any reply that you might have, and hope that it remains as thoughtful as your first. KOut
KO - I am in favor of Tax Reform, but the GOP did not give us reform, they gave us reduction. The tax code was 2600+ pages before the tax bill and it is sightly larger now with these new provisions. In fact, the GOP tax breaks will serve me (personally) very well. I can expect my 2018 - 2026 tax bills to be half what they were just last year. Yet, if this is so great for me and my family, then why would I oppose it?
Simple. It's not tax reform. It's a tax holiday for large multinational corporations that have outsourced and off-shored US jobs to lower wage nations, in the name for free trade, for decades. The GOP threw in some chicken bones for us in the middle class, but they are short lived and will expire in 2026.
You say, this is only phase 1 and the GOP will bring even more tax breaks to the middle class.
I say, horse-hockey. Anything they push out will be a short term give away to buy votes in November.
See, the GOP controls all three houses right now and can rewrite the tax code any way they deem fit. The Democrats are powerless to stop them. Problem is, they can't cut the budget. They can't take away Grandma's Social Security and Medicare. If they do, they'll be voted out in the biggest landslide since 1994. They will not cut the military budget and there's not enough left over to make any meaningful changes.
That means they must run up the Federal Deficit to pay for these tax breaks. That means more T-Bills and more interest paid on those bills. That interest comes from my (future) tax dollars, my children's tax dollars and my grand children's tax dollars. It also means your children and all children of this nation is being sold into serious debt for tax breaks today. This is not sustainable.
Yet, like so many CEO's they beg for campaign contributions, the GOP is only looking to the next quarter, the next year, the next election, believing the tickle down economics of the past. When in fact, they should be looking 5, 10 and 20 years down the road. To be fair, some congress-critters are economically forward looking, but they are in the vast minority in both parties. Most are beholden to their campaign contributors and the desires of those contributors is to have a congress-critter than favors lower corporate taxes and lower progressive taxes, at any cost. It is, cutting off our nose, despite our face.
But, the economic growth will offset.... blah, blah, blah.
No, it will not. Not once has this voodoo economics , major tax cut plan, given our economy a large, long term growth spurt that offset the long term costs of the tax cuts. Reagan cut taxes and deregulated banks while spending massive sums on the military. The economy boomed from 1983 to 1987 and then those same banks Reagan "freed from debilitating regulations," crashed the economy. The price tag for that growth, $3TT (yes, that's three trillion) added to the Federal Deficit that was just over $1TT in 1980. The other price paid, millions losing their jobs to "down-sizing" as corporate mergers and corporate raiders ran amuck in the laissez-faire policies under Reagan.
The techno-dot-com boom of the 1990's, spurred by major tech advances that had nothing to do with tax cuts, gave the US a federal surplus in 1997, it's first since 1969. Then, Bush gave us a big tax break in 2001. Soon, we were heading for a major recession and then he took us to war in Afghanistan and then into Iraq. Never before in our history have we gone to Actual War without raising taxes to pay for it. Then, there was that little crash in 2008 that can be directly traced back to the deregulation of the investment banking system in the late 1990's and the repeal of Glass Steagall.
So, here we are in 2018, with the biggest tax break in history handed down on a silver platter. At the same time you celebrate those extra dollars in your paycheck KO, Trump is alienating all our allies and is engaging us in a global Trade War that is going to send us into a major recession. You'll need those extra dollars because the Trade War is going to result in major inflation for the next 3-7 years.
I would love to hear how that tax break helped them. Can we get an update?
I don't think any of them were helped,they don't fit Trumps profile for assistance....MILLIONAIRES!!
Update: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/18/trump-success-roberts-county-texas-republicans
I'll give you one, the last "tax break" has my middle class son paying 22% more this year. And he lost his home deduction.
@@GaryGraefen I am so very sorry, so sorry to hear that. I hope that it gets better for ALL of us real soon!
@@GaryGraefen any middle class Voters who votes For Donald Trump Will get exactly what they deserve.The same thing Donald Trump has done for this country...NOTHING!!
Gotta love “ I get my news from Fox, Facebook and reddit “ . No wonder.
Bobble Head where you get your news from?
@Kolya Dizel Many of us who think for ourselves don't rely on these although do scour them all to keep up with differing view points and the false narratives being pushed by most MSM. I actually use independent media sources for the majority of news, yet still research even these further. Fox News is the most biased of the mainstream media outlets that I have seen out there. If you want unbiased media, or are open minded enough to look for independent media streams, check out ones that don't have an agenda in mind but are only reporting the actual news and are not trying to sway you in any particular direction. That's how you can always tell if they are biased. It should be facts of the events reported truthfully and not skewed to fit a narrative.
These sources have check the bias in media: www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/?v=402f03a963ba
library.fvtc.edu/News/BiasCheck
There are others that have done the same if you wish to look into it further. But this should give you at least a glimpse into independent analysis of media biases. Some don't like seeing them and immediately balk at the thought of "their" news agency being biased, but the facts remain the facts. It shouldn't be taken personally. But we should all arm ourselves with the truth and ferret out what brings about that reaction in ourselves then deal with the facts at hand. Good luck in your search!
How very sad !
ShayniBC I would have thought that every sensible voter would see merit in the unbiased analysis of news, but noooooo!!!! Many people like being lied to by politicians in the hope that they will deliver on their promises. Politicians thrive on that knowledge. It’s hopeless really.
Exactly the WRONG PLACES...yes, that is a real problem...
The story about fuzz and his magic carpet was pure gold
It was both racist and loving. Very good
@@egold9081 because of the PC leftist dems, the meaning of the word racist is not afraid to tell the truth.
@@keithmccracken5557 Man shut yo ass up
@@egold9081 Dumbass liberal loon? Islam is NOT a race. It is a religion. Anyone of any race can be a Muslim. One cannot be "racist" against a religion. Try again, moron.
The libby reporter did not like it because she is a Muslim. That is understandable. However, it was still a nice story.
Trump did all these tax cuts and left them out😂😂😂 Well at least they got Hiliary to blame🤷🏽♀️
neeka penn no the tax cut effected every one just look at Tax Brackets for single filers.Also the standard deduction when form 6,350 in 2017 before the tax cut and know 12,000 standard deduction.Also for joint filers the standard deduction is know 24,000. So no the tax cuts did not leave them out 😂😂😂😂😂🤷🏽♀️
@@americacentral962 yah but theres not a personal exemption anymore. Trumps tax cut for lower middle income people is close to meaningless
America Central I’m a tax preparer and do my best to help EVERYONE. This year was the most frustrating. If you are an employee you can deduct work expenses or Mortgage that hurt ALOT of people. It was all smoke and mirrors
@@tomarasmith4459 Interesting. What were the biggest changes?
@@Maja-Danmark you can't deduct work related expenses unless your self employed. Mortgage interest wasnt deductible. They doubled the standard deduction but at the same time took away your personal deduction. State law did match the new tax code some lost of people ended up owing the state.
A 2 year follow up would be interesting. How do the tariffs effect them?
There is to much corn and soy being grown. It's called capitalism, and it's wonderful. If farmers want to eat they need to adapt. In Indiana my idiot dads fields are planted in soy every year, they don't even rotate the GMO garbage with corn or milo.
affect*
Michael Ward: And in that short year, there has been record levels of farm and ranch bankruptcies as well as farmer and rancher suicides.
When farms and ranches are working at the margin of profitability, less than a year of sanctions can destroy them and that's exactly what's happening, even with the billions Trump has given them in subsidies.
It doesn't require an Einstein to know this, just someone who's actually aware enough to research it.
@Anthony drained it? Not so good with math are you? The $5 billion he asked for is 0.01% of the budget for just one year. Nice try but maybe next time do the math instead of repeating CNN talking points.
Michael Ward: Hey Mickey, what are your sources? Right wing media? Fox News, The Federalist, Breitbart? How about some good old fashioned government statistics?
Here's a simple question that doesn't require any research. What is your definition of making America great again? This idea of MAGA suggests America was once, in the past, indeed great. So, when was that time and what made it great?
I very much look forward to your reply. You'd be the first Trumper to do so. I've learned that that question to a Trumper is like a light to a cockroach.
That poor rancher. He pays taxes all his life in it's myriad forms and then when he dies they tax him one last time. I think they call that a "death tax." Brings to mind George Harrison's lament in "Tomorrow Never Knows," where he says, "There's people standing round, who'll screw you in the ground." And from "Taxman,": "And my advice for those who die, declare the pennies on your eyes," from "Taxman."
Pretty closed minds. I bet they aren’t telling the truth about who they voted for.
They said trump
Why are the counties with the least diversity, the most anti-immigrant? They rarely encounter them, yet they have the strongest opinion on who they are and what they do?
Nobody here is anti-immigrant, anybody who comes here legally can be respected. I just can't respect someone who comes illegally.
Jane Leelavathi America has plenty of “so called” diversity. Every country in Europe settled America with a different culture and language and many others came after that. I served 20 years in the U.S. military, traveled the world. In that time I can say that Mexico, and Central America are easily the most non-diverse (diversity is culture not race) and non-interesting places I have ever been.Very nice people, I married a Puerto Rican, but diversity is not their thing. (I’m speaking of the the Mexicans and Central Americans. Puerto Ricans are a little more diverse).
+Handy Fix
He said _county,_ not country.
Jane Leelavathi
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
THEY RARELY ENCOUNTER THEM.
I LOVE HOW YOU THINK YOU CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE. I ENCOUNTER THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY ALL DAY. IF THEY ARE HERE ILLEGALLY.
THEN THEY HAVE TO GO, DEPORTED, THEY BROKE THE LAW.
Note this was a reply to + Jane Leelavathi + who has chosen to delete that post. .She is the originator of this thread, but the deleted post was a list of mass shooter's names,. + Jane Lewhatever + What does your list of shooters, have to do with anything I said, about anything? Yikes! Please try to keep up. KOut
ps. Is Charles Whitman, the Tx. Tower shooter? Still not clear on your point, but just checking.
"If it doesn't affect me, I don't care" said America. Except, it does .
Jan Sharp this ^^^
ALL COUNTRIES SAY THAT BUT YOU'RE ENTIRE POST LITERALLY MAKES NO SENSE
@@mramerica6229 You know, if you type everything in caps you're bound to be taken more seriously.
Jeffrey Gillespie 😂😂
@@mramerica6229 Checked your channel "Captain America". What would you prefer as form of address "bot" or "troll"?
DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT OR DO I HAVE TO USE ALL CAPS?
"The Comey stuff really doesn't affect me". That is straight up gold.
Sadly, the burning down part comes in 2020...
No it doesn't. It comes in 2021 on Jan. 6th!
@@robinpadilla6683 wow how are you that ignorant? BLM BURNED DOWN HALF THE FUCKING COUNTRY
@@themagicminstrels476 They didn't "burn down half the country," drama queen
I've never voted for policies that make my life easier. I vote for policies that try to create the kind of world I want to live in.
It would be nice if Trump had policies.
Trump’s impetuous decisions are not policies.
Trump’s trying to one up Xi is not about a policy
Foresight? We'll have none of that.
@@denyze7461 That was clear BEFORE the election, and yet....
@@ltly68 That was a poor attempt, even for deflection. If you think Trump hiring illegal aliens isn't but hypocrisy, it's probably because you're weak at thinking to begin with.
No Juaco...if you're so short sighted you don't understand that our economy requires a certain number of migrant workers to keep prices of certain goods or services from going sky high, YOU do those jobs. It's poorly informed extremists like you that want them all gone.
And who the hell is Forsyth?
@@markrieck1048 I don't think you got it, I am very Progressive and I was just making a joke out of it
"we're going broke" and she's wearing an Apple Watch - $329.
lol i saw that as well and thought how in hell are they going broke. if she's wearing an apple watch, she's prob got a thousand dollar iphone and Homepod speakers and Mac to go along with it, and she is broke? didn't they have a maid as well? I want to be broke like they are.
Lol
Or she had a good paying job but lost it. People whoa re poor wasnt poor forever.
I sold her the watch.
I bought it from the Trump site,it was made in Chai NA!
Really I paid 100 for mine lol
Ok, ABC.. time to return. We are salivating at the mouths for a 2020 interview of this county.
YYEEEEESSSS !
I grew up in Panhandle Texas, which is a small town near Amarillo, and when she said “The trains come so often, the residents say they don’t even notice them” I was like “Yep. That how it goes” 😂
Core Christian values of Robert County - Screw everyone else, what's in it for me?
ozzrob Exactly!
i think that lady's NY tour is like an overseas trip as she may only go to places that only speak American..... seems Robert County is a self contained ecosystem who wants to retain their whiteness, remain the same but complain their lives not improving.....
Wow that was the realest comment I have read on this video.
ozzrob exactly lol
You're different? You care about them?
It would be great if ABC would do a current follow-up on these same people now in May, 2019 to see how everything is going for them...
If you haven't come across this article, it's about the most recent I've seen: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/18/trump-success-roberts-county-texas-republicans
Well, the tax cuts got passed. No more death tax. Imagine having to give 50% of the value of your farm to the government each time you passed it down....6 generations, that's the value of the farm three times over. Thats criminal, obominable. See what trump is doing?? Its because he cares!!!
I doubt ANYTHING has changed!
@@thomashummer7774 YA HE CARES FOR RUSSIA!
@@thomashummer7774 yeah, the tax cuts got past, I hope you enjoy the next couple that you get because that's all you're going to get because the common person only got tax cuts for five years whereas the wealthy 1% got tax cuts forever
It'd be interesting to see a version on the most pro-clinton town and see what they think now.
That was San Francisco
It would be a hood
Just go to the most majority-black precinct.
That would be Washington, D.C. Not San Fran or "a hood" (gotta love the not-so-subtle racism)
@@PatsandSox Washington DC is literally just one giant hood. It's majority-minority and plurality black.
ABC DO A CURRENT UPDATE WITH THESE PEOPLE NOW IN 2020
even if they do it would be redacted. or deleted.
I wonder how she feels now with him deporting legal immigrants
Looking at their homes and lifestyle, the individuals interviewed are far from hurting.
Jay H my thoughts exactly
If you make a crappy salary; it is not the presidents fault; he is a president; not a rabbi; a priest or a minister; if I make a great salary; it is not to the credit of Donald Trum;; dont be a liberal; it is mind that is on drugs; an empy mind
Harland GodFriend so I should be a fake conservative, then cry about things after I spend ridiculous amounts of money on unecessary luxury. The tax cuts will fix everything for the middle/lower class. 😂😂😂😂😂
How dare they? Everyone must be hurting. That's the goal.
Harland GodFriend : I wish you had those same sentiments when President Obama was in office. Damn Hillibillcrits.
If a $200 increase in insurance premiums is a stretch for your budget, isn't having kids a bigger expense?
Is there going to be an update. I really enjoyed this.
I can't facepalm anymore... My forehead is sore...
R. H. 😂😂😣😣
^^^ THIS
😂😂😂
Just smack the back of your head for awhile.
Why? Because you aren't as tolerant and compassionate as you claim to be?
Am I the only one who thinks this is funny af, they don’t live pay check to pay check. They have nice homes, if you have to pay because your not fertile I think that should say something I’m not trying to hate but there are many many people who have to worry about having food on there table.
So?
That's what happens when you build a life for yourself and don't depend on the government for EVERYTHING
Nathan Henry or white privilege maybe?
Isis Pale See that’s what happens when your not a worthless moocher and work for what you have and work to maintain it for further generations. No one gives a fuck that people still work at McDonalds at age 30 and can’t pay their bills. That’s how the world works, you either end up at the bottom or work to the top, if your work hard you go places.
@@fakenbake06 Mitchell was working hard to "build a life for himself" when he was born to a couple that owned one of the hundred most valuable non-corporate farms in the entire United States? Was his birth somehow harder than yours, mine, or Isis Pale? How do you know this? Or is this just "white privilege" speaking? Hey, I'm wihtie too, and i've done OK and don't feel the need to apologize either, but at least I'm not pretending my parents didn't matter, my community didn't matter, I did it ALL by myself, and no one else has had it any harder than me.
As evidenced by this video, conservatives vote for those who can help them, whereas progressives vote for those who help everyone.
@Billy Sanchez V927 Um, name a single progressive policy or platform that harms a single person?
bkcpisme lol just by saying that you sound ignorant. Not everyone is the same. To name a few, green new deal would be a total disaster and harm a ton of people indirectly through the economy, getting rid of the electoral college would mean towns like this that have different priorities and needs from people living in big cities will not have their voices heard, and Bernie is a socialist... just to name a few. U can argue for both sides being harmful to some degree but don’t think for one second that you are somehow perfect. That is narcissistic and ignorant
Joe K The green new deal was a resolution with no teeth, and climate change will actually kill us all so not sure what you’re complaining about. Getting rid of the electoral college isn’t something that democrats are serious about because we all know it will never pass. It just sounds good to disaffected (and essentially disenfranchised) rich whites in California and New York. But is having everyone’s voice be equal harmful to folks who are used to having their voices count more? Nope. But making things more equal has always been received with anger from the previously privileged. And Bernie is a democratic socialist, not a socialist. Look up the difference. Not that it matters, but socialism isn’t in and of itself a bad thing, even though there are a few examples of it not working (for reasons external to it having been socialism, by the way).
bkcpisme the green new deal isn’t the only way to solve climate change. Come on be at least somewhat reasonable if you’re going to respond
Joe K I never suggested it was the only way to solve climate change...
For me, watching this was an exercise in empathy
Empathy? For people who only care about themselves?
Never say you're sorry?...apologies are a sign of strength
Yeah, that got me too.
Bullshit....apologies are for people that can't stop being irresponsible
Vincent Wallace what? Well I’m sorry you’re an idiot.
Marine Corps teaches their recruits NEVER SAY SORRY ITS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS.
@@robthesaxon1116 TYPICAL PEOPLE ARENT MARINES!
Wow..... please update on this. Those tariffs made them sing another tune. Guaranteed.
How about now? Huh?! Yea, u cant say this is normal.
Nope. They get subsidized. They or should I say we are solidly behind Trump. Besides, even if he fails us on one issue, he keeps us on most other issues. Trump wins by default because the dems are not votable at this stage. Dems have gone crazy.
Pro-abortion, anti-guns, climate alarmists, sexual madness, censorships, pro illegal immigration,
So it doesn't even matter if trump isn't doing anything positive, by default he's better than dems telling you they'd tax you more to fund their fantasies. That only appeal to college student that ain't working.
Yes, they are hurting most farmers right now. I would like to hear the update as well
PLD I wondered the same thing. But on second thought would it really have been different?
@@Relevance4life You are so out of touch with most normal American voters.Why do you think 2.8 million more voters voted for Clinton?
He "wishes Trump would spend less time tweeting and more time pushing through his campaign promises."
lol
Says it all doesn’t it!!🤣
If you honestly think no voter fraud happened in this country, you are out of your mind. I live in MS and the Delta region of my state is horrifically run (all Democratic). Towns decaying and huge unemployment have killed our democrat towns while our conservative cities flourish. The major "news" networks, social media companies, and papers have not reported anything positive this administration has done but EVERYDAY you'll see something negative. That is why all huge liberal donors I'm turning off. I've switched off Comcast, Verizon, Nike, Target, & NBC/ABC/CBS this year alone. I'm putting my $$$ and my actions behind my vote.....and you should too!
Ok so can we have an update? Feb 2019
Yes, please. I would love an update. Even if these people have been completely screwed by Trump I'll bet they still support him.
@@floriaabney3146 Of course. One man told me how to figure out what the republican party has a charter of what to focus on to get elected: Negros, Immigrants, Gays, God, Abortion, Rifles. Look at the initials. Then look at what they tell their constituents, and who those constituents are.
@Martha Luckert I bet you'd spew your pathetic bigotry to our face. MoveOn.
@Martha Luckert but at least they haven't turned into racist democrats. Like the ones all over the country who hate the country. Can't wait to see them all gone. Then we can make all their shit hole cities worth living in again. U stupid, stupid woman.
@@d.e.b.b5788 you just put all that together. This is another example of a racist democrat. You fuckin morons don't think everyone else sees it. Well we do. Take your welfare sucking ass, and get a job. Stop complaining about nothing. Look at your name. Don't Ever Belive Blacks. See I can make up racist shit about what u really think. Idiot.
From 1995 to 2016 Texas received $1.9 billion and in 2016 $90,262,097 in Livestock Subsidies. How do these hard working people feel that the government is taking money from other hard working people to pay Livestock Subsidies. Does it bother them? Do they think it is fair?
Bill Latta they don't care dear
Livestock subsidies are the reason you have food to eat
Susanna Kailing They make great money off of livestock subsidies.
Feel proud about LYING? 8.25 million a year goes to cattle ranchers in Texas? NOPE NO, beef farmers and ranchers do not receive a check just for raising cattle, nor do they receive government compensation when cattle prices are low. Like essentially every industry in the U.S., the government is involved in some way, but with beef the government is involved much more in food safety certification after the animal is harvested.There are two types of entities who receive the "subsidies" -direct and indirect. Direct payments to cattlemen only happen in a handful of certain situations. One is DISASTER relief. Much like FEMA grants money to people affected by a natural disaster, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) will do the same for ranchers or farmers.
Another way a direct payment can occur is through a NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) grant. These grants are available because the government has goals it would like to accomplish, such as improved wildlife habitat. NRCS pays the farmer or rancher to accomplish a specific action on that person’s private land. This isn’t really a subsidy, but rather is a private person working on behalf of the government, modifying his or her land to match a government objective. It is important to note that most conservation practices farmers or ranchers take are done without government involvement, such as erosion control or grazing management techniques.
You don't seem to understand how the economy works. Go learn about the Federal Reserve and the financial system generally before posting anything else on youtube.
Buddy still responds that way about Clinton. 😂 he is the best dog ever.
Great report. Thank you guys for telling their story so well.
It’s not about the flag, it is about the oppression
African Americans enjoy more freedom in the US than in any other country, certainly more freedom than in African countries.
And right THERE @24:43 is the problem with America.
This educated, intelligent man declares he doesn't care if his President breaks the law, as long as there's some cash in it for him.
And many Americans wonder why billions despise them.
Bogus Fiasco thats not at all what he says. He says he doesn't care if Trump gets arrested in that hes okay with it if Trump did collude with Russia. He doesn't care who's in the White House as long as they are passing laws and regulations that he agrees with.
So he's saying he's fine if the president breaks the law. That's horrible either were all equal under the law or we are not. Some people are not entitled to get away with the bad things that they do. Thats what this man is saying.
then Hillary shouldnt be president as well.
Six generations of ownership for some of these families I believe. When was the estate tax enacted?
According to Wikipedia, it was enacted in 1916. Interesting.
Did they ever go back? Now would be a good time to revisit
Thanks ABC News for this report - it helps me to understand why some people voted for Trump although I might not agree with their way of thinking. I'm really interested and hopeful that you will keep interviewing these families for the whole term. I really feel for Sonia.
Thank you so much for the attitude that you display. That is what would really change things. I am a conservative but I did not vote for Trump or Hilary. But I was very tempted to vote for Trump at times. I actually had to fight that temptation. It was not because I am some racist white guy. I am a black woman who is a conservative Christian. It is because of the behavior of the Democratic party and the far left. Their attitude toward people who are not exactly the way they think they should be is really frightening. They talk down to people and denigrate them and that breads a lot if resentment . Every time a left wing reporter or dem would insult people who genuinely where affected by loose border laws ( but had no problem with legal immigration) or called reformer Muslims "hateful" or dismissed a pro life woman's opinions as "internalized misogyny" I was SO angry! I think that is why Bernie became so popular. I can't stand his positions but he was honest about what he wanted and he actually went to conservative audiences and spoke to them as though they were actually people and not knuckle draggers who needed to be "shown the way". We all need to try and understand, each other instead if demonizing each other .
I like this post, and the comment under it. Mostly unity...
I will add, however, that the behavior being described as democratic behavior seems like a close minded statement. I've had a personal friend of mine accuse me of lying and claiming I'm on "obamacare" because I posted on Facebook "how about those who don't like obamacare can have trumps version, and the rest can keep it."
He suddenly began attacking me (online) about how I'm anti cop (I would like accountability within police), I'm a communist (because I liked many of bernie ideas), I'm a Hillary supporter (I literally had conversations with him prior about how I'm not with her), and I hate America.
All based on that one post...
I've also never heard of a Republican president who slanders his own party as much as or current leader.
I guess I should have added a Republican friend did all that...
I'm not rude, I like resolving conflict, and I enjoy respectable debate.
I've "lost" 4 good friends over my opinions who flipped out on me for expressing concern. Out of all of them, the worst thing I remember saying I called trump their personal messiah, because he can do no wrong in their eyes. I stated how dangerous it is to blindly follow ANY leader.
But don't overlook reporters bias's against Trump, like voting for Trump was a committed crime.
But Im afraid it was......the damage he is doing is going to take a lot to remedie!!
he'd throw down his lil' magic carpet lmaooo.
That was cringy to hear that part. He didn't even seem to have a thought that, that might be offensive.
why would he think it was offensive?? These people think they are entitled to think that way, it is the way they think about those others, meaning anyone not white like them
"magic carpet" I mean can he be any more ignorant.
Kkkkkk that sounds like racism
Gets mad at the flag being disrespected, doesn't care about disrespecting an entire religion.
"Welp, nothing's caught fire yet." Gee. How ironic.
And after Trump did 95% in 2016, he did 96.2%(NYTimes) until now in 2020. Please, ABC, come back there in 2021.
I wish these folks knew the Trump that I know from growing up outside of NYC.
They're not educated. They don't bother to read up on the candidates. They just believe whatever advertisements they see. So they believe whatever Trump tells them. And they're going to get screwed, just like all of Trump's other customers and employees.
@@d.e.b.b5788 That is such an ignorant comment.
Jack: I know that kind of Trump, too, and I'm not even from anywhere near NYC. But I still voted for him. And you'd better believe I know Hillary is much worse, too!!
@@williamwilkins2279 How exactly would Hillary have been any worse?
@@d.e.b.b5788 Easy to answer...Donald Trump cares much more about protecting the well being of our country and puts his country before his political career. Hillary Clinton..what does she care about the country? Well, she even admitted it: "What does it matter?! What difference does it make?!!" The only thing that mattered to Hillary was her political career and that legacy, publicity, and popularity she could have attained had she become the first woman president to ever be elected. That was the ONLY thing that mattered any at all to Hillary. There you have it, Deb B!
I wonder if Steve was so forgiving talking about Obama??? If he had said and done the things Trump said?
denisg2000 are you kidding? They think Obama is the spawn of the devil in these types of places.
I was thinking the same thing! The interviewer did a terrible job! I could think of many questions that would have exposed their honest views much more directly
denis 2000 Obama was and is A fanatic muslim trojan horse wich goal was to destroy your country I hope they wil lock him up on several counts of Treason And yes I`m Dutch
martin saathoff.....you sound stupid.
martin saathoff and how do you know this?
I understand that I am privileged because I am a college student, but the ignorance of some of these ppl stresses me out.
Terra Bee -their ignorance? How about your naïveté?
You're not privileged. Education is a necessity. To better society we need more of it and for it to be more accessible
You're only going to use it to work and better society. It's not like you're going to become an evil genius
If you’re a college student, then you should like Trump, because college graduates make more money than non college graduates and Trump cut taxes for everyone and Democrats want to raise them and punish people who make good money.
The dog at 06:35 is smarter than most people😂😂😂
What popped out to me is the very (seemingly) cocooned life that the majority of the people in the town live - removed from the experiences of their compatriots.
They all share similarities, but are all also dealing with different life issues. Just like the rest of us.
Steven Lengenfelder Pass on? It's people like those people that are the reason we even have a USA. I wish them well and to prosper for future generations. Certainly not to pass on. That's just horrible to even say.
@@IslenoGutierrez not really...they're the ones that fucked this country up...now THEIR parents..absolutely...
Their parents fought in world war two and likely were themselves either immigrants or first born children of immigrants
Akinyemi Ogunsanya yes...and that is how Trump became president....by their ignorance and lack of caring about the rest of the country and the world
Jessa Rose But I’m sure their fathers and for fathers came into the country legally
Video Summary: Everyone else is wrong and evil, not me or Trump. Give me and those like me more and we don't want to contribute, screw everyone else. Unknowingly hypocritical: I am a Christian and an American Patriot
bksst not at all what is in this video. This is about the struggles of the people who voted for Trump and explaining why they vote and believe the way they do. They literally don't ask to be given more at any point and most of them are critical of Trump in some regard.
@@99999Awesome The people of Roberts County want handouts in the form of tax cuts. They make millions and don't want to cycle money back into our mixed economy. These people would rather the middle class do all the social contributions (by way of tax) while they keep their money and continue to get richer. That is not American.
When you lose your retirement income you'll see the devastation coming.
Shockingly loved this non-hit piece of Trump voters 🇺🇸❤️
I'm very confused and that how can a person say that the estate tax was a reason why they voted for Trump but then they can't afford college or Healthcare doesn't add up???
yep, I didn't get that either. real estate poor I guess.
They can't afford it because the gov't messed up the market place. Going to a building when the whistle blows is antiquated in modern youtube information age. Some doctors from india instead of 6 dollar an hour dry wallers from the south would be a start in right direction.
I think it's because it's based on the value of the land that is inherited, not how much cash is generated by their business.
They aren't cash rich at all.
Yeah, it's confusing to understand that the land they work, with is 1,000+ acres in the middle of bum-fudge Texas, literally provides them with food and housing and the clothes on their backs...but by all means, give it up, be homeless, naked and starving because a college degree is more important than that...
I want to know why their Farm is not Incorporated. Not only is that a liability, they shouldn't be passing thousands of Acres through estates
33:10 This women listed her news sources as Fox, Reddit, and Facebook........I'm done.
The Missing Link ...and she's a TEACHER!
i honestly am shocked she even knows of reddit
at least, she represents a large chunk of the populous
It doesn't matter the source. What matters are the facts. Is it true or not. I hate it when people think MSM is actually reliable when they constantly push fake stories like Russian collusion, Syria, or suppress other stories, like Hillary DNC cheating Bernie Sanders.
And Fox News is consistently THE most factually incorrect and truth distorting major news channel in America.
8:16 Scary to see the generalizations of this man. He apparently cant see people as individuals. This is a dangerous kind of stupid.
@Romeo •12 years ago• ikr. I just stick with hating everyone equally, just to be safe
I wonder what are their perspectives now, most of them assumed the worst from Hillary Clinton and/or a democratic president but during the trump administration a lot of programs were either had funding cut or almost eliminated.
All they care about is money. It's downright sad. Especially the school teacher.
Kiba Kitten i am not a trump supporter, but if you are a mom, you would do anything for your kids, and she just wanted health care for the kids. so kind of narrowing her view on everything else.
"The problems of others are not my concern." That's what I get from this piece. And that is what is wrong with everything. Period.
Exactly, but if you think about it we are all connected on this earth....
@Michael Ward Fair play but I stand behind my reply. Trump, who you named, has not, is not, and will never be anything more than another symptom of the problem as stated.
@Michael Ward "Beneficial aspects of his presidency"......you have drank the Kool-Aid my friend. I see this time as some of the darkest in the history of our country. Our country has had corruption since its beginnings but this is happening in broad daylight for all to see. And before you give me the "fake news" grand juries, judges, and juries made up of some Trump supporters are handing down these indictments and convictions. He is conspiring with one of our enemies and people like you seem to think it is alright.
Living off of handouts and favors is not a virtue, self reliance is! The harder it is to be self reliant, the worse it is for everybody including the people your supposedly trying to help. These people want to be able to provide for THEMSELVES, and they want everybody else to have the ability to provide for THEMSELVES so that everybody can have the ability to be prosperous and free. A government lab-rat doesn't have to depend on itself for food and healthcare however, in order to obtain "free" food in must submit itself to the government's experiments, it has what it needs to survive but the rat is NOT free! Eventually after becoming habituated to the human-hand the lab rat will loose it's ability to forage in nature on it's own; the rat would die if something happened to the state's supply chain. In this way the collectivist mindset is very dangerous! Conservatives don't want to "solve" the problems of others, rather conservatives want people to have the ability to solve their own problems! Just like WE want to have the ability to solve OUR own problems! Not to mention economics; wealth is generated by the production of goods and services (which is an economic FACT that runs contrary to the progressive belief that wealth can be created by printing money). An economy where everybody is working, producing, and able to provide for THEMSELVES is a strong, prosperous economy that benefits everybody. If you actually cared about people you would vote for policies that incentivize production and encourage self reliance.
Selfish personal entitlement and the heck with you. Christians they are not.
Really enjoyed watching this. Would love to see a follow up!
Update: Roberts County Roberts was again Trump's strongest county in 2020, and he won it by an even stronger margin: 96.2%-3.1%
So let me get this straight...fewer than 100 family farms in the US that would benefit from the repeal of the estate tax? Makes sense to me...
Umm that's just one town, there are plenty other farmers and not farmers that it would affect.
There would be 1000s of agricultural businesses effected. Besides why not be principled on the fact that because someone died doesn't give the government the right to take land away from property owners and families.
I don't understand why, just like anything else, there could be a "death tax" that omits family farms and ranches. Simple fix.
It baffles me that people think the estate tax is something about which to get upset. Firstly, only 1 in 500 families even have enough wealth to ever be affected by it. Secondly, if you have that much wealth (>$5.5m), I don't care what form it comes in, you are not obligated to be in a position where you have to financially struggle. Thirdly (and perhaps most importantly), why do people think they're entitled to tax-free money? When wealth changes hands in this country, it is taxed - pure and simple. Just because you're in the same family doesn't mean you have some moral claim to circumvent that when someone dies.
Should the rancher son get out of paying taxes on his income just because his father is cutting him a check every month? Of course not: that's idiotic. So why should it be any different when someone dies and hands you wealth that you didn't even actually work for to earn?
MikelosM because it is a huge percentage. I have told many people this before. If you think the government should take nearly half of your families wealth you will literally take out a large percentage of agricultural base accept some of the the huge corporate owned companies that have other sources of income and can avoid taxe bills like this because owners own small amounts of stock. You would literally decimate the backbone of the agriculture industry and ship it over seas where land is cheap. One of the largest beef providers in the world is Brazil who would profit from it and would cut down more rainforest and provide sub par product. Because this tax effects smaller amounts of families doesn't make it right to take away their source of income and their way of life over generations. Unfortunately many liberals dont care about rights they only care a about taking away from those that appear rich on paper.
Why would the son have to inherit the land, just add him to the title as an owner right now. There would be no inheritance tax.
It does't work that way.
Can he sell it to him for 3 doll hairs?
"I have to take care of me and my own." aka society by damned, everyman for himself.
individualism is core of American Values, just another way to say selfish
@@ricebowl3 its the only way that works if you earn from my hardwork goodluck having a long life
If every person worked as hard as these people we would live in utopia I'm not saying we shouldn't help people out who have had things happen to them out of their control but I think a big part of people's problems come from mistakes they have made.
You left some of his statement out he added community in there along with family which is extended.
@@cameronash5492 everybody works as hard as these people. I averaged 2500-2700hours a year for most of my life. And there are millions like me
This is a population of 924 people, this is not representative of the United States, They are important, but most Americans do not live in this setting
They might get the tax cuts now, but once when every other country starts imposing tariffs on American products and natural resources, then they’ll be in big trouble.
The EU gave up and we basically already won the trade war with China
The only way countries will ever have a full blown trade war with the US is if they can start getting products that rival US inventions and inovations. And, the only way to have that is by having a capitalist economy which promotes and motivates people to compete with other businesses to crank out the best products ever conceived.
The US has been at this ever since its conception in 1776, while other countries went down the path of authoratative regimes that brought their economy to a halt, and at the same time, killed motivation and inovation by people.
So most countries have some catching up to do before they can even think of implementing tariffs on the US. They need our business and service more than we need theirs.
B Rad Well said. The EU and China tax their people up the wazoo. Low taxes, low regulation, open market promotes competition and innovation. However, there’s more to it. The highest technology comes from the Space Program and Military development.
@VaticansHolocaust, the annual income tax for an average salary of $70 000 is *exactly* the same in France as in the US. Yet, in France you get free healthcare & education, unemployment insurance, a pension etc In the US you get a buncha shiny aircraft carriers and Military equipment nobody needs..... In the US, you pay an income tax if you earn $9000, in France the income tax only kicks above $27 000/yr. So much for low US taxes hey
@@nyx6937 And when other countries decide to invade France one day, it is the USA that have all the power to stop it or let it continue.
Power of our military means no one fucks with us to begin with. Best form of self defense is intimidation, so that people would think twice before they step on your toes.
That's pretty much what Teddy Roosevelt rode on... you know... talk soft but with a big stick and all that.
I've never seen such selfish and self absorbed people in my life. Saying as long as "my family is ok" i dont care..sad!
ceeeceee dickson Because you cast your vote to benefit everyone else but yourself. Bullshit, you're selfish too. Humanity sucks. Get over it.
Just a crime against humanity that one wants to take care of their family isn't it? No, it's the most important thing a human can do.
Top Silver . u must be a selfish person too. Sorry i offended u.
ceeeceee dickson You're a selfish person too just by thinking that everyone has to think, vote, and live like you. Nobody, not you, nor the Democrats, hold a monopoly on equality, happiness, or doing what's right. If you think you hold those things, you're just blind and virtue signalling.
Christopher Evans. Whatever. Guess ur a selffish person too!
If it doesn’t effect me than I don’t care pretty much sums up Republican politics and they know it.
Almost want to feel bad for them. But I don’t.
Please explain what you mean?
Wait... so you live in a million dollar home, granite everywhere, and your complaining about not knowing how your going to continue your traditions? But support people that dont support a living wage? Gtfoh.....
Farmers and ranchers get a lot of help from the government they get subsidies from the government and most them are very financially stable. They are complaining about a tax that doesn't charge an estate that is worth more than a million not to be taxed to past it on after the owner pass it to the beneficiary.
nice buzz term there bud. 3 things wrong with that. 1: what may be a "living wage" in one state may not even be enough for utilities in another. Living in a more country setting like montana is a HELL of a lot cheaper than new your, where monthly rent is multiple thousands of dollars a month. 2: you're demanding that people pay a large amount of money to someone with zero skills doing a job that someone with a barely functioning brain can do. You want to make more money? get educated. There are plenty of cheap trade schools that you can attend over the course of a few months so you can start earning a much better salary and actually start climbing the financial ladder towards something worthwhile, or at least much better than a fast food restaurant manager. 3: these are JOBS, not CAREERS. A fast food JOB is something meant for a high school student looking to get some workplace experience before they go out into the word after school, it is NOT for a guy to feed his family of 4. The opportunities to improve are out there, they are abundant, they are cheap, and most importantly, they lead to well paying CAREERS. If you don't want to save up the money for this education, then that's YOUR choice. Don't legislate business owners to pay you more because you can't be bothered to improve yourself.
@@bernardcrow405 what about the coal miners in West Virginia with not even a elementary education and they were able to support their families and sustain them. Nothing has changed since this country started seeing wealth. It's up to the companies how they want to distribute their wealth. Bottom line is always going to be the bottom line.
@@harvardvillegas4470 that only further proves my point. I believe at first it was a shit job with high mortality rates and no health care, but when the workers got together to demand better wages, conditions, and healthcare, the companies made the necessary changes to accommodate the demands of the workers.
That’s probably a $180-200 K house where they live and has probably been passed down into the family and remodeled. Idiot
Its all about me, the hell with anybody else. Great attitude to have as a person and a Christian. No clue why NFL players kneeled. Wow so much ignorance.
Why do you want to steal their stuff?
John Love what? Steal their stuff? What are you talking about?
+You are advising them to not think about them. Why do you want them to think about you? What have you done for them?
Gabriele K Stamp they kneel out of solidarity for black Americans who suffer discrimination. And that was easy to find out. Takes a simple google search.
pretty sure she was being sarcastic boi
3:24 I can respect a person that thinks trump is a idiot but is doing it financially. Rather than some person that actually thinks trump is intelligent and a good supporter.
I think it sucks they try to conflate Harvey Weinstein with the Trump administration like they’re even remotely related.
22:12 "God didn't give you a citizenship because you were better than me."
God didn't give you height, good looks, because you were better than me.. You could use this quote for much. You reveal lots more when you act as if us citizenship is best.. There has to be rules or that's chaos.. God gives everyone something, us citizenship isn't ultimate dude
@@keepmelovely No it isn't, so be excellent in your country.
“I disagree with him doing some of those tweets without asking some of his *SMART* people”....😩😩😩😂😂😂😂😂CLASSIC
Whose here under President Biden? Doesn't it feel good to have our country back?
It absolutely DOES! Praise God!
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SO RELIEVED!!
Yes
10:05 I'm VERY interested to know what this Mexican thinks of 45's fam separation policy in 2020.
@@dubwalkup5190 No doubt about it. During the [r]eagan Era there were many misguided members of the LatinX & AA communities who embraced [r]epubliKKKans. They were wrong then, she was wrong in 2016, she & others are wrong or regretful now.
@@dubwalkup5190 I didn't "forget" ... this is YT ... opining is implied.
@@dubwalkup5190 Your supposition surmises that family separation has anything to do with the issues you mentioned. I'm no liberal ... immigration reform is necessary. I don't support illegals getting access to entitlements that my tax dollars provide but 45's solutions are based on racism and a fear of the inevitable browning of our country.
@@dubwalkup5190 Additionally not everyone votes in a way that benefits their own individual lives. Many of us vote for policies that consider what's fair/best for ALL. Lower taxes for the privileged few, less regulation typically adversely affects the national health & wealth of our nation, etc. This says nothing of the poor bastards that are so fearful of the browning of our country that they vote AGAINST THEIR OWN ECONOMIC INTERESTS. That's a level of ignorance on a different level - but still worth noting.
Using your logic paying higher taxes is great when giving welfare to farmers, oil and gas companies, Amazon, Facebook, but called Socialism when funding public education, and universal health care.
@@PARIS8500 well said
The reporter was very kind and patient.
The one lady's comment about not wanting immigrant families separated aged very poorly.
Well Obama started separating families and trump inherited it....
WCUK Radio except for all the pictures proving the contrary............
Famous Tot not even remotely true. He signed the order. Obama had children who came by themselves. Rather than them being separated from their parents.
It is April 2020. Please update us on this town
ASAP_Hookgrip _ - My thoughts exactly!
She said, "It doesn't affect me''. That statement right there is EXACTLY what's wrong with America.