Welfare for the Rich
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Welfare is supposed to be for poor people -- but BILLIONS go to rich people (bailouts, subsidies, taxpayer-funded special grants).
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Rich people got lots of extra money recently from government "relief" efforts. In the "Heroes Act", Congress sent $350 million to the 50 RICHEST zip codes in America.
"They didn't have to prove anything," Lisa Conyers, author of "Welfare for the Rich," tells me. Researching her book, she "ended up traveling around the country for four years ... looking at state budgets and federal budgets."
She highlights how taxpayers help billionaires build fancy stadiums.
Taxpayers funded one for billionaire Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings.
"Here's this person who has all this money, that could perfectly well build his own stadium, asking the taxpayers ... to build a stadium."
Anyone who's stayed in a Nevada hotel also paid an extra $1.50/night to raise almost a billion dollars for a stadium for Raiders' owner Mark Davis.
Davis demanded fancy features, like a movable field and a giant torch.
He says "I’m not a billionaire", but he and his mom own 47% of the team, which worth $3.1 billion.
Did he really need taxpayer help?
That's the just beginning of how taxpayers help the rich.
The video above shows we also, outrageously, pay wealthy communities, rich farmers, energy executives, and big corporations.
I said this from the beginning. “COVID relief bills” have nothing to do with covid relief.
That's what Trump said, so. . . I guess you're racist. Congratulations.
And the infrastructure bill has even less than zero to do with infrastructure.....................
Guess you sent those checks back..
And who are you again?
Sports stadiums should not be considered infrastructure
Exactly
WE CAN GET TRILLION$ BACK...with ONE SENTENCE (if enough of us say it loudly):
"DEAR SUPER-MAFIA, we are giving you 30 days to return TENS OF TRILLIONS OF OUR STOLEN DOLLARS....or we will burn all your mansions down and lynch you in the streets, which we'd rather not do but that WILL be a lot of fun so...."
THE RICH ARE RICH because they want to be POPULAR and beloved, remember?
They WILL give us most of our money back if we turn on them.
I'm glad someone said it, I was just complain to my fiance about that
YES
And after funding the billionaires stadium, the taxpayers get the treat of spending over 200 dollars to go there for 3 hours. Not to mention the 25 dollar beer and hot dog.
if america was not full of superficial sports fans...these stadiums would be begging to get people to come see their shitty boring events..
@@coinswaptrader2915 Not if they were propped up by the market instead of the tax payer.
...all to watch a bunch of guys all dressed the same, in tights, touch each other while chasing a ball like a bunch of dumbass dogs.
It’s a trifecta of idiocy.
@@the_original_van_d lol i love football but im in agreence subsidising it is disgusting. however look at any polticians salary its unnessacarcy and they often promote unamerican values
The only people going to football games are the rich and those too stupid to know or care they're being gouged.
Love John Stossel; When I was a Kid, I watched 20/20 just to see what he would do. I am happy to see him still doing it.
Me too. Im sad i missed 10 years out of the middle of his career.
Legitimately he's like the one investigative reporter I trust these days...and it's because of that consistency i remember from watching in my youth.
Has he regained hearing loss in his ear from dr. D slap?
In Colorado the budget, despite being in a pandemic, was recently approved and saw an increase in spending by $4 billion next fiscal year which begins in July. During the pandemic they supposedly cut spending but the money just got moved around for pet projects around the state. To top that, state employees are receiving a raise despite the economy being shit. It’s utterly ridiculous!
They voted out the amendment that kept property taxes low!
Wtf?!
Imagine paying taxes for a football stadium then having to pay $100.00 for a ticket to get into the stadium you helped pay for while the owner has his own box .
O but its good to them cuz the stadium owner paid the politican a good chunk of the profits, so the owner and the politicians benifit at your exspense.
@@bvegannow1936 Hence the saying what comes around goes around
for the owners and politicians. We the people ( taxpayers ) get screwed.
“What goes around comes around” implies a sense of eventual justice, but the politicians keep getting elected.
@@andyz2861 I used it in the sense of politicians give our money to owners and in return owners give it back to politicians in donations.
@@anthonyraineri5190 Gotcha. Sorry for misunderstanding.
Something all of us can agree on. End corporate welfare!
Mr beat !! Huge fan
Hey Mr. Beat, what is your opinion on the John Stossel, Barry Goldwater, and Murray Rothbard types? American Austro-Libertarians and "True Jeffersonians"?
Yep
Mr. Beat please make a video on this topic.
Yes, end government redistribution!! 💯
John Stossel is a national treasure. Protect him at all costs. Change my mind.
cringe
Does he need protection?
@@jason5265 have you not seen the left in the past few years? So, in short, yes.
@@Monkerey cringe to your response
@@E_Legal_Alien Very true. The same goes for Veritas for me.
I wish millions of people would watch these videos from Stossel...the stories he exposes are absolutely incredible. The things people are getting away with is sickening.
This reporting was the normal, until in the 1990’s. Now no truthful journalists left. They are all owned by 6 people who are all far leftists, and the ccp.
@@traczebabe and most of the anchors have an agenda. It’s very difficult to find fair unbiased news. Stossel is one of the best IMO
@@traczebabe Glenn greenwald, Matt taibbi, project veritas, & John stossell are about all thats left. Maybe a couple others (get a true left & true right wing lens with those 4)
“Give the people bread and circuses and they will never revolt”
---- Juvenal, Roman poet AD 60 to 130
The circus now performs for Chinese 300 million who need a circus.
football and beer
@@coinswaptrader2915 Sports, Booze, Drugs, mindless Politics and Religion - are all opiates of the masses.
The politicians don’t call each other out on this and just continue stealing from us. It’s so frustrating!
revolution!
Then don’t vote for the same old parties 🤷♂️
The democrats don't call each other out on it... because they are a part of it. Make that the democrats... and the RINOs. The RINOs are worse than the democrats... because they pretend to be republican, when they aren't.
The politicians are all part of the *crony capitalism* that is the US Government-Corporation relationships.
And they say there's no honor among thieves :-)
After Arizona granted county commissioners the authority to levy tax, the first thing they did was gift Jerry Colangelo a new stadium. When the citizenry questioned the wisdom, Jerry, on camera, thumbed his nose and said, "too bad, its a done deal." The open contempt he displayed toward the chump citizens was psychopathic.
Who is John Galt?
The letter after the politician's name doesn't matter anymore.
two wings one bird
two wings one bird
You got that right!
It never did.
Two flushes ,one turd . Low flow toilets save water ?
CORPORATE farmers are better off, but small-time family farmers often aren't.
Very true
I live in Vegas. I asked many people about our taxes going for the stadium. They all say the same thing, " it creates jobs". Insanity
Just tell them that what is needed is paying for what we actually need, like building more housing.
if jobs are what you want...lets pay people to dig ditches instead of using efficient trucks...
The worst part is when governments hand money out to other countries for kickbacks.
This is how the representatives go to Washington with our vote and come away with our money. I've long suspected that the billions of dollars practically given to these rogues are given back to delegates, representatives, and senators that made the money available in the first place. The math doesn't seem to work explaining how or where the millions they are worth coming from....🤔
Or other businesses and donors
I can understand sending money to foreign countries as a tool of foreign policy, what I can't understand is sending money to welfare programs and pet projects at home. Paying off someone in your own family makes no sense at all
We give israel billions of dollars every year.
dude, your country gave mine 50 mil and what did my stupd shitshow of a Gov do? hire Cuban Docs to fight Coof pandm. yet the docs got sick and was as useless as youd imagine... no Gov can be trusted to do the honorable thing
Thanks John! The only man left in media with balls and brains
James O'Keefe would disagree.
Ben Swann.
Don’t be distracted folks! Pay attention to all the bills and all the lies we are constantly fed.
"Just don't, just stop."
Short, sweet and to the point.
Thank you John Stossel, you are an American patriot.
Just the tip of the iceberg. Canceling the Keystone Pipeline, a direct gift to Warren Buffet and his railroad conglomeration. Six months later your cost of gasoline rises by $1.00 a gallon.
Biden loves trains
Fossil fuels suck.
@@Cbd_7ohm grow up. They’re not ideal but they’re the reason you can comfortably complain while doing nothing to help anyone. Keep tuning in to TikTok for your daily programming and leave this channel for thinkers.
The Keystone pipeline is up and running and has been for years. The Keystone XL was canceled before construction (which would have taken 4-5 years to complete) started. It has zero effect on gas prices. Know what does affect gas prices? a winter freeze in a huge gas producing state like Texas because they were not prepared for a once in a lifetime storm (which happed before ten years ago, and nothing was done). Want to know whats been done to prevent the next winter freeze? Nothing yet. The Ulitities want us taxpayers in Texas to pay for their penny pinching.
@@reddeath5011 this is inaccurate. Sections were built but the whole pipeline wasn't completed.
Taxes for politicians and their friends.
As a San Diego native I'm glad the city told the chargers to kick rocks
San Diego is too broke from all the city employee pensions that they had to buy everyone out of.
I remember back in like 2016, rumors were going on about san diego qualcomm stadium was gonna be rebuilt for 100-200 million budget. It certainly does not thrive a prosperous business for what it is worth. Just keep using taxpayer money for dumb reasons.
I'm still mad we weren't able to do the same for the crappy never-win cardinals.
Kudos to you John. This is REAL investigative journalism. You have my utmost respect for the work you do. It allows us to see what is really going on. Thank you John!
except this Corporate Welfare and Stadium Scams story has been widely reported every year for 30 years.
the public just keeps voting the same dirty politicians and parties in.
I'm fine with people being rich. I have zero issue with it. I have a problem with the government making people rich.
It's okay to be rich if the money is earned through free-market voluntary exchanges.
Well said.
No one becomes rich without government help. Be it Gates or Musk. Everyone one of these clowns got a leg up because of government meddling.
The already rich takeover the government. Who do you think corrupts government? The 1% terrorists.
Never understood why tax money is used to build stadiums. Especially football where they only used for 8 regular season games and maybe a few preseason and post-season if they are luck. How much money can you get back in that short of a time? Plus they want to renovate a brand new stadium in a few years for a few 100's million more.
Tickets to see the Raiders in the new stadium can run into the thousands.
That and TIFs.
I just got on UA-cam and it bugged out really bad without me even touching my screen and somehow ended up here. This is the best technical mistake I’ve witnessed.
Meanwhile, it has been more than two months since I submitted my taxes and my refund is still not available.
Intelligent, straight shooters like John don't come along very often
20 years ago, our small town almost subsidized a sports stadium for all the reasons your program described. A small independent radio station brought the true financial history of such projects to public awareness, stopped it, I t became a thriving business center instead. The powers that be ruined the radio station.
That’s what they do. They crush anyone that gets in their way, with our $$$.
@@traczebabe The radio station owner made the mistake of taking the attacks personally, and labeled everyone hero or villain -- an attitude i understood then and still do, but it was the wrong response. Most ordinary lay people didn't understand what was happening to him, but they did get his message and did stop the the sports area boondoggle and did help create a tax-revenue generating business center.
If instead he labeled people informed and learning, his survival would have been more likely.
We ordinary middle class are the majority, but we do a lousy job telling our story. Mainly because we work, raise our families and deal with boring facts. And way too often we expect facts to speak for themselves. If facts spoke for themselves, then the teachers who drone on and on, reciting one factoid after another, would be the most effective teachers for all students. They aren't.
City Hall and Big Business CAN BE FAUGHT. Like all worthwhile endeavors, it is not easy.
Few wars are won without casualties.
Government wastes so much, it's impossible to track it.
Government *IS* waste.
Yup and the millions and billions the government sends to other countries!!! I also now understand where all the millions and billions that the Bill and Melinda gates and Berkshire Hathaway give to PHILANTHROPY for the needy communities is never seen at those communities or any improvement in any of them... the money is really not going to poor communities.... is going back to their pockets and the pockets of their rich friends in some disgusting form....just like with those huge nonprofit organizations all over the world... i saw a documentary.... It is a lucrative business so they never really help them be completely independent because if the did and the poor advanced and made $$$$ then the NGO’s would lose the clients in those countries and would lose funding that is mostly used for the salaries and bonuses of their executives.... it was disgusting watching that documentary... after that nothing surprises me when it comes up about how corrupt the government and corporations and Nonprofit Org truly are..... there is so much corruption EVERYWHERE!!! Even at churches all across the nation... using God to get richer and richer out of the money of their poor parishioners.... who genuinely are in need.... and deserve $$$$ help but instead they give in faith... and wait and wait and wait for their big reward while the pastor or church leader or the pope and bishops spend it all on unspeakable things.... end of rant....
And then attack poor people for needing help.
they can't even correctly identify all military bases they probably dumped money into
@@anyanyanyanyanyany3551 you're right! Can you tell me the name of the documentary on NGO's? Cause I'm curious now ...
I live in Philadelphia never liked sports. Then when they said city taxes are going to pay for Lincoln financial field I was pissed. Not everyone watches sports
I politely suggest you leave the city. Those riots aren’t going to just go away until it looks like Detroit did around 1970.
Agreed
@@andyz2861 Yes, my best friend lives in Philly... I've told him several times to reconsider. It's a ticking bomb waiting to explode (I hope that doesn't mean literally, but it might...)
@@winterlogical Detroit used to be an awesome place up until the race riots in the late 60s, then it became a place where a movie like Robocop could be set. Show him some research on that and demonstrate the similarities, and ask him if he wants to leave before or after the property values plummet.
No, but everyone benefits from that teams revenue that is taxed.
Great reporting. Corporate Welfare
We need to tax the rich ! No , stop giving billions to corporations .
luckily governments are working on a 15% minimum tax for corporations. Ireland and Hungary were holding back. They'll probably find another way to evade their taxes but hopefully this will make it harder
Keep doing what you do, John. We the People need to know.
This is what even George Carlin said in his comedy routines.
You'll never know
The government doesn't fear the docile sheeple.
Just look at "justice" revolving around the current political dust-up. The police go after the law abiding, peaceful, and cooperative people, and run and hide while letting the populace suffer when it comes to the real trouble makers.
Heck, they are letting criminals go free right now while arresting people who didn't totally embrace the progressive COVID protocols.
@@TwilightMysts Don't blame the cops, it's the politicians who decide who the police go after. Blame the mayors and district attorneys who are pushing the uneven enforcement to support their agendas. And the current administration rewarded them big time in the corona virus stimulus package passed this year.
Thank you Mr. Stossel for speaking the truth and being so blunt. I don't mind paying taxes for the benefits of all people. Enriching the rich with or hard earned money is so wrong.
I'm a federal employee. For three months last year, I only had to get up and call to find out if it was time to come to work yet, and I got paid. Then I got my Economic Impact Payments on top of that. I couldn't go anywhere, I didn't need to burn gas to go to work, but I got more money than I normally got. (Well, not really. I'm swing shift, so I lost my night differential. But I saved because I didn't have to put wear on my car and use gas.)
That’s the majority. IMO it’s petty bribery to stay docile in the face of this scandemic.
The Vikings stadium is so nice that I can't afford to go inside.
Watch them on TV.
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
It sucks - it’s loud and the lighting is nauseating
And yet you paid for it
@@Brodyjaxon And it's a good thing. Without professional sports teams what would Minneapolis be? The same can be said of many cities across the country.
Just wrote a paper on this for my Microeconomics class. The government is given too much power.
I hope you don't get an instant fail for not using communist theories.
@Zam Jelly Who was talking about abolishing government? We can all undeniably agree it is too big, but how did you even come to your assumption really?
@Zam Jelly I was talking about your assumption that he wanted no government instead of a smaller one. You know this channel is libertarian right? Nothing to do with anarchism.
He said government is given "too much" power, so the fix is not "zero" power, but less power. So how come your assumption he wanted no government?
@Zam Jelly I didn't talk about any of those points. I only said your basic assumption that he wanted no government was based on pure bullshit, nothing else. He only said that government was too big, not that he wanted NO government. Your just coping at this point lol.
"You don't seem so open to other opinions". What opinion did you state? You only made an argument for why government is necessary and I said I agree, because as a libertarian I'm not an anarchist, I only want a smaller government.
How come your so mad bro.
@Zam Jelly When I say I need a government what do you think I expect a government to do? It is to protect people from hurting each other, so your examples of regulations are regulations I would approve, by necessity. It is just that the current government with its extreme deficit spending, inflation, unnecessary conflicts in the middle east, immigration issues, and just inefficient way of doing things can be fixed easily by just handing it over to more capable people. Most government funding is extremely unecessary and just a burden on taxpayers.
You know that during covid the rich got richer than ever right? Care to explain how your pharaoh let small companies suffer while the rich are profiting from a fucking pandemic?
Without taxpayers we can’t live in luxury.
I don’t always agree with Stossel but I do respect that he always stays consistent to his own values.
In New Jersey you just need a chicken scoop to be considered for a farm tax break. Lol. Everyone now owns a chicken coop
loads of ppl have "CHURCH" on their mailboxes, for taxbreaks, b/c this illegal govt protects nutso religion no matter what. fraudsters! all religions are fake.
@@professorcranium4792 that's to avoid property taxes though, I'm not even sure I'm not okay with that. I think that if everybody else has to pay property taxes, then so should the churches and "churches", but I also don't really think anybody should have to pay property taxes. Schools, PDs, FDs, etc. could be paid for with income tax instead of forcing people to basically pay rent to their city.
Very torn on that one..
I did learn something John, I learned that NO ONE CARES, this country is going down hard and those who have warned of this are being silenced and ignored, buckle up butter cups, things are only going to get worse.
A couple years ago I was really depressed and started having thoughts. It was around that time I started actually paying attention. Now im just along for the ride. I feel like that scene from Fight Club where the plane is going down and hes grinning.
@@weaksause6878 Same,
They all give corporate welfare. And Trump gave more than anyone while slashing their taxes! And his supporters don't even see that and love the coward
@@luperamos7307 I know right, its aggravating, WE ARE NEARLY 30 TRILLION IN DEBT, WE HAVE NO MORE MONEY TO GIVE!!! THESE CORPS DONT EVEN GIVE BACK!!
@@floridamankyle5461 And they are the ones that took the jobs to China. The Chinese can only take what they give them. And our politicians bail them out on top. I never agreed with all these trillions being printed anyway and they all do the same thing
I really don't understand how everyday democrats and republicans look at this data and don't start VOTING DIFFERENTLY.
Don't you get it? Both parties are in on it...the taxpayers get screwed no matter who you vote for. The system is rotten to the core
Because all politicians are liars and thieves. IF they werent they wouldnt be in politics.
It's also possible they aren't seeing the data altogether.
The system is not rotten to the core, just almost every politician currently holding office is!
The only republican I can think off is Rand Paul son of libertarian Ron Paul. He’s been vocal about ending wars and controlling government spending and acted on it. Idk about others I don’t normally look into politics.
Politics is the problem, not the solution.
You're right. One party rule and anyone else dies.
But NOOOOO!!!! If we all VOTE for someone better next time, THEN it will change!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jfkst1 Of course! That's it! You're freaking brilliant! One Party to rule them all! There's no way that could ever go wrong, right?
Superbly dumb comment.
@@f308gtb1977 \ To be fair we had someone better.. Not great but better. He did not follow in line and you know what happened? Called a Nazi for 4 years, attacked unfairly by all forms of media, millions spent to impeach this man and the economy still was doing better then it has in decades. What they do? Started lockdowns "because" of covid and that still wasn't enough. They needed to make sure no other will try this crap again... So they created mail in ballots. The least secure form of voting we have but dont you dare question this election or "your attacking democracy"
Lol as a self employed trucker, I was a hero and got thanked everywhere! Until there was enough toilet paper on store shelves 😆🚽
Thank you for the news!!!
Years ago I built a plant in Kentucky. They had a great way of ensuring accountability for tax breaks. They relieved employer portion of payroll taxes up to X amount. You hire 1 person, it may take 10,000 years to get your money. You hire 1,000 people you get it over 10 years. Accountability....something most government entities are not used to.
This is what I'd like to learn more about and wish more people talked about, actual alternatives to the standard corrupt or inefficient way of doing things.
yeah, that works with the small to medium sized corporations, but the large ones have more money than the state to pay lawyers and get out of their contracts...
@@Robbedem Don't be naive, the state purposely leaves things out of the agreements so large companies have outs. They uses words such as "target 10,000 jobs" or "looking to open by 4/1/2022" or "agrees to start construction by 4/1/2020". All of these are outs.
Well, we targeted 10,000 jobs but only got 250 but thanks for the $5 million. Well, we did our best but we will probably open at some point but thanks for the $5 million. Look, we cleared the lot before 4/1/2020 so that is the start of construction but thanks for the $5 million.
Sports teams cost cities far, far more than they bring in.
reminds me of the 1976 Montreal Olympics and how the debt is still affecting Montreal
@@anyanyanyanyanyany3551 completely diff than a permanent sports team, also it depends in how its purchased, ie private money v tax payer money
Only if the city pays to build them a stadium.
@@rachray83 permanent teams are just as bad. They get billion dollar stadiums built to play 8 games a year. The jobs they do bring in are seasonal so the employees collect unemployment in the off season. They permanently raise taxes to build them. If they did bring money into a city overall, they could sell bonds to pay for the stadium, then pay off the bonds with the additional tax revenue. That never happens. Even small cities are still paying higher taxes for stadiums that have been torn down and replaced only to have the taxes raise again for the new stadium.
why am I not surprised even slightly
Nice to see videos criticizing both parties, not just one, and also at all levels (county, state, federal)
John Stossel for President!
Wait, they jacked up the tax on cigarettes to pay for the stadium, right ?
When they raised the sales tax to pay for a stadium, it never went back down after 10 years.
I remember reading somewhere about a tax added to pay for something involving a flood a hundred years ago. The taxes they add never go away.
Yes in cuyahoga county the people voted for a sin tax to build the then new browns stadium
The tax is still being collected 23 years later
Once you give up power you never get it back.
It was accepted and became normalized. That goes for almost anything.
@@FP194 Every politician and lawyer in Cuyahoga County should be locked into a cell and gassed.
My dad's family is in farming, and growing up as a kid hearing about their experiences with the government really opened my eyes to just how corrupt and ineffective it is. I cant speak to any tax breaks they may or may not have gotten/be getting (just outside of what was talked about with me), but they really seem to only get massively screwed by the state. Decades ago, a large amount of land was taken from them via eminent domain and they were nowhere near properly compensated. Like I dont have the actual number on me, but it was a disgustingly pitiful amount per acre. And this was so serious that a large divide in the family was actually formed over whether to sue the government over it or not, but they didnt in the end. And more recently, an overreach I got to witness happen myself was when the government redid this canal, but in doing so, they cut off the water supply for months and months to a large area of my uncle's land, killing entire fields of crops. These crops had been a nearly decade-long investment that had only started producing product for the last couple of years, but now they were all dead. And the government couldnt have cared less. Just disgusting. It's very possible that my father's generation will be the last actual farmers and that the land will just all be sold soon, since they're getting older, and of my cousins and I, only 1 of us is regularly involved with the farming/ranching. It's sad, but what can you do? Just seriously not an easy business.
Edit: This is California for reference.
Edit 2: Also, I am still against subsidies/tax breaks for random industries, but I also think that governents need to be more easily held accountable when they screw people over in matters involving land. Maybe even abolish eminent domain altogether (altho that'd take an Amendment). I think it's an important part of the conversation in this case.
Yeah farming is a rough job, I don't think stossel completely understands that situation.
@@Zach-ju5vi I was thinking the same. Saying "Farmers are richer than average americans" is deeply misleading. Family farms are not rich, and don't receive government wellfare in this way. Only the very large corporate farms are getting these government benefits.
John Stossel covering pro wrestling in the 80's on 2020..."but it's fake!" Yep, 66 yr old now for me and still can't get enuff...of this funky stuff. Stay safe John Stossel the Great!
I appreciate the consistency of dinging the handouts given out by the left and the right.
Mr. Stossel your journalistic integrity inspires me to no bounds, you’re an American Hero in every sense of the word
Seemed pretty one sided to me :/
Taxpayers need to fund stadiums so that millionaires can take a knee to remind us of how our subsidies oppress them.
Haha, nice!
Being rich doesn't mean you're not oppressed.
@@micahjohnsonboxing6409 yes it does.
People just need to pay more attention to who is running and who they are connected to. Get the lobbyists out of DC and this bullshit won't happen anymore. Thank you again, Mr. Stossel...you are the beacon of truth in these dark times.
I agree. If there's something that government SHOULD pay for, it's politician's advertising, and they shouldn't be allowed to take money from anyone, period.
Make all of the politicians equal and let them prove to us (on merit) who's the best one to lead their area...
🤔
@@tyree9055 that would be too hard for alot of people to understand! Gotta keep the majority dumb so they can keep pushing their agendas!
Technically there is nothing wrong with giving money to politicians you like. On a fundamental level, it should remain legal because everyone has the human right to do with your own money what you please. The REAL problem is that the politicians have the power to affect changes these lobbyists like. If politicians were as ineffective as the founders of this country intended then there would be no incentive to give them money. If the politician can’t do anything for them then they wouldn’t pay. I don’t blame the lobbyist for bribing, I blame the politicians for taking the bribe.
@@thealucas7247 so wouldn't taking the lobbyists out of the equation solve that problem?
@@goobagrocknroll9930 Lobbyist are a mere symptom of the much deeper problem with government in general.
Essentially I don’t see anything wrong with a slave sweet talking the master for favors. I have a problem with the slave master.
I was born and raised in Indianapolis, I believe building our football stadium is what built our downtown to what it is now. We built the 1st stadium before we even had a team. So the stadium brought the team.
Before the colts we only had the Pacers and that wasnt a big enough anchor to build a downtown around. The stadium help build the convention center and over the last 30 years downtown Indianapolis has become a convention destination of the midwest. This city has benefited greatly from building that first stadium.
The second stadium is another story.
I like John Stossel. I like his delivery of the news and his perspective.
I remember last year when they gave emergency financial aid to colleges to hand out to students at their discretion. My college just gave money to anyone with a Pell Grant. Little did they know I had started a high paying job that semester that wasn't cut because of covid. They never checked if my financial situation was the same as the previous year. Even the Pell Grant itself is based on income from two years prior. My parents could have been making six figures my last 3 semesters and we still would have gotten it.
Ya but I bet you took it didn't you?
@@Hoggdoc1946 Of course I did!
That's because you'll always have poor roots.
Or as my buddies mom said.
Of little bread.
Always see your profile on the videos I watch
I own a business. I took no PPP loan. I got zero in stimulus. And yesterday my accountant said I'm short by $10k on my federal taxes. Where's my damn bailout? So sick of paying for everybody else.
I’m so sorry. You are expected to run at a level big business does not.
You’re not alone. I’ll have to pay 13,000 for 2020 tax year. It feel like we need to stop producing., maybe, they’ll realize how important is the little guy.
I'd give the IRS the finger, but they are so testy.
39 years on earth as someone from a family full of farmers and have yet to meet a rich family farmer.
I didn't agree with the rich farmer rhetoric in this video, but I think we can both agree on the fact that when it comes to corn and dairy they really need to stop incentivizing that shit because it's everywhere and we have lots of that crap, plus it's made mostly for corn syrup which is well deadly to human beings in the long run anyway, that's why with the exception of the US and I think one or two other countries most developed Nations have actually band it out right.
Ethanol in fuel is a tax on the whole country that benefits a few big corporate corn farmers. I'm tired of buying ethanol tainted fuel that goes bad in a couple months. END ETHANOL NOW
@@Crazy-Chicken-Media not a farmers are nessicarily rich, but the government does subsidize alot of rich farmers.
We both know family farmers aren’t the ones getting the majority of the handouts. Corporate/government subsidized farms- ethanol n corn- are.
@@ab5olut3zero95 Bingo, people here in the comments don't understand that over 90% of these subsidies are for those factory farms. The sad part is the vast majority of private farmers that would actually need the subsidies to help with bad crops/weather for a couple straight years cannot even qualify for those subsidies.
Farmers have a lot of wealth in terms of their land but I don't think they're as flush with cash as you think. Especially when companies like Monsanto keep a death grip on their production / supply. But I agree with the rest of your sentiments.
Only when our Lord JC comes back there will be justice... and NO MORE POLITICIANS!!!
Peasant: I cannot pay. These taxes are unfair!
Lord: You talk a lot of shit for someone with such a flammable house!
And people think that stealing from the Sheriff to give the money back is “robbing from the rich to give to the poor.”
That's this video in a nutshell.
Now here’s a topic I don’t see enough. I wish I would hear more people asking, “Why can’t the team build the stadium?”
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@@DarthHater100 yes, haha! Thank you
They do in the UK where I'm from....
@@russcoleman2338 I like that.
stossel's take should be shown in every highschool
@stossel has been doing reports like this for decades.
Thanks John.
Love Stossels common sense and logic !!
I stopped watching sports about 5 years ago. Now, I look at other people who talk about "the game" and can't understand why anyone's life would be so intertwined with a sports franchise or game outcome.
Word. Sports have gone to crap. Hardly a shadow of what they once were. Add the bs politics to the games and they are all garbage.
Because their lives are devoid of any real meaning or purpose!
I watch American Legion baseball and HS football. Pro sports lost me with the player strikes. The knee taking only served to reaffirm my stance. Eff 'em all.
It's called leisure and escape. People can have rich fulfilling lives AND enjoy watching sports. The two are not mutually exclusive.
That said, I'm watching less and less sport as the leagues and TV networks insist in injecting political issues in the product, because I watch to get a break from the constant drone of "we all need to save the world from each other together" for a few hours.
Read a good book instead. Less aggravation.
How isn't Stossel at 1 million views yet. Another perfect video thx you
This is why we love you Mr. Stossel. Keep up the true journalism, sir!
Most of the farm bill goes to the "food stamp" program
1. A spending his own money for himself: very careful
2. A spending his own money for someone else: careful
3. A spending B's money for himself: not so careful
4. A spending B's money for C: not careful at all
I'm so glad my taxes pay for this.
Really, it's an honor. Every time I drive by my billion dollar stadium that's been empty for a year I feel good about my tax paying.
@@mzebari just think of all that money your city is generating with that unused tax payer paid stadium. What a Privilege.
@@matthewharter6134 lol
@@matthewharter6134 absolutely, it's detroit. Between our new monorail that goes a mile up and down the street and our beautiful hockey stadiums, it's strange that the city is still in such bad shape LOL
Damn.. Peloski.. .. Straight up Scumbag
Love you John
John Stossel is great!!
Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸
George Washington said if the govt should ever give money away the people would pound on govt doors for more.
But I was told we need the government to solve income inequality and libertarians hate poor people 😳
It's true! I am doing a good job. You'll see just ask my crackhead son. C'mon man
@@oldcrook510 🤣🤣🤣
End all property taxes
11 hours after upload and already 140k views! Just leaving a comment so that more people can see this. Keep up the great work John!
Farmers are a large diverse group of individuals who provide sustenance for the nation, and it is a very high-risk weather-based endeavor where a bad year can wipe out generational farms. I wouldn’t lump them in with sports team owners, and I understand the value in providing aide from time to time especially when you consider that we actually all do benefit from food production
The farmer as we know it is being squeezed out by Big Farm or legislated to death thanks to big farm and big chemical lobby groups and corrupt politicians(oxymoron). The real farmers should get help. The corporate farms should provide it, not the government, since the government is the reason they exist to begin with.
Farm subsidies are one of the worst thing that exist for many reasons that i wont mention them all rn but if u wana kno more just ask. Thats what crop insurance is for. If their farm cant survive without tax money it shouldn't exsist. Convince gov to let everyone have an acre of free tax free good land to live on and grow food on.
I sure Bill Gates will be holding his hand out!
@@bvegannow1936 crop insurance only covers the product losses not the operating costs
@@KellyPantsNo1 so? If the farm cant exsist without subsidies it shouldnt exsist. Convince gov to let everyone have an acre of free tax free land to live on and grow food on
so true. why are my tax dollars going to build these multi billionaires stadiums? how do we stop it?
Get good people in gov who will arrest these crook gov members.
Only way is to either get rid of the corrupt politicians or move to someplace less corrupt. Thus why so many people are leaving New York and California to go places like Texas.
@@andyz2861 From what I know, some of the stadiums in Texas also receive government tax breaks and funding.
As always, Sir you have done another hit..
'Hero act' is as heroic as the Ministry of Truth is truthful.
Always loved you.....and love seeing you Independent!!
Who is worse at spending tax dollars democrats or republicans? Or have they been equally as awful over time?
Dems are worse, but only by about 25%.
They’re both as bad as each other. You can tell because they both ‘prime’ their voting base on unprovable, unmeasurable, vague threats about their adversaries. Democrats will take away your guns and ban church!!!! Republicans will be racist and destroy the planet!!!! And then using their paid for news outlets to keep the majority of voters angry and partisan so that they can grab the money as quickly as possible. And don’t forget that the majority of Dems and Reps in Washington are actually friends and dine together behind closed doors.
Democrats are worse than republicans at that aspect
John Stossel should be in congress to bring changes
Thanks
Being able to keep wealth you created is not a handout. Government not taking money isn’t a welfare program. Rather than close these loopholes, I want them opened up so more businesses and people qualify
How the rich got rich in America... Taxpayers.
Rich people who got tax money for no good reason should have to pay it back to the tax payers.
@Nuby it’s not just about income taxes but also about value added tax and other “hidden” or at least other taxes that non rich people and rich people both pay for.
@Nuby Right. Thanks for the clarification.
This starts kinda communist and ends with government corruption.
John, when I wrote lyrics for my band I would sometimes become excessively cryptic. Unfortunately, the part of America that we need you to reach with your message have Sesame Street intellectual quotients.
It’s about the communication that reaches ppl, not about sounding as smart as you can John. Lol you already sound smarter than half of the world.
Great show man! ✌🏼❤️
That's why I don't produce. I'd rather be poor and be ripped off.
“The strike of the men of the mind”
It's honestly despicable how money is thrown away, never audited, never followed up on, always wasted and always repeated the following year
We all should be able to agree on this
Commenting for the algorithm get this shit to the front page
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