Democrats Aim to Pass COVID-19 Relief, but Limit Eligibility for Payments: A Closer Look
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- Seth takes a closer look at Senate Democrats clearing a procedural hurdle to pass their COVID-19 relief bill after moderate Senators demand limits to the bill’s eligibilities.
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I have never met a country (America) more allergic to helping its people out 😓 Making sure that people can survive is not a show of weakness.
To America’s right-wing, ANYTHING less than beating the crap out of your political opponents in a boxing match is weakness.
@@Fluttersniper they're the same people that hide behind their precious firearms instead of pulling out their real guns and flexing on their enemies.
many Americans are okay with denying help to 99 people for fear that 1 person who doesn't really need it may get it
We're tied with North Korea
And yet so many americans point fingers at countries in Scandinavia eventhough they actually had an american thinktank declare that Denmark is more capitalistic than the US eventhough in Denmark they manage to be both socialists and capitalists at the same time. America is also socialistic yet they are so in a very strange way.
Ron Johnson had no problem passing the tax cut that cost $1.9 trillion so I don't see why $1.9 trillion should be a problem to him now
Exactly! Plus, who stacks $1.00 bills?
Bc the $1.9 trill. is a waiver. They need to ask the mill/Billionaire to pay is a bit tougher.
It’s going to normies and schools ...and not overwhelmingly benefiting corporations and the wealthy - so there’s nothing that the GOP supports.
Yep, Tim. It makes me sick seeing gop dbags claiming to represent working people. They only care about big business and the billionaire class, and the millionaire class to an extent I guess
Ron Johnson from Wisconsin is just obsessed with the moon, he wants drilling rights lol he's heard things
I honestly enjoy being called out for only watching a closer look on UA-cam 😂
That's what i was thinking lol i feel so seen
“A closer look” is consistently hilarious, informative and well delivered.
It really is. I'm so glad they include us youtube viewers and even are so responsive to us that Seth called us out in this episode. It hugely sets this show apart from other TV-shows-on-youtube that they treat us as such a real part of the audience. SO grateful quarantine introduced me to this show! It helps slightly fill the void in my soul left by Phil DeFranco not having hour-long shows five days a week XD
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I agree but the impressions aren't funny at all.
Seth's one of the most based late night hosts I know. Would Colbert, Kimmel, or Trevor Noah dare call out Senate Dems for their utter incompetence standing up to the GOP even after owning all 3 chambers of Congress like Seth did?
@@ItsAsparageese A🎁that's how I refer to it! I'll tell on myself, I have watched the show from the beginning & it continues to get BETTER & he (Seth), funnier! I also feel like I'm included while watching on UA-cam infact I don't even watch it on 📺 anymore. I love how he goes after both of the party's D/R's. When he does his ridiculous southern slang stints I lmao.! Then l8r when he tries oh so very hard to do his impressions of certain people (granted they suck most of the time), but they are still as funny as his & Wally's exchange's! This in my opinion is the best l8 night talk show there is to watch! 😘!
It makes me so mad that we can't manage these people once they are in office!!! Stalling a bill that the people need to survive is criminal!!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Yes you can. Call them up and harass them. This is a good time to be a KAREN! Get friends and fam to do that. Remember that is our $$$, if they have enough to buy expensive military equipment, they have enough for their Voters!
I totally agree with you @Bridge Whaaat. This will go on and on and on. They just want to beat us down.
@@BlueSky-oe4fn I mean, it’s worth a try. My feeling is that GOP has sharpened their power of NO. It’s so frustrating. So blatantly disgusting. But you’re right. We should exercise our rights.
@Rick Sanchez They do marginally listen to calls from their constituents. Definitely not from people who don't vote for them, but there's weight to them hearing "we've gotten five times the normal amount of calls, and the majority of them are POSITION X".
The silver lining is Bernie heading the budget committee. He will fight the good fight!
@@sommmeguy Oh please, the entire DNC leadership ain't worth a spit let alone one Bernie
Yet Biden and Trump kiss Saudi Arabias ass.
Still waiting to get my Bernie mitten sweat shirt. :) I was lucky to snag one but a few of my friends weren't as lucky.
Mary 9
Ikr, it makes me sad that hes so old. I wish he lives forever and stay in govt. One of the very very few politicians who isnt a complete and total sellout
Man, Seth really got me with that cliffhanger joke.
So glad that there are mainstream shows actually informing people about what's going on.
No wages have been rising since 1980’s but the rent and everything else has gone up and still is going up!!!
Maybe joining the trumptards with their next insurrection will be in order. They blame us anyway
@@lordeverybody872 Both your parties are bs. What a 3rd world country the USA is.
And Biden cuts 17 million working class Americans from getting help. Great job Democrats.
So glad Seth had the courage to speak out on things like the need for a $15 minimum wage and how ridiculous it is to treat the parliamentarian's decision like inviolable law. So sad that so many of our news channels don't have the same backbone.
Fingers crossed Bernie's courage doesn't falter because that's the one that matters right now, not Seth.
Law or not, it is the rules of the Senate. If the democrats really want it, they will have to do the same thing for it as a stand alone bill. My guess is that $15 won't pass but $12 would. That would be a nearly $5 jump, which is unheard of for minimum wage increases.
@@wpl8275 the minimum wage being stagnant for years is also unheard of but that happened
Absolutely love Seth's dedication to continue his horrible pacino impression lmao. gets me every time
I beg to differ - I think it's a perfect caricature of an impression. CRACKS ME UP!
As an exclusive youtuber viewer, I hope Seth knows we think of him as a national treasure.
Apparently you pay taxes so politicians can live the easy life and not so you can get help when you need it.
Withhold ALL CHECKS TO CONGRESSPEOPLE until they pass stimulus.
Boy, do we need to get a grassroots movement on that one!
Unfortunately that's not constitutional.
Better yet, make all congresspeople live on an hourly minimum wage, take away their healthcare and other perks, and make them live like a poverty-level person. See how quickly they whine groan and moan that they can't get anything done
Longer than that.
How about until the ones that want to be there for the right reasons are the only ones left?
@@Kite403 they do those things already for "reasons."
McConnell writes checks to big corps no problem, but stands against supporting the people that our economy actually depends on.
Year after year... sad turtle
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@@madgreen8945 looks like he may be retiring before his term ends. I’m sure his replacement will be as painful.
@@juliemont.999 hahaha! Nice Newsmax vid. You've shown your hand, you are an idiot. Now we all know
They had no qualms with tax cuts that most benefitted the ultra rich
To add to the stupidity of Sen. Ron Johnson’s “dollar thickness” presentation, he got the math wrong.
I can just imagine him sitting at his desk with a calculator and a pencil... or he probably just had an intern do it.
@@bobbiberry1398 67866 * 1.9 is not 135,732 which is what Johnson said at ~14:10
"Stay safe! Wear a mask! Get vaccinated! We love you!" I love Seth's signoff.
The only time I want to hear about tRump again is when he is convicted on criminal charges.
Not me.... the more he talks the more votes we get...
Or in the obituaries, That would be even better
Or him taking his life by mainlining hamberders...
@@ThereIsNeverEnough Yes and no. The polarization that Trump creates makes it easier to manipulate an election by voter suppression and gerrymandering and the Republicans have not only spent decades establishing both voter suppression and gerrymandering but have since the 2020 election been submitting more bills to further their voter suppression efforts. Trump might drive more moderates to vote Democrat but the more we hear from Trump, the less likely there will be fair elections.
@@johnwang9914 You seem like a bright individual... Can you name the conservative cultures western civilization has torn down over the last 80 years? I'll give you a hint... it's over 40....
Seth makes me actually give a damn about the news
Yeah, it puts a twist on it.
yep, I gotta stop watching, it's taking up all my time.
NOOP...HE MAKES US LAUGH AT IT LIKE IT DESERVES 😂😁😀#SETHSTHEBEST
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He’s great, so almost. Lol
I'm looking forward to shows with an audience BUT I will miss the banter that occurs without an audience. It's another kind of humor and connection that I just love.
Johnson: "Well, how big would a stack be of a trillion dollars?"
Me: "Well, Sen. Johnson, how high is a pile of 537,800+ dead bodies stacked one-on-one on top of each other? How much is a human life worth to you? How much is _your own_ life worth? _Your own_ parents' lives? _Your own_ children's and grandchildren's lives?"
I wish people had this mindset in normal years when people argue that kids with colds should be sent to school if their parents can't afford to take time off even though that runs the risk of that cold passing to a kid who lives with someone medically vulnerable who could die. Only when general society feels at risk are we suddenly so worried about 100-year-olds being "robbed" of life. It's not worry for them. It's worry for yourself. If the worry was for others, then you'd advocate for masks and distancing being permanent so that people like me are kept safe in normal years. Surely the cost of my life is worth the permanent inconvenience to protect me, right?
I've lived the last 28 years with a chronic illness making a large chunk of every year risky to my life, and society is looking forward to going back to that once you feel safe. That "for others" part will be forgotten when you feel safe enough to not want to be inconvenienced for people like me. I care as much about your life as you cared about mine at the beginning of last year, when you wouldn't have worn a mask or isolated yourself to make sure not to risk passing to me something you didn't know you had. Only when YOU felt at risk did you suddenly "care" about me, and when you don't, you will go back to the old life that will put me back at risk. Thanks for that care, buddy....
This is an underrated comment.
Oh, but they squeezed 6 Trillion easy last year when it was to "stabilize the markets."
As I recall it burned on re-entry.
6 trill
@@rocketsmall4547 Right I forgot.
In Denmark McDonald's pays their employees $23/hr.
What makes America the best country in the world again?
Is a Quarter pounder with cheese called a Royal with cheese?
@@mikeflanary642 No, it's called the Hund Lort.
Obviously our toxic individuality fetish is what makes us so great! lol XD
Delusions of grandeur
But to be fair POOR white people vote for republicans because they tell them to blame brown people. That’s why we don’t have these things. Americans would rather go hungry than see people they don’t like eat.
Seth and this crew just keeps getting better. We here on UA-cam appreciate you and out of sync references to other videos!
"Moderate democrats" is just code for "regular republicans"
Someone should remind Senitor Ron Johnson that whole ten hours of reading the bill is only $72.50 for a person living on minimum rage before taxes
You know, that Republican convinced me. A billion dollars*is* a lot of money, and no one person should have that much money. Wait, why are you shaking your head at me?
The sad thing is that I’ve personally spoke with people who thought those were persona checks from trunp
We believe you and that's was his intention
Damn that Bernie impression just keeps getting sharper. You also did a Pacino impression. ...
FYI Republicans just forced a motion to read the bill in it's entirety out loud before continuing (something that's gonna take half a day or more of reading) and then those same Republicans left and went home, while some poor staffer who has to do the reading has been reading for 6 hours straight now. These are the type of people Republicans are.
And since it costs somewhere between $15 and $20 million per day to run the farce we call Congress -- how many millions of dollars did this one idiot just waste to accomplish literally nothing?
Rumor has it that the reading of those 600+ pages eventually took 10 hours. I welcome information on the accuracy of this statement.
They should bring in a farm auctioneer to finish reading quickly, then have the vote immediately while the Repubs are still twiddling their thumbs at home.
the true "Workers' party" ... working them to death, maybe.
What freaking children. 🙄
I really so prefer these shows withno audience and only the crew
right! It almost feels like we have special access to a dress rehearsal or something. The laid back vibe is awesome.
MOST DEFINITELY. I almost never enjoy the sound of applause in TV or music
Me three! And I love the informal look
Me four! When the crew laughs at seths jokes it feels way more natural
It's more like a podcast, which is close to the intimacy of a radio show. This is why radio shows are so influential.
“ ok, Snapple cap”. That was hysterical 😃
I feel like Ron Johnson just accidentally made an argument against billionaires 🤭
And yet I don't recall Ron Johnson whining about the amount of money being given to big business or the military.
He gets paid under the table to shut up & keep sucking.
I'm sure your salary is about that high Johnson!!!! Pretty sure you're getting paid during this pandemic!!!!!!
ron johnson just made the perfect argument for why billionaires shouldn't exist.
My thoughts exactly!
Other than they can afford to sick monsters.
That rape and murder for fun.
Then go back to playing with people's lives like a game. Other than that?
Ron's salary should be reduced to the minimum wage in order for him to understand, what he obviously doesn't understand now. :-)
I was just thinking about Jeff Bezos and his rocket ships. I guess stacking his money to the moon and beyond is why he needs a rocket ship to count his piles of money.
@@JamesHarris- - My thoughts exactly! And NO money in savings, either...
The line about the dog walker has me cracking up! Thank you, I needed that!
😆 "Elbows deep in a blizzard" DQ on point
Seems like Ron Johnson should be required to do the reading of the bill if he's the jr high genius demanding it
Plot Twist: He's functionally illiterate
I totally agree with that. That's how taking responsibility works for the rest of us. Come on Ron, be a republican and pull fend for yourself.
No way! Have whoever reads fastest do it, that way "it was read aloud, now shut up!"
@@sandpiperr An auctioneer!
@@annieoakley2925 And since no one can understand an auctioneer, s/he could just start off, go for about an hour, and then shout, "SOLD!" Or, ah..."DONE!"
Well Sen. Johnson why don't you propose a bill to make money thinner. What a waste of time speech
Who has seen a dollar bill? That is phased out . So try $10.00 bill. Now you only get 1/10 the distance. Not so impressive now.
@@bunzeebear2973 Jokes on you, the ten is the least used bill.
For some reason the way Seth said the word "ludicrous" had me hearing "Johnson took the floor of the senate with a Ludacris poster" and was fully expecting to see that in the clip lmao.
I for real totally forget this is a whole tv show and what we watch on youtube are just part of it 😂
Seth's Closer look segments help me laugh 😂 through the years🤪... Never miss it ♥️
Poverty level don’t pay taxes. And the riCh and corporations don’t pay... imagines if more taxes were paid from corporations
corporations don't pay taxes, but they still have to pay wagers... so in a sense the extra taxes from wages is just the corporations finally paying their dues..
Churches are worse.
The only reason Ron's saying this whole "height" thing is to throw everyone off.
Thank you Seth for calling out the democrats on what they promised. Unlike corporate media who won't.
That UA-cam callout was fucking perfect. I have literally never seen any other part of this show.
I feel personally attacked...
You've been missing out, Sam!
@@buddywahlquist2467 saaaame 😂
At least watch Jokes Seth can't tell!
It was honestly a great call back. You should go back and check out the original joke from the other day.
That seems to be a reoccurring theme with Democrats. They say the right things, propose the right things but have a damn hard time getting things done.
I love this Closer Look show Seth. I wish you had a full show on a network somewhere.
Please never stop doing awful impressions. I love it.
I am getting frustrated with Joe Biden and the Democrats- they need to start playing dirty. I’m getting annoyed.
As long as corporate money remains deeply entangled with DC politics, the dems will never serve the working class... once liberal minded Americans finally realize this and stop "voting blue no matter who" and start voting for candidates who refuse to play within the confines of the duopoly that controls our government, things will continue to get worse for us all.
@Rocko Riggggght?
@Prof Gainz I don't think people with a joint income of $160K a year or single income of $80k a year qualify as working class, given a minimum wage level of $7.25/hour. But you have a point.
@@ebbyc1817 Where are you getting those numbers from and what do they have to do with anything I wrote, who are you talking about when you say "people with 160k income a year"?
@@jlcrimm1 That is from the bill, the CoVid relief.
How? If you can figure out a way to get around the impasse in The Senate, you have my vote. Currently, you have to have sixty votes to get almost anything done because of the bizarre rules involving cloture. The Democrats have, at most, 51 - for the few things Manchin will vote for - just enough to allow them to perform the tasks that don't demand cloture. They don't even have enough votes to change the rules as at least one moderate republican (the aforementioned Manchin) is currently serving as a Democrat and won't be part of the 51 votes require to change the rules.
We have gotten to the point where we have to have The Presidency, a majority in The House, and a supermajority in The Senate to get anything progressive done.
We need someone to give us the measure of stacks of money EVERY TIME THEY GIVE BILLIONS TO BIG BUSINESS
How about measuring it in lives lost...how many dead babies til the bill gets passed?
Playing the Republicans game never works. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds. They are on video tape stating that they would hold to their precedents should the tables turn (election year Supreme Court appointments, Lindsey Graham) and they still have no shame enough to stick with it!
Let’s measure each tax break you give!
Or defense spending...oh God defense spending 😫
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Ron Johnson accidentally made a strong argument against billionaires. He's accidentally progressive
Why are you against billionaires. They just helped you win the election with their censoring the other side. They are the ones who supply you with millions if dollars. You are dense.
Hahaha that Bernie “squeezing the melon” thing had me in tears hahah it’s probably so true
I swear it's really uncomfortable how much the phrase "you are your own worst enemy" applies to the Democratic Party.
I just don’t understand why they buckle when the Republican say no. Once and for all, we must plead with the Biden Admin to show some more force with these pr**ks. Don’t let the republicans continually bully us.
FFS! We NEEED this money. It was PROMISED and so many of us are hanging by a f*cking thread.
Are you making more than $80,000?
@@ImperfectionistGaming We WISH we were making more than $50k...
@@suzakule well THANK GOD ur not making more than 80k cause now you can get that massive $1400 check. Aren't you glad you're making less now 😁 (sarcasm to drive my point home that 80k ppl Aren't in desperate need of $1400)
@@ImperfectionistGaming to be fair, someone could’ve been making that a couple years ago, but that doesn’t mean they are now. That’s why they shouldn’t do a means tested relief. They can get it back in next years taxes if they didn’t need it, but it wastes time and money while being based on outdated information.
@@katelynnehansen8115 if you were making 80k a few years ago but is no longer making that much and is making less now then you will recieve the MASSIVEEEE $1400 to save your life. Any way you slice it the means relief makes sense
The people being "left out" DO NOT NEED THIS MONEY. The less for the *rich*, the MORE there is for THOSE WHO REALLY NEED IT.
Exactly!
Those poor millionaires / billionaires really need this money! They need to pay their chauffeurs and manicurists...
Your impersonations are so good. I'm still laughing! Love your show!
Never get the audience back, the show is way better like this
Wait, i just said that with more words
All the late night shows are. Actually they were even better when they were all sending from their homes.
God, I miss the sea captain. 😢
It's strange and bizarre now to watch the older episodes with an audience. Has the same feel as sitcom laugh tracks in the 90s
@@martinzeibig Most are, but Colbert still hasn't quite got it right. The timing just isn't there for him. Seth nailed it from the off, and I feel like the Sea Captain and The Thornbirds should be recurring themes for the rest of time. I really like the new format on The Late Late Show too - definitely better than with an audience.
@@MissSeaShell YES! It's almost jarring now.
Calling Katie Porter! Please do some inflation math for them Katie!! Sending out the bat signal for Katie Porter!
They need to do something about this fillibusting. Talking nonsense and reading "Green eggs and ham" shouldn't be allowed.
Love all the expressions. Keep it up Mr. Seth.
A reminder that minimum wage would be $24 an hour today if it kept up with minimum wage in 1968.
Yet we are supposed to just "work hard and succeed" same as they did in the 60s-70s. It's not like we make a lot less for our hard work, nah we are just lazy. :/
There is a reason I like your show the most Seth, unlike some other talk show hosts, you really care about Health Care and progressive couses.
He is the best.
Colbert especially is a sellout and a hack, I unsubbed from him about a year ago.
@@fatalshore5068 and very petty too, colbert got less funny during the pandemic, unlike seth and trevor Noah
@@fatalshore5068 yup, Colbert's a closet dancer and schmooze
Thanks Seth!!!!!
I will forever love Seth's Al Pacino and Eric Trump impressions. I hope they keep finding ways to work it in lol.
That little change in the outro, “Stay safe, wear a mask, get vaccinated, we love you” has me choked up. Sometimes I feel like I don’t deserve Seth and his compassionate crew. 🥺
💛🧡💚 His sign off does make be tear up a bit, but it gives me hope 🙏🏼
It's been making me cry at least once a week all year. I mean, something's got to, right?
I hope they know I love them too
Same
Yes, love the sign off and the change.💕
I don’t even live in Wisconsin and I’m embarrassed for the people represented by that Ron Johnson clown. Cmon Wisconsin, I know you can do better!
Let’s have a national effort get out the vote to help WI vote Johnson out in 2022.
I am ashamed to be a Wisconsinite and represented by such an incompetent individual.
The formatting of that giant poster makes me nostalgic for the old Box Office Mojo
I love Seths Al Pacino! 😂😂
I love Seth's energy ever since the quarantine. He doesn't give a care now and it is hilarious. I love all the antics like the sea captain.
FYI Manchin also objected to the minimum wage increase. This is why they used the parliamentarian as a proxy - because they wanted to avoid party infighting.
Maybe so...but that doesn't make it any better.
If democrats water down the covid relief bill and don't end the filibuster to protect the vote,
They will lose bigly next time and they will only have themselves to blame (especially Joe manchin)
Why just why could we win the North Carolina or Maine senate races. Just fucks sake this is so frustrating
@@bjornsantens9030 they cannot pass what they want to ~COVID, MINIMUM WAGE, when we have treasonists like Johnson having a bill read for 10 hours because playing games is more important than feeding kids; blocking the Filibuster; Repubs voting along party lines rather than voting for their constituents; and 2 Democrat Senators joining their fellow traitors (Manchin(R)and Sinema(R) to keep their conflicts of interest happy. Sad
People blaming the parliamentarian are wrong. Everyone already knew min wage couldn't go through reconciliation. Yes, another senator, any other senator, could have then appealed the ruling. But then you'd need 50+VP to set the new precedent. Manchin and Sinema were not going to vote to set the new precedent. Neither of them is up for reelection until 24. There is no leverage.
@@sabsin5606 such a well written post. I'm more and more amazed that Biden is getting terrible push back for not passing the minimum wage, and not getting the survival checks out. If he was the Dictator, it would have been done day 1. There is constant obstructionism that is making the simplest things a battle, just for the sake of a battle. If the simple things are obstructed, these big issues will be a battle, and not all will be won.
A brilliant example of obstructionism just for the sake of demonstrating power and control- the reading aloud a bill that will take 10 hours. First, he should have had to read it himself, second, the waste of money this stunt cost, and third, how does this help the American people?
I think I understand things as you do. I wish the American people would be thankful for the MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN JUST WEEKS. Vaccines perhaps!
Loved your Closer Look especially last night. Also, I love your Pachino & Jimmy Steward.
Seth's Pacino makes me laugh out loud - something that I hardly ever do. Awesome!
Sen. Ron Johnson: "A billion dollars is an obscene amount of money"
Me: "So, you agree that no one person should morally be allowed to be a billionaire?"
That’s not an argument you want to make bc you can’t win it. MORALLY speaking, a particularly generous and intelligent billionaire could do more good with their money than the government or other agency. There’s nothing inherently immoral in a person having a billion dollars. The problem is that most billionaires do not use that money towards useful or moral ends for society. It’s just better to craft arguments that are not so easily discredited bc of lack of specificity or reason.
Yes, 1B is inherently immoral
@@danumd87 "they COULD do lots of good with it, so it's unreasonable to criticize them for doing evil with it" is also not a reasonably sound or irrefutable argument, frankly. would you also argue we shouldn't reform police or reduce their funding, because they could potentially do a lot of good with their power and money if most cops were good people? that's a fantasy.
the progressive argument, and my personal viewpoint, is that the very state of being a billionaire is itself only possible if you have traits of sociopathy and narcisissm that make you inclined towards decisions that benefit you and your company, even at the cost of consequences to other people.
therefore, it's inherently dangerous to allow them the nearly-unlimited financial, social, media, and political influnce they currently enjoy, because they are both a class making all the world's big decisions AND a class protected and insulated from any negative consequences of those decisions. they can choose to move the world forward in whatever way benefits their personal ambitions and companies and dreams, fobbing off and ignoring the way their pursuits might have unintended consequences on people in the poorer classes - even if what they decide to do is ostensibly "good".
consider Bill Gates, go-to "good billionaire" example - who only is such because he's spent the past decade buying his way into being the spokesperson for various positive organizations and relief efforts, in order to reform his public image. he spent the 80s and 90s being abusive and terrible to his employees, and is directly responsible for crippling the IRS's ability to prosecute high-level white collar crime because they were stripped of funding after Microsoft sued them - but we've forgotten, because it's been overshadowed by his philanthropic efforts AND the conspiracy theories based on those efforts. Bill Gates has chosen to do good things with his money because it benefits HIM, and if the winds change, he and every other billionaire wouldn't hesitate for a second to sacrifice you and I in order to protect themselves and their revenue.
or at least, that's what I believe. and if f*cking BILL GATES is the best example of a moral billionaire, and nearly every single one of the 600-odd others is a horrible selfish monster, I'm not willing to bank on letting them keep their power because they might someday spontaneously become good people and use that power well! that's a naive dream.
@@danumd87 hoarding a billion dollars in an offshore bank account somewhere when money is only valuable when it's in use and stimulating an economy, especially when so many americans are struggling to survive (don't even get me started on global inequality as a whole), is indisputably an evil act. even if that person already gave a billion dollars away in tax-deductible philanthropic efforts (“look how generous I am!”), the fact that they were able to amass that much to begin with only further highlights how rigged the system is to everyday working people. if you're a billionaire, you're not a genius. you simply exploited the labour of countless people on your way up. if you don't think that's immoral you need your moral compass recalibrated
@@danumd87 except that if you were generous and moral like you describe, you would never be a billionaire in the first place, because you would be "doing more good with it" WAY tf before you hoarded a BILLION dollars.
Meanwhile in Canada, our government just extended CRB payments of $500/week for the 3rd time by another 12 weeks.
But, please INCLUDE the important detail that this money does NOT go to every Canadian.
Example - If I earned $35,000 in 2018, 2019, and 2020. If I faced no wage/income loss due to COVID - I would not qualify for the payments.
@@1-day-at-a-time I mean.. if you faced no wage/income loss to COVID.. why the heck would you need a relief payment? Relief from what, jealousy that others are getting cheques?
Very true...however my point was that Canada has extended the relief for the 3rd time while the US is fighting about whether to give one time payments to people.
Seth, your PACINO is spot-on.
OMG!!! This is an amazing Closer Look! I LOL'd so many times
Good Lord will you PLEASE make a best of Seth as Bernie compilation video? Your Bernie impression is the one thing that always cracks me up and we need more of that to get us through this stinkin' pandemic.
Seth, you and the Late Night team have almost single handedly got me through the pandemic. I no longer watch the news cause it's all too crazy and toxic, and your Closer Look segments have really helped keep me sane; helping me to know that I'm not the crazy one. Or maybe we all are. In either case, thank you.
Yes Ron, telling people they are going to get a big stack of money, is really going to make them not want that big stack of money. And love you for delaying them getting that big stack of money. Genius.
Lol love that Jimmy Stewart impression.
Ron Johnson: "You can't give a trillion dollars to poor people because a trillion dollars can stack up to the moon!" Great argument, ya turd.
😂🤣 I love this
Ah ah ah: HALFWAY to the moon. And only if we stack it perfectly in one stack of $1 bills. You know, the only form of bills we have.
That's probably the Republican's argument against universal healthcare. If all people eligible for universal healthcare were stacked on top of each other, it would reach too far into space.
However, if all the people who they plan on taking voting rights away from were stacked, that would also reach into space, but then it would obviously be a good thing.
Someone needs to demonstrate how high their salaries & benefits stack up.
Republicans pull out the most asinine arguments that don’t help their case what so ever.
How is it that the Public Servants go into our government as us not wealthy and at the end of the day they are wealthy. Things that make you go hmmm 🤔. Term Limits!!
it's been proven time and again that term limits actually increase the power of lobbyists and do not improve results for the people.
as with everything else, we the people should make up our minds about what we want to achieve, but we should listen to scientific expertise about how we achieve it (political science, in this case). term limits are the wrong move.
More like INCOME LIMITS
At the beginning, I too agreed with you, but as some one point it out that if there's a term limit the Congress will not care about the ppl and grab whatever they can in their last term. It's better to reform $$$/gifts a lobbyist can give and it has to be public knowledge.
@@BlueSky-oe4fn Maybe tie their paycheck to the minimum wage. Seems fair to me. I mean, how expensive can it really be to sit around with your thumb up your ass and get nothing done while watching a 6yo do his science fair presentation? I could do that easily for min wage.
I just love how you make me 😂🤣😂
Thank you for being the only mainstream show to call this out.
The comments here look like the comments on progressive media I watch. Happy to see it
"Get me my billowy shawl..."
Sorry Seth, I'm stealing this one.
Love, as always 🌻
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Clutch Pearls and a Billowy Shawl.
Seth is easing back into mild wit and wordplay. Much better than buttery dancer bore Colbert. Second only to Trevor. I like Kimmel for the straight up stage stand up.
@@mazdarex7 sorry, but Colbert is the Man!
He's not afraid to get emotional, and he & his writers may be among the smartest on TV (Seth, too). Between them, they've kept me informed & sane for years. And, their Covid shows have elevated late 🌙night enormously.
hilarious, love you Seth and team
$15 an hour will become reality in the future, when $15 becomes lower in value than $7.25 is today.
If hourly wage kept up w inflation it should be at $24 an hour.
$15 is the compromise position in order to not undervalue the existing rate. Economists already did the math here buddy it isn’t a random number.
@@benjaminpark5460 Economists are quacks. Just look at how often the markets crash and note how they never see it coming.
@@benjaminpark5460 $15 is obvious a straight doubling and rounding to an easily campaigned number. It's not the result of a mathematically calculated balance.
Your impressions KILL ME!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Need more Al Pacino impressions.
WHOAH!
🤣
His Eric made its long awaited return. "Father, noooo!"
I thought I was the only one who missed the Eric bit.
"Stop acting like your own opposition party". Oh man is that a mood.
Kind of relatable, tbh
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. Those are the two Democrats* blocking everything. They aren't up for reelection until 2024, so they do not care.
I love Seth Meyers...the most progressive late night host!
Great job as always!
According to Ron Johnson’s math, the Republican tax cuts would’ve just gotten us to the moon! Woohoo!!
Your politicians are clowns, and you keep electing them.
"What is a mile?" - the rest of the world (except Liberia and Burma - the only two other "winner" countries - still using that system…)
To Infinity and Beyond! (for the Billionaires)
God damn him.
And far beyond.
"GIVE ME MY BILLOWY SHAWL!" ...loved it
hahah yes i totally got that cliffhanger thing! very good! haha
THANK YOU SETH FOR BEING SURPRISINGLY MORE CRITICAL OF OUR DEMOCRATS 💙🎯💯💪🏾🇺🇸
Seth appeared on-screen in 253 episodes of SNL, and 9 episodes of "Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday."
Seth is the only person who can deliver news in a way that makes it tolerable to hear.
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Check out "Some More News" -- they get really meta and coat the awful things politicians are doing with layers of sarcasm & absurdity.
I really like Seth. I think that Colbert is fine, too.
@blueguy15 Seth is great. This segment has overtaken weekend update. I also really like John Oliver's show/take
@@saintmichael1779 Colbert has really become the parody he portrayed for so long. He's so nationalistic, invoking that this country was founded on Democracy -- when in reality it was an oligarchy of land-owning white men. That's what MAGA was about. Colbert isn't honest, he's a neoliberal shill. You can tell in his interviews with Bernie Sanders -- he gets cagey and pushes back on multi-millionaires having to pay more taxes. It's painful for me to watch, especially his Russiagate segments.
oh, my gosh, Seth, thank you so much for the impressions...had me LMAO
I only have one question for Ron Johnson...Can we dock your wages for that? I feel that if you can’t actually do the job we shouldn’t have to pay your wages!