GOP Ridicules Billionaire Tax Plan, Rude Shoppers Blamed For The Labor Shortage

Republicans like Sen. Mitt Romney immediately came out against a tax on the super rich proposed by Democrats, and it looks like unruly customers are partly to blame for America's service industry personnel crisis. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
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[@sunandstorm]

As someone in the service industry, I can speak for all of my coworkers by saying we are OVER IT. Figure your lives out, people. Please stop taking out your Covid stress and whatever else you’ve got going on on the service industry. We are just trying to do our jobs.

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

👍

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

if you work for minium wage you dont deserve a living wage or human decency becuase only children should be working for minimum wage becuase child labour is good. children that work, grow slower, are far less healthy therefore needing to spend more disposable income on healthcare and die well before they stop working. If more children worked less would die from school massacres.

[@DoodleThis]

Amen

[@bippinflykefifenhest9003]

@@julesmasseffectmusic Chatterbox from GTA3 had a caller that sounded exactly like you would right now if you HADN'T smoked meth before posting

[@jacobbosley1946]

As a person employed in the service industry for decades, the level of hostility of completely random strangers is higher than in years past. A hostile encounter used to be a once a month, if that, occurrence. Now it's sometimes several times a week.

[@littlelimeaj]

Five years in retail. Quit 3 weeks ago because I could not take the hostile people anymore. Great new job far away for the public. So happy.

[@JG-vo3mh]

Working for Walgreens, a rude encounter happens about every 30 minutes

[@jpdemer5]

Something else we can thank _Il_ _Douche_ for.

[@Gildedmuse]

That sucks and I'm so sorry. I worked at Starbucks during and after the pandemic until a couple months ago and I have to say, that while 80% of things were worse after the pandemic - stocking, wait times, staffing, new regulations that were meant to make us FEEL safe without actually DOING anything except making everything that much more difficult/slower - I am so thankful that the vast majority of our costumers were understanding of the situation! No one liked it, of course, and I know people hated waiting out in our literal 2 hour drive through line, but most of them were either nice or simply apathetic about it (at least, to my face, which is all I care about). It helps that Starbucks has things like "drink comp" and $5 "Sorry" cards that I gave out like I was handing out flyers for my indie band. Just anyone who past through. (Also, because I was the person I think my store all decided was hardest to get going on a proper mad rant with - I tend to just cut people off either with kindness, free stuff or just asking them to wait at the side of the drive while we finished their order. I don't like angry people and my survive instincts kick I'm quick to just be super helpful and nice to get them away from me ASAP) On the other hand, I have friends who work in grocery stores and their lives were HELL. Umm, excuse me, that cashier has absolutely no say about what the store stocks. Maybe back the fuck off this person working for minimum wage in a GODDAMN PANDEMIC so you could get seven jars of peanut butter. Crazy asshole.

[@Repdem]

I blame "social" and corporate Media.

[@cliveklg7739]

So even the billionaires are saying we need to be taxed more... and STILL the GOP says no we won't tax you. #facepalm

[@JeffreyGillespie]

"Dad telling a spooky story about a man with only one house" Good Lord 😂😂😂😂😂

[@NoContent1991]

Coming from a super rich television host with more than one house

[@wendygreidanus8391]

I'm grateful to Stephen Colbert for helping me see the funny side of the craziness in the news of the day. Laughing is a damned sight better than pulling my hair out, screaming at my television, or spontaneously combusting. So, yeah, I'm grateful.

[@snowassassin2177]

Gasp! Billionaires are going to be treated like normal people! THE AUDACITY OF IT!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kathcasey2090]

But they are not. Joe Manchin saw to that and Sinema, they just gutted the bill for billionaires! True story.

[@gamepapa1211]

Jeeves! Bring me my cocaine! No, the sad ones, not the happy ones!

[@snowassassin2177]

@@kathcasey2090 I know but they got scared. Also it's going to be brought up again and again until they crack

[@espenha]

With this bill they would specifically *not* be treated like normal people, though. That's why they call it the "billionaire income tax" and not the "unrealized gains income tax".

[@victoriancu7358]

There's nothing normal about being a billionaire. They should not be treated equal.

[@rafaelbarreto2658]

Let the guy dance people… so many people are afraid to be judge by others and they just watch… it’s not easy to dance in front of people… some compassion please

[@cathieludemann5879]

People have various ways of expressing joy. (Not DeJoy!) In this day and age, we should should celebrate whatever joy we have in whatever fashion we want.

[@shortsatire5669]

Compassion is the right response.

[@annebruecks7381]

He was cute dancing like a dad lol

[@Grimlock1979]

Since when does billionaires buying and selling stocks "build jobs"? Mitt is insane.

[@brokenrecord3523]

Mitt is rich and so are the constituents that matter to him. You have to quit looking at the reasons they give and start looking at the motivations. It's like "I don't want to get vaccinated because ________." That blank is almost never the truth unless they say "I want democrats to fail. I don't like being told what to do. I have no idea, just doing what Fox tells me..."

[@dr.douglaspeterson2598]

That's right... stock market value is just e-paper. It doesn't make, distribute, or sell anything. What's wrong with them investing 25% of their capital gains in government or human service? If they don't want to give money to the government, give it to a charity.... AND TAKE A TAX DEDUCTION!

[@zerosumgame5700]

Early tech companies and their explosive growth built jobs, but now that industry is in the trimming stage, where they are trying to figure out how to do more with less people. We need a new innovation that requires manpower to achieve, that starts at ground level and only grows as more is put into it. *Then* billionaire investment would make a massive difference *again.* The way they are doing things right now is kinda pathetic and lacking in overall value. All the money always bubbles up. If they throw it lower, it will still come back to them, in time. We just need smarter billionaires that understand they can build higher on a stable foundation, instead of short-profit minded cowards who aren't willing to make fair bets on the future of the world. What the hell's the point of having world changing power if one only spends their life accumulating more and using it to do so? Power without purpose is just a dick-swinging competition, except all these people are competing for the best pseudo-penis while whipping out their wallet dildos. Unfortunately, it seems most of them don't concern themselves with having any balls behind it, or to stop being metaphorical, they won't bet on things they don't control, anymore.

[@adde9506]

What he's saying is that rich people will find ways to secure their money that isn't part of circulation at all. They'll buy expensive art and put it in their basement. When a company's stocks are up, they are more likely to hire employees and give raises. Remember, Mitt is a real rich guy who's in office on his own money; he's no protecting anyone. When he says, don't do it this way because this is what rich people will do in response, we should listen to him. Don't tax the billionaires on pre-sale stocks, find some other way. Like CLOSING tax loopholes.

[@--enyo--]

That’s what I was wondering. Whereas a ranch or painting would definitely have jobs involved.

[@Aco4k]

"Signature Scent is a Burger Fart" -AMAZING.🤣🤣😂😂

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

Retail employees get cussed out and even assaulted for minimum wage And they wonder why no one wants to work retail anymore!

[@johndoa4839]

If a corporation pays less tax than its own workers then you know the system is broken

[@dokskwyr4353]

"Burger farts". Yep, that sums up Trumpty-Dumbpty pretty well.

[@arcturionblade1077]

Berder farts.

[@chickensdone1]

I thought he said “murder farts” at first… which still sounds applicable.

[@Del-Lebo]

The labor shortage is based on low pay, no benefits,cost cutting and no work life balance. it is a shame that all of these businesses still won't value the staff that run their businesses. Shaking my head in disbelief for decades now! I would like to see top brass do the daily Work that the service industry have to do with no support or valid training. They would not last an 8 hour shift.

[@1959aak]

And there being 725,000 people dead to Covid-19 and millions suffering long-term effects doesn't help.

[@YamiOni]

I see it in the technology sector. I can only begin to imagine how shitty it is for people in the service industry...

[@YamiOni]

@@Sevenine88 It's all in how you define "labor shortage". "We _want_ to hire more people, but we can't find anyone with 30 years industry experience willing to work for minimum wage! People are so lazy!"

[@sarahoshea9603]

The best thing that happened was the "labor shortage". These rich ppl can't live without poor folks turning the cogs every day and I've been trying to explain to everyone that if u put ur hands in ur pockets and refuse to do fuckall until we get treated better there will be changes. Ppl laces that treat workers better are saying they don't have ANY problems staffing right now.

[@tantra9844]

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[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

Rude shoppers are, maybe, 25%responsible. Having been in customer service for 30 years, you can't escape people who believe you are their servant, BUT, it's the employers set the tone, and either make it tolerable for the employee, or not.

[@ToniGlick]

As a call center rep I often encounter irritated people but have found that empathising with them helps calm them down the majority of the time.

[@wildshepherd5918]

It’s not a labor shortage. It’s a living wage shortage. This is a general strike against working for less than our parents did. Keeping w inflation since the 60’s, the minimum wage would be 24! Generally sucks, so people generally aren’t working.

[@marylandgirl9246]

Yeah, we're watching that business model implode in real time. Pay your workers more and give them a respectful work environment, or go under.

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

💪You want good service workers? You will pay for us. My time is money too!

[@blainemartin1397]

Hey billionaires….. How much do you really need? The greed in this world is incredible! Not looking for the rich to bail us out but I do think they should have to pay their fair share!

[@kellycook3914]

They need enough $$ to colonize another planet to move to when they kill this one. The poor won't be able to afford "the cost of living!"

[@spectrevector1115]

The problem with Socialism is you eventually run out of other people's money.

[@pforgottonsoul]

@@spectrevector1115 i mean this isn't socialism, this expecting everyone to pay their taxes like they're supposed to.

[@michaelmcginley4887]

Remember it will be the greed of the rich that will kill humanity NOT the poverty of the poor. But the rich will be living on Mars fcuking their sister daughter wives.

[@mr.wonderful4737]

I keep saying this over and over, having money is not evil. Spending it is a whole different story. Elon Musk being forced to sell shares will cause him to lose voting power and lose control of his company. Either way I live in Canada I have no problem them moving up here to the North

[@TheWtfanime]

When there’s a bill that help actually help the working people of America’s everyday life the gop doesn’t give a shit, but when there’s a republican president who wants cut taxes for cooperations and steam roll a Supreme Court justice member? Oh suddenly they do their jobs.

[@gamepapa1211]

The GQP does not stand for anything, but they are against everything. This is pretty much their standard M.O.

[@catcherintherye6479]

+ GOP spend like drunken Comunists without any regard to debt.

[@SevenHunnid]

I do reaction videos while high asf on my KZbin channel 🙏

[@BeefZupreme]

@@catcherintherye6479 HAHAHAH TELL ME HOW BIDEN WANTS TO SPEND 3.5 TRILLION AND CONVINCE THE MORONS IT REALLY EQUALS ZERO………… I’ll wait.

[@BeefZupreme]

BOTH PARTIES COULDNT CARE LESsABOUT THE PEASANTS OF AMERICA DONT BE FOOLED

[@VI5H]

The irony is there's droves of people like my dad who will argue against the billionaire tax even when he's explained how he pays far more taxes as a percentage of income than almost any rich person does. The tax loopholes doesn't bother him as much as the scare tactics of jobs and investment going to other countries, when in reality both have been happening anyways for decades. Convincing ordinary people to side with corporations and the super rich to willingly let them screw them is the best trick pulled on society.

[@goodtroublemaker143]

That trickle-down job-creator nonsense has been proven wrong so many times

[@mori1bund]

@@goodtroublemaker143 The one thing that actually creates jobs is demand. A business only creates new jobs if theirs higher demand for their products to justify that. And to generate demand you have to give the money to people who actually need to spend it immediately (instead of locking it away in a fund with their other money) -> poor & middle class people.

[@Jessica-kk1cz]

Amen to that.

[@David-iv6je]

Easy to get people to vote against their self interest with wedge issues: taxes, immigration, abortion, prayer in school, "take your guns." None of this actually impacts them, but damn you can get folks worked up about it.

[@takiamartin5306]

@@mori1bund tv f f gf f F F F ff

[@NewMessage]

"But if we go and start making the rich pay their share, and making society a fairer place for everyone... will that even be America anymore? I mean, that is not the America I grew up in!" -The GOP's basic argument, paraphrased.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

Well put👍

[@maximussarcasticus1312]

Politicians: If we tax the rich how will they have any left over to line our pockets?

[@TheJiggs666]

If the GOP could legalize slavery they would.

[@Bookwright]

Can't they just tax the ritch exactly as much as they did when they grew up? It would be plenty. 😄

[@gracemunich1476]

@@TheJiggs666 sadly….

[@gamepapa1211]

Mitt Romney quickly went back to that Trickle Down nonsense that has been proven time and again to be ineffective. How the mighty have fallen.

[@arcturionblade1077]

He was never mighty. He's always been a Reagan drone.

[@subvind]

look up "inheritance" vs "composition" // trickle down: just how do you think humans reproduce? ... lol, "How the mighty have fallen."

[@ohnoohnonono3458]

@Judith Gibson if it only was that, they also syphon the taxes.

[@DgurlSunshine]

@@subvind look up BRIBES

[@subvind]

@@DgurlSunshine look up capitalism and how JWT claims work.

[@shaunmattice6413]

Yet it's most of these billionaires why there's a wide gap between the one percent and the middle class...

[@SharienGaming]

the US has a middle class? are you sure about that?

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

When I was born, millionaires and Corporations were taxed at over 90% ! What that did was make them reinvest that money. The biggest boost in the history of American economy.

[@meh8982]

Exactly. At that time, tax laws were written to promote the good of the entire population. Now they are written for the benefit of the ultra rich by bought-and-paid-for politicians who take advantage of the laws themselves.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

@@meh8982 the highest net worth per person of any organized group of individuals in the Untidy States of Embarrassment is... The House The Senate The SCOTUS The Executive

[@Obrimus]

But ... but ... that is SOCIALISM. Aren't you glad that things are much less fair now? Because freedom? :P

[@laundrysauce234]

Wish people would stop calling it a labor shortage and start calling it a wage shortage.

[@adde9506]

Actually, for once, it is a labor shortage. People are being paid to stay home and watch their kids because covid. It isn't just crappy jobs that are scarce on employees, it's all of them. When they stop paying people to stay home, THEN it will be a wage shortage. There is work and money if you want it... until everybody needs it.

[@majormetcalf1225]

Rude shoppers is why I just quit my cashier job last week.

[@sherischutzen49]

Miss Miss Evies laughter, but so glad to watch Stephen Colbert back with his audience.

[@johnassal5838]

Let's hope that lasts. The same idiots who never understood public health measures were never going to end in a few weeks say vaccines "make" new variants. Fact is it's those fools and to a degree the greed of Big Pharma slowing production. Delta existed in India months before vaccines but they inexplicably ended masking and distancing just as they started vaccinations and it spread accordingly. If not for Delta something even worse might've evolved with any strain minutely better at infecting the vaccinated spreading freely and mutating in the vast numbers of unvaxxed. To a lesser extent we're still doing that here with our 70 million unmasked vaccine refusers. Another 6 billion globally can't afford the asking price and an unfortunate mutation occuring as any one of them incubates covid could still take us all right back to square one.

[@EthanKristopherHartley]

As one of the immunocompromised people affected by the extra vaccinations my Rheumatologist told me that we get the standard double injection vaccination, then a third primary vaccination after 6 months and finally a booster 6 months after that. It's because we only get around half of the protection that someone with a fully active immune system has. But we have the advantage of being much less likely to experience any side effects, so there's always a silver lining! 😁

[@seattleite6631]

Interesting

[@cinne2135]

Thanks for the full explanation! Stay safe & healthy, friend.

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[@dkayflowers79]

So in other words he will next recommend that you walk around in bubble wrap or just stay under your bed where it is *nice & safe for all eternity* ~Fin 😏

[@tantra9844]

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[@lostbutfreesoul]

Laughed when Trump complained and said he would leave the nation over it. As if he has ever come close to earning $100 a million for three years, or ever had a Billion!

[@nickwallette6201]

Well that's a presidential candidate if I've ever heard one! "This goes my way, or I'm leaving." Bye!

[@newstroll982]

He can leave but the only country that will take him is north Korea. Remember the love letters he had from Kim...

[@ellenfisher5750]

Buh-bye!

[@Brett_S_420]

He would have to get Putin's signature if he tried to liquidate his assets.

[@alissacheck4194]

This week has brought some of the rudest customers. I've been called every name under the sun, had trash thrown at me, and all I can do is refuse future service to them. My pay is decent, but that's that's keeping me holding on.

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

Those customers are 3 year olds having a temper tantrum. Treat them as such.

[@sarinahart]

I left a service job after 10 years because of customer’s behavior during the pandemic. I had a great wage, full benefits and a lot of community clout. The abuse was too much. I don’t think I can ever go back to customer service. I have never experienced true mental trauma before the pandemic. I don’t look at people the same way any longer. I experience general disgust at most Americans at this point, and can barely go out socially any more. From what I have heard, people have only gotten more entitled and rude, and our whole town is practically run by teenagers, because so many people have quit. The quality of service in our town has tanked.

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

PTSD in essential workers is REAL. I quit my job for the same reason and could not bring myself to work anywhere for three months because I just couldn't do it. I finally had to go back to work because my savings ran out. I guarantee you I am not the same person I was before the pandemic. Any customer is rude to me I will throw his stuff at him and will have nothing more to do with him.

[@cmajor886]

I feel the same way. I’ve grown to have a certain dislike for some of the American Population from working in retail. People are really rude and nasty! It’s a shame that Management doesn’t back their employees either. So many entitled pierces of shit out there. I honestly think the Pandemic has fried people’s brains and now they don’t know how to act with common courtesy or decency.

[@CJusticeHappen21]

It's not about "eating the rich." It's about giving the resources to the people who will bring the highest benefit with them. There was a time when privatization maximized wealth for the whole of the country, but that's been taken too far. The people aren't stealing from the rich, they're taking back the excess to get themselves a chance at living.

[@Ectava]

Or we could just eat the rich and give the companies to the workers. Basically making existing companies into co-ops.

[@Gildedmuse]

It's less "Eating the rich" and "Eating with the rich" Hell, at this point it's not even that. It's just like, "Getting to eat."

[@WublicIndecency]

Why don't we actually eat the rich? I bet they taste like caviar and diamonds lmao!

[@seahero4456]

The contraction of the economy, Stock Markets, Online superstores, ETC has decimated any chance for the average person to keep pace, AND the extra efforts to support Billionaire's will only add extra FOSSIL FUEL waste into the ozone, thus the 2.7c increase in heating(rather then the 1.5c goal) by 2300, predicted this week, will almost certainly happen. Merry Christmas Capitalist Pigs.

[@renenowicki]

Decades ago economists were preparing for the 20 hour work week brought on by automation. All that went to the top. The little guy is working several jobs to scrap by. WTF SMH

[@MrWallace484]

Yes tax the rich enough is enough

[@gracemunich1476]

definitely the top 1% at much higher tax rates

[@JPBrooksLive]

These billionaires need to realize: taxing them is an extremely generous compromise compared to the suffering they've caused. We have worse inequality than during the French revolution... their consequences could be much different.

[@brittanyeastep4866]

Behead the rich!

[@kantraxoikol6914]

i can't even begin to explain how stupid that whole statement is. money doesn't make you cause suffering. what causes suffering is people like you assuming they don't deserve the money for 80 hour work weeks and no life except work. billionaires aren't all like tRump, it's not inherited money doing evil either.

[@JPBrooksLive]

@@kantraxoikol6914 you just tried to explain it and failed miserably. Do the math on your 80hr work week and see if it gets a normal person to a million, much less 1000X that. You can't reach a billion without exploitation- these people don't create wealth, their workers and the demand for their products do (and they've done a damn good job fixing the market for themselves by buying out competition)

[@MissGamerVideo]

@@kantraxoikol6914 even with 80 hour work weeks, the hourly pay rate would be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Jeff bezoz makes 8.56 MILLION an HOUR. whilst the minimum wage is $7 an hour, and has been unchanged for decades. Even the kindest , smartest person alive doesn't need billions of dollars. A moral person wouldn't even reach $1 billion because they'd pay all of their workers a liveable wage and give a good percentage of their paycheck to charities.

[@stephenhatt742]

Thank God for people like Stephan to make us laugh :) Zoe , Canada

[@Nevets1073]

You gotta cut Mitt Romney some slack! In college his dad only gave him and his wife $1,000,000 in stocks to live off of. Why, they couldn't afford servants! They had to walk to classes together! That had to be terrifying to him.

[@msscoutshadow]

That's hilarious 🤣🤣😂👍

[@tdsims1963]

😆😆😆😆

[@kvr22_]

The AUDACITY. His father is a cruel, cruel man.

[@saranghae2808]

😂😂😂

[@wngimageanddesign9546]

That's no way for a rich white boy to live! Sacrilegious.

[@o0Avalon0o]

The hilarious part is nearly all Americans support taxing billionaires more. Even republicans, but not their ridiculous politicians. 🤣🤣

[@Megalomaniakaal]

Haven't there been multiple billionaires in the US even said themselves to tax them more? I seem to have some vague memory of it but don't recall who.

[@pcolgan89]

Fucking really sad

[@toadjiang7626]

Because America is not by any means an actual democracy. A Princeton University study back in 2014 has concluded that "the preferences of the average American (the bottom 90% of Americans) appeared to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy."

[@Taricus]

@@Megalomaniakaal Yeah, but I don't remember which ones right off-hand. I think Bill Gates was one of them, but not sure.

[@enegmatixerebro]

Most Americans forget the celebrities they love hardly pay their fair share either. They put on a mask. It's the job.

[@MyOtherCarIsA15MinuteCity]

I used to work at Walmart. Once for two years, then once again in another department for over one year, and I left both times because the higher ups CONSTANTLY IGNORED any real feedback, DESPITE having to periodically complete company-mandated surveys. I’m not the only one who thinks ignoring feedback is another major factor in the current living wage shortage.

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

Sure it is. We're tired of risking our lives literally for slave wages. Enough is enough.

[@captainspaulding5963]

@@lakecountynaturalist7617 "literally for slave wages" are you getting paid at all? Then you are most definitely not making slave wages. People really need to get a dictionary before posting things.

[@stevesloan7132]

Pitty the rich. If this goes through they'll only be able to buy one Mazerati every day of the year! How terrible that will be for them! Come on, have a ❤, people!

[@gamerman782]

Reminds me of the South Park episode where the boys download songs illegally.

[@toadjiang7626]

Yeah, like Betsy DeVos has 10 private yachts, 12 private jets and 4 helicopters. I honestly don't know why anyone would need that many yachts and jets.

[@Pete...NoNotThatOne]

@@toadjiang7626 I’d say she leases them out for additional income. It’s what I’d do.

[@teelo12000]

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the poor struggling billionaire who gets mocked at functions for only taking one trip into space???

[@Lucius1958]

Maseratis are chicken feed. Their real fear is no longer being able to buy the US Government.

[@tonystark341]

No one wants to work for the lowest legal pay, and get yelled at by crazy customers who spit at you and threaten you.

[@terrystevens3998]

Workers should get a constitutional right to tell customers to GTFO when they act up.. and the bosses need to support them in it.. it would solve the Karen issue

[@tonystark341]

@@terrystevens3998 Some of those customers from hell, can be very agressif and violent, because FREEDUMB !

[@ghill88]

They don't want to work for bosses that yell at them and spit on them while yelling. 😃

[@nedsantos1415]

Romney's mormon god must be very proud of the greedy rich person he has become.

[@coultergill7728]

There is no such thing as a Mormon god. We believe in the same God that every other Christian does. We don’t believe in the Trinity though

[@nedsantos1415]

@@coultergill7728 said, There is no such thing as a Mormon god. We believe in the same God that every other Christian does. We don’t believe in the Trinity though ///////////////////////// So, you assumed I believe in the Abrahamic religions, didn't you? It seems that Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists, and people of other religions are non-existent to you, doesn't it? It's also interesting that you evaded the "Romney" part. Does it hurt too much to examine the words and actions of one of your own?

[@lh3540]

the mormon church is a massive real estate investment powerhouse, of course they don't want taxes

[@andymeyer6165]

I love how Stephen pulls out his IPhone and says "now I'm gonna 'video tape' YOU!" It almost didn't strike me as weird, as I am from the 'video tape' age as well!! ;-)

[@fattmusiek5452]

so good. such a good IMPROVISER!

[@rosesmith6925]

I once remember an investor saying Always pay your taxes with pride, it means you've accomplished the American dream. After almost two years of unexpected illness and death people are realizing life is short and a sucky job just isn't worth it.

[@adde9506]

As a person with a sucky job... Exactly how are these people getting money when they aren't getting another job?

[@grey_jedi_knight_ali4859]

True. But thing is sucky jobs are needed for bills, rent, and food. Inquiring minds want to know, how to rid yourself of the sucky job but keep the money for basic necessities.

[@styleme3375]

@@adde9506 people are getting better jobs. Boomers are retiring, a bunch of people died. It opened up space for upward mobility.

[@juloedtb1420]

Maybe those people in the service industry should get a fair wage so they're more motivated to serve. It might also help if customers appreciate them a bit more and say thank you and mean it. More often than not customers take their effort to please them for granted. When was the last time you thanked your mailman, waiter, busdriver, etc?

[@ifgezroxy]

I thank my busdrivers, store clerks and everyone else every time I see them.

[@marvinmartion1178]

I'm a carpenter, self employed and republicans are always the first to find an excuse to not pay you, and treat you like crap! Always republicans!

[@AlisonCasilli]

@@ifgezroxy Me too, I make sure to smile, maybe do something to get them to smile for a second, and let them know that I appreciate what they go through to help me out. That is what they are doing, after all...helping me out.

[@AuskaDezjArdamaath]

Having worked service jobs all my life, I make sure to thank my cashier, waiter, sales assistant, mailman and any other person who’s job it is to provide a service because lord knows, their boss certainly won’t thank them and neither will most people. I also make sure to look them in the eyes and give them a smile because there’s nothing worse than being treated like you’re just an automaton without feelings. And for heaven’s sake, get off your dang cell phone when you reach the cash register! That’s just rude!

[@ifgezroxy]

@@AlisonCasilli exactly. Make it a warm, and humble "Thank you". It improves at least my mood, when you see the immediate effect of those simple words. :)

[@Bixll09]

Just another insane moment brought to you by the US Senate.

[@insane_troll]

OK, I took my spare superyacht to my third house and I didn't find a space ship in the garage. I only have space ships at my second and fourth houses, so I'm fine!

[@adampkalb]

Nice try, insane troll. It went with saying that a spaceship in _any_ of your houses will cross that line of 1 billion dollar$ in assets.

[@cherylsibson2529]

Meanwhile, at Golden Ears Park in Canada, Ajay Kumar, Arvindjeet Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Kuljinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh pulled off the dramatic rescue by tying their turbans and jackets together to make a 10 metre-long makeshift rope. They then pulled the stranded men, who were in danger of being swept into fast-moving waters near the 10 metre high Lower Falls, to safety."I've been a police officer for 21 years and I've never seen anything like this," said Mehat. "As a police officer from the Sikh faith, to see this kind of heroic rescue, I was extremely proud." Unravel has a new meaning here.

[@Optimismus53]

👏👍

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[@iamyou8416]

It’s amazing and criminal how much CEOs pay themselves!! They should definitely pay their fair share of taxes. Their taxes should hurt them as much as it hurts the average person!

[@Brett_S_420]

GENERAL LABOR STRIKE!! POWER TO THE WORKERS!! SOLIDARITY!! ✊🏼

[@enterthecarp7085]

Love You Steven C! Uplift me again and again THANKYOU 😂❤️

[@Despina838]

I came here just for Simba's Boiling Asphalt Stroll... That was hilarious

[@Red-rl1xx]

Same here!👍🤣

[@lostinwonderart]

I worked in retail for 30 years, and I left last year. I’m never going back after dealing with abusive and entitled customers for 3 decades. I had customers do terrible things to me, including threatening to follow me home and kill me for not giving a cash refund for an item purchased elsewhere and I had to step between customers abusing people who worked for me, including having to tell men to pull up their pants and get out when they exposed themselves to an employee when I ran a Waldenbooks.

[@gl15col]

If you've ever worked with (gag) "the public" you know that it's a stressful, miserable job that barely pays enough to cover child care and leaves nothing for medical care. The cashier does not set prices, or policy, or in fact do anything but try to make you satisfied. But usually acts as a sponge for your frustrations from home, as they are an easy target that can't fight back...

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

Sure a cashier can fight back. Stay firm and cold. Do not let them know that they got to you. Pass them along to your manager and take the next customer. Their behavior will stop real fast.

[@graylinshowell7051]

Strange how, historically, the higher we tax the wealthy and corporations, the better the economy. I'm not afraid of billionaires leaving the states if we tax them fairly and close loopholes. They would have to choose between stable economy, stable government, and tax haven. Even if they liked living in solitude, it wouldn't be hard to convince Americans to tax foreign owned businesses higher...

[@MatthewSmith-wv5fi]

It's an idle threat more times than not. But, so is any plan to tax them. Its like fines for speeding. It's crippling to many and a nominal user fee to others. If I have a half million dollar car a $1000 speeding ticket is meaningless to me. But you know, after their done building rocket ships some of it may trickle down as a stingy tip.

[@catastropheoverclock]

That's where the money is

[@mamamcfreeman105]

Only thing I know for sure is those of us in the lower middle class cannot afford to pay any more taxes without being to take advantage of any social services.

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

Yes, I'd like some of that $450,000 in benefits Biden is going to give to each illegal who crosses the border.

[@mamamcfreeman105]

@@lakecountynaturalist7617 DACA recipients and those who are here illegally are not eligible for social benefits. Which is sad because many of them are paying for them.

[@luuketaylor]

The "these dead guys could draw" joke took me just north of 3 seconds to realize the double entendre and I'm absolutely loving it.

[@glenneric1]

Pretty sure it was just a single entendre.

[@MrBoliao98]

Honestly, Joe really bores me, but it's nice to be able to sleep since January. How much we have aged from Trump.

[@gamepapa1211]

If boring means I don't have to wake up every day fearing that the country would vanish in a plume of atomic cloud because somebody mean-tweeted the Jackass-O-Lantern the other night then hell, give me boring any day!

[@enegmatixerebro]

Trump wanted to nuke a hurricane. These are facts.

[@johnwattdotca]

When everything was shut down out there I got caught up watching American election videos here in You Tube. I felt fortunate to see such entertaining drama, and I never thought I'd see it again in my lifetime, after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American Afro-Americans protesting racism.

[@kenbrown2808]

when it comes to roofs, presidents, and the drive home from work, boring is a good thing, because excitement comes from trouble.

[@arcturionblade1077]

Sleepy isn't a word I'd use for Joe since he apparently curses like a sailor behind closed doors. Dementia Donny is definitely low energy though, except when he's trying to overthrow our duly elected government. Only his sheer incompetence saved us, sadly enough.

[@sndchamp9949]

It’s true I have a job that’s really based on customer service and working fast after month and months of short staff long hours I’m drained every small customer complaint just drains it’s never enough

[@johnsonhunglo1993]

I fail to see the problem. Just tax their asses!!!! Who are they going to call?

[@felicitym14]

Words are my favorite part of reading after sitting. Lmao

[@DhaniNMarie]

Stephen: mentions Domino's Domino's: places a 30 second youtube ad right after that bit

[@dCash117]

Just charge everyone who makes at least 10 times the poverty level

[@Elviolli]

As an owner of a Patagonia vest I laughed my ass off at that joke whilst nodding wholeheartedly.

[@Nick930]

Is this the first time people are hearing about "Ambergris"?

[@JNArnold]

I was waiting for a Futurama joke... disappointed

[@annebruecks7381]

Plebs. Lol

[@FridgeChic]

Missed Futurama but I caught Bob's Burgers!

[@caseygoddard]

Actually no...please don't ask me to elaborate.

[@tzvikrasner6073]

Apparently, given that Stephen made a Moby Dick reference completely oblivious to the fact that Ambergris was a main reason for the whaling trade in general.

[@mzmendy]

If the equivalents of those words were added to the dictionary after polio or Spanish flu, we'd have an easier time explaining wtf we're talking about now. Soooo yes, they should be added.

[@candacen7779]

OK. The use of his iPhone as a prop was both simple and perfect. Kudos!

[@danielgregory3295]

Don't you turn it horizontal for video shots..?🤔🖖

[@dappppppppt]

I know how much you love Aotearoa NZ Stephen, you should check out our tax system. It works. Shocked face: The more you make the more tax you pay. It's plain common sense.

[@yashistampedes5849]

“Ambergris is definitely not vomit,” Christopher Kemp, author of “Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris,” told CNN. “It's more like poop, and it comes from the same place as poop, but it's only made by a small percentage of sperm whales, as a result of indigestion.”Apr 14, 2016

[@Belboz99]

I was pretty sure it was from the undigested beaks of cephalopods. I'm unsure how this Christopher Kemp is so certain it's not vomit. Owls also regurgitate undigestible material up as owl pellets. I wouldn't believe anything without pics.

[@Pete...NoNotThatOne]

@@Belboz99 do some googling, I’m sure there’s pictures of pooping whales somewhere.

[@Lucius1958]

"Moby-Dick" does have a chapter on ambergris: in fact, the crew of the _Pequod_ bamboozles an inexperienced French whaler out of a 'blasted' whale, because they know there's likely to be ambergris in it - which they find.

[@susanfarley1332]

I also heard from somewhere (it was a nature show) that whale poop fertilizes the ocean. We would have less fish without whales. The poop causes algal blooms in the southern hemisphere that feeds plankton, which feeds fish of various kinds. Pretty cool. I had always heard about ambergris being whale vomit. Not a great name but whale poop isn't any better sounding. And it always has inclusions of squid beaks.

[@chonqmonk]

@@susanfarley1332 Shit.

[@sioule5326]

I like when he interacts with the band

[@Kevin_Williamson]

I noticed the quality of service was declining before the pandemic. Restaurants were serving nastier food. Customers were becoming more rude. A general spread of apathy across our entire society. It just got worse with the pandemic.

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

Yeah. fear will do that to you and they scared the hell out of us!

[@auritone]

Imagine the reaction of these billionaires if the entire workforce used the same argument and refused to work if their income was taxed….

[@Phase52012]

A national strike is exactly what the USA needs. It convinced the Brits that it was time to leave India.

[@katiestans2824]

The problem with that is they would still be billionaires and we would be broke.

[@Gildedmuse]

Not only that, we would take serious funding away from public utilities and services. Which is something those billionaires don't have to care about because they can just buy jets if the road is bad, send their kids to international schools, buy all the clean filtered water they need, etc. It's those of us who can't fix every problem by throwing money at it who most need taxes so these services get funded. You know, those same people who should really be paying far less in taxes than those who can basically use money as magic wishing beans to get whatever they need or want. Aww

[@Phase52012]

@@katiestans2824 - "The problem with that is they would still be billionaires and we would be broke." - I'm yet to hear of a billionaire who can do absolutely everything himself. And if everyone is broke, who buys all the "stuff" that makes them rich?

[@Phase52012]

​@@Gildedmuse - "Not only that, we would take serious funding away from public utilities and services. Which is something those billionaires don't have to care about because they can just buy jets if the road is bad, send their kids to international schools, buy all the clean filtered water they need, etc." Who buys the stuff that makes them rich? ​ @Wilhelmina Beavers - "It's those of us who can't fix every problem by throwing money at it who most need taxes so these services get funded. You know, those same people who should really be paying far less in taxes than those who can basically use money as magic wishing beans to get whatever they need or want. Aww" I understand how it all works. I think my point was missed. The British ran India. The British Empire got RICH off taken exactly what they wanted; not just from India but their entire empire. One day the India people had simply had enough. The general strike which shut down the entire country SCARED the British; and it forced them to realise that THEY WERE NOT REALLY IN CONTROL. When an entire country says "enough"; "this stops now"; "time for you to leave"; you stop and you leave. If you want the billionaires; and the multinational corporations to pay the taxes that they should have always been paying; for all those badly needed and badly underfunded services; you stop everything; and say "enough". "Start paying you taxes or nothing moves". Sadly it won't happen in the USA. You're too divided. And the word "socialism" seems to cause many of you to start foaming at the mouth; before falling over backwards.

[@jjanon2371]

7:57 No Karens were harmed in this demonstration

[@ericswild]

I just love Stephen Colbert

[@raggedcritical]

Apart from everything else, aren't ranch's and paintings considered assets? Or are they really scoping it so narrowly it only applies to the US stock market?

[@whitebirchtarot]

Of course the best idea comes from a senator from Oregon. Oregonians rule! (I may be a little biased. But it is true.)

[@cnunesoregon]

Go Oregon!!

[@kenbrown2808]

and they very consistently support progressive legislation.

[@jeffbaer5851]

TESTIFY!!!!!!

[@devlinburgess2463]

"Toss him into the well! Toss him into the well!" Look, I know it's Halloween and all, but that's no reason to be reenacting Ringu.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

Hey, more security with the TSA. So now we're spending EVEN MORE TAX DOLLARS on security theater. That's great.

[@guynorth3277]

"Maybe dance like someone is watching" - gosh I love this show!

[@mariesia0525]

Manchin and Sinema are DINOs. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@dianedenham5259]

That's putting it politely. 😳

[@doobiejones9388]

Learned about whale whatever in a Nancy Drew book in the 70s. Just saying. That's not new information. Love your show brother 😊

[@TheAccidentalViking]

Me too! But I don't remember it being Nancy Drew, but a different kids mystery series.

[@doobiejones9388]

@@TheAccidentalViking actually I believe it was Encyclopedia Jones

[@TheAccidentalViking]

@@doobiejones9388 Thats the ONE! Because I read the ambergris story and I was not a Nancy Drew fan.

[@doobiejones9388]

@@TheAccidentalViking Groovy😎✌

[@emafolo]

Any self-respecting Bob's Burgers fan already knows about ambergris, think of it like a tonsil stone; you can either cough it up or it will find it's way through your digestion tract. Ambergris forms around difficult to digest food that could puncture the whale's intestine, like squid beaks or large bones from seals or anything else that can't be fully broken down by stomach acid. Ambergris has a soft wax-like consistence and despite its rancid smell, is served as a delicacy along side other foods, in fact, "Charles II, King of England, is said to have enjoyed eggs and ambergris as his very favorite meal."

[@mngentry]

This rule also applies to Futurama fans. (Thanks Roseanne 😉)

[@TheFlock83]

I learned of it from Futurama. I also learned you can pretty much say whatever you want if you’re a whale biologist

[@arcturionblade1077]

Lt. Kiff Kroker: "Precious hamburgers?"

[@mothboy420]

yes!! to the op AND the replies!!

[@DeltaEcho7792]

Futurama did it first for the old heads out here

[@nunessilva2162]

This show gets better and better. Thanks for sharing. Go Stephen!! Go The Late Show!!

[@cerberus144]

*tosses kid into a fountain to make a wish, kid yells "I wish you weren't my dad!" The dad "What a coincidence..."

[@msstellafay1320]

Hey Stephen, John and band, looking good! So, let's nominate John for, Sexiest Man Alive!😍 Stephen, as Steve Martin once said, "Steve....how can you be so f**king funny?" Lots of ❤💝💖💞💕

[@telectronix1368]

I dunno, can you nominate a being built out of music and love to compete against mere humans? Doesn't seem fair on the other candidates.

[@jr.6199]

Sexy is a stetch...you hear him try to adlib to the host's jokes?

[@Gildedmuse]

@@telectronix1368 Oh, I just figured out what John was. See, I kept thinking, "there is no way this kid is real". He's just too good. Thanks for the clarification.

[@NewMessage]

455? That's a Websterf*ck of words right there. Oh, 456.

[@wrmlm37]

Caught the true spirit of the KAREN outrages. Our sickening selves. How embarrassing for us all. We are a joke, as the videos fly round the world.

[@Ari-pw6nu]

Anybody wanna tell Mitt how mush his wife paid for the hand-made picture frame his family portrait possesses? Then, again. Craftsmanship is not a American dream for far too many.

[@blackbeansmatter1280]

How much for Bidens fence (wall) at his beach house? ⛱

[@nikolatovar9884]

@@blackbeansmatter1280 Is there a point you're trying to make? I thought your lot loved walls.

[@Ari-pw6nu]

Man. Wow. Bet he hired someone good. Proud of his work. Maybe a few immigrants?

[@jamessisk8380]

Best Karen impersonation since …

[@Foetoid2k6]

“Spooky story about a man with one house” Im still laughing

[@TfMG539]

I should check my other private island just in case three more to go 😆

[@burtisaac1000]

I understand what’s going on. If everyone would pay their fair share in taxes, that would be all we need! Is this shocking?! Greed is what we need to fight against itself!

[@Gildedmuse]

I have to say, a lot of what they called service quality I just assumed would be classified under the employee shortage and low supplies since that's all just the result of those things. When he said service quality, I just assumed it was workers who were getting yelled at because of the longer waits and lack of supplies. And, hey, I worked in customer service until a few months ago so I can understand that. It's difficult when you spend all day being pressured by your manager/company to get lines down while dealing with a never ending line of angry customers. At the same time, I have to say that while - personal experience only - while there have been a few business I've been to whose service was notably lower than prior to the pandemic, I feel like the vast majority of people in customer service have been AMAZING. Keeping in mind I know how much bit hing goes down in the backroom, I feel like almost every time I have to really engage anyone for a problem or request since the pandemic (obviously I try and avoid it) most of them seem to be doing their best to be even more helpful than usual of anything. I mean I can only remember two negative experiences when I think back over the year though I'm sure there are many I simply brushed off, but I remember maybe a dozen where I was just blown away/impressed/so grateful for an employee taking time to help me with something or even just being incredibly upbeat and friendly during a regular interaction. And I've likely forgotten most of those as well. I know people talk about how people in customer service have a hard job, give them a break and be nice and that is true. It was true before the pandemic and it's definitely true now. But on top of that I have to say, a lot of people I have seen have gone above and beyond. None of them want those jobs, and they certainly don't want covid, and yet they come in and put forth an extra effort in the face of everything that is happening. That deserves round of applause!

[@ericminch]

Without even making a special law only for wealthy people, a lot of revenue could come from (a) taxing capital gains at the same rate as other income, (b) 1% federal sales tax on stock purchases.

[@kuistancfraine3488]

Service quality in America has been next to non-existant for YEARS. Are you now trying to say it's worse??? OMG!!!

[@wilywascal2024]

~ "Conservatism is the endless, futile quest to justify greed." - Unknown, evidently a derivative of this quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

[@msscoutshadow]

LOVE THAT... GREAT QUOTE 👍😊

[@Alovam]

Us Futurama fans already knew about Ambergris. Thanks, Rosanne.

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

I've always been baffled by "Flammable" and "Inflammable" being identical, so at least this isn't a new occurrence!

[@em.415]

It is not just the GOP. It’s also Manchin and Sinema.

[@meh8982]

They work undercover for the GOP. Well, not undercover.

[@annettegustafson1435]

I worked in retail for 25 years and by far the worst customers I ever encountered were in 2020.

[@cmajor886]

AMEN!!!! 2020 will go down as one of the worst years ever! I remember when the Pandemic first started we were lining customers up outside and letting them in 5 at a time. I can’t count how many verbally abusive, entitled pieces of shit I encountered.

[@dalerbob]

You really got the laughs Colbert ! Thanks .

[@eurykah9011]

I think an income tax on billionaires while leaving out millionaires to a degree may be the a REALLY smart move. And if they think this will disuade corporate investment, they’re VERY OUT OF TOUCH. Business investment has too high an ROI usually to have people move completely away from it and onto just real estate. These ppl are stupid

[@kenbrown2808]

no, they just know their "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" followers are stupid.