New Rule: Middle Class Squeeze | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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In his first New Rule of the season, Bill bemoans the state of America's shrinking middle class.
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[@ajohndaeal-asad6731]

“People are so caught up in todays problems, we never have time for tomorrow’s”- Bill Maher

[@xempire103]

big oof

[@rostamr4096]

That was some heavy stuff man...

[@MrJonsonville5]

"One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings" - Diogenes

[@ShayanGivehchian]

It's true but it's always been the case. Never in history have we been well off enough to concentrate on the future.

[@ShayanGivehchian]

@showlogicprod no but sustainable development and similar topics are all fairly new topics in the past 50 years. Before that there was barely enough food to feed the world in the day let alone the future.

[@josebalcazar3415]

"That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin

[@HugoStiglitz1942]

As a European, I always thought the American Dream is to murder a home invader :D

[@billcarson8920]

HugoStiglitz1942 you aren't half as witty as you think you are. That was easy. Try harder lightweight

[@gregnubody3871]

@@HugoStiglitz1942 ha! -an american

[@gregnubody3871]

@@billcarson8920 you didn't even try...

[@MsZephyra]

@@billcarson8920 I'm American and I thought that was pretty funny. Can you do better??

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

This was one of the best closing segments on Real Time in ages. 100% truth right there.

[@JonnyTainment]

"It's not middle-class when your retirement plan is a lotto ticket."

[@kolkena]

Poor people are the most likely to spend money on lotto tickets.

[@lvega5606]

I've stopped buying lotto tickets because it's too disappointing when I dont win, which of course is going to be every time.

[@NewMessage]

Rationing insulin... in a world where the only food you can afford is laced with corn syrup.

[@Jestroo]

New Message perfect

[@jordanloux3883]

America is turning into a Russian drama.

[@bcpr9812]

​@@gainpro, _they're_ childish? For what... _not_ giving in to extortion? Trump is _exactly_ the sort of tantrum-throwing tyrant the system was designed to keep out, only the electoral college lost sight of what their job is. It's no one's fault for not giving in to this bully's obstinate demands and giving him money for an ecologically devastating boondoggle which ignores _actual_ border stats and which people would only find 21st century ways to circumvent.🙄

[@Armando_Brown32]

gainpro $5 billion would pay for the entire wall? Try more like $25-70 billion.

[@zeelfarshmek111]

@@gainpro actually you dimwit the wall costs over 100 billion $. The 5 he is asking for isnt for the wall its so he can brag that he is "keeping his promise" to build the wall.Not to mention maintaining the wall would cost yearly 5+ billion $

[@MemeticMutant]

"Vulture Capitalism" Goddamn.

[@HugoStiglitz1942]

Is just Capitalism

[@roni6215]

Capitalist kakistocracy at its best !

[@geofflau4215]

@C caymer I don't fully disagree with all of your points, but I do have a few issues to raise. Political systems nowadays have basically turned into some form of a mixture of a plutocracy x kleptocracy x kakistocracy x theocracy --> autocracy. Unless that primary function changes, policy changes are thin bandages whilst ignoring a gaping wound. The women's movement was absolutely about the status and place of women in social society. As non-women, I will not be commenting on, or in placement of, women extensively. My only opinion here is this: that both women and men should have the freedom to choose whether they want to be part of the major workforce, or as a primary caretaker for the family, both of which are noble choices that can be undertaken by anyone. Wages *have* risen - just not parallel to the rise in the cost of living. They've stagnated, not fallen. Non-traditional families have existed since time immemorial. It used to be that families, on average, comprised of 5 children or so because parents would regularly lose 2 to various diseases. Single mothers and fathers, surrogates, etc. have all been present. This generation is more cognizant of social injustices because of a heightened awareness of what others suffer through, particularly systemic inequalities, thanks to increased connectivity. Political correctness is an offshoot of empathy, a recognition that just because you're not offended by something, doesn't mean others won't, and that it is part of our social responsibility to try and accommodate others. Now, we can debate on where the line is drawn, what situations do we take it too far, etc. But the solution is *not* to throw the baby out with the bathwater and just run our mouths off. Political incorrectness is *not* the "opposite" of political correctness; it's just a callous disregard for the feelings, and experiences, of others. Immigrants are not the issue. The vast majority of illegal immigrants are Canadians (us) who have overstayed their visas, and the ones I'm assuming you're disparaging are working jobs that localized Americans aren't taking - generally some form of farm work, small labour services. The problem is that you have a system that prioritizes the rich amassing wealth be plucking it from the working class - to summarize Maher's point: to keep the working class so worried about going through the day that they can't think about tomorrow. Until that's solved, we won't get anywhere. My last point involves assumptions to a certain degree, so I apologize in advance for any misconceived notions. I assume, from your comment, and your profile picture, that you are a male African-American born in the US. This makes your follow up comment, "We also need to ban all new immigrants so we can take care of our own people first", rather jarring. Maybe go up a few branches in your family tree, and you'll get why.

[@LG123ABC]

@C caymer So you enjoyed the double-digit inflation and interest rates of the 1970's? Hmmm.....

[@TheUsername217]

Yeah that term stuck with me for some reason

[@viadia3186]

2:39 The Airline bit is hilarious. "First Class, Business Class, Premium Economy, Economy and Fuck You!"🤣

[@williambullock4077]

One of the main things attributed to the decline of the Middle Class is the stagnant salaries. As a Videographer, I am making roughly the same income I was making 20 years ago, while cost of living keeps on going up and up.

[@zero1fifty8]

I think that's a big part of it

[@mohamadalsahmarani9965]

Get a real job

[@thebuzzinc2757]

Part of the reason is mass immigration from poorer countries into big cities.

[@jaywest3734]

Bill Maher is worth $100 million pretending he cares about you.

[@curiositypiqued6573]

@@mohamadalsahmarani9965 fuck u

[@jsveterans6949]

Truer words have never been spoken... The most depressing thing is half the country has decided to root for a team instead of a future... If only people realized this rise in anger towards the opposing side is by the design of the super-rich to ensure that it never turns to them..

[@RuthmarieHicks]

That's exactly what they are doing. They have also corrupted both political parties. So heads, they win. Tails, you lose. It doesn't matter which party is in power. Everything is rigged to the 1%.

[@ryankenyon5010]

This is the only show and resulting forums that really see the big picture. Thank you.

[@psinformer1]

The best way to distract/manipulate the masses, is to give them an enemy to hate, and that hatred will breed fear, and that fear will be used to rationalize injustice and corruption

[@ggert23]

@@austinha11 very true

[@nikkigee9747]

@@psinformer1well said 👍 it's sad that soooo many people dont see what's happening right in front of our eyes!!! I pray we can save our democracy before this scoundrel obliterates it!!! 😬

[@PaulHo]

No wall until every pothole is filled, if we want to talk about infrastructure.

[@SantaBarbaraBiking]

Paul Ho So true. For a strong tree you need strong roots. If I was president I would start out with fixing the roads and replacing rotting pipes. Politicians never see the most important fixes for now and the future. 👍

[@herbalursa3524]

I'm pretty sure there was a Hey Arnold episode about that.

[@LRF49]

Most of it can be addressed by your state. Complain to them first.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

@@LRF49 Bullshit, states don't have those kinds of funds. We're talking about a shitload of money needed in every state.

[@bradhaines3142]

@@BigBadJerryRogers it depends entirely on what the road is who fixes it, city roads have to be fixed by the city, interstate by the feds and so on. they could cut the politicans pay to pay for a lot of it im sure

[@dragonsoldier1829]

"Vulture Capitalism" Yep that sums it up. Too much big corporate money in Washington.

[@amyspring3891]

Actually, too much Washington.

[@nephrenqayin254]

"Middle Class is disappearing faster than R.Kelly's Facebook friends." Damn......That was the best quote I've ever heard today.

[@weswahlig5908]

And what's scary its true as Fuck!

[@darryk4154]

"When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end" - Aristotle

[@bdub1863]

Darryk It’s all just a little bit of history repeating........

[@alexarvanitis4331]

I’m so glad someone brought this up! Aristotle criticizes markets because of the damage they do to the social fabric of a society.

[@jalderink]

Aristotle? The ancient Greek philosopher? I seriously doubt the term, middle class, had been established in 300 BC.

[@BasePuma4007]

This was clear to people 2000 years ago, arguably not so much today.

[@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy]

@C caymer Just stop spamming this. You can never end immigration.

[@wrightflyer7855]

So true Bill, so true. I grew up in the '50s in what was definitely a different world. My family could afford to take vacations, buy a house and get the roof fixed, go to the movies, go out for dinner, have two cars and afford the gas for both, save money for my college education, buy dog food, drive twenty miles to the best grocery store, pay me an allowance for all the extra chores I did, take our pets to the Vet and pay for airline tickets so we could visit relatives halfway across the country. We weren't rich by any means, just middle class (several of my classmates weren't, which really disturbed me and does to this day. I gave them money to buy lunches or whatever else when needed). We sometimes tend to look at the past through rose colored glasses, but this was REAL. We could afford to LIVE.

[@Zorichai]

Wright Flyer You were one of the lucky few who had a very privileged upbringing. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But what was middle class to you is rich to someone from the South Bronx who could only dream of having the luxurious you described. Or can only ever wish to provide to their kids what your parents provided to you. Even in those days. It may have seemed normal to you since that’s how you grew up and most of your peers are probably more less in the same situation but for a lot of people you would be considered very, very fortunate.

[@MsZephyra]

@@Zorichai My grandparents worked for the post office (definitely middle class, not rich) in Detroit between the 50s and 70s, then retiring. Despite being black and the social segregation and disadvantages (refer to the movie "Green Book") that that entailed, they were able to provide all of those things for my dad and uncle. My dad did get a paper route as a teenager, but just for extra spending money and to buy his own car. The point is that average wages kept up with cost of living.

[@wrightflyer7855]

@@Zorichai, You bet I was fortunate--and I knew it. You'll note that I had less fortunate friends and helped them whenever I could. My late father was an Army officer, so during my younger childhood I associated with my peer group of other Army Officer Brats. But also during my childhood I lived in Europe, Asia and several places in the States including the Deep South, the Midwest and the Rust Belt. I knew people who lived in dilapidated mobile homes in the middle of nowhere, without electricity or running water. One of my childhood friends collected newspapers from trash cans so his family could use them for insulation. Another friend's family was so poor that they stacked hay bales against the side of their house to help keep them warm. My father's father deserted his family during the Depression so when my ten-year-old dad discovered he had a natural talent for billiards he earned table time and some lessons by cleaning the billiard parlor and guarding it at night. He had a plan, and became seriously good, winning a considerable amount of money (for those times) and giving literally every penny to his mother to help keep them afloat. My mother's family was so poor that when her father could occasionally afford it he'd bring a chocolate milkshake home. With five straws. I do appreciate your thoughtful comment, but I have never forgotten my family's roots. BTW, I've seen people living in cardboard boxes in the South Bronx.

[@XEinstein]

I wonder though what the reason was for the middle class in the US having it better in the 50's. Was it due to a better political landscape as Bill seems to imply? I think that perhaps the after-war period might have something to do with it? In the 50's the US was benefitting a LOT from the build up of ruined Europe and other places in the world. So in those days the economy was just really going strong due to world wide investments in the other of billions.

[@geofflau4215]

@@XEinstein I'm hoping a lot of people more knowledgeable in tax laws, economic changes, and socioeconomics can chip in, because I'd like to know to. My two (literal) cents on the issue, however, is the 70-94% marginal tax rate on incomes over the equivalent of of today's 2.5 mil/yr salary (compared to just about 40% today), which meant that the highest earners were contributing a lot more to the distribution of funds, as well as Citizen's United, which basically allowed the mega-rich to use their corporations to funnel enormous funds to special interests, simultaneously "speaking for" thousands of individual employees in the process. Those are two of the domestic factors. Global economics plays a huge role as well, from multi-national conglomerates which deal with multiple governments, as well as a lot of political unrest.

[@PoeLemic]

He speaks so well for myself and my family. We try to get ahead, but just one thing after another, keep almost pushing us out of being Middle Class. I never thought it would be this hard to just keep a car & a roof over my head. Just basics, nothing fancy.

[@beammeon]

That was better than any presidential candidate speech I have heard so far.

[@onixtv4034]

Thank you Bill Maher

[@GARCATCH_]

OnixTV thanks 🅱️eter

[@dannyasokan1161]

Peter Griffin!

[@onixtv4034]

John Olson he sold weed, and if he sold cocaine, everyone was doing that in the 70s come on man

[@herbbluntman2287]

Ronald Wilson Reagan destroyed the American dream for hard working, clock punching, decent Americans. This clip reminds us of the facts.

[@ArtsAlign]

Well, HW ran that administration. And they call him some kind of hero. This was a corporate coup by the transnationalist class (TNC) of bankers and corporations. "The “nation-state" as a fundamental unit of man’s organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state.” ~ Zbigniew Brzezinski, Between Two Ages, 1970 "The Trilateralist Commission is international...(and)...is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control of the political government of the United States. The Trilateralist Commission represents a skillful, coordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centers of power - political, monetary, intellectual, and ecclesiastical." ~ Barry Goldwater, With No Apologies, 1979 Today's economics students are not taught pluralism (different principles of economic theory), economic history, nor do they discuss money, debt or banks! “...If you look at mainstream economics there are three things you will not find in a mainstream economic model - Banks, Debt, and Money. How anybody can think they can analyze capital while leaving out Banks, Debt and Money is a bit to me like an ornithologist trying to work out how a bird flies whilst ignoring that the bird has wings...” ― Steve Keen “Economics students are forced to spend so much time with this complex calculus so that they can go to work on Wall St. that there’s no room in the course curriculum for the history of economic thought. So all they know about Adam Smith is what they hear on CNN news or other mass media that are a travesty of what these people really said and if you don’t read the history of economic thought, you’d think there’s only one way of looking at the world and that’s the way the mass media promote things and it’s a propagandistic, Orwellian way. The whole economic vocabulary is to cover up what’s really happening and to make people think that the economy is getting richer while the reality is they’re getting poorer and only the top is getting richer and they can only get rich as long as the middle class and the working class don’t realize the scam that’s being pulled off on them.” ~ Michael Hudson

[@c.a.t4607]

Yup.. Reagan really put America on track to the 💩 hole country we are today...

[@doloresrogers1213]

I think the point being made here is Regan destroyed the Air Traffic Controllers Union and by extension damaged all unions. It was unionization that lifted the working class into the middle class and without strong unions (thanks to Regan) the middle class has sunk back into the working class.@GBomb Engineering

[@calkelpdiver]

Reagan embraced Trickle Down Economics, and the rest is history as they say. Reagan also did a massive buildup of the military which had repercussions to this day still. The GOP since Nixon has not been on the Middle Classes side. We are in a new Gilded Age where the Robber Barron's and mega corporations have all the money and power.

[@Robert_Westwood]

Yeah, but who voted for Reagan? Many hard-working, clock-punching, "'decent" Americans...

[@snuffysmif9801]

Thank Reagan... It started with Reaganomics and continues with TrumpoNONics!

[@onomatopoeia162003]

and Thatcher from what i hear.

[@jackiesingleton2351]

Actually "Reaganomics" is the exact same set of policies that caused The Great Depression in the 1920s. Back then the Republicans got control and enacted basically everything they wanted. They removed regulations on banks and Wall street while cutting taxes on rich people and corporations. It looked good for a couple of years (spoiler; it always looks good for a couple of years), a lot of rich people made a lot of $$$ during "The Roaring Twenties". It looked good until the unsustainable bubble burst and the whole house of cards came crashing down. We are actually "Lucky" that The Great Depression was as bad as it was because that meant that Americans didn't fall for it again for about half a century, the BEST 50ish years in human history IMO, the New Deal years from 1935-1980. During that time (Strangely the very time many trump supporters say America "was" great) taxes of the wealthiest Americans and corporations were much higher than today, Wall Street and banks were regulated much more, and the vast majority of Americans did WAY better! Millions rose out of poverty, the middle class grew dramatically and became a force in America, all while the economy (This part completely flies in the face of everything the Republicans say and stand for) grew and was STABLE! The government had the funds to do large scale projects like the Interstate Highway System and the Apollo Space Program among others. Reagan basically said "Hey, remember that thing that almost destroyed America last time we tried it... LETS DO THAT AGAIN!" And the Republicans have been repeating his mistake ever since. The last 40 years have been Republican wreaks the economy with "Reaganomics" then a Democrat spends 8 years cleaning up the mess (Actually, credit where credit is due; the first Bush (41) broke with Reagan and raised taxes. Thank God he was man enough, loved his country enough to do the right thing and raise taxes when he did because we were facing a massive economic disaster if he hadn't. It is strange that Republicans LOVE Reagan and poopoo Bush (41) when Bush saved Reagan's legacy by rejecting it!!!) Anyway... I have rambled on way too long, so Have a nice life, or at least try to. And certainly don't prevent others from having one! P

[@onomatopoeia162003]

@@jackiesingleton2351 They don't call Coolidge "silent cal" for a reason. lol Hoover tried, but wasn't enough. (even though he did the Hoover Dam)

[@hectorcapellan420]

YES YES YES reagan started this mess

[@RandolfLycan]

@Ronald Bartkowiak jr it was nowhere near 150 billion and it made a historic peace deal possible. Meanwhile Trump acts like he's done more because he stepped in the dmz.

[@patchesor362]

One of Maher's best!!

[@masterjedi1980]

If we only listened to George Carlin 30 years ago.

[@sensoukami]

Loved George Carlin. He was funny while being angry and speaking truths at the same time

[@ferox965]

Carlin was a prophet.

[@midnighteye2737]

MLK also despised capitalism

[@bobrolander4344]

If only Bill Mahers listened to the *Bernie Or Bust* movement in 2016. No Clinton, no Kamala Harris, no Gillibrand, no Joe Biden, no Beto O'Rourke is going to change a single thing about the status quo. *Bernie Sanders 2020*

[@keydaniels]

Word! Carlin spoke on everything MLKjr spoke on. People dismissed him because he was considered a comedian. Comedians, a true comedian holds a mirror to society while making you laugh.

[@TheHergeea]

Omg the airline industry analogy is BRILLIANT . And I am scared.

[@johns3491]

If that makes you scared, this is exactly what politicians are doing to our rights too. See the systematic elimination of places that perform abortions in several states as an example.

[@gspendlove]

It reminded me of Bob Newhart's old routine from the '50s, "Grace L. Ferguson Airline." The pilot of a shoddy airline gets on the intercom and says to the passengers: "Incidentally, I'm sorry for your having to stand all the way...if you switch arms every half hour while hanging onto those straps, it might be a little easier. Now you people in Coach, you don't have any straps, so don't bother looking for them." Back in the '50s, I'm sure it was outrageous and hilarious to think that that an airline would outfit its planes like a subway car, but I'm sure that now some frequent flyers can unironically imagine a day not too far off when the airlines eliminate seats entirely.

[@2126Eliza]

Just don't have kids and you'll be fine. Not worth it in the US

[@scarpaflow]

Have you watched the movie Snowpiercer? If you have not, you should, its a perfect example of today's society.

[@bardan3999]

its to late to be scared

[@WildwoodClaire1]

Bill nailed it with this one. His description of what "middle-class" used to be is spot on and it is amazing how all that was incrementally stolen, so slowly eroded that much of the "middle-class" wasn't even aware it was happening.

[@tobisonbrown]

Thank you bill! I feel like I’m screaming into a void when I hear “the economy is doing great!”

[@nerobruno]

It's always the Jester, the comedian that effortlessly tells the (uncomfortable) truth. This dude is a heavyweight champ not pulling any punches.

[@joevignolor4u949]

I lost my last good paying job about 15 years ago and have been financially distressed ever since. I couldn't pay my mortgage and other bills and started to accumulate debt. I finally lost my house and my wife left. A lot of people blamed me saying I wasn't working hard enough and I lived beyond my means. I'm not happy this is now happening to a lot of other people but it shows that it wasn't just me.

[@obeythelaw5504]

It was you

[@joevignolor4u949]

@@obeythelaw5504 Remember that when it happens to you.

[@joevignolor4u949]

@@obeythelaw5504 You don't know the whole story either.

[@rollingdudes8859]

Me too!!! I lost my great job 11 years ago, then my savings, then filled bankruptcy and i am still broke today. The Good News is that I can file for bankruptcy this year again!!!!

[@Chim510]

The system is rigged for the rich to get richer the poor to get poorer and the disappearing middle class going into massive debt not to be poor. The rich often inherit their wealth and very few are actually “ self made”, or created their wealth without screwing everyone else over

[@wanabevic]

One of his best I'd say.

[@ONESnTWOS]

Marshawn crackin' me up!

[@timperry6948]

Pass new Glass-Steagall legislation. Get the money out of Wall Street and back into Main Street. This will help the middle class

[@warbird333]

We really do need a new Glass-Steagall. Clinton's repeal of Glass-Steagall is what allowed Bush to push the regulation changes, that allowed the big banks to make fraudulent derivative exchanges, that lead to the housing bubble burst that caused the Great Recession.

[@warbird333]

@Scott Stapp So then, we need a new Glass-Steagall that does cover GSEs, insurance, auditors and ratings agencies, right?

[@warbird333]

@Scott Stapp So it goes back to the real problem, too many people looking the other way or even helping the corporations because they are either paid to do so or benefit personally when they don't enforce regulations. So the solution is electing people who will actually do their jobs which includes selecting/hiring people who actually do their jobs of enforcing regulations that actually protect the people rather than letting corporate America take reckless actions for short-term profits at the cost of long term damage to our economy.

[@KurtisC93]

I've never known a life in which flying on a plane was anything other than a miserable experience.

[@_oceanman]

Love you Bill.

[@Fabian080690]

Look Mr. Bezos here flying on planes and going places.

[@ryankenyon5010]

I'm guessing you're under 40.

[@Wolfboss7]

@byebyerepugs Well shit, hearing that just makes me reluctant to fly, and I can finally understand why everyone keeps saying air travel sucks nowadays.

[@saeedm6671]

@@Wolfboss7 flying sucks ass, i dont fly unless i have to

[@LackeysLack]

"Middle class means that you're poor, but you don't do meth." I don't remember where I heard it, but there's basically two classes of people. Those who work, and those rich enough to not work. Also, damn, look at that old airline footage. You can actually see people's legs without looking perpendicular to the aisle, because there's so much legroom.

[@rocketdogticker]

Great segment. He is correct. I can remember 20 years ago too.

[@lordbeerus3383]

Everything slowly started going to shit after the start of reaganomics.

[@niterockerone]

Bingo... Voodoo Crony Vulture Capitalist has done just what I said they would....

[@baseboy1241]

Money's like manure, want things to grow need to spread it not store it.

[@robertsimon5869]

Yep...and democrats jumped on the reagonomic train.

[@baseboy1241]

@@robertsimon5869 Agree.

[@Smokeless1167]

Right. It was just grand during the Viet Nam War (Johnson's fault), The Oil Crisis (Nixon's watch), or the Energy Crisis/Staggering inflation (Carter). Not to mention the loss of the all the jobs and layoffs over those periods. We know now that you are probably not old enough to post anything or just plain stupid.

[@TheAce232008]

What a great segment..

[@justsaying3729]

Bill, this was an absolutely excellent monologue. We are taxed to death, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. As you said this is the way the Koke brothers like it. But as long the powers to and the people that pay taxes....the rich surely don't.

[@Odrade100]

Taxes are not the problem, the absence of taxes on wealthy people and low salaries for middle class are, the most successful countries on earth are highly taxed.

[@elizabethlebeau866]

Gorki XXX no the taxes were increased on the middle class.

[@fishbone3333]

@@elizabethlebeau866 Gorki's point is that the middle class in other developed countries are taxed more than in the USA, yet they are firmly entrenched as middle class because those countries provide actual benefits with the taxes the populace pays. In the USA, there has been a concerted effort to undermine the efficacy of programs designed to benefit the citizenry such as the New Deal. They intentionally fuck them up, and then say, "See? Government is inefficient. We should let the private sector take over and let the free market work their magical wonders" as the banksters lick their chops at another opportunity to suck us dry.

[@thegrigs777]

Right so let's vote Democrat for even higher taxes!!!

[@dianaschmitt8854]

So glad you mentioned airlines. I have been complaining about that for years!

[@bryan-leeedwards7571]

I missed you Bill! Good to have you back, especially during these times...

[@zzzcozumel]

Vulture Capitalism aka predatory capitalism. The result of deregulation.

[@kevingriener7441]

Vulture capitalism = predatory capitalism = crony capitalism = CAPITALISM In the long run, there is only one way for a capitalist system to end. And that's where we are.

[@deanvere4839]

@@kevingriener7441 Nope. Still better than food lines and waiting for the government to send you your rations.

[@2126Eliza]

Kevin Griener No, it can morph but it will cost people in power their positions

[@kevingriener7441]

Keep telling yourselves that, as our society crumbles to the ground around us. Obscene poverty in the richest nation on Earth. Fascism in Brazil. Ethnonationalism on the rise in Europe and India. And of course, catastrophic climate change coming at us like a bullet train. You baby boomers did a hell of a job fucking up the world. It is kind of entertaining watching you try to justify selling your kids' and grandkids' lives right down the toilet, though.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Capitalism needs to be regulated, not destroyed?

[@diogallardo6505]

i don't care who is in office we are always a pay check away from being homeless

[@yerout7168]

True but that being said i hope you don't believe that trump is fit to be the president. Imagine if Obama behaved at all like Donald Trump

[@sabbracadabra8367]

That wasn't always true for everyone though, especially in the boom time 50s. And even for a while afterwards. Lots of people would lose their job and spend some time to find a new one that is better, or start their own business that they always dreamed of. You could get away with that when a gallon of gas was 23c and a pound of cheese was 45 cents. Nowadays too many people have such hefty monthly outgoings that with one missed paycheck, their entire life falls apart. And this isn't people flipping burgers, this is the supposed Middle Class.

[@JuICyBLiinGeR]

Vote me in and I’ll bring in a sickle for the dinosaurs :)

[@alexae1367]

#Psychopathicleadership #itdoesn'thavetobethisway

[@DN_13]

5:17 That last quote. Wow! Truth!

[@arlingtonguy54]

Politics today is like professional sports. People pick a team based on where they live, who their family likes or the color of the jersey. It’s time to select leaders based on how it can improve our lives.

[@abcd123906]

arlingtonguy54 Amen! Politics has completely descended into tribalism in this country!

[@antman1672]

Politicians can improve our lives by staying out of it. They can stay out of my wallet, stop trying to give me free goodies, and stop trying to micromanage commerce, and the economy.

[@tylerbrock4068]

Ant Man dude.... just stfu The minute the government abandoned this country is the minute everything falls apart. I know you think you’re billy bad ass and super cool, but you would be welcoming it back with open fucking arms guaranteed. Stop spouting out stupid shit you’ve spent a whole five minutes truly thinking about the repercussions of.

[@AmirGTR]

Left and right are meaningless ideologies. Time to let them go.

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

Not always true. My family picked the red hats / jerseys.

[@Will_kid_cortez]

I can't imagine working with no pay. Insane

[@immersivegamer7640]

Damn... this is shocking. The fact he is talking about the US is mind boggling. This is gonna blow up - not just in the US its gonna blow up everywhere... and rightly so. Good to have you back Bill. We missed you!

[@clydelaz]

When I was growing up my family had one TV, the same one for 20 years. My parents shared a car. There was one phone in the house corded in the hallway. We ate out very rarely and didn't have meat everyday. We were not poor we were middle class. People didn't live like they live now. I'd like to see kids today go back to the frugal lifestyle that we just considered normal.

[@josefranciscodasilvaeolive674]

Amen 👍

[@jimziemer474]

clydelaz Very good point. It is definitely a key problem. Since when did a smartphone become a necessity? I still consider it a luxury. During the pandemic I was amazed to see so many nice cars waiting in line a food banks. I make good money and I’m still driving around an 8 year old car. My cell phone is 4 years old.

[@BellaMusical]

Shouldn't forcing people to work without a paycheck be seen as slavery?!

[@KimM13744]

I'm not an American so the consequences of this shut down are a little confusing to me. Why are they forced to work if they are not getting any money???

[@BellaMusical]

@@KimM13744 Same here. It's insane.

[@2126Eliza]

Kimberley Morton some members of congress even voted not to give them their back pay. It's a war on the people

[@lotoex]

Only if you believe taxation is thief.

[@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy]

They should've all stopped working a long time ago. This is exactly the same thing as slavery. Haha! And they say America is "leader of the free world"... Next time I hear someone saying it in front of me, I'm punching him/her in the throat.

[@jakobboers5067]

3:14 united airlines has First class, business class, and then fight club

[@avmichaels]

"The upper class keeps all of the money & pays none of the taxes, the middle class pays all of the taxes & does all of the work, the poor are there just to scare the shit out of the middle class, keep them showing up at those jobs!" - George Carlin

[@raekesten]

Well said. Thanks for actually saying it

[@markopolo5123]

One of the best of Bill's work in a Loooong time.

[@LeBonkJordan]

2020 slogan: Make America a first-world country again

[@alsmith5147]

IɴSɪmpʟeTermsJordaɴ It is a first world country already, median household income is higher than most other countries in the first world, and median wealth is lower in part because other countries still have massive housing bubbles which have not burst yet.

[@LeBonkJordan]

@@alsmith5147 Median household income is not the most reliable statistic on its own, because cost of living varies greatly. Other statistics need to be taken into account, such as percentage of internet users, intentional homicide rate, infant and maternal mortality rates, percentage of electricity from fossil fuels, contraceptive prevalence rate, export/import ratio, and access to improved drinking water sources and sanitation facilities. While I'm certainly not claiming that the US is a third-world country, I still don't believe that it really fits in with the rest of the first world. I'd call it a second-world country at worst, and like a 1.5th world country (or something) at best

[@gur262]

what? trump is doing that. the republicans are doing that@Boyd

[@tonyt3838]

Is that a fucking joke? The lower middle class in USA have it better than 90% of the world. Get a grip

[@LeBonkJordan]

@@tonyt3838 "While I'm certainly not claiming that the US is a third-world country, I still don't believe that it really fits in with the rest of the first world. I'd call it a second-world country at worst, and like a 1.5th world country (or something) at best" --me, four days ago

[@particles-detector-since]

This single video was the best of them all. - thanks for your public service.

[@chrissharkey1261]

This stuff is absolutely brilliant and honest!

[@susanwilson9241]

Canada isn't much different. My grandfather was an uneducated coal miner in Cape Breton during the Great Depression yet he was able to afford a 2 story house on a nice lot of land, he had a truck, his wife didn't have to work and his 3 children were all educated. Someone with a similar job today couldn't have that. In my father's generation, you could easily put yourself through college with summer jobs. Not anymore. When I first left home I could afford my own bachelor apartment on a minimum wage job. My son has seen the price of housing increase 8 fold in the time he has been alive but wages haven't budged. He has 2 friends who are a married couple and both have full-time minimum wage jobs and they have to have roommates. The rich have never had it better - I wonder why?

[@susanwilson9241]

@Vance Wesley - whenever I have the choice I don't. Local and Mom & Pop all the way!

[@DanafoxyVixen]

@Vance Wesley "If you're angry at the rich then don't use their products or services..." that leaves nothing left to buy. sure you can grow your own food, but everything else the rich have a slice of that pie somewhere along the supply line or potential service

[@WBraxx]

That is the best "New Rule" in a long time. There are so many that are good, but this was just so on point and cuts deep to the truth. Thank you @Real Time with Bill Maher.

[@fredtello]

Thank the Democrats and president Bill Clinton for everything bill just BITCHED about.. Clinton made NAFTA so all our jobs would be shipped out to China and mexico.. this is why things are bad... At least Trump is the first president to confront china on this issue... Trump is trying to bring jobs back from both those places..and he is demanding fair trade...

[@WBraxx]

​@@fredtello you've probably voted for Trump too. But the point where you disqualified yourself from any further discussion, was were you blamed solely the democrats for current state of the middle class. However, I give you some food for your thoughts. The Asians are not occupying any positions the western people would. No person in the west is growing up with the dream of working in a sweatshop or some run down factory. Especially not people like you. There were two ways of dealing with the economic crisis then to give the American people the lifestyle of today: a) export the jobs to countries that would do them for a fraction of the cost in US; b) replace them by automated process. Back then the robots weren't that good. Which only left the first option. That's why US rather kept all the creative and engineering jobs for the future generations and moved the less relevant jobs to Asia. But historically speaking, democrats have to clean up the economical republicans leave behind after having a "war on something" going on. Just for your information, since people like you like painting everything in only two colors: I'm neither Dem nor Rep. They both make the life of their citizen worse. GOP is just a little better in making things worse.

[@sainttodd11]

Bill still never ceases to surprise me, and make me see things with clarity. Excellent peice.

[@LiaMari]

Thank you for doing what you do.

[@ianisbell500]

Love it Bill. We missed you. Keep it real!

[@mama2agn301]

👏👏👏👏👏👏yes Bill!! Nailed it once again, thank you!!!

[@EdGein_]

Excellent stuff. Hit the nail on its head there, Bill!

[@RazorXXTreme]

THIS is why Bernie. THIS is why. THIS is why not Hillary, or Trump, or Kamala Harris, or Kirsten Gillibrand, or ANY Republican. THIS is why we need Bernie Sanders. HE has actually been taking on these issues in a way that will actually work. Not taking corporate donations and then doing their bidding.

[@sanzuriver2959]

Yes, one person as POTUS will change the country.. Oh wait, we live in a Representative Republic where nothing is done by one person. Why do you think Bernie side with Democrats, it's because they are the most like minded people. When you demonize Bernie's potential allies, you are hurting any chances of change. There is one thing that almost all Americans suffer from, it's the savior mentality where one person will somehow solve all the problems. If Trump was a king, he would have already ruined the kingdom, but the system of checks and balances is still working to a degree so the country is still intact. Same with Bernie as President, if he cannot get there without alienating everyone who share his views to some degree, then nothing will change.

[@ElliottsRevenge]

You still want to be lead?

[@full__tilt]

Bill Maher sounds like Jimmy Dore in this segment

[@joryjones6808]

In the US and much of the world we must realize that socialism and capitalism can and must coexist as a complex system.

[@537monster]

Is that fucking nuance?! Get that shit out of here! This is Trumps America bitch! Your on one side or the other!

[@MeanGeneSanDiego]

​@@537monster Go to hell!!

[@537monster]

+MeanGeneSanDiego I hope you know that was sarcasm.

[@saeedm6671]

i live in canada and most ppl here are broke, and look at the french yellow vest protests, this shit is a worldwide problem

[@psinformer1]

Absolutely there is good and bad for each economic system, with both having different motivations. Like socialism encourages laziness more than capitalism, but capitalism encourages greed more than socialism, so a balance between the two worlds would be best.

[@TobleroneCraft]

You laugh, but the Fuck You section of the plane is great. I love watching everyone try and de-board at the same time once we’ve landed. So many impatient fliers 😂

[@oscarmendez-chew8052]

Thank you Bill for illuminating us.

[@robomop9711]

"Reducing the debt, or repairing our infrastructure, or halting climate change requires long-term thinking, which is something you can't do when the wolf is always at the door. 'Bangladesh will underwater in 20 years? I'm underwater TODAY.'"

[@ArtsAlign]

The national debt is private sector surplus. We should only be concerned about PRIVATE debt that has been artificially manufactured by the private bankers who seized control of gov't 40 years ago with the intention to burden the nation in debt as a control mechanism. It's time to cancel it because it never should've happened in the first place. Top heterodox economist Steve Keen says it's time to cancel ALL global private debt that the neoliberals unnecessarily caused these past 40 years by the rogue private banking industry: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXnOnn2tfr6osM0

[@ArtsAlign]

1. PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICITS ARE PRIVATE SECTOR SURPLUSES. A logical extension of this is that public sector deficit reduction = private sector income reduction. Imagine if politicians and policy makers worded it this way. Take, for example, these excerpts from the 2013 State of the Union address (substituted text in italics): Over the last few years, both parties have worked together to reduce private sector income by more than $2.5 trillion -- mostly through spending cuts, but also by raising tax rates on the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. In 2011, Congress passed a law saying that if both parties couldn’t agree on a plan to reach our private sector income reduction goal, about a trillion dollars’ worth of budget cuts would automatically go into effect this year. Let me repeat -- nothing I’m proposing tonight should increase private sector income by a single dime. Now is our best chance for bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform that encourages job creation and helps bring down private sector income. (Applause.) I suspect that none of these statements would have generated a great deal of applause, yet they are every bit as accurate-and more relevant-than the originals. www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2014/02/24/deficit-as-your-surplus/?fbclid=IwAR3eiPVQJcKHS-B-svPbLyzG2heB5xCKzij_puhkuaXdKzHOH8MDpljSBEA#38d4bccb745a

[@nicefellow787]

The thing I LOVE about Bill is how he makes Trumpets heads explode. lol

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Nah. They will think he is talking about Democrats. That is how dumb they are.

[@jointy33]

To have us so caught up in todays problems, that we dont think about tomorrows. Put down you screens and allow yourself to be bored again and get to know yourself again. Otherwise you fall in to a rabbit hole, that glues you to its bottom.

[@sujaysukumar123]

Brilliantly done.

[@kaseycbarnett]

So glad he's back

[@backpacker3421]

What we've seen about Federal workers living paycheck to paycheck is true of the majority of Americans. And he's right on the money. We used to be a country where one middle class paycheck could cover the family expenses and a modest amount of comforts like a family vacation and saving for college and retirement. Now, the first income covers the mortgage and utilities and groceries, and the second income pays for daycare and maybe some savings for college and retirement. If there is any virtuous meaning to MAGA, it should be to reestablish a strong vital working and middle class. If you think the economy is strong now, imagine what it would be like if that 40% of the country that currently can't afford a $400 emergency had a truly livable income on par with the likes of the middle-class's golden age. Housing, tourism, the auto industry, you name it, would have a lot more revenue coming in with a much larger base of consumers able to afford their products.

[@vichraev.5386]

I'm a middle-aged full-time college professor who lives in a one bedroom apartment in Omaha. I have a 6-year-old car, barely any retirement saved, and live paycheck to paycheck. People complain that millennials are entitled...most of my students are millennials, and most of them work more than one job, live with roommates, and worry about the mounting debt they are accruing just to earn a degree to be competitive in the workplace. This is the first generation of Americans since WW2 that not only will not have a better life than their parents, but has a worse one.

[@elliotdelmar5420]

The thing is. Companies are still acquiring tons of revenue because citizens have to use debt to buy their products. What's happening is the regular American has to go into sometimes serious debt to get anything. (College, car, house) and this is really hurting the regular American in the long term.

[@fleetingthoughts2253]

@C caymer ... because Americans deserve to be at the bottom and really want unskilled jobs? When we have Americans who get aged out of the mainstream labor pool and deferred to low skilled work. Some after decades of acquiring education, skills and experience. Some have watched the companies they worked for go to court to get out of paying pensions. Others have become numb to the layoffs. The constant fear that they may not survive the next. Please, for a moment, stop the immigrant rhetoric distraction. There are millions of skilled workers out there who wouldn't want to be downgraded to work the unskilled jobs you are pushing for.

[@michaelwoods9005]

@C caymer my last apartment cost $925 a month. My mortgage payment for a 1300 sq ft 3 bedroom, 2 bath house is $885 a month, and I don't have to listen to my upstairs neighbors fuck.

[@johndillinger8482]

people need to learn how to manage their money,and realize that relying on a government or a corporation for a paycheck doesn't work anymore. Better learn a skill.

[@QuidamByMoonlight]

Brilliant! Well said!

[@jessicaolson490]

Wow comedy show that makes you think deeper about our current situation more than any of the news clips I've been seeing lately... Nice Job.

[@philippeh3904]

I’m like 20 and have $10,000 saved in my bank account and have over $8000 saved for my super(retirement money here in Australia). The fact that most americans don’t have even $1000 saved, or can’t afford a $400 emergency is scary

[@sea_triscuit7980]

What do you do? Just asking for a friend... Haha

[@2005blackpearl]

As a fellow Aussie, our govt doesn’t dick us though. Low cost government loans for education, healthcare and high taxes on the wealthy. Also paid four week vacations and maternity leave. We are what the US conservatives would call a communist country.

[@2126Eliza]

Universal healthcare alone would probably buy Americans that kind of savings

[@kev767]

Make a run Bill, you'd get my vote, brother.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Me too.

[@peterfox6159]

Perfectly put!

[@yishaiwolfe6308]

One of your best Mr. Maher

[@spookydonkey513]

Damn that was good. I like to think of myself as being middle class.. towards the lower end.. and I am one of those people who are devastated by an unforeseen expense or missed payday. It is a horrible way to live not being able to afford healthcare even on my best days. When a car repair comes out of nowhere I’m screwed. Basically even when I can pay the bills I’ve got debt always lurking in the shadows. There won’t be a true middle class much longer.

[@erichaynes7502]

"Destroy Vulture Capitalism!" needs to be our citizens Battle Cry!

[@waggishsagacity7947]

When Bill Maher is funny (always), he's very good; but when Bill is SERIOUS -- about the shutdown & middle class etc. -- he is SUPERB! Bravo, Bill, very, very well done.

[@phantasmicnico7645]

The last minute of this video is so important. Every American should see this

[@Kingzombie35]

Dam looks like we have no choice but to nominate Bernie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@537monster]

I don’t know if Bernie is running, if not we have a fucking host of other candidates to choose from.

[@adamgarcia7192]

537monster none as trustworthy with as good a track record

[@537monster]

+Adam Garcia dude there’s like 20 of them that are probably running. One of them has to be as good or maybe even better. Either way even a decent person will get my vote to get rid of Trump (and/or Pence if Trump gets impeached before 2020)

[@Shuizid]

I like the enthusiasm, but Bernie won't change that. Not because he doesn't want to (I don't know that) but because he can't. Obama tried to give people fking healthcare with the ACA and what happened? The GOP turned it into a mess, blocked everything to fix it and know can't come up with a replacement. And How did this affect their numbers? They had control of all 3 branches of government and after 2 years of Screamy McOrangeface, they still have 2 and 90% approval amongst Republicans. Thinking Bernie can fix that, is a nice hope - but a false hope.

[@BLTspace]

@Matthew Lawton His age is fine... just stop. If he runs that means he is healthy and ready for it, if he wasn't healthy he wouldn't run. Biden is literally one year younger and nobody cares. Trump is also in his 70's and nobody cares. Quit pulling his age out like it effects anything he does. If you look at Bernie and see his age... you are not paying attention. You're thanking him like he's dead gimme a break. He's as active as ever and if he runs there's millions of us ready to vote for him. Still the best candidate by a mile.

[@AndiDuck]

#EATTHERICH

[@Badnone]

And also #SCREWTHERICHFUCKS

[@goisles6728]

We can't eat the rich. Not enough insulin left.

[@robcollette2940]

Too much fat to eat the rich.

[@jeremyfonsecadacosta905]

This guy is great! Happy is back too! Cheers from France Bill Maher!

[@dwr1611]

So glad to hear from Bill again.

[@HeyBOssguy]

This is my problem with conservative economics. They claim to be the most pragmatic but never actually offer any solutions and give you some theories on how the free market will magically fix everything and if it doesn't they lecture you on how you're a lazy piece of shit and the answers is always cutting taxes and deregulation when doing that is clearly part of the problem.

[@zachthomas4150]

How can we call the free market the problem when for decades the American government has tried to regulate the free market? This is decades of crony capitalism. Pretending as a free market while the government restricts your rights, choices, and takes money away from you for their own special interests. A true free market is all privatization and we are FAR from a free market in this country now. And like Bill is saying here, the government has slowly taken away our rights, and our money for decades.

[@declanp1]

It's been like this for a long time. It's getting worse.

[@ArtsAlign]

Only if we remain economically illiterate! They've been lying to us for 40 years on how the economy works. Here's the truth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnTVn2eim9yEgsU

[@ktom5262]

That was great stuff, Bill.

[@rebelyell1983x]

More people are able to fly now than ever before. A generation ago most people NEVER flew in their whole lives. Being poor in the USA now means you have air conditioning and big flat screen TV. (try being poor in the 1930s).

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Poor people have air conditioning? Really? Then why do they open locations during heat waves and extreme cold for the poor who have no protection from either? Flat screens are like $150 nowadays. How obtuse can you be? A generation ago the middle class had unions to protect their jobs. That is what happened. Greed

[@forman208]

You completely missed the point of the segment. Maher isn't even talking about the poor, he's talking about the decline of the middle class, and how they've gone from a comfortable existence with minimal financial strain to literally being unable to miss a single paycheck

[@themadlibrarian2933]

Federal employees have received at most a 10% pay increase over the last decade, along with a steady downgrading of jobs. We had three years of pay freeze under Obama and a 2% pay raise has been considered generous.

[@MsZephyra]

Good to know. Thank you for your service.

[@MrRuffem1983]

Damn can’t believe he said that so true

[@juanlaris8984]

Damn Bill why don't you run for president and that is the truth

[@TheEnsakz]

This is so perfect!!! Respect for you Bill Maher

[@afterburner5560]

Bill and when Bernie came to your show you said "how will u pay for it"

[@jirkazalabak1514]

It´s a fair question to ask, and as long as Bernie is allowed to answer it without being interrupted, Bill had every right to ask that.

[@Zorichai]

Communist Red Demon Horde Taxing the rich won’t do anything. People who say things like that unfortunately don’t really understand how taxes work, when you read about the history of taxes you will understand that the rich will always come out on top. It’s just the way it is

[@MsZephyra]

@@Zorichai It will do a lot - and the rich can still be rich, just without the insane, dangerous divide that we're seeing now. I suggest you look up Thomas Piketty's book, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century".

[@afterburner5560]

Watch the documentary by Robert Reich on Netflix "SAVING CAPITALISM " or read his book on how the wheels came off for the wagon for unbridled wealth inequality

[@christelheadington1136]

@Communist Red Demon Horde -American media is owned by the rich.

[@GiratinaofFury]

Society measures its wealth based on the income of the richest, rather than the income of the poorest. That is how an economy can be booming, but people are broke. These politicians idolise the 50s, but for all the wrong reasons. People want the job security, the subsidised college, the additional disposable income, whereas the politicians want the propaganda, the obedient patriotism, and the segregation. And we know why we even had a middle class to begin with - socialism. The government exerted some degree of control, because it knew that what mattered was the trust of the people, then it was more important to have their submission and the trust of the corporations. Anti-trust laws were scrapped or watered down, meaning corporations suddenly had more political clout, and that meant hiring in politicians who started redefining communism to mean that even the slightest control or regulation was suppressing all our freedoms.

[@itslene]

Socialism is not the government doing stuff, you doofus.

[@shockoe7]

I saw something recently that said the best indicator about how well our economy is doing should not be based on the success of rich people.

[@andrewhoban9800]

subscribed! preach!

[@tbj5854]

Facts, Bill Maher. Facts 💯

[@patrickhull9231]

If you cant miss a paycheck then maybe you are living well above your means. Try a budget. It works.

[@markallen3293]

70% tax on the wealthy...

[@rickyv3042]

Why not? It was 92% under the Republican Eisenhower.

[@LeighMet]

Yeah Jimmy Carter did that didn't quite work

[@stormwatcher59]

@@LeighMet -Carter is a good guy...

[@iller3]

**MARGINAL* tax.... ie: eveything over XxMillion dollars is taxed @ 70%

[@markallen3293]

70% for a every dollar made over $10,000,00.00. That should leave a person to live comfortably. And that is per year.

[@amandaarchuleta2380]

So glad 😌He’s back 😀

[@danielkruger4426]

So very true I lived it and I saw it turn into exactly what you said from exactly what you described it was. The truth