Progressive Host Sam Seder Reveals Patrick Bet David's Scams

[@patrickmitchell4134]

PBD is a straight up grifter.

[@joshoowa]

Love that people calling him BPD 😂

[@Bodybeautiful]

I've been saying that for years

[@samweirich5973]

Of course he is, but so is Sam Seder.

[@sup8857]

And he's so damn dopey

[@TheAbsoluteSir]

Idk if he's a grifter. I think he just has an awful worldview.

[@Raven-si7bm]

BPD is clearly a sleazy used car salesman.

[@Mermayydman]

Still not on Cedars level.

[@Raven-si7bm]

@ lol what

[@plutotech]

@@Mermayydman bot alert..

[@Mermayydman]

@@plutotech you either don't watch much of Cedar or you are cognitively dissonant on another level.

[@plutotech]

@@Mermayydman bro. wth is "Cedar" a tree?

[@jimmyb267]

Too many people in this country like PBD equate wealth with intelligence.

[@luysteraar]

IQ does predict income

[@gilbertgaines672]

Because the American public has been conditioned to think hoarding money is intelligent

[@RationalMinded]

People swore up and down that Elon musk was some kind of genius, right up until his dirty laundry with Twitter has been made public.

[@EmperorXaozx]

And conflated with character selectively.

[@randyfuentes4201]

Patrick David is a fear mongering republicanT hack. Iranian immigrant

[@schakkar]

If PBD’s parents raised him right he wouldn’t have made most of his wealth scamming people with an MLM.

[@johnnybeefum]

he believes people who lose money in mlm don't deserve to have it in the first place. in other words, they deserve to be scammed.

[@sinnombre5466]

@@johnnybeefumso he’s a Honorary Joo?

[@chibuezeonwunaka8098]

You said this perfectly! His PHP scam of a company!

[@johnnybeefum]

@@chibuezeonwunaka8098 What is php? partial hospitalization? Bet David was involved in an MLM scheme, wasn't he?

[@HeiOnLife]

PBD is a snob and condescending.

[@Elena-rt9yu]

And a trumped aside from being an immigrant

[@williamerdman4888]

@@Elena-rt9yu He a LEGAL immigrant, dude.

[@StandinOnBuniss]

Yeah and sounds very entitled judging people who need social security. Hes multi millionaire and should be happy he benefited from this country and let the less fortunate have their basic needs met. I'm canadian and we never ear people like that, we have a much better social safety net and barely anyone is complaining about it.

[@joshoowa]

@@williamerdman4888key word there isn’t legal. He should have sympathy for immigrants, but instead he pulls up the ladder behind himself claiming “I got mine” and going around making up fake versions of virtue so he can try to sleep at night.

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

​@@williamerdman4888yea...and keeps crapping on his roots

[@MrAceRazor]

Bet David accounts wealth as righteousness.

[@luysteraar]

@@MrAceRazor I guess so, the right to ownership is protected

[@backyardbullies9105]

I’ve been paying into social security for decades so why should I feel guilty about using a benefit that I’ve been paying for?

[@joekeusch5995]

Should not feel guilty at all, but you would have been a lot better off if you would have been able to invest it yourself.

[@stevelovescars]

@@joekeusch5995possibly, no guarantee. And with 70% of Americans living “paycheck to paycheck,” many wouldn’t have been able to invest at all. I’d say it’s good not to have millions more homeless senior citizens in our country.

[@anthonygallegos3269]

​@@joekeusch5995the whole system is rigged.

[@russellward4624]

​@@joekeusch5995based on what are you claiming that?

[@erikeiffler4297]

@@joekeusch5995most people are not .. most people are clueless.. this is why this system serves better for the population! Think MACRO not MICRO

[@Themoomabides]

PBD is the most unchristian man who claims to be Christian in the far right movement

[@charleswilson4526]

Ohhh that’s a tough race my friend. There’s a LOT of those

[@VikingSummer]

He’s israeli owned and operated.

[@Bidwellz9]

Hes not Christian....that means trusting Jesus, he trusts himself.....so not Christian at all

[@Detonator007]

His bible is CLEARLY usd $$ 💵

[@jeffbell9391]

Paddy says that he is a Christian but he the type of guy that when they pass the plate around on Sunday he would put a twenty in and he would look for change.

[@Jose-sq6ne]

I am sick and tired of Reaganomics!

[@lincolnjames848]

PBD ran a pyramid scheme. Another weasel talking about boot straps.

[@troywarren1075]

Compare your ideas of pyramid scheme to what social security is. Think it through.

[@lincolnjames848]

@ don’t need to. Look up A Williams Life Insurance from the 1990’s. Same model. Same bullshit. Williams became a multi multi millionaire “twisting” policies in a pyramid scheme. Social Security is a ridiculously false equivalency.

[@lincolnjames848]

@ go research A Williams Insurance from the 90’s. I don’t have the time to educate you on this. It’s a pyramid scheme, and he’s a bullshitter extraordinaire.

[@tacitvrn]

⁠@@troywarren1075that is so deep man. You sure go them there 😂

[@Salazatl]

​@@troywarren1075I don't think you understand what a pyramid scheme is

[@josuerivera3322]

Entitlement? we pay for it! Tax cuts are entitlements!!!

[@stephenshuman1]

Wrong! Tax increases are entitlements. You’re taking away from the productive to give to the unproductive

[@brendanmassie9586]

Also, you aren’t paying for it. Your grand kids are paying for it. If you don’t balance the budget you are effectively charging a flat tax on everyone’s savings by defecit spending to pay for it.

[@HeplMeh]

It's our money to begin with that we pay in. We are ENTITLED to it because it's ours. PERIOD! A entitlement is basically a right. We have a right to our own money the Government told us it was saving for us to be returned in our later years for our retirement. We have no rights to a Tax Cut, that is absurd. The only way you could argue that a tax cut is an entitlement is via semantics. Being that tax policy is signed into law or a contract, that technically makes it a right, although most would argue that our real "Rights," are things that can not ever be revoked or changed, if it is, it was never a right to begin with, it was a simply a temporary privilege.

[@brendanmassie9586]

@@HeplMeh math doesn’t care about what you think you have a right to. The reality is the government confiscated your money and put it in a program headed for bankruptcy. Unless we drastically slash government spending, social security won’t exist in the future.

[@MrAgarza49]

You really think you are entitled to other people's money huh? Thank fucking God your side fucking lost.

[@Why_So_Serious_279]

1. People will get old 2. People are not all on the same level of financial intelligence 3. NOT EVERYONE WILL BE RICH 4. Taking care of people once they've gotten older is NOT a cost-analysis exercise, it's the MORALLY RIGHT thing to do 5. When you understand these 4 above, you understand why Social Security benefits are ESSENTIAL to taking care of people

[@darinmckee2320]

💯

[@darinmckee2320]

You need to get the DNC back on track with messaging.... They could use you, hell we all could.

[@hamsterox9216]

Remember, insurance companies are an honest business and have a great reputation with the public. Surely this guy who made his millions from selling insurance to people is a trust worthy guy with everyone's best interest at heart.

[@dspecter1187]

He wasn't even selling insurance he was selling memberships to his insurance MLM where you pay a bunch of fees to "join" and then are encouraged to go out ans recruit as many people as possible to join and pay the startup fees and everyone above you gets a cut from the people you sucker into recruiting. It is a textbook pyramid style MLM same as amway and all that other bull.

[@opaca512]

PBD is a conman.

[@arkitecwashere]

Litterally, he made the majority of his money through scams and cons

[@christopherm202dcfinest2]

@@arkitecwasheresome type of insurance pyramid scheme.

[@ktp0913]

@@christopherm202dcfinest2that’s why this is the greatest country in the world! You can be a con artist and get away with it!

[@christopherm202dcfinest2]

@@ktp0913 🤣🤣🤣

[@josenieves7514]

PBD seems to think he can do no wrong. Everyone else is lazy & not smart. He is "Mr.Perfect"...

[@JoshuaHawkins-d4h]

As a conservative I do believe we need a healthy balance of social programs. Some need to be cut as well as the pentagon budget. Patrick praises capitalism, but you need a poor class for it to work

[@fabiansandoval6132]

Bingo

[@aecnqewimnazxclwdxl]

Sure, people on Social Security are just the people who were all raised wrong. And this guy (PBD) has a huge online following? Jesus help us.

[@Raydensheraj]

Gutting public education and undermining teachers and science has turned the citizens into a Idiocracy.

[@adamgoldstein8322]

Conservatives have to realize not 99% of people will not be rich in this country and need these government programs just because we have the opportunity in America does not mean it turns in to overwhelming success

[@brendanmassie9586]

Progressives need to realize that if you make an entire population dependent on social services that are headed for bankruptcy, you will cause a massive social collapse once the bubble is popped. It’s unsustainable and both parties just deficit spend to delay the inevitable on the next generation.

[@joeposteraros]

You're right, not everyone will be wealthy. But, outside of physical disability, working, improving and not getting arrested will result in you being stable, and likely middle class.

[@joekeusch5995]

Nobody is guaranteed overwhelming success.

[@Iloveswedes]

Cons out in society are some of the biggest welfare queens in these rural areas.

[@ashitaka.kodama]

On PBD not wanting his kids to rely on welfare: It's like saying, well if I teach my kids to be perfect drivers, then there is no need for them to ever use seat belts. And if everyone else teaches their children to drive perfectly like how I teach my own, then seat belts will become obsolete. He is making one ideal about himself and presuming that it is the same for everyone else. His argument lacks depth and foresight. His argument makes sense for him and only him. PBD uses a lot of logical fallacies in attempts to make his points and his audiences lack the literacy and critical thinking skills to see the grift.

[@fabiansandoval6132]

Hi audience is not intelligent what so ever. They're just average IQ and that just does not cut it anymore.

[@grrargghh]

Having healthcare be affordable so you don't die, totally comparable to a pizza party. 🙃

[@TheSandwichMonster]

You can't have it both ways unless you're over-producing doctors who will compete for LESS money. Which is highly unlikely for a doctor.

[@Acanthophis]

​@@TheSandwichMonsterUnless you go to almost any other first world nation.

[@banjobel]

PBD will hold that view until something catastrophic affects him or his family and will suddenly have a change of heart.

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

PBD is a literal salesperson for the GOP

[@StandinOnBuniss]

American millionaires sound so entitled and act superior. In Canada if you ever acted like that you would immidiatly be called out and our social safety net is much superior. They have a very selfish way of thinking, people do not chose to be on social security

[@Authoratah]

PBD is not in the insurance business.... it's a scam MLM

[@youngishturnip1boone904]

Sam is right on this one.

[@puravidadew7031]

Rich people can be so full of shit. He thinks he can help society by somehow creating a way for everybody to become rich enough not to need these programs. Yet he is the one who is paying people minimum wage in order to make himself richer.

[@radonspace2098]

I'm doing well as the CEO. I think the minimum wage is great. With my expertise, I can create more minimum wage jobs. I do think hangars for parking my private jet are too expensive.

[@mrcheeseheadb8380]

“Entitlement programs” the audacity of these ppl

[@drdellaman]

I paid a lot into my Social Security "entitlement" for many years. Now I am receiving it and living overseas. Because I am not living in America, I can't access the Medicare I paid into for all of my working life. I can live with that, but don't touch my Social Security.

[@notlookinforahug]

Apparently you were not raised right 😂

[@AristophanesNow]

PBD’s success all results from a multilevel marketing scam.

[@YesHelloNoBye]

“That doesn’t sound sick to you”. That statement , the way you said it, made me subscribe. Wish more people felt this way about our current system of unfettered capitalism

[@michaelkaiser8599]

Sam's right! PBD and his puppets are owned

[@journeyman378]

Iv had enough of people that just got here thinking they have the right to tell us who were born here and whose grandparents were born here, telling us what we are owed from our government.

[@TheVuduYuDu]

Especially considering the $$$ we’ve put into it!

[@journeyman378]

@TheVuduYuDu we put in our parents and their parents and grandparents!

[@TheVuduYuDu]

@@journeyman378 exactly!

[@fayeb.5855]

They’re NOT entitled programs. We paid for the programs via FICA deductions.

[@cobracommander9138]

I pitched in for the pizza but now I'm entitled if I want my slice.

[@sark4786]

everyone doesn't pay the same, and most that use it don't pay at all. You are not asking for the slice of pie you paid for, you paid for a slice but are asking for 2 pies, a soda, breadsticks and chicken wings, and then crying that "I pitched in, i deserve it".

[@cobracommander9138]

@@sark4786 I paid a lot! I have been working and paying taxes since I was 16. Back when the SS use to mail out how much money you made every year mine went all the way back to when I was 16.

[@mcleananderson4948]

PDB literally judges everything by popularity. Followers, streams, etc

[@smoovechi1]

Bet Davis is thee most ignorant person with a podcast.

[@ProgressivePerspective1138]

😂😂😂

[@ase2060]

He's not ignorant, he's cruel. Big difference.

[@notlookinforahug]

Not lack of knowledge… he just does not care

[@Laninafresa1245]

@@ProgressivePerspective1138don’t laugh, life will humble you.

[@derekgarcia7408]

Patrick bet David is ridiculous raise my kids right they won’t need it 😮

[@malgron]

I think its interesting the tone he used when he called them entitlements.. As a wealthy person he is still entitled to subsidized gas prices, subsidized food prices, protections on food productions, education subsidies, road and infra structures subsidies, but you would hear him use that same tone to refer to his use of these entitlements.

[@luysteraar]

@@malgron If we don’t take subsidies but our competitors do, then we put ourselves in a competitive disadvantage and we have a higher risk of losing our business. It would be better if they were not available to anyone and we didn’t have to pay taxes that fuel those subsidies. The government involvement isn’t capitalism, that’s corrupt capitalism.

[@malgron]

@@luysteraar sadly if these program didn't exist most seniors would not survive retirement, but I guess it would their fault for not being able to figure out how to become wealthy working their whole lives?

[@botchedoperations3485]

​@@malgronthe PBD delusion is that very thing. Solution: become wealthy, if you failed to do so in your life time then it's your fault. Doesnt take to account maybe underdeveloped regions, the pay and just making enough to make it every month.

[@luysteraar]

@@malgron a retirement program is not a subsidy

[@robertdixon1518]

​@@luysteraarso your argument is to get rid of these "entitlement programs" ... Do you realize that SSI was put into place to help the common people, but because rich people refuse to pay their fair share, so they convince the lower people that these things are bad so they don't have to pay their fair share... You are genuinely arguing on behalf of the people that have created this short fall.

[@jackryan1809]

Although Patrick Bet-David has been successful in his niche, his perspective on politics appears limited. For instance, Social Security not only helps cover living costs for individuals beyond the traditional working age of 65-70, but it also plays a crucial role in sustaining the broader economy. A significant portion of the economy relies on the spending driven by these retirement benefits, contributing to its overall stability.

[@sydguitar99]

BPD can't fathom that a country does not in any way function like a company. All his analogies don't make any sense

[@mariog7213]

Every man for himself means that people will look to do things out of desperation- not a good thing for society

[@Jamesxavier-v4x]

PBD is the Joe Rogan of people who have IQ’s above 60 but below 80! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Why_So_Serious_279]

To clarify this and make things simple, Patrick Bet-David's philosophy on Life is it's a "Zero-Sum Game". To him, you're either rich or you're worthless. He only sees you as whether you're an asset or a cost... he doesn't see you for your non-tangible contributions to society, to Humanity, to your loved ones and those who you care about. He only sees you in dollars and cents and how much it's going to cost HIM for your existence.

[@jg1238]

Pat is trying to tell people who worked for decades and paid into a system that they don’t deserve it. GTFO!

[@patrickstreetet3085]

Sam is the best

[@kenvaughn1536]

This guy sucks. He overcomplicates everything

[@patrickstreetet3085]

@kenvaughn1536 You're talking about PBD. Not understanding how the world works right?

[@kenvaughn1536]

@patrickstreetet3085 leave it to the "intelectuals " to over analyze everything and solve absolutely nothing. Yes that's exactly what I meant.

[@patrickstreetet3085]

@kenvaughn1536 Yes you sound so smart using intellectuals as an insult. I think you're just self-conscious for being not very smart

[@danielschmidt1353]

I agree with Sam 100%

[@sark4786]

lol shocker

[@anders7728]

Eventually I got up to around 90-95% by the end

[@themikesdeadshow]

We have public and private healthcare in Ontario. I can unequivocally state that public healthcare is more efficient, and it targets your needs rather than recommending a bunch of stuff you don't need to pad a bottom line. Completely unethical.

[@cobracommander9138]

I use to be a big fan of Pat and Valuetainment. I was watching Valuetainment before he hit 100k subs. Until I found out he made his money scamming people. Pat particularly targeted newly arrived immigrants and Latinas.

[@Dont_Gnaw_on_the_Kitty_1]

PBD is a classic right wing fixed viewpoint. Tell him anything outside his fixations and it just doesn't compute for him and gets ignored. These are dangerous people to have broadcasting their fuzzy logic.

[@broshawnjackson154]

So him being a immigrant he never used any programs? Like public schools, health care, hell even food stamps. He just came here rich. Smh

[@matthewivresse3706]

In this context the “If I raise my kids right” is very condescending.

[@adva501]

That’s the last time they will have Sam in their show .

[@quarantainment293]

If im paying out of my check for a service that im going yo use later in my life, why isn't that an investment? If employers are paying, why isn't that considered part of the Employer compensation package?

[@jashuasmith9361]

Because itd justified as a capitalist, narrative and defeat his giving free stuff away welfare hand out narrative. Things work out the way where he gets more, that’s when it’s true capitalism. Make me an investment for a big return from her money. No that’s not capitalism. He sees his method of BS in where he wins out more than you, is just another form of capitalism. The conversation in good faith at all. Guys like him would be for a social policy when they have no money, but the minute they become rich is when they are against those policies. And wants a ladder, kick it for others, then become Republicans and our beautiful policies that benefit people who are rich. That’s the game he’s playing. It’s I’ll just a con game. Do and say anything in where I can make more money for myself and do and say anything weird I can make others have less money. Why? Because they are my competition. A socialism for rich bad faith arguing ladder kicker. The only way to get through to a guy like that is for them to feel what you’re going through. That’s how they calculate right or wrong. How things only affect me at the given moment.

[@wokeninja1805]

am I wrong?.....but they take that shit out my check every week if I'm not entitled stop taking it

[@davelombardo1961]

That’s the whole point. Stop taking it.

[@christopherm202dcfinest2]

@@davelombardo1961my biggest paycheck in a week was $2302.44, Medicaid and social security was only $176.14 out of my check. That’s nothing, you wanna keep that so you can buy liquor?

[@Thomasthetruthteller]

if you raise your kid right they shouldn't need social security

[@notlookinforahug]

The most ignorant statement.

[@Thomasthetruthteller]

@notlookinforahug your kids gunna be broke

[@Laninafresa1245]

Never say never

[@sup8857]

You cant be this thick. Need has nothing to do with receiving social security payments. Plenty of older folks who dont NEED their checks get their checks because they're entitled to them.They've paid into the fund their entire working lives.

[@quarantainment293]

Every 5-10 years, the eligibility age for Medicare should be lowerd by one year.

[@thafix2649]

If everyone raised their kids right, we wouldn't even be having the conversation, Pat!! Be realistic, bubby. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@chibs1301]

When social security was implemented the average age of life was 65 yrs old. Now it’s 77.

[@joekeusch5995]

The problem with Seder's argument is that the health care part is independent of what someone pays in. Now, social security is different and proportionate.

[@briank624]

"Entitlement Taxes breaks" every time I mention corps.

[@Dapper_Dean]

PBD is a corporate hack. He'll protect his wealthy status along with his wealthy friends.

[@jameskelley2357]

Our total budget is 1.7 trillion and the pentagon budget is 900 billion 😊

[@dcoleman4444]

SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT ENTITLEMENT. WE PAID FOR THEM.

[@jfunes7851]

This is great when they bring on Sam cause he just exposes how these guys think. lol

[@TationTheMedi]

PBD is a sad ottoman of a man

[@plutarchtheoligarch1657]

PBD is the 8th circle of hell. What a shitty podcast.

[@doubleshottrazorsedgecanti8437]

Sam is right!!! 100%

[@aladine1665]

This direction is normal if you have a system that worship the maximizing of profit no matter what ignoring the most important element in all societies” social justice”. You will see the focus on making rich people happy and the poor they deserve to be poor

[@paulkennethjohnson]

How do people use these ‘entitlements’ to stay out of poverty? Spending! What helps the economy? SPENDING!

[@Jose-sq6ne]

Government is supposed to work for the people!

[@progressivenetwork3584]

Sam Seder is correct

[@pseudobeast4653]

The problem with Patrick’s perspective is that he only thinks about social services in terms of how they affect him. Since he’s doing fine, he doesn’t see why he should have to help anyone else. But social services aren’t just for the vulnerable-they’re about keeping society stable for everyone, including the wealthy. Without them, we’d see mass poverty, higher crime, and crumbling public infrastructure, all of which would drag down the quality of life for everyone. Many Americans aren't able to save for retirement because of low wages, rising costs of living, and lack of access to affordable healthcare. Patrick seems to think he could ignore that chaos, but history shows societies without strong safety nets eventually fall apart-and that impacts everyone, no matter how rich they are. Social services aren’t charity; they’re what keep society running smoothly.

[@westingtyler1]

8:30 and there it is, the core of the conservative/libertarian prosperity gospel mentality: "only the rich are moral."

[@patrickmontie9583]

Their pizza party analogy falls flat because the students paid for it. It wasn't just handed to them.

[@mitch775]

I understand both Seder’s view and PBD’s view. I think they both convey good arguments for and against government intervention in everyday lives. That being said, the government AT THE VERY LEAST needs to set price caps through negotiation if not socialize the entire healthcare system. Healthcare is absolutely out of control solely because of the private sector. That is inarguably the truth.

[@ofb-jq5lc]

Like all greedy capitalists, PBD doesn't want poor people to get government money to help them a bit, HE wants the government money so he can invest it and make more money for himself.

[@ronesterman7248]

SSI is a complete rip off

[@TheGuchster]

"Who would be better at spending money, the government or the earners" Well the government builds like bridges and shit while the ultra wealthy just buy mega yachts and go to diddy parties so pretty sure Im going to say the government on this one.

[@luysteraar]

Yes the wealthy spend their money on themselves like all the other people do

[@phenomenal-xv4ey]

I was in the military for 20 years and have worked as a contractor for the government for the last 10 years. My wife works in civil service for one of the department agencies. The biggest complaint I have is that the government is so inefficient and they do not care about trying to do things better. If there is a problem in the government, there is no incentive to fix or improve the process. We either hire more people (who want to work remotely), throw more money at the problem (which is wasted), or ignore the problem. At least in a business, you can complain about the process and the business has an incentive to improve the situation or else you can go somewhere else. Competition improves customer service and quality, but there are no competitors to the government, so they have no incentive to improve.

[@donshults7772]

It's not the government that's inefficient; it's the morons who so often get elected and then appoint cronies and incompetents to positions to administer these programs. This then triggers a counter position by opposition to stop the administrators from doing their jobs.

[@brianj.4890]

Competition does not fix any of it. It eventually makes everything worse once monopolies are formed. Bad take dude.

[@donshults7772]

@brianj.4890 the reason why competition works is because there are no monopolies when there is competition. The reason competition is eliminated in the USA is because nobody has enforced anti trust and also encouraged mergers of giant companies into behemoths

[@brianj.4890]

@ this is pretty flawed logic. Its theory that doesn’t match reality. Either way, republicans and corporate Dems bought and paid for by moneyed interests stifle any meaningful enforcement of anti trust laws. Capitalism breeds monopolies. Always has.

[@lcsalazar9901]

We send billions upon billions to support Israel's military/government etc... Israel has FREE HEALTHCARE for its people "FREE". Are Police and Fire Services entitlement programs? I used to like PBD

[@BryanWynn-vf2ej]

This is what happens to most who escape the rat race and poverty, they suddenly become myopic, short sighted and selfish and suddenly see themselves as above the peasants.

[@TroyProutyShow]

Rich people shouldn't be getting social security checks. The problem with Medicare is the same as wages. Our wages aren't keeping up and Medicare won't either. Currently we passed a new trend. Our children will be less off. This becomes even a bigger issue, not only surviving today, but retirement if it even exists. The answer is not to privatization. That doesn't work.. at all.

[@realalbertan]

Its far better to have more employees doing well than one owner and a bunch of low paid employees, more money is spread across the economy

[@slambig]

Easy solve. No cap on salary for SS, cap on benefits, and raise capital gains 5% on short and long-term capital gains. You're welcome.

[@the3xcessivegamer]

As long as the government is not fining me for not partaking in the insurance racket I'm good...

[@jaymusic7777777]

I thought the biggest government spending was in defense?

[@shavij7128]

How weird that PBD qualifies the orange guy based on popularity.

[@aqueousone]

We don’t have to speculate. Go back to when the economy boomed and the top marginal tax rate was 90%.

[@abdourjawara022]

He's a sociopath... i believe that's what you want to say. Let the wealthy get wealthier

[@rickyde0255]

The very first question PBD asks is, "where do you get more value, in the private sector in government?" To thinking people it's obviously the private sector. Obviously. Seder dodges the question.

[@the3xcessivegamer]

Additionally, simultaneously supporting an expansive social safety net and mass immigration is illogical

[@Gratefulandoptimistic]

From what I've seen of pbd, there's no logic, and he tends to be one of those Gish gallopers. Because most people lack knowledge and skills of debate, people like pbd get more airtime than they need.

[@michael6700]

PBD is arguing in bad faith.

[@peteshand543]

Like always.. he's a complete slimey shister.

[@westingtyler1]

7:00 here 11:04 and here a tactic of the dishonest by Bet David: we need a word for this: weasel squeezel? "actually sam, claim claim claim claim, but I want to get back to subject X." "I'm responding to what you just said, Sam. BUT ALSO HERE'S A BUNCH MORE SEPARATE CLAIMS BUT let's change the subject real fast instead of you responding to them." Bet David does this a couple times in this video, and it's something I saw Bill O'Reilly do a lot and also Piers Morgan. Like you respond then quickly sneak in a bunch more absurd claims then change the subject. No, let people respond until they are satisfied they've responded, IF you care about getting to truth, that is. in a healthy convo you never make a point then just change the subject, you ALWAYS give them a chance to respond. until you have clarified the actual disagreement and said "okay, so we disagree on how that works fundamentally." then you can more on. if you care about being honest, that is.

[@kevinshamrok]

Are you really “giving away free dime bags” if the people have prepaid for said “dime bags”?

[@DNice73]

Essentially BPD believes in trickle down economics. The problem is most of those in power with money do not grant enough opportunities and funding to those trying to get ahead. They want to maintain the power and money for themselves to keep themselves in that position.

[@stacyunderhill96]

I don't think Sam got to complete a single sentence without being interrupted.

[@Jose-sq6ne]

Capitalism is about satisfying the customer!

[@christopherbuss680]

We pay directly into those programs. It's not like SNAP benefits or other assistance programs were part of our payroll tax goes into funding those programs. We pay a separate specific tax for social security and medicare/medicaid. They are funded by their very own taxes and therefore we are owed these benefits. If I'm going to pay into these programs for the vast majority of my life then I absolutely expect and deserve the very same benefits that my hard work and tax dollars provided to retirees and others that qualified for those benefits. I have listened to the idiotic and irresponsible arguments about privatizing these programs. If that happens, I guarantee that the programs will disappear and however long they manage to last, the benefits will be drastically less and way less responsive to the needs of beneficiaries.

[@Yarghvid]

When PBD talks about the government hurting those creating commerce, it feels like he just wants his columbian snow supply to not get interrupted.