Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime - August 21, 2015 (HBO)

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[@PassDaMethod]

As an independent that shares viewpoints on both sides of the isle; I have to give it to Charles Cooke for responding in a manner that was both respectful and measured. I wish more people of his level of intelligence were serving on the Conservative side of the legislative process. The dude ain't wrong here; most policy doesn't coalesce until the force behind it has cemented itself in a position of power.

[@brenardshakey1135]

PassDaMethod thats the difference ... you can have civil discourse and go away feeling smarter by understanding the other side a little bit more. Even if you still disagree... show me one fox news show where this exists. And Bill Maher is accused of being a radical. No fox news show has that many counter weights and treats their views with respect and open ears like he does. It's a difference in outlook overall.

[@PassDaMethod]

***** I agree wholeheartedly with your point; I believe that rational public discourse is the best catalyst for decisions that support the ultimate common good. Disagreeing with someone is not a bad thing; in fact, it's historically been the best way to lay everything out on the table and come to some sort of compromise and understanding. I am disappointed that these days people would rather fight over ideological differences than try and work together to overcome them. It seems this age is one of fruitless opposition instead of constructive dialogue. I'm holding out in the hopes that this changes in the near future.

[@PassDaMethod]

***** I agree, Fox News and their ilk are generally toxic and close minded, but I would also state that so are the main-stream "liberal" news outlets; Huffington Post and MSNBC for example. They are just two sides of the same coin; touting their ideologies without any regard for actual facts. Horseshoe theory seems to be a reality these days at least in the mainstream media; both the right and left are willfully ignorant to reality and instead choose to peddle the narratives that serve their cause regardless of if the stories they are spinning are legitimate. I am a fan of Bill's comedy and have been faithful to all of his shows over the years because of it, but I can't help see certain biased viewpoints he holds, and glaring blind-spots he commands because it fits his image and serves his career. I think this is the case with all public punditry; human beings sadly are usually willing to overlook their own factual inadequacies in order to service their own personal success. I'd rather just lay it all out on the table and work it out like adults, no matter how uncomfortable that may be.

[@MattSingh1]

PassDaMethod Civility is overrated. Disruption, debate, argument and disagreement are the only way change, progress and evolution can occur. If everyone were to agree, we may as well do away with politics. Drop consensus, and adopt the dialectic.

[@PassDaMethod]

Matthew Singh-Dosanjh "Civility is overrated." Only if you're not intelligent and mature enough to disagree with someone while still keeping an open dialogue. "Disruption, debate, argument and disagreement are the only way change, progress and evolution can occur. " You're agreeing with me while kneecapping practicality and realistic expectations. Nobody listens to anyone who is a raving, angry, inconsiderate lunatic. " If everyone were to agree, we may as well do away with politics." Once again, you're in agreement with my core sentiments yet you're undermining your own message by being obtuse. "Drop consensus, and adopt the dialectic." This is nonsensical and frankly sounds like you're just using buzzwords to make yourself sound educated on the topic. Dialectic breeds consensus by definition. I think you're a bit out of your league here.

[@Gunner6000WarZ]

"Vote for me, I'm a black woman!"..... Really?.. That's all it takes?....

[@Gunner6000WarZ]

Beautiful Unicorn Religion =/= Race. She's probably Christian considering her country of origin. Easy way to test the absurdity of quasi-racist/sexist statements is to substitute the word black with white, and the word woman with man.

[@EmmittBrownBTTF1]

Scott walker's "get sick - die quickly" plan is a real winner, right? I mean, who would not vote for that? :P

[@DandyDon1]

EmmittBrownBTTF1 Just like Marco Rubio's plan, higher premiums, less government involvement, and/or drop care for certain groups of people all together.

[@donfryedontlie]

EmmittBrownBTTF1 the national debt is at 18 TRILLION dollars. no matter whos "plan" people like or dont like, we cant afford any of it but fuck it, its too late now anyway

[@DandyDon1]

don FRYE If our government didn't insist on starting so many wars to make profit for government contractors so they can in turn fill the pockets of these greedy politicians it would be quite different.

[@donfryedontlie]

the debt was at 8 trillion when bush left thanks to his shitty "wars". in less than 2 terms we have added 10 more trillion and over 2/3 of govt spending during that time frame hasnt been on defense, its been on entitlements. both parties are mentally retarded and it wont be long before modern rome (America) eventually fails

[@EmmittBrownBTTF1]

don FRYE Red hearing, Debt would shirink if local enterprise was protected from import and free trade. US should relearn to make finished goods. not get cheap imports. In just enough sectors to break even.

[@EricaShady10171972]

Damn! She slammed dunk his ass!! "And they're in charge. So, don't tell me that is there somewhere... They have not put it forward! "

[@carlfernandes4849]

For someone that loves to talk about climate change, it seems like Bill barely even knows that Bernie Sanders is running for president. It's always about Hillary. Maybe he should ask Bernie to join the panel at some point.

[@crazytrain111]

Bernie is still getting smoked in the polls by hiliary... Bill just expects her to be the nominee.

[@associatedstress6453]

+Denny Kaleal uh no he is not.

[@justindutton8707]

Cooke is smarter, and more thoughtful, than all the other panelists combined. Would have loved to hear him speak for at least 4-5 minutes

[@drmorqWarrenProject]

I have never seen anyone be so wrong in such a short period of time, like this Charles Cooke... Then again, he sounds British and hes young... guess hes already had his fair share of free healthcare and like all those who can already afford it, they dont want anyone else to get it.

[@tylergodspeed82]

Free healthcare doesn’t exist

[@KategariYami]

Wow: this Charles guy, for a Conservative he seems... Smart.

[@robertwalden-chastain6005]

***** You are mistaking accent with intelligence.

[@gawzz]

+Kategari Yami (Ran Xie) That is because he is "...Smart."

[@KategariYami]

Again: for a Conservative he seems... Intelligent. *seems* *for a conservative*

[@crazytrain111]

That Charles guy is a total fucking idiot.. Hes been on the show a dozen times and almost every time he makes a fool of himself.. He always makes conservativ points just for the sake of making them.

[@gawzz]

Yes, because Charles didn't make a single valid point in that entire show. Well done, Denny. Denny Kaleal

[@samuelevans7575]

When someone in politics says "I'm an African American Woman" I just assume that they are a white guy in a costume lol

[@ambers123100]

Honestly, I don't think Bill gives a shit about Bernie but look how he used inequality quotes (sharing economy video) from Hillary but not the person who has been talking about that for a long time, Bernie and warren. He virtually ignores Bernie. He has Claire as a guest who attacked Bernie Senders.

[@lisaloi458]

I love this programm but sometimes it is very hard for me to understand all they say because my English is not so good. Is it possible to have English subtitles ? Thank you

[@alisondiaz1026]

Sometimes it does.

[@gc3k]

I just wanted to mention-- if any employee sworn to properly handle classified material was found with Top Secret material on an unclass server, the office would be shut down and all security clearances would be suspended, pending a full investigation of unauthorized disclosure. At minimum. If it was found that classified information was mishandled and/or transmitted on unclass channels, usually everyone involved would have their clearances revoked, and they'd never again be allowed tm handle classified material for life. Jail time is a possibility. When they were dismissing Hillary's "email scandal" as Zippergate 2.0, Charles Cooke was the only person on the show who said anything accurate-- anyone else in the intelligence business would have been hung out to dry by now. Ed Snowden would agree (except his case was in the name of a moral cause, not negligence).

[@deepriver4389]

Yes, there are meds in the retirement homes, especially when residents move into assisted living.

[@letsomethingshine]

"Excuse me miss, the Republican Presidential Candidates put out plans" Wow what a "smart Conservative" ... Buddy, the lady said she didn't see a plan in Congress, but the Congress Republicans always talk about something along the lines of "repeal now replace with who knows what who knows when".

[@nathantankus]

Families shouldn't have to give elderly a purpose to live. what about elderly people without families? If we had jobs programs we could employ people to go to retirement homes and pick retired people's brains about their careers and facilitate skill transfer to the young from the old. we could also make travelling to places like schools, colleges etc where they can talk about their experiences. You could also create special jobs programs for the elderly that wouldn't count as income for social security purposes. these jobs would be designed around the elderly's skill set or just what the elderly wanted to do/learn. What more of a purpose do elderly need than teaching a younger generation and being provided the resources to learn what they want to learn?

[@eagleson1307]

Only an American politician can say that she called China,South Korea and India because only Americans can call a whole country by phone.Why didn't she say who she spoke too there?

[@crazytrain111]

Is this really that hard for you to understand and figure out? You dont think someone in her position of power can get a hold of someone important in each of those countries to ask a few questions? lol smh... Id be surprised if you where anything but a republican... You lack very simple common sense, and you are freaking out over nothing lol.

[@eagleson1307]

Denny Kaleal I am not even American and yes i understand that she can call someone in position in those countries and she probably called the embassies of those countries not the heads of states of China,India and Japan.She is just pretending to be a big shot on a world level when in reality nobody outside the US knows her.

[@joshuafranco1570]

Charles Cook seemed like a more well thought out conservative. I am not a fan of much of what he said but I do think if the right is ever going to become sane again, they may need to start with him as an example. Steve Schmidt and Lawrence Wilkerson are other decent examples.

[@LRF49]

+joshua franco How about the left becoming sane? What has the left done that is sane in your view? The left wants to raise the minimum wage to $15, yet ignore the people who make $18 before minimum wage. Those peoples wages will be less valuable. The left is doing all this to benefit a minority of people while the majority of people have to suffer and pay the price via cost of living increases and less valuable wages that are just above $15. Also, Charles Cooke pointed out, Obamacare deductibles are expensive and most can't even pay for it if an emergency arises, yet the left celebrates this and pats itself on the back for essentially championing a healthcare system that was invented by the 'insane' republican party. It thought the left is not suppose to support anything the 'insane' right does?

[@crazytrain111]

The guy is an idiot.. Hes been on the show a dozen times or so and usually he says a ton of extremely dumb weird Conservative bullshit.. Bill always ends up laughing at him while he spews his utter nonsense.

[@gibson390]

The conservative panelist Charles Cooke was unbelievably polite and intelligent. I don't agree with probably 90% of his politics but kudos for giving the conservative side the voice of someone who is actually intelligent, listens and is respectful of all sides. This is why Maher is the greatest of them all. Even Stewart who I love deeply.

[@DirtPoorWargamer]

I need to get this off my chest because it irks me every time I encounter it: women and minorities, if you really want for us to not see gender or race in an election, quit saying "I'm a woman and/or minority," when asked what the difference between you and your opponent is. It frames the election in a way that says "if you don't vote for me, you're a racist and/or mysogynist," which is a completely false dichotomy. You actually raise my defenses against you when you do this, because it seems like you're trying to guilt me into voting for you instead of giving an actual reason for me to.

[@LibertyDownUnder]

Common sense (AKA Charles Cooke in this video) = 1 Cheap, populist slogans, cheered on by an ignorant crowd = 10+

[@KidMillions]

They should invite Jeremy Rifkin to counter Bill's views about the sharing economy, he's not seeing the whole picture.

[@pinkfloydfan8]

FEELTHEBERN!!

[@margueritehudsell4454]

Social Security. I am a Disabled American. I'd be lost without it. It's the expensive squeaky wheel, I understand that, but please Think. Please think of the repercussions. What would we do without it? Think of the massive displacement of citizens. Our nation on the whole would Suffer. Cut Something Else.

[@daverichards9331]

I like how Marc Maron looks just like Marc Maron 'cuz sometimes he looks like Marc Maron way too much. You are the "new" funny Marc Maron. You should leave town, come back, then leave again and then like, come back again. Because when you're on HBO sometimes I have to watch you with my hands over my face because I can't believe the things that come out of your face. You funny guy.

[@mannymmv]

An English "Scholar" trying to tell America whose the best candidate for President...That's like Josh Duggar trying to tell America what a swell guy he is...

[@artisanwest9730]

One major problem with Social security and Medicare is that women live too long and pay little into the funds. They are starting to pay a bit more by working at jobs but they don't pay according to their usage of these benefits. Not like life insurance where women don't complain that they pay less. Why would Donna Edwards want to expand these?

[@voss134]

Rubio and walkers plan is verrrry similar to the ACA if not worse honestly. why? because the ACA is the republican version of healthcare. Nixon proposed a plan very similar to the ACA and Bob dole and newt Gingrich supported it, the heritage foundation wrote policy papers about it as well. the left wing version would be single payer or a public option.

[@philippedesaulniers]

I love Bill Maher, but all of these guys mostly dismissed what Charles Cooke had to say. It's going to be quite difficult for a liberal show to understand what's happening on the right when they don't listen to what conservatives like Cooke have to say.

[@alanramirez472]

“Im an African America women running” You just lost my vote. Brothers and sisters, let’s keep identity politics at bay

[@veedeeome]

carbon tax doesn't work because supply and demand. carbon tax would reduce supply but is not gonna reduce demand meaning that carbon is gonna keep happening while products gets more expensive. get a better plan please!

[@justgivemethetruth]

The Brit accented guy is a total liar. ObamaCare is RomneyCare from Massachusetts.

[@mookieoftheshire]

I find it disappointing that Donna Edwards cited being black and a woman before anything substantive about why she should be elected. What a shame that anyone thinks either of those things is relevant.

[@itchyscratchy1870]

quotidian.... ya know what it means but not how to spell it??? Ya got know, I spelled that wound to make a point, street cred!!!

[@RottingintheMidwest]

conservatives tend to have plan for health care because they tend to have a problem with the flaws in the united states health care system. they might offer suggestions of deregulation or tort reform (which is the opposite of deregulation), but both are for the benefits the health care industry and not the people in need of health care.

[@Durakken]

What distinguishes you from other canidates? "I'm black. I'm a woman. I'll Increase benefit spending." Well I would vote on content of a person's character, not race or sex, so why are you saying that shit? And the content you presented is nothing original nor has it been benficial, so nothing distinguishes you.

[@countchocula2169]

That classy motherfucker. "With respect you may need better blood hounds " is fucking awesome

[@EHCBunny4real]

Dan claims Okinawans live longer because they consume less meat BUT that's a lie. The quantity of pork consumption per person a year in Okinawa is larger than that of the Japanese national average. For example, the quantity of pork consumption per person a year in Okinawa in 1979 was 7.9 kg (17 lb) which exceeded by about 50% that of the Japanese national average.

[@EHCBunny4real]

Do you think when your mother calls you a JACKASS she thinks you are a mule?

[@TEScharf]

Too bad you ended before pointing out the difference between promising to create something new that had never existed and insisting on the repeal of something that exists without a detailed plan of what will replace that thing.

[@laceypelham7535]

so 4 years later what do you have to say now about repeal and REPLACE. they've had control of it all for the past 4 years

[@frankieurban9004]

The entire episode was laced with falsehoods and propaganda again.

[@damionjackson1743]

I agree with Claire mccaskil but I did not like the way she trashed bernie sanders to defend Hillary clinton

[@BeornBorg]

The Daily Show is gone, and RT seems to be putting in less research effort (or becoming more ignorant). I keep seeing RT missing background information. Did they lose staff? Are they spending less on fact checkers or research?

[@34672rr]

Beorn Borg RT has always been Russian propaganda with liberal politics to lure people in to anti-american sentiments.

[@BeornBorg]

wiremessiah I should have spelled out Real Time, I wasn't referring to Rusia Today.

[@34672rr]

Beorn Borg I was talking about Real Time. Maher is just one of Putin's media puppets.

[@kingda117]

wiremessiah "Maher is just one of Putin's media puppets." Whose sphincter did you just drop from? You conspiracists are bat-shit crazy if you believe Maher is homophobic and lauds Putin's expansionist dreams like some in the GOP. GTFOH

[@34672rr]

kingda117 I meant John Maher, who works for RT.

[@dnate697]

He is not the only one who told this BIG lie! WTF is Charles Cooke now? Still lying LOL!

[@DanHowardMtl]

Here's a link to the interview with Obama www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_613_-_president_barack_obama

[@cyninbend]

What BS from the National Review guy...deflect to "Obama had no plan when he took office...." That is the equivalent of saying no one should have any specific legislation on taxes because the 1st leader to implement an income tax had no specific legislation on it when he took office. Or excusing those who want to expand national parks and environmental regs for public lands legislation from having any specifics today because Teddy Roosevelt had no specifics on national park or environmental legislation when he took office. You don't need to tell us any specifics on what those changes to social security you are running on are--after all, FDR had no specifics on what he'd do to create social security when he was first elected! Bullshit. Now there are very detailed systems in place. You know damn well what changes you would make. You know you would lose votes if anyone knew what they were as well. So hide them, Don't even propose them any more. Just vaguely point in their direction. Then mislead each group you speak to into thinking YOUR changes are THEIR changes! The new politics: Hide, Lie, Mislead, Conceal and Fabricate. It's a Republican campaign guidebook.

[@weldin]

I thought Charles was Alan Ruck (Cameron, Ferris Bueller's Day Off) for a second.

[@MichaelLoydMoZ]

#‎NightSpace‬ | Overtime with Bill Maher | ‪#‎HBO‬

[@TheMaggieDress1]

Can we just get a set of rules down..that are clear instead of bullshit politics

[@Herv3]

I'm confused why a republican would ever go on this show.

[@ytubeanon]

Anyone ever noticed that Bill Maher is technically mistaken when he calls himself an atheist? He's actually an agnostic, cuz his big thing (including Religulous) is saying he doesn't know if God exists. An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings. An agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about God or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine. I would be an agnostic myself, but I don't agree that it's impossible to know anything about God, cuz that would be presuming to know something.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

ytubeanon Gnosticism is a state of knowledge. Theism is the belief in a deity. Maher is an 'agnostic atheist' just as most atheists are. He has stated openly that he cannot prove it, but he actively believes there are zero gods. Atheists don't believe god claims, but they also cannot prove a negative so they are also unknowing if that's absolutely true. The difference between what a person knows or believes in indistinguishable from a 3rd part however, so it's a moot point. Thus that is why atheists call themselves on such. "Agnostics" are also agnostic atheists that don't want to piss off the extra religious that have been brainwashed into believing 'atheism is a poison'. Rightfully so, it is a "poison" to the church's tithing...

[@crazytrain111]

Woah woah woah... Bill maher has said that hes basically positive god doesnt exist.. But it would be ignorant for him to say FOR SURE that he doesnt.. Sciecne cant prove god doesnt exist, just like it cant actually prove santa clause doesnt exist... Proving something doesnt exist is impossible, because you never know what could actually be out there... He doesnt believe in god.. Hes just not ingorant enough to say GOD DOESNT EXIST FOR SURE!

[@aprilrawls5162]

Why is that lady making it about race? I do not vote based on gender or race.

[@itchyscratchy1870]

talking about the Keating 5... you got to be from crAZy, Arizona ' s new state motto under governor, or should that be CEO Doug Dupsey...

[@ffsf739]

Charles Cooke is, probably, the best conservative guest to ever be a part of Real Time. I don't agree with most of his views, but his reasoning is very coherent. The point he was trying to make about the Hillary e-mail scandall seemed valid to me. So did his interpretation of the conversation between Hillary and the representatives of Black Lives Matter. Too bad he didn't get much time to develop his thoughts.

[@crazytrain111]

You obviously are a new viewer.. That guy has been on the show a dozen times and always says the DUMBEST shit and Bill just ends up laughing at him and shaking his head., that guy is a fucking idiot.. He toned his bullshit down this episode..

[@ffsf739]

I'm not a new viewer at all. Been watching RT for years and always thought Cooke was a good guest. Of course, he is a conservative. Therefore, I agree that a lot of dumb shit is defended by him. However, he's not like Ann Coulter or a bunch of other lunatics who appear on the show from time to time. When he speaks, you can see that he's done his homework.

[@tgshark1]

What separates you from your competition? The first words out of her mouth is about her being black and about her being a woman, does this mean we should vote for you because of those two things? This is babble.

[@crazytrain111]

Plenty of people wont vote for her specifically because shes black and a woman... Funny how you dont bitch about that... Only care when its the other way around. Weird how that works.

[@Jason-gy2ux]

I disagree a bit with his final bit on the sharing economy, Uber has introduced some competition to a lot of cities that essentially have a taxi monopoly, and airbnb has introduced competition to hotels in certain cities with ludicrous rates.

[@paradajzjesadje]

this was one of the weakest panels ever. nice people but not interesting guests

[@margueritehudsell4454]

My PTSD and Anxiety Disorder are long and detailed. If SSA were to negate my benefits, I'm a dead woman.

[@wonderwoman714]

Maher looked sad when the guy talked about a sit down with Obama in his garage. Maher can't even get him on his show which is so uncool

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

CONGRATS BILL! Your show's are getting worse and these people are not even C list quality.

[@crazytrain111]

Didnt he have 2 senators and a republican strategist on this panel? He had bernie sanders on not long ago.. I think you need to relax lol

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Like I said, NOBODY'S! Miss Donna was elected for her color, not her mind...OMG, bitch has a deer in the headlights look. Also, a senator like her, for the Democratic side said it was okay essentially what the two uneducated ...for lack of a better word....black girls did to Bernie Frank. Really? Wow, what a great tribute to a man who has done so much for civil rights. Also Black lives are in danger most Bill? Guess you are not too big in the teepee's of Native American's and barrio's. AGAIN he had on nobody's, This is a WEEKLY show, maybe he can get away with people like this on a daily show, not weekly. Sorry, I am not a political junkie and therefore I do not get wet over lobbyists. Sorry, Sally Jessy doesn't get me off either. I WANNA BE A ELECTED......

[@JoePiervincentiWorld]

I never hear a Republican offering something positive, they're always tearing down the opposition

[@Templedelagloire]

Lol the first thing she mentions is that she's a black woman

[@chriswarlock6904]

Crickets for real on issue of replacement for Obamacare

[@AndiDuck]

GOP healthcare plan ... Marry a Canadian

[@jeremyscott465]

ThE DuCk No it's not. They've presented plans. Google them.

[@AndiDuck]

Jeremy Scott Hahahaha .. Why don't you tell us what Plan the GOP has ever had to replace the ACA . after their 50 plus attempts to repeal it at a waste of millions of tax payer dollars .. LOSERS ... You can't because there are none .. nice try tho . Jed Lewison catches House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) delivering a line today he probably wishes he could take back. " This to us is something that we’re not going to give up on, because we’re not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people.” ---- Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) Reps ARE IDIOTS .. so are the idiots who keep defending them and voting for them .

[@AndiDuck]

Jeremy Scott Those aren't plans . Walker is a fucking criminal who has destroyed his state .,. You wouldn't want any plan Walker comes up with ... You're an idiot . Even the worst of the worst on the SCOTUS had a no confidence vote on the GOP coming up with any healthcare plan at all .. that's why they didn't over turn the ACA .. that was a bridge too far for even the Right wing justices.

[@avedic]

+ThE DuCk Man...you show up everywhere. You are fucking awesome. Keep ducking people up... :)

[@AndiDuck]

avedic Thanks for being a fan :)

[@chestypants78]

Bill Maher could not have been more courteous to conservative Charles Cooke. He [Maher] did our side proud. Although Cooke displays decent intelligence, I could see myself in almost complete disagreement with his views. It certainly makes a change from the usual bought and paid for/ low intelligence conservatives we usually get to see. Having said that, I'm not sure if Cooke's mannerisms and calm behaviour make him slightly more sinister. To put it more clearly, you know where you stand with Trump, Cheney, Bush, Palin et al.

[@jmitterii2]

chestypants78 It's his accent. He was wrong about the democrats being in control during most of Bush's reign. Bush enjoyed GOP controlled house and senate January 2005 to January 2007 for 2 years. You're not accustom to some right wing idiots with pleasant sounding accents. But I've listened to the mental cases like Lord Monckton with his posh Westminster accent. What comes out of their mouth is polished turds. But turds none the less.

[@chestypants78]

+jmitterii2 "Polished turds." I'll have to remember that.

[@barryfriedman4975]

+jmitterii2 How is he a mental case?

[@annlanders978]

Bill - Medicare or Social Security does not pay for people to be in "nursing homes". Where did you get that idea?

[@hawhite2000]

+ann landers Both are leveraged with Medicaid to care for those in nursing homes.

[@dreamcoyote]

hawhite2000 it doesn't work that way though.. SS+medicare doesn't cover all the costs of nursing homes. it will cover the majority of it only for a couple of months and then they start cutting the benefits down. now.. after you've burned through all your savings, 401k, sold the house, etc then they will provide more but.. saying they are leveraged to care for those in nursing homes suggests it covers there them there when it doesn't. it's not nothing but it's not a fully functional system either. the best thing you can do? divest yourself of all assets and savings >5 years before you need to go into a home. the fact that you have to "cheat" (although those are still legal things to do) to make it work out means it's not a very good design/implementation.

[@jmitterii2]

dreamcoyote What usually happens in our state if the person or family can't pay, is that they become wards of the state. All social security benefits and most assets are liquidated to the state. The state takes the tab usually via special provisions paid for by both the state, but mostly by the federal government assistance appropriations. But most people are wise, if they can't pay for nursing homes, assets are changed from being under ownership of the parent who needs nursing home care, to a relative ownership; this prevents the forced liquidation of assets. And such things have to happen quickly. If the person has mental problems such as dementia or alzheimer's its the first thing you want to have done while they can still sign over titles to homes and vehicles, and not be in condition where the state can challenge the parent's ability to make such decisions. Essentially, you want to have this done before the person becomes ward of the state. Otherwise the state makes all choices for the parent.

[@gustavozaragosa]

So you were wrong Charles about 2016.

[@JohnnyUtah13]

Dan Buettner sounds like Michael Scott...yes the character

[@tetemusica9904]

"Come on Dan" LMAO it was funny in the main episode how Dan said the Japanese word ms Bill said something like, "tell us what that it!..and you make it look like I'm the dumbass" lmao so good.

[@Psicokass]

Japanese words?! It was spanish. He was talking about Costa Rica's public health care system

[@jdt2003]

No libertarian on the set...again

[@frost1947]

To belabor the obvious, when laws are fair and blind to bias the color of people is of no consequence. Given this reality of equitable laws applied across the board to everyone fairly and accurately should not the electorate match the demographic of the elected as to race, with a hope of eliminating same?

[@Lordpoison67]

HOW THE HELL dose 'I'm a black woman' count as a qualification? ideas matter identities don't

[@andyt2k]

+Lordpoison67 perspective, when it comes to policies that will screw over black women and you have 0 black women on the senate for two decades then there's not going to be anyone to defend them

[@rafazaprzaniec9922]

+Lordpoison67 everything counts as qualification for politics these days, exept being straight, white or male.

[@crazytrain111]

They asked her how she was a different person than her oppenent.. Im guessing her oppenent is typical old white guy... Her points where extremely relevant.

[@1337asader]

i can defiantly see that there has been smarter people on the show in the past rather then today

[@TheMaggieDress1]

Why are legislation so complicated

[@javarithms]

Bill you forgot Beverly Hills we (Persians) own that too!!

[@natrone23]

What the hell is the Sheriff of Nottingham doing on Bill Maher.

[@frost1947]

Wish I could get an answer as to Iran getting the right to do their own inspecting, if this is any part of this "deal" it is flawed beyond the reasonable...

[@brandowag3]

Well that dummy was dead wrong.

[@StandWithIsraelForever]

Charles the only one who came with facts to the show and not his ideas

[@lindat5784]

when most parents are put into homes, most of them suffer from loneliness because most visit them once a month, every 3 months or don't visit them at all. what we need is more benefits to help them stay home

[@LRenee86]

I agree. We need to invest in the home health care industry and start paying these workers in home health a livable wage.

[@lindat5784]

Playfulpanthress absolutly wonderful idea. and why not train shelter dogs as companion pets for the homes to aid the elderly, disabled senior or child with whatever they need freeing up aides to do other duties ? wow, too bad we aren't rich Playfulpantress...we have really good ideas together.

[@alexvaldovinos88]

Vote for Bernie Sanders!

[@rickymidnite4819]

I wish HBO had their own streaming service to stream all their shows. id subscribe to that and netflix.

[@Dathadorne]

They do

[@errolmitchell5961]

This aged well, now there’s HBOmax streaming service 5 years later 😃.

[@frankiemiller5364]

Damn lady!!! Her blood hounds are on point!

[@gingerfish7980]

❤️charles c. w. cooke

[@ugp301]

Good thing Donna lost

[@TklistNet1]

Get government out of the health care insurance business as much as possible. Limit them to limited regulations and financial support for health insurance to those who need it. Obamacare, Medicaid, Medicare and VA hospitals should be phased out. People under these programs and those who are financially below the poverty level should be given a yearly amount that they could use to purchase health insurance. Keep the federal regulation stating that insurance companies have to cover pre-existing conditions as long as the person had previous insurance. Allow people to purchase insurance from any state. Deregulate state health insurance markets. Unhinge medical insurance from employers in the tax code. Getting government out and increasing competition in this way will lower health care insurance costs. It cuts the bureaucracy costs, cuts the fraud costs and improves competition and quality of care.

[@redlightmax]

TKList "Obamacare, Medicaid, Medicare and VA hospitals should be phased out." You sound like the Koch brothers.

[@dreamcoyote]

TKList insurance companies were already bolting through the loopholes on coverage for pre-existing conditions. they would just drop you and you would have to pay COBRA until you found another policy. few people can afford COBRA and the new policy just triples your rates due to the pre-existing conditions (which they will treat but you cant afford the insurance anyway). the insurance system worked to a degree until insurance companies were allowed to leverage more money on the stock market. they became greedy at that point because by keeping *your* money in the stock market rather than paying out for your medical needs, they made much higher profits. there were subtle rule changes for insurance investment in the late 1990's that fubar'd the system. that's when you saw insurance companies create their death panels and start holding off on approving procedures until people died. interstate competition would be good but.. the whole corporate system is tainted at this point and deregulating them won't fix it. there are definitely issues with state regs. in the end I don't think your solutions would wind up with a better system than the ACA has. it would be different, but still would have insanely high rates, tons of bureaucracy (who has worked in a company and not seen tons of bureaucracy? that's a myth!), and lots of people would still fail to get health care.

[@TklistNet1]

redlightmax I sound like someone who understands "government run" means lower quality for consumers than "privately run."

[@dreamcoyote]

TKList myth. corporations are inherently bloated. this corporations are efficient crap is told mostly by executives who want more money for their stocks. they also produce cheap products and services, not quality. keep banging that drum though.. people who have never actually worked in a corporation will believe it.

[@TklistNet1]

dreamcoyote Take a trip to Venezuela and Cuba.

[@sessahme]

That Charles guy was pretty cool.

[@gap949]

Who's the limey ?

[@frostleafsilver1051]

2:40 "Hey look at me I'm black"

[@Roedygr]

not "quotidian" -- "quotidien"

[@brandonallen4456]

+Roedy Green Bill Maher spelled the word correctly.

[@BlackhartFilms]

Re-Upload?

[@redlightmax]

***** First they stream it live, then they upload the finished video.

[@OkItsOurTube]

Donna was really terrible in this episode; I felt like she gave such a poor performance. I couldn't even finish it; I just got tired of hearing her speak. You have to do better than saying 'Vote for me because I'm a black woman running for Senate.'