Remy: $20 Trillion Reasons (Lady Gaga Million Reasons Parody)

[@JasonJrake]

“Solar powered abortion machines,” Remy deserves a Grammy.

[@jakegarrett8109]

Well they are suggesting abortions to deal with rising costs of living due to inflation... That might be next.

[@modiabcomedy]

In Remy's first viral video for reason the opening line was "14 trillion in debt" think about that

[@jesseward4115]

We should just start measuring time by how much we are in debt.

[@S3018146]

And time by remy songs...about debt.

[@blu2106]

I don’t look at the dates of Remus videos, I just estimate based on how big the debt is in their references.

[@idiocracy10]

I am old enough to remember when the total budget was 200 billion. Now that is the interest on the debt each year. The reckoning is coming.

[@krishnayogi]

@@idiocracy10 not until they can kill cryptocurrency ... But they can't so yes it's coming

[@watchdealer11]

Johnny Depp for over a month hahahhaha

[@tylermoore397]

*Dear God*

[@FirstnameLastname-zh9hd]

That's so fucking funny 😂

[@MrLTiger]

I like how that's worse than reaching the Sun

[@skidude9800]

And we've now added another $7.5 trillion in the span of 3 years. I hope you're getting ready for a $30 trillion song to commemorate when we hit that soon, Remy.

[@ZachForcier]

33.7 now lmao

[@luke8329]

​@@ZachForcier 35.8 , 28th October '24. She's going parabolic, buckle up. From across the pond.

[@revolutionfrommahbed4246]

“or just Identify as being ‘not that in debt,’” GOLD!!!!! Best line of any parody song in the decade... How are you not wayyyy more popular?!?

[@Halibel764]

Imagine calling your bank and saying "Hello, I won't pay my mortgage again because I identify myself as not being in debt."

[@russoft]

Remy's parodies are always better than the original.

[@CorrectCrusader]

Who’s here after corona and we hit 28 trillion

[@krjohnson29]

He should remake this in a few months when we hit 30 trillion... 🤦

[@leecobb3424]

@Kuil how would it make Trump look bad? Democrats wanted to stuff the Covid bills with unnecessary pork. Congress is to blame, especially the Democratic party

[@Mishkola]

There is no 'after corona', unless you're talking about beer.

[@Mishkola]

@venswim I don't know man, I haven't actually looked into it

[@franciscodanconia4324]

Pretty sure we hit $30 with the last Covid bill. Pro Tip: corner the market on wheelbarrows.

[@AtlasReburdened]

If you owe the bank $100 you have a problem. If you owe the bank $20,000,000,000,000 the bank has a problem.

[@nullnull7089]

Sure, but I'd wager the entities we owe money to *cough, China* are more interested in seeing the US go bankrupt than they are in the money.

[@flakgun153]

guess who owns most of that debt? Other Americans and social security

[@thething168]

Sure... remember the bank is the american working class

[@revolutionfrommahbed4246]

@@flakgun153 gonna side with @Null Null here... CCP *owns* the debt. America and her future generations *owe* the debt... Shutting down the fossil fuel industry in our nation right now is the literal DUMBEST thing JB could pick 🤦🏼‍♀️. An Orangutan in the Oval Office world be doing a better job right now 🙄

[@usmcbf3090]

@@revolutionfrommahbed4246 I think China owns like 13% or 10%

[@SuperAtheist]

"I identity as debt free" it's so crazy it just might work. never mind

[@Pwecko]

That was my favourite line. Heck, if a man can identify as a woman and everyone accepts it, why shouldn't we all be able to identify as debt free? In fact, let's all identify as stinking rich! That would sort out all our problems.

[@AnshuGSharma]

Pwecko Trans women are not men and transphobia won't bring down the deficit or debt. www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-are-some-people-transgender/

[@Mark_Cook]

Pwecko As a 20's something guy, I do identify as a 45 year old man with a net worth of 268.4 million dollars. I can confirm, everyone's a bigot and don't give a shit about me or my predicament. So far no one has been willing to chip in for my reassignment therapy. It's disgusting actually.

[@AnshuGSharma]

Mark perhaps you should read the article linked in my comment?

[@AnshuGSharma]

Nunya Business Go on National Geographic, Scientific American, any such respected science related publication. That may not have been what you were taught but that IS what science says. It's not a matter of you repeating your incorrect belief again and again.

[@2vnews902]

#20Trillion national debt, 75,000 page-long federal tax code, 95,000 pages in the Federal Register; we are doing freedom & liberty wrong.

[@kensmith5694]

At 330 Million people, that is a lot less by proportion than many governments of the past.

[@janehrahan5116]

Not really. It's worse than ever even if you de scale (even if you think more people justices more bloat in a tax code)

[@ragnarragnarson9393]

At least we are recording it, that is a step in the right direction. In some countries, you get SHOT for even mentioning a debt!

[@ragnarragnarson9393]

Here is the quickest way to get that Turkey paid off: Go back to a Free Market Capitalist economy, dismantle ALL regulations that hinder small business and large business. Revoke all business taxes and replace that with a VAT tax. Dismantle the Income Tax and install a sales tax to replace it. Defund the US military, place everyone in "unpaid reserve" status and just rely on the Coast Gaurd and National Gaurd for defense. Get rid of SSI, Medicare and Medicaid and send them back to the States where they belong. Lastly, tie the hands of the Federal Reserve by requiring them to ask permission from the Senate and House to print money and in the long run we 86 the paper/coin currency for something like Bitcoin or Dodgecoin. Also we defund all Universities and require them to be self funding plus we eliminate the Student Loan Program. Hey, if Johnny and Suzie can't afford college, then they get to work Blue Collar jobs until they can find a way to pay for tuition. Also the private sector is going to have to step forward and fund career training schools. That is the key 🔑 without skilled workers, nothing I am proposing will work!

[@2vnews902]

@@ragnarragnarson9393 Better idea: Abolish government.

[@DavidMay-cc1xo]

I had this discussion just the other day with someone without seeing this video or even knowing it existed. I was explaining that in the 70's the National Debt hit $400 Billion and at that point many economic experts and businessmen were saying the debt was unsustainable and the rate the government spends money was out of control. Many people thought that at the rate we were going, the debt could never be paid off. then in 1981 it hit $1 Trillion under Reagan (as much as Republicans love Reagan, he loved spending money). Then in 2008 it hit $10 T. So it took hundreds of years of America being a country to hit $1 T in debt and less than 30 years to add $9 T to it. Then in 2016 we hit $20 T. And now we're almost to $36 T. So if we didn't care when it was $400 B, and we didn't care when it was $1 T, and we didn't care when it was $10 T, what do we care that it's at? What's the difference between $35 T and $350 T? Just print all the money and buy every body in America everything they need. Obviously I know it would destroy the dollar, but it doesn't seem like the government cares. And if our income tax isn't even covering the debt, why charge us income tax at all? Imagine if you had an American Express card and they didn't care how much you spent, you had no credit limit. Why wouldn't you just buy everything you need on the card and not care about the total bill? You're going to die eventually, so what if you don't pay it off? If they're going to let you keep spending with it, buy everything on it. Need food and groceries? Charge it. Want a new car? Charge it. Oh, a house to buy, charge it. Let's buy 5 houses for the family. No, at some point American Express isn't going to let you keep spending and spending.

[@trevormeyer9162]

Ah, I remember when the federal debt was only $20 trillion. Good times

[@sergiodasilva6505]

We can come back and reminisce when the debt was only 31 trillion in a couple of years

[@geauxlsut]

@@sergiodasilva6505 Lol...we're at 35 million now. 1 year later

[@sergiodasilva6505]

@@geauxlsut 😅 I wonder will it be 40 trillion in a years time

[@geauxlsut]

@@sergiodasilva6505 If only. At the rate it's going up I'll guess 55

[@josh6706]

$31.5 Trillion and climbing faster than ever as of now.

[@chrisramsey5017]

$34 trillion on 24 Apr 2024

[@2vnews902]

$20 trillion national debt proves that subsidies, entitlements & safety nets shouldn't be in the hands of the federal government. #20Trillon

[@a.j.deutsch1792]

2VNews, Yep. Really I hate to say it but it will be corrupted anyway. We should just get rid of it. Hate to say it. Or LIMITED amounts of it. Like you get 3 months and 3 months only

[@2vnews902]

A.J. Deutsch Benefits, entitlements & subsidies should be done in states that choose to do them.

[@mhd720]

17 Lady Gaga-loving statists disliked this video

[@frede7410]

time for your safe space child.

[@aussie_anarchist]

Dumb Voter: will Social Security still exist when you fix the deficit? Liar: Yes Honest Person: No

[@kensmith5694]

No, the honest answer can indeed be "yes". It is well within our grasp to start paying down the debt and also pay for social security. It is just a matter of priorities. The economy has been growing steadily since 2009. It could easily withstand a decrease in spending and an increase in taxes without stopping the growth. It could actually be the best thing for the economy because the debt is a cause for uncertainty. Investment hates uncertainty like that.

[@drumyogi9281]

Ken Smith "increase in taxes" uhhh no lol fuck that. Decentrize the state. They are iresponsible and will always be. Lower taxes, lower spending and default on the debt if we can't pay it off.

[@catlover1986]

Imagine you make $100,000 a year, and own a $100,000 home. Essentially, that's the position of the US right now concerning its debt, with comparable debt to wealth generation. Not "being able" to pay off debt, is a scam. We are more than capable, it's just a question of priorities.

[@christopherender8164]

You can still have socialsecuretey. Just cut the military by half (most isn't even needed, we have the lowest chance of a conventional war in centuries) and pay the debt with that. It be paid off in no time.

[@orppranator5230]

Christopher Ender the military is 15% of the budget and entitlement programs (social security, Medicare, Medicaid) make up 66% of the budget.

[@Muonium1]

I now learn of the existence of new shitty pop songs almost invariably through Remy first before I've ever even heard of the real original versions, sparing me of the cancerousness of being exposed to pop trash directly. thank you Remy

[@orppranator5230]

10mintwo actually, lady Gaga’s 100 million reasons was pretty good. She is telling her man that she only needs one good reason for her to stay with him, and she puts a religious tone/couple of words in it.

[@ragnarragnarson9393]

Agreed 👍 it seems a lot of us prefer Mozart and Beethoven and the other great Masters.

[@TReeves80013]

20 trillion, 40 trillion, 80 trillion, they're just numbers. This level of spending can go on forever without any consequence. Just ask any politician. However, this video is just one of 20 trillion reasons to appreciate Remy. Well done, yet again!

[@MatthewByrd]

"without any consequence" You say that until the global reserve currency status is challenged... it'll either come from China or China + Russia + everyone else.

[@lendluke]

Except when no one keeps buying US bonds causing our country to no longer be able to pay for anything since we will be spending all of the tax money on interest.

[@doorran]

just numbers... and the truth is one trillion is too much debt when we know that our debt holders will come calling and with political rhetoric, blame America for every world problem from Ebola to the homeless in Venezuela to gay frogs, then take it out on us by taking everything that can steal in the name of compensation.

[@kensmith5694]

doorran: Since the US runs on a fiat currency, there must be a debt or there is no money. Thus one trillion is quite likely the minimum debt that could be managed. Towards the end of the 1990s, the debt was about 20% of the GDP. In WW2 it was near 100%.

[@lendluke]

Ken Smith, can you please explain why we need debt in order to have fiat money?

[@2vnews902]

The working class shoulders the burden of taxes and government spending, regardless of who writes the check for the taxes.

[@IrishCarney]

What does that even mean? The rich pay the vast majority of federal taxes. The bottom two quintiles pay basically nothing. Their Social Security taxes basically obligate the government to pay them Social Security when they retire, and usually a lot more than they paid in. So, populist pandering rhetoric aside, the "working class" is a giant beneficiary of government spending. Health care, infrastructure, education, regulations, subsidies, all of it.

[@Rajaat99]

$20 Trillion in debt? I miss the good old days.

[@vandertuber]

So sad, and so true.

[@GelebFlamebringer]

All thanks to the Federal Reserve

[@IrishCarney]

Wrong, kook. Deficit spending, and debt financing of that spending, can and did exist before the Fed. Monetary policy and fiscal policy are not the same.

[@abacuspowers]

Can't we just conquer High Garden and pay it off all at once?

[@DracoOmnia]

Unfortunately we'd have to find a way into a fictional world to pull this off, there is no where on this planet with that much wealth to conquer...

[@mrpancake2401]

The Whiskey Gunner mate it was a joke

[@matthewct8167]

The Lannisters beat us to it.

[@armadillolover99]

Or we could elect a Lannister. They always pay their debts

[@Christfollower42]

This goes with his latest song about inflation being high

[@Christfollower42]

Time for the new 30 trillion reasons song. Remy!

[@Christfollower42]

Can you do a sequel to a parody? 33 trillion today

[@cheydinal5401]

"Debt is like this guy, shouldn't be anywhere near the teens" :D

[@cchamilton1985]

It's midway through 2023 and we're singing 32 trillion reasons.

[@YouLousyKids]

It is criminal that this video doesn't even have half a million views. Please share and like and spread it around!

[@jamesfinkbeiner7262]

Remember when it was just $20T😢

[@somethinglikethat212]

34 Trillion now

[@geauxlsut]

35

[@piotrgrzyb3476]

34 trilion reasons (14.06.2024) now. In 6 years it rose from ~20 to 34 trilion USD

[@BonnieBlue2A]

Posting the end of January 2023 and we are at $31.5 Trillion reasons and up against another debt ceiling.

[@spacefun101]

0:45 Well at least they listened to something… We’re father from the teens than ever before!

[@ghostgutarist5234]

Identify as not in Debt.... Hell ya

[@watchdealer11]

Remy is my favorite artist.

[@Wesstuntube]

Good news for Anthony Weiner - it's now 2023 and the debt at $32T is nowhere near the teens.

[@arklow3482]

Now it’s 34 trillion 😢

[@shortstraw4]

31 trillion now... We are doomed

[@watchdealer11]

I've been with Remy since the McDonald's Rap.

[@MrDanno2]

watchdealer11 I found before that one I think or at least around that time. then I forgot about him. so glad I found him again

[@2vnews902]

We have to pass an amendment that forbids the federal government from being in the benefit/entitlement/subsidy business. #20Trillion

[@samuelfriedbaum4450]

Isn't that the 10th?

[@2vnews902]

Nope.

[@samuelfriedbaum4450]

the 10th amendment forbids the national government from exercising any power not given to them in the Constitution, and I can't find benefits/entitlements/subsidies in article 1 section 8. However, if another amendment would put the government back on track, I think I would support it. Have you looked at convention of states?

[@2vnews902]

necessary and proper clause general welfare clause commerce clause + Supreme Court = $20 Trillion

[@2vnews902]

I have tweeted this at Convention of States multiple times, does not seem they are interested. They want a balanced budget amendment.

[@ja8898]

31 trillion reasons now. November 2022

[@thunderkat2911]

And now we have 10 trillion more

[@jhemp]

And we still somehow have tax loopholes that let billionaires receive stimulus checks, somehow let the wealthiest people in the country add a mind-numbing amount wealth during a crippling economic downturn, and still somehow have a military budget that's larger than the next 10 countries combined... You'd think we'd want to right some of the wrongs and revamp some of the laws that make things like this possible, but I guess we are content paying more than 7 billion dollars on people who want to smoke Marijuana, allowing wealthy people to skip out on billions in taxes, and bailing out corporations who destroy themselves. Hell if we are going to spend as much as we do, you'd think they'd prioritize things we actually think are important in this country like healthcare and education. Even Ronald Reagan was pro universal coverage, and somehow even now that seems like a longshot. Nevermind, that the average American would pay less paying the increased taxes for universal healthcare than they do in insurance premiums now, and eliminating the some 40 billion in uncompensated care costs that we currently pay each year. The CEO to worker wage ratios over 1000:1 aren't doing us any favors either, when those on social welfare programs could be elevated to a better of standard of living with those funds that end up wrapped in stocks and bonds.

[@josephreagan9545]

So now its 31 trillion

[@jamesn3513]

Just watched this the first and I’m floored we now have almost 30 Trillion reasons in such a short time 😱. I’ll have to watch Dog Money again 😅.

[@Beavereaver]

Rome fell because of the politicians and not because of an outside force just keep that in mind.

[@kensmith5694]

Yes, the decisions made by politicians were the main part of what brought them down. They also ran out of places to invade. The mercenary military was also part of the problem. The US calls them "contractors" but the trend is the same as happened to Rome. Folks fighting only because you pay them can never be trusted.

[@kek397]

@@kensmith5694 I agree with the first part of what you said. but to say that people can't be trusted because "you pay them", is ridiculous. in fact, that's exactly why you SHOULD trust them.

[@kensmith5694]

@@kek397 Study what happened to Rome the day they could no longer pay the mercenaries more than the other guy could. Note the "only because" in my comment.

[@coolstuffunboxings1127]

Updated version? $30 Trillion Reasons?

[@lizard450]

By the time it comes out it will be 40 trillion

[@999TnO]

This is too short. I need more Remy, please.

[@dudu0meyer]

It’s 32 trillion today in 2023 REMY WE DEMAND A REMIX 😂

[@notmousse]

Remy you're the reason I'm still subbed to Reason. ...Stossel aint half bad either.

[@StarFly18]

now we have $26 Trillion Reasons

[@noy3512]

guess it’s double or nothing now

[@sevin8378]

This video was made only 5 years ago and now we are at 30 trillion.

[@chrisramsey5017]

$34 trillion on 24 Apr 2024

[@TheCreator919]

This is simply beautiful. I wish it was longer.

[@russellkim8895]

Yall thought 20 trillion was bad who's here when the debt reached 30 million

[@mikemcconeghy4658]

It's $30 trillion now.

[@Jaster_Mereel]

20 trillion? 😭😭😭 Long gone

[@imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406]

I love your work, Remy!

[@Wesrl]

We got $35 trillion reasons

[@Liberty4Ever]

This song made me laugh and cry at the same time.

[@lizard450]

We got bout 30 trillion reasons

[@ogenmatic]

Excellent. I like the idea of just identifying as not being that deep in debt. Have they tried that yet?

[@BasedBill_Lumbergh]

We have nearly 30 trillion reasons now.

[@JordanTowner-e]

Now we got over 30 trillion reasons

[@myczxr]

"identify as not being debt" *wheeze*

[@ryanlegrand141]

Watches the video 5 years later - debt is now $31+ Trillion....

[@QSLWCOM]

Only 20 trillion? That's cute.

[@creedonjm]

Now we have 30000000000000 reasons

[@creedonjm]

Now going on 40000000000000

[@exbronco]

now we have 29 trillion reasons.

[@Joso997]

it took century to hit 10 trillion, it took a decade to hit 20 trillion, it took a year to hit 30 trillion xD

[@pocketman9806]

Just found your content. Love it!

[@oystercatcher695]

Unironically an absolute banger

[@Gamerad360]

We all pay, one way or another.

[@johnhughes2124]

3 years later and its $27 trillion reasons .........

[@brabra2725]

Remy, we need a "30 trillion reasons" song!

[@brabra2725]

31!

[@johnnyfavorite1194]

User Friendly Solar Powered Abortion Machines would guarantee a massive reduction in welfare dollars paid out....

[@nullnull7089]

True, but we could also just stop welfare payouts so people aren't encouraged to have children they can't raise in the first place.

[@electrosquid8325]

We need 300 million post pregnancy abortions

[@rodmunch69]

@@nullnull7089 I worked at a place as a manager and girl there, and she was a girl only like 16, was talking about how much extra money she gets for each kid she pops out. She was 16 and was pregnant with her 3rd kid. Oh, and on top of all of that idiocy, we had to schedule her hours so she didn't get too many since that would cut into her welfare (no mention of school of course).

[@IsaiahINRI]

Ah, back when it was only $20 Trillion...

[@hydrogenone4926]

Got 20 Trillion Reasons

[@ianbowden2524]

30 trillions reasons....

[@Abomination317]

I'm willing to donate so long as you keep making music parodies as funny as this 😂

[@DavS827]

20 trillion. Those were good times.

[@shaanz2.087]

Mind blowing...

[@lyricsdm6763]

Keep up the good work Remy!

[@rodmunch69]

Hello from the future... *26-trillion

[@kensmith5694]

... and growing rapidly. The nation was already running a $2Trillion deficit before COVID-19. This was good economic times and that is when the deficit should be zero or in surplus. Now it is going to be somewhere north of $4Trillion.

[@chrisgunther109]

haha, remember when it was only 20 trillion?

[@rainick]

Now we're closer to 30 than to 20. *cries*

[@kensmith5694]

The real number is likely a lot more. When you or I work out the total of all of our debts we include the things we agreed to pay in the future. Many of those are not counted by governments. Also: Now that the republicans are no longer in control we can expect them to start pretending to care about the deficit again. The only way to have one of the two parties "care about the deficit" is to make sure the republicans are never in power.

[@rainick]

We are over 30 fuck me.

[@LTCBillConrad]

This is 7 years old and now look at us 35 Trillian! How long will we serve as a nation?

[@xcvsdxvsx]

15 seconds in and I'm already dying. Solar powered abortion machines!

[@t.mitchell9135]

Make that 26 Trillion Reasons

[@jmvmike]

That was beautiful!

[@finddeniro]

I am broke. and Hoppy. 😂..

[@AirborneApark]

Awesome. Also sad how true it is. I wish more people saw these!!

[@Jaji1948]

"we should reign in government spending." should be rein in I believe.

[@kalebbruwer]

Can't wait for the $30T video. How soon?

[@minari8076]

35 now

[@MrMatt3046]

Remy is always great.

[@finddeniro]

Okay...ok..ol Korrect.. Everybody pays down a....... $ 50.000 bond..Forever..

[@seansingh8862]

Just did a calculation: total unfunded government obligations (i.e., debt plus all of the various unfunded government programs, pensions etc. at all tiers of government) add up to about $110 trillion, which in dollar bills lined end to end is actually triple the distance from the Sun to Pluto!

[@notfred596]

Can anyone tell me if the Remy videos they post are by GoRemy (The youtuber from years ago)

[@anikargames1764]

Yes

[@arklow3482]

I believe that I have watched all of these videos about 40 times each now. FUCKING GOLD. Every one of them.

[@HerbOMatic]

Almost 30 trillion just 4 years later, Remy is amazing.