Republicans vs. Democrats: Who's Better for the Economy? | Robert Reich

[@cynthiaescamilla2649]

I lived through all those presidencies and I will tell you, this is the truth. I worked 35 years to go from solid middle class to working poor. I’m past retirement age and I can’t stop working. My and my family’s quality of life and amount of finances decreased every time a Republican president took office. The best years for our income was during Clinton and Obama years. In fact, I could still say the harder I worked during Clinton years, I could still get ahead. When Obama was president, he inherited a horrible economy and he spent his term fixing all the Bush mistakes and trying to help us, but it was already too far gone. Now Biden has had to do the same thing and he’s done a great job considering what he was left with after Trump.

[@eternaldarkness3139]

It's the same everywhere, not just the U.S. The next generation is really going to suffer, where I am in Canada, it takes 5× the median income to afford an average home. Good luck ever retiring.

[@shinyagami8843]

Exactly The only ones claiming the opposite, despite factual evidence that point to this, are the delusional cultists that worship Trump… 🤷🏽‍♂

[@itzTeTe]

Yet republicans blamed both Obama and Biden for the state of the economy 😮‍💨 it’s so backwards! People believe them because they are treating political parties like sport teams.

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

A know many people like yourself. Funny how "conservative" news and media outlets never seem to interview working class folks about being "better off" under a Republican president.

[@7461533]

Well put , I have friends that just won’t listen and they perpetuate the lies. I can’t wrap my head around it.

[@reggie9334]

Absolutely right on point. Nothing ever trickle’s down to working class. Republicans do not care about the poor or working class. Never have, never will. Love your channel

[@LordRykard9376]

Because Democrats totally do right? What a joke.

[@chuckwillis8913]

still waiting for the urine flow economics!!!!!!

[@peggedyourdad9560]

I mean, it's called trickle-down economics for a reason. It's because a trickle is all that will reach the masses.

[@humboldthammer]

Trickle Up Works! That's why I support a Universal Basic Income of $3999 per adult per month. Talk about a fiscal stimulus -- wow. It is sure to buy votes. And besides, the rich get it all back, anyway. Win-Win.

[@steventheabcandsometimesd6865]

Yes it is like hoping the crumbs fall down to us, trickle down. Or the land of opportunity where you can be a self made millionaire if you have the connections. 2% of the population control half the money and the top 1% wants to kick out the other 1%. Greed is taking right in front of our eyes and they don’t care.

[@SeanTalkoff]

It's sad how difficult things have become in the present generation. I was wondering how to utilise some money I had. I used some of it for e-commerce business, but that sank. I'm thinking of how to use what's left to invest, but I don't really know which way to go.

[@SteveDutton-v]

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[@lawrencedyke]

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[@kitsorasephei4047]

@@lawrencedykereal estate. Asking a financial advisor how to use your money is not very smart. I mean if he or she is so financially literate why doesn’t she drive a rolls royce. They tell you what the company they work for pay them to say which is to diversify

[@westongale5899]

I have to say, Robert Reich really knows how to state simple but powerful messages through his videos. It’s astonishing that it is almost a guarantee that a Republican President will create some form of recession or depression. Why haven’t Americans learned that Republican Presidents are almost guaranteed to fail the American people??

[@bryanalcantarfilms]

So true.

[@seanmcdonald4686]

Contempt for the poor mixed with old fashioned racism and willful ignorance.

[@tylertyler82]

Fox News propaganda and racism are a helluva drug.

[@ittaiklein8541]

​@@seanmcdonald4686- Spot on!

[@donna8243]

​@@seanmcdonald4686that, and the poor are statistically uneducated and vote for them.

[@Scopolamine46]

A great presentation Mr. Reich! You’re doing a fabulous job of making the case against Donald Trump. Keep up the good work😊

[@garlicgalore]

It's the case against all Republican presidents 💙

[@oscaruetz]

Does he ever do anything or does he only talk?

[@imandan1966]

go make me a sandwich@@oscaruetz

[@johnarnold893]

@@oscaruetz Nope, Don the Con never does anything but talk talk BS all the time.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@garlicgalorewhy is he lying about employment and the pandemic?

[@marchettibianca1367]

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[@marchettibianca1367]

To gain wealth and be financially independent, I will say to save, invest and always put your finances in good care to ensure that your income rises. Remember that making money is action, keeping money is behavior but growing money is knowledge.

[@marchettibianca1367]

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[@lewisharris5136]

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[@marchettibianca1367]

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[@FDR_progressive_liberal]

I always take issue with the Dems not using names to place guilt where it is due. It was the Great Republican Depression. It was the Great Republican Recession. It was the Great Republican Pandemic.

[@bryanalcantarfilms]

Amen to that.

[@rayrussell6258]

all of which followed Democratic mismanagement of the economy. Great Depression caused by Wilson overspending that promoted wild Wall Street speculation which continued for a decade called the Roaring '20's, Great Recession caused by Clinton promoting Wall Street speculation on tech stocks and housing stocks, and the bubbles burst after he left office, Great Pandemic caused by democrat career bureaucrat Fauci and his funding of "gain of function" research in China.

[@douglastovey2685]

Are you out of your mind. The democrats created the pandemic then shut down the world. At the time they did this energy prices were at record lows, interest rates low, inflation low, unemployment low, GDP on a steady rise. Wow!

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The great depression proved tax cuts work to stimulate the economy, they stimulated the economy so much it caused the stock market to crash because everyone was doing so well. The 2008 recession was caused by the banks and the policy that allowed it to happen was signed by Clinton and reich himself did nothing at the time to oppose it because it was intended allow low income people to get mortgages. The pandemic caused recession around the world and the countries that handled it the best did not lock down their citizens like democrat states did. Trump left the covid response to state level which was the right thing to do. Funny how Reich has to lie about Trump being at fault for unemployment when it was the democrats who locked everyone down and mandated vaccines

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@bryanalcantarfilmsThe great depression proved tax cuts work to stimulate the economy, they stimulated the economy so much it caused the stock market to crash because everyone was doing so well. The 2008 recession was caused by the banks and the policy that allowed it to happen was signed by Clinton and reich himself did nothing at the time to oppose it because it was intended allow low income people to get mortgages. The pandemic caused recession around the world and the countries that handled it the best did not lock down their citizens like democrat states did. Trump left the covid response to state level which was the right thing to do. Funny how Reich has to lie about Trump being at fault for unemployment when it was the democrats who locked everyone down and did mandates.

[@wideawake5630]

Back in the 90s a friend, while searching for other data, inadvertently discovered with transparent overlays that since the 60s poverty levels increased under Republican administrations and decreased under Dems. Every time.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The accumulation of spending money to stimulate the economy is exactly how the economy failed in the 60's and 70'. Any real economist knows Keynesian economics failed.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the irrelevant. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@randalhampton2966]

So... your data supports how much better things are right now than 5 years ago???? Paid for groceries lately? Years ago I worked a day of overtime every few weeks and was doing great. Now 60 hour weeks are the norm and I am barely making it. You think things are better you are lying to yourself! Democrats are running California and most people I knew when I lived there say it sucks and have left.

[@Thomas-il8ph]

@@wideawake5630 Stop with the Bullshit, everybody knows the democrats can't run a economy like Conservatives, When Trump left office, Inflation was 1.4, Gas was 1.89 a gallon, interest rates One percent, Since Biden and Harris took office, Inflation Jumped 19 percent, Gas Jumped to 5.00 bucks a gallon and interest rates JUMPED TO EIGHT PERCENT, it's simple Math,, Even you could do, lol

[@ZrKr6]

@@randalhampton2966 This is literally confirmation bias bro. Look at the inflation of the US in comparison to the rest of the world over the past 4 years. It's not an issue exclusive to the US and if anything our economy has suffered much less than most of the world during this GLOBAL recession. Like contextualize this shit ffs.

[@deborahmiller4377]

Trickle down economics: pissing on my leg & telling me that it's raining.

[@paul-g9m6q]

imao that was histercial

[@crolmac]

Trickle down economy makes me feel like a dog under the table, while the humans are eating rich foods and prime steak...whatever falls to the floor is mine, then i get a bowl of canned food...

[@Frank-sm9yl]

No such thing as trickle down economics. Read esteemed professor Dr Thomas Sowell. He's written 30 factual books on different subjects including this fallacy.

[@Zetirix]

Tax the rich: Letting them skip out on paying, like they did in the '50s, but making it sound good to the ignorant.

[@lipanmesh]

When Republicans say that they are cutting taxes, they are talking about cutting taxes for the rich & for corporate interests not average working folks.

[@idontagree9658]

Teapubs think a bigger plate with less food is good economic sense. Also apparently like working for imported organized crime. Did teapubs refuse Polio vaccinations when they always voted teapublican?

[@hushmoney2058]

Dems cut Taxes and cause high inflation ....Still not close like when Trump was in ...

[@Rayjack-m9o]

I live in California the bluest of blue states I was born here I have seen nothing but more and more taxes and fees ,no matter how they take in they want more it doesn't matter how absurd the project.

[@MikeJohnMentzer]

Simple question...you wanna compare inflation under Trump vs Biden? Are you even American?

[@joecopeland4586]

​@MikeJohnMentzer trump left our economy in shambles because of his response to the pandemic. He also killed a million Americans. I know it's hard for you , but try and keep up .

[@davidmachemer1015]

Exactly. And why would anyone vote to put a party into government that does not believe in government? I used to be a Republican voter, but I will never vote for them again.

[@bonniehoke-scedrov4906]

Thank you!

[@geraltplisken1316]

Because republicans give more power to the people… if you want your government to manage every aspect of your life, just move to Europe

[@power-corrupts]

They are completely responsible for the damages caused by the lying orange puppet. They let him in the party, elected him, helped him push the big lie that resulted in the insurrection, and never once held him accountable. They are still lying today.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@bonniehoke-scedrov4906😂 he just lied to you about voting Republican. No republican voter would have ever said that.

[@LordRykard9376]

No you didn't. You've always been a lib.

[@lifeonthefarm6001]

Well it’s damn sure not the guy who’s famous for six bankruptcies and one of them being a Casino 😂. Who bankrupts a Casino ? 😂😂😂

[@theeviljames]

He also ran his businesses do badly that, even after inheriting a fortune, his companies had to engage in fraudulent bookeeping. As a result, his business have been decertified in New York; let's hope he doesn't "decertify" America, if he becomes president again

[@vegastjg]

He has been a fraud since the 60s.

[@bvm3925]

Yes, his tax cuts are still draining the Treasury daily. If he gets in again, he will completely bankrupt our country.

[@notme2day]

Bad enough the gop electorate tried to crash the economy in 2023 and now you've got tRump openly hoping our economy fails in 2024 ALL so he can get elected again... WTH?! Vote 💙 stay true.

[@firstlast8258]

Not my president

[@williammourningcrow6000]

Filed for bankruptcy 7 times

[@missouri6014]

Best four minute summary ever

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

😂 this video is lie after lie. reich is a fake economist, he's a grifter.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Maybe if you like propaganda and lies.

[@missouri6014]

Please tell us which one was not true and why

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the irrelevant. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@lind1424]

@@yourdaddy-mq4kmSource?

[@edgartokman4898]

You'll never feel anything if you're constatly getting out everyday even if you're homeless...this country wastes so much food it could feed the military ten times over ...the hard part is carrying it all around with you everyday

[@erikkennedy8725]

There's only one thing that trickles down in trickle-down economics, and it definitely isn't money.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Jobs trickle down. I guess democrats just don't like to work 😂.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Employment.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the irrelevant. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@reaperbsc]

Shit rolls downhill great.

[@ahundredpercentprosperous4222]

The bogus 'Trickle down' scam is still tricking the Trumper crowd. They never got the memo, or maybe didn't know how to read it? 😂

[@augustmosco]

Love your truths, Bob. You need a larger platform.

[@TheXev]

What is crazy is, many working class Republicans want higher taxes on the rich but vote Republican anyway. It boggles my mind.

[@timmarshall7292]

Giving treasure to Big Government is a money laundering scheme.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The 2017 tax cuts and jobs act closed many loopholes. The time before carried interest can be used was extended effectively closing the loophole. It stopped multinational companies from avoiding taxes by deferring income. And it limited state and local tax deductions for the wealthy to 10,000, putting more money in the hands of local government.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the irrelevant. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@effinchad]

Pretty simple.... Gun rights, God beliefs, fear mongering about "Libs" and "Karens".

[@Rayjack-m9o]

I would prefer to have less national debt. Meaning allowing citizens to keep more of their earnings and less government spending.

[@ricado372]

Exactly the same situation in the UK. The Times just featured an article stating the economy grows more under labour the Conservatives. But it's all about perception. The media is owned by the same millionaires and billionaires corporations , that benefit from those give away tax cuts.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Seems to be a world wide problem.

[@stephenlitten1789]

@@karlabritfeld7104 Yep. Right of centre parties tend not to invest in social services (health, housing, education) or be "pound foolish, penny wise" with regard to the public purse. It is not helped by business journalists only interviewing business owners, or talk jus about "business confidence" without placing these opinions/sentiments within the broader economic discourse.

[@Vrld-i8c]

In the uk for 2 decades the tories ruined our economy

[@paulg6527]

Trump lowered the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, giving corporations a major tax cut thinking they would funnel that back into higher wages and benefits - it didn't. He also lowered lowered what can be itemized and what can be declared for independent contractors, so they ended up paying more in taxes. All this lead to 7+ trillion dollar deficit. In the firat 2 years.

[@paul-g9m6q]

u can say another one bitt the dust in this situation

[@paul-g9m6q]

they used wishfull thinking thinking that high corperates give a shit about minimum wage workers.

[@curtisleeyork1978]

no, that was covid.

[@paulg6527]

@curtisleeyork1978 check the records. This bill was passed in 2017, covid started in 2020. Trump got elected in Nov 2016.

[@itsZ3rg]

Notice how he said first two years specifically? As in pre COVID. If anything COVID helped his job creations where there normally wouldn't be any during the get back to work phase.

[@EfHaichDee]

The GOP is a joke with no punch line

[@ahundredpercentprosperous4222]

The joke will be on the Trumper's come election day evening when they see their MAGA cult disintegrate into a huge pile of manure! 💩🤡😂

[@Rayjack-m9o]

Both parties are a joke!

[@ahundredpercentprosperous4222]

@@Rayjack-m9o - Only those that pay very little attention to current events do the both sidesism. It's a lazy 'out' for them. There is NO comparison between the parties anymore. One is an extremist cult revolving around it's endless devotion to a deranged self serving con man. The other is a legit party of adults that at least TRY hard to do WTF they were elected for. They Dems follow the rules, and obey the law a good 95% of the time. It basically comes down to that. A rogue, fascist dictator, or a hard working man just trying to do his best to serve the most people according to the rules. 💙✌

[@alex124241]

@@Rayjack-m9osorry but one is more crazier right now.

[@bailey78]

We the working class get punched when we step out of line.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

I am from the deep south, I grew up around Republican voters, conservative voters, right-Libertarian types. Every Republican president & governor I have ever been under has done WORSE than Democrats. Does no one remember Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's tax cuts in 2013? It didn't work, the Kansas state budget had to be cut NINE times. Eventually, the Republican state legislature overpowered Brownback's veto and reversed the tax cuts. From 2013 to 2017, Kansas had among the worst economic growth in the United States. Same thing happened with Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, and now with Tate Reeves in Mississippi. The Republican fiscal policy of tax cuts simply do not grow the economy, period. I remember the Great Recession of 2008. Bush really did ruin my childhood with his fiscal policy. Lots of birthdays and holidays where I got cheap gifts or nothing at all. We were poor because of Republican governments. I will never forget that. That's why I'll never vote Republican at any level. Even if it's not a partisan race, I won't vote for anyone who has a conservative world view. I'm not risking another recession.

[@Kiki-en9vm]

You did a great research, I wish all democratic voters are like you , instead of only throwing tantrums,and bashing their side without knowingvthe truth,and dems need to step up with messaging and educating their voters too.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

@@Kiki-en9vm Thank you. I can do a hell of a lot more research to reinforce my point. For instance, the number of registered Independents matches the number of registered Republicans, and registered Democrats exceed both by millions. Registered Independents tend to vote Democratic by a margin of 2 to 1. So what does this tell you? With a high voter turnout, the Democratic candidate is almost guaranteed to win in most areas. Now, take that information and imagine a presidential election with 95% turnout in all 50 states. Who do you think would win? Also, fun fact: In the 2022 midterms, Gen Z voted roughly 75% Democratic and only 20% Republican. They cancelled out the Boomer vote that year. Any Republican victories in 2022 were largely carried by Gen X.

[@ff55tfc]

Thats how I feel

[@Rayjack-m9o]

Trillions and Trillions of dollars of debt the borders wide open no end in sight. Keep an open mind please for all our sakes.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

@@Rayjack-m9o I do keep an open mind. You're also wrong lmao. Our borders aren't wide open, migrants go through hell to live here and that ain't right. It should be easier for them. If you really care about the debt so much, shrink the military budget, defund the police and tax the rich. It's just that simple. Tax the goddamn rich.

[@Thomas-il8ph]

President Trump Economy was second to none, Low Gas Prices, Low Inflation, Low Interest Rates, one percent, now under Biden eight percent. Lol

[@Thomas-il8ph]

@vrusimov that's why Bidens Interest Rates are 8 percent. Who can buy a house, lol. Gas is 4.00 lol So What did Biden, not much, Except to flood our city's With illegals, lol A Pathetic Administration, Who refuse to protect our troops, Vote out dopey Democrats.

[@Hen2471]

I agree with I don’t know how they said better under Biden, my Toyota sienna need 80 dollars to filled up, my wife already complained about groceries being so expensive…

[@randolphpinkle4482]

@@Hen2471 Did you watch the video? You work it out.

[@rogerboughner7842]

@@Hen2471 do you know why prices are high? Do some research and you will learn that those low gas prices were due to OPEC and US oil barons being at war. Well they sat down at the table and agreed to get rich. Result is we pay more. Drill baby drill is A Republican myth. Us oil production is the highest in history right now. Groceries and housing are under the same type of scam. Big business colluding to raise prices.

[@RocketmanRockyMatrix]

Bidenomics isn't helping American citizens. Just hurting us in the pockets.

[@antimatters6283]

The claim "Republicans are better for the economy" might be the biggest, most absurd lie of all. Never once in my life, or that of my fathers or grandfathers, has this been true.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The only lies are the ones fed to you by people like Reich. It's a fact tax cuts stimulate the economy and create jobs. If told you cutting taxes for the working class boosts the economy you would probably believe it, the exact same logic can and is applied to businesses.

[@tommyboym6563]

In case anyone is falling for the fake news narrative: Total US jobs Dec 2016 was 152.11 M Total US jobs Dec 2019 was 158.80 M Total US jobs Nov 2023 was 161.97 M

[@ralphbernhard1757]

But it's true. They are better for the economy of the "1%-ters" 😮

[@tommyboym6563]

@@ralphbernhard1757 In case anyone is falling for the fake news narrative: Total US jobs Dec 2016 was 152.11 M Total US jobs Dec 2019 was 158.80 M Total US jobs Nov 2023 was 161.97 M

[@ralphbernhard1757]

@@tommyboym6563 Break it down into wage or earnings classes...

[@jameschan9634]

Well, considering that Trump just said he wants the stock market to crash, there should be no reason to even ask that question.

[@bradhaines3142]

its a bubble, a lot of markets need to crash

[@thomasespositio3139]

blue collar trade worker,a butcher under trump my yearly salary because of his tax cuts was over 2,500 bucks a year,about $50 per week almost

[@markfll]

He's hoping the entire economy crashes.

[@markwilson4078]

It’s so he can place the blame on someone other than himself. I do agree with another poster here and state we do still need a cooldown in the markets, but it doesn’t have to be bad as many make it out to be. We managed to fight inflation a fair bit, but the market did still somewhat behave like a normal economic cycle and did a fair bit better than it could have. But what Trump wants is a CRASH! That way, he can say “Oh, Joe Biden was responsible for the crash! He sucks and needs to be eradicated!” and his cult will then use that as motivation to go after Biden and other Democrats.

[@robertcalef4242]

@@thomasespositio3139 Those tax cuts go away in 2025. That was the plan from the beginning. He assumed he would finish his second term and be gone by then.

[@thombacho-ps4cf]

Great video! Thank you for your words

[@ExUSSailor]

Remember, Herbert Hoover, a Republican, led us into he Great Depression. It was a Democrat, FDR, who led us out of it.

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

Who gave us Social Security? Medicare and Medicaid? Democrats! Screw alternative facts/history Republicans want to rewrite to suit them.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Republicans created the roaring 1920's with tax cuts. They didn't know it would work so well the stock market would crash.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

FDR lead us into a needless war.

[@theholydoggo6378]

​@@yourdaddy-mq4kmMy brother in Christ you mean WW2?

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the tiggered irrelevant psychopath troll. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@stevenlang918]

Great video Robert 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏾

[@markdavis8888]

Who's economy? Republicans are better for billionaires economy and Democrats are better for the national economy.

[@joes3800]

Spot on! Thank you, Robert! I am 42 years old and I cannot fathom why certain friends and colleagues of mine - who are the same age or older - refuse to notice how shitty the economy has been after every Republican president's term in my lifetime, especially when compared to the state of the economy after every Democratic President's term in my lifetime. Everyone needs to think like a scientist: don't let your biases and emotions and stubbornness guide you: pay attention to results and vote accordingly if you want things to get better.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The economy is "shitty" during republicans terms because they have to fix the democrats mistakes. Hard times fixes overheated economies. If the democrats quit giving their corporate overlords welfare there wouldnt be a need for hard times. Democrats have been stimulating the economy by handing out money directly to the corporation of there choosing while Republicans cut taxes to let all businesses keep more of the money they earned.

[@justinfowler2857]

Because Americans have an extremely short term memory. If gas prices rise 5¢ then the president must be replaced.

[@RodneyDempsey-o8w]

Gas has gone up to over 5.00 gallon the past 2 summers under biden first time in my lifetime.

[@Rayjack-m9o]

The Democrat's put more on the charge card. DEBT!

[@RodneyDempsey-o8w]

The economy was bad shape after Carter. Biden has made a mess of the country worst then Carter.

[@KensaiProductions]

To answer your question at the end: it's not about the economy, it's about Religion (GOP doesn't listen to the commandments, so I don't understand why the God Squad believes in them so fervently), keeping women and minorities downtrodden and Tribalism.

[@GoeTeeks]

Because people will care about what is spoken, and not what is done. Republicans talk a game about banning abortion and putting prayer back in school, and for a lot of Republicans, that's enough.

[@NopeUghUghAbsolutelyNot]

​@@GoeTeeksThey also hold at least 40,000 Olympic Gold medals in indoctrination. They are taught from an early age not to think to hard and not to question too deeply

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@NopeUghUghAbsolutelyNotare you talking about leftists? You people dont even know what a woman is 😂.

[@dudeonbike800]

"Do as I say, not as I do." Repube mantra. You can GUARANTEE that any Repube's female child will have AMPLE access to abortion, abortion medication, contraception and family planning. Except for the Palin family. They're the backwoods exception to the rule!

[@fusion273]

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[@bobbeckhart1707]

Neither trump nor Republicans have a clue on how to fix ANYTHING in this country. NOT A CLUE

[@TonydaGM]

Stop, We are worse off under Biden. Tax cuts help the economy.

[@Alexz5040]

I feel like we’re screwed either way at this point

[@jerrykeel9799]

Thanks Robert .. I really enjoy your site .. I am 73 and have lived through the times you have and you are correct about the evil deeds that the Republicans are up to . The information you give us is so important to our voters and the future of our country. My only hope is that Trump and his lying cronies will all be exposed with the truth given out by good people like you ..

[@xellosmetallium8519]

New Flash, Trump is going to president again. The republican's don't care about anything shady Trump has done. Trump could set fire to the White House and the republican's will still call him a genius.

[@fusion273]

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[@lbjcb5]

Thank you Dr. Reich for speaking the truth plainly, unlike so many media outlets. Smh. The choice is clear vote blue!! 💙

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Reich is a fake economist, you can look it up real economists laugh at this guy.

[@humboldthammer]

Once again, a deleted reply. When have the Censors ever been the good guys?

[@fusion273]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npubpmeqhbBrfpIsi=bG33RGfJq1IWca7u

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@humboldthammer Reich has to censor people because his lies would be exposed otherwise.

[@iiiduncaniii]

There is nothing true to what is said in this video

[@dennisbeaver5958]

Excellent summary!

[@garlicgalore]

This is an excellent presentation on exactly why even the best Republians are not creating a country of equality and opportunity for all. Voting blue matters! And voting blue in 2024 is imperative to saving our representative government.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The lowest unemployment in 50 years would disagree.

[@pohkeee]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km: your comment makes no sense as a reply to the former statement.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@pohkeee Trump created the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. Employment is opportunity for the working class.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the irrelevant. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@geechyguy3441]

Vote blue to have prisoners released and crime rate get higher?

[@aaronbuckmiller4728]

Beautifully edited & written! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Propaganda usually is.

[@timmarshall7292]

Failed policy under Corporate Democratic Party House and Senate.

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

​@@yourdaddy-mq4kmget the definition of Propaganda right please.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@Mayor_Of_Eureka17 are you really that brainwash that you don't see how biased the rhetoric is on this video? You do know reich is paid to push his narrative on CNN and MSNBC right?

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@Mayor_Of_Eureka17 are you suggesting the rhetoric of this video is not biased?

[@BashfulNuke]

COVID 19 had nothing to do with this?

[@FentanylPopsicle]

It had everything to do with it. They somehow forget that part unless it fits the narrative of "orange man bad"

[@Hypocrisy.Allergic]

@@FentanylPopsicleThis video is full of bs

[@rogerboughner7842]

@@FentanylPopsicle He did not forget the pandemic in his claims. If you pay attention he stated that in the last 3 years of Obama the jobs created were greater than the first three years of Trump. He did not include the 4th year due to the pandemic. And Biden started his term with the pandemic in full force.

[@dianeandersen4106]

I have been waiting for that trickle down for over 43 years,it never came.

[@donkloos9078]

Sorry for you. As middle class, I enjoyed prosperity of vigorous economy under Reagan, worked hard, and earned a home. Democrats just print money and give it to Iran, Ukraine, Illegal immigrants, and futile green overspending. National debt 27 trillion when Biden usurped control and is now 32 trillion and climbing. He just asked for an increase in budget from 3 trillion to 7. Thanks to Democrats my value has shrunk 25% from Bidenflation.

[@victoriavaughn5988]

Dont forget that loss came from covid at the end, where they were forced to shut down.

[@k1productions87]

Remember that factory Trump visited, where he promised workers their jobs would never be outsourced,... and then by the end of the following year, all their jobs were outsourced, LONG before COVID? Just more of his lies

[@valor9370]

So dishonest not to include this

[@InappropriateFab]

Hard to think of anything Trump did that made the economy better for anyone other than the wealthy.

[@frankrester3727]

Stop drinking the cool aid

[@hushmoney2058]

@@frankrester3727 AKA Covid shot ...

[@hushmoney2058]

Smile at the fuel pump and market fool ....

[@ahundredpercentprosperous4222]

Well to be fair, dictator Trump made America greater by doing ONE thing very well...........he made a few million more voters go 100% DEMOCRAT since the 2018 midterms who will NEVER go back to supporting the Trumper Insurrectionist cult! Thanks, Donald! 😂👍

[@JimmyHolmes-o6k]

@@hushmoney2058these people are stupid I’m not saying this to be mean they are slow, these people think taxing the rich more will balance everything out when in reality the more you tax the rich the more they inflate prices, the more we increase minimum wage and make companies pay more the more these companies inflate🤦‍♂️that’s why our grocery stores are so expensive, fast food so expensive 🤦‍♂️the rich run the world they will never get the short end, republicans are more blunt and they explain this to a certain extinct while democrats lie and make it seem like taxing the rich more and increasing our minimum wage doesn’t inflate prices and tax the working class more essentially and they know most democrat voters are minorities especially in poor neighborhoods and immigrants and they don’t understand economics because it hasn’t been taught since the 90s in public schools you have to take a economics class to learn it meaning it’s not apart of the curriculum so most people aren’t doing that in suburbs or the ghettos

[@TomInDenverCO]

It's time to return to the tax rates that were in place before Reagan.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

😂 that would cripple the economy just like it did last time. The high unemployment and inflation of the 70's didn't just go away on its own.

[@carlfrye1566]

And the spending, closed border - regulated immigration.

[@ColossalSquiid]

This is has been informative, thank you

[@handmadehearts]

I voted Red once about 20 years ago. NEVER AGAIN.

[@humboldthammer]

50 years ago, "RED" meant commie pinko forggot. (edited for the KZbin community guidelines)

[@karlabritfeld7104]

I have never voted Red. Impossible.

[@saved217]

Many also say the opposite . Never again blue.

[@fusion273]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npubpmeqhbBrfpIsi=bG33RGfJq1IWca7u

[@unreasonable-man.bsky.social]

@@saved217 Those people need pull their heads out of their backsides. Democrats are far from perfect, but I can't remember the last time a Republican was right about anything. They are a party that pushes a failed and debunked economic dogma, while pandering to the most ignorant and morally reprehensible segments of society. There is no excuse for voting Republican.

[@johnwheaton4636]

I never understood the reasoning of a low income Republican

[@humboldthammer]

That's because it's Pentecostalism and the New Apostolic Reformation and Christian Nationalism. The Republican CHURCH became the synagogue of Satan -- Revelation 3: 9 -- when ALL the Prophets proclaimed Trump, CHOSEN by God to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. Matthew 24: 24. 100's of millions deceived by false prophets. Epochal Eclipse April 8th 2024. Don't stare at the sun: Matthew 16: 4 Exercise faith - Jonah 3: 5, 8

[@notme2day]

'Mureca.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@notme2dayone day you might figure out that low income people still care about the health of the economy and low taxes. Until then you should probably do some reading, I would recommend Thomas Sowell.

[@notme2day]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Huh ... I pay more taxes than trump ... that makes me low income... tel, me again how I feel.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@notme2day then you either made more money than before, or you got hit with extra local taxes, or don't know how to file your taxes. The tax rates didnt go up so it has to be one of these things but i would suspect all three.

[@Starseed-ig6rq]

Source? "Trust me bro".......

[@barrelfish8106]

blame the pandemic, rather than the guy who called it a "blue state problem"

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

That is hilarious you say that considering the fact that blue states locked down their citizens like it was 1930's Germany and held the economy hostage. Why did Sweden breeze through the pandemic? Oh maybe because they didn't lock everyone down like the democrats did.

[@johnlipinski2395]

And a "democrat hoax"

[@tommyboym6563]

In case anyone is falling for the fake news narrative: Total US jobs Dec 2016 was 152.11 M Total US jobs Dec 2019 was 158.80 M Total US jobs Nov 2023 was 161.97 M

[@fusion273]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npubpmeqhbBrfpIsi=bG33RGfJq1IWca7u

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@johnlipinski2395 remember the Russia collusion hoax? Pretty surreal to find out it was the FBI colluding with Russia, leaking it to Clintons campaign, and then blaming Trump.

[@milfordcivic6755]

"I don't take any responsibility" - Mango Mussolini

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Is that why the Democrats have to deflect from the fact they locked everyone down in 2020?

[@pizzaboythejedi2968]

Oh look, the guy who doubled our national debt has an opinion on the economy….

[@jchase8223]

I can only choose between these 2!!!! 331 million in the country and I have to pick between these 2 for a 2ND TIME!!!

[@alanstrange2421]

Maddening, inn'it.

[@musiclove4635]

Biden needs to take that clip of trump saying that the economy is better under Democratic leadership and play it 24/7 until the election.

[@hushmoney2058]

That was before Woke took over ...

[@kendallbedford2523]

​@hushmoWhich is why it will work this time ney2058

[@etchalaco9971]

@@hushmoney2058 what is woke?

[@hushmoney2058]

@@etchalaco9971 The People that Russia and China Fear ...

[@griffina5192]

@@etchalaco9971 Anyone/thing that is not a straight white bible thumping male

[@anniebryant5636]

You are very through in your messages. You are better than the majority of news Anchors.

[@jimlemons9231]

Another great post Robert! Excellent stuff.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

😂 Reich is a fake economist. His lies have been proven by real economists, you can google it.

[@namvet1969]

Anybody who believes Trump has the Intellect to manage the US , in a World Economy deserves what they get if he becomes our Dictator and Chief!! Vote 💙💙💙💙

[@patrickoligney6647]

"Traitor and Thief"

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@patrickoligney6647yeah that's Biden for you. Hilarious namvet doesn't think Trump has the intellect to run the country but ignores the fact biden has dementia 😂.

[@LordRykard9376]

He did it far better than Biden.

[@darcy5761]

True but unfortunately the rest of us will suffer along with them.

[@patrickoligney6647]

@@LordRykard9376 precisely why Pigboy Dumbhump's cult of clueless cretins should read more and leave the thinking to reasoned informed intelligent Americans.

[@VictoryDraws2]

Wouldnt 3,000,000 people lost their jobs in 2020 because of covid?

[@kathleengooch3619]

And there you have it..... Right out of trumps mouth 😂😂

[@blackmancer]

but back then the republicans were the war mongers and the ideologues, it all changed when obama got in, as obama said 'we have a real opportunity the change the fundamental nature of this country', obama drone struck more countries than anyone, biden sent 100B to fund a proxy war, Trump was the first president in God knows to not start an overseas altercation he only wound them up, like he said about Ukraine and who he wants to win "I just want everyone to stop dying".

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Trump's policies are left wing including the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act.

[@poochiew.9302]

And even though he said it, his supporters will spin it to suit their agenda.

[@hushmoney2058]

@@poochiew.9302 Dems left me ....

[@poochiew.9302]

@@hushmoney2058 Do you think MAGA repubs are going to be better?

[@christianeaster2776]

The Biden needs to use that opening T'rump statement in all his campaign ads.😊

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

I agree. Then everyone in the world can see how detached from reality he is. You can't ignore the fact that Trump's policies created the lowest unemployment in 50 years and those jobs recovered in 2021 and 2022.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the irrelevant. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@gerinja]

Objectivity is hard to see these days... It's not in this video clearly. God bless.

[@seanmcdonald4686]

Another killer video, thanks professor!

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Reich is a fraud, he is not an economist. Real economists laugh at him.

[@janncoons7445]

That is a no-brainer In response to your opening shot. I think that's the first and only truth Trump's has ever said. I've had 70 years on this planet and have been voting since I was 18 and life was always better with the Democrat! Can't wait to hear their cults reasoning abround this one. Please for the sake of humanity vote blue all the way down the ballot.

[@RJ_Co.]

This video definitely isn't biased at all, lol

[@5sTarRAleX53]

It’s not but u can say it is

[@rjjames19]

@@5sTarRAleX53definitely is. He states all these recessions with republicans but doesnt mention Obama in the 08 recession and even the current one under Biden. Im no political scientist but i can say i remember when gas was less than $2 under trump. Life just WENT ON. I wasnt thinking about my finances and the economy the way i do now. Now everyday seems like its survival just to keep a roof over my head.

[@5sTarRAleX53]

@@rjjames19 he doesn’t need to talk about Obama, it has nothing to do with Obama. Just trump and Biden, except it, he’s going off statistics, can’t get those wrong 😑

[@billymartin1874]

Definitely not!

[@BurntMcgurnt]

​@@5sTarRAleX53Well said I love it ! They wanted a good one so bad just didn't think it all the way through hahaha

[@josephsurma1830]

I said this in 1981 trickle down is like the Colorado River it doesn't get to the ocean

[@michaelgarcia2537]

Love the videos but can you please cite your sources in the video description. It would be awesome to just point others to the sources of the info after watching the video

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

You can't cite his sources because he is lying. Should have been obvious when he tried to say the economy during the pandemic was Trumps fault.

[@johnneville3059]

Biden, Biden, Biden. 2024 and Beyond.

[@Unsolicitedbias]

Government is NOT Business. Government is to protect the country and the citizens. It's NOT about producing a profit for the owners/share holders.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The shareholders of the government are the taxpayers 🤦‍♂️.

[@ahundredpercentprosperous4222]

That is what R's still don't get. W Bush & Trump were both complete disasters and left behind huge train wrecks for the Dems to clean up. I refuse to support anyone that can't perceive the important differences between a private for profit business and the way govt must operate to do it's job properly. No more failed CEO's that want to PRIVATIZE everything! NO more TV reality show hosts, EVER AGAIN! I'll happily stick w the nice, drama-free, stable, fair minded ones w lots of practical on the job experience and wisdom. The one who protects The Constitution and doesn't want to be a DICTATOR will get my loyal support. 💙💙💙👍☑

[@genuine3852]

You always have a verry clear and concise way of explaining things and I can't tell you how much I appreciate you calling out the policies, people and corporations that are swindling us regular working-class Americans.

[@chadweirick]

Looking at the numbers, it isn’t even close; Biden by a dozen country miles.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

If you looked at the numbers you would know unemployment was at a 50 year low in 2019. Those just just recovered in 2021 and 2022, that is reality.

[@chadweirick]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Except for the parts that it wasn't really 50 years, but close and that it's lower now but Biden actually had it beat in Feb 2023. Numbers don't lie.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the tiggered irrelevant psychopath troll. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@ahundredpercentprosperous4222]

@@chadweirick Number don't lie. But Republicans ALWAYS do. Especially the Trumper cult ones!

[@pattidick9310]

​@@yourdaddy-mq4kmUN Unemployment was the lowest in 50 yrs in 2022 under Biden

[@johnpritchard9753]

Excellent again Robert. I wish MAGA people would look at the facts.

[@MrMooAndMoonSquirrelToo]

Yet they don't. They make up their own "facts" on the fly in order to "own the libs" without realizing how imbecilec they're being.

[@marcosalmonte6390]

But we all know they never do. He simply tells his gullible goofs whatever they want to hear & it works EVERY time! And no matter how outlandish, unrealistic, etc. it sounds, they are always guaranteed to be convinced that he's "their man" who knows what he's talking about! Does this remind anyone of someone named "Hitler"? Regardless of whatever HE said or DID, his puppets would NEVER abandon him! In their eyes, he could NEVER make mistakes! "Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."

[@hushmoney2058]

They just hate Bidens Wars ....

[@ahundredpercentprosperous4222]

The MAGA mob only accepts 'alternative facts' that don't apply to the REAL world lol! Thus, they prefer a wannabe DICTATOR as president that we know only brings 24-7 chaos, incompetence, lies, and crime everywhere he goes. Be smart, Say NO to Trump! ☑

[@ahundredpercentprosperous4222]

@@marcosalmonte6390 - Trumpers: But Donald Trump was put in the WH by GOD! Normal voters: Then explain how easily we dumped him after ONE badly failed term?! 😂🤣😆😄

[@larryfulmer]

None of the politicians we've ever had have been good with Economic plans. Look where we are today. Most people know this countries economic, financial state, and the government itself has been on hospice and spending spree militarily for decades to satisfy corporate interests since 1871.

[@Northside-l7r]

Thank you Robert for citing the facts and exposing the truth!

[@firstlast8258]

Not mine 🤓 🖕

[@Northside-l7r]

@@firstlast8258 enjoy 💩

[@firstlast8258]

@@Northside-l7r you first 🤡🖕

[@alanquintus2069]

It's unfortunate a video like this has to exist. I appreciate Professor Reich and his efforts. I'll be voting straight Democratic Party from now on.

[@notme2day]

A lot of people have known this since Reagan... it's not new. That's the part I don't understand, why people continue to vote-R and against their own interests.

[@timmarshall7292]

Actually, it was failed policy under Corporate Democratic Party House and Senate, while Republicans were President.

[@alanquintus2069]

Agreed

[@tracesprite6078]

​@@notme2dayThe answer starts with an F and ends in an X.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@tracesprite6078 fax? It's actually spelled facts.

[@acuteangle1234]

What chapter in economics does it define trickle?

[@iamfiefo]

The "trickle down" plan sounds good but, well, people are greedy. Why "trickle down" the wealth to others when you can just keep the "trickle down" for yourself.

[@dwaynezilla]

it trickles down in the form of cheap debt that further enslaves the working class

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@dwaynezilla nothing is forcing you to take on debt except bidens inflationary policies.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the irrelevant. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@brotherlonewolf4182]

Make our economy great again! SPREAD THE WORD! Vote blue, and be sure to call, write, or email your representative and demand a constitutional amendment to elect the president by popular vote NOW!

[@bryanalcantarfilms]

Amen to that.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@bryanalcantarfilmsvote blue for the globalist elites and remove the electoral college for a one party authoritarian system.

[@saved217]

The only way to make America great , is to first make God great. Blessed is the nation, whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12

[@brotherlonewolf4182]

@@saved217 Who did you have to pay to make that one up for you? 😆😆😆😆😆

[@saved217]

@@brotherlonewolf4182 The Bible may hurt you with the truth, but it will never comfort you with a lie.

[@vickit3887]

Biden all the way baby.

[@djt8518]

My dad used to say when republicans get in it's hard times for poor people this is known

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Hard times fixes overheated economies. If the democrats quit giving their corporate overlords welfare there wouldnt be a need for hard times. Democrats have been stimulating the economy by handing out money directly to the corporation of there choosing while Republicans cut taxes to let all businesses keep more of the money they earned.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Hard times fixes overheated economies. If the democrats quit giving their corporate overlords welfare there wouldnt be a need for hard times. Democrats have been stimulating the economy by handing out money directly to the corporation of there choosing while Republicans cut taxes to let all businesses keep more of the money they earned.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Democrats have been stimulating the economy by handing out money directly to the corporation of there choosing while Republicans cut taxes to let all businesses keep more of the money they earned.

[@JohnRider]

Thanks again Dr. Reich! So many people forget that when the government spends money on infrastructure and citizens, we all benefit. 👍🏽

[@wileycoyote3404]

One of the best presentations of facts I have seen, great job. Agree

[@tommyoliver5106]

IF REPUBLICANS KEEP CUTTING TAXES. WE AS A COUNTRY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS, YOU CANNOT PAY YOUR BILLS IF YOU KEEP CUTTING YOUR INCOME!

[@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

its worse than that, all spending is new money so all cutting taxes actually does is undermine the value of our dollar, they will crash the dollar which would harm everyone on earth

[@itzTeTe]

They don’t care, they just care about accepting the bribes from rich people so the rich can avoid taxes.

[@Nemesisnxt]

And/or we can cut spending.

[@tommyoliver5106]

@@Nemesisnxt OH YEAH, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TURNED DOWN FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN ACROSS A BRIDGE THAT COLLAPSED A FEW DAYS LATER, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A PLANE THAT ALMOST COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PLANE, HAVE YOU EVER EATEN. SOME FOOD THAT MADE YOU SICK, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN INJURED AND COULDN'T WORK???????

[@billycloudy9078]

⁠@@Nemesisnxttrue but every time they try to cut spending someone(meaning senator or representative) complains how their district got their funding cut!!

[@klissattack]

This needs to be shared to everyone

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Agreed, then everyone can see Reich is a fraud.

[@bryanalcantarfilms]

Such a well done video. I've been following this channel since it's inception. It's like these videos just keep getting better and better. On message, the way they are edited, the motion graphics and quality so on and so on. Thank God for this channel. Professor Reich is doing a great service for the American people.

[@10YearOldTom]

Better for the economy is subjective. A lot of data they use is based on the stock market. Who has all the stock? Vanguard and Black Rock. Not really so great for us.

[@its.that-time]

True if you look at wages compared to the 80s it's about the same, while workers productivity and CEO pay is way up. Still we hear a capitalist propaganda that "you just need to work hard", when statically have a way better chance of success based on your parents and race. Sadly dems have moved to the neo-liberal right

[@AY-uf4oz]

Actually claiming that Trump has an actual plan is giving him far too much credit. The only plan he ever has is how to benefit himself.

[@zxy78267]

Well, he kind of had a plan; he hoped giving multi billionaires tax cuts, they'd give the trickle down to him.

[@MarcyStuart5x5]

We need a leader, not a self-serving cult figure.

[@michaelwightman4358]

" Robert Kennedy 4 President 2024 "

[@janhankins911]

Thank you so much for this. It is concise and understandable; you don't have to be an economist to understand it. It is also a very powerful message that every American should hear.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

That is because Reich is not an economist. Real economists laugh at this guy, you can Google it.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

That's how propaganda is designed.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Real economists laugh at reich. You can google, he's a fraud.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the tiggered irrelevant psychopath troll. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@JayTheAdviceGuy]

​@@yourdaddy-mq4kmAre you saying this video is propaganda?

[@kydeerhunter5]

The trickle down economic did not work nor will ever work for the low to middle class people. It worked very well for the rich. I worked for a company for that made millions every year when I was working there. When I started there, they gave out bonuses, gift certificates for Thanksgiving and Christmas. After about 2 to 3 years there the bonuses stopped then later the we just get a $25 gift card instead of the $25 for Thanksgiving and $30 for Christmas. All that stopped so the owner can keep more money for himself. While we continue to make millions of dollars for him. After he died, his kids sold the company to a UK company. The only thing they did right was to give a bonuses for how long you were with the company before the sale. They still made out with millions after the sale of the company.

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

The rich get richer and ..... you guess the rest!

[@mead-wf1xu]

The economy was good under Trump. I bought a house and received a raise. I could not buy a house with the current administration.

[@hsuehhs1]

The economy was good under Obama and Bush

[@rogerboughner7842]

Do you know why that is? Do some research and learn something. You would not believe me if I posted it. And my job under Trump moved to Mexico. Even after he gave his big no more jobs leaving America claims.

[@MichaelFreeman-pu3qy]

Reaganomics cost me a year and a half of the worst times of my life. No construction meant I had to take jobs with half of my regular pay.

[@notme2day]

Reagan also started the downfall of education and mental health by defunding both programs. You simply can't be educated, mentally sound and patriotic if you're still voting for republicans at this stage.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

😂 did you really think the high unemployment and inflation of the 70's fixed itself? Fixing an economy requires a slowdown.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the tiggered irrelevant psychopath troll. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@kalitor]

3:31 This idea of "running the country like a business" being a good thing is asinine. How do businesses run? They do their best to cut wages and other costs and funnel all their gained wealth to their shareholders. Well, guess who politicians' shareholders are? Their big donors and lobbyists. Running the country like a business will mean lower wages for the regular person, higher taxes on the regular person, and lower taxes or requirements on the wealthy share holders, that is, the corporations that pay for all the politicians' campaigns. Running our country like a business is the absolute worst thing that could happen to the middle class economy. And indeed, literally every measure of the strength of the middle class has absolutely tanked since 1981 and the advent of Reaganomics. The government needs to act as a check on the natural state of the capitalist employer, who, by design, exploits all his workers. You can't make money if you pay people according to the value they add to your company, because there would be no excess. You necessarily have to pay them less than that value so that you can acquire the profit. That's the whole point of a capitalist business. Trying to run the country like a capitalist employer literally means exploiting the workers for the benefit of the wealthy, because that's the fundamental principle on what a capitalist business is built upon, and does the exact opposite of what the government should be doing. When you run the country "like a business," you end up with things like the ratio of CEO to work pay going from 20x more in the 60s to 330x more now. It's all exploitation, and the Republicans (and most modern Democrats) allowing companies to do so.

[@estebanlara3702]

Exactly so vote out the bribed politicians so we can make company payments to politicians illegal. Get money out of politics.

[@realjeffreyjo]

Red or Blue your life will always be the same unless you changed.

[@asimovstarling8806]

very well said.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Reich is fraud. Real economists laugh at him, you can google it.

[@jackprick9797]

1000% agreed! Thank you for putting these informational videos together.

[@FireTruckTech22]

Wild because I usually do worse under democrats. No wars and low inflation. My income has gone down with Biden and had more money with trump. I don’t see how the make since

[@RobertSaget-iv4wv]

Russian troll

[@jeremypintsize7606]

WWII ( 1939-1945) Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democrat (1933-1945 ) Korean War (1950-1953) Harry S. Truman democrat (1945-1953) Vietnam War (1955-1975) Dwight David Eisenhower republican (1953-1961) John Fitzgerald Kennedy democrat (1961-1963) Lyndon Baines Johnson democrat (1963-1969) Richard Nixon republican (1969-1974) Gerald Ford republican (1974-1977) United States invasion of Grenada (1983)- a military blunder for US - Ronald Reagan republican (1981-1989) Desert Storm (1991) George Herbert Walker Bush republican (1989-1993) Invasion of Irak under false pretexts (2003) - leading the formation of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) - George Walker Bush republican (2001-2009) War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) - from Talibans to Talibans - George Walker Bush republican (2001-2009) Barack Hussein Obama II democrat (2009-2017) Donald John Trump republican ( 2017-2021) Pretty even for wars...

[@FireTruckTech22]

@gabrielwong9063 I’m middle class and everyone I know is struggling with inflation from poor energy management. What was odd to me was that they had primary votes for Biden and threw them away and but Kamala in ….. doesn’t that go against democracy?

[@FireTruckTech22]

@gabrielwong9063 Which social ladders ?

[@FireTruckTech22]

@gabrielwong9063 I don’t need more social programs personally. What would help me is less inflation and better government control of government spending. Which the democrats have printed and spent a lot of money

[@talltom1129]

Robert, please start making campaign commercials for Joe. It's time to put the truth out in public where even the main stream media has to print it.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

😂 yes please. Then everyone can see that Reich is a fraud. Google it, real economists laugh at him.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

I think you mean the half truth 😂.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km Same old babble from Zachoff the irrelevant. We all know this is really you. Buzz off !!!!

[@zxy78267]

That's a great idea!

[@barrysetser3909]

Been saying that same thing for decades now.

[@notme2day]

Same.

[@darthsidius9631]

I have been saying the same thing for a long time and I am not even from us!

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@darthsidius9631you believe it because that's what the corporate media tells you to believe. In reality Trumps policies created the lowest unemployment in 50 years and Reagan fixed the high inflation and unemployment of the 70's. Democrats have been stimulating the economy by handing out money directly to the corporation of there choosing while Republicans cut taxes to let all businesses keep more of the money they earned.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@darthsidius9631 you're brainwashed if you think this video is true.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@notme2day nah little buddy you've been told what to say for decades. Nothing about this video is true.

[@jamesjackovich5886]

Out of the top 10 impoverished states most are Republican out of the top 10 states most dependent on federal aid aka. socialist welfare most are Republican, pro-economy where

[@bipl8989]

Kind of says Republicans are vampires, sucking up the wealth from the most vulnerable.

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

welfare is not a socialist idea. It's a compassionate idea for the indigent and truly poor.

[@jamesjackovich5886]

@@sterlingmarshel6299 this money is federal aid for these states not the poor, so they can pay their bills because the Republicans running them won't raise taxes, raise the minimum wage or bring in businesses to generate taxes so their states are solvent, the very Republicans that complain about welfare are the biggest beggars

[@evanflynn4680]

Australian here. I googled your tax brackets just out of curiosity for this video and noticed something different from our tax system. In Australia, our tax brackets start with a 0% tax rate for the first 18k, then it goes up to 19% until 45k and increases from there. I noticed in the US tax system that your lowest tax bracket is still taxed. Only at like 10%, but it still confused me. If you want a tax cut that will literally help every single taxpayer, get your government to have the lowest tax bracket completely untaxed. Everyone benefits, especially those who have the least to spare.

[@bigpap90]

Just a small note that US citizens typically apply the standard deduction, which in 2023 was $13850 (married is double because of 2 people obv). The first $13850 is nearly tax free. In theory, the income taxes start after that. We're unnecessarily complicated

[@seriouslyyoujest1771]

It’s too bad that President Trump, like the pundit here doesn’t realize that food prices of doubled. Two days after President Biden canceled the keystone pipeline Saudi Arabia raised oil 42% per barrel. Gas prices soared at the pump, and my grocery prices doubled.