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In our new episode "Where Is Our Tax Money Going?", Jon asks Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, why our tax system is so broken and how we make systemic changes that will make it more fair and accessible for taxpayers - and less profitable for middlemen and lobbyists.
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@tfcooks Год назад

"Fixing things is hard because we intentionally make it hard to fix things" is what I heard her saying. Thanks Jon for highlighting this.

@xenoscry Год назад

literally all I heard "Jon you are completely right. I'm scrambling to bs something."

@melissahutchinson5652 Год назад

Not only do they make it hard they make it impossible The politicians are supposed to be our lawyers are lobbyists are supposed to get things for us and make things better for us but instead they invite all the bad actors to join and then they literally bow down to whatever they want it’s like our lawyers are working for the other team I mean and then they make it impossible to do anything about it and it takes so long you want to be 90 years old like this lady before you get one thing done it’s freaking ridiculous it’s so annoying because the people that made this system all had slaves to do all of their hard work so they have time to make things impossible freaking annoying

@billh.1940 Год назад

I heard we have 2 parties, and both are corrupt. No meds for you.

@saberur66 Год назад

It’s really important to highlight that the only obstacle we have in getting things like the pact act passed are republicans. That’s literally the only reason

@Khronogi Год назад

@@xenoscry she wasn't bullshitting, she was sitting there agreeing with him. She was explaining that the system is so garbage they have to wade through years of shittyness to get progress and the only progress they make is when they just never give up on something. It took replican 50 years to overturn abortion rights.

@jonadams5547 Год назад

Totally agree with Jon on this one. It’s shameful that a group of elected officials only do what’s right under threat. It’s despicable for them to claim they represent people, districts, and states only to turn around and further the interests of corporations and their own political career.

@sgodsellify Год назад

What were you expecting from democratic leftists, like these blue/green haired liberal wingnuts.

@davea136 Год назад

It is much more shameful that we, the voters, keep returning those people to office, fooled by the "if I don't vote for Bad I might get worse instead!". Why is anyone voting for any member of a major party?

@Grizabeebles Год назад

@@davea136 -- because there's nowhere near enough money available to third-party candidates to give them the kind of visibility they need to get elected at the state or federal level. The place to start is to go to your city council meetings and get involved at the local level.

@Hollywood041 Год назад

I see. You are looking at the claim incorrectly. The Representative is a person, who gets to believe any batshit idea they were already in favor of or can be convinced to support. The people get to vote for who they want to represent them, and periodically the 'sitting' gets removed for ie having voted against a human right. The Representative is not supposed to be representative of all the people of their constituency. If a Rep/Sen/Gov were to do that with a district that is highly diversified ethnically, split fiscally, divided equally across religion/faith, poor and wealthy they would not be able to form an opinion on which to vote on any bill. This is why candidates make their campaign pages cover all these issues that you may not care about... someone else does, and this issues may arise at some point over the 2-6years they are in term. The candidate is informing you "this is how I plan to vote" and your job is to take in all of that and choose the one that best represents you in the the most categories.

@davea136 Год назад

@@Grizabeebles As Bernie Sanders proved, you do not need the oligarchs’ money to compete. But we keep telling ourselves that, self fulfilling prophecy.

@suzanneh.5094 Год назад

I love Jon’s interviewing style. Slow, deliberate and thoughtful questions.

@stormevans6897 Год назад

Just like Matt Walsh lmao

@crystalhazer7246 Год назад

@@stormevans6897 maybe, but not being transphobic or bigoted puts Jon in a different stratosphere.

@tuckerfrd1 Год назад

These are the questions and how to ask them when you're not selling an agenda. Yes, Stewart is a rich guy but he fights to shine light on the screwing of the little guys (1st Responders/VETS) like no other.

@DontcallmeaCuck Год назад

@@crystalhazer7246 Yea. Matt Walsh is way better . Jon is a warmonger for nuclear war

@ToBlindlyGo Год назад

@@DontcallmeaCuck Are you saying that because he said it (or something to the effect) or because he's Jewish? Feel free to tell me if it's another reason entirely, I just struggle to comprehend how one of the lone, public voices against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan would suddenly be provoking nuclear Armageddon.

@claybob Год назад

Cameras are the answer because they hold people accountable. Law makers should have body camera just like cops so we can go back and review the conversations they have while working as a public official.

@rafaeldiaz9706 Год назад

Yes! I wish I could like this twice

@MMuraseofSandvich Год назад

Unfortunately this will simply move the conversation and debate away from the Capitol. They'll just hold their back room deals on K Street. Maybe this will result in indictments for corruption, but somehow I don't think this is enough to change their behavior.

@claybob Год назад

@@MMuraseofSandvich ok not a body camera then. A device that is surgically implanted and records everything a public servant says. If you want this much power over this many peoples lives you loose your privacy.

@BrarMan95 Год назад

@@claybob Sadly this is a situation of self regulation. I can't even imagine these lawmakers deciding/making a law to implant themselves because we don't make laws, they do. I don't see the current situation of democracy any different than old times of kings and rulers.

@mikeryan8099 Год назад

Like Manchin having weekly breakfast on his yacht with oil lobbyists. In his own words.

@Mayelito7 Год назад

She had no rebuttal, she had a pre-approved talking point and he poked right through it. Brilliant!

@blakeudell Год назад

This is spectacular. Jon is the only person out there actually asking powerful people important questions on a big platform- glad to have him back.

@placebojesus5652 Год назад

I still have my Stewart-Colbert ‘08 American Apparel brand shirt lol and I still would support them.

@OvarosX Год назад

Well the problem is our Congress hates hard questions, they want an easy job where all they have to do is let the corporations make the decisions, the only reason Jon has access is because he is a beloved star, it is access that breaking points would love to have but doesn't have because they are mean to the lazy politicians and don't have a super star history.

@katmesarovich1668 Год назад

Katie Porter!

@blakeudell Год назад

@@katmesarovich1668 You're right! Katie Porter is awesome. Unfortunately I don't think she has quite as large of a platform as Jon does- but that just reinforces his argument.

@sstory4753 Год назад

Jon's not the only one. Check out Russell Brand

@legion7193 Год назад

Love it when they avoid the question and Jon goes on the hunt.

@Samael1113 Год назад

It's not even a question that needs to be avoided or provides benefit for avoiding it. The basis of the question is "Is the way things are being run right now giving fair representation to the people, or is it weighted heavily in favor of lobbyists?" The simplest answer would have been "It's probably not ideal, there are probably improvements that could be made". Relatively neutral, answers the question any further follow-ups could be answered with an "I don't know, I'm not currently informed enough" and it wouldn't be infuriating. An admission would be made, but nothing would change and no one would really look bad. Instead we have someone doing acrobatics to avoid swinging at the biggest, easiest softball lob of a question in hopes that it will be called a ball, but ends up being a 130mph fastball dead-center and 2.5ft over the plate when it is asked for the third time.

@ivanahhahmpaloht9153 Год назад

Jon: listens intently Also Jon with troll face: *IF I MAY*

@celestialanger7102 Год назад

Please keep allowing Jon and team to conduct more interviews like this. Y’all are on 🔥 lately.

@themightykabool Год назад

So youre saying the govt needs to outsource their congressional hearings to a private company to get to the bottom of why the govt outsources to private companies. Hahaha But yes.

@celestialanger7102 Год назад

@@themightykabool No, I'm saying "Please keep allowing Jon and team to conduct more interviews like this."

@themightykabool Год назад

@@celestialanger7102 i know i was joking.

@davidlewis4001 Год назад

Hopefully the show by his own name will allow him to conduct interviews in the future.

@FreeFoodforthePoor Год назад

“Just keep charging at the windmill! You’ll beat it someday with a little grit and hustle!”

@CosmicPhilosopher Год назад

Don't forget your bootstraps! Gotta keep pulling those things up, right!

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Год назад

@@CosmicPhilosopher I'd try whipping my mule with my bootstraps, but I ain't gots no mule!

@Vet1Michael Год назад

the great myth of "pulling up by your bootstraps' - jesus, the Germans coined that phrase as a euphemism for doing something impossible while American Politicians and grifters are selling the lie...

@Z4RQUON Год назад

We shouldn’t have to find a celebrity to embarrass our elected officials into doing their jobs.

@elisemiller13 Год назад

If only it Did embarrass them into doing their their jobs for their constituents, instead of their own selfish agendas Z4QUON

@elst3v032 Год назад

We need term limits, age restrictions, and actual real people who have participated and lived in the society they've shaped to be in charge.

@missraincanyon Год назад

We also need to throw out Citizen's United and lobbying or none of it will ever matter bc corruption will spread as politicans are bought and paid for

@rrubens3026 Год назад

Exactly. I truly don't think a majority of the old timer establishment politicians truly realize the actual grift that health insurance has become especially since Obama care. I realize it has helped some people to an extent but it's like an inaccessible scam for most. You can be insured on paper and have virtually no access to health care.

@JP-JustSayin Год назад

@@missraincanyon agree on citizens united. Corporations are not "people" ... for one thing they don't have a natural life span ... this makes them an entirely different class of actor from actual "natural persons". Human rights are for humans ... and corporations are clearly not humans.

@joaocalhandro Год назад

Oh you want better voters? Me too!

@LtPowers Год назад

That would make things worse. You do that, and the only experienced hands in Washington wil be the lobbyists. Then they'll really be running things.

@gregsvlogshow Год назад

"Here's a big word salad on why thing are broken just for you, Jon" Jon- "No I don't think so... You're not getting off that easy."

@CarlosMartinez-kp6mi Год назад

jon seamlessly does a great job of letting people talk incoherently about matters they should know.

@DutcherSnedeker Год назад

That’s such an easy rebuttal to her statement 😂 “Well John you spent 10 years as an internationally recognized TV personality fighting for change and shaming people with your access to the media, so change is possible!” Get outta here with that nonsense 😂

@SwamiEpstein Год назад

I can’t believe she even tried to use that as her counterpoint! Wtf!

@aarojpoll Год назад

The people in charge know they can't 100% rig the system because if they do and we realize that there's no avenue for change they're risking violent revolution like in the Central American countries that little avenue no matter how small is what feeds are complacency

@sinsgalore5146 Год назад

This interview really reminded me how little either side care for regular people. Jon couldn't even get this out of touch dinosaur with gaudy jewelry to acknowledge how broken the system is when the people who are directly affected don't have proper real representation at the negotiating table, and instead are drowned out by the demands of lobbyist. Then in the end she just throws her hands up and goes "I'm not arguing how crazy the system is".

@Junksaint Год назад

Republicans care, they want to control and hurt people. Dems just want to do it a little less. Bernie and Fetterman care about the people at least but progressives get no air time and less funding.

@nanoflower1 Год назад

I think she knows how broken the system is but she also knows how impossible it is to make the sort of changes Jon is advocating for. She is working within the system that exists with all of its limitations. I'm not sure what Jon would like to see but consider that a system that worked faster to resolve these issues could also be turned around to do other things faster like abolish the right to have an abortion nationwide. I think that's one of the main reasons there isn't any real change in the system over time. Even getting rid of the filibuster is a questionable act because of what might happen down the road.

@squarerootofdragon5380 Год назад

@@nanoflower1 I think the issue isn't that she is working within the system, so much as she is unlikely to want to improve it if she gets the opportunity. If Democrats took control of 80% of congress and the senate, they would have the power to make the democracy more representative (without e.g. endangering abortion rights), but people like her would still refuse to take the leap. They would take that 80% majority as proof that the system works and doesn't need changing, rather than acknowledge the once in a generation chance to fix it.

@JamieRobles1 Год назад

Her job is to, really, obstruct because she is on the side of big donors. That's why she couldn't say it. She may get some stuff done, but never bulldoze some real change.

@Auguur Год назад

I thought they got Susan Collin's name wrong.

@Sundayjean Год назад

Listening to this interview via the full episode was infuriating. She refused to listen and hear what you were saying, and was hell bent on convincing you that she was doing good. It left me feeling hopeless. In the past 40 years things have gotten significantly worse and so many elected officials are clueless. We have a party that is fighting like crazy for the corporations and a party made up of too many that don’t know now to flight for average Americans.

@seecesar Год назад

Thank you for doing this!!! Thank you for sticking to the tough questions! I can’t stop thanking you! She danced around them and this is typical of politicians

@Samael1113 Год назад

It wasn't a tough question though. "Are people being fairly represented when 600 pharma lobbyists are in the congressional chambers, and the people the laws will affect have no voice in the same chambers?" is the easiest question to answer. It's absolutely damning that this congresswoman avoided the question as she did. It was not only an admission of the system being broken, but also a defense of it not changing.

@seecesar Год назад

@@Samael1113 maybe not a tough question but who else is putting these politicians on the spot? No talk shows and no news channels do.

@briankowalchik8309 Год назад

TERM LIMITS !!! No politician should be allowed to vote on any bill or legislation for whom they are getting donations from. The system in place needs a 100% overhaul. Nice interview Jon, always same b.s. answers from politicians. Can and never will answer a direct question.

@keyofb9513 Год назад

This show is so damn good. Jon Stewart does not let anyone get away with BS answers

@Witless-Pawn Год назад

Jon please we need you. It’s sad to say we need a celebrity but we need your voice.

@robertcampomizzi7988 Год назад

Jon doesn't have a voice because he is a celebrity. He is a celebrity due to the voice he's always had. I agree with you. He (and/or his ilk) should be in office

@MysteryKmt Год назад

How is he keeping a straight face 😂

@JustinTracey Год назад

because he is professional af

@Jermays173 Год назад

I could never, and would never, want to live in these United States. The overall opinion of the Australian population is, "We can't allow our system to slip into the American way of life."

@zero.the.prototype Год назад

I'm listening, John. I wish my job was working on these foundational changes instead of making plastic at a factory. I'm looking for ways to be a part of the solution to THE PROBLEMs you've been educating us about.

@SageGarlandSingerSongwriter Год назад

I hope that you get the opportunity and go for it! You deserve to get to work on your passion in life

@arich20 Год назад

Just sending you some encouragement - what would you need for shifting to a job working on foundational changes? You'd have my vote. I hope you find the energy, vitality, support network, and economic viability for the shift this would require. It's hard to tell a lot of the time because of how things are platformed - but there's a lot more of us who want better policies and structures for everyone, than there are of those trying to maintain the extractive status quo. You might also read "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. Good luck.

@ttcheeser Год назад

The fact she is so accepting of the mess it is, is in and of itself part of the problem

@Sam-jw3xs Год назад

She's playing the game.

@jcarle1001 Год назад

OUTLAW LOBBYING

@NewMessage Год назад

Man, them richies are gonna be soooo well marbled when we finally get to eat 'em...

@claiomhdubh Год назад

Somebody needs to really impress on these dinosaurs that Atlas Shrugged and The Hunger Games were works of fiction, and introducing policies based on those literary works is more than a little fucking insane.

@lionscircle4700 Год назад

Ayn Rand was ashamed of the fact that she required and accepted government assistance later on in life.

@technodroog 10 месяцев назад

De Lauro, who's being interviewed here, is one of the founders of the Progressive Caucus in Congress, she's nowhere near the Ayn Rand's worldview.

@edisonyi1188 Год назад

Instead of 600 lobbyists, imagine what utopia we would live in if it was 600 Jon Stewarts.

@EvanH1122 Год назад

All I need is to be one of the most famous ppl in the world with a TV show and I too can make change

@eseterik78 Год назад

She's saying a whole lot without saying anything. You can tell she knows this game well.

@rembrandt972ify Год назад

I think she did say a little. She almost admitted the system was broken.

@ShieldsJustice Год назад

The Problem with Jon Stewart and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver are the BEST shows for investigating crucial issues and making those issues simple to understand. Most episodes highlight the grim internal workings of the United States, but its refreshing to see two hosts try to expose them and search for solutions.

@Boggsy. Год назад

Every monstrous maze has it’s Minotaurs.

@vivekh7662 Год назад

Let's start by making every single senator and congress member pay for insurance out of their pocket. Why do they get a free hall pass and then expect them to change the rules. It is insanity by definition.

@MalikBarrow16 Год назад

This whole show needs to be on youtube

@jasonc4882 Год назад

Keep at it good sir. You’re firing on all cylinders! I really appreciate all that you and your team do.

@lastnamefirstname2390 Год назад

These people are playing with fire. The populace will not tolerate being squeezed into poverty while the rich get richer. Eventually, people will come knocking at THEIR door... French style.

@TheJosephoenix Год назад

The populace will tolerate, they have for 40 + years... if the ppl in USA understood anything about elective goverment, they would've fixed it... but then there's that movie idiocracy which is loosely based on the population of the USA and the trajectory they're on

@cancerino666 Год назад

Yeah I see more the usa populace, in an attempt to right back the rich, to fall into strongmans who will help the rich maintain their power.

@Weaponator18 Год назад

I'm bearish on that thought. while it does bring good, the internet is the single greatest tool for swallowing up public discontent in human history. our anger all get absorbed into a place that can't hurt politicians. its not right, but as history has shown, unless we're willing to risk our lives to make change; it probably won't happen.

@JustinTracey Год назад

Jon Stewart is the greatest journalist that we currently have.

@JustinTracey Год назад

@Adam Jacobs no. Why did you bring her up?

@Khronogi Год назад

@Adam Jacobs gotta come with evidence my dude

@JustinTracey Год назад

@Adam Jacobs Wow. You are super rude. My comments was clearly hyperbole. I was simply saying that he is a great journalist despite the fact that he is actually a comedian. Then you responded with a comment about someone that had nothing to do with what I said and when I politely asked why you brought it up you insulted me. I wasn't insulting your hero. Sorry you got offended.

@TeraPatch Год назад

Jewelry is starting to become an indicator for my life. It’s really giving me some good judgement of character.

@TheBierp Год назад

I couldn't decide what seemed more out of place on this person. The hair (odd), the rings (gawdy) or the legs (actually pretty good). 😂 Unfortunately, her answers did not make her look good.

@artfulalias3984 Год назад

Stay on it Jon. Keep pointing out the corruption and conflicts of public representation in the system.

@floriantinschert5542 Год назад

The second she tries to butter him up, you know it’s gonna backfire.

@Low-Fi-SCOTT Год назад

Jon Stewart is the man. No BS, the public is sick of the system.

@elisemiller13 Год назад

So glad to have your voice back Jon! (especially at this crucial time and your successor on the daily show is preparing to move on! so sad) Man, do we ever need your voice & capacity for intelligent, probing questions...essence of true reporting

@diddleysquatflowers9669 Год назад

Access literally means nothing. Yes I have access to healthcare but if you can’t afford it how accessible is it really??

@firemipspy1198 Год назад

You know... what struck me the most was the bling. Her outfit, hair, jewelery, the chair she is sitting on, the items in the background. So where is the money coming from for this bling... lobbyists? She has 0 incentive to change the system when she benefits from it herself.

@payamzamanian800 Год назад

I wish you could put the whole show on your RU-vid channel even a month later.

@misteratoz Год назад

Thanks for what you do. I wish you didn't have to.

@markhathaway9456 Год назад

I love this tack from Jon. It's much more relevant to people's lives than mere entertainment.

@MrAddis Год назад

If Jon keeps this up there is not gonna be one politician that wants to do an interview with him. I applaud you Jon keep up the good work. 👏👏👏

@anitaschvitz9749 Год назад

I’ve already given up that anything good will ever come from our government

@johnwood462 Год назад

Term limits now!

@Ivan.Wright Год назад

Overregulation helps monopolies stifle competition. Insurance is a defacto pyramid scheme.

@tylerdurden788 Год назад

Thank you

@dingusdingus2152 Год назад

The entire capitalist economic system is a gigantic pyramid scheme

@Sane_Man11 Год назад

You know, representatives like her are *almost* just as dangerous as someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene…. Why? Because while they acknowledge there’s a problem, they make excuses for it, even throw you a bone and say things like “I know it’s not right…”, and yet… things never change.

@technodroog 10 месяцев назад

comparing the dumpster fire that's MTG with De Lauro is totally wrong. You should look at De Lauro's voting record before even putting them in the same sentence.

@thinkbeyond3457 Год назад

Finally the secret to make the "for the people goverment" to work for us! Quick, everyone go grab a celebrity! 🤨🙄

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Год назад

Wages: Work for a little money, pay bigger slice in taxes and get to write off next to nothing Capital Gains: Have lots of money do your work for you, pay less of your labor-free loot in taxes and get to write off _everything_ That's pretty much all there ever was to the formulae since Reagan.

@jedison2441 Год назад

Ask them to explain how someone who is dirt poor, affords.... "Affordable Health Care"... Screw them

@gelatinskeleton8745 Год назад

“You have access…” “you worked for veterans etc….” Jesus.

@omega4384 Год назад

You are a wonderful man. Thank you for caring.

@MellaMostess Год назад

Just joined the channel! ❤️ you Jon!

@TheCreepypro Год назад

man this is such a good interview

@originaljazzkatt Год назад

600 lobbyist v. 435 members of the House. Guess we know who's needs are meant. 👍🏼

@luciesupstairs Год назад

holy eff he's good! thank you Jon.... people do give up! the system breaks them.

@MonkeyMan404 Год назад

If we work hard we can fix America! Amazing! I work full time, suffer from crippling mental illness. The prospect of dedicating a whole day to lobby on the steps of Washington seems impossible for me. I wonder if we could have a system where we elect people to go to Washington on our behalf and advocate because honestly, I don't have much time in my life. (Or wait... we do -.- and they asked us to work hard instead of them doing their own job). Like she brought up Jon's experience with 9/11 first responders. Congress's inaction led to many of their deaths. So... do I need to struggle for 10 years at your doorstep before you figure out I'm dying?

@justinmas299 Год назад

As long as lobbyists and private money are interwoven into politics the peoples voice will be ignored along with their interests.

@1848revolt Год назад

The nerve of this questioning. The entire system is corrupt. These people openly insider trade. Get a clue.

@Auguur Год назад

Ahh yes, the ole "paradigm shift". When will these tools accept that when half the lawmakers deny the paradigm, there can be no shift.

@anish3183 Год назад

Jon's content out here educating the masses. great video and great person this lady is.

@daviddavid5880 10 месяцев назад

Revisiting this years later and I still love how she's just SO excited that a decade, hundreds of people, tons of hard work, and a well-connected multimillionaire celebrity spokesman is what it took. She's 100% cool with it. The 80yr-old (17 Term. 17!) multimillionaire congressbeing thinks this system works juuuuust fine.

@AlisonCrockett Год назад

My goodness. There needs to be more people actually holding people accountable for what they say! Only John Stewart seems to ask these type of questions.

@second0banana Год назад

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this show for refusing to be a place for Dems to sell their feel good "the process works" BS. This was such a perfect highlight of the way the old guard dems like to gaslight.

@rodneyjones5274 Год назад

once again Jon Stewart is no joke, you cannot, repeat cannot sit in front of him and think he is gonna ask questions and then let you skirt around them I don't care friend or foe. YOU BETTER COME PREPARED AND CORRECT. Gotta love this guy 💯 💯

@Loweredexpectationss Год назад

‘ If i may . . . ‘ . Haha. Right on.

@naomibee8881 Год назад

My insurance covered my breast cancer removal and chemotherapy but nooo dentistry coverage for the side effects of the morrow get sucked out of my teeth in the process. My teeth are now breaking off and I’m losing weight. Maybe there’s a blessing in there somewhere. It also burned out my eyesight to where I needed glasses but they don’t cover eyes either.

@tradeprosper5002 Год назад

Our illustrious representatives don't really care about their constituents other than basic PR. Princeton study showed that the vote for what the $$$ (donors/lobbyists) want.

@Vanderearden Год назад

And this is the problem. Instead of admitting that the system is rigged or broken, insisting that it functions fine, albeit slowly. One would expect as much, considering its her livelihood.

@aarojpoll Год назад

This is why Bernie couldn't win because he thought he could take something like the Democratic party and steer it instead of doing the work that will probably not be finished by him that will probably have to be given to those like the squad and AOC a building something from the ground up while Republicans are actively against the people the leadership of Democrats don't want change because a certain part of their party the rich part benefits from the status quo

@AdenKandosii Год назад

"Follow up question: how much money have you taken from these lobbyists? "

@marlamumgaard677 Год назад

I just read that as "lobbyrats." True, yes, but I should probably get my eyes checked!

@Department_of_Justice Год назад

It's criminal that this isn't more accessible

@billberndtson Год назад

Born and raised in New Haven county, CT. I love Rosa and Jon the same amount. 😃❤

@rustyshackle917 Год назад

This dinosaur of a woman is clearly part of the problem and you love her? Education is lacking in CT.

@Ed_Lima777 Год назад

I missed the 'paradigm shift' bingo. Damn it!

@dominicghany1072 Год назад

Lots of gaslighting

@buckyoung4578 Год назад

Jon looked as if he had seen the dead talking to DeNutty! And, he HAD!

@FalconPunchPro1 Год назад

On today's episode of "This is why we can't have nice things," we have a member of the establishment saying the system works while Jon proves that it doesn't. Again.

@tmoore2010 Год назад

I have been saying this for years to people that they need to not only vote but then follow up with their vote as diligently as a lobbyist. Once you've got a politician they will forget about you until it's time to vote again you have to stay on their a**.

@toddpickens Год назад

Missing the forest for the trees. We don't have a healthcare system in the United States.

@Hollywood041 Год назад

Nailed it! Celebrity is the only thing that brings awareness to an issue. Use your fame to influence as best you can for the things you believe in. Politicians are not celebrities, we should not make them into that. Actors have more decorum and tact than most partisan politicians.

@electricAB Год назад

I don’t even live in America and this makes me furious! “600 or more..” she says it like it’s the weather or how much she paid for a television. Lobbyists get a seat at the table but ordinary folks - nope. She even rolls her eyes.. This is not democracy! It’s demockery!

@johnchessant3012 Год назад

It's sad really. She is the chair of the appropriations committee, which decides which proposals get funding, a position that's decided almost entirely by seniority. Basically every chair of that committee since 1930 had served in the House for more than 20 years before becoming chair. I imagine at least some of them started out as reformers but by that point in their career they had no appetite for anything other than incremental changes. We need to abolish the seniority system.

@tonibridge1 Год назад

She suggests NOTHING in the way of a process that would change the fact that the public is not sitting in the room...just excuses. Do lobbyists have to keep fighting for a chair at the table? NO! But We the People have to fight tooth and nail and often get cuffed and arrested at the Capitol just trying to be heard. It's obscene.

@maxdamage1983 Год назад

Still amazes me that politicians agree to be interviewed by Jon Stewart because they're used to nothing but sycophantic softball questions, and then get suprised when none of their talking-points work because he shows up prepared.

@rustywater3219 Год назад

I remember being a fan of Craig Kilbourne and one day saying who's this guy? Now he's interviewing representatives who readily acknowledge his power to move policy (vets bill). And he seems to still be down to earth.

@Aeroldoth3 Год назад

Ditching ESPN Kilbourne was the best thing they ever did.

@tommy5499 Год назад

It is Frustrating there is such a disconnect/ blindness from the people to elected officials. In many ways they take a bad system and made it worse. I could sign up with my local insurance person at any time of the year. Now I have to call or get on a government website, make sure it's in the time of year that only you can sign up. Deal with a insurance company and government office depending on the issue. How much does this all cost in the end?

@glenncurry3041 Год назад

"But I get so much money from those lobbyists, they have to be there! Individual people lobbying would not carry enough cash to listen to them for!

@darrelgustafson2507 Год назад

It's " trickle down" baby. If the few people at the big table get more cake , obviously more crumbs will fall down for the little people.

@silentcaay Год назад

I thought elected officials were supposed to be our representation. My high school civics classes never told me I needed to find celebrities and/or lobbyists to have representation...

@jwbjpb1338 Год назад

The sad reality is our government (both parties) have little to no desire to fix anything UNLESS it involves helping the top 1% get richer.

@russellwilliams5065 Год назад

This is what try to uphold the status quo looks like…. They HAVE TO DEFNEND THE SYSTEM AS IS. They don’t know how to operate any other way.

@rittherugger160 Год назад

This Rep. is incorrect. We do not have the "ability to negotiate the price" of drugs. We now have the ability to negotiate the price of a select few drugs that Big Pharma has decided to allow us to negotiate on. Big difference.

@peterslegers6121 Год назад

If all representatives stay in Congress for 31 years untill they're 79, how lively are those parties, can they still get in touch with "normal people" and how are things going to change?

@clarel4584 Год назад

In other words, yes, the system is broken.

@ahabwolf7580 Год назад

I think the crux of this is that even if all political parties involved start the process with the people's best interests in mind, it's impossible for the outcome to still have those people's best interest when the room is filled with lobbyists who DO NOT have those same interests. Why is lobbying still legal? Because in order to change that you'd have to start a process to change it.. filled with a room full of lobbyists lol. It's like asking politicians to voluntarily campaign solely from their own pocket. Never gonna happen.

@aarojpoll Год назад

Somewhere along the way we the public forgot that our politicians should not have a friendly relationship with the business class because a lot of them make rules that are supposed to referee the game of business their relationship is supposed to be adversarial but the business class realize somewhere along the way the best way to beat your adversary is the slowly turn them into you by making sure those politicians are now from the same business class if that makes any sense