Nicholas Kristof: Tightrope | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) 

The province of BC in Canada tested twice as many people for Covid 19 than the entirety of the US. That tells you something about universal healthcare. The slight increase in taxes is more than worth it.

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annnndddd Portugal is a very safe country to visit. While they have many issues with jobs and their economy it is a beautiful country. This an excellent interview!

Such a real perspective. We have to address the root of all of these problems.

R.I.P Nicholas kristof

Depression is the lack of hope. And leads to substance abuse, including eating junk food. How do we provide hope in a disconnected community? Many (including the government, via tax exemption) think churches and religion is the answer. However, this is failing (or failed too). We need to build REAL communities, and connection...rather than isolation, rugged individualism, and hyper-consumerism in our divided cities and towns.

I was thinking about this literally 15 minutes ago. You can't fix anything in this country right now without providing the youth with a path to go forward. I'm 18 and literally this entire generation is plagued by depression, suicide, and drug abuse because why would things get better in 10 years from now when everything looks like it's going downhill, no one is listening to us and we get told that we are whining and crying about everything. We can't do anything about our future, we are constantly being shut down because we are trying to protect OUR future. Once you figure out a way to make millennials and gen-z optimistic, this country will skyrocket.

The rising cost of housing, food, utilities, and taxes are what is killing us. People with millions of dollars will never understand, the middle class goes into work each day wondering if they will have a job by Friday; because some millionaire has found out he can make an extra 10 cents by screwing over his employees. All of these problems come from wealth without responsibility, we may work for the rich, but we need to show them they don't own us.

Great line, the "miasma of depression".

Because a healthy and educated country is a strong country. End of story. Bernie you have my vote. 4 Bernie 2020.

it sounds like an good economy would prevent a lot of the issues he's talking about. And a good economy could start with a good educational system. As a teacher of 10 years, I'm quitting this year because the system has made me feel physically exhausted, mentally drained, and emotionally belittled.

I self medicate with comedy...

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You know, here in Chicago I keep saying that if they really want to fix the gang violence problem, they need to fix that depression problem. Build economic growth that helps rather than gentrify those people out, and give these people some hope and something to fight for. I'm thankful our current mayor now recognizes that when so many previous ones never did.

"There is no silver bullet, but there are silver buckshot" is easily one of the best phrases I've ever heard to describe how to tackle problems in America. Americans want one policy solution, but dont understand that multiple policies make up a solution

“They self-medicate with soda and potato chips.” I never thought I would hear this sentence in my life.

Education, jobs, money = happiness

There's an excellent book called "Chasing the Scream" by Johann Hari that lays out the case for legalizing all drugs. Portugal's success is groundbreaking.

So great to hear Portugal as an exemple !!

this guy speaks sense!

The tepid applause for Portugal's success story tells the real story - Americans have been brainwashed by politicians and the media into believing that addiction is a criminal problem not a disease.

the healthcare company, i work for, just went out and advance purchased 10's of thousands of masks, anticipating a shortage...1st time I've seen that in 15 years...this "feels" different in so many ways....what aren't we being told? just saying

Betsy the secretary of education just cut off funding for the the poorest counties in the country.

Chris hedges has been saying this for years. And wrote his book way before this guy.

So the solution is to promote systemic change in wages, healthcare, education, and justice reform. Reminds me of Bernie's platform.

Obesity can be directly linked to economics. The less money you have the worse options you have. Now, you can also through in education, addiction to sugar, salt, and corporate farming. The vast majority of our food is shit! It’s full of preservatives, sugar, and sodium. Our food portions are ridiculous! Let’s not forget people are working longer and harder for less. People don’t have gardens much anymore. Giant grocery chains are the only options for rural populations. Physical fitness has been cut in schools. Sports are often to expensive for families to fully participate having to travel all over the country. The cuts in jobs lessens the tax revenues for schools, leaving them to consolidate as their only option. The privatization of schools is a way of discriminating against the poor, starting a segment of our population all ready behind. Travel around this country and tell me how great we are! We need a revolution! This country is a shell of what it was when I was a kid! It’s pathetic and sad. If Trump wins, if the senate stays bought by corporations and Wall Street. You can all but expect this trend will continue to where 80%!if the population will go bankrupt just trying to take care of their aging parents, their kids, and themselves. One more major recession (just another word for a reconcentration of wealth and power) and people will literally have nothing or be underwater for the rest of their lives. Life expectancy will go down, more people will be sick, more will die. Corporations and the rich have pretty much set the table. The door for hope and change is closing rapidly!!! But I wouldn’t be surprised that the vast majority still will vote against their own interests taking the rest of us who are not in denial, not anti intellectual, not in love with a cult of personality down with them!

Many of Andrew Yang’s policies were directed at addressing these issues. His drug policy was based on Portugal’s success.

Eating "healthy" is expensive!

The change of the focus from criminalization to clinical help here in Portugal had a tremendous positive effect. And it was the Socialist Party that made that happen. Their are again in power and the left side of the Parlament is now trying to make weed legal. Last week the Left voted to allow euthnasia also. And Portugal also has a great health care system (kind of a Medicare for All).

Bloomberg is supposed to be smart about so many things? Sez who? Being rich doesn't mean you're smart.

Ever since Bill Maher got crucified a few months ago for "fat shaming" our morbidly obese society, his videos are almost never recommended to me anymore and seldom show up on my home page, despite me following the show.

*EATING YOUR FEELINGS*

Diseases of despair could also be referred to as diseases of society, or even diseases of late-stage capitalism. It's not a coincidence that the more unequal a society gets, the more these incidents occur.

Why don’t the US speak to Europe. The stuff you have problems with we have answers to. Or is it just arrogance?

Is there a reason that the full interview is cut off halfway through it?

Obesity is directly related to the poor having to eat the only affordable food which is fast food and junk food. Their only choice is cheap calories that have zero nutrition, but lots of fats, sugar and salt

Everything just indirectly comes back to Bernie Sanders and what he’s been talking about.

We also have to address corporate food stranglehold on, soda, corn syrup, sugar and sodium additives. Junk food and high calorie foods are cheap while fresh fruits and vegetables are expensive. Flip the tables.

First and foremost the US has to understand that life is not all about making money. I sadly really don't see that one coming.

Obesity is on the rise due to the stress we have to deal with daily.

“Self-medicating” with sweet or salty food happens, certainly, but what about the disparity in the price of nutrient-poor, calorie- and preservative-rich food with fresher, more nutritious fare? Comparative Costs and availability alike must be taken into account. Does the obesity epidemic reflect poor choices as much as it does poor finances?

The dismantling of rural America is being copied all over the West. Some of it is caused by the curse of resource-based economies. A sustainable forestry practice would have kept Oregon going much longer but forestry companies were allowed to act irresponsibly like it was a gold rush. The Green New Deal would be a life line to many forestry towns. Britain, France, Canada and Japan all have the same issue - rural ghost towns. Kids go to cities for education and jobs and never come back. Better educational centers in rural areas is a start. Economic planning and study by real professionals, not hacks, before a dime is spent. Government loans for new industries to locate near these new colleges with the stipulation that they have to repay the loanif they relocate. No more Walmart cut and runs. Public health initiatives to resolve the unethical pharmacies feeding the opioid crises (the Sandlers sales practices need new laws) and the meth labs. Subsidized housing in these rural centers...most millenials hunger to be debt free. Their student loans, mortgages/rent and child care are swallowing them whole financially. Improved infrastructure - so much of rural infrastructure is very neglected and delapidated - it's why industry concentrates on the coasts - shorter transit times for exports. High speed Internet also. Access to the Internet in rural areas is very hit and miss. Jobs head to low-wage countries with poor working conditions. Those good paying jobs in rural America weren't stolen by countries like China - they were GIVEN away via trade agreements that the establishment of both parties supported. I know now that whenever these 1% have an economic proposal, it needs to be examined 6 ways from Sunday because they lied about NAFTA etc.

All Americans need to watch Michael Moore's documentary "Where to Invade Next". It shows how different European countries have adopted sensible policies to help its people. Portugal and the battle with drugs is one example. France with school lunches is another example. There are many small but significant things America can do to help people be more educated, healthier, happier, working good paying jobs, etc. Right now this country is set up to work only for the corporations and the wealthy. That is not capitalism anymore. That is extreme capitalism, aka corporitarism based on greed. Anything taken to the extreme is not good. There needs to be balance. And Americans need to stop buying stupid shit and BS. Live within your means. You don't need the latest gadget. Who are you showing off to? Save your money, keep it simple.

No, obesity problem is more related to food industry, America is hooked on sugar insanely. I came to the states from Europe in early 90s and was shocked. Europeans go jobless and depressed too, but they don't get so fat from it. I'm afraid some points he makes are misleading. There is also the culture of isolationism that is reflected in American urban planing that forces people into front-door-car-front-door lifestyle. You do not have that issue with European style urban planing.

If we want to bring good paying and interesting jobs to the country, we must institute a positive and consistent fair trade policy. Rump's punitive and inconsistent trade war, only makes things worse. However, his policy is just an extension of a long history of negative and counterproductive policies. Only a consistent, incentive based policy will bring about real and lasting change for the better. Sadly, the last presidential candidate to talk about this, was the disgraced John Edwards.

"silver buckshot" Nice metaphor

Wow, Portugal beats the U.S. And this is the greatest country in the world but we can't get Universal healthcare & do anything about basic gun control or drugs.

It's not just what people are eating .... it's what's EATING them.

I don't think the problem is just potato chips and soda. Greasy Cheeseburgers, fried chicken and burritos from fast food joints at incredibly cheap prices subsidised by government is a massive problem.

The harsh realities are corporations do what they do and they will continue to pay workers low wages and make you feel as a cog in a machine with no say in your part at work. The only thing to combat this unfettered style of capitalism is through social democracy and unions!! I’d go as far as to say we need worker cooperatives in a big way in this country.

I would like very much to speak with you, Nicholas. I am almost sick of this situation I'm in.

The Freedom Dividend that Andrew Yang was talking about was the most direct way to help in many of these areas . Raising the minimum wage gets lost even before it takes effect . Being that is a direct cost and a company will increase its price on the goods its makes to counter that meaning you end up at the same place you started. The VAT tax he planned to counter this effect would work because if they raise the price they will only gain even more tax rather than profit. And the consumer would still come out ahead.

What a good guy Nicholas Kristof ! I have read other articles of him 👍

Not only I love Nicholas Kristof as a great humanitarian personality, but I dreamed of him last night only to watch him now as a guest here, and I don't know what this really means. :) More importantly, I think Kristof gave us here a very good look at how a significant part of the pool of voters in the country think. Thank you, Nicholas!

It's a big problem It's enormous LOL

Why did you cut off the interviews,?

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Bill I watch your show a lot. For years. Could you please think about a Special in a few months? A Special having folks like Nam or Yanis that possibly people think have a different idea base other than Cecil Rhodes followers do? Lot of folks would watch. Thanks Bill. Trump got in because of many reasons but the prime one is always what the Clinton's and Obama's actually are to the bone. Yes we are stupid and easily controlled but you dude are supposed to be a good steward of the public. Thanks man.

Hey! The horn when the light turns green actually is a good idea! Run with it. The Bill Maher traffic light. Make that money.

When the obesity epidemic was a few years old, the NYT did a huge article on obesity. They found that poorer people who could not afford any type of vacation relaxed by drinking beer or taking the family to a fast food place or having a large cake or pie for the weekend or snacking on cheap foods like chips and sodas while watching TV or movies or etc.

If Americans went into voting booths with any thought whatsoever...

Wise Man. Too bad big money doesn't care.

Bernie is out to fix diseases of despair. #Bernie2020

Bill always has checkered shows/guests... I'll be furious at the conversation one minute then grateful for the next (like this one)

Yamhill is quite close to Portland...Western Oregon is BLUE though

UBI. .. as Andrew Yang clearly explained would also help alleviate the despair and hopelessness. With an income to secure basic needs one could focus better to overcome any personal issues: mental .professional. health . social . spiritual .

Just stop Iowa was one of the first states to legalize gay marriage we want Sanders 2/3 of the country if you straight down the line agree with his policies

#Bernie2020 #GottaBeatTrump

Hello Americans! Please increase your consumption of green vegetables. In other words, eat your veggies, goddamnit!

Eating is also really fun. Chalking it up to depression is an easy explanation. You might be depressed b/c you're fat, but don't eat b/c you're depressed.

Maybe a lot of you will not agree with me, but I think there's too many of us, that's why the increase of Stress, Depression, Suicides, Diseases, Zero-Empathy and other mental disorders, because we as humans consume and compete for a lot of natural and energy resources. In 10 years a lot of people are going to compete for less paid jobs than it is today, and wealthy people will get more richer than ever, because they also will want the middle and lower class to work more, learn more and sacrifice more time and the loop of dysfunctional families will explode in numbers.

I have seen many people in Texas with no money problems and very obese, maybe it's the American diet, full of meat, processed foods, and sugar.

I've been hearing these tired fixes for our failing economy for decades. "Provide better paying jobs" "Fund better education" "Subsidize housing" The best way to immediately impact our quality of life is to learn self sufficiency. 1. RU-vid is the greatest skill learning tool ever invented. Watch and learn by doing. 2. Grow your own food. 3. Build your own shelter. 4. Break free from dependency. The self sufficiency off-grid movement is EXACTLY what this country needs.

Sounds like a job for Andrew Yang!

The BEST thing we could do for our rural areas would be to reinvest in our people through investments in infrastructure, education and health care. That would allow rural hospitals to remain open and expand and would provide good-paying jobs all over the country. The people with those jobs would then be able to support local restaurants, grocery stores, and all the other small businesses that small towns and rural areas need to thrive. Those areas would then become desirable places to live and a cost-effective alternative to expensive larger cities, resulting in further private investment and growth. People would be healthier and happier. How do we accomplish that? The answer is amazingly simple: we HAVE TO return to a rational, progressive taxation system like we had in the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties, with the rich and extremely rich paying something approaching their fair share.

Wise ideas.

Don't use drugs! Half the country obese in 2030??😱 Understandable tho....living a healthy lifestyle cost MONEY.... Fresh vegetables are expensive.

He's not wrong, but he's missing the point. But so does everybody else, so. Loneliness.

Bernie 2020 🇺🇸

I'm from yamhill county, Y-C graduate, and this is accurate, nothing but drunks and tweakers.

Everyone has a book...lol...America is a joke.....democracy works in theory in America not in practicality........when u r corrupt and have the Parkes backing nothing can be done even the CIA FBI ARMY in the USA cannot remove a president and then they lecture the rest of the world about democracy....hahahahahahah

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The Expert:It is not geographically it is demographically Bill: But geographically they don’t

Obesity is a great problem - and it leads onto other diseases - that are killing many people. Solving obesity is critical to the health of most developed countries.

Greed is very powerful. Raise minimum wage to $15 an hr and your hrs get cut to 30, now you're making less a week. Minimize your life, you minimize your bills and you're life will improve. Less is more.

Okay! let's get Amy Klobachar on this.

Sam Harris destroyed everyone and Bill is shook.

You go with your feeling, Bill. Beyond that America is an oligarchy/ plutocracy/ capitalism that must make its way to demo-cracy/socialism/ rationalism. You don't seem to understand the positive change but are brilliant about the Right Plutocrats.

It's not that you're a bad guy for bringing up obesity. It's the way you do it and how you address it that's offencive! I'm disabled with a very aggressive case of multiple sclerosis and was confined to a wheelchair for 8 months where I gained a lot of weight no matter how hard I tried not to. now that I can manage it, I'm on my way to losing the weight I gained I've lost 40 pounds but it took me six months! You need to be a little more apathetic that every overweight person is somebody who stuff themselves with fast food like Trump.

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When did Bill become a corporatist?

Weight Challenged sisters and brothers are looked upon by the community and the medical profession with little respect and compassion. Junk food is at it's all time high. Super Markets dedicate more aisle space to what I call dead food than any other. I've been battling obesity all my life, even while in the womb. The OB mom went to with me put her on Appetite Suppressants because he didn't want her to gain as much weight with me like she did with my brother and sister. They were 9lbs, I was 7lbs and guess who was the chubby/fat one. The metabolism is a complex survival system and should be seriously looked into. But when I go to a doctor on my chart they diagnose me as 'Morbibly Obese', what a dreadful term, you don't call someone 'Morbibly Crippled' or 'Morbibly Anorexic'. Yes Bill it is a serious problem and those inflicted with it should be taken seriously.

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A good drug policy is when you buy low and sell high! Just like the stock market 😂

Portugal IS NOT America - that level Of legality here would be catastrophic

This ENTIRE VIDEO is a fucking ad for Andrew Yang: Portugal model to rehabilitate drug users, UBI to invest in every community across the country, improved education, especially trade schools for jobs that are hard to automate

You are uploading to youtube before HBO Go.

Sam Harris was right!

I am confused

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