Here I'd like to insert the opinion of Neil Degrasse Tyson because I think he makes an excellent point. All these economists and congressmen have been arguing for years over how to keep jobs in america and the right has taken the position that we need to deregulate to compete. But what kept jobs in america in the past was the fact that the jobs were being created from space travel and other leaps in science and technology and were thus too technical to move overseas. Other countries have since caught up so now they can be. So if you want to bring jobs into america then fund research and development so that new and more technical jobs can be created that companies cant ship overseas. Part of the problem in america is we globalized the world and forgot to globalize ourselves. We need to understand our place in the globe. We were the leaders of science and innovation at the height of our prosperity and that position is slipping away from us.
The screen keeps freezing up on my fabulous 5 year old computer as I watch this. But that's actually a blessing in disguise. It lets me get a still frame of Alex Wagner as she listens or responds. Besides having a large brain and an almost constant smile, she is absolutely beautiful. Makes me wish I was the door man at MSNBC.
I'll agree to that to any extent. Albeit, personally I never really cared for Issa, but where I do agree with him and Maher pertaining to what you touched upon slightly just now; which is the problem of public servants such as those in Congress and the Presidency being stuck in a perpetual state of being elected even when they are already sitting in office.
That clause was repealed in the 13th Amendment, and you can't take things out of the Constitution, you can only add amendments to the end. Too bad no one called him out on that.
i'm an occupational safety engineer, the OSHA Act is NOT that difficult people. it is actually pretty cut and dry and it does not make it that hard on businesses to do their jobs. OSHA inspectors have no power, they cannot just show up unexpected, they can actually be refused entry without a warrant, as if a business had individual rights. companies just want more and more and more, and if they actually got what they wanted, they would still outsource.
Last I checked a business is out to protect the consumer. If they weren't we won't have safe care or safe homes. I won't be walking in stores with air conditioning/heat and products I buy will be unsafe. Without consumers there will be no business. Businesses number 1 goal is to please the consumers.
@@taylormcgill6643 I can't blame you for saying I'm wierd (I remember when she was a regular on MSNBC); but it hard to say much more of a constructive nature with Issa on who's from a district near me. Save perhaps regarding that Republican excuse as to why there isn't more private sector job creating investment being solely because of alleged "over-governmental-regulation on small businesses", is to entirely agree with Gov. David Paterson's summary. He was one of the most obstructive in congress during Obama. I hate to generalize but like many Republicans who start to sound semi-reasonable when they want your vote but after they get it, they laugh at those voters behind their back all the way to bank! Meanwhile, forever chanting that senseless ("bassackwards" as my father used to say) trickle down malarkey; who do they think they're foolin'? Answer: far, far too many people! Augy, San Diego
Why would those companies not outsource because they paid higher taxes? Corporate taxes rates average about 15% world wide for a reason. If you hike it to 25% then those businesses will just move. So instead of 25% you get 0.
they should make the terms for representatives and senators 4 years and the president 8 years. instead of 2 and 4 and they re-election. more could maybe get done and more people would be responsible.
Things like seatbelts were not around because we didn't know the full benefit of having them. As soon as we found out how useful they were we placed them in cars. That same can be said about any other regulations. I do agree that we need some government to keep some businesses in check but for the most part businesses want constumers to buy their product and their product will be bought that is safe and not one that kills them off.
That is a complete hyperbole. The point is you should pay your taxes. They go into funding the next generation of well educated, successful and innovative Americans.
That dodges the point. None of us are self made successes. We are all benefactors in a great social contract that we must repay as well. It just so happens that to him and his party, repaying that contract is out of the question.
@crowdaddy13 In Canada, we have a warrant "built-in" to our legislation. We cannot be refused entry. Well, we can, but not legally. Just a tidbit of info, and it doesn't hinder businesses here. It ensures that safe practices and due diligence are being followed.
Issa speaks with a forked tongue. Of course the panel did not know what was comming in Feb. 2012 with him heading the hearing on contraception without no female reps.
+irllcd13 Yup, that is the sad part.. no one has empathy anymore, is so irrelevant and fake if you have it you're called the most nice person they know when it should be and always has been a very common value. Empathy for apathy is my new slogan, maybe we can enlighten them.
Wow, when I compare these older episodes to the ones nowadays, it's like night and day. The older episodes seem to have more intelligent conversations with worthwhile topics like this one, and the ones nowadays are all about "cancel culture" and the "woke mob" 🤦♂
The tradeoff is that you have a very low corporate tax rate, and I think if that were the case in America, we wouldn't have as much of a problem with regulation.
Taxes are not regulations, nor are vouchers and schools. I'll give you this though--I've become convinced (yes--even as a liberal) that having the funding follow the student rather than a school district would yield superior results, and it has in Europe. The Republicans COULD potentially trump the Dems on Education, but they are too focused on absolute opposition to Obama, as well as guns, social issues, and taxes. And, Germany DOES have more regulation.
@Propagandhi900 Thats the way it should be here in the states. I work in the private sector, the OSHA office makes a call to tell the company that they will be there in so many days or whatever, and the company has plenty of time to hide things and clean house. I think the government should be able to give pop inspections and catch companies in the act. If you do what is right, you shouldnt have anything to hide. And since companies have that warning, they never will.
Big businesses like to call themselves 'job creators' but from experience most organisations spend more time trying to reduce their labour costs rather than increase them. Shipping out jobs to india, mass redundancies and so-called 'natural wastage' schemes do the exact opposite of create jobs. A businesses primary objective is to make as much money as possible an labour is a big drain on that if a business can replace you with a robot it will. So stop calling yourselves 'job creators'
Same shit happen here in the US. If you're caught, you may go to jail. In India and i have spent alot of time there, you pay your way out of harms way.
And anyone in these countries, who can go, to this country to avoid waiting lines and get specialized treatment. We also have the highest cancer survival rates in the world due to the cutting edge innovation from the market. It's easy to cut down on overall cost when you give the government the power to ration and pull the plug on old people. Also, why are you ignoring the constitutional issue? Not everyone has signed on to this "government without limits" thing.
If you really want to help businesses and investment, enact Medicare 4 All and remove the frustration away from employees having to do with employees’ health insurance.
that sounds logical to have congress and the president run at the same time but could you imagine if we did that we would have an even more screwed up congress because no one would care because we would be swamped with political ads. at least we can not be bombarded at once
Whoa what a blast from the past. Issa, and the blind mayor or governor or whatever (no disrespect to him). It’s hard to take all these “reasonable” republicans who went on Maher seriously in the era of trump
One of the smartest discussions I've heard, and that's saying something. While it is obvious that there are decent Republicans (it's arguable whether Issa is one of them, but I think so) it's nice to see them actually speaking to a mass audience and being heard. And I'm very glad that they got to the perpetual elections point, one of the stupidest points in American politics. Also, stop saying that Cenk should be on the panel in every possible video. I think that by now people get the point...
Prior to the oil companies starting to frack in the US they lobbied and passed a law that the industry is exempt from the clean water act. I'm sure they had no idea they would be doing harm to the water.
It used to be that way in the US as well, and the sky didn't fall. Go figure. I can't tell you how many times I've heard the proponents of deregulation say that it "levels the playing field". Huh? Would doing away with the rules (and that's what regulation is - rules) of football have the same effect? Of course not, but it is a very strange way of rationalizing something that benefits mostly the corporate powers.
Issa is what's so wrong with Congress... an otherwise bright guy who's been brainwashed and really, truly believes that up is down and day is night.The arrogance of not being able to be questioned, even if you're a politician in power, is downright scary.
@Thekingcmk But the thing is, UPS is at fault for anything that involves their employees, regardless of who did it. In America that's the price you pay for operating a multi-billion dollar business. Your company is putting 18 wheelers and boxtrucks on the roads, planes in the sky or whatever. If your company wasn't there, there would be no risk. So legally, it's UPS's liability. With your rationale, if I drive my car and wreck it, its not my fault if a squirrel caused me to swerve into a tree.
@estebanrey Well in market principles it wouldn't make sense from a business stand point to increase labour costs. Money is money and this will always be a reality, no matter what some law says.
@DrinkSkateSleep He doesn't always squint. He's been blind since 3 months old. Squinting or closed eyes is a natural reaction to not using your eyes I think.
yes issa is smart, the real issues is simply regulation= less profit, and less profit is something the republican party never likes to see. they run everything like a business, and business are usually never out to protect the consumer, only the shareholder
oh for christ sake. No he didn't build a god damn school to educate his workers, but he worked hard and became a very successful businessman. Enough with this "did he build a road or open up a postal service?" horseshit.
Issa is trying to say that the so called job creators wont invest because they are worried about regulations that MAY be imposed in the future? What a load of bull.
