My brother's dad worked from 16 to 42, full-time when he hit 18. Then in his mid 50s he had a few part time jobs after my mom divorced him. He told my brother last October he'd get a part time job soon. Still hasn't. He can't work full-time because he won't get his social security. He can't be getting that much. I feel sympathy for anyone who actually worked and paid in.
@@christinebenson518My husband started working at 13 until he was 63 and didn't draw crap from social for all those years he put in! Thank God he had a pension! I'm in the same boat! Soc Sec tells me my amount is $1300 but actual check was $815! I had to draw on my husband's to get more even though I worked to 66! Thank God I draw half my husbandsnpension as a widow. I was making it alright but in the 10 years since he passed, things have gone up so much I'm living check to check! 😭 The $65 raise I got last year only put $20 extra on my check! The raised are a joke! Because Medicare takes it! Why bother? 😢
Love Adam though I disagree with him on a LOT like Israel did anyone see this? 20 year old down syndrome Gaza boy left to bleed to death after IDF dog was allowed to savage him. his family were forced out of house for 7 days, and not allowed to talk to him as they locked him in a side room, when finally got back to this house they found his body decomposing on floor- untreated for the wounds as dog had savaged him and severed artery in his arm. Mohammed Bahr had mind of a 1 year old and needed help feeding. God love him. I dont remember ANY US politician or news studio mention this even. shame on them ALL. - but the REST OF THE WORLD covered it. my daughter works exclusively with Down's adults she helps with all home needs but carers also take them bowling, crazy golf, Lazer Tag, karaoke, Museums, enriching their lives - [we - via our local council pay for 100% of thwir care] I can't DARE EVEN show her this story it would crush her. just imagine if the boy were british or israeli or American? WOULD WE CARE THEN? "The Israeli army has admitted that a Palestinian man with Down syndrome who died after being attacked and injured by an army dog was abandoned by its soldiers. The army's admission comes two weeks after Middle East Eye originally reported on the death of MUHAMMED BAHR (www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-palestinian-down-syndrome-left-die-israeli-soldiers-after-combat-dog-attack) following a raid by Israeli soldiers on his family home in eastern Gaza City's Shujaiya neighbourhood on 3 July. His family told MEE they had been forced at gunpoint to leave behind the 24-year-old after he was mauled by the dog. Relatives described Muhammed as "like a one-year-old", and said he needed help eating. Family members contacted the Red Cross daily for a week, pleading for Muhammed's release or medical treatment, but were told that the Israeli army was not cooperating. After a week, and once Israeli troops withdrew from Shujaiya, they returned to find his decomposing body at their home. Stay informed with MEE's newsletters Sign up to get the latest alerts, insights and analysis,starting with Turkey Unpacked The Israeli army initially told journalists (web.archive.org/web/20240716192014/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9drj14e0lo) it was checking into reports about Muhammed. 'At this point, the person remains, mostly likely, alone in the building' - Israeli army spokesperson But an army spokesperson told +972 (www.mekomit.co.il/ps/137621/%C2%A0), the BBC (www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9drj14e0lo) and other outlets this weekend that soldiers left a man fitting his description after an RPG missile hit their tank, injuring soldiers and killing one. "The force that was treating the person who was bitten in the apartment had to leave to provide treatment to the injured soldiers," the spokesperson said. "At this point, the person remains, mostly likely, alone in the building." The spokesperson added: "The IDF regrets the harm to civilians during the fighting." 'There is no Muhammed' The Bhar family had been evacuated at least five times since 7 October when Israeli forces raided Shujaiya under the cover of heavy air strikes on 27 June. On 3 July, Israeli troops raided their home where they had been besieged, first sending in dogs which attacked Muhammed and started to maul him, his mother Nabila Bhar has told (www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-palestinian-down-syndrome-left-die-israeli-soldiers-after-combat-dog-attack)MEE. War on Gaza: Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli strike on tent sheltering media workers Read More » (www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-journalist-killed-israeli-strike-hospital-tent) Once the soldiers entered, she said she pleaded with them to take the dog off her son as she tried to explain that he was disabled. They eventually took Muhammed to a separate room where he was "humming in pain", his mother said. "Now and then, they would open the door, look at him, and say 'Oskot' [Arabic for stay silent], then close it again," Bhar said. "The soldiers then gestured to each other. A doctor who came with them entered the room, and Muhammed suddenly went silent." Bhar suggests the doctor injected him with a sedative, but she could not see or hear him after that. "I asked the soldier, 'Where is Muhammed?' He told me, 'Muhammed is gone.' I asked again, 'Gone where?' He answered, 'He's gone. There i s no Muhammed," she said. The family was then forced to leave the house, and Muhammed was left behind. Body decayed When they returned to the house, relatives found his body in the room where he had been kept, covered with blood and fluids seeping from his body as it began to decompose. A tourniquet had been put on his wounded left arm, probably to stop the bleeding, his brother, Jebril, told MEE. 'I cannot bear to think of what they did to him, or how they left him to die like this' - Nabila Bhar, Muhammed's mother
@@ZanderFoulner Thank you for exposing the cruelty of the Israeli army. I am saddened to hear what happened to the 20 year old vulnerable man with Down syndrome. It is shocking how so many leaders have turned a blind eye to the attacks on innocent Palestinian people in Gaza. I understand more than 38 ,000 Palestinians have been killed by indiscriminate Israeli bombings. This is against international laws. God help the Palestinian people! Sam 🇬🇧
@@sammenter1 I’m just glad Adam and Liz have been calling out for a long time about Trump, it cost them a lot, but if the Republican Party is to return that they are a good starting point. The democrats are backing Absn and Liz, even if their politics are different, they still need a strong second party to work with.
As someone who cared for 2 grandparents with dementia, and someone who has worked in senior care, Trump's joy about The Apprentice is a typical presentation. Clear memories about something he loved followed by anger for what he no longer understands. #VoteBlue 💙 #BidenHarris2024
What's really interesting is listening to all of these expert clinicians that have been observing him throughout and when listening to the evidence, it's like almost a slam dunk that this man has serious issues that continue to worsen. That makes the fact that the followers in his cult have as many issues as he does to continue to blindly follow someone you can see is in total decline and his conversations don't even make sense anymore.
23:42 You can take the man out of the Republican party but you can't take the Republican party out of the man. Raise taxes on the wealthy and lift the income cap for SS contributions. Problem solved!
Basically it's like telling these bozos to go back to Eisenhower republican era when top tax rates were still in the high 80s. These people are still way too obsessed with Teagan and the myth of trickle down economics.
No, not really. The problem still existing concerning SS is the amount Congress borrowed but never paid back into the system. This should include appropriate interest dividends... SS should be one economic fund which cannot be borrowed from & where every working person pays into... The concept is quite simple but the reality of Congressional members not knowing how to wrap their brains around domestic fiscal policy is the tipped over oil drum in the hallway.. SS should not be on the wy to bankruptcy in less than 10 years. Everyone of us crunch our own monetary numbers & figure out how to navigate so tht down the rod in the future we are solvent with surplus economy resources... Congress needs to listen to the financial math people & realize policy decisions solely based on partisanship loyalty is the recipe for insolvency throughout our entire future economy...
@@marcstreiff6067 That's not how economics actually works. You're still stuck on that 2000 campaign nonsense about a Social Security "lockbox." In reality, Congress creates money by allocating it; it doesn't have to depend on tax receipts. If it creates too much, you get inflation, but as long as the economy continues increasing production, creating money--or credit--isn't a problem. And rmszucs1's point is correct: raising taxes on the wealthy is a vital part of solving SS solvency.
I love your honesty, Adam Kinzinger. I watched the January 6th investigation. You and Liz won my respect and love for standing against your party to stand for the truth. Honesty is very important to me. Thank you all you do and you have done. Bless you and Liz.
This man helped trump just like Cheney and now they cry ! Sickens me that party will be responsible if we lose democracy ! I try and listen to this BUT ffs they cherry pick what suits them .
Not really at all. He STILL likes to boast he voted for and believes in the Trump tax cut that only helped the top 1% and corporate interests....while putting a couple trillion dollars in the national debt....INCREASING taxes on people making less than $75k....AND eliminating normal people federal tax breaks like for moving expenses, teacher expenses, and student loan interest. He is milquetoast when it comes to shit. I'm honestly not impressed with him. Does not care about average people and instead LOVES corporate goobers and now is banking on living high off the hog with being a "consultant" (lobbyist).
"At some point can we as Americans say if nobody take what the guy running for president says seriously maybe he shouldn't be president?" Yes, thank you!
I have nothing but respect for Kinzinger and Cheney for placing honor, ethics and truth above all else in politics. Our constitution is where we all stand united with them above all else.
You two make a great team. I am a life-long Democrat who has great admiration for you and thank you for your courage to speak the truth against the those who wish to destroy our Democracy. I thank you. ❤
Did you know that Social Security is only paid on the first $160,000 you make in a year? So, if I make $10Billion/year and you make $160,000 we pay the same amount in Social Security Taxes. I can see a real easy fix, can you???????????????????????
Why is this NEVER a thing on the right? Is it the donors? You can't even call $160,000 rich. (More than I make, but still.) Even bringing it to $200, 000 (Trump likes even numbers) and see what happens. A little experiment if you will because all of the charts and data points are too tough for people to grasp.
I love Adam Kinsinger a true patriot. I’m a 69 year old woman from Illinois who is a Democrat. I care about morals, values, and the truth. I believe Adam is the same. I’m so proud of Adam. He is a hero. He gave his all to not give up his soul for lies and dishonesty!! God bless you Adam!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
Adam stood on his principles and wouldn't compromise his beliefs. I am proud of him, too! Adam gave up a lot, but he didn't give up his soul to fight another day. Thank you, Adam, for having intriguity and dignity and human empathy in your DNA. USA IS GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
If you cut taxes on the rich over and over for decades, it might increase the debt… As JVL likes to point out, we’re having record high yacht sales. Maybe it’s time to consider a modest luxury tax.
Yes, Kinzinger says he will defend the Trump tax cuts, and then the next segment is the growing national debt, which Tim opens with "I want liberals to take a bit of medicine." SMH
On the debt, Tim and Adam, lest we forget: 1. The Bush Tax Cuts 2. The Bush/Chaney War debt AND OTHER SPENDING. (Clinton left a surplus) 3. Tarp that was signed in by Bush. 5. Bank Bailout under Obama 6. The Trump Tax Cuts 7. The Social Security and Medicare costs could be offset if the Reagan caps were adjusted for inflation in current dollars.
Reagan Taxed Social Security; plus Reagan’s Failed Policy of “Trickle Down Economics” in Reagan’s day was the downturn of the American Working Middle Class upward Social Financial Mobility. That Failed Policy made Wealthy Individuals; much more Weathered; caused Middle and Underprivileged Classes; much poorer. •Reagan also accelerated Deregulation Policies; the Policies that allow Companies•Industries•Corporations•Conglomerates to Gouge the American Consumer. Allow Pollution in Communities, Waterways, Aquifers,Oceans, Ecosystems, National Parks and Forests… causing Cancer Clusters, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases, Infectious Diseases,Viruses plus Hazardous Chemicals and Fertilizers in our Food Chain… without any accountability or responsibility for their actions. •Reagan’s Administration had the earliest “Inklings” of The Heritage Foundation 2025 Project Agenda… he installed the infiltration and influence of Evangelicals throughout all aspects of our Governmental Agencies and Institutions. •Reagan also tried to abolish Women’s Healthcare Rights with dissolving Roe VS Wade. •Reagan only catered to the Top 1% of Wealthiest Individuals and Corporations, with huge Tax breaks and credits. •Reagan had Dementia during the end of his Administration; had Nancy facilitating her Psychics and Ouija Board to create important Policy and Legislation Decisions. •Drumpf revered Reagan; he even copied his Slogan; only adding “Again” to it. •Reagan’s “Trickle Down Economics”; destroyed the American Middle Class Dream. •Also; Republicans purposely and systematically underfunded Public Education; since 1980-present day(Red States•Red Districts) in order to Dumb Down future generations of their Constituents; to have uneducated Vote against their own interests. •Combine that during Reagan’s Administration; he abolished the FCC Fairness Doctrine; for Truthful and Factual Journalism; in 1987.., that allowed the Right Wing Oligarchs•Billionaires to acquire the Majority of all American Media Conglomerates; which facilitate Division,Distraction, Disinformation and Discrimination(actual Military Tactics) for their Billionaire self serving interests and agendas.., Propaganda, Lies, Gaslighting… to Sway the uneducated Masses to Vote(Right Wing) then the Billionaires never have yo Pay a Higher Tax Rate; when the Drumpf Tax Policy Ends in 2025. 💙VOTE💙 Republicans have been working to undermine our Federal Constitutional Republic with Reagan onward.
@@barbaraaguttman8854 to sell the economics of Milton Friedman, Heyek, & Buchanan and the Chicago School of Economics you had to hate black people, brown people, gay people, trans-people, non-christian people, etc. You have to promote vilest most regress protestant and catholics to get the policies through. They had to project their damage to people on Democrats and Liberals rather than on an unregulated economy. You have pollute everything. One thing people do get is that neoliberalism from Friedman and Heyek is proto-fascism from the outset starting with the America First in the 1940s, the John Birch Society in the 1950s, and Goldwater Young Republicans in th3 1960s, AND when was implemented first is Chile.
@@Don-md6wn no he would articulately back all his arguments up with reason, facts, examples, as he should when we disagree. Im Biden n Bernie on 90% but appreciate his knowledge and courage. the Guy has earned our friendship FOR NOW tis a war to the death for democracy or fascism.That war will be won or lost on Nov 5th. adam grab a weapon. lets fight like HELL. TOGETHER Don?
HE NEEDS TO JOIN WITH KAMALA and go with her around the country his presence will galvanise the never Trumpers, encourage them to vote blue - it will ALSO REACH A LOT OF Trumpers who think there is no alternative.
Seems like that was what Trump really wanted in 2016. He neither expected nor wanted to get elected. He would have been much happier playing “alternative president” on TV, yammering about what he would do differently from and better than Hillary Clinton. Too bad for all of us that the Electoral College ruined his plans.
ikr. then he says that progressives need to take their medicine. please. we need to form a coalition with these guys to beat trumpbut its hard at times.
I was thinking tax the super wealthy, generational billions and corporate profits. Undo some of Reagan policies. Perhaps not allow stock buy backs. Maybe penalize corporations that make significant profits but whos full time employees qualify for government assistance programs. Stop baling out the corporations that wreak havoc on our economy. Cut the military budget. It's outrageous. There's many things we can do to cut the deficit. They aren't motivated. They like to complain about it. I'm 58, have been hearing it my entire adult life.
@@teresaparnham9780 I agree with everything except the military. I really want us to maintain the strength and vastness of our military, but they need to be much more responsible with their funding.
Adam, thank you for standing up for Democracy, the rule of law, and the constitution in your work with J6 Cmte. The Republic owes you a solemn debt of gratitude that history will not forget.
Along with Pete Buttigieg. In fact these 2 men represent my Dream Ticket for sometime in the future. I'm almost 73 years old. I just hope I live long enough to witness THAT manifestation of "Country over Political Party". 💙🎉
I have a two-time Trump voting relative who decided he’s not going to vote for him this year because of Trump’s proposed tariffs. As a small business owner he knows how disastrous that would be. We need to hammer this point home to economics-first Republicans!
I'm sorry Adam, I'm glad you left the dark side but I just can't listen to you talk about the deficit and not own the major role that the then Republican party played in the creation of this problem. Tax cuts to the wealthiest 1% ( Excuse me. I have to take a break here to extinguish my hair on fire! ) and now who needs to pay for this? The poorest and most vulnerable Americans. Your messed up for profit medical system eats up more of your GDP than any country with Universal Healthcare. Your Welfare system is a disgrace. Your for profit prisons are quasi-criminal and nothing but a place to turn petty criminals into hardened criminals. The National Debt is not being created by poor people. It is being driven by the policies that favor the Super Wealthy over the average American. This is why we have ended up with a criminal like Trump. You need to look much deeper into your understanding of what creates wealth in a country. Kleptocracy, the credo of the Republican Party, means some people and their friends get very rich and everbody else gets by on the crumbs. You know as does Tim that dark money has rotted the political system from within. Until there is a thoughtful historic reform we will keep on falling into this morasse over and over again. Think before you advocate policies that will damage the fabric of American society even further. The poor are NOT the villains here. Think again!
@@browneyedgirl6050 And lest we forget the tarif war Trump engaged in with China is why we had to step in and rescue American farmers who could nolonger sell their crops in China. The unintended downstream consequences of tarif wars are too numerous to list here. There are many ways in which the American manufacturing landscape would need to be restructured to compensate for the loss off producers of say microchips. This is one area where I actually think we might be better to have a robust domestic production but we would also have to be willing to pay a higher price for goods that rely on this technology. I know that for security reasons this is an area that the Biden administration is working on and investing in. It takes time however building the facilities and training the work force and creating a stable market for these products. I suspect more and more it will be important to develop these homegrown industries for reasons of national security. We learned this lesson during the pandemic.
If the government hadn't borrowed our money we paid into social security it would work. It wouldn't be a drain on the system. Pay social security back!
My dad (a WWII era guy) said that buying US bonds was patriotic because you were investing yourself in the country and that it made the federal government indebted to the citizenry. I had never thought of it that way, but when he explained it, it kinda made sense.
If we go back to the pre-Reagan tax code, the rich would pay their fair share, & social sec & Medicare would be funded forever, or we could tax the whole yearly income instead of capping it at $160,000/year. There are solutions to fully fund ss & Medicare, it's just that billionaires don't like them. VOTE BLUE 💙 to protect OUR retirement benefits!
He's always been a con man, but if you watch a clip of him from 20 years ago, he could speak in complete sentences and even paragraphs and he didn't have to repeat the same words and phrases over and over to fill space.
Liz Cheney & Adam Kinzinger for president.. Bring back the pride and democracy in America.. It would be the only way I would vote for Republicans again 🌈
So long as he tells people to vote for Joe Biden, that's enough. He no doubt disagrees with much of Biden's policy agenda, but nevertheless, America cannot be entrusted to Trump. That's more powerful than saying I'm a Democrat now.
According to Setoodeh, in the course of one interview, Trump actually uttered the words, from his own mouth, "...when I lost the election..." How did THAT lede get buried?
Thank you, Adam Kinzinger, you are 100% correct in saying that Trump set the USG up for failure in Afghanistan. We were never going to be able to pull out in an organized fashion. The Trump administration slow rolled the issuance of visas for Afghans that assisted the USG so no surprise why we had so many people that were left behind. His administration negotiated with the Taliban and left out the Afghan government and women through the whole process.
Kinzinger says he is proud of his vote for Trump’s tax cut which cost $2.3 trillion, then immediately turns around and complains about the deficit, typical. It’s one of the things that make it hard to take the Bulwark seriously. Then he complains about Social Security and Medicare which are separate spending piles. Just disgusting.
Yes, Adam is a conservative that wants smaller govt, lower taxes and lower spending. It's also an economic philosophy of supply side economics which has been debunked as failure for long term success. I might agree with Adam on maybe 15 pct of policy votes but at least he wants to keep American democracy intact.
The problem is the Oligarchs•Billionaires that don’t want to pay the proper Tax Rate; plus Deregulation Policies that were greatly accelerated during Reagan’s Administration have ruined our Nation.
@@hemlock40 NO NO NO after Nov 5th none of that will MATTER if Trump wins, we will never have a say on anything again. so for next 3 MONTHS EVERY NEVER TRUMPER IS OUR ALLY we stop Fascism then we can argue all day like the good old days. lets get in the trenches and think of NOTHING ELSE but getting Kamala elected! plz we need evryone in the FIGHT. it is to the death.
He didn't know what being president entaled. He was under the impression that being president meant he'dsit around and just be a figurehead. He didn't know that one had to actually have to do something. He didn't know it was actually a job and there was work involved.
But he knows what the position is now. Why does he want it back?? I get that he doesn’t like to lose, but his followers would accept any excuse he’d come up with anyway. Why embrace the misery?
It isn’t that no Dems are concerned about debt, but when we hear (prime example was this podcast) that the only area to cut is from poor people! Instead of from wealthy people paying their taxes …. We don’t want to hear it. Student loan forgiveness is a prob, but the PPP forgiveness never gets mentioned. Social security needs nixed, but we can afford TRILLIONS for a corporate tax cut. Give me a break.
Thank you. Building from the bottom up seems to be working. Record profits for corporations, still have lots more work to do for lower and Middle class, but it's getting there.
And then there's medical debt, which is the #1 cause of personal bankruptcies in this country because we've chosen to spend the most money per capita of any country in the world on a for profit healthcare system instead of treating healthcare as a human right and driving the cost of it down like virtually every other industrialized country does.
I remember when in ‘70s the 18% interest didn’t stop any Republicans I knew from buying houses and muscle cars. We had gas rationing, it was inconvenient, yes but we knew it wouldn’t last forever. In WWII people were willing to do anything for our troops and the war effort. They knew like today, keeping Democracy was the only game in town. Sugar, flour, butter, chocolate, and other foods were rationed, so the troops could have what they needed. And gas was rationed too. Women learned to make airplanes. No silk stockings for women, sacrificed for silk needed for parachutes. Front yards were tilled for Victory Gardens. No whining like today. But we had a government totally backing what was needed for our troops. When we get a “working” not whining House and Senate again, then we can talk the money. No body seems too bothered about what Trumps whole administration stole from the Americans who needed it most. Republicans don’t mind running the deficit to the moon. Be fair Americans have had very little to work with on the other side. And the good Republicans that want to do their best work are treated like crap, threatened, and that is not right. Biden has done a great job so far, is he perfect? No, but he would never hand our country to our enemies.
No TVshow would want Diaper Don or Dementia Don on any show. They would have diaper duty and have to tolerate nefarious smells all day. We all know Trump farted and slept through all the court proceedings!
TO: Adam Kinzinger. Hopefully this helps. The reason "Dementia Donnie" even remembers Joan Rivers is because she was the Star in an especially riveting season of "Celebrity Apprentice". Although I've never had a positive thought about "Done" T****, I was a huge fan of Joan & always enjoyed her acerbic wit. Next up, as a former resident of HOU for 3.5 decades, I enjoy your backdrop which is a reflection of my handsome, former home. I also appreciate knowing you left Illinois to relocate your family to The Woodlands, TX, a suburb of "Greater Houston". AND, most importantly, I REALLY appreciate how both you & Liz Cheney did the right thing & put country over party at THE critical moment in recent political history. YOU are a TRUE PATRIOT! Well done.👍💙🌈
The tarriff scheme SHOULD be widely discussed, with emphasis on the ramifications for most of us. Discussed in simple, easy to digest and understand terms.
Hold on there now, inflation was out of control from feb 2021 to june 2022, but has been 3%, a totally acceptable number, since july 2022. There is a group of economists that think 4% is an optimal target. Inflation is not a problem now, it is the residual high prices that the mainstream media won't let go of, 2 years later. Social security is easy to solve, remove the cap and apply the 3% to all income. The top 1% won't miss the income and it will have the benefit of moving unused wealth from the top, to the middle, where it will grow the gdp. I know, this is a political impossibility, but it is how you should frame the problem.
That Jerome Powell said he won't lower intrest rates until inflation is at 2%! Intrst rates need lowered now. That Jerome Powell really irks me,but not as much as Alan Greenspan did! That guy was nuts!
As someone who leans left, the difference between old school Republicans and anyone MAGA or brainwashed to vote towards MAGA, is I can spend 41 minutes listening to an old school Republican.
I just love the great feeling I have when I watch you. I feel more optimistic and confident about information I’m learning from your podcast. So thanks.
There is a third alternative other than "lying" or "confused" although they both may be part of the toxic mix. The third alternative is "bullshit". He is unmoored from what is true. He couldn't care less about what it true and he has been doing it so long that he wouldn't know what's true if it walked up and slapped him repeatedly in the face. "On Bullshit" by Harry S Frankfurt is a great delineation of the difference. Bullshit is performative.
That's ok. Truly this is how it should be. We can disagree on policy. I don't agree anymore than you do, but this is how it is supposed to work. I hear stuff like this and I don't get how the center right/center left party is supposed to work. Taxes are a big disagreement.
I paid into my social security for 47 years. I am old now and can't work. SS is not an entitlement
My brother's dad worked from 16 to 42, full-time when he hit 18. Then in his mid 50s he had a few part time jobs after my mom divorced him. He told my brother last October he'd get a part time job soon. Still hasn't. He can't work full-time because he won't get his social security. He can't be getting that much.
I feel sympathy for anyone who actually worked and paid in.
Absolutely 💯 we earned it!!!
that's SSDI and Medicare - there are programs based on income SSI and Medicaid. They like to lump them all together to call them "entitlements"
@@christinebenson518My husband started working at 13 until he was 63 and didn't draw crap from social for all those years he put in! Thank God he had a pension! I'm in the same boat! Soc Sec tells me my amount is $1300 but actual check was $815! I had to draw on my husband's to get more even though I worked to 66! Thank God I draw half my husbandsnpension as a widow. I was making it alright but in the 10 years since he passed, things have gone up so much I'm living check to check! 😭 The $65 raise I got last year only put $20 extra on my check! The raised are a joke! Because Medicare takes it! Why bother? 😢
I'm right there with you and it scares the hell out of me.
Adam Kinzinger is a decent human being who is not a Donald Trump bootlicker unlike the MAGA lot!
Love Adam though I disagree with him on a LOT like Israel did anyone see this?
20 year old down syndrome Gaza boy left to bleed to death after IDF dog was allowed to savage him. his family were forced out of house for 7 days, and not allowed to talk to him as they locked him in a side room,
when finally got back to this house they found his body decomposing on floor- untreated for the wounds as dog had savaged him and severed artery in his arm.
Mohammed Bahr had mind of a 1 year old and needed help feeding. God love him.
I dont remember ANY US politician or news studio mention this even. shame on them ALL. - but the REST OF THE WORLD covered it.
my daughter works exclusively with Down's adults she helps with all home needs but carers also take them bowling, crazy golf, Lazer Tag, karaoke, Museums, enriching their lives - [we - via our local council pay for 100% of thwir care] I can't DARE EVEN show her this story it would crush her.
just imagine if the boy were british or israeli or American? WOULD WE CARE THEN?
"The Israeli army has admitted that a Palestinian man with Down syndrome who died after being attacked and injured by an army dog was abandoned by its soldiers.
The army's admission comes two weeks after Middle East Eye originally reported on the death of MUHAMMED BAHR (www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-palestinian-down-syndrome-left-die-israeli-soldiers-after-combat-dog-attack) following a raid by Israeli soldiers on his family home in eastern Gaza City's Shujaiya neighbourhood on 3 July.
His family told MEE they had been forced at gunpoint to leave behind the 24-year-old after he was mauled by the dog. Relatives described Muhammed as "like a one-year-old", and said he needed help eating.
Family members contacted the Red Cross daily for a week, pleading for Muhammed's release or medical treatment, but were told that the Israeli army was not cooperating.
After a week, and once Israeli troops withdrew from Shujaiya, they returned to find his decomposing body at their home.
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The Israeli army initially told journalists (web.archive.org/web/20240716192014/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9drj14e0lo) it was checking into reports about Muhammed.
'At this point, the person remains, mostly likely, alone in the building'
- Israeli army spokesperson
But an army spokesperson told +972 (www.mekomit.co.il/ps/137621/%C2%A0), the BBC (www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9drj14e0lo) and other outlets this weekend that soldiers left a man fitting his description after an RPG missile hit their tank, injuring soldiers and killing one.
"The force that was treating the person who was bitten in the apartment had to leave to provide treatment to the injured soldiers," the spokesperson said.
"At this point, the person remains, mostly likely, alone in the building."
The spokesperson added: "The IDF regrets the harm to civilians during the fighting."
'There is no Muhammed'
The Bhar family had been evacuated at least five times since 7 October when Israeli forces raided Shujaiya under the cover of heavy air strikes on 27 June.
On 3 July, Israeli troops raided their home where they had been besieged, first sending in dogs which attacked Muhammed and started to maul him, his mother Nabila Bhar has told (www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-palestinian-down-syndrome-left-die-israeli-soldiers-after-combat-dog-attack)MEE.
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Once the soldiers entered, she said she pleaded with them to take the dog off her son as she tried to explain that he was disabled.
They eventually took Muhammed to a separate room where he was "humming in pain", his mother said.
"Now and then, they would open the door, look at him, and say 'Oskot' [Arabic for stay silent], then close it again," Bhar said.
"The soldiers then gestured to each other. A doctor who came with them entered the room, and Muhammed suddenly went silent."
Bhar suggests the doctor injected him with a sedative, but she could not see or hear him after that.
"I asked the soldier, 'Where is Muhammed?' He told me, 'Muhammed is gone.' I asked again, 'Gone where?' He answered, 'He's gone. There i
s no Muhammed," she said.
The family was then forced to leave the house, and Muhammed was left behind.
Body decayed
When they returned to the house, relatives found his body in the room where he had been kept, covered with blood and fluids seeping from his body as it began to decompose.
A tourniquet had been put on his wounded left arm, probably to stop the bleeding, his brother, Jebril, told MEE.
'I cannot bear to think of what they did to him, or how they left him to die like this'
- Nabila Bhar, Muhammed's mother
@@ZanderFoulner Thank you for exposing the cruelty of the Israeli army. I am saddened to hear what happened to the 20 year old vulnerable man with Down syndrome.
It is shocking how so many leaders have turned a blind eye to the attacks on innocent Palestinian people in Gaza. I understand more than 38 ,000 Palestinians have been killed by indiscriminate Israeli bombings. This is against international laws.
God help the Palestinian people! Sam 🇬🇧
@@sammenter1 I’m just glad Adam and Liz have been calling out for a long time about Trump, it cost them a lot, but if the Republican Party is to return that they are a good starting point. The democrats are backing Absn and Liz, even if their politics are different, they still need a strong second party to work with.
@@ZanderFoulner More atrocities, just like the 1500 Israeli’s murdered and kidnapped. Now that poor 20 yr old man,
As someone who cared for 2 grandparents with dementia, and someone who has worked in senior care, Trump's joy about The Apprentice is a typical presentation. Clear memories about something he loved followed by anger for what he no longer understands. #VoteBlue 💙 #BidenHarris2024
What's really interesting is listening to all of these expert clinicians that have been observing him throughout and when listening to the evidence, it's like almost a slam dunk that this man has serious issues that continue to worsen. That makes the fact that the followers in his cult have as many issues as he does to continue to blindly follow someone you can see is in total decline and his conversations don't even make sense anymore.
That's true
Love to hear Adam Kinzinger speak. Informed, articulate, smart.
I hope Kamala Harris when she wins the presidency gives Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney a position in the White House for their loyalty.
courageous
You're a rare man Adam. You followed your conscience instead of succumbing to Obedience to Authority. Thank you.
Trump must never be allowed in the Oval Office again. Vote like our lives depend on it, because they do 💯💙💙💙💙
Absolutely 💯
Perfectly put!
Agree
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@@mariacarter3466 Vote BLUE freedom depends on your Blue vote.
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23:42 You can take the man out of the Republican party but you can't take the Republican party out of the man. Raise taxes on the wealthy and lift the income cap for SS contributions. Problem solved!
Basically it's like telling these bozos to go back to Eisenhower republican era when top tax rates were still in the high 80s. These people are still way too obsessed with Teagan and the myth of trickle down economics.
Imagine that right?
You can confiscate every penny of the very wealthy and it will barely make a dent in our debt. And you only get to do that once.
No, not really. The problem still existing concerning SS is the amount Congress borrowed but never paid back into the system. This should include appropriate interest dividends... SS should be one economic fund which cannot be borrowed from & where every working person pays into... The concept is quite simple but the reality of Congressional members not knowing how to wrap their brains around domestic fiscal policy is the tipped over oil drum in the hallway.. SS should not be on the wy to bankruptcy in less than 10 years. Everyone of us crunch our own monetary numbers & figure out how to navigate so tht down the rod in the future we are solvent with surplus economy resources... Congress needs to listen to the financial math people & realize policy decisions solely based on partisanship loyalty is the recipe for insolvency throughout our entire future economy...
@@marcstreiff6067 That's not how economics actually works. You're still stuck on that 2000 campaign nonsense about a Social Security "lockbox." In reality, Congress creates money by allocating it; it doesn't have to depend on tax receipts. If it creates too much, you get inflation, but as long as the economy continues increasing production, creating money--or credit--isn't a problem. And rmszucs1's point is correct: raising taxes on the wealthy is a vital part of solving SS solvency.
When you travel oversea, you'll notice that the whole world mocks Trump.
Trump is embarrassment to USA
Yeah?! Well, so do we!! And WE ARE EMBARRASSED!!! SO THERE!!
I concur!
Yes I experienced that personally in Canada and elsewhere 🇨🇦
I was a never Trumper from the “Mexico isn’t sending their best” line.
America should be ashamed of Trump and MAGA in general.
I love your honesty, Adam Kinzinger. I watched the January 6th investigation. You and Liz won my respect and love for standing against your party to stand for the truth. Honesty is very important to me. Thank you all you do and you have done. Bless you and Liz.
Love you Adam Kinsinger. Thank you for being a man with integrity.
I am glad to see a real American Patriot like Adam Kinzinger on the podcast.
He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.
@@James-hd4ms He put his country over party and sacrificed his political career to do the right thing. Buys him a lot of goodwill with me.
@@XHobbiesPrime meh
This man helped trump just like Cheney and now they cry ! Sickens me that party will be responsible if we lose democracy ! I try and listen to this BUT ffs they cherry pick what suits them .
Not really at all. He STILL likes to boast he voted for and believes in the Trump tax cut that only helped the top 1% and corporate interests....while putting a couple trillion dollars in the national debt....INCREASING taxes on people making less than $75k....AND eliminating normal people federal tax breaks like for moving expenses, teacher expenses, and student loan interest.
He is milquetoast when it comes to shit. I'm honestly not impressed with him. Does not care about average people and instead LOVES corporate goobers and now is banking on living high off the hog with being a "consultant" (lobbyist).
"At some point can we as Americans say if nobody take what the guy running for president says seriously maybe he shouldn't be president?" Yes, thank you!
I have nothing but respect for Kinzinger and Cheney for placing honor, ethics and truth above all else in politics. Our constitution is where we all stand united with them above all else.
You two make a great team. I am a life-long Democrat who has great admiration for you and thank you for your courage to speak the truth against the those who wish to destroy our Democracy. I thank you. ❤
More Adam please. Love this guy. Straight shooter, depth of knowledge and has a sense of humor.
In a sane world, Kinzinger or Cheney would be the GOP nominee.
Less Facist yes but still Draconian!
They are young enough that it might just happen.
Did you know that Social Security is only paid on the first $160,000 you make in a year? So, if I make $10Billion/year and you make $160,000 we pay the same amount in Social Security Taxes. I can see a real easy fix, can you???????????????????????
Why is this NEVER a thing on the right? Is it the donors? You can't even call $160,000 rich. (More than I make, but still.) Even bringing it to $200, 000 (Trump likes even numbers) and see what happens. A little experiment if you will because all of the charts and data points are too tough for people to grasp.
Have you looked at the mothly max you later get back?
@@pozelenore880 yes, and it is not enough to live on.
@@AZbluedot196 Social Security was never established to cover full retirement.
Sure. But the rich buy politicians and Supreme Court justices, so...
Thank you for having Congressman Kinzinger on your show. I just love him for standing for Country over Party.
I love Adam Kinsinger a true patriot. I’m a 69 year old woman from Illinois who is a Democrat. I care about morals, values, and the truth. I believe Adam is the same. I’m so proud of Adam. He is a hero. He gave his all to not give up his soul for lies and dishonesty!! God bless you Adam!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
Adam stood on his principles and wouldn't compromise his beliefs. I am proud of him, too! Adam gave up a lot, but he didn't give up his soul to fight another day. Thank you, Adam, for having intriguity and dignity and human empathy in your DNA. USA IS GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
Thank you for all your work in the military and in the senate. Hope to see you someday in the future as a president. Guys, take care of yourself.
Totally agree ❤ what a great episode this was. Can't get enough. At 72 I'm always learning. Vote💙💙💙💙💙
💯 agree. Doesn’t hurt that’s he’s also easy on the eyes 😍
❤Tim and Adam make a great team together! Informed and entertaining and I truly enjoy these podcasts!👍🏻
You two are so good together. I am a Democrat all in for saving this Democracy! I enjoy this show.
If you cut taxes on the rich over and over for decades, it might increase the debt…
As JVL likes to point out, we’re having record high yacht sales. Maybe it’s time to consider a modest luxury tax.
Yes, Kinzinger says he will defend the Trump tax cuts, and then the next segment is the growing national debt, which Tim opens with "I want liberals to take a bit of medicine."
SMH
Restore the "Inheritance Tax"!
On the debt, Tim and Adam, lest we forget:
1. The Bush Tax Cuts
2. The Bush/Chaney War debt AND OTHER SPENDING. (Clinton left a surplus)
3. Tarp that was signed in by Bush.
5. Bank Bailout under Obama
6. The Trump Tax Cuts
7. The Social Security and Medicare costs could be offset if the Reagan caps were adjusted for inflation in current dollars.
Kingzinger is a Reagan Republican
Any competent person could turn Kinzinger into a puddle in a debate on economics.
Reagan Taxed Social Security; plus Reagan’s Failed Policy of “Trickle Down Economics” in Reagan’s day was the downturn of the American Working Middle Class upward Social Financial Mobility. That Failed Policy made Wealthy Individuals; much more Weathered; caused Middle and Underprivileged Classes; much poorer.
•Reagan also accelerated Deregulation Policies; the Policies that allow Companies•Industries•Corporations•Conglomerates to Gouge the American Consumer.
Allow Pollution in Communities, Waterways, Aquifers,Oceans, Ecosystems, National Parks and Forests… causing Cancer Clusters, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases, Infectious Diseases,Viruses plus Hazardous Chemicals and Fertilizers in our Food Chain… without any accountability or responsibility for their actions.
•Reagan’s Administration had the earliest “Inklings” of The Heritage Foundation 2025 Project Agenda… he installed the infiltration and influence of Evangelicals throughout all aspects of our Governmental Agencies and Institutions.
•Reagan also tried to abolish Women’s Healthcare Rights with dissolving Roe VS Wade.
•Reagan only catered to the Top 1% of Wealthiest Individuals and Corporations, with huge Tax breaks and credits.
•Reagan had Dementia during the end of his Administration; had Nancy facilitating her Psychics and Ouija Board to create important Policy and Legislation Decisions.
•Drumpf revered Reagan; he even copied his Slogan; only adding “Again” to it.
•Reagan’s “Trickle Down Economics”; destroyed the American Middle Class Dream.
•Also; Republicans purposely and systematically underfunded Public Education; since 1980-present day(Red States•Red Districts) in order to Dumb Down future generations of their Constituents; to have uneducated Vote against their own interests.
•Combine that during Reagan’s Administration; he abolished the FCC Fairness Doctrine; for Truthful and Factual Journalism; in 1987.., that allowed the Right Wing Oligarchs•Billionaires to acquire the Majority of all American Media Conglomerates; which facilitate Division,Distraction, Disinformation and Discrimination(actual Military Tactics) for their Billionaire self serving interests and agendas.., Propaganda, Lies, Gaslighting… to Sway the uneducated Masses to Vote(Right Wing) then the Billionaires never have yo Pay a Higher Tax Rate; when the Drumpf Tax Policy Ends in 2025.
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Republicans have been working to undermine our Federal Constitutional Republic with Reagan onward.
@@barbaraaguttman8854 to sell the economics of Milton Friedman, Heyek, & Buchanan and the Chicago School of Economics you had to hate black people, brown people, gay people, trans-people, non-christian people, etc. You have to promote vilest most regress protestant and catholics to get the policies through. They had to project their damage to people on Democrats and Liberals rather than on an unregulated economy. You have pollute everything. One thing people do get is that neoliberalism from Friedman and Heyek is proto-fascism from the outset starting with the America First in the 1940s, the John Birch Society in the 1950s, and Goldwater Young Republicans in th3 1960s, AND when was implemented first is Chile.
@@Don-md6wn no he would articulately back all his arguments up with reason, facts, examples, as he should when we disagree. Im Biden n Bernie on 90% but appreciate his knowledge and courage. the Guy has earned our friendship FOR NOW tis a war to the death for democracy or fascism.That war will be won or lost on Nov 5th. adam grab a weapon. lets fight like HELL. TOGETHER Don?
I have incredible respect for Adam and Liz, and thank you Tim for all you do too!
Adam Kinzinger is a great contributor! I love hearing his perspective! Thanks Tim!
Come to Michigan!! Adam you need to talk to these Republicans here and set them straight
They won't listen to him. They voted Karamo as the chair. We are way past those days.
HE NEEDS TO JOIN WITH KAMALA and go with her around the country his presence will galvanise the never Trumpers, encourage them to vote blue - it will ALSO REACH A LOT OF Trumpers who think there is no alternative.
Jimmy Kimmel recently said that if someone offered trump another reality show for the right money, he would do it in a minute.
Trump would pay for another reality show...lol
If only there was a Hollywood patriot who would green-light such a project.
Seems like that was what Trump really wanted in 2016. He neither expected nor wanted to get elected. He would have been much happier playing “alternative president” on TV, yammering about what he would do differently from and better than Hillary Clinton. Too bad for all of us that the Electoral College ruined his plans.
Sadly, Trump's been appearing in his own reality show for the last 8 years. He needs to be permanently cancelled this November.
Sam Bankman-Fried offered him $5 billion to NOT run for POTUS. At the time, SBF had the money too.
That guy isn’t all bad.
Still defending the tax cuts and now complaining about the debt. Typical Republican
That's everybody on the Bulwark.
ikr. then he says that progressives need to take their medicine. please. we need to form a coalition with these guys to beat trumpbut its hard at times.
I was thinking tax the super wealthy, generational billions and corporate profits. Undo some of Reagan policies. Perhaps not allow stock buy backs. Maybe penalize corporations that make significant profits but whos full time employees qualify for government assistance programs. Stop baling out the corporations that wreak havoc on our economy. Cut the military budget. It's outrageous. There's many things we can do to cut the deficit. They aren't motivated. They like to complain about it. I'm 58, have been hearing it my entire adult life.
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I agree with everything except the military. I really want us to maintain the strength and vastness of our military, but they need to be much more responsible with their funding.
AGREED!! Obviously cares more abt wealthy folks... bec THEY are the only ones who benefitted!
Respect and ❤ Adam Kinzinger.
Adam, thank you for standing up for Democracy, the rule of law, and the constitution in your work with J6 Cmte. The Republic owes you a solemn debt of gratitude that history will not forget.
Maybe Joan Rivers was one of the many “dead people” he said illegally voted. 😂
HAH so funny!
I was absolutely thinking the same thing.
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Ha😊😊
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3 words: TAX THE RICH!
Over a THOUSAND BILLIONAIRES living in America!
The 1% pay 20% of the federal taxes.
@@badluck5647 And they possess 30 percent of the wealth. Increase their taxes by 50 percent.
@@peekonsandy2773 So we take 0% when they leave the country?
That makes perfect sense. That’s why it’ll never get done.
ADAM KINZINGER HAS ALL THE QUALITIES to be a great President or Vice President! ❤😊
Along with Pete Buttigieg. In fact these 2 men represent my Dream Ticket for sometime in the future. I'm almost 73 years old. I just hope I live long enough to witness THAT manifestation of "Country over Political Party". 💙🎉
These two are wonderful together. Thank you both.
This is awesome. Good to see you at the Bulwark Adam.
I have a two-time Trump voting relative who decided he’s not going to vote for him this year because of Trump’s proposed tariffs. As a small business owner he knows how disastrous that would be. We need to hammer this point home to economics-first Republicans!
I’m so glad to hear a rational conservative call it what it is: a cult.
I'm sorry Adam, I'm glad you left the dark side but I just can't listen to you talk about the deficit and not own the major role that the then Republican party played in the creation of this problem. Tax cuts to the wealthiest 1% ( Excuse me. I have to take a break here to extinguish my hair on fire! ) and now who needs to pay for this? The poorest and most vulnerable Americans. Your messed up for profit medical system eats up more of your GDP than any country with Universal Healthcare. Your Welfare system is a disgrace. Your for profit prisons are quasi-criminal and nothing but a place to turn petty criminals into hardened criminals. The National Debt is not being created by poor people. It is being driven by the policies that favor the Super Wealthy over the average American.
This is why we have ended up with a criminal like Trump. You need to look much deeper into your understanding of what creates wealth in a country. Kleptocracy, the credo of the Republican Party, means some people and their friends get very rich and everbody else gets by on the crumbs. You know as does Tim that dark money has rotted the political system from within. Until there is a thoughtful historic reform we will keep on falling into this morasse over and over again. Think before you advocate policies that will damage the fabric of American society even further. The poor are NOT the villains here. Think again!
Yes yes yes! You are absolutely right!
@@cindyspear5763 🙃Glad to have your support.
I was glad at the very minimum, they acknowledged that tariffs would hit the bottom 90% the most. The very least.
Yes, yes, and yes!
@@browneyedgirl6050 And lest we forget the tarif war Trump engaged in with China is why we had to step in and rescue American farmers who could nolonger sell their crops in China. The unintended downstream consequences of tarif wars are too numerous to list here. There are many ways in which the American manufacturing landscape would need to be restructured to compensate for the loss off producers of say microchips. This is one area where I actually think we might be better to have a robust domestic production but we would also have to be willing to pay a higher price for goods that rely on this technology. I know that for security reasons this is an area that the Biden administration is working on and investing in. It takes time however building the facilities and training the work force and creating a stable market for these products. I suspect more and more it will be important to develop these homegrown industries for reasons of national security. We learned this lesson during the pandemic.
Let Billionaires pay their fair share
Not 13% or less! The average is 8% after ALL the tax loopholes.
You spelled “ make “ rong
If the government hadn't borrowed our money we paid into social security it would work. It wouldn't be a drain on the system. Pay social security back!
Taxes run the US. It makes no sense that only the poor and middle class pay taxes.
Tell that to Ronald Reagan!
Paying it back to SS would HELP!
My dad (a WWII era guy) said that buying US bonds was patriotic because you were investing yourself in the country and that it made the federal government indebted to the citizenry. I had never thought of it that way, but when he explained it, it kinda made sense.
Imagine hanging on the every word of an mentalcase, that's Maga in an nutshell
Laughs! Or a Fox News addict!
Well done Tim, so thrilled to see Adam on your platform.
Keep up the good fight 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🎉
I appreciate Adam and Tim so much! ❤️
I love Adam Kinzinger! ❤❤❤❤
If we go back to the pre-Reagan tax code, the rich would pay their fair share, & social sec & Medicare would be funded forever, or we could tax the whole yearly income instead of capping it at $160,000/year. There are solutions to fully fund ss & Medicare, it's just that billionaires don't like them.
VOTE BLUE 💙 to protect OUR retirement benefits!
Saw this quote: The problem is not that we can't feed the poor, it's that we can't satisfy the rich.
He has never been mentally sharp ever
He's always been a con man, but if you watch a clip of him from 20 years ago, he could speak in complete sentences and even paragraphs and he didn't have to repeat the same words and phrases over and over to fill space.
He's a life time Wannabe! 😂
Liz Cheney & Adam Kinzinger for president.. Bring back the pride and democracy in America.. It would be the only way I would vote for Republicans again 🌈
Love these two guys. Both are so smart and very up to speed on various issues.
Kinzinger needs to come over to the good side. For good.
So long as he tells people to vote for Joe Biden, that's enough. He no doubt disagrees with much of Biden's policy agenda, but nevertheless, America cannot be entrusted to Trump. That's more powerful than saying I'm a Democrat now.
After he admits supply side economics is a fraud.
This is why we need two sides or more. There are actual things ton compromise on.
His love of Republican Tax Policies will never let that happen!
Invest in the IRS. Get investigators to audit billionaires and make them pay their share. Solve lots of problems.
This part too.
The 4 most audited zip codes in the us are the 4 poorest zip codes in Mississippi.
Biden tried that! Republicans cut the IRS Budget! Go figure!
😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a dreamer!
According to Setoodeh, in the course of one interview, Trump actually uttered the words, from his own mouth, "...when I lost the election..." How did THAT lede get buried?
Bob Woodward has that on audio tape & does NOT SHARE IT!!!!!!! I wonder why he doesn’t!! Everyone on this planet has a right to know!!!!!!! N
Thanks Tim and Adam
Mr. Kinzinger you disappoint me with your adherence to the Trump tax cuts. The CBO estimated in 2018 that it would cost $1.9 trillion over ten years.
Thank you, Adam Kinzinger, you are 100% correct in saying that Trump set the USG up for failure in Afghanistan. We were never going to be able to pull out in an organized fashion. The Trump administration slow rolled the issuance of visas for Afghans that assisted the USG so no surprise why we had so many people that were left behind. His administration negotiated with the Taliban and left out the Afghan government and women through the whole process.
He says that often and I do appreciate that.
DID DJT reference needing to go upstairs to deal with “the Afghanistan” as a euphemism for needing to go upstairs to use a restroom?
There should be a novel called Malice in Blunderland.
How about Phallus in underman?
Australian subscriber here, the Bulwark is one of my all time favourite channels for US political commentary.
Thanks for having Adam on Tim! Love him (you’re OK too)😊
He’s a confused, pathological liar.
Facts.
He speaks the truth. Something you MAGA lackeys don’t understand.
'Trump lives in a bubble' not reality. He does not have the caliber to run the country.
Thanks you guys for giving me back a little faith in our government
Tim, you two work well together, so yes, twice a month, once a week, maybe? Good conversation, thanks, guys. 👍👍
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Kinzinger says he is proud of his vote for Trump’s tax cut which cost $2.3 trillion, then immediately turns around and complains about the deficit, typical. It’s one of the things that make it hard to take the Bulwark seriously.
Then he complains about Social Security and Medicare which are separate spending piles. Just disgusting.
Yes, Adam is a conservative that wants smaller govt, lower taxes and lower spending. It's also an economic philosophy of supply side economics which has been debunked as failure for long term success. I might agree with Adam on maybe 15 pct of policy votes but at least he wants to keep American democracy intact.
The problem is the Oligarchs•Billionaires that don’t want to pay the proper Tax Rate; plus Deregulation Policies that were greatly accelerated during Reagan’s Administration have ruined our Nation.
@@hemlock40 NO NO NO after Nov 5th none of that will MATTER if Trump wins, we will never have a say on anything again. so for next 3 MONTHS EVERY NEVER TRUMPER IS OUR ALLY we stop Fascism then we can argue all day like the good old days. lets get in the trenches and think of NOTHING ELSE but getting Kamala elected! plz we need evryone in the FIGHT. it is to the death.
Ordinary Americans PAID INTO social security all their working lives. It’s NOT some kind of charity for the elderly.
He didn't know what being president entaled. He was under the impression that being president meant he'dsit around and just be a figurehead. He didn't know that one had to actually have to do something. He didn't know it was actually a job and there was work involved.
Trump treated the presidency as just another fake performance.
But he knows what the position is now. Why does he want it back?? I get that he doesn’t like to lose, but his followers would accept any excuse he’d come up with anyway. Why embrace the misery?
He never had to work before.
@@ThetalambdaPower. As a dictator he certainly wouldn't have to work and he'd amass great wealth. What is there not to like?
@@ThetalambdaOne reason he's running is that, should he win, he will be immune from accountibility for his Federal crimes.
It isn’t that no Dems are concerned about debt, but when we hear (prime example was this podcast) that the only area to cut is from poor people! Instead of from wealthy people paying their taxes …. We don’t want to hear it.
Student loan forgiveness is a prob, but the PPP forgiveness never gets mentioned. Social security needs nixed, but we can afford TRILLIONS for a corporate tax cut. Give me a break.
Thank you. Building from the bottom up seems to be working. Record profits for corporations, still have lots more work to do for lower and Middle class, but it's getting there.
And then there's medical debt, which is the #1 cause of personal bankruptcies in this country because we've chosen to spend the most money per capita of any country in the world on a for profit healthcare system instead of treating healthcare as a human right and driving the cost of it down like virtually every other industrialized country does.
I remember when in ‘70s the 18% interest didn’t stop any Republicans I knew from buying houses and muscle cars. We had gas rationing, it was inconvenient, yes but we knew it wouldn’t last forever. In WWII people were willing to do anything for our troops and the war effort. They knew like today, keeping Democracy was the only game in town. Sugar, flour, butter, chocolate, and other foods were rationed, so the troops could have what they needed. And gas was rationed too. Women learned to make airplanes. No silk stockings for women, sacrificed for silk needed for parachutes. Front yards were tilled for Victory Gardens. No whining like today. But we had a government totally backing what was needed for our troops. When we get a “working” not whining House and Senate again, then we can talk the money. No body seems too bothered about what Trumps whole administration stole from the Americans who needed it most. Republicans don’t mind running the deficit to the moon. Be fair Americans have had very little to work with on the other side. And the good Republicans that want to do their best work are treated like crap, threatened, and that is not right. Biden has done a great job so far, is he perfect? No, but he would never hand our country to our enemies.
@@QuiltLady Remember when Bush 43 said the best way for Americans to support the war in Iraq was to go out and shop?
@@Don-md6wn Amen. America must have a solid Universal Healthcare Program!
I am an avowed liberal and I love this pod. Love for democracy comes before love for a political party.
As an independent, I love Adam Kinzinger! A patriot and a really REASONABLE sense of the politics. I WILL VOTE FOR ADAM KINZINGER FOR PRESIDENT!!! ❤
Please keep having Adam on, he's an amazing potential co-host.
Adam Kinzinger is fun to listen to . He makes some real interesting observations with details .
Would be so much better if he wasn’t stupid.
Until he talks about economics and exposes himself as an idiot.
I love Tim and Adam together. Smart, informative and funny.
More please!
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Adam & Tim ... election ticket?vote!
I would vote!
Democratic socialist here and I appreciate you! Welcome to Adam K.
Oh hey me too! I like to listen to these guys and imagine a day when we’re arguing on opposite sides of immigration and tax reform!
Same.
👍🏻this is great! Love Adam and Tim
Maybe a network could offer Trump a sweetheart deal for a tv show if he will agree to drop out of the presidential race?
No TVshow would want Diaper Don or Dementia Don on any show. They would have diaper duty and have to tolerate nefarious smells all day. We all know Trump farted and slept through all the court proceedings!
TO: Adam Kinzinger. Hopefully this helps. The reason "Dementia Donnie" even remembers Joan Rivers is because she was the Star in an especially riveting season of "Celebrity Apprentice". Although I've never had a positive thought about "Done" T****, I was a huge fan of Joan & always enjoyed her acerbic wit. Next up, as a former resident of HOU for 3.5 decades, I enjoy your backdrop which is a reflection of my handsome, former home. I also appreciate knowing you left Illinois to relocate your family to The Woodlands, TX, a suburb of "Greater Houston". AND, most importantly, I REALLY appreciate how both you & Liz Cheney did the right thing & put country over party at THE critical moment in recent political history. YOU are a TRUE PATRIOT! Well done.👍💙🌈
Love you two! Its refreshing to hear someone who is able to see what is wrong with the orange thing and advocate for what is right!
I really admire you Adam Kinsinger!
Adam Kinzinger is a treasure!
Tim please have Stephanie Kelton on the pod. She’s an brilliant economist.
Joan Rivers was on the apprentice... so he for sure thought she wanted him.
Not if she caught a whiff of his diaper...
I wonder if he was thinking of Melissa Rivers.
But, he wasn’t running for POTUS then!
it's a bit hard to take when the same person in the same conversation says Trump's tax cuts were good and then complains about the deficit
Great grounded, informative conversation guys! Wish it was a weekly thing.
Thank you.
The tarriff scheme SHOULD be widely discussed, with emphasis on the ramifications for most of us. Discussed in simple, easy to digest and understand terms.
NO MORE ORANGE NIGHTMARES! LETS PICK A DIFFERENT COLOR THIS TIME!! LETS PICK BLUE! LETS VOTE BLUE! THIS TIME!!
Hold on there now, inflation was out of control from feb 2021 to june 2022, but has been 3%, a totally acceptable number, since july 2022. There is a group of economists that think 4% is an optimal target. Inflation is not a problem now, it is the residual high prices that the mainstream media won't let go of, 2 years later.
Social security is easy to solve, remove the cap and apply the 3% to all income. The top 1% won't miss the income and it will have the benefit of moving unused wealth from the top, to the middle, where it will grow the gdp. I know, this is a political impossibility, but it is how you should frame the problem.
That Jerome Powell said he won't lower intrest rates until inflation is at 2%! Intrst rates need lowered now. That Jerome Powell really irks me,but not as much as Alan Greenspan did! That guy was nuts!
@@micheleconner5083agree! Even a tiny 10th of a %. Something... lol
Good show. This and MTN are much better than anything else in the mainstream.
As someone who leans left, the difference between old school Republicans and anyone MAGA or brainwashed to vote towards MAGA, is I can spend 41 minutes listening to an old school Republican.
Jareds family is good friends with Netanyahu. I have a feeling netanyahu is trying to help Trump.
That's Ben obvious from the start. And especially when he said no cease fire until after November.
Great conversation---gives me hope.
I just love the great feeling I have when I watch you.
I feel more optimistic and confident about information I’m learning from your podcast. So thanks.
Amateur Trump decoder here.
"Deal with the Afghanistan" is Donald-speak for diaper check.
That makes more sense.
I love Adam!
Love both of you!! Congrats for joining Bulwark Adam!
HELL YES! DALLAS! I'm glad i watched this in time. I didn't get an announcement text.
Hey Kinzinger 👋🏼👋🏼 glad i found this podcast! Just subbed. Thank you for all your doing to save Democracy and educate the masses 🇺🇸
Never watched The Apprentice, and avoided any news about him when he was President😳🇬🇸
There is a third alternative other than "lying" or "confused" although they both may be part of the toxic mix. The third alternative is "bullshit". He is unmoored from what is true. He couldn't care less about what it true and he has been doing it so long that he wouldn't know what's true if it walked up and slapped him repeatedly in the face. "On Bullshit" by Harry S Frankfurt is a great delineation of the difference. Bullshit is performative.
Thanks Adam for your DNC speech!
We need Adam back in Congress!😢💙💙💙💙
Life long Democrat. I love you guys, but you lose me on some of your economic agenda.
That's ok. Truly this is how it should be. We can disagree on policy. I don't agree anymore than you do, but this is how it is supposed to work. I hear stuff like this and I don't get how the center right/center left party is supposed to work. Taxes are a big disagreement.