Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Bernie Exposes Weaselly GOP Plan To Cut Medicare u0026 Social Security" video.

Just like how Kyle said this tax bill will increase taxes without evidence and his audience praises him.
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So Bernie takes someone's quote and expresses it in a way he seems fit. But earlier in a debate against Cruz he gets all butt hurt when Cruz only quoted one section of what Bernie said. Bernie is a corrupt politician. He really needs to go at this point.
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"sorry to disappoint you but he just translated" Ok, so when Bernie says "fair share" I translate that to 90% tax rate on everyone. Or when he says "democratic socialist" I translate that to communism. Fair?
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The idea of being progressive is changing laws and programs to meet up with current times. I know Bernie supported changing law to legalize gay marriage to adjust to the times. And Bernie supports changing the tax code from its current form. But he wants to keep SS and medicare the way it is without adjustment. And anyone who makes that adjustment are bad in his eyes. This is a hypocritical stance by him. He pushed his agenda by asking a loaded question. But based on Bernie's question Medicare does not need to be changed, thus no medicare for all.
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PaleGhost69, Bernie does not want changes in medicare. If I were a politician I would agree not to change medicare period as long as Bernie did as well. However Bernie wants to change medicare, and so do I. Thus I will change it the way I seem fit.
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"WTF is your definition of progressive?" That is subjective. "He wants to change Medicare, yes but he wants to expand it. " Fine, now don't complain when others want to reform it which could mean cutting it. It goes both ways. A little secret, but people vote in politicians to do that. "Opposing the cutting of it is in no way hypocritical." It is as it is OK if he changes it, just not others. "It's not a loaded question either. " It is as "reform" can mean a lot. You can raise the retirement age for example, no cutting. As a progressive with people living longer they work longer. " Asking that senator if he would cut social security is not loaded because there is no admission of anything in the answer. " These situations are complex and require more then a yes or no answer. In fact, people pushed Bernie many times the past year on his policies and he danced around it with "we will have to look into it". Bill O'Reilly asked Bernie what Bernie's tax rate will be on the rich and Bernie could not give a number, not even a suggestion. Bill Maher did the same thing. For a man being on congress over 3 decades wanting tax increases he should have an idea. Bernie is no better off at that point as he has constantly lied and avoided questions his entire political career.
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Bill Anderson, have you heard how Cruz showed how much Bernie's plan would cost and Bernie had no plan to pay for it?
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"Bernie simply wants them to admit they're cutting them." And people want Bernie to admit he is going to raise taxes on everyone, and have the rich pay 90%. It goes both ways. How about you call out Bernie.
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Dylan Byrne, Bernie was pushing that for over a year. However, when pushed in a corner by a guy from Denmark during the debate with Cruz Bernie admitted that he will have to raise taxes on everyone. Cruz ran through the numbers on Bernie's plan on how much it will cost, which Bernie never denied. And Cruz showed how by taking all of the rich's money will not pay for it, another fact Bernie never denied.
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Sha Dow, healthcare is a complex issue. The US does many things well and nothing suggests other countries are better.
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Anil Singh, read the book "The Business of Health" There are many ways to look at the numbers. One can do a legit analysis on them and say the US has the best healthcare system in the world as in all reality the differences in numbers are minute.
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Bernie lived in a house with no electricity. That is how poor he was as he had no job.
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That was a loaded question. You can't guarantee anything in government and law. This is why Bernie lost, he cannot have an intelligent discussion with people in politics. He misquotes people and then asks a loaded question in this "debate".
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Carth Canten, Bernie was playing politics here. Republicans are not silent on admitting they will possibly make cuts to younger generations or raise the retirement age as SS is running out of money. However, Bernie was never honest in his tax plan until a year later when pushed in a corner by Cruz and a guy from Denmark. He will have to raise taxes on everyone. Republicans, compared to Bernie, are honest.
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Beanie Sigel, read my comment to Carth Canten. Republicans have admitted that reform for SS, including cutting for younger generations could happen. Bernie never admitted he will have to raise taxes on everyone until he was pushed into a corner over a year later.
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"He worded his answer in such a way implying that he does intend on "reforming" benefits." Just like Bernie wants to "reform" taxes to raise it on everyone. What's the difference?
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Jean-Philippe Viens, I don't like corporate welfare either. So what's your point?
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ArmyOfWalrus, they said "reform". That can mean a lot. Bernie said he only wants to tax the rich, he said that in the past. When pushed in a corner he admitted he will raise taxes on everyone. Republicans are at least honest here.
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"If they can't go into detail then the bill needs to be revised." It will be over time.
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Mike Lewis, only around 7% of the country is seeing a tax increase.
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ArmyOfWalrus, saying "reform" is vague. That could mean cuts for future generations. Republicans never denied that. How this is news to Bernie and his supporters is surprising.
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ArmyOfWalrus, the term "reform" is vague. But republicans have admitted that it is possible they may cut SS for future generations. That was obvious. Now that does not mean they will do it as other options can occur, which is why they use "reform". The issue is complex. Bernie tries to simplify it like he does everything when there is a lot to it.
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ArmyOfWalrus, SS and medicare needs to be reformed. It is losing money. At the same time no one in the US wants to pay higher taxes to fund it. What do you do at that point?
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ArmyOfWalrus, defense spending is a drop in the bucket compared to welfare programs. Also, defense spending is constitution. I agree, people do not like paying for war, and that is something that should be discussed. But also welfare programs like SS and medicare cost more. "If people didn't want to pay for it then why would they argue to protect it?" That's economics. People want things but naturally do not want to work for them. Look at all of these Bernie supporters, they want free things as they want to raise taxes on the rich. Bernie never mentioned raising taxes on everyone until he was pushed in a corner in a debate against Cruz. If Bernie were to run on that idea of giving away government programs but also raising taxes on everyone he would have been destroyed in the election. The proof is in Coloradocare. 80% said no when they saw how much their taxes will go up. Noticed how when Bernie was pushed in a corner on how everyone will see their taxes go up Bernie changed his rhetoric of healthcare and college education being free? That is the challenge right now in this country. People want things from the government as we have become dependent on it but are not willing to pay. To be honest this election was almost historic. We could have went more socialist and actually increase taxes on everyone, or go the Trump route which is reduce the federal government. We went the latter.
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Bernie admitted he would have to raise taxes on everyone. That is a very unpopular position. He is done.
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Justin English, what numbers?
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Chase Hutchins, I have a math minor
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"Praeger U are such total garbage" I hear this a lot from the left but rarely see examples why. Meanwhile I call out Kyle and his viewers and give examples of why I feel that way. It is amazing the left cannot think like intellectuals.
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TitanBait, the "tax increase" Kyle cites is the removing of deductions. The tax rate is going down making the deductions unnecessary. As a whole most people are receiving a tax cut. The tax increase mentioned later in the article is due to the tax cuts expiring come 2025 to which the new president and congress will have to make a new tax law. That is not a tax increase, that is just how the system works. The SALT deductions being removed is to pressure states to lower their taxes. As for Kyle, he has lied numerous times. He did a video where he said the CA shooter who shot at an elementary school owned his guns legally. That is 100% not true, and he built two of his guns. Another example was when Kyle said no one dies in countries with universal healthcare due to shortcomings in their healthcare system. That is also 100% not true as there are many reported deaths while waiting on waiting lists. As for PragerU using identity politics, Kyle does it as well. So why don't you call him out on it? The example was when he talked about a study how blacks receive longer sentencing. Two things from that 1. It also said men receive longer sentencing, something Kyle ignores 2. It said correlation does not equal causation, something else Kyle refused to mention
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The Bee Factory, I work in academics for a living and I question if they are intellectuals. They are experts in their fields, but someone with a PhD in gender studies does not mean they are intelligent in other disciplines. But a few things on that note. If you look at the ratio of liberals vs conservatives in universities, that ratio goes down when you look at the STEM fields as those fields require more critical thinking. That ratio is higher in departments like liberal arts. Being an expert in your field in academics does not mean you are an expert elsewhere. Just like a mechanic will know cars very well but not quantum theory, a physicist will struggle with cars at times compared to a mechanic. Just because they have a PhD does not make them any better in society. What you are playing is an "appeal to authority" logical fallacy. There is a correlation between income and voting republican. There is also a correlation between income and intelligence. Most without a high school education vote democrat Most who lean one way or another are one issue voter. Someone in academics relying on government grants will support more government based on that alone. Does not mean they understand the issues as a whole. A lot of CEOs have engineering degrees. Who do they vote for? People naturally like to be around others who think like them. How do doctorates outside of academics vote? Have you considered that? Ever heard of "those that can't do teach", maybe these individuals in academics can't do anything else and rely on the government So as a whole, you appeal to authority does not work well here.
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And the same goes for many on this comment section. I challenge people to support their opinions with objective facts, they can't. And when I give them resources to read on why I have my opinions they refuse to.
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AlphaMikeOmega, the theory is that when money is no the hands of the people they invest it in a way they feel is best for them increasing value to money and thus the economy. Economic growth leads to more revenue. Going simple say you cut taxes by 50% and the economy increases by 200%. You have now have more revenue. Using simply numbers say the economy was at 100 dollars with a 20% tax rate. That is $20. Now you cut taxes to 10% and the economy grows to $400 you now have $40 in tax revenue. That is a simplistic case but that is the idea.
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" Name one time where tax cuts for the rich increased govt revenue in history" After the 40s. Very few of the rich paid taxes. In 1967 there were 155 Americans earned $200,000 that paid $0 in federal income taxes. The economy was booming in the 50s and 60s. Now to be fair the entire world was rebuilding at that time, but we still had strong growth. In the mid 60s to early 70s we saw a tax increase and later under Carter a recession. Now there is a lot more to it than just taxes. In fact, all throughout the country's history during the time of income taxes tax revenue as a percent of GDP was around 15%. Over the years our tax code has become more complicated which is not really a tax cut or increase. Our main problem is the complicated tax code, not tax rates at this time.
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"It worked in the 1920s right? Nothing happened after that..." If you are talking about the recession if the federal government did nothing we would have recovered in a short amount of time.
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"Under the Republican tax plan, most of the tax cuts would go to the wealthy. " The wealthy pay most of the taxes to begin with. " When the tax cuts expire, the poor and the middle class will see an increase in taxes while those above would still have a decrease in taxes. " Which is in 2025, all that does is force future politicians to pass a tax reform bill. "Kyle says people in other modern nations don't die due to lack of healthcare, not that we don't die due to shortcomings in our system. There's a difference." There isn't a difference. People are on waiting lists because they lack healthcare. They end up dying because of it. So what Kyle said is incorrect. " Link me the video where Kyle was using identity politics regarding sentencing on blacks. " You can find it on his channel really easily. "Even if he was, Kyle still doesn't use identity politics as much as PragerU does." Still doesn't give Kyle the excuse. As for the other person's examples of identity politics and PragerU, when the left constantly calls the right racists and bigots sometimes you have to show there are people on the right who are black, hispanic, etc. "As a STEM expert, most of us tend to be social democratic(liberal in your country). The exception is the fossil fuel industry. " Again, that is academics. Also, how many STEM experts understand economics? How many understand social issues such as guns for example? Just because they lean left means nothing. Business owners lean right. They are successful as well. Pointing to professors or STEM majors is an appeal to authority. "From my opinion, a lot of students in the Divided States of Retards tend to get an education for the sake of settling in a job rather than for the sake of knowledge. " Minus your unnecessary and immature comment, you can gain knowledge anywhere. College is an investment to obtain a job. Also, being able to work that job shows intelligence. What shows more intelligence? Rattling off facts or being able to solve problems and produce? "I'm not certain if you think Trump is a racist or not, but if you don't think he is, you did bring up the birther movement. " I brought up the birther movement as I disagreed with it. I felt those that pushed it were being ignorant, including Trump. I can actually criticize politicians fairly and with objective facts. "Supply side economics didn't work under Bush. Not going to work now. History has already shown it to be unsustainable with short term growths followed by economic collapses." That is not true. Under Bush you had loan agencies giving out bad loans. They failed. That happens and what should have happened is to allow the banks to fail and allow other banks to buy them out. Smaller ones were successful during the recession. My small, local bank actually grew under the recession without a bailout. What was the real problem was that the federal government tried to "fix" the economy with the bailouts and spending. That was tried one other time, in 1929 under Hoover and later under FDR. Recessions happen, how we recover is key. History has shown that with hands off government recessions end quickly and we actually recover.
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Chase Hutchins, can you justify your opinion of me?
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Chase, I hear excuses from you.
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Because the increase in the deficit is based on current economic growth. The idea is that with cuts the economy will grow at a faster rate.
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