Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Bernie Schools Trump In Government Shutdown/ Border Wall Response" video.

@TheBlazersfan22 , Kyle and Bernie don't support those programs. What happened in Venezuela was centralized control of the economy where they relied on one source to fund their programs, oil. When that dried up they had nothing. What nations like Denmark, Finland, etc. do is that they tax the citizens to provide services to them. Those citizens still have to work or starve or be homeless. And they can't easily move like the rich can if you tax them at a high rate and they are a constant source of income unlike oil where you rely on trade. Also, in those nations they are not controlling the economy as a whole. So yes, Venezuela is the nation Kyle and Bernie want to model, not Denmark.
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@WilliamAngell96 , Kyle and his fans are shallow minded. They cherry pick information to push their radical agenda. That is why they like Bernie, he does the exact same thing. He goes on talking points to distract others. In this speech the issue was immigration and Bernie went on a rant about climate change and free shit. Same talking points as usual. Bernie wants a nation where everyone suffer.
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Bernie is a corrupt, career politician. In every speech he simply distracts from discussing the issues by going to his talking points.
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This is classic Bernie. You give him a stage and he goes on rants about free shit and climate change. He is a joke. That is why people don't take him serious.
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What is also ironic is that under Trump the economy is growing and doing well. Going on economic issues will not go well for Bernie.
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Bernie: "Immigration is the issue, but let us talk about climate change and free healthcare for all." And this is why he won't be president.
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@TheBlazersfan22 , you can't compare two complex economies to the wages of McDonalds. You do know those nations have less McDonalds per capita than the US does? So while they may pay more, they give out fewer jobs. Why not complaints about that?
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@zachdavis5854 , the federal reserve controls the money supply. MMT is a joke.
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Give Bernie the stage and he goes on his talking point rants. It is clear why he will never become president.
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AOC is a joke. Please run her in the future.
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Khashon Haselrig , mental health reform is inline with medicare. The Koch brother study shows that Medicare for all will cost too much. I suggest you actually read the study. I know reading is hard for leftists but I encourage you to read it.
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Khashon Haselrig , climate change is pushed by the left to make an excuse to raise taxes and grow government.
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Khashon Haselrig , they did not manipulate the numbers. You should read the study.
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@FARSHA8D , it is arguable that wages have been rising faster than inflation.
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@FARSHA8D , read the following papers https://www.dartmouth.edu/~bsacerdo/Sacerdote%2050%20Years%20of%20Growth%20in%20American%20Wages%20Income%20and%20Consumption%20May%202017.pdf https://www.nber.org/feldstein/WAGESandPRODUCTIVITY.meetings2008.pdf There is data that suggests that wages have increased. The BLS inflation uses CPI where you should also consider PCE or Boskin Commission adjustment. You also have to consider benefits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6FmhXQ32Wo&t=160s As for the min. wage, the reality is not everything inflates. Just because the prices of some goods and services went up does not mean they all did. Take, for example, the brick cell phone. By CPI inflation it costs around $4000 in the 80s. We give away smart phones now that has more computing power than what put a man on the moon. The price of a cell phone dropped. Or look at labor. How much is the Blockbuster employee worth? $0. But by your standard not only should they be employed, but they should be earning over $9/hr. Not everything inflates. Many jobs did not grow in productivity. Is the fast food cook more productive now than it was in the 80s? If you feel that the min. wage worker's wage should inflate than you should feel the same for everything. That means smart phones should be, at least, $4000.
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@koukkoufos2000 , saying half the nation earns $30,000 or less is very deceptive. 1. What is their cost of living? 2. What is their household income? 3. What are the benefits they receive? Also, Kyle has been saying that stat for years. He needs to update his argument. Wages are going up and unemployment is going low. And how is this economy a bubble? Kyle did a video where the stock market was falling and Kyle claimed it was the economy crashing. Since then the stock market went up.
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@Black Star , polls are unreliable. Plus, why does he continue to lose?
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@mahal3680 , is that supposed to be a counter argument? If immigration is not a crisis than why isn't the American people mad about the current shutdown to get a wall? The fact is people are concerned about immigration.
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@WilliamAngell96 , I debate these people a lot and hear the same BS over and over again. At some point I think they will get smarter but lately I feel they are going to be left behind. Good part is that with Trump having success Bernie will never be president and he will eventually become a joke.
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@ScyphKordan , I explained why Bernie wants to copy what Venezuela does as opposed to what Denmark does. What Bernie wants is nowhere near what Denmark does. Bernie wants centralized planning of the economy which is what Venezuela does.
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@ScyphKordan , the point of looking at McDonalds is that if you are going to use that as an example you have to realize that they hire less in other nations. So it isn't as simple as looking at wages. Besides that, you can't reduce a complex economy down to one business.
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@ScyphKordan , I listen to the other side. Bernie does not listen to the other side. Look at how he treated that hair salon owner from Texas.
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@ScyphKordan , Medicare for all won't save money.
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@ScyphKordan , you want to get off of the Mcdonalds thing because you know how stupid it is to reduce complex economies down to McDonalds. Medicare for all will not save money. Saying it will is an economic fallacy and ignores the bad history the federal government has in handling issues like these. Look at the Community Mental Health Act of 1963 for example and how bad that turned out. What makes you think Medicare for all will work? As for helping Americans, one can argue that federal government involvement creates more problems.
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@ScyphKordan , the problem with Bernie's response to that hair salon owner is that he had zero desire to actually try to understand her position. Compare it to Bill Clinton's response here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WP5dYfBBzU Noticed how Bill understood the issue businesses go through? He understood a lot of the numbers. Bernie doesn't nor does he care to. Also, him supporting Medicare for all is a frivolous point. Bernie voted for Obamacare that made doing business harder. If he is going to vote for a bill like that he should try to understand other people's position like that hair salon owner and understand how her business operates and realize that with small profit margins many businesses won't be able to expand. He refuse to do that. If he wants Medicare for all and does not want to harm businesses than why did he vote for Obamacare? The fact is that Bernie does not care. Trump understands the situation with federal workers and he has addressed. He understand that actions has consequences, but what he could get has a larger benefit. Noticed how Bernie does not care about business owners? He had no desire to understand their position but still pass a law that will harm them. I can respect Bernie for voting for Obamacare if he understood the challenges it will place businesses but still felt like Obamacare did more good, but he didn't. Trump understands that federal workers have to suffer, but he feels the outcome is much greater. You really need to realize that Bernie does not care. If he did he would go beyond talking points. He doesn't. He has no desire to listen to the other side nor understand their position. That is why he was disrespectful to that business owner and that is why, when pressed on the issues, he resorts to talking points.
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@ScyphKordan , i read those studies, none of them says it will save money unless you make unrealistic assumptions
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@ScyphKordan , saying "other nations do it" is not a solid argument as there are many factors you have to consider. One is that they all run their form of healthcare. Next, they have different cultures, history, economies, etc. Also, they have many shortcomings as well such as in Canada people die waiting for "elective" heart surgery. You should read the books "The Business of Health" and https://www.hoover.org/research/excellent-health-setting-record-straight-americas-health-care There are many studies to suggest Medicare for all won't work. As for it being cheaper, the studies people point to are flawed. Take, for example, the Koch brothers one. They admitted that it was a lower estimate and said that chances are the cost will be much higher. Also, the just showed the cost of public care and do not include private. They also assume that healthcare providers will be willing to take a 40% paycut. As for the University of Mass. one, if we are thinking of the same one, they make way too many assumptions. For example, they admit that jobs will be lost. So they estimate the cost to retrain those people, along with giving them a wage and money for moving. However, they never say where they get those numbers from. Also, they never discuss if they will help people sell their homes, buy new homes when they move, how they controlled for the change in the housing market, how they will handle people moving with families in chanign schools, etc. And that is just one of many assumptions they make that are way too vague to take that study serious. So the federal government cannot handle mental health but you expect them to handle all of healthcare now?
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@ScyphKordan , whose lives is Trump destroying? He fully understands the issues those federal workers are going through and addressed that. But his feels the outcomes will be far better with a wall in that it will behoove many more Americans' lives. That is the difference between Trump and Bernie. Obamacare will harm business owners. The counter argument is that it gives 30 million people healthcare insurance. Bernie does not care to understand about the the people Obamacare will harm. If he did he would done the research. He didn't. One can also argue that removing Obamacare will make healthcare better for the majority of Americans where Bernie's plan will make healthcare worse for the majority. There are arguments on both sides. You are making the emotional argument here and not the objective one. I am making the objective argument here by understanding both positions. You are acting like Bernie in not caring about the other side of the argument. You feel his side is the moral one when in reality there are arguments against it.
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@ScyphKordan , if you are going to vote for a law you should understand how it will influence all people.
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@ScyphKordan , i very much agree that bringing up Venezuela can be a poor argument
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@ScyphKordan , as a scientist i agree with Trump's policies on climate change
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@ScyphKordan , yes. Get the government out of the issue of climate change. Leave it to the scientists.
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Bernie is a complete nut.
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@BMac420 , they aren't the issues. They are nothing more than appeal to emotion talking points. They have been debunked many times.
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This wasn't anything special. Bernie went on a rant about climate change which is irrelevant in this discussion. He just repeated the same talking point he always does. This is why people consider him a joke.
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@zachdavis5854 , it created currency to foreign trade. You do know that for years there were multiple forms of currency in the US? I doubt it based on what you wrote. Maybe educate yourself before throwing up this conspiratorial garbage.
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@zachdavis5854 , for years it wasn't. Again, educate yourself.
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@Ironman17401 , Amazon always paid most of their staff $15/hr or more. The increase was as a result of wages going up nation wide. Bernie had nothing to do with it.
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@glowaru , at this point Trump will destroy Bernie. Trump has shown to be a strong leader and the economy is booming. Also, there is way too much dirt on Bernie to where when released people will end up hating him.
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@killerbee2562 , scared of what? Of an old guy who repeats the same things over and over again? The result of him was AOC, a complete joke. If that is the best people like Bernie can produce I am not scared of anyone. Please, give this guy some more airtime.
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@Black Star , people know Trump is a jerk, they don't care. People view Bernie as a nice old man, wait until the dirt comes out on him
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