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- If you listen to Benito Mussolini,
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he knew a thing of two about fascism.
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He said that fascism is the merger
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of state and corporate powers.
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Now people will deny that and they'll say
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that's not exactly what he said,
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but if you really look into
it, that's what he said.
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(cheerful piano tune)
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- [Voiceover] Milk is an
important part of every good diet.
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Use the best grade of
milk available to you.
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Disease may be contracted through
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drinking unsanitary raw milk.
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(milk splashes)
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(sirens wail)
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- [Voiceover] In 2010, there
was a simultaneous raid
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on two different locations in California.
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Heavily armed agents stormed
into private properties
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arresting several US citizens
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for dealing in a restricted substance.
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Now drug raids happen
quite frequently in the US,
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it's just one of the ways the authorities
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keep us free from malicious
and harmful substances.
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Only this wasn't a drug raid.
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The substance being sold
wasn't crack or crystal meth,
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or even bootleg hooch.
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It was milk.
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- This is an example of
just how heavy handed
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the government is in routing
out disfavored parties.
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In this case, the government operates
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on a public interest
argument that raw milk
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is inherently unsafe,
it is a breeding ground
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for bacteria and because
it is not pasteurized,
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the argument is, it
carries with it an enormous
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increased risk for consumers such that,
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it shouldn't be available, this is the
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position of the Food
and Drug Administration.
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And the government cracks
down on this one segment,
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and they do so with brute force,
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sending in storm troopers essentially,
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and shutting down the milk
plant in it's entirety,
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and confiscating all of the milk,
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regardless of whether
it's contaminated or not.
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- [Voiceover] The FDA raided
this organic market in order
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to keep us safe from the
dangers of unpasteurized milk,
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buying and selling
unpasteurized milk that is.
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They have no problem with
you drinking raw milk,
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if, say, you find a
stray cow on the way home
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and decide to milk it yourself,
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(mooing)
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but a reputable farmer trying to
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sell some to willing
customers, that's a big no no.
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Although this organic market was a club,
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with each member having
signed a waiver acknowledging
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the potential risk of drinking raw milk,
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this was not good enough for the FDA.
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Had these people not realized that
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raw milk is a gateway food, what next,
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people eating cheese, knocking back
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raw oysters, sushi, or
heaven forbid, eggs?
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Luckily the FDA was there to step in
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and save these adults, at gunpoint,
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from the dangers of raw milk.
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- The reason why pasteurized milk
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doesn't come under this scrutiny,
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and the reason why raw
milk, as opposed to cheese,
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eggs, raw oysters, sushi, why they don't
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come under the same FDA scrutiny,
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is that the major milk manufacturers,
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are a principle lobby within the FDA.
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They have very small
profit margins per unit,
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and so if in Whole Foods and other places
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there are significant numbers of consumers
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who come in to buy raw milk products.
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It is a significant economic effect
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on the large milk processors.
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- [Voiceover] The California milk raids
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were not an isolated event.
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Over the past few years,
there have been raids
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all across the US to crack down
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on the sale of many organic products,
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but despite any claims of
safety concerns or risk,
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one thing is clear, the actions of the
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regulatory agencies, and by extension,
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the politicians that manage them,
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are not motivated by any
notion of public good.
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They're motivated by the desire
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to stay in power, that takes money.
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- The problem with the US political system
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is that it revolves around money.
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And so, immediately, that
sets off this dichotomy
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of those who can afford to play
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in the system and those who can't.
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To run for office, you need
one and a half million dollars,
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you need about 11 million
dollars to run for the Senate.
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So if you don't have
money, where do you go?
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You go to the people who have a hand
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stretched out with money,
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ready to fund your campaign,
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but they're gonna want
something in return,
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because, of course, they're not giving
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this money for charitable reasons.
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It very clearly advantages big businesses
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because they have more capacity
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to devote resources to influence buying.
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- [Voiceover] Political
influence has become
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just another arsenal in the marketing
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tool box of large companies.
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Only instead of promoting themselves,
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they use this influence to
suppress the competition,
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and the key to it all are lobbyists.
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- People think that we live in a
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free market society, and we don't.
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Big government and big business
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are way too closely aligned today,
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especially in the United States,
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and this, you know, is
because of lobbying basically.
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We have cronyism, we don't have capitalism
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in the United States, especially when it
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comes to the military, and then
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big medicine, big food, like Monsanto,
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you know, with all the GMOs and stuff.
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Most people don't want it, but yet
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it's being forced on
us because Monsanto has
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such leverage in Congress through
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all the lobbying of the food industry.
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- [Voiceover] So, what is lobbying?
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Well, simply, lobbying is the act of
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influencing decisions made by legislators,
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and regulatory agencies, you know,
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the guys who make the
rules, and the people
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who exert this influence
are called lobbyists.
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Well connected professionals with
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slick suits and slicker tongues.
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Lobbyists tend to be experts in
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the fields they lobby for,
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they advise law makers on how to make sure
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Americans are getting the most
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benefit from the laws they pass,
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while also reducing potential harm.
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It's a good idea, why wouldn't
you want an expert's advice?
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Here's where things get screwy.
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Sometimes the law makers decide
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the cash is greener on the other side,
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so they become lobbyists themselves.
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They leave government and join
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a private company, taking their
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connections and influence with them.
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This phenomenon is called
the revolving door,
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people going from regulating an industry
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to working in that same industry,
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and sometimes back and
forth multiple times.
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Corporations love having
such powerful people
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on their payroll, so they do everything
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they can to lure them over,
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and for their part,
the regulators help out
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by making a few choice laws to
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benefit their future employers.
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And with the spin of the door
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comes a host of new laws that benefit
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some companies, hinder others,
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but business keeps rolling and in the end,
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no one really gets hurt,
except, of course, the people.
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- You'll see members of Congress
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who will take on issues defending
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one particular special interest,
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and then go out to work for that
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special interest after they leave,
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and the same is true of
all government agencies.
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Iin fact, that's considered the normal way
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to do business in Washington.
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- Big government and big business
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essentially are the same, are they not?
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What's the difference
between a corporation
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and a government agency,
when the corporation
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buys the politicians
with campaign donations
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and the politicians do as they're told
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in passing laws that the corporation
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would have passed had the
corporation been the government.
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- [Voiceover] Sadly, this
phenomenon is all too common today
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and it's not specific
to just one industry,
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rather, it seems that many of the agencies
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which have the power to influence
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our daily lives are corrupted
by the revolving door.
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- When you have delegated
power to committees
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and government officials and agencies
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to regulate the economy, it
always leads to corruption.
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It's too tempting for people not to use
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that power for their own personal agendas,
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and the revolving door is merely proof
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of the fact that when you give government
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and it's agencies the
power to regulate commerce,
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it always, always, will
lead to corruption.
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- Nine tenths of all Federal law
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is not the product of those we elect,
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but rather the product
of the unelected heads
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of these bureaucratic agencies.
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So we do not have a
limited Federal Republic
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in the United States, what we have instead
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is an unlimited bureaucratic alogarten
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in which these bureaucratic agencies
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operate largely without
any accountability.
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- This isn't a representative
form of government,
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they only represent the most powerful
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and the people that give them
the most amount of money.
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The corporations, the multi nationals
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have taken over, whether it's agriculture,
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whether it's broadcasting, whether it's
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pharmaceutical, whether it's retail,
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you name the field, a few control it all.
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- [Voiceover] Slow down,
you'll kill somebody.
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- [Voiceover] Laws and regulations
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are essential to any modern society.
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There were some activities that need
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to be controlled or prevented for the sake
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of the common good, which side of the road
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you can drive on, whether a five year old
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should be able to buy a bottle of Jack,
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how many return trips you can make
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to a buffet in a single sitting.
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(glass shatters)
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Okay, maybe scratch that last
one, but you get the idea.
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But with so much collusion
between regulators
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and the industries they regulate,
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the laws governing our daily lives
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are becoming excessive, unnecessary,
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and often, downright nonsensical.
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Keeping the public safe and free
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is no longer the primary goal
for a number of our lawmakers.
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- There is little done
by the Federal Government
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that is not influenced by a choice
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to favor one special
interest over another.
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A lot of regulations are adopted
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with a public interest veneer,
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but underneath they're the product of
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negotiation between industry
leaders and government
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to create a barrier to
entry, and many of these
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actions taken have enormous
economic consequences,
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both eliminating competition to a company,
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and enhancing their economic status.
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- [Voiceover] This relationship between
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big business and government agencies
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not only affects their
competition and the economy,
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but all of us in our day to day lives.
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- What you wanna do in economy
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is you wanna produce the
products and services
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that are in greatest demand,
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and no one knows that except the market,
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but when politicians come in and they
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substitute their own judgement,
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generally they're not even trying
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to outguess the market, and figure out
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what's best for us, they're generally
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just trying to give an advantage
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to one particular individual or
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a group of individuals at
the expense of another,
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and so there are clear winners and losers.
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Whoever's on the receiving
end of a subsidy,
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or, you know, a government expenditure,
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versus who's getting regulated or taxed,
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but regardless of the
individual winners and losers,
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collectively we lose,
because wealth is destroyed,
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resources are allocated in
a less than optimal way.
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- If you can pay enough money,
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you can make sure that you win
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on whatever issue you are concerned about.
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Maybe it's stopping legislation,
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maybe it's to get something passed,
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but ultimately, you're
looking to shape policy,
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and that policy has real
impact in our daily lives.
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It shapes what kinds of product
we can buy at the store,
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it shapes how safe those products are,
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it shapes what we are allowed
to know about those products.
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- [Voiceover] The FDA's war
against unpasteurized milk
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is just one example of the way
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large food producers are
using their connections
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in Washington to limit our
choices at the grocery store,
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while increasing their own profits,
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but it is by no means the only example.
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- Big government is in a
collusion with big agriculture.
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There were never any scientific studies
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that determined that GMO food
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is equivalent to
conventionally grown food.
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The Food and Drug Administration in
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the United States said,
"Well, Monsanta has vouched
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"for the safety of GMO
food, and Monsanto said
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"the FDA has certified it is safe."
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That's big business, and
big government together.
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(peaceful music)
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- [Voiceover] But, some
small, independent farms
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are choosing not to
use patented GMO crops,
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or work for larger agribusiness concerns,
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some just wanna supply their local area
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with nutritious, farm fresh food.
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One such farmer is Joel Salatin.
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He runs his farm based on an innovative
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and radical new technique which he calls,
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letting his animals out to pasture.
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Sounds crazy, but maybe
he's on to something.
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- We have a very different set of,
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of production and processing criteria.
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First of all, our animals move,
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they're not in great big confinement
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animal feeding operations, our animals
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don't do drugs, we don't vaccinate,
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we don't medicate, and we run our farm
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on the closed carbon cycle, as opposed to
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buying in chemical
fertilizer from outside.
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So, you know, the localization,
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the carbon cycle, animals move around,
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the lack of pharmaceuticals, all of that
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is 180 degrees different than today's
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industrial, global,
petroleum based food system.
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- [Voiceover] It turns out,
there is a healthy market
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for traditionally farmed meat and produce,
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so why are there so few independent farms
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operating around the country?
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- [Voiceover] The story of Chicago
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and its great stock yards
symbolized the amazing
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economic revolution that was underway.
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On the farms, machines
and improved techniques
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of agriculture began to
produce an abundance of food
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for consumption both at home and abroad.
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The new world of mass production
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required increasing
concentrations of capital,
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pooling the investments of many people,
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the corporation became the means
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to starting vast new enterprises.
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- The globalization and
corporatization of everything
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is gradually making it
more and more difficult
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for independent farmers,
independent people
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in the food system to
market to their neighbors,
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to friends, to family, to whatever,
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and you do think everyday about
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what bureaucrat is going
to invade my life today.
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Every single time the government
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penetrates the market place, it always
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favors the biggest players
because they're the ones
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that are able to buy favors to curry
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concessionary privileges
in a regulatory climate.
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And so I know that many of the
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consumer advocacy folks
mean well when they say,
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"We need more oversight,
we need more regulations
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"for this bad thing that
happened over here.".
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What they don't realize
is that by the time
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that regulation actually gets enacted,
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and filters down to the farm level,
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it always, always, always,
hurts small producers
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and helps the large producers.
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- It's the revolving door, don't
eat healthy, only eat crap.
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A few companies control everything,
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there's only a small group
of agribusiness companies
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that control the entire food production.
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They're putting everybody out of business.
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They don't want any competition.
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- The small farmer's always a threat.
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If 50 million people in the United States
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decide on their own that they would
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prefer to buy their
produce from small farmers
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or at Farmers Markets because
they think it's healthier,
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that's a defection out of the system.
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The government doesn't want that,
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and Monsanto certainly doesn't want it
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nor do any of the big
agribusiness companies want it.
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So better to do anything possible
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to wipe out the small farmer in America,
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make him go bankrupt,
make him sell his land,
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which is then taken over by some larger,
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agricultural entity,
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until eventually the entire
food chain is controlled
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by big corporations and big government.
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- [Voiceover] The regulations forced upon
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small independent farms like Joel's,
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have created a hurdle which limits
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the size and scope of his operation,
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and whether these regulations
are well intentioned,
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or imposed just to give an
unfair advantage to the big guys,
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the end result is that
many of the products
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Joel would like to sell
have been deemed illegal.
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- The things that we would like to do
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from curing meat to selling
raw milk, for example,
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you know, we would love to sell raw milk,
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and we have customers who would love
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to get raw milk, but it's illegal.
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We just had a health department inspector,
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they told us that our slaughtering shed
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for the poultry was illegal,
and wanted to close us down,
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and their contention was
that if it's actually
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open to the air, it's
inherently unsanitary.
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(chickens clucking)
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What's so fascinating is a feed lot,
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in deplorable conditions,
with no trespassing signs,
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gets away with almost anything,
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but because we are extremely transparent,
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outdoors, you know, out
here, it makes us vulnerable
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to the anthropomorphism
of ignorant people.
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- [Voiceover] You're
probably thinking that
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these agricultural regulations
are meaningless to you.
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If these regulations are
limiting your choices,
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how come you can walk down any aisle
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in the supermarket and find
dozens of different brands,
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and hundreds of different foods?
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I mean, how much choice do we really need?
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- The average person walks
into the supermarket right,
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and they see all this
stuff on the shelves.
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They say, "What do you
mean I don't have choice?
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"I can get Count Chochula
breakfast cereal,
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"Fruit Loops, Cracker
Jacks," whatever, okay,
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"I can get potato chips from
10 different companies."
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You know, "What do you
mean I don't have choice?"
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And so, it's a hard sell, because people
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have a hard time understanding
what they can't get.
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You know, what you can't get is raw milk,
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what you can't get is
backyard slaughtered poultry
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that never went through a
great big processing plant.
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There's a tremendous amount of
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artisanal heritage type food
that is unavailable now,
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because it has been
criminalized and outlawed.
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- [Voiceover] In the end,
it comes down to risk.
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Some things, like raw
milk, are just too risky
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to let out to the public.
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After all, contaminated raw milk could,
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theoretically, be as harmful as poison.
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(plane engine roars)
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Actual poison, on the other
hand, is apparently fine.
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- If you wanna talk about risk,
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isn't it fascinating that the
very entity that gave us DDT,
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that gave us Mad Cow,
that gave us cloning,
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that gave us GMOs, these
are very risky things.
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I mean, whether or not
you believe in 'em or not,
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you have to appreciate those
are all very high risk things.
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And they're the ones that we say,
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"I wanna put my faith in you for my food."
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I think people participate in
risky behavior all the time.
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You know, I think if
you're feeding your kids
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pasteurized milk, Cocoa
Puffs, Count Chochula cereal,
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and Fruit Loops, that's risky behavior.
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But the government has decided that
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that's not risky behavior.
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What's risky behavior is
drinking a glass of raw milk.
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- [Voiceover] When it comes down to it,
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not being able to get raw
milk isn't that big a deal.
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I mean, who needs raw milk when
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you can get deep fried mozzarella sticks,
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or tasty, tasty chicken fingers?
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After all, food is food, right?
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- I think it's important to realize
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that in 1979 when the first
USDA Food Pyramid came out,
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you know, with grains on the bottom,
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that was the beginning of the
obesity and Type II epidemic
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because it put
carbohydrates on the bottom.
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And, you know, it's
quite a profound reality
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that America today would
be far, far healthier
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if the government had
never told us what to eat.
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(oil sizzles)
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- [Voiceover] So, maybe
you overdue it slightly
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on the saturated fats
and the imitation cheese,
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who cares, we've got access to
the best drugs in the world.
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Whether you have a
resting heart rate of 116,
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that third cheeseburger has you sweating
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like Shaq at the line, or
you're just feeling queasy
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from all the drugs you're taking.
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There are drugs out there to help you,
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and we can all agree, if there's one area
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where we want strict regulations,
it's pharmaceuticals.
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After all, no one wants unsafe medicine
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getting out to the public.
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- There are, of course, several drugs,
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many drugs, that are
helpful, but what concerns me
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is that a significant minority,
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significant minority
of drugs that have been
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approved by FDA, have been
approved over the FDA's
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own medical reviewers'
objections on safety grounds,
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and many, many, unsafe
drugs have been admitted
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into the marketplace that actually
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cause death, liver
failure, kidney failure,
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heart attacks, these
drugs are on the market,
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many of them still, and
are approved yearly.
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- [Voiceover] It is thanks to
such rigorous quality control
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by the FDA that a drug
like Vioxx, which caused
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over 100,000 heart attacks,
tens of thousands of deaths,
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was swiftly pulled from the market,
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after only five years, and 2.5 billion
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in profit for the
pharmaceutical giant Merck.
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- When an FDA commissioner
knowingly approves
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an unsafe drug like Vioxx and keeps it
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on the market even though there are
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140,000 heart attacks from Vioxx,
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and 60,000 deaths from it, and still
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stands in defense of that company Merck,
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there's something wrong here,
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there's something dreadfully wrong.
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Why can't that person be held accountable,
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and yet they get away with it.
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Not only do they get away with it,
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but in the case of the
commissioner who did that,
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Mr. Crawford, he ends up being employed
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by a company called Policy Directions Inc
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at a very high capacity, and that
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company represents Merck.
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(dramatic music)
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(machine hisses)
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- [Voiceover] Perhaps the Vioxx
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incident was just a one off event.
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There are a whole host of
helpful drugs in the marketplace,
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and the FDA shouldn't be
scrutinized for one little slip up.
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I mean, it's not like this
is happening regularly.
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- The FDA says that all of these
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pharmaceutical drugs that
are everywhere in America,
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they're safe and
effective, that's how they
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get out into doctors
offices and drugstores,
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and that's why people ingest them.
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00:26:55,340 --> 00:27:00,329
Well, 106,000 people every
year in the United States
513
00:27:00,330 --> 00:27:04,669
are killed by FDA approved
pharmaceutical drugs.
514
00:27:04,670 --> 00:27:07,489
The FDA admits this on their own website,
515
00:27:07,490 --> 00:27:10,969
but they say nothing about
taking responsibility for it,
516
00:27:10,970 --> 00:27:14,220
it's just another medical fact to them.
517
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,889
- [Voiceover] Huh, over 100,000 deaths
518
00:27:18,890 --> 00:27:22,059
from prescription drugs every year.
519
00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:24,249
You'd think with all the stringent testing
520
00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:27,979
the FDA does before it lets
a drug out onto the market,
521
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:32,150
they'd detect some of these
life threatening side effects.
522
00:27:33,220 --> 00:27:34,819
- [Voiceover] These are
the bottles which finally
523
00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,869
will find their way to doctor's offices
524
00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:38,879
and clinics all over the country.
525
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,429
Even as they reach the end of the
526
00:27:40,430 --> 00:27:43,349
production line, other
tests are in progress
527
00:27:43,350 --> 00:27:45,949
and samples are sent to the government.
528
00:27:45,950 --> 00:27:47,589
The manufacturer's protocol is
529
00:27:47,590 --> 00:27:50,819
first reviewed, then subjected to
530
00:27:50,820 --> 00:27:54,570
a whole battery of
complex, scientific tests.
531
00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:00,139
- The FDA's whole system
of drug review is bogus.
532
00:28:00,140 --> 00:28:02,839
It's designed to protect and advance
533
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,639
the interest of the drug industry.
534
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:05,739
A lot of people don't realize this,
535
00:28:05,740 --> 00:28:09,240
but FDA never tests the drugs it approves.
536
00:28:10,740 --> 00:28:14,019
FDA does no independent testing at all.
537
00:28:14,020 --> 00:28:17,009
It relies entirely on the testing
538
00:28:17,010 --> 00:28:19,539
done by the drug advocate, the proponent
539
00:28:19,540 --> 00:28:21,619
of the drug application that has
540
00:28:21,620 --> 00:28:24,489
a self interest and a
conflict of interest,
541
00:28:24,490 --> 00:28:29,329
that party is looked to for
all of the drug testing.
542
00:28:29,330 --> 00:28:31,500
They do their own testing.
543
00:28:32,570 --> 00:28:34,859
- [Voiceover] So the FDA
does no independent testing
544
00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:38,029
of the drugs it approves, but with so many
545
00:28:38,030 --> 00:28:40,969
new drugs being manufactured,
can you blame them
546
00:28:40,970 --> 00:28:42,099
for outsourcing the testing
547
00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:44,289
to the drug companies themselves?
548
00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:47,759
After all, if you can't
trust a multi-billion dollar
549
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,559
pharmaceutical conglomerate,
who can you trust?
550
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,449
- There have been multiple
instances of corruption
551
00:28:54,450 --> 00:28:57,529
in this process where negative information
552
00:28:57,530 --> 00:28:59,949
has been kept away from the FDA
553
00:28:59,950 --> 00:29:02,249
so the FDA will approve a drug.
554
00:29:02,250 --> 00:29:06,049
In fact, Sanofi-Aventis,
with this drug Ketek,
555
00:29:06,050 --> 00:29:08,869
relied principally on a clinical trial
556
00:29:08,870 --> 00:29:12,479
that FDA's medical reviewers
were sharp on the case
557
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,839
discovered didn't even happen.
558
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,180
They made it up.
559
00:29:17,230 --> 00:29:21,829
And there were FBI
investigations and prosecutions.
560
00:29:21,830 --> 00:29:23,209
But what did the FDA do?
561
00:29:23,210 --> 00:29:26,239
The medical reviewers said
that the commissioner,
562
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,149
gee, they relied on a
fraud for this application.
563
00:29:30,150 --> 00:29:31,689
We should deny it.
564
00:29:31,690 --> 00:29:34,389
But the FDA commissioner granted it.
565
00:29:34,390 --> 00:29:36,529
He put Ketek into the market.
566
00:29:36,530 --> 00:29:38,869
So you see, it's that degree of influence
567
00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:40,809
and corruption that makes it impossible
568
00:29:40,810 --> 00:29:44,140
for the American people to be protected.
569
00:29:50,390 --> 00:29:52,749
- [Voiceover] With drugs
being approved by the FDA,
570
00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:55,849
despite the objection of
their own medical reviewers,
571
00:29:55,850 --> 00:29:57,949
there can be little
doubt the revolving door
572
00:29:57,950 --> 00:30:01,819
is alive and well in the
pharmaceutical industry.
573
00:30:01,820 --> 00:30:04,199
And just in case you do have some
574
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,209
tiny shred of doubt remaining,
575
00:30:06,210 --> 00:30:09,069
consider the case of Billy Tauzin.
576
00:30:09,070 --> 00:30:13,240
You may want to have some
anti-nausea pills on standby.
577
00:30:15,010 --> 00:30:17,679
- Congressman Billy
Tauzin was the head of the
578
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,799
energy and commerce
committee in the House.
579
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,259
He was the man assigned
the task of ensuring
580
00:30:22,260 --> 00:30:24,599
that a provision would be put into the law
581
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,699
that would prevent the entire government
582
00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:31,899
from negotiating down the
per unit price of drugs
583
00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:36,319
required to be acquired
under Medicare Part D,
584
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,119
based on volume.
585
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,729
So in other words, they're forced to pay
586
00:30:40,730 --> 00:30:44,639
whatever price the drug
industry sets per unit
587
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,119
for the drugs purchased
under Medicare Part D.
588
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,979
And that is something that
could enable a drug industry
589
00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:54,519
at its will to bring the nation
to its knees financially.
590
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,459
And so it is that this
provision was put into
591
00:30:57,460 --> 00:30:59,679
the law and the Bush Administration.
592
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,479
Tauzin left the government,
left his position in Congress,
593
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,359
became the head of the
Pharmaceutical Research
594
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,549
and Manufacturers Association.
595
00:31:07,550 --> 00:31:10,479
And made the highest
salary they had ever then
596
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,489
paid to that date, $2.5 million a year
597
00:31:14,490 --> 00:31:17,819
as a compliment for his
selling out the nation
598
00:31:17,820 --> 00:31:20,240
to protect the drug industry.
599
00:31:22,860 --> 00:31:25,309
- [Voiceover] So while the
government may be choosing,
600
00:31:25,310 --> 00:31:28,049
often poorly, which food
and drugs they think
601
00:31:28,050 --> 00:31:30,509
are safe for us to have,
at least they aren't
602
00:31:30,510 --> 00:31:33,420
trying to force any of them on you.
603
00:31:34,610 --> 00:31:37,110
Except, perhaps, for vaccines.
604
00:31:39,150 --> 00:31:41,089
George Lambert is a representative of
605
00:31:41,090 --> 00:31:42,899
the New Hampshire statehouse.
606
00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:44,329
He has a leading proponent for
607
00:31:44,330 --> 00:31:47,250
vaccination of choice in his state.
608
00:31:49,930 --> 00:31:51,089
- When I got to the
statehouse, somebody asked me
609
00:31:51,090 --> 00:31:54,069
if I would work on a bill
for vaccination choice.
610
00:31:54,070 --> 00:31:56,809
The more research I did,
the more I found out that
611
00:31:56,810 --> 00:31:58,529
in the risk of an
epidemic, they can go out
612
00:31:58,530 --> 00:32:01,700
and vaccinate everyone without choice.
613
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,079
- To say that vaccines are compulsory,
614
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,580
which in the US is the struggle right now,
615
00:32:10,090 --> 00:32:13,090
every state has their own exemptions
616
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,879
that parents can claim.
617
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,859
But now, the push is on to say
618
00:32:19,860 --> 00:32:22,519
that we're gonna force
you to get vaccinated,
619
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,939
whether you like it or not.
620
00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:27,119
You don't have the freedom to decide.
621
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,299
- If we talk about medical
safety and freedom,
622
00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:30,759
everybody should have the choice
623
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,709
as of what medical procedures they want.
624
00:32:33,710 --> 00:32:35,379
You can get a medical exclusion,
625
00:32:35,380 --> 00:32:37,059
you can get a religious exclusion,
626
00:32:37,060 --> 00:32:39,419
but you can't get a
consciousness exclusion.
627
00:32:39,420 --> 00:32:41,509
We had an issue in New Hampshire
628
00:32:41,510 --> 00:32:44,389
a couple years ago where there were some
629
00:32:44,390 --> 00:32:46,459
injections that were contaminated,
630
00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:49,639
that might actually contain meningitis.
631
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,159
But if you were required
to get a vaccination
632
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,869
or an injection, how do you know
633
00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:54,719
the injection isn't contaminated?
634
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,119
But if you want your
children to go to school
635
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,239
or participate in any of
these other activities,
636
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,039
the government says, "You either do this,
637
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,739
"or you're excluded."
638
00:33:02,740 --> 00:33:04,899
That's the problem because
when the news says,
639
00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:07,019
"There's something that
puts your life at risk,"
640
00:33:07,020 --> 00:33:11,020
you should be able to
make an educated decision.
641
00:33:13,370 --> 00:33:14,639
- [Voiceover] That's what freedom really
642
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,139
comes down to in the end.
643
00:33:16,140 --> 00:33:18,729
The freedom to decide, for good or bad,
644
00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,309
how you wanna live.
645
00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:22,069
And that freedom should not be overruled
646
00:33:22,070 --> 00:33:25,549
by the government, except
in the most extreme cases.
647
00:33:25,550 --> 00:33:29,710
Or to keep us safe from the
most diabolical threats.
648
00:33:30,830 --> 00:33:34,529
- [Voiceover] Weed, grass,
ganja, joint, dooby,
649
00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:38,229
doo, chronic, haste,
lobo, loco, loveboat, bud,
650
00:33:38,230 --> 00:33:40,829
buddah, blunt, pot,
pat, pin, cheeba-cheeba,
651
00:33:40,830 --> 00:33:44,789
four two zero, and
hasheesh or hash for short.
652
00:33:44,790 --> 00:33:48,169
No matter what you call it,
no matter what hip street led
653
00:33:48,170 --> 00:33:51,009
it's referred, or reefer to buy,
654
00:33:51,010 --> 00:33:53,069
it all comes from the same stash.
655
00:33:53,070 --> 00:33:55,569
It's all marijuana.
656
00:33:55,570 --> 00:33:58,400
(chilling scream)
657
00:34:00,210 --> 00:34:01,909
- [Voiceover] Marijuana, one of the most
658
00:34:01,910 --> 00:34:04,709
dangerous drugs known to mankind.
659
00:34:04,710 --> 00:34:07,019
Responsible for almost
as many deaths per year
660
00:34:07,020 --> 00:34:09,669
as asteroids or shark attacks,
661
00:34:09,670 --> 00:34:12,889
it can cause an otherwise
healthy adult to giggle,
662
00:34:12,890 --> 00:34:15,169
or get a bit hungry.
663
00:34:15,170 --> 00:34:16,759
Thankfully the brave men and women
664
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,869
from numerous agencies
have been waging a tireless
665
00:34:19,870 --> 00:34:22,249
and expensive war against this
666
00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:24,580
dangerous plant for decades.
667
00:34:27,290 --> 00:34:29,689
- The war on drugs is a war on the people.
668
00:34:29,690 --> 00:34:32,569
It's a war to fight the
pharmaceutical industry.
669
00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:35,309
So they get to sell
their psychotropic drugs.
670
00:34:35,310 --> 00:34:37,890
I mean, Jesus, how many people?
671
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,559
Then I hear horror stories
from their children
672
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,129
whacked out on Vicodin.
673
00:34:43,130 --> 00:34:44,879
Oh, that's a beaut.
674
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,459
Yeah, how about a little Oxycontin,
675
00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:48,099
you know, to make you happy.
676
00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,559
Feel some pain, this'll get rid of it.
677
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,439
But don't get high, man.
678
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,499
No weed, it's gonna kill ya.
679
00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:56,410
You saw Reefer Madness.
680
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,839
- [Voiceover] Reefer Madness
is a celebrated PSA film,
681
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,699
produced for the US government.
682
00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:08,429
Known for its even-handed
and unbiased approach to
683
00:35:08,430 --> 00:35:11,499
the subject of marijuana,
which it claims is
684
00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:14,609
worse than heroin, it saved generations
685
00:35:14,610 --> 00:35:16,759
from the dangers of marijuana.
686
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,319
Even a single puff of Mary Jane
687
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,659
can make you dance like a fool,
688
00:35:21,660 --> 00:35:23,299
laugh uncontrollably,
689
00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:24,979
(bellowing laugh)
690
00:35:24,980 --> 00:35:27,399
or violently murder your friends.
691
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,820
(thud) How embarrassing.
692
00:35:32,180 --> 00:35:35,239
NORML is a nonprofit
organization whose aim
693
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:39,410
is to legalize cannabis
throughout the United States.
694
00:35:41,330 --> 00:35:43,419
- There are 800,000 people a year
695
00:35:43,420 --> 00:35:46,239
arrested in the United
States on marijuana charges.
696
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:48,959
90% for possession only.
697
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:53,120
So over a 40 year period now,
that's roughly 27 million
698
00:35:55,900 --> 00:35:58,739
people have been arrested
on marijuana charges.
699
00:35:58,740 --> 00:36:01,459
So it's created a huge universe of people
700
00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:05,630
who have been effectively
screwed by the government.
701
00:36:06,820 --> 00:36:11,709
When we sued the DEA in the
classic case, NRML versus DEA,
702
00:36:11,710 --> 00:36:15,399
the judge ruled in 1988
in his final decision
703
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,359
that marijuana quote "is the safest,
704
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,959
"therapeutic substance known to man."
705
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,599
That's a pretty strong indictment
706
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,100
against the rest of the drugs.
707
00:36:28,460 --> 00:36:29,839
- [Voiceover] So the courts acknowledged
708
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,359
that marijuana is the most therapeutic
709
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:36,530
substance known to man, but
since as early as the 1930s,
710
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,039
marijuana has been the
subject of countless,
711
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,370
heavy-handed, and fallacious propaganda.
712
00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:46,929
- [Voiceover] Long-term use of marijuana
713
00:36:46,930 --> 00:36:49,319
can lead to a psychological dependency.
714
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:50,969
Soon, you'll be taking all sorts of
715
00:36:50,970 --> 00:36:53,499
measures to get your fix.
716
00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:55,309
People will start calling you names like
717
00:36:55,310 --> 00:36:58,599
Pothead, or Smokey McBongwater,
718
00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,859
losing all motivation,
719
00:36:59,860 --> 00:37:02,289
it's likely that you'll
drop out of school,
720
00:37:02,290 --> 00:37:04,879
take a sudden liking to sitar music,
721
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,179
and maybe even get felt
up by a cop or two.
722
00:37:08,180 --> 00:37:11,819
- Marijuana has been propagandized by the
723
00:37:11,820 --> 00:37:14,719
United States government
and its surrogates
724
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:18,130
at the state level for at least 75 years.
725
00:37:19,850 --> 00:37:24,049
There are 1,200 Partnership
for Drug-Free America ads,
726
00:37:24,050 --> 00:37:26,889
and 85 to 90 percent of those ads
727
00:37:26,890 --> 00:37:28,679
have been against marijuana.
728
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,069
And the name alone, Drug-Free America,
729
00:37:31,070 --> 00:37:34,909
deserves nothing but pure laughter.
730
00:37:34,910 --> 00:37:37,509
Drug hypen Free America?
731
00:37:37,510 --> 00:37:41,439
This is the most drug-adult
society in human history.
732
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,529
And the Drug-Free America Association
733
00:37:43,530 --> 00:37:44,989
was originally founded by the
734
00:37:44,990 --> 00:37:47,449
alcohol, tobacco, and
pharmaceutical companies,
735
00:37:47,450 --> 00:37:50,289
which, last I checked,
their business model
736
00:37:50,290 --> 00:37:52,120
is distributing drugs.
737
00:37:53,510 --> 00:37:56,249
- [Voiceover] Personal
feelings about marijuana aside,
738
00:37:56,250 --> 00:37:58,209
there is no denying the fact that
739
00:37:58,210 --> 00:38:00,209
criminalization of the substance
740
00:38:00,210 --> 00:38:03,609
bears little parity with other
substances in the same area,
741
00:38:03,610 --> 00:38:06,839
such as alcohol or tobacco.
742
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,369
But with all the millions being
spent on preventing its use
743
00:38:10,370 --> 00:38:13,409
and prosecuting individuals who use it,
744
00:38:13,410 --> 00:38:14,990
who stands to gain?
745
00:38:16,990 --> 00:38:20,549
- There are entities out
there that strongly lobby
746
00:38:20,550 --> 00:38:24,269
for the status quo to stay in place.
747
00:38:24,270 --> 00:38:27,959
Law enforcement, the
very government agencies
748
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,229
born of the prohibition, like the
749
00:38:30,230 --> 00:38:31,709
Partnership for Drug-Free America,
750
00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:35,209
the D.A.R.E. program, the
DEA, the drugs are his office,
751
00:38:35,210 --> 00:38:38,569
they will always oppose legalization.
752
00:38:38,570 --> 00:38:40,749
Three would be the alcohol, tobacco,
753
00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:44,389
pharmaceutical companies that
play both ends of the middle.
754
00:38:44,390 --> 00:38:45,829
They try to start things like the
755
00:38:45,830 --> 00:38:47,669
Partnership for Drug-Free America,
756
00:38:47,670 --> 00:38:50,279
but pretty clearly don't wanna really have
757
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,589
a drug-free America.
758
00:38:52,590 --> 00:38:54,549
The fourth entity are companies that
759
00:38:54,550 --> 00:38:57,649
are able to make money
off of the prohibition.
760
00:38:57,650 --> 00:39:00,129
And that would be private prisons,
761
00:39:00,130 --> 00:39:03,519
drug-testing companies,
this is probably the most
762
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:07,749
naked of our opposition,
because if you get caught
763
00:39:07,750 --> 00:39:10,669
with marijuana, you can
either choose the route
764
00:39:10,670 --> 00:39:13,449
of prosecution and potential conviction
765
00:39:13,450 --> 00:39:17,029
and then going to jail,
or you go to rehab.
766
00:39:17,030 --> 00:39:18,789
Well, even the director of NORML,
767
00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:20,309
if I got caught by police with
768
00:39:20,310 --> 00:39:21,949
a small amount of marijuana,
I'm given a choice
769
00:39:21,950 --> 00:39:24,609
between going to jail and going to rehab,
770
00:39:24,610 --> 00:39:25,749
I'm gonna pick rehab.
771
00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:30,649
And so 80% of their
clientele are effectively
772
00:39:30,650 --> 00:39:33,209
pushed in the door by the government.
773
00:39:33,210 --> 00:39:36,499
So this is an incestuous relationship
774
00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:38,569
that has been set up between the
775
00:39:38,570 --> 00:39:41,049
drug rehabilitation profiteers
776
00:39:41,050 --> 00:39:43,369
and the government that
brings their clients
777
00:39:43,370 --> 00:39:47,129
right to their door,
and we, the taxpayers,
778
00:39:47,130 --> 00:39:49,909
pay for the rehabilitation.
779
00:39:49,910 --> 00:39:54,009
- Now, in the language the
addicts use among themselves,
780
00:39:54,010 --> 00:39:55,809
they never say to each other,
781
00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:58,269
"Let's smoke a marijuana cigarette."
782
00:39:58,270 --> 00:40:03,369
They say, "Let's turn on,"
or, "Let's blast a joint."
783
00:40:03,370 --> 00:40:05,219
- [Voiceover] As with drinking raw milk,
784
00:40:05,220 --> 00:40:07,869
smoking a marijuana cigarette
785
00:40:07,870 --> 00:40:09,919
carries with it obvious health risks.
786
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,559
But whether you want to blast a J
787
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,909
or buy an outdoor slaughtered chicken
788
00:40:14,910 --> 00:40:17,909
from your local farmer,
powerful lobbying groups
789
00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:20,309
have colluded with regulatory agencies
790
00:40:20,310 --> 00:40:22,980
to limit your freedom of choice.
791
00:40:23,990 --> 00:40:27,789
- When the government
violently kicks down your door,
792
00:40:27,790 --> 00:40:31,269
and comes onto your
property with guns drawn
793
00:40:31,270 --> 00:40:34,969
trying to get you to stop,
engaged in a certain behavior
794
00:40:34,970 --> 00:40:39,429
that's harming nobody else,
that is a social injustice.
795
00:40:39,430 --> 00:40:42,339
(sirens wail)
796
00:40:42,340 --> 00:40:43,969
I personally think of cannabis
797
00:40:43,970 --> 00:40:47,179
as just a metaphor for freedom.
798
00:40:47,180 --> 00:40:50,599
I think of it almost
purely, at this point now,
799
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,669
as a discussion over personal freedom
800
00:40:52,670 --> 00:40:55,979
and how much can the government
intervene in your life,
801
00:40:55,980 --> 00:40:59,390
and intervene violently, with guns drawn.
802
00:41:01,590 --> 00:41:03,419
- [Voiceover] Okay,
we've talked a lot about
803
00:41:03,420 --> 00:41:05,670
food and medicine and lobo,
804
00:41:06,990 --> 00:41:08,899
but enough of that hippy talk.
805
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,139
Everyone knows the world
revolves around one thing
806
00:41:11,140 --> 00:41:13,220
and one thing only, milk.
807
00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:19,660
I mean, money.
(cash register dings)
808
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,059
But similar to independent farmers,
809
00:41:25,060 --> 00:41:27,999
small firms in the
financial sector also face
810
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:32,160
heavy regulations, which
benefit the large players.
811
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:35,359
- I act in the securities industry,
812
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,409
and there's all sorts
of rules and regulations
813
00:41:37,410 --> 00:41:39,339
that I have to abide by.
814
00:41:39,340 --> 00:41:42,759
The vast majority of it
doesn't protect my customers,
815
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,199
the individual investor.
816
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,599
And that's not why I believe it's there.
817
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:50,049
That's the excuse that the
politicians give the voters,
818
00:41:50,050 --> 00:41:52,709
but the real reason is
because there are very large
819
00:41:52,710 --> 00:41:54,939
banks and brokerage firms that don't like
820
00:41:54,940 --> 00:41:57,219
small firms like mine competing with them.
821
00:41:57,220 --> 00:41:59,579
And so they wanna tie us up in red tape.
822
00:41:59,580 --> 00:42:02,479
See, they can afford to
pay for the regulations.
823
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,339
It's the small firms that can't.
824
00:42:04,340 --> 00:42:06,139
But they didn't do it
to help the investor,
825
00:42:06,140 --> 00:42:08,499
they did it to help
the big brokerage firms
826
00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:10,699
that wanted protection from competition.
827
00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:13,139
And so that's what
happens, but, of course,
828
00:42:13,140 --> 00:42:17,139
the revolving door is when
these guys leave Washington,
829
00:42:17,140 --> 00:42:21,039
they get cushy jobs at the
companies they used to regulate.
830
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:22,729
And, in fact, they go back and forth.
831
00:42:22,730 --> 00:42:24,599
They go from the industry
to the government,
832
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:25,759
back to the industry to the government,
833
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,099
and what they're really doing,
834
00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:30,359
is they're pedaling their influence.
835
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,079
They go to Washington to get clout,
836
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:34,829
to get influence, to make friends,
837
00:42:34,830 --> 00:42:36,309
and then they sell the influence
838
00:42:36,310 --> 00:42:39,480
to the highest bidder when they leave.
839
00:42:43,650 --> 00:42:45,599
- [Voiceover] Sadly, the
finance industry may be
840
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,059
the best illustration of the intertwining
841
00:42:48,060 --> 00:42:50,999
of government and big business.
842
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,039
For example, the current
Secretary of the Treasury,
843
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:58,040
Jacob Lew, was reportedly
given a $950,000 bonus
844
00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:02,199
by his former employer, Citigroup,
845
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,360
just for taking a job at the Treasury.
846
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,560
(light piano music)
847
00:43:30,620 --> 00:43:34,079
- If you want to see the proof of fascism,
848
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:38,699
all you have to do is
look at four simple words,
849
00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:40,030
too big to fill.
850
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,559
The larger state and corporate powers,
851
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:48,019
we, in America, had a
financial crisis in 2008.
852
00:43:48,020 --> 00:43:52,190
(snaps fingers) The whole game changed.
853
00:43:55,500 --> 00:44:00,179
The banks got in trouble,
they bring out Henry Paulson,
854
00:44:00,180 --> 00:44:02,349
the US Treasury Secretary,
855
00:44:02,350 --> 00:44:05,099
former CEO of the Goldman Sachs gang.
856
00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:06,519
It says we have to bailout the banks,
857
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,520
they're too big to fill.
858
00:44:42,630 --> 00:44:45,199
- [Voiceover] The subprime
mortgage crisis of 2008
859
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:50,359
was the biggest economic crash
since the Great Depression.
860
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,869
In the midst of the
crisis, the financial media
861
00:44:52,870 --> 00:44:57,519
demanded stricter regulations
on the financial industry.
862
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,199
Economist, Peter Schiff,
who predicted the crisis
863
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,349
years in advance,
believes that not only was
864
00:45:03,350 --> 00:45:06,419
Wall Street to blame,
but more importantly,
865
00:45:06,420 --> 00:45:09,749
it was the regulators colluding
with the financial industry
866
00:45:09,750 --> 00:45:13,239
who were responsible for the crisis.
867
00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:14,899
- Well the regulators caused the crisis.
868
00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:19,519
It was the regulation
that created the problem.
869
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,899
I was talking about the
coming housing crisis
870
00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:26,559
in 2002, three, four, five, six,
871
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,719
and I was pointing out exactly how
872
00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:31,659
the government and the FED
were creating the problem.
873
00:45:31,660 --> 00:45:32,929
See, the people that now said we didn't
874
00:45:32,930 --> 00:45:35,699
have enough regulation,
where were they back then?
875
00:45:35,700 --> 00:45:36,749
Why didn't they say we needed more
876
00:45:36,750 --> 00:45:39,819
regulation in 2004, in 2005?
877
00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:41,679
The fact of the matter
is it was the regulations
878
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:45,260
that were in place that
caused the problem.
879
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,609
The Federal Reserve, in order
to stimulate the economy,
880
00:45:49,610 --> 00:45:52,689
brought interest rates down to 1%.
881
00:45:52,690 --> 00:45:54,529
And what that did is it enabled people
882
00:45:54,530 --> 00:45:57,479
to borrow money more
cheaply to buy houses.
883
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,179
In the meantime, too,
the government was also
884
00:46:00,180 --> 00:46:05,179
guaranteeing the mortgages,
and this was the real problem.
885
00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:07,359
The way the market regulates banks
886
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:10,659
is that individuals want a
safe place for their money.
887
00:46:10,660 --> 00:46:13,109
And so they will shop
around for a safe place.
888
00:46:13,110 --> 00:46:16,539
Therefore, market
pressures force the banks
889
00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:19,629
to do prudent things to attract deposits.
890
00:46:19,630 --> 00:46:22,809
But once the government comes in and says,
891
00:46:22,810 --> 00:46:25,139
"Your money is safe no matter what,"
892
00:46:25,140 --> 00:46:27,619
now the customer doesn't
value safety anymore
893
00:46:27,620 --> 00:46:29,359
because the government has guaranteed it.
894
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:30,919
But the problem with the
government regulation
895
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:34,919
is it's ineffective and it
ends up being politicized.
896
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:38,239
Because if you remember,
during the housing days,
897
00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:40,319
as lending standards kept being
898
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:41,529
lowered and lowered and lowered,
899
00:46:41,530 --> 00:46:43,959
it was the government that was leading
900
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:46,069
the charge to lower standards.
901
00:46:46,070 --> 00:46:48,759
Because the voters wanted
to buy more houses.
902
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,059
Because housing was thought
of as a way to get rich.
903
00:46:51,060 --> 00:46:53,689
And the only obstacle
was the down payment,
904
00:46:53,690 --> 00:46:55,919
their credit score, and
so it was the government
905
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,979
that was pressuring banks, hey
forget about credit scores,
906
00:46:58,980 --> 00:47:00,779
lower those down payments.
907
00:47:00,780 --> 00:47:03,059
So the banks are risky,
the mortgages are risky,
908
00:47:03,060 --> 00:47:05,239
nobody cares about anything
because the government's
909
00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:06,639
trying to make everything good.
910
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:07,480
The government is trying to say,
911
00:47:07,481 --> 00:47:10,199
"Don't worry about risk,
because if you fail,
912
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,599
"we're there to catch you,
we're there to prop you up."
913
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:15,839
And then when it doesn't work,
capitalism gets a bad name,
914
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:20,010
as if any of this has anything
to do with capitalism.
915
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:23,319
- [Voiceover] Skipping ahead to 2011,
916
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,439
we find the story of MF Global,
917
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,019
a commodities brokerage firm
headed by former Senator,
918
00:47:28,020 --> 00:47:31,829
turned Governor of New
Jersey, Jon Corzine.
919
00:47:31,830 --> 00:47:33,699
- [Voiceover] It wasn't a pleasant return
920
00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:36,739
to Capitol Hill for former
Senator, Jon Corzine.
921
00:47:36,740 --> 00:47:39,059
He was subpoenaed to tell lawmakers how
922
00:47:39,060 --> 00:47:42,339
the company he headed,
MF Global, collapsed,
923
00:47:42,340 --> 00:47:44,859
and what happened to $1.2 billion dollars
924
00:47:44,860 --> 00:47:46,519
of customers' money.
925
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:49,429
- I simply do not know where the money is
926
00:47:49,430 --> 00:47:54,589
or why the accounts have
not been reconciled to date.
927
00:47:54,590 --> 00:47:55,989
- [Voiceover] Don't you
hate it when you can't find
928
00:47:55,990 --> 00:47:59,219
your keys, your phone,
or a billion dollars
929
00:47:59,220 --> 00:48:00,739
of other peoples' money?
930
00:48:00,740 --> 00:48:02,410
It's so frustrating.
931
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:06,379
But as uncomfortable as
Corzine may have been,
932
00:48:06,380 --> 00:48:09,259
sitting there and pretending to feel bad,
933
00:48:09,260 --> 00:48:13,659
others felt a little more
M-Fed by the situation.
934
00:48:13,660 --> 00:48:17,569
- I got burned by the MF Global scandal.
935
00:48:17,570 --> 00:48:21,320
That's when Jon Corzine,
the former Governor,
936
00:48:22,370 --> 00:48:25,309
democratic Governor of New Jersey,
937
00:48:25,310 --> 00:48:27,889
and former Senator of New Jersey,
938
00:48:27,890 --> 00:48:32,329
and former head of the Goldman Sachs gang,
939
00:48:32,330 --> 00:48:34,119
after he did his stint with those,
940
00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:38,030
he was the head of MF
Global, yeah MF, perfect.
941
00:48:40,730 --> 00:48:44,849
MF Global went into my segregated account
942
00:48:44,850 --> 00:48:46,430
and stole my money.
943
00:48:47,750 --> 00:48:51,549
Six figures, and I work hard for my money.
944
00:48:51,550 --> 00:48:53,949
I wasn't speculating in the markets.
945
00:48:53,950 --> 00:48:57,409
He went in and stole my money.
946
00:48:57,410 --> 00:48:59,289
- [Voiceover] While
investigating how this money
947
00:48:59,290 --> 00:49:01,169
was stolen out of his account without
948
00:49:01,170 --> 00:49:03,589
the financial regulators intervening,
949
00:49:03,590 --> 00:49:05,829
Mister Celente's investigations found the
950
00:49:05,830 --> 00:49:09,000
telltale squeak of the revolving door.
951
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,939
A CFTC is the agency which regulates
952
00:49:13,940 --> 00:49:17,309
brokerage firms like MF Global.
953
00:49:17,310 --> 00:49:19,229
At the time of the MF robbery,
954
00:49:19,230 --> 00:49:22,859
the CFTC was headed by one, Gary Gensler,
955
00:49:22,860 --> 00:49:25,440
a close colleague of Corzine's.
956
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:35,879
- Gary's never once let his team forget
957
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,229
what this is all about,
958
00:49:38,230 --> 00:49:39,749
the American people.
959
00:49:39,750 --> 00:49:41,839
- Do you know what the Commodity's
Future Trading Commission
960
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:43,729
did to Jon Corzine,
961
00:49:43,730 --> 00:49:46,789
after robbing me and thousands of others?
962
00:49:46,790 --> 00:49:49,019
Nothing, nothing.
963
00:49:49,020 --> 00:49:52,489
Gary Gensler was his
lieutenant at Goldman Sachs.
964
00:49:52,490 --> 00:49:53,549
And he's the head of the
965
00:49:53,550 --> 00:49:56,099
Commodity's Future Trading Commission?
966
00:49:56,100 --> 00:49:58,509
You wanna, I mean, to say that the fox
967
00:49:58,510 --> 00:50:01,760
is watching the chicken coop is stupid.
968
00:50:03,180 --> 00:50:05,590
That's, it's worse than that.
969
00:50:18,620 --> 00:50:20,119
- [Voiceover] The MF Global collapse
970
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:22,309
is an example of the alliance between
971
00:50:22,310 --> 00:50:26,480
regulators in big business
in the financial industry.
972
00:50:30,540 --> 00:50:34,279
But a more troubling
phenomenon called a bail-in
973
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:36,610
was recently seen in Cyprus.
974
00:50:38,060 --> 00:50:41,129
- Even in my diarist
predictions in this parliament
975
00:50:41,130 --> 00:50:44,949
over the years, about the
way EU bosses were behaving,
976
00:50:44,950 --> 00:50:47,309
never did I think that they would
977
00:50:47,310 --> 00:50:49,289
in a completely unprecedented manner
978
00:50:49,290 --> 00:50:54,409
resort to stealing money
from peoples' bank account.
979
00:50:54,410 --> 00:50:57,309
(shouts of protest)
980
00:50:57,310 --> 00:51:01,069
- Recently in Cyprus, the
banks had been irresponsible
981
00:51:01,070 --> 00:51:04,089
and it was the public,
all of the depositors,
982
00:51:04,090 --> 00:51:06,899
that paid the price, and
they called it a bail-in
983
00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:10,400
to make it sound different from a bailout.
984
00:51:12,730 --> 00:51:15,399
- What happened was many
of the banks in Cyprus
985
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,709
bought a lot of Greek government debt.
986
00:51:17,710 --> 00:51:18,989
And as you know, over the last few years,
987
00:51:18,990 --> 00:51:21,769
Greek government debt
has all but collapsed.
988
00:51:21,770 --> 00:51:25,929
So that made the Cyprus
banks all but insolvent.
989
00:51:25,930 --> 00:51:27,839
And they went, just like always,
990
00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:29,539
the big banks went with the government
991
00:51:29,540 --> 00:51:31,059
and said, "Hey, we're broke.
992
00:51:31,060 --> 00:51:33,599
"Can you help us out
and steal money for us?"
993
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:34,600
And that's what they did.
994
00:51:34,601 --> 00:51:38,299
They just said, "Take 50%
of anyone over $100,000.
995
00:51:38,300 --> 00:51:43,199
Take 50% of all their
money, just take it."
996
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,459
- Just the term, bail-in, is a lie.
997
00:51:46,460 --> 00:51:49,659
This is something that is a marketing tool
998
00:51:49,660 --> 00:51:52,160
to basically cover up a theft.
999
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,319
A bailout, they whip up currency
1000
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:58,979
and they give it to the banks,
1001
00:51:58,980 --> 00:52:00,969
and then the public eventually
1002
00:52:00,970 --> 00:52:03,969
pays for that through
a tax called inflation.
1003
00:52:03,970 --> 00:52:06,739
Because there's now more
currency in existence,
1004
00:52:06,740 --> 00:52:10,059
a bail-in, they skipped the
part of creating currency
1005
00:52:10,060 --> 00:52:12,129
and they just take it from the depositors.
1006
00:52:12,130 --> 00:52:15,019
But basically the banks win at
1007
00:52:15,020 --> 00:52:17,690
the public's expense either way.
1008
00:52:19,860 --> 00:52:22,649
- [Voiceover] But that
was Cyprus, not the US.
1009
00:52:22,650 --> 00:52:25,089
There's just no way the
citizens of North America
1010
00:52:25,090 --> 00:52:29,250
would allow something as
underhanded as a bail-in.
1011
00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:34,419
- Canada actually put in their 2013 budget
1012
00:52:34,420 --> 00:52:36,399
a bail-in clause, the exact same thing.
1013
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:39,109
They said if the Canadian
banks have problems,
1014
00:52:39,110 --> 00:52:41,359
that they can just take
it from Canadian citizens.
1015
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,319
The US has been talking about it, as well.
1016
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:44,829
The governments allow these banks
1017
00:52:44,830 --> 00:52:47,080
to do these kind of things.
1018
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:49,779
- Cyprus was the model to see if
1019
00:52:49,780 --> 00:52:51,419
they could get away with it.
1020
00:52:51,420 --> 00:52:53,590
They got away with it, and
1021
00:52:54,940 --> 00:52:57,619
so, now it's proven successful
1022
00:52:57,620 --> 00:53:01,540
so it is a solution they
can use in the future.
1023
00:53:03,580 --> 00:53:05,929
- [Voiceover] In hindsight,
it seems obvious that the
1024
00:53:05,930 --> 00:53:07,569
financial sector would be rife
1025
00:53:07,570 --> 00:53:09,869
with corruption and backdealing.
1026
00:53:09,870 --> 00:53:12,649
Finance, education, the prison system,
1027
00:53:12,650 --> 00:53:14,929
the military industrial complex.
1028
00:53:14,930 --> 00:53:18,259
Almost every industry in which
there is money to be made,
1029
00:53:18,260 --> 00:53:21,809
has been effected by the revolving door.
1030
00:53:21,810 --> 00:53:25,609
Even relatively new agencies
are subject to its spin.
1031
00:53:25,610 --> 00:53:27,609
If you need proof, try to take some
1032
00:53:27,610 --> 00:53:31,039
nail clippers onto a domestic flight.
1033
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:34,120
(plane engine roars)
1034
00:53:37,790 --> 00:53:40,099
- When you go to the
airport, the TS agents,
1035
00:53:40,100 --> 00:53:41,869
you know, wanna go out
and they wanna invade
1036
00:53:41,870 --> 00:53:43,129
your privacy, they wanna
look through your bags,
1037
00:53:43,130 --> 00:53:44,799
they wanna do all of this stuff.
1038
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:46,679
And you don't have the option to say no.
1039
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:48,399
Once you get in line, you can't get out.
1040
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:52,400
Now, what is the point
of the entire TSA system?
1041
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:54,959
It's security theater.
1042
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:56,419
It's to make people feel scared,
1043
00:53:56,420 --> 00:53:58,239
not to make people feel safe.
1044
00:53:58,240 --> 00:54:00,529
Because the more they can
actually make people feel scared,
1045
00:54:00,530 --> 00:54:02,269
the more they can actually take
1046
00:54:02,270 --> 00:54:04,739
a little bit of their
rights away all the time,
1047
00:54:04,740 --> 00:54:06,799
and constantly remind them that they need
1048
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,439
the government to make
sure that their safety
1049
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:11,270
is well taken care of.
1050
00:54:12,770 --> 00:54:14,179
- [Voiceover] The body
scanners that stop you
1051
00:54:14,180 --> 00:54:17,889
from taking dangerous objects,
like bottles of water,
1052
00:54:17,890 --> 00:54:22,059
onto planes were installed
due to TSA regulations.
1053
00:54:22,060 --> 00:54:24,679
As head of the Department
of Homeland Security,
1054
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:28,099
Michael Chertoff, required
every airport in the country
1055
00:54:28,100 --> 00:54:30,089
have those scanners installed.
1056
00:54:30,090 --> 00:54:32,250
For our safety, of course.
1057
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:36,609
- This technology allows
us to detect any item
1058
00:54:36,610 --> 00:54:38,479
concealed on a person's body,
1059
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:43,279
including molded plastic
hidden under clothing.
1060
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:44,769
- [Voiceover] The scanners
themselves are built
1061
00:54:44,770 --> 00:54:48,360
and installed by a
company called Rapiscan.
1062
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:58,239
- Oh yeah, I remember, let me see.
1063
00:54:58,240 --> 00:55:01,039
Chir, Chirkoff, Jerkoff, Chirkoff,
1064
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,279
somebody Jerkoff Chirkoff,
1065
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:06,319
he was the head of the Homeland Security
1066
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:09,079
right after the underpants bomber.
1067
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:12,519
Right after that happened,
Chirkoff, Jerkoff,
1068
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:13,779
whatever his name is,
1069
00:55:13,780 --> 00:55:16,950
he appeared on all the national media.
1070
00:55:18,060 --> 00:55:21,730
We have to get them
X-ray machines in there.
1071
00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:26,360
Rapiscan, Rapidscan, somebody's scan,
1072
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,139
this name of the company.
1073
00:55:30,140 --> 00:55:31,929
You know, they X-ray ya.
1074
00:55:31,930 --> 00:55:33,090
They X-ray ya.
1075
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:36,260
Oh, son of a gun.
1076
00:55:38,300 --> 00:55:39,130
Wow.
1077
00:55:40,390 --> 00:55:44,189
Chirkoff is a consultant for that company
1078
00:55:44,190 --> 00:55:46,850
after he left Homeland Security.
1079
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:50,769
(playful music)
1080
00:55:50,770 --> 00:55:52,969
- [Voiceover] Okay,
let's get this straight.
1081
00:55:52,970 --> 00:55:55,220
GMOs safe, raw milk unsafe,
1082
00:55:57,050 --> 00:56:00,009
preparing poultry in the
open air is unsanitary,
1083
00:56:00,010 --> 00:56:03,139
but drugs that cause
heart attacks are fine.
1084
00:56:03,140 --> 00:56:05,989
Blasting a joint will make you wanna kill.
1085
00:56:05,990 --> 00:56:07,489
Getting X-rayed at the airport
1086
00:56:07,490 --> 00:56:09,539
is vital to national security,
1087
00:56:09,540 --> 00:56:11,529
and stealing from your customers is okay,
1088
00:56:11,530 --> 00:56:15,440
provided you do it a
billion dollars at a time.
1089
00:56:16,900 --> 00:56:19,739
With regulatory agencies
so deeply entangled
1090
00:56:19,740 --> 00:56:22,669
with big business, it's
almost impossible to know
1091
00:56:22,670 --> 00:56:26,079
whether the rules we live
by are there for our safety
1092
00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:29,389
or someone else's financial benefit.
1093
00:56:29,390 --> 00:56:32,339
Whatever the reason, the
end result is our lives
1094
00:56:32,340 --> 00:56:35,729
are now so heavily manipulated
by the desires of others,
1095
00:56:35,730 --> 00:56:40,579
and our choices are becoming
more and more limited.
1096
00:56:40,580 --> 00:56:42,639
- That's what government
regulation is all about.
1097
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:45,099
It's all about limiting your choices.
1098
00:56:45,100 --> 00:56:47,389
The government wants to
make those choices for you.
1099
00:56:47,390 --> 00:56:49,979
They wanna take away
your freedom to choose,
1100
00:56:49,980 --> 00:56:51,199
the choices that you make,
1101
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,169
the types of food that you eat, right.
1102
00:56:53,170 --> 00:56:55,339
All of this is determined
for you by the government.
1103
00:56:55,340 --> 00:56:57,619
And why can't we make choices?
1104
00:56:57,620 --> 00:56:59,919
Alright, that's what freedom is about.
1105
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:01,319
The politicians think that, hey,
1106
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:02,719
it's important that we all vote.
1107
00:57:02,720 --> 00:57:03,979
They can trust us to vote,
1108
00:57:03,980 --> 00:57:06,999
but they can't trust us to
make these basic decisions
1109
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:08,839
about whether we should buy a house,
1110
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:09,840
or whether we should rent a house.
1111
00:57:09,841 --> 00:57:11,999
Or should we use this
broker or that broker,
1112
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,359
or should I put on my seatbelt,
or should I wear a helmet,
1113
00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:16,319
or should I smoke
cigarettes, or, you know,
1114
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,179
all these choices need to
be made by the government,
1115
00:57:18,180 --> 00:57:20,179
but somehow we're smart enough to vote,
1116
00:57:20,180 --> 00:57:24,159
but we're too dumb to do
just about anything else.
1117
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:26,459
- [Voiceover] This
over-regulation has implications
1118
00:57:26,460 --> 00:57:29,709
other than just limiting our choices.
1119
00:57:29,710 --> 00:57:32,439
By giving government
agencies the authority
1120
00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:36,039
to regulate our lives, even
in the name of protection,
1121
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,579
it has led to an expansion
of government power
1122
00:57:38,580 --> 00:57:42,079
at the expansive of individual freedoms.
1123
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,159
What's the old saying, give them an inch,
1124
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,199
and they'll take your money, life,
1125
00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:48,379
and favorite dairy products?
1126
00:57:48,380 --> 00:57:50,050
Something like that.
1127
00:57:52,710 --> 00:57:55,359
- The more laws there are,
the more rules and regulations
1128
00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:57,339
there are, the more taxes there are,
1129
00:57:57,340 --> 00:57:58,230
the less freedom you have.
1130
00:57:58,231 --> 00:57:59,579
I mean, that's what freedom is.
1131
00:57:59,580 --> 00:58:01,249
It's freedom from government.
1132
00:58:01,250 --> 00:58:03,319
So when people are free,
it means that they do
1133
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:04,559
what they want, they don't have to do
1134
00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:07,150
what the government tells them.
1135
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,279
- Career bureaucrats
are usually dedicated,
1136
00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:12,349
pro-regulatory people.
1137
00:58:12,350 --> 00:58:15,459
They are fans of state paternalism.
1138
00:58:15,460 --> 00:58:18,299
A government making individual choices,
1139
00:58:18,300 --> 00:58:21,129
and the result of that is to really
1140
00:58:21,130 --> 00:58:24,009
deprive individuals of sovereignty.
1141
00:58:24,010 --> 00:58:27,809
It makes individuals mere
functionaries of the state,
1142
00:58:27,810 --> 00:58:30,359
rather than people who
can pursue their own
1143
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:32,759
self-interest and enjoy the benefits
1144
00:58:32,760 --> 00:58:34,840
and blessings of liberty.
1145
00:58:37,770 --> 00:58:40,679
- It really does come down to,
1146
00:58:40,680 --> 00:58:42,229
who owns me?
1147
00:58:42,230 --> 00:58:44,899
Who owns the individual?
1148
00:58:44,900 --> 00:58:48,480
You can't have a system
that denies choice,
1149
00:58:51,530 --> 00:58:54,909
trying to protect us from
the risk of bad choice.
1150
00:58:54,910 --> 00:58:58,740
And preserve the freedom
to make good choices.
1151
00:58:59,990 --> 00:59:02,489
That's the problem.
1152
00:59:02,490 --> 00:59:04,709
You can't have it both ways.
1153
00:59:04,710 --> 00:59:06,540
Freedom requires risk.
1154
00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:10,679
- [Voiceover] Should I wear a seatbelt?
1155
00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:13,029
Is this bank a safe
place to keep my money?
1156
00:59:13,030 --> 00:59:14,700
Do I need insurance?
1157
00:59:16,060 --> 00:59:18,219
We're all so busy with our daily lives
1158
00:59:18,220 --> 00:59:19,899
that making important decisions
1159
00:59:19,900 --> 00:59:23,209
can become overwhelmingly daunting.
1160
00:59:23,210 --> 00:59:27,089
A lot of people prefer the
freedom from making choices.
1161
00:59:27,090 --> 00:59:29,229
Even if it means the choices being made
1162
00:59:29,230 --> 00:59:31,310
for them aren't the best.
1163
00:59:33,230 --> 00:59:37,199
- The idea that government
should make our choices for us,
1164
00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:39,909
is one that a lot of people prefer,
1165
00:59:39,910 --> 00:59:42,519
rather than to make their own choices.
1166
00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:45,020
But once the point is reached,
1167
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:49,099
like in the form of Soviet Union,
1168
00:59:49,100 --> 00:59:51,999
when choices are made
for you by the government
1169
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:55,920
to such an extent that
it destroys the economy,
1170
00:59:57,590 --> 01:00:00,789
that it destroys free agency,
1171
01:00:00,790 --> 01:00:03,509
that it renders everyone a servant,
1172
01:00:03,510 --> 01:00:05,430
and the state a master.
1173
01:00:06,610 --> 01:00:10,949
Then at some point, individuals
come in large numbers
1174
01:00:10,950 --> 01:00:12,589
to the conclusion that they're not getting
1175
01:00:12,590 --> 01:00:15,879
what they were promised,
that they are over-taxed,
1176
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:18,709
they're over-regulated, that
their choices are limited,
1177
01:00:18,710 --> 01:00:20,569
the paternalism is disgusting,
1178
01:00:20,570 --> 01:00:24,189
it's caused me heartache
and I'm going to reject it.
1179
01:00:24,190 --> 01:00:25,690
I want my freedom.
1180
01:00:27,530 --> 01:00:29,209
- [Voiceover] Until that point is reached,
1181
01:00:29,210 --> 01:00:31,909
most people will be content
with their comfortable lives
1182
01:00:31,910 --> 01:00:35,769
and the choices still available to them.
1183
01:00:35,770 --> 01:00:37,469
- The hardworking people don't have time
1184
01:00:37,470 --> 01:00:39,469
to watch or hear what's going on.
1185
01:00:39,470 --> 01:00:43,049
They're working 24/7, they're
tryin' to make ends meat.
1186
01:00:43,050 --> 01:00:45,380
So, what does America watch?
1187
01:00:47,910 --> 01:00:50,509
Hey, you know, Kim Kardashian's pregnant,
1188
01:00:50,510 --> 01:00:54,049
she's gonna have a kid real soon.
1189
01:00:54,050 --> 01:00:56,759
- The media makes sure
we don't dwell very long
1190
01:00:56,760 --> 01:00:59,509
on any really serious issue.
1191
01:00:59,510 --> 01:01:01,509
We've all seen the
phenomenon where there's
1192
01:01:01,510 --> 01:01:04,049
something very serious that comes up
1193
01:01:04,050 --> 01:01:06,549
involving the serious aspects of
1194
01:01:06,550 --> 01:01:08,309
what's going on in the world.
1195
01:01:08,310 --> 01:01:11,199
And it gets on the news for
a very brief period of time.
1196
01:01:11,200 --> 01:01:13,349
And all of a sudden, now
that's been switched off
1197
01:01:13,350 --> 01:01:17,549
and we're soon distracted
with Soapbox Operas,
1198
01:01:17,550 --> 01:01:21,889
and Dancing with the Stars,
and all kinds of things
1199
01:01:21,890 --> 01:01:24,129
that are entertaining, and I'm not saying
1200
01:01:24,130 --> 01:01:26,289
anything against them,
but it's not as serious
1201
01:01:26,290 --> 01:01:28,949
as the lack of everybody's freedom
1202
01:01:28,950 --> 01:01:33,989
through a new amendment to
the Patriot Act, for example.
1203
01:01:33,990 --> 01:01:35,649
- [Voiceover] The media may try their best
1204
01:01:35,650 --> 01:01:39,909
to give us a fair and balanced
opinion of world events,
1205
01:01:39,910 --> 01:01:41,969
but there are now other avenues available
1206
01:01:41,970 --> 01:01:44,800
for those seeking unfiltered news.
1207
01:01:46,890 --> 01:01:49,619
- The way that the net
and the web were built
1208
01:01:49,620 --> 01:01:51,679
involves a lot of decentralization.
1209
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:54,949
It moves power into the
hands of the peoples
1210
01:01:54,950 --> 01:01:56,469
sending and receiving messages,
1211
01:01:56,470 --> 01:01:58,849
as opposed to the people in the middle
1212
01:01:58,850 --> 01:02:00,329
that are handing them off.
1213
01:02:00,330 --> 01:02:04,500
And that is a scary prospect
for entrenched stakeholders.
1214
01:02:08,370 --> 01:02:12,009
- Any alternative media, other than the,
1215
01:02:12,010 --> 01:02:15,799
the corporate media that
is so rigidly controlled,
1216
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:17,349
is a threat.
1217
01:02:17,350 --> 01:02:19,389
The internet is certainly a threat,
1218
01:02:19,390 --> 01:02:22,029
because the internet gives almost anyone
1219
01:02:22,030 --> 01:02:23,700
access to the world.
1220
01:02:24,810 --> 01:02:28,359
So, now, are we surprised when the
1221
01:02:28,360 --> 01:02:30,929
political figures who don't like that
1222
01:02:30,930 --> 01:02:35,469
are constantly worried
about how can we stop this?
1223
01:02:35,470 --> 01:02:38,449
Well, the formula has been tried and true,
1224
01:02:38,450 --> 01:02:39,370
and it's always worked.
1225
01:02:39,371 --> 01:02:42,549
Just tell the people that
there's a threat out there
1226
01:02:42,550 --> 01:02:44,429
that only the government can control.
1227
01:02:44,430 --> 01:02:46,309
I mean, there's a threat
of child pornography,
1228
01:02:46,310 --> 01:02:49,829
or crime, or terrorism, or
cyber-terrorism, or something.
1229
01:02:49,830 --> 01:02:53,709
We have to control the
internet for your good, folks.
1230
01:02:53,710 --> 01:02:56,629
Otherwise you're gonna have a big problem.
1231
01:02:56,630 --> 01:02:59,129
That's why they're
working around the clock
1232
01:02:59,130 --> 01:03:01,769
to try and scare people into thinking
1233
01:03:01,770 --> 01:03:03,889
that the internet must be controlled
1234
01:03:03,890 --> 01:03:07,809
by our fine, trustworthy
political figures.
1235
01:03:07,810 --> 01:03:10,299
They wanna be the ones
that control the internet
1236
01:03:10,300 --> 01:03:15,209
and tell the world what is
proper and what is improper.
1237
01:03:15,210 --> 01:03:18,089
- If you look at the history
of communications media,
1238
01:03:18,090 --> 01:03:19,749
people said, "With cable television,
1239
01:03:19,750 --> 01:03:21,709
"we'll finally be free of centralization
1240
01:03:21,710 --> 01:03:23,629
"and with the telegram,
1241
01:03:23,630 --> 01:03:25,479
"we'll finally be free of centralization."
1242
01:03:25,480 --> 01:03:28,989
And really, the worse
case scenario would be
1243
01:03:28,990 --> 01:03:33,329
if we saw that history
just repeat itself exactly.
1244
01:03:33,330 --> 01:03:37,649
If we saw this amazing
decentralized distribution method,
1245
01:03:37,650 --> 01:03:39,569
the most effective one ever produced
1246
01:03:39,570 --> 01:03:40,729
in the history of humanity.
1247
01:03:40,730 --> 01:03:42,869
If we saw it captured by a handful
1248
01:03:42,870 --> 01:03:44,209
of centralized stakeholders.
1249
01:03:44,210 --> 01:03:47,449
And them controlling and surveiling
1250
01:03:47,450 --> 01:03:50,279
the communications that go through it.
1251
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:52,249
(burger sizzles)
1252
01:03:52,250 --> 01:03:53,110
- [Voiceover] Good things,
1253
01:03:53,111 --> 01:03:56,449
unlike processed cheese, never last.
1254
01:03:56,450 --> 01:03:59,979
In an attempt to regulate yet
another slice of our lives,
1255
01:03:59,980 --> 01:04:02,269
legislative bills are already in the works
1256
01:04:02,270 --> 01:04:05,249
to try and control the internet.
1257
01:04:05,250 --> 01:04:07,709
But rather than wait for pesky red tape,
1258
01:04:07,710 --> 01:04:11,239
like passing laws, the
government has been proactive
1259
01:04:11,240 --> 01:04:13,419
in trying to censor the internet,
1260
01:04:13,420 --> 01:04:15,739
for our safety, of course.
1261
01:04:15,740 --> 01:04:18,059
For example, with the help of their good
1262
01:04:18,060 --> 01:04:20,919
buddies in big finance,
they were almost able
1263
01:04:20,920 --> 01:04:25,739
to shut down the controversial
website, WikiLeaks.
1264
01:04:25,740 --> 01:04:27,959
- Think what you will about WikiLeaks,
1265
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:30,379
the point is that
members of the government
1266
01:04:30,380 --> 01:04:34,029
were able to just speak
with payment processors
1267
01:04:34,030 --> 01:04:36,959
and create this blockade and say,
1268
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,459
"You cannot transfer money
to this organization."
1269
01:04:39,460 --> 01:04:43,119
And it's not much of a leap
to say, "Wait, hold on."
1270
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:45,619
The government, or in
some cases companies,
1271
01:04:45,620 --> 01:04:49,459
can decide that nobody can do
business with these people,
1272
01:04:49,460 --> 01:04:53,259
or that nobody can see what
these people are publishing?
1273
01:04:53,260 --> 01:04:55,559
That's obviously a problem in our,
1274
01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:58,999
in our tradition of free speech.
1275
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:00,919
- [Voiceover] WikiLeaks
was able to survive,
1276
01:05:00,920 --> 01:05:03,899
thanks mostly to a very new concept.
1277
01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:05,570
Decentralized money.
1278
01:05:07,870 --> 01:05:10,039
Unlike most currencies in the world,
1279
01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:13,059
which are created and
regulated by central banks,
1280
01:05:13,060 --> 01:05:16,189
decentralized currency, such as Bitcoin,
1281
01:05:16,190 --> 01:05:18,079
is created by the people.
1282
01:05:18,080 --> 01:05:22,080
And as such, is almost
as impossible to control.
1283
01:05:23,530 --> 01:05:26,779
- Bitcoin's a decentralized
peer to peer currency.
1284
01:05:26,780 --> 01:05:29,159
It's actually an internet protocol,
1285
01:05:29,160 --> 01:05:33,339
kind of like SMTP, that's
how you send emails.
1286
01:05:33,340 --> 01:05:35,509
Well, it's money over internet protocol.
1287
01:05:35,510 --> 01:05:37,999
It's how we can send
money over the internet,
1288
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,759
and we can use it to transfer value
1289
01:05:40,760 --> 01:05:42,679
without having a middleman.
1290
01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:44,219
That means we don't need a bank
1291
01:05:44,220 --> 01:05:46,359
or a money transmitter between us,
1292
01:05:46,360 --> 01:05:47,939
someone like Western Union.
1293
01:05:47,940 --> 01:05:52,019
We can just send money
like we send an email.
1294
01:05:52,020 --> 01:05:54,179
- Bitcoin's, I'm incredibly
excited about it,
1295
01:05:54,180 --> 01:05:57,529
because it's the first
free market private money
1296
01:05:57,530 --> 01:06:00,189
that's also a technological money,
1297
01:06:00,190 --> 01:06:02,369
it's electronic currency.
1298
01:06:02,370 --> 01:06:03,929
The great thing about it
is it's not controlled
1299
01:06:03,930 --> 01:06:06,129
by a central bank, it's
not controlled by anyone.
1300
01:06:06,130 --> 01:06:08,389
It's actually really the people's money.
1301
01:06:08,390 --> 01:06:11,419
So it gives a lot of freedom.
1302
01:06:11,420 --> 01:06:13,699
Why do we have this supply of money
1303
01:06:13,700 --> 01:06:17,069
and the cost of money
or interest rates set by
1304
01:06:17,070 --> 01:06:21,749
some bureaucrats 3,000 miles
away in Washington, D.C.?
1305
01:06:21,750 --> 01:06:24,189
How efficient is that for our economy?
1306
01:06:24,190 --> 01:06:27,379
Because interest rates that
regulate production over time,
1307
01:06:27,380 --> 01:06:31,209
and they regulate all the
production within the economy.
1308
01:06:31,210 --> 01:06:32,609
You know, whether we should save
1309
01:06:32,610 --> 01:06:34,939
or whether we should build something.
1310
01:06:34,940 --> 01:06:37,789
Bitcoin liberates that interest rate,
1311
01:06:37,790 --> 01:06:41,029
because it's a censorship
resistant currency.
1312
01:06:41,030 --> 01:06:45,200
So we don't have to use
their money system anymore.
1313
01:06:47,050 --> 01:06:49,369
- [Voiceover] Decentralized
currencies like Bitcoin
1314
01:06:49,370 --> 01:06:51,439
offer an alternative
to the highly regulated
1315
01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:54,479
and controlled national
currencies of the world.
1316
01:06:54,480 --> 01:06:57,589
But as with the government's
push to regulate the internet,
1317
01:06:57,590 --> 01:06:59,259
attempts to regulate the purchase
1318
01:06:59,260 --> 01:07:02,979
of Bitcoin have already been seen.
1319
01:07:02,980 --> 01:07:06,339
- I recently tried to
start up a Bitcoin ATM.
1320
01:07:06,340 --> 01:07:10,179
I hired some lawyers in
the US and they told me,
1321
01:07:10,180 --> 01:07:12,519
"You're under five different
regulators in the US,
1322
01:07:12,520 --> 01:07:15,289
"you're under banking, finance, money,
1323
01:07:15,290 --> 01:07:18,989
"even telecommunications 'cause
we're using the internet."
1324
01:07:18,990 --> 01:07:20,289
And we looked into the total cost
1325
01:07:20,290 --> 01:07:23,639
just to start a Bitcoin
ATM, a very basic product,
1326
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:25,459
no less than 25 million dollars,
1327
01:07:25,460 --> 01:07:27,539
because we need all
kinds of insurance bonds,
1328
01:07:27,540 --> 01:07:29,159
there's a money transmitter.
1329
01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:31,579
This is how they keep competition out,
1330
01:07:31,580 --> 01:07:35,179
'cause they don't want competition.
1331
01:07:35,180 --> 01:07:36,559
- [Voiceover] These attempts to control
1332
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:38,659
increasing amounts of our personal lives,
1333
01:07:38,660 --> 01:07:40,949
have some people very concerned.
1334
01:07:40,950 --> 01:07:43,739
And with each successive
law or regulation,
1335
01:07:43,740 --> 01:07:46,139
the temptation to opt out entirely
1336
01:07:46,140 --> 01:07:48,810
becomes more and more appealing.
1337
01:07:50,500 --> 01:07:52,539
- There are some people
that are abandoning ship.
1338
01:07:52,540 --> 01:07:54,759
They see the ship is
sinking, they don't know
1339
01:07:54,760 --> 01:07:57,939
whether it's gone sink for
sure, or stay afloat somehow.
1340
01:07:57,940 --> 01:07:59,599
They don't wanna stay around to find out.
1341
01:07:59,600 --> 01:08:01,239
They're just leaving
while the getting's good.
1342
01:08:01,240 --> 01:08:03,599
Now, I'm not gonna tell
somebody not to leave,
1343
01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:08,719
'cause I don't know for sure
how bad it may or may not get.
1344
01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:10,499
- [Voiceover] Jeff
Berwick is someone who has
1345
01:08:10,500 --> 01:08:12,919
already decided to opt out.
1346
01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:15,939
To this end, he formed a
expat community in Chile,
1347
01:08:15,940 --> 01:08:18,599
hoping to create a haven
for freedom-loving people
1348
01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:20,819
who can no longer tolerate the government
1349
01:08:20,820 --> 01:08:24,070
encroachment in their personal affairs.
1350
01:08:25,440 --> 01:08:27,519
- We started this community
because we've really
1351
01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:30,359
recognized that a lot of
people around the world
1352
01:08:30,360 --> 01:08:33,499
want to get out of
these western countries.
1353
01:08:33,500 --> 01:08:35,839
Rising taxation, rising regulation,
1354
01:08:35,840 --> 01:08:37,839
people are getting put in jail in the US
1355
01:08:37,840 --> 01:08:40,939
all the time for nothing,
victimless crimes.
1356
01:08:40,940 --> 01:08:42,469
People have done nothing, except for maybe
1357
01:08:42,470 --> 01:08:45,339
drink raw milk, or have
some plants in their pocket,
1358
01:08:45,340 --> 01:08:46,760
called marijuana.
1359
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:51,159
What we're trying to attract
and what we've been attracting
1360
01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:54,639
is more freedom-minded people.
1361
01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:56,359
Everyone has their own personal story,
1362
01:08:56,360 --> 01:08:58,879
sometimes it's as simple as someone's been
1363
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:02,559
pulled over like 10 times in
a month and been searched.
1364
01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:03,689
I've seen people who've had their entire
1365
01:09:03,690 --> 01:09:06,099
businesses taken away through regulation
1366
01:09:06,100 --> 01:09:07,659
and fascism in the US.
1367
01:09:07,660 --> 01:09:09,789
There was one doctor
who came down recently.
1368
01:09:09,790 --> 01:09:11,759
He had a practice in the US,
1369
01:09:11,760 --> 01:09:15,879
he had almost 100% cure
cancer rate within one month.
1370
01:09:15,880 --> 01:09:18,939
And he had about 30 swat
team come in one day
1371
01:09:18,940 --> 01:09:20,999
and everything taken by the government.
1372
01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:23,089
And so many people are just had enough of
1373
01:09:23,090 --> 01:09:25,819
being pushed around, stolen, beaten,
1374
01:09:25,820 --> 01:09:29,219
put in cages for nothing,
to have most of their money
1375
01:09:29,220 --> 01:09:30,339
taken away, and even sometimes
1376
01:09:30,340 --> 01:09:33,260
their entire livelihood taken away.
1377
01:09:35,830 --> 01:09:36,849
- [Voiceover] Not all of us can just
1378
01:09:36,850 --> 01:09:39,339
pack up our lives and move to Chile.
1379
01:09:39,340 --> 01:09:42,679
So what practical options are left?
1380
01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:44,429
Identifying the root of the problem
1381
01:09:44,430 --> 01:09:47,499
is a good place to start.
1382
01:09:47,500 --> 01:09:49,879
- The issue is there's this merger of
1383
01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:52,749
what would appear to be private enterprise
1384
01:09:52,750 --> 01:09:54,109
and government.
1385
01:09:54,110 --> 01:09:58,029
And the only way to
break it is to restrict
1386
01:09:58,030 --> 01:10:00,519
the power of the state.
1387
01:10:00,520 --> 01:10:03,579
Once you give the state the power,
1388
01:10:03,580 --> 01:10:07,189
the authority over our
lives in all these areas,
1389
01:10:07,190 --> 01:10:09,849
then there's no stopping
it because then the
1390
01:10:09,850 --> 01:10:11,829
individuals who are in those fields
1391
01:10:11,830 --> 01:10:14,289
are providing medical services, money,
1392
01:10:14,290 --> 01:10:17,369
monetary services, banking services,
1393
01:10:17,370 --> 01:10:20,289
power, and gas, and oil,
and all these services,
1394
01:10:20,290 --> 01:10:23,769
they will gravitate to the government,
1395
01:10:23,770 --> 01:10:26,199
buy off the politicians, make the mergers,
1396
01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:28,409
pass the laws to their best interest,
1397
01:10:28,410 --> 01:10:31,409
and the average, you know,
the gum-chewing public thinks,
1398
01:10:31,410 --> 01:10:34,849
"Oh, well, isn't that nice,
well we voted for these guys
1399
01:10:34,850 --> 01:10:37,289
"so I guess it's in our best interest."
1400
01:10:37,290 --> 01:10:39,419
They don't get it.
1401
01:10:39,420 --> 01:10:40,969
If you take all the temptation,
1402
01:10:40,970 --> 01:10:43,649
all the power away from political office,
1403
01:10:43,650 --> 01:10:45,619
the only people who will go into it
1404
01:10:45,620 --> 01:10:47,639
will be those who wanna
serve their country.
1405
01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:51,509
'Cause there's no way to
steal anything anymore.
1406
01:10:51,510 --> 01:10:53,739
- The only idea that I have, as far as
1407
01:10:53,740 --> 01:10:55,769
trying to make government smaller,
1408
01:10:55,770 --> 01:10:58,189
is that you, in the United States,
1409
01:10:58,190 --> 01:11:00,489
we've got the Constitution,
but every government
1410
01:11:00,490 --> 01:11:03,229
could pass some sort of amendment to
1411
01:11:03,230 --> 01:11:05,249
their Constitution or whatever,
1412
01:11:05,250 --> 01:11:09,469
that says that for every
law, Act, Code, or regulation
1413
01:11:09,470 --> 01:11:11,329
that these screwballs wanna pass,
1414
01:11:11,330 --> 01:11:13,529
that they've gotta find two old
1415
01:11:13,530 --> 01:11:17,169
laws, Codes, Acts, or regulations
that they have to repeal.
1416
01:11:17,170 --> 01:11:19,049
That's the only way that I can think of
1417
01:11:19,050 --> 01:11:22,209
making government smaller,
and the same thing goes
1418
01:11:22,210 --> 01:11:23,929
for all of the agencies.
1419
01:11:23,930 --> 01:11:26,469
If they wanna open up some other agency
1420
01:11:26,470 --> 01:11:29,720
or department, they've gotta close two.
1421
01:11:32,110 --> 01:11:35,409
- [Voiceover] Individual freedom
is what defines humanity.
1422
01:11:35,410 --> 01:11:37,219
Although, laws and regulations can make us
1423
01:11:37,220 --> 01:11:40,029
feel safe from the threats we may face.
1424
01:11:40,030 --> 01:11:42,309
All the safety in the world means nothing
1425
01:11:42,310 --> 01:11:45,810
without the freedom to live as you choose.
1426
01:11:46,890 --> 01:11:51,849
- Freedom is the most
important and indispensable
1427
01:11:51,850 --> 01:11:54,769
characteristic of mankind.
1428
01:11:54,770 --> 01:11:57,869
We can be induced by
promises from government
1429
01:11:57,870 --> 01:12:01,149
to depart from our liberty,
but there's nothing
1430
01:12:01,150 --> 01:12:03,969
more profound for an individual
1431
01:12:03,970 --> 01:12:09,009
than when they are denied
something they very much need.
1432
01:12:09,010 --> 01:12:12,849
Because they made a decision earlier on
1433
01:12:12,850 --> 01:12:14,489
to part with their freedom.
1434
01:12:14,490 --> 01:12:17,649
And so, when you're terminally ill,
1435
01:12:17,650 --> 01:12:20,089
and you suddenly discover
that you can only
1436
01:12:20,090 --> 01:12:23,929
have access to FDA approved
treatments for your disease.
1437
01:12:23,930 --> 01:12:27,209
And you're told by the
doctors treating you
1438
01:12:27,210 --> 01:12:29,729
that there is no drug
to treat your condition.
1439
01:12:29,730 --> 01:12:33,299
And then, to survive,
you're going to have to find
1440
01:12:33,300 --> 01:12:37,259
something else, and you
discover that your desire
1441
01:12:37,260 --> 01:12:40,229
and your freedom of
choice to attain that end
1442
01:12:40,230 --> 01:12:42,729
are blocked by the Food
and Drug Administration.
1443
01:12:42,730 --> 01:12:45,079
And so, when you need
your freedom the most,
1444
01:12:45,080 --> 01:12:47,709
it's been taken away from you.
1445
01:12:47,710 --> 01:12:49,309
When you've been in a family that has had
1446
01:12:49,310 --> 01:12:52,529
a milk farm for 300 years or more,
1447
01:12:52,530 --> 01:12:54,489
and suddenly federal agents come in
1448
01:12:54,490 --> 01:12:56,919
and they do a raid on your farm
1449
01:12:56,920 --> 01:13:00,009
as if you were a drug kingpin engaged
1450
01:13:00,010 --> 01:13:02,519
in international drug sales,
1451
01:13:02,520 --> 01:13:04,849
and you're only selling milk.
1452
01:13:04,850 --> 01:13:06,469
And then you realize your whole life
1453
01:13:06,470 --> 01:13:09,049
has been turned upside down.
1454
01:13:09,050 --> 01:13:11,209
Or you are a small businessman
1455
01:13:11,210 --> 01:13:14,569
who discovers that just
to operate a gas station,
1456
01:13:14,570 --> 01:13:16,909
you have to comply with EPA regulations
1457
01:13:16,910 --> 01:13:20,109
that will cost you more than it will
1458
01:13:20,110 --> 01:13:23,399
to run the gas station and profit.
1459
01:13:23,400 --> 01:13:24,849
Or you find out that you wanna have
1460
01:13:24,850 --> 01:13:27,499
a food establishment, a restaurant.
1461
01:13:27,500 --> 01:13:29,559
And you discover that federal, and state,
1462
01:13:29,560 --> 01:13:33,049
and local regulations effecting
your food establishment
1463
01:13:33,050 --> 01:13:35,539
are so great, that you have to lawyers,
1464
01:13:35,540 --> 01:13:36,879
and you have to have accountants,
1465
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:38,979
and you have to have individual,
1466
01:13:38,980 --> 01:13:41,729
specially trained to
comply, and you have to fill
1467
01:13:41,730 --> 01:13:45,059
out all these forms, and you
have to pay all these fees,
1468
01:13:45,060 --> 01:13:47,589
and you have to get separate licenses
1469
01:13:47,590 --> 01:13:51,260
just to be in the
business of reselling food
1470
01:13:52,360 --> 01:13:56,879
others have already manufactured
and put in the marketplace.
1471
01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:58,880
It's the end of liberty.
1472
01:14:09,060 --> 01:14:12,730
- How you regain freedom
is a huge question.
1473
01:14:15,120 --> 01:14:18,950
The individual knows
that he's or she's alive.
1474
01:14:20,140 --> 01:14:23,939
The individual knows
that he or she is free
1475
01:14:23,940 --> 01:14:26,440
to choose a future and a life,
1476
01:14:28,100 --> 01:14:29,180
if they want.
1477
01:14:32,380 --> 01:14:35,139
We either have free societies or we don't.
1478
01:14:35,140 --> 01:14:39,429
There's such a thing as
individual freedom or there isn't.
1479
01:14:39,430 --> 01:14:41,430
That is the bottom line.
1480
01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:46,690
If you want to live a life, a real life,
1481
01:14:48,250 --> 01:14:50,250
then freedom must exist.
1482
01:14:51,620 --> 01:14:54,329
So people have to step up to the plate
1483
01:14:54,330 --> 01:14:57,359
whenever they see individual
freedom threatened
1484
01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:00,360
along any channel of human activity.
1485
01:15:02,540 --> 01:15:04,870
That's where you start from.
1486
01:15:07,630 --> 01:15:10,699
- When I was growing up, New
York was an ugly, ugly city,
1487
01:15:10,700 --> 01:15:13,279
where there's violence in
the streets all the time.
1488
01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:14,819
And the way that they cleaned it up
1489
01:15:14,820 --> 01:15:16,419
was by going and getting people to go out
1490
01:15:16,420 --> 01:15:18,579
and say, "No more."
1491
01:15:18,580 --> 01:15:21,119
Well that worked to stop the gangs,
1492
01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:23,839
the same thing works when
you get honest people
1493
01:15:23,840 --> 01:15:25,399
who engage in government.
1494
01:15:25,400 --> 01:15:27,539
And maybe we can stop the government gangs
1495
01:15:27,540 --> 01:15:29,119
from sitting there and dictating
1496
01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:31,539
the terms of our lives and preventing us
1497
01:15:31,540 --> 01:15:33,219
from having the freedom and liberty,
1498
01:15:33,220 --> 01:15:37,050
which we were guaranteed
in an open democracy.
1499
01:15:42,820 --> 01:15:44,819
- [Voiceover] We are all individuals.
1500
01:15:44,820 --> 01:15:46,989
We have the ability to think,
1501
01:15:46,990 --> 01:15:50,740
to decide, and most
importantly, to be heard.
1502
01:15:53,740 --> 01:15:54,969
(milk splashes)
1503
01:15:54,970 --> 01:15:59,050
It may be time to start
crying over spilled milk.
1504
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:04,709
- Crap, I just spilled this.
1505
01:16:04,710 --> 01:16:06,880
This is not gonna be good.
1506
01:16:08,150 --> 01:16:11,479
- Boy, I just saw those pictures
of Kim Kardashian pregnant.
1507
01:16:11,480 --> 01:16:13,519
I said, "Man, how could a chick like that,
1508
01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:15,339
"why does everybody wanna look at her?"
1509
01:16:15,340 --> 01:16:19,510
Ya know, (chuckles) yeah, she's a star.
1510
01:16:21,070 --> 01:16:21,990
- Well, ah,
1511
01:16:24,690 --> 01:16:27,329
you don't want him in there?
1512
01:16:27,330 --> 01:16:29,459
Go down, go downstairs there, Gepetto.
1513
01:16:29,460 --> 01:16:31,009
- No, I don't know where
you can get any weed.
1514
01:16:31,010 --> 01:16:32,569
(laughs)
1515
01:16:32,570 --> 01:16:33,410
That's a lie.
1516
01:16:33,411 --> 01:16:34,739
(laughs)
1517
01:16:34,740 --> 01:16:36,229
That's a blatant lie, too.
1518
01:16:36,230 --> 01:16:37,279
No, no more today.
1519
01:16:37,280 --> 01:16:40,030
(playful music)
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