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[ CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS ]
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>> Narrator: THIS STRETCH
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OF PARK AVENUE ON THE
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UPPER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN
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IS THE WEALTHIEST NEIGHBORHOOD
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IN NEW YORK CITY.
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THIS IS WHERE THE PEOPLE AT
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THE TOP OF THE LADDER LIVE...
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THE UPPER CRUST...
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THE ULTRA RICH.
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BUT THIS STREET IS ABOUT A LOT
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MORE THAN MONEY.
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IT'S ABOUT POLITICAL POWER.
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THE RICH HERE HAVEN'T JUST USED
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THEIR MONEY TO BUY FANCY CARS,
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PRIVATE JETS, AND MANSIONS.
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THEY'VE ALSO USED IT TO RIG
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THE GAME IN THEIR FAVOR.
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OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, THEY'VE
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ENJOYED UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY
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FROM A SYSTEM THAT THEY
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INCREASINGLY CONTROL.
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BUT IF YOU HEAD NORTH FOR ABOUT
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10 MINUTES, THIS PARK AVENUE
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COMES TO AN END AT
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THE HARLEM RIVER.
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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER,
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THERE IS ANOTHER PARK AVENUE.
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THIS IS THE SOUTH BRONX,
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HOME TO AMERICA'S POOREST
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
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[ SIREN WAILS ]
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THERE ARE 700,000 PEOPLE IN THIS
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DISTRICT.
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ALMOST 40% OF THEM LIVE IN
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POVERTY, MAKING LESS THAN $40
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A DAY.
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FROM HERE, THE LAST 30 YEARS
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HAVE LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT THAN
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THE VIEW FROM MANHATTAN'S
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PARK AVENUE.
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PEOPLE HERE HAVE SEEN THEIR
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WAGES FALL AND THE COST OF
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ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE GO
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THROUGH THE ROOF.
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THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOBS IN
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A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS
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ACROSS THE RIVER.
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THEY'VE WATCHED THEIR CHILDREN
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STRUGGLE AND FAIL IN SCHOOLS,
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AND THEY'VE ENDED UP EVEN WORSE
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OFF THAN THEY WERE A GENERATION
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AGO.
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BUT AMERICA IS STILL A LAND
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OF OPPORTUNITY, ISN'T IT?
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A PLACE WHERE ANYONE CAN MAKE
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IT TO THE TOP IF THEY'RE WILLING
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TO WORK HARD AND SET THEIR
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SIGHTS HIGH.
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THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY
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GREAT.
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ISN'T THAT WHAT WE TELL
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OURSELVES?
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BUT IN TODAY'S AMERICA, WHAT ARE
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THE CHANCES THAT SOMEONE WHO
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STARTS THEIR LIFE ON THIS
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PARK AVENUE WILL END UP LIVING
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ON THIS PARK AVENUE?
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[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
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>> LET'S IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE
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INVITED TO A GAME OF MONOPOLY,
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AND YOU ARRIVE AT THIS GAME TO
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FIND OUT THAT ALL OF THE
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PROPERTY'S BEEN DIVIDED UP,
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ALL OF THE MONEY'S ALREADY BEEN
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HANDED OUT, BUT YOU'RE TOLD,
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"HEY, GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN,
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PLAY THE GAME.
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WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE
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TO PLAY JUST LIKE EVERYONE
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ELSE"?
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THERE ARE SOME IN SOCIETY THAT
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HAVE A LOT OF ACCESS, A LOT
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OF SOCIAL MOBILITY, A LOT OF
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RESOURCES TO DO THE THINGS THAT
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THEY WANT AS OPPOSED TO OTHER
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PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE
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DISADVANTAGED, MORE
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UNDERPRIVILEGED, DON'T HAVE
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THE SAME LEVELS OF RESOURCES.
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>> Narrator: PAUL PIFF IS
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A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST AT
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
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BERKELEY, WHO STUDIES THE
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PSYCHOLOGY OF WEALTH
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AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF
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INEQUALITY IN OUR SOCIETY.
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I READ ABOUT AN EXPERIMENT HE
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CONDUCTED, AND IT CAUGHT MY
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INTEREST.
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>> * COME ON *
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* LET'S PLAY MONOPOLY *
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* CASH FUN AND RITZY PROPERTY *
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>> OH, YEAH, YEAH.
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>> Narrator: MONOPOLY FIRST
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BECAME A HIT DURING
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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IT'S A GAME OF RUTHLESS,
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DOG-EAT-DOG CAPITALISM.
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>> * PASSING GO *
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>> Narrator: TRUE TO THE
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AMERICAN DREAM, EVERYONE HAS AN
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, STARTING WITH
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THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AND
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THE SAME CHANCE TO SUCCEED.
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WINNING IS A MIX OF LUCK AND
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SKILL.
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FOR HIS EXPERIMENT, PIFF RIGGED
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THE GAME BY GIVING ONE PLAYER
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A HUGE ADVANTAGE.
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>> SO THERE ARE TWO PLAYERS.
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THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
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YOU FLIP A COIN TO DETERMINE
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YOUR POSITION.
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SO IT'S RANDOM, ALMOST LIKE YOUR
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EMERGENCE INTO THE WORLD IS
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RANDOM -- WHETHER YOU LAND IN
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THIS FAMILY OR THIS OTHER
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FAMILY.
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IF YOU WERE THE RICH PERSON,
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YOU GOT A LOT MORE MONEY.
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YOU GOT TWO TIMES AS MUCH MONEY.
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WHEN YOU PASS GO, YOU COLLECT
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$200.
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YOU GET TO ROLL BOTH DICE,
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SO YOU'RE ALLOWED TO MOVE AROUND
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THE BOARD QUICKER.
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>> [ LAUGHS ]
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>> NOW, IF YOU'RE ON THE LOW
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END, WE REALLY HIT YOU HARD.
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YOU GOT HALF THE MONEY.
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WHEN YOU PASSED GO, YOU
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COLLECTED HALF THE SALARY.
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YOU ONLY GOT TO ROLL ONE DIE,
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SO YOU'RE MOVING AROUND THE
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BOARD VERY, VERY SLOWLY AS
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THE OTHER PERSON'S JUST WHIZZING
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AROUND YOU, COLLECTING $200
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EVERY COUPLE OF TURNS.
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>> Narrator: EVEN IN A GAME
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THAT'S OPENLY RIGGED, THE RICH
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PLAYERS INEVITABLY EXHIBIT A
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SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT.
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THEY GOBBLE UP MORE OF THE
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CAREFULLY PLACED PRETZELS.
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THEY COME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY
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DESERVE TO WIN.
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>> [ CHUCKLES ]
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>> Narrator: AND THEY SHOW NO
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CONCERN FOR THE MISFORTUNE OF
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THE POOR PLAYERS EVEN THOUGH
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THE POOR PLAYERS DON'T STAND
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THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF WINNING.
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>> THE IDEA OF THE
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AMERICAN DREAM IS THAT
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EVERYONE'S GOT AN EQUAL
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OPPORTUNITY.
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YOU JUST GOT TO DECIDE TO PLAY.
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BUT, IN FACT, THERE ARE LARGE
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GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCE
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THE GAME AS UNFAIR.
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THE OPPORTUNITY'S NOT THERE.
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ALL THE RULES HAVE BEEN DECIDED.
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THE PROPERTY'S ALREADY BEEN
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BOUGHT UP AND THE MONEY'S
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ALREADY IN THE HANDS OF
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THE OTHER PLAYERS.
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>> GET A REBOUND.
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GO! GO!
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>> FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.
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>> THAT'S MY GOAL.
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>> I'M MICHAEL JORDAN.
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>> I'M KOBE.
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>> I-I-I'M RAY ALLEN!
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>> ALMOST ALL FAMILIES START OUT
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WITH WANTING THE SAME THINGS
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FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
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THEY WANT THEM TO BE SAFE,
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THEY WANT THEM TO BE HAPPY,
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AND THEY WANT THEM TO BE
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SUCCESSFUL AND HEALTHY.
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BUT EVEN BEFORE BIRTH, SO MANY
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KIDS START THAT RACE BEHIND.
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THEY COME INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD
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THAT'S UNSAFE.
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MAYBE THEY'RE IN AN
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OVERCROWDED APARTMENT.
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THEY DON'T HAVE HEALTHY
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NUTRITION.
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THEY MIGHT HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES
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THAT AREN'T BEING ADDRESSED.
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I WOULD SAY THEIR NUMBER-ONE
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CHALLENGE IS JUST A LACK OF
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OPPORTUNITIES IN GENERAL.
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>> Narrator: IN PARTS OF THE
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SOUTH BRONX, UNEMPLOYMENT HAS
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REACHED 19%, AND MANY FAMILIES
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STRUGGLE JUST TO PUT FOOD ON
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THE TABLE.
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PASTOR COLIN DUNKLEY AND HIS
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WIFE, APRIL, RUN A FOOD PANTRY
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IN THE SOUTH BRONX THAT FEEDS
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ABOUT 200 STRUGGLING FAMILIES
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EVERY WEEK.
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>> I LIKE HELPING PEOPLE.
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I LIKE SERVING THE PEOPLE,
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I LIKE HELPING THE PEOPLE.
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IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD
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DO TO BLESS THEM, THAT'S WHAT
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WE'RE GONNA DO.
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>> SOMETIME WE GET THE LITTLE
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SIPPY CAPRI SUN JUICES.
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WE'LL PUT THOSE IN A BAG FOR
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THE KIDS.
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>> Narrator: BUT THEY DON'T HAVE
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NEARLY ENOUGH TO MEET THE
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DEMAND.
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WHEN WE VISITED, THEY RAN OUT
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OF FOOD IN 15 MINUTES.
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[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
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>> THERE IS NO MORE FOOD AT THIS
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TIME.
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YOU CAN COME BACK NEXT MONDAY
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AT 2:00.
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>> WHAT DO I DO?
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>> THAT'S IT, MOMMY.
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THAT'S IT.
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NO, SIR, I'M SORRY -- NO MORE.
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>> OKAY, OKAY.
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>> IT IS VERY, VERY HARD TO PULL
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YOURSELF OUT OF EXTREME POVERTY
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IN THE UNITED STATES.
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IT ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS.
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THIS RUNS COMPLETELY COUNTER
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TO WHAT PEOPLE'S NOTION OF
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AMERICA HAS BEEN FOR A VERY LONG
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TIME.
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WE THINK OF OURSELVES AS
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THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.
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MOBILITY IN THE UNITED STATES
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LAGS MOST OTHER ADVANCED
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INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES.
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>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THE
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IMAGE OF AMERICA, THE SELF-IMAGE
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WAS OF A VAST MIDDLE-CLASS
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COUNTRY.
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OF COURSE, THERE WAS A SMALL
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RICH GROUP AND THERE WERE SOME
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POOR, BUT AMERICA PRIDED ITSELF
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AND UNDERSTOOD THAT ITS HEALTH
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WAS BECAUSE OF A VAST MIDDLE
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CLASS.
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WE'RE NOT THAT KIND OF SOCIETY
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ANYMORE.
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>> Narrator: THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN
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A GAP BETWEEN THE WEALTHIEST IN
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OUR SOCIETY AND EVERYONE ELSE.
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BUT IN THE LAST 30 YEARS,
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SOMETHING CHANGED.
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THAT GAP BECAME
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THE GRAND CANYON.
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>> THE INCOMES OF PEOPLE AT
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THE LOWER END STAGNATED.
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A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF
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THE GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY HAS
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ACCRUED TO THOSE AT THE UPPER
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END.
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>> Narrator: THIS IS WHAT
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AMERICA'S ECONOMIC PIE LOOKED
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LIKE IN THE DECADES AFTER
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WORLD WAR II.
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INCOME GAINS WERE SHARED BY
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EVERYONE WITH BIG PORTIONS GOING
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TO AVERAGE AMERICANS.
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BUT SINCE THE LATE 1970s,
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THE BOTTOM 90% HAVE SEEN THEIR
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SHARE OF THE PIE COMPLETELY
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DEVOURED BY THE TOP 1%.
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>> THE WEALTHY ARE GETTING AN
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ENORMOUS PERCENTAGE OF ALL OF
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THE GAINS IN THE ENTIRE ECONOMY.
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WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE WEALTHY,
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I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE IN THE
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
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>> Narrator: THOUSANDS MIGHT BE
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OVERSTATING IT.
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AS OF 2010, ONLY 400 OF THE
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RICHEST AMERICANS CONTROLLED
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MORE WEALTH THAN THE BOTTOM HALF
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OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS.
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THAT'S 150 MILLION PEOPLE.
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THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE
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PEOPLE AT THE TOP GONNA DO WITH
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ALL THAT MONEY?
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>> THERE IS A LITTLE TINY GROUP,
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AND IT'S PROBABLY 1% OF THE 1%.
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THOSE PEOPLE ARE CONCENTRATED
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IN A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF
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PLACES.
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NEW YORK HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE
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PLACES SINCE THE EARLY
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19th CENTURY.
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IT HAS BEEN A WORLD CITY WITH
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WORLD-CLASS FORTUNES, AND IT HAS
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BEEN A MAGNET FOR PEOPLE WHO
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LIVE IN THE 1% OF THE 1%.
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I WAS IN A TAXI GOING DOWN
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FIFTH AVENUE, LOOKING FOR
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THE RICHEST APARTMENT BUILDING
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IN NEW YORK.
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THERE WERE ABOUT 10 BUILDINGS
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THAT WERE ON THE INITIAL LIST.
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740 PARK BECAME THE EPICENTER
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OF THE PEOPLE WHO RULED THE
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WORLD -- TRULY THE MASTERS OF
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THE UNIVERSE.
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THEY ALL LIVED AT 740 PARK.
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IT WAS KNOWN BEFORE MY BOOK
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AS THE ROCKEFELLER BUILDING,
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BUT, IN FACT, ROCKEFELLER WAS
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NOT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE
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IN THE BUILDING.
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IT WAS BUILT BY JACKIE KENNEDY'S
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GRANDFATHER JAMES T. LEE
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IN A CONSORTIUM WITH A GROUP
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OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
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CONSIDERED TO BE RESPONSIBLE
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FOR THE MARKET CRASH OF 1929
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AND THE DEPRESSION THAT
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FOLLOWED, AND THEN IT BECAME
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KIND OF THE STANDARD OIL
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BUILDING.
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IT WAS A BUILDING WHERE LOTS
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OF STANDARD OIL EXECUTIVES
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AND THEIR FRIENDS ALL LIVED.
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IT WAS TRULY CONSIDERED
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THE HOLY GRAIL FOR A CERTAIN
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KIND OF WEALTHY NEW YORKER.
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NOW THE LARGEST CATEGORY IN
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740 PARK ARE HEDGE FUND GUYS,
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AND THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WITH
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THE MOST MONEY NOW.
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THEY'RE THE EQUIVALENT OF
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THE OIL PEOPLE FROM THE '30s.
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>> THESE GUYS RULED THE WORLD,
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YOU KNOW.
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THEY ARE MULTIBILLIONAIRES
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OF, YOU KNOW, THE C.E.O.s
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OF THE MAJOR CORPORATIONS IN
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THE WORLD.
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>> Narrator: THIS DOORMAN ONCE
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WORKED AT 740 PARK AVENUE.
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HE AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED
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UNDER THE CONDITION THAT WE HIDE
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HIS FACE AND ALTER HIS VOICE.
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>> TO WORK AT 740, YOU REALLY
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NEED TO KNOW SOMEBODY WITHIN
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THE BUSINESS.
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YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING AT
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THE TOP BUILDING IN THE WORLD.
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IT'S ONLY 31 UNITS.
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IT'S NOT A LOT OF RESIDENTS,
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BUT THEY'RE HIGH-TEMPERED,
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AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
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A THICK SKIN TO WORK THERE.
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YOU'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH
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DETESTABLE PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE
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GONNA BE DEALING WITH
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BILLIONAIRES.
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YOU NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING
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ABOUT THE RESIDENTS -- WHAT TIME
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THEY WAKE UP TO GO TO
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WALL STREET, WHOSE CAR'S WHICH,
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WHO LIKES TO GET THEIR OWN DOOR,
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WHO GETS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,
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WHO GETS IN THE BACKSEAT.
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YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS DON'T
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SEEM LIKE A BIG THING TO ME AND
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YOU, BUT EVEN A MINOR MISHAP,
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AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE FIRED
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STRAIGHTAWAY.
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>> YOU'VE GOT JOHN THAIN,
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THE C.E.O. WHO PRESIDED OVER
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THE DOWNFALL OF MERRILL LYNCH.
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EZRA MERKIN, WHO WAS THE FEEDER
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TO BERNIE MADOFF.
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DAVID KOCH, WHO IS THE RICHEST
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PERSON IN THE BUILDING.
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THEN, OF COURSE,
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STEVE SCHWARZMAN, THE POSTER
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CHILD OF CAPITALISTIC GREED
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IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
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>> Narrator: BILLIONAIRE
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STEPHEN SCHWARZMAN, ONE OF
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THE KINGS OF PRIVATE EQUITY,
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LIVES IN 740 PARK'S MOST
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EXTRAVAGANT APARTMENT.
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SCHWARZMAN WAS A MANAGING
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DIRECTOR AT LEHMAN BROTHERS
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BEFORE CO-FOUNDING THE
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BLACKSTONE GROUP.
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HE IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT
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C.E.O.s WHEN IT COMES TO
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LOBBYING FOR TAX POLICIES
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THAT FAVOR THE ULTRA RICH.
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>> HE WAS A STRANGE GUY,
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MR. SCHWARZMAN.
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>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO ADDRESS THE 66th ANNUAL
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ALFRED E. SMITH
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MEMORIAL FOUNDATION DINNER.
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WE CALL IT OCCUPY WALDORF.
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[ LAUGHTER ]
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>> HE SEEMED TO BE OUT OF
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THE PUBLIC EYE, BUT THEN THESE
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LITTLE SPURTS WHERE HE'D HAVE
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A 60th BIRTHDAY PARTY, HE HAD
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ROD STEWART PLAY, AND IT WAS ALL
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OVER THE PAPERS, AND HE HAD
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A REPLICA OF HIS APARTMENT BUILT
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IN THIS HOTEL, AND IT WAS JUST
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COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.
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HE'D HAVE HIS ANNUAL
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CHRISTMAS PARTY, AND HE'D HAVE
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25 CHRISTMAS TREES COME IN --
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THESE MASSIVE CHRISTMAS TREES.
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>> 25 CHRISTMAS TREES?
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>> YEAH.
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I MEAN, EVERY ROOM WOULD GET
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A CHRISTMAS TREE AND BE FULLY
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DECORATED.
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>> STEVE SCHWARZMAN LIVES IN
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THE APARTMENT THAT HAD
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PREVIOUSLY BEEN OWNED BY
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR.
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IT'S A SPRAWLING APARTMENT.
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IT'S 37 ROOMS.
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LAVISH BEYOND YOUR WILDEST
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IMAGINING -- YOU KNOW, 20,000
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SQUARE FEET.
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>> Narrator: SCHWARZMAN PAID
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JUST UNDER $30 MILLION FOR THIS
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APARTMENT -- POCKET CHANGE FOR
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A WALL STREET TYCOON WORTH
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OVER $5 BILLION.
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>> IF A FEW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
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DO REALLY WELL, WHY IS THAT SUCH
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A BIG DEAL?
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ISN'T THAT JUST PROOF OF THE
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AMERICAN DREAM -- YOU WORK HARD
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AND YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL?
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WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE VERY
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COMPLEX VIEWS ABOUT ECONOMIC
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INEQUALITY.
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AMERICANS ARE NOT OF THE VIEW
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THAT ALL INEQUALITIES OF WEALTH
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OR INCOME ARE UNJUST, AND,
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IN FACT, THEY THINK IF YOU WORK
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HARDER, IF YOU SEIZE
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OPPORTUNITIES, THEN YOU SHOULD
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BE ABLE TO GET AHEAD.
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>> Narrator: JACOB HACKER IS
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A POLITICAL SCIENTIST AT YALE
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AND THE CO-AUTHOR OF
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"WINNER-TAKE-ALL POLITICS,"
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WHICH ARGUES THAT THIS
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EXTRAORDINARY ACCUMULATION
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OF WEALTH AT THE TOP ISN'T
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JUST ABOUT HARD WORK.
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IT'S ABOUT WEALTHY INTERESTS
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USING THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
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TO RIG THE RULES IN THEIR FAVOR.
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>> THERE'S BEEN A REINFORCING
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CYCLE.
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THOSE AT THE TOP HAVE DONE WELL.
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THEY'VE INVESTED IN POLICIES
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THAT ARE FAVORABLE TO THEM, AND
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THEY'VE DONE EVEN BETTER, AND
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THEN THEY'VE TURNED A LOT OF
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THAT MONEY BACK INTO POLITICS.
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>> Narrator: TO UNDERSTAND HOW
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BIG MONEY RIGS THE RULES IN
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WASHINGTON, I SOUGHT OUT THE
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POSTER CHILD FOR POLITICAL
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CORRUPTION, FORMER LOBBYIST
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JACK ABRAMOFF.
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A FEW YEARS AGO, I MADE A FILM
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VERY CRITICAL OF JACK.
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NOW AFTER SPENDING NEARLY FOUR
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YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR
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CONSPIRACY TO BRIBE PUBLIC
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OFFICIALS, HE'S TOURING
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THE COUNTRY TRYING TO PROMOTE
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REFORM.
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>> I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT
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IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF MY
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LOBBYING ACTIVITY, I CAME TO
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AN EPIPHANY, BUT I DIDN'T.
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IT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME,
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REQUIRED MY DEMISE.
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>> JACK ABRAMOFF HAS PLED GUILTY
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TO FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES.
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>> BUT EVENTUALLY I DECIDED
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TO LOOK HONESTLY AT THE PAST
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00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,801
ACTIVITIES I ENGAGED IN.
522
00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,038
I ALSO SYSTEMICALLY LOOKED AT
523
00:16:11,038 --> 00:16:12,705
THE OVERALL PICTURE AND REALIZED
524
00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:14,407
THE SYSTEM ITSELF WAS REALLY
525
00:16:14,407 --> 00:16:17,444
BADLY IN DISREPAIR.
526
00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:19,079
>> * I'M JUST A BILL *
527
00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:21,248
* YES, I'M ONLY A BILL *
528
00:16:21,448 --> 00:16:23,116
* AND I'M SITTING HERE ON
529
00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:24,617
CAPITOL HILL *
530
00:16:24,617 --> 00:16:25,718
>> Narrator: THIS
531
00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:27,420
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK VIDEO FROM
532
00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:29,122
1975 IS STILL USED TO TEACH
533
00:16:29,122 --> 00:16:30,757
MANY AMERICANS ABOUT HOW THEIR
534
00:16:30,757 --> 00:16:33,060
GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
535
00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:34,527
>> SOME FOLKS BACK HOME DECIDED
536
00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:35,795
THEY WANTED A LAW PASSED, SO
537
00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:37,130
THEY CALLED THEIR LOCAL
538
00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:38,265
CONGRESSMAN, AND HE SAID,
539
00:16:38,265 --> 00:16:39,099
"YOU'RE RIGHT.
540
00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:40,233
THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW."
541
00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:41,468
THEN HE SAT DOWN AND WROTE ME
542
00:16:41,468 --> 00:16:42,569
OUT AND INTRODUCED ME TO
543
00:16:42,569 --> 00:16:45,172
CONGRESS, AND I BECAME A BILL.
544
00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:47,207
>> IT WAS VERY CUTE, BUT IT'S
545
00:16:47,207 --> 00:16:49,376
NOT WHAT GOES ON IN WASHINGTON.
546
00:16:49,376 --> 00:16:51,444
THE BILL IS VERY RARELY --
547
00:16:51,444 --> 00:16:53,480
I WOULD SAY NEVER TYPED UP
548
00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:55,848
BY THE CONGRESSMAN AFTER HEARING
549
00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,750
FROM A DIVERSE GROUP OF
550
00:16:57,750 --> 00:17:00,153
CITIZENS.
551
00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:02,189
YOU KNOW, THE STAFF ARE BUSY,
552
00:17:02,189 --> 00:17:04,124
THE CONGRESSMEN ARE BUSY, SO
553
00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:06,159
THEY FREQUENTLY PASS AND STILL
554
00:17:06,159 --> 00:17:07,627
AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE
555
00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:09,462
SERVICES, LET'S CALL THEM,
556
00:17:09,462 --> 00:17:11,264
OF THE LOBBYISTS TO WRITE
557
00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:12,232
THESE BILLS.
558
00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:13,766
THE LOBBYISTS WILL BRING IN
559
00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:15,468
THE EXACT DRAFT OF WHAT THEY
560
00:17:15,468 --> 00:17:17,270
WANT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE
561
00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:18,805
SURE IT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY
562
00:17:18,805 --> 00:17:21,141
NEED.
563
00:17:21,141 --> 00:17:22,575
>> NOW, AS A LOBBYIST, WHAT WAS
564
00:17:22,575 --> 00:17:23,776
YOUR LEVERAGE IN TERMS OF
565
00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:25,378
GETTING MEMBERS TO SPONSOR THE
566
00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:26,679
BILLS THAT YOU HAD WRITTEN?
567
00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:28,381
>> A LOBBYIST NEEDS TO GET
568
00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:29,849
TO THE DECISION-MAKER, THE
569
00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:31,684
CONGRESSMAN OR THE STAFF, AND
570
00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:33,486
THAT INVOLVES, UNFORTUNATELY,
571
00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:35,822
FINANCIAL CONVEYANCES.
572
00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:39,859
>> ONE OF THE DIRTY LITTLE
573
00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:41,561
SECRETS IN WASHINGTON TODAY
574
00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,263
IS HOW MUCH TIME MEMBERS OF
575
00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,697
THE HOUSE AND SENATE SPEND
576
00:17:44,697 --> 00:17:46,333
EVERY WEEK -- NOT JUST IN
577
00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:47,867
THE ELECTION SEASON, BUT ALL
578
00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:49,602
THE TIME, YEAR-ROUND, ON THE
579
00:17:49,602 --> 00:17:51,304
TELEPHONE ASKING PEOPLE FOR
580
00:17:51,304 --> 00:17:52,372
MONEY.
581
00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:53,873
IT'S BEGGING FOR MONEY.
582
00:17:53,873 --> 00:17:55,308
IT'S A SAD SPECTACLE.
583
00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:57,277
>> WHEN YOU HAVE CAMPAIGNS THAT
584
00:17:57,277 --> 00:17:58,911
ARE COSTING TENS OF MILLIONS
585
00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,847
OF DOLLARS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
586
00:18:00,847 --> 00:18:02,782
THE MONEY WANT SOMETHING BACK.
587
00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:04,317
MONEY IS BEING USED TO BUY
588
00:18:04,317 --> 00:18:04,784
RESULTS.
589
00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:05,885
THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
590
00:18:05,885 --> 00:18:07,320
THAT'S HOW I USED MONEY.
591
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:08,855
I KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.
592
00:18:08,855 --> 00:18:10,690
>> Narrator: SO WHEN DID THIS
593
00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:11,524
ALL BEGIN?
594
00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:13,426
WHEN DID BIG MONEY TAKE CONTROL
595
00:18:13,426 --> 00:18:15,295
OF WASHINGTON?
596
00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:16,563
>> IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH
597
00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:17,864
THE MOBILIZATION OF BUSINESS
598
00:18:17,864 --> 00:18:19,466
THAT OCCURRED IN THE MID 1970s.
599
00:18:19,466 --> 00:18:21,368
BECAUSE OF RALPH NADER AND OTHER
600
00:18:21,368 --> 00:18:23,170
CORPORATE REFORMERS, BUSINESS
601
00:18:23,170 --> 00:18:24,637
WAS PUSHED BACK STRONGLY ON
602
00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:25,605
THE DEFENSIVE.
603
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:27,174
>> AIR AND WATER POLLUTION
604
00:18:27,174 --> 00:18:28,408
CONTROL, SAFER CARS AND
605
00:18:28,408 --> 00:18:29,942
HIGHWAYS, AND MANY, MANY BETTER
606
00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:31,311
WAYS OF DOING THINGS.
607
00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:33,346
WE'RE A RICH COUNTRY, BUT WE'RE
608
00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:35,215
NOT DISTRIBUTING IT FOR OUR
609
00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:36,516
MAJOR PUBLIC NEEDS.
610
00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:38,285
>> RALPH NADER, A DEEPLY, DEEPLY
611
00:18:38,285 --> 00:18:39,552
HATED FIGURE BY CORPORATE
612
00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:40,753
AMERICA IN THOSE DAYS.
613
00:18:40,753 --> 00:18:42,789
IT SCARED THEM TO DEATH.
614
00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:44,357
>> AND WHAT DID BUSINESS DO?
615
00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:45,558
WELL, THEY FOLLOWED THE
616
00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:46,859
PRESCRIPTION OF THE FUTURE
617
00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:47,960
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
618
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,462
LEWIS POWELL, WHO WROTE AN
619
00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:50,730
INFLUENTIAL MEMO FOR THE
620
00:18:50,730 --> 00:18:52,232
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYING
621
00:18:52,232 --> 00:18:53,466
THAT BUSINESS NEEDED TO
622
00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:53,966
ORGANIZE.
623
00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,535
BUSINESSMEN OF THE WORLD,
624
00:18:55,535 --> 00:18:55,968
UNITE.
625
00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,270
>> Narrator: LEWIS POWELL,
626
00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:58,371
A CORPORATE LAWYER FOR THE
627
00:18:58,371 --> 00:18:59,639
TOBACCO INDUSTRY, WAS APPOINTED
628
00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:00,673
TO THE SUPREME COURT BY
629
00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:03,443
RICHARD NIXON IN 1972.
630
00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:04,944
PRIOR TO JOINING THE COURT,
631
00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:06,646
POWELL SENT A CONFIDENTIAL
632
00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:08,348
MEMO TO THE U.S. CHAMBER OF
633
00:19:08,348 --> 00:19:09,716
COMMERCE.
634
00:19:09,716 --> 00:19:11,418
IN IT, POWELL TARGETED
635
00:19:11,418 --> 00:19:13,586
RALPH NADER AS THE BIGGEST ENEMY
636
00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:15,222
OF AMERICAN BUSINESS AND
637
00:19:15,222 --> 00:19:16,856
DESCRIBED A ROAD MAP FOR THE
638
00:19:16,856 --> 00:19:18,758
CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF AMERICAN
639
00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:20,427
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
640
00:19:20,427 --> 00:19:21,994
IT CALLED FOR BIG CORPORATIONS
641
00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:23,696
TO BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE IN
642
00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:25,432
MOLDING AMERICAN POLITICS AND
643
00:19:25,432 --> 00:19:26,333
LAW.
644
00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:27,834
>> CORPORATE AMERICA HEEDED THAT
645
00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:28,568
CALL.
646
00:19:28,568 --> 00:19:30,703
YOU SAW AN ENORMOUS BUILD-UP
647
00:19:30,703 --> 00:19:32,872
DURING THE 1970s IN CORPORATE
648
00:19:32,872 --> 00:19:34,441
LOBBYING POWER.
649
00:19:34,441 --> 00:19:35,808
>> THEY INVESTED ENORMOUS NEW
650
00:19:35,808 --> 00:19:36,776
SUMS IN POLITICS.
651
00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:38,311
THEY STARTED TO CHANGE THEIR
652
00:19:38,311 --> 00:19:39,479
STRATEGIES, MOVING FROM
653
00:19:39,479 --> 00:19:40,847
NEW YORK, IN THE CASE OF ONE
654
00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,415
BIG BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, TO
655
00:19:42,415 --> 00:19:44,484
WASHINGTON, DEVELOPING PERSONAL
656
00:19:44,484 --> 00:19:46,453
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN C.E.O.s
657
00:19:46,453 --> 00:19:47,554
AND POLITICIANS.
658
00:19:47,554 --> 00:19:48,755
>> Narrator: THE RESULT WAS
659
00:19:48,821 --> 00:19:50,022
A SHIFT FROM POLICIES THAT
660
00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,491
BENEFITED THE MIDDLE CLASS
661
00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:53,426
AND POOR TO POLICIES THAT
662
00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:55,328
FAVORED WEALTHY INTERESTS.
663
00:19:55,395 --> 00:19:57,664
>> IN 1978 AND BEYOND, YOU GET
664
00:19:57,664 --> 00:19:59,832
A MAJOR DEFEAT FOR ORGANIZED
665
00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:01,701
LABOR, A DEFEAT OF AN EFFORT
666
00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,536
TO LINK THE MINIMUM WAGE TO
667
00:20:03,536 --> 00:20:04,937
GENERAL WAGE INFLATION SO THAT
668
00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:06,539
THE MINIMUM WAGE WOULDN'T JUST
669
00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:07,440
ERODE OVER TIME.
670
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,309
YOU GET THE PASSAGE OF MASSIVE
671
00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:11,043
TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH, INCLUDING
672
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,012
A BIG REDUCTION ON CAPITAL-GAINS
673
00:20:13,012 --> 00:20:13,813
TAX RATE.
674
00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:14,881
LOBBYING WAS A
675
00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:16,816
$400-MILLION-A-YEAR INDUSTRY
676
00:20:16,816 --> 00:20:18,751
IN THE 1980s, AND IT'S ABOUT
677
00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:20,687
A $4-BILLION INDUSTRY TODAY.
678
00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:22,955
>> WASHINGTON IS ALMOST OWNED
679
00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:24,924
AND OPERATED BY THE U.S.
680
00:20:24,924 --> 00:20:27,494
CORPORATE SECTOR AT THIS POINT.
681
00:20:27,494 --> 00:20:29,496
THERE ARE SO MANY BILLIONS OF
682
00:20:29,496 --> 00:20:31,664
DOLLARS OF SPENDING ON LOBBYING.
683
00:20:31,664 --> 00:20:33,500
THERE ARE SO MANY LOBBYISTS
684
00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,368
THAT ARE IN THE ROOM WRITING
685
00:20:35,368 --> 00:20:36,936
THE REGS, WRITING THE LAWS
686
00:20:36,936 --> 00:20:38,037
RIGHT NOW.
687
00:20:38,037 --> 00:20:39,772
THERE IS SO MUCH FINANCING
688
00:20:39,772 --> 00:20:41,374
OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
689
00:20:41,374 --> 00:20:42,842
THERE ARE SO MANY BOUGHT
690
00:20:42,842 --> 00:20:44,844
POLITICIANS.
691
00:20:44,844 --> 00:20:46,313
>> Narrator: OUR CIVICS BOOKS
692
00:20:46,313 --> 00:20:47,514
TELL US THAT THE PRESIDENT
693
00:20:47,514 --> 00:20:48,715
IS THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON
694
00:20:48,715 --> 00:20:50,016
IN THE WORLD AND THAT SPECIAL
695
00:20:50,016 --> 00:20:51,551
INTERESTS MUST GO TO WASHINGTON
696
00:20:51,551 --> 00:20:53,853
TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT.
697
00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:55,988
BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RAISE
698
00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:57,957
MONEY, OUR PRESIDENTS GO HAT
699
00:20:57,957 --> 00:20:59,792
IN HAND TO THE PEOPLE WHO
700
00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:01,628
REALLY HAVE THE POWER.
701
00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:02,895
IN 2007, PRESIDENT
702
00:21:02,895 --> 00:21:04,431
GEORGE W. BUSH MADE
703
00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:05,598
A PILGRIMAGE TO
704
00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:07,534
STEVE SCHWARZMAN'S APARTMENT
705
00:21:07,534 --> 00:21:09,101
TO ASK FOR MONEY FOR THE
706
00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,970
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
707
00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:12,572
>> THE SECRET SERVICE WERE
708
00:21:12,572 --> 00:21:14,374
COMING FOR, I WOULD SAY, THREE
709
00:21:14,374 --> 00:21:16,008
TO FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE ACTUAL
710
00:21:16,008 --> 00:21:17,877
VISIT, AND THEY WOULD COME EVERY
711
00:21:17,877 --> 00:21:19,512
WEEK JUST TO CHECK UP, LOOK
712
00:21:19,512 --> 00:21:20,713
AROUND THE BUILDING.
713
00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:22,382
THEY DID BACKGROUND CHECKS ON US
714
00:21:22,382 --> 00:21:22,849
FOR SURE.
715
00:21:22,849 --> 00:21:25,485
THEY HAD THE SHARPSHOOTERS OUT.
716
00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:27,019
THEY BROUGHT MR. BUSH TO
717
00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:28,888
MR. SCHWARZMAN'S APARTMENT.
718
00:21:28,888 --> 00:21:31,090
HE SPENT MAYBE 15 MINUTES OUT,
719
00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:32,959
AND THAT'S IT.
720
00:21:37,497 --> 00:21:39,031
>> WHY DID JOHN DILLINGER ROB
721
00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:39,666
BANKS?
722
00:21:39,666 --> 00:21:41,100
THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS.
723
00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:42,769
WELL, 740 PARK IS WHERE THE
724
00:21:42,769 --> 00:21:44,504
MONEY IS, AND IN THIS DAY AND
725
00:21:44,504 --> 00:21:46,373
AGE, ANY CANDIDATE WHO DIDN'T GO
726
00:21:46,373 --> 00:21:47,907
TO 740 PARK WOULD PROBABLY BE
727
00:21:47,907 --> 00:21:48,908
FOOLISH.
728
00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:50,477
>> I'M MITT ROMNEY.
729
00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:51,911
I BELIEVE IN AMERICA.
730
00:21:51,911 --> 00:21:53,079
AND I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
731
00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:54,013
OF THE UNITED STATES.
732
00:21:54,013 --> 00:21:55,014
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
733
00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:57,083
>> ROMNEY HAS A PRIVATE MEETING
734
00:21:57,083 --> 00:21:59,051
ON PARK AVENUE WITH PROMINENT
735
00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:00,920
C.E.O.s EAGER FOR CHANGE IN
736
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:01,854
WASHINGTON.
737
00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:03,423
>> MITT ROMNEY WENT TO KISS
738
00:22:03,423 --> 00:22:04,891
MR. SCHWARZMAN'S RING AND MEET
739
00:22:04,891 --> 00:22:06,659
SOME OF HIS FRIENDS AND NO DOUBT
740
00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:07,794
COLLECT A FEW CHECKS.
741
00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:09,128
>> WHAT MAKES HIM GOOD FOR
742
00:22:09,128 --> 00:22:09,962
THE COUNTRY?
743
00:22:09,962 --> 00:22:12,965
>> MITT -- HE'S A NATURAL LEADER
744
00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:14,967
AND HE'S ACCESSIBLE.
745
00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:16,669
HE LISTENS TO WHAT YOU SAY.
746
00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,538
>> AND WHAT ARE YOU TELLING HIM
747
00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:20,072
ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?
748
00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:22,008
>> WELL, WE HAD A NICE MEETING
749
00:22:22,008 --> 00:22:23,876
ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO FOR AN
750
00:22:23,876 --> 00:22:25,845
HOUR, AND WHAT I TELL HIM STAYS
751
00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:26,613
WITH ME.
752
00:22:26,613 --> 00:22:27,880
>> [ LAUGHS ] OKAY.
753
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:28,815
FAIR ENOUGH.
754
00:22:28,815 --> 00:22:31,651
>> BUT I'M NOT SHY.
755
00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:33,152
>> THEY CAN INFLUENCE THE
756
00:22:33,152 --> 00:22:34,621
WRITING OF LAWS, THE
757
00:22:34,621 --> 00:22:36,456
IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION,
758
00:22:36,456 --> 00:22:38,491
THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE TAX CODE
759
00:22:38,491 --> 00:22:40,493
TILTS TOWARDS BUSINESS AND THOSE
760
00:22:40,493 --> 00:22:42,061
AT THE TOP VERSUS ORDINARY
761
00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:43,162
WORKING AMERICANS.
762
00:22:43,162 --> 00:22:44,764
>> Narrator: A PERFECT EXAMPLE
763
00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:46,132
OF THE INFLUENCE THAT A SMALL
764
00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:47,767
GROUP OF BILLIONAIRES CAN HAVE
765
00:22:47,767 --> 00:22:49,168
ON THE GOVERNMENT IS SOMETHING
766
00:22:49,168 --> 00:22:50,637
IN THE TAX CODE CALLED THE
767
00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:52,204
CARRIED INTEREST PROVISION.
768
00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:53,840
IT ALLOWS HEDGE FUND AND
769
00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,642
PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGERS LIKE
770
00:22:55,642 --> 00:22:57,510
STEVE SCHWARZMAN TO PAY A 15%
771
00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:59,111
TAX RATE ON THEIR INCOME EVEN
772
00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:00,913
THOUGH, UNLIKE NORMAL CAPITAL
773
00:23:00,913 --> 00:23:02,649
GAINS, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED
774
00:23:02,649 --> 00:23:04,617
TO RISK THEIR OWN MONEY.
775
00:23:04,617 --> 00:23:05,652
>> WHEN IT'S EXPLAINED TO
776
00:23:05,652 --> 00:23:06,819
PEOPLE, THEY THINK IT'S CRAZY.
777
00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:09,055
THE MOST HIGHLY PAID FINANCIAL
778
00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:11,491
EXECUTIVES GET TAXED AT A RATE
779
00:23:11,491 --> 00:23:13,560
LOWER THAN YOUR MOM-AND-POP
780
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:14,627
GROCERY.
781
00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:16,796
IT IS IN THE TAX CODE BECAUSE
782
00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:18,865
OF THE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE
783
00:23:18,865 --> 00:23:20,833
LOBBYING OF THE FINANCIAL
784
00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:21,901
INDUSTRY.
785
00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:24,571
>> OKAY, IT WAS A QUESTION ABOUT
786
00:23:24,571 --> 00:23:26,606
CARRIED INTEREST BEING TAXED
787
00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:27,874
AT A LOWER RATE.
788
00:23:27,874 --> 00:23:31,177
WE SORT OF LOOK AT THIS AS SORT
789
00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:34,547
OF AN ISSUE THAT'S NOW IN THE
790
00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:36,749
POLITICAL WORLD, AND, YOU KNOW,
791
00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:39,018
IT WILL BE SOLVED IN THAT WORLD.
792
00:23:39,018 --> 00:23:41,521
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A SAY IN
793
00:23:41,521 --> 00:23:41,888
THAT.
794
00:23:41,954 --> 00:23:43,055
>> SCHWARZMAN WENT TO
795
00:23:43,055 --> 00:23:44,757
CAPITOL HILL YESTERDAY AND STOOD
796
00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:46,058
OUTSIDE THE SENATE CHAMBER
797
00:23:46,058 --> 00:23:47,059
LOBBYING SENATORS.
798
00:23:47,059 --> 00:23:48,828
SCHWARZMAN WAS THERE TO FIGHT
799
00:23:48,828 --> 00:23:50,129
AGAINST HIGHER TAXES ON
800
00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:51,698
SO-CALLED CARRIED INTEREST.
801
00:23:51,898 --> 00:23:53,533
>> FROM 2006 ON, EVERY
802
00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:55,602
DEMOCRATIC LEADER AND PRESIDENT,
803
00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:57,637
IN THE CASE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA,
804
00:23:57,637 --> 00:23:59,606
HAS SAID, "WE'RE GONNA GET RID
805
00:23:59,606 --> 00:24:00,239
OF THIS."
806
00:24:00,239 --> 00:24:02,174
>> LET'S ASK HEDGE FUND MANAGERS
807
00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:03,976
TO STOP PAYING TAXES THAT ARE
808
00:24:03,976 --> 00:24:05,878
LOWER ON THEIR RATES THAN THEIR
809
00:24:05,878 --> 00:24:06,779
SECRETARIES.
810
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,180
>> AND THEN MAGICALLY IT MANAGES
811
00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:08,881
TO SURVIVE.
812
00:24:08,881 --> 00:24:09,982
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE
813
00:24:09,982 --> 00:24:11,551
CONGRESSIONAL SESSION HAS ENDED,
814
00:24:11,551 --> 00:24:12,885
AND, OH, MY GOD, WE RAN OUT OF
815
00:24:12,885 --> 00:24:13,185
TIME.
816
00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:14,086
WE DIDN'T GET TO IT.
817
00:24:14,086 --> 00:24:15,054
WE'LL DO IT NEXT TIME.
818
00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:16,756
>> IT APPEARS THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
819
00:24:16,756 --> 00:24:17,990
COMPLETED THEIR TAKEOVER OF
820
00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:18,758
CAPITOL HILL.
821
00:24:18,758 --> 00:24:19,959
>> Narrator: EVEN WHEN THE
822
00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:21,594
DEMOCRATS CONTROLLED BOTH HOUSES
823
00:24:21,594 --> 00:24:22,995
OF CONGRESS, THEY COULDN'T CLOSE
824
00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:25,131
THE CARRIED INTEREST LOOPHOLE.
825
00:24:25,131 --> 00:24:27,033
THE QUESTION IS WHY?
826
00:24:27,033 --> 00:24:29,235
>> IT PASSED THE HOUSE TWICE,
827
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:31,070
BUT IN THE SENATE, THE
828
00:24:31,070 --> 00:24:32,972
HEDGE FUNDS HAD A PAL IN
829
00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:34,541
CHARLES SCHUMER OF NEW YORK,
830
00:24:34,541 --> 00:24:35,875
THE SENATOR FROM WALL STREET
831
00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:37,544
AS HE WAS KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS.
832
00:24:37,544 --> 00:24:38,845
>> Narrator: CHARLES SCHUMER
833
00:24:38,845 --> 00:24:40,146
IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
834
00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:41,748
SENATORS IN THE COUNTRY AND HAS
835
00:24:41,748 --> 00:24:43,149
RAISED MORE CAMPAIGN MONEY FROM
836
00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:44,784
THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY THAN ANY
837
00:24:44,784 --> 00:24:46,218
OTHER DEMOCRAT CURRENTLY SERVING
838
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:47,119
IN CONGRESS.
839
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:48,788
>> SCHUMER BECAME FAMOUS FOR
840
00:24:48,788 --> 00:24:50,557
HIS ABILITY TO GAIN WALL STREET
841
00:24:50,557 --> 00:24:51,057
DOLLARS.
842
00:24:51,057 --> 00:24:52,625
THAT'S WHY HE WAS ELEVATED
843
00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:54,260
WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
844
00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:55,795
IS BECAUSE HE WAS SUCH AN
845
00:24:55,795 --> 00:24:56,996
EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISER.
846
00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:58,965
>> SCHUMER IN THAT PERIOD WAS
847
00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:00,767
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE
848
00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:02,769
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
849
00:25:02,769 --> 00:25:04,637
WHICH YOU GOT TO GIVE THE GUY
850
00:25:04,637 --> 00:25:05,137
CREDIT.
851
00:25:05,137 --> 00:25:06,906
HE TURNED THIS INTO AN ABSOLUTE
852
00:25:06,906 --> 00:25:07,807
MONEY MACHINE.
853
00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:09,175
>> Narrator: SCHUMER HELPED
854
00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:10,710
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RAISE
855
00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:12,278
RECORD AMOUNTS FROM WALL STREET,
856
00:25:12,278 --> 00:25:13,980
AND IN JUNE 2007, AS THE SENATE
857
00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:15,682
WAS CONSIDERING LEGISLATION TO
858
00:25:15,682 --> 00:25:17,016
CLOSE THE CARRIED INTEREST
859
00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:18,851
LOOPHOLE, SCHUMER WENT ON
860
00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:20,753
A FUNDRAISING FRENZY.
861
00:25:20,753 --> 00:25:22,221
IN THAT ONE MONTH, HE RAISED
862
00:25:22,221 --> 00:25:23,790
MORE THAN $1 MILLION FROM
863
00:25:23,790 --> 00:25:25,357
HEDGE FUNDS AND PRIVATE EQUITY
864
00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:27,594
FIRMS LIKE BLACKSTONE.
865
00:25:27,594 --> 00:25:29,295
THE CARRIED INTEREST BILL NEVER
866
00:25:29,295 --> 00:25:30,763
SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY.
867
00:25:30,763 --> 00:25:32,364
>> SCHUMER JUST BURIED THE IDEA.
868
00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:34,133
IT NEVER CAME UP FOR A VOTE IN
869
00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:35,735
A COMMITTEE OR ON THE FLOOR
870
00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:36,669
OF THE SENATE.
871
00:25:36,669 --> 00:25:38,037
IT JUST DISAPPEARED.
872
00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:40,873
>> WELL, I BELIEVE THAT INCOME
873
00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:43,375
EQUALITY, JOBS, THE ECONOMY HAS
874
00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,244
BEEN THE ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME.
875
00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:47,146
>> SCHUMER CONSISTENTLY SAYS,
876
00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:48,715
"OH, I DON'T THINK THIS IS
877
00:25:48,715 --> 00:25:49,749
A GOOD PROVISION.
878
00:25:49,749 --> 00:25:50,983
WE NEED TO CHANGE IT."
879
00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,118
>> ARE YOU WILLING TO VOTE TO
880
00:25:52,118 --> 00:25:53,352
GET RID OF THE CARRIED INTEREST
881
00:25:53,352 --> 00:25:54,687
PROVISION WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE
882
00:25:54,687 --> 00:25:55,788
LIKE MITT TO MAKE THAT KIND
883
00:25:55,788 --> 00:25:56,288
OF TAX BREAK?
884
00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:56,823
>> YES.
885
00:25:56,823 --> 00:25:58,290
>> "BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
886
00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:00,059
THAT EVERY POSSIBLE GROUP THAT
887
00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:01,694
MIGHT GET A SIMILAR KIND OF
888
00:26:01,694 --> 00:26:03,095
PREFERENTIAL TAX TREATMENT
889
00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:03,996
IS ALSO DEALT WITH."
890
00:26:03,996 --> 00:26:05,197
>> BUT ANY CARRIED INTEREST,
891
00:26:05,197 --> 00:26:06,666
WHETHER IT'S VENTURE CAPITAL OR
892
00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:07,967
OIL AND GAS OR ANYTHING ELSE...
893
00:26:07,967 --> 00:26:09,068
>> HE'S BASICALLY SAYING,
894
00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:10,336
YOU KNOW, "WE NEED TO OVERHAUL
895
00:26:10,336 --> 00:26:11,704
THE WHOLE TAX CODE," WHICH,
896
00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:13,005
OF COURSE GUARANTEES THAT YOU'LL
897
00:26:13,005 --> 00:26:14,573
NEVER REACH AGREEMENT.
898
00:26:14,774 --> 00:26:16,208
>> EVERY SENATOR PAYS ATTENTION
899
00:26:16,208 --> 00:26:17,677
TO THE INDUSTRIES WITH BIG
900
00:26:17,677 --> 00:26:18,978
FOOTPRINTS IN THEIR STATES,
901
00:26:18,978 --> 00:26:20,346
AS THEY SHOULD.
902
00:26:20,747 --> 00:26:22,314
>> Narrator: IN DEFENDING THIS
903
00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:24,116
LOOPHOLE, SENATOR SCHUMER OFTEN
904
00:26:24,116 --> 00:26:25,852
SAYS HE'S MERELY REPRESENTING
905
00:26:25,852 --> 00:26:27,419
HIS CONSTITUENTS, THE BANKERS.
906
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:28,988
BUT WHAT ABOUT HIS OTHER
907
00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:30,857
CONSTITUENTS -- POLICE OFFICERS,
908
00:26:30,857 --> 00:26:32,992
NURSES, FIREMEN?
909
00:26:32,992 --> 00:26:34,426
THEY HELP TO SAVE THE LIVES
910
00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:35,995
OF NEW YORKERS, INCLUDING
911
00:26:35,995 --> 00:26:37,697
HEDGE FUND MANAGERS, YET THE
912
00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:39,231
SENATOR FROM NEW YORK DOESN'T
913
00:26:39,231 --> 00:26:41,067
THINK IT'S UNFAIR THAT A VETERAN
914
00:26:41,067 --> 00:26:42,769
FIREMAN CAN PAY NEARLY DOUBLE
915
00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:44,270
THE TAX RATE OF A HEDGE FUND
916
00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:45,337
BILLIONAIRE.
917
00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:47,273
>> CHUCK SCHUMER IS THINKING,
918
00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:49,108
"I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I
919
00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:50,977
REPRESENT THESE DEEP-POCKETED
920
00:26:50,977 --> 00:26:53,012
WALL STREET INTERESTS IF I WANT
921
00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:54,380
MY PARTY AND ME TO BE
922
00:26:54,380 --> 00:26:56,883
SUCCESSFUL," AND THAT, I THINK,
923
00:26:56,883 --> 00:26:59,185
IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE WAY
924
00:26:59,185 --> 00:27:01,721
IN WHICH MONEY TALKS IN AMERICAN
925
00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:03,723
POLITICS TODAY.
926
00:27:03,723 --> 00:27:05,391
>> Narrator: AND NOBODY'S MONEY
927
00:27:05,391 --> 00:27:07,059
TALKS LOUDER THAN DAVID KOCH.
928
00:27:07,126 --> 00:27:09,261
THIS RIGHT-WING OIL TYCOON WITH
929
00:27:09,261 --> 00:27:11,197
A FORTUNE OF $25 BILLION IS
930
00:27:11,197 --> 00:27:12,932
THE RICHEST RESIDENT OF
931
00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:15,301
740 PARK AVENUE.
932
00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:17,103
DAVID AND HIS BROTHER CHARLES
933
00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:18,905
RUN KOCH INDUSTRIES, ONE OF THE
934
00:27:18,905 --> 00:27:20,172
LARGEST PRIVATELY OWNED
935
00:27:20,172 --> 00:27:21,440
COMPANIES IN THE WORLD.
936
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,075
THEY MAKE THINGS LIKE
937
00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:25,244
DIXIE CUPS, BRAWNY PAPER TOWELS,
938
00:27:25,244 --> 00:27:27,947
LYCRA, AND STAINMASTER CARPET.
939
00:27:27,947 --> 00:27:29,481
BUT THEIR MOST PROFITABLE
940
00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:31,417
BUSINESS IS OIL AND GAS, WHICH
941
00:27:31,417 --> 00:27:33,352
HELPS KOCH INDUSTRIES BRING IN
942
00:27:33,352 --> 00:27:35,154
OVER $100 BILLION IN ANNUAL
943
00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:36,122
REVENUES.
944
00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:37,724
TOGETHER THE KOCH BROTHERS
945
00:27:37,724 --> 00:27:39,191
MAY HAVE SPENT MORE MONEY TO
946
00:27:39,191 --> 00:27:40,993
INFLUENCE AMERICAN POLITICS THAN
947
00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:42,862
ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.
948
00:27:43,062 --> 00:27:44,230
>> THEY BASICALLY ARE
949
00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:45,164
UNPRECEDENTED.
950
00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:47,133
THEY INFLUENCE AMERICAN POLITICS
951
00:27:47,133 --> 00:27:48,835
ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
952
00:27:48,835 --> 00:27:50,436
DIMENSION THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
953
00:27:50,436 --> 00:27:51,938
>> * THE MINUTE YOU WALKED
954
00:27:51,938 --> 00:27:54,006
IN THE JOINT *
955
00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:56,108
* I COULD SEE YOU WERE A MAN
956
00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:57,744
OF DISTINCTION *
957
00:27:57,744 --> 00:28:00,446
* A REAL BIG SPENDER *
958
00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:01,748
>> MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
959
00:28:01,748 --> 00:28:02,749
REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS.
960
00:28:02,749 --> 00:28:04,016
>> MORE THAN $50 MILLION,
961
00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:05,217
FOR EXAMPLE, TO LOBBY IN
962
00:28:05,217 --> 00:28:06,385
WASHINGTON SINCE 2006.
963
00:28:06,385 --> 00:28:07,820
>> * GOOD-LOOKING *
964
00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:10,022
* SO REFINED *
965
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,490
* SAY, WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW
966
00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:13,760
WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY MIND? *
967
00:28:13,826 --> 00:28:15,161
>> AS MUCH AS $200 MILLION OF
968
00:28:15,161 --> 00:28:16,462
THEIR OWN MONEY THIS YEAR TO
969
00:28:16,462 --> 00:28:17,897
HELP DEFEAT PRESIDENT OBAMA.
970
00:28:17,964 --> 00:28:22,134
>> * HEY, BIG SPENDER *
971
00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:24,503
* SPEND *
972
00:28:24,503 --> 00:28:29,075
* A LITTLE TIME WITH ME *
973
00:28:32,078 --> 00:28:34,847
>> THEY ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, AN
974
00:28:34,847 --> 00:28:37,249
INCREDIBLE DYNASTY STORY IN
975
00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:38,484
AMERICA.
976
00:28:38,484 --> 00:28:40,552
IN 1927, THE FATHER, FRED KOCH,
977
00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:42,521
CAME UP WITH SOME METHOD FOR
978
00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:44,456
REFINING OIL THAT WAS BETTER
979
00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:46,492
THAN THE METHOD THAT WAS BEING
980
00:28:46,492 --> 00:28:47,226
USED.
981
00:28:47,226 --> 00:28:48,795
THE MAJOR OIL COMPANIES
982
00:28:48,795 --> 00:28:50,462
SUPPOSEDLY BLOCKED HIM BECAUSE
983
00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:52,398
THEY HAD A MONOPOLY ON THEIR OWN
984
00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:54,133
PROCESS, AND SO HE TOOK HIS
985
00:28:54,133 --> 00:28:55,935
METHOD TO RUSSIA.
986
00:28:55,935 --> 00:28:57,503
>> * GLORY *
987
00:28:57,503 --> 00:28:59,305
>> AND HE BASICALLY SET UP
988
00:28:59,305 --> 00:29:01,040
THE OIL BUSINESS FOR THE
989
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,210
SOVIET UNION.
990
00:29:04,210 --> 00:29:06,145
HE BECAME A VIRULENT
991
00:29:06,145 --> 00:29:07,479
ANTICOMMUNIST.
992
00:29:07,479 --> 00:29:09,581
HE CAME BACK TO AMERICA, HAVING
993
00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:11,483
SEEN THE HORRORS OF STALIN,
994
00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:13,185
AND HE BEGAN TO SEE THE
995
00:29:13,185 --> 00:29:14,987
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
996
00:29:14,987 --> 00:29:16,422
PARTICULARLY ANYTHING
997
00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:18,557
PROGRESSIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
998
00:29:18,557 --> 00:29:20,492
GOVERNMENT, AS THE BEGINNING
999
00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:22,494
OF SOME SORT OF SOCIALIST AND
1000
00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:23,830
COMMUNIST TAKEOVER.
1001
00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:26,065
SO THAT'S THE MILIEU IN WHICH
1002
00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:28,367
THE KOCH BROTHERS GREW UP, AND
1003
00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:30,569
THEY WERE TAUGHT FROM A VERY
1004
00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:32,905
EARLY AGE BIG GOVERNMENT IS
1005
00:29:32,905 --> 00:29:34,506
BAD.
1006
00:29:34,506 --> 00:29:36,575
IN 1980, DAVID KOCH ACTUALLY RAN
1007
00:29:36,575 --> 00:29:38,344
FOR VICE PRESIDENT ON THE
1008
00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:39,611
LIBERTARIAN TICKET.
1009
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,113
>> THEY COUNT ON GROWING
1010
00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:42,481
SYMPATHY FOR THEIR PARTY'S
1011
00:29:42,481 --> 00:29:44,083
SINGLE GOAL -- FREEDOM FROM
1012
00:29:44,083 --> 00:29:44,951
GOVERNMENT.
1013
00:29:44,951 --> 00:29:46,618
>> HE DID ABYSMALLY.
1014
00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:49,088
THE LIBERTARIAN TICKET GOT
1015
00:29:49,088 --> 00:29:51,257
1% OF THE VOTE IN AMERICA
1016
00:29:51,257 --> 00:29:52,224
IN 1980.
1017
00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:53,625
WHAT THEY LEARNED FROM THAT
1018
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,127
IS THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT
1019
00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:56,628
ANOTHER WAY TO GET THEIR IDEAS
1020
00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:57,997
TO BECOME INFLUENTIAL.
1021
00:29:58,064 --> 00:29:59,031
>> Narrator: SO THE KOCHS
1022
00:29:59,031 --> 00:29:59,999
DECIDED TO USE THEIR MONEY
1023
00:29:59,999 --> 00:30:02,134
TO ADVANCE THEIR AGENDA.
1024
00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:03,435
THEY GAVE GENEROUSLY TO
1025
00:30:03,435 --> 00:30:05,171
POLITICAL CANDIDATES, BUT, MORE
1026
00:30:05,171 --> 00:30:06,538
IMPORTANTLY, THEY INVESTED
1027
00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:08,207
HEAVILY IN GROUPS THAT COULD
1028
00:30:08,207 --> 00:30:10,009
BRING THEIR ANTIGOVERNMENT IDEAS
1029
00:30:10,009 --> 00:30:11,177
INTO THE MAINSTREAM.
1030
00:30:11,177 --> 00:30:13,145
THE BROTHERS GAVE MILLIONS TO
1031
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,014
RIGHT-WING THINK TANKS, AND
1032
00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:16,916
CHARLES EVEN FOUNDED ONE, THE
1033
00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:18,584
LIBERTARIAN CATO INSTITUTE.
1034
00:30:18,584 --> 00:30:19,919
>> GOVERNMENT'S TOO BIG, AND
1035
00:30:19,919 --> 00:30:20,987
IT'S GETTING BIGGER, AND WE
1036
00:30:20,987 --> 00:30:22,188
DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE BIGGER
1037
00:30:22,188 --> 00:30:22,621
GOVERNMENT.
1038
00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:24,290
TAKE THE KEYS TO THE LIQUOR
1039
00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:25,491
CABINET AWAY FROM THE
1040
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:26,458
ALCOHOLICS.
1041
00:30:26,458 --> 00:30:28,060
>> Narrator: THE KOCHS ALSO
1042
00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:29,528
WROTE OUT ENORMOUS CHECKS TO
1043
00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:31,297
UNIVERSITIES TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1044
00:30:31,297 --> 00:30:33,065
THAT WOULD PROMOTE DEREGULATION
1045
00:30:33,065 --> 00:30:34,366
AND FREE-MARKET ECONOMICS.
1046
00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,635
>> THEIR FREE-MARKET IDEOLOGY,
1047
00:30:36,635 --> 00:30:38,570
THEY ARGUE, IS JUST ABOUT
1048
00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:40,940
PRINCIPLE, BUT THERE ARE MANY,
1049
00:30:40,940 --> 00:30:42,674
MANY AREAS IN WHICH THEIR
1050
00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:44,977
BUSINESS INTERESTS BUTT INTO
1051
00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:46,145
REGULATIONS.
1052
00:30:46,145 --> 00:30:47,479
>> Narrator: ENVIRONMENTAL
1053
00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:49,215
REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY
1054
00:30:49,215 --> 00:30:50,950
BAD FOR THE KOCHS' BOTTOM LINE,
1055
00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:52,384
AND THEY'VE BEEN SLAPPED WITH
1056
00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:53,619
NUMEROUS FINES FROM THE
1057
00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:55,354
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
1058
00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:57,389
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS
1059
00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:59,291
OF GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL BEING
1060
00:30:59,291 --> 00:31:01,260
RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
1061
00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:02,628
>> Narrator: IN 2000,
1062
00:31:02,628 --> 00:31:04,430
KOCH INDUSTRIES HAD TO PAY
1063
00:31:04,430 --> 00:31:06,465
A $30-MILLION FINE FOR ITS ROLE
1064
00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:08,134
IN OVER 300 OIL SPILLS.
1065
00:31:08,134 --> 00:31:10,102
AT THE TIME, IT WAS THE LARGEST
1066
00:31:10,102 --> 00:31:11,971
CIVIL PENALTY IN THE E.P.A.'s
1067
00:31:11,971 --> 00:31:12,504
HISTORY.
1068
00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:14,140
>> WHEN YOU MAKE BUSINESSES LESS
1069
00:31:14,140 --> 00:31:15,374
COMPETITIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE
1070
00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:16,976
HAVING TO DEAL WITH REGULATIONS
1071
00:31:16,976 --> 00:31:17,409
FROM THE
1072
00:31:17,409 --> 00:31:18,978
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTION AGENCY
1073
00:31:18,978 --> 00:31:19,979
AND OTHER UNELECTED
1074
00:31:19,979 --> 00:31:21,147
BUREAUCRACIES, INSTEAD OF
1075
00:31:21,147 --> 00:31:22,414
CREATING JOBS AND INSTEAD OF
1076
00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:23,715
BEING ABLE TO COMPETE WITH OUR
1077
00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:25,284
FOREIGN COMPETITORS, WE KNOW IT
1078
00:31:25,284 --> 00:31:26,252
KILLS JOBS.
1079
00:31:26,252 --> 00:31:27,186
>> Narrator: THIS IS
1080
00:31:27,186 --> 00:31:28,187
TIM PHILLIPS, THE HEAD
1081
00:31:28,187 --> 00:31:29,155
OF THE KOCH BROTHERS'
1082
00:31:29,155 --> 00:31:29,956
LATEST VENTURE,
1083
00:31:29,956 --> 00:31:32,558
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY.
1084
00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:34,126
>> WE'RE GENUINELY FIGHTING
1085
00:31:34,126 --> 00:31:35,527
TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND ECONOMIC
1086
00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:37,063
FREEDOM, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS
1087
00:31:37,063 --> 00:31:38,464
THE BEST WAY TO GIVE FOLKS FROM
1088
00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:40,032
EVERY WALK OF LIFE PROSPERITY
1089
00:31:40,032 --> 00:31:41,900
AND A SHOT AT A BETTER LIFE.
1090
00:31:42,101 --> 00:31:43,202
>> Narrator: THROUGH
1091
00:31:43,202 --> 00:31:44,470
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY,
1092
00:31:44,470 --> 00:31:45,671
THE KOCHS HAVE PROVIDED
1093
00:31:45,671 --> 00:31:47,273
TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL BACKING
1094
00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:48,640
TO THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT BY
1095
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,376
ORGANIZING RALLIES AND PROTESTS,
1096
00:31:50,376 --> 00:31:51,610
FLYING IN BIG-NAME GUEST
1097
00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:52,311
SPEAKERS...
1098
00:31:52,311 --> 00:31:54,380
>> DON'T TAX US ANYMORE!
1099
00:31:54,380 --> 00:31:55,714
>> Narrator: ...AND FLOODING
1100
00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:57,449
THE AIRWAVES WITH ADVERTISING.
1101
00:32:03,589 --> 00:32:05,324
>> PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT THE
1102
00:32:05,324 --> 00:32:07,093
TEA PARTY MOVEMENT AS THIS SORT
1103
00:32:07,093 --> 00:32:08,627
OF SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION AND
1104
00:32:08,627 --> 00:32:11,463
THIS GRASSROOTS THING THAT JUST
1105
00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:14,066
EXPLODED, AND WHAT IT REALLY
1106
00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:16,402
WAS, WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
1107
00:32:16,402 --> 00:32:18,537
BEING FED BY LIBERTARIAN
1108
00:32:18,537 --> 00:32:20,206
BILLIONAIRES.
1109
00:32:20,206 --> 00:32:22,408
>> WE WANT THE MAXIMUM FREEDOM
1110
00:32:22,408 --> 00:32:24,476
TO LAUNCH BUSINESSES, CREATE
1111
00:32:24,476 --> 00:32:26,312
OPPORTUNITY, AND EXPAND
1112
00:32:26,312 --> 00:32:28,014
PROSPERITY.
1113
00:32:28,014 --> 00:32:30,316
WE DESIRE A TAX CODE THAT DOES
1114
00:32:30,316 --> 00:32:32,551
NOT PUNISH HARD WORK OR CRUSH
1115
00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:35,054
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT THAT
1116
00:32:35,054 --> 00:32:37,189
MAKES AMERICA UNIQUE IN THE
1117
00:32:37,189 --> 00:32:39,458
WORLD.
1118
00:32:39,458 --> 00:32:41,460
>> THEY HAVE THIS IDEOLOGY
1119
00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:43,462
OF THE FREE MARKET AND HOW
1120
00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:45,531
MAKING MONEY EQUALS FREEDOM,
1121
00:32:45,531 --> 00:32:47,433
AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THE
1122
00:32:47,433 --> 00:32:49,535
TEA PARTY RHETORIC, YOU HEAR
1123
00:32:49,535 --> 00:32:51,270
EXACTLY THE SAME PHRASES.
1124
00:32:51,337 --> 00:32:53,139
>> OUR SIDE, THE SIDE YOU'RE ON
1125
00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:54,673
TODAY IS THE SIDE, FRANKLY, OF
1126
00:32:54,673 --> 00:32:55,374
FREEDOM.
1127
00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:56,075
>> YEAH!
1128
00:32:56,075 --> 00:32:57,543
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
1129
00:32:57,609 --> 00:32:59,545
>> THEY'RE CHANTING "LIBERTY"
1130
00:32:59,545 --> 00:33:01,513
AND CHANTING "NO MORE TAXES."
1131
00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:03,149
>> FREEDOM, LIBERTY, AND PEOPLE
1132
00:33:03,149 --> 00:33:04,550
WAKING UP TO THE FACT THAT THIS
1133
00:33:04,550 --> 00:33:06,152
IS OUR COUNTRY, AND IT'S UP TO
1134
00:33:06,152 --> 00:33:07,353
US TO TAKE IT BACK.
1135
00:33:07,353 --> 00:33:08,454
>> OUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN
1136
00:33:08,454 --> 00:33:10,322
AWAY LITTLE BY LITTLE.
1137
00:33:10,522 --> 00:33:11,790
>> Narrator: BUT WHAT KIND
1138
00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:12,624
OF FREEDOM IS
1139
00:33:12,624 --> 00:33:13,825
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
1140
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:15,494
TALKING ABOUT?
1141
00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:17,429
IS IT FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE OR
1142
00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:19,398
JUST FOR BILLIONAIRES WHO WANT
1143
00:33:19,398 --> 00:33:21,400
FREEDOM FROM TAXES, THE FREEDOM
1144
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,369
TO POLLUTE, AND FREEDOM FROM ANY
1145
00:33:23,369 --> 00:33:25,204
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE REST OF
1146
00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:26,672
SOCIETY.
1147
00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,607
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, JUST GO
1148
00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:30,409
TO ONE OF THEIR RALLIES WHERE
1149
00:33:30,409 --> 00:33:32,078
YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNS
1150
00:33:32,078 --> 00:33:33,712
PROMOTING A ONCE DISCREDITED
1151
00:33:33,712 --> 00:33:35,647
PHILOSOPHER AND NOVELIST, WHO'S
1152
00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:38,450
RECENTLY FOUND A NEW AUDIENCE.
1153
00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:45,091
>> HERE IN THE UNITED STATES,
1154
00:33:45,091 --> 00:33:46,592
PERHAPS THE MOST CHALLENGING AND
1155
00:33:46,592 --> 00:33:48,260
UNUSUAL NEW PHILOSOPHY HAS BEEN
1156
00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:50,796
FORGED BY A NOVELIST AYN RAND.
1157
00:33:50,796 --> 00:33:52,431
MISS RAND'S POINT OF VIEW IS
1158
00:33:52,431 --> 00:33:53,832
STILL COMPARATIVELY UNKNOWN
1159
00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:55,534
IN AMERICA, BUT IF IT EVER DID
1160
00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:57,236
TAKE HOLD, IT WOULD
1161
00:33:57,236 --> 00:33:59,238
REVOLUTIONIZE OUR LIVES.
1162
00:33:59,238 --> 00:34:01,807
>> I'M OPPOSED TO ALL FORMS OF
1163
00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:02,808
CONTROL.
1164
00:34:02,808 --> 00:34:04,776
I AM FOR AN ABSOLUTE
1165
00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:07,546
LAISSEZ-FAIRE, FREE, UNREGULATED
1166
00:34:07,546 --> 00:34:08,514
ECONOMY.
1167
00:34:08,514 --> 00:34:10,282
>> AYN RAND WROTE A SERIES OF
1168
00:34:10,282 --> 00:34:11,883
NOVELS THAT HAD BECOME A KIND
1169
00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:13,719
OF TOUCHSTONE FOR CONTEMPORARY
1170
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,454
REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS, MOST
1171
00:34:15,454 --> 00:34:17,323
NOTABLY "ATLAS SHRUGGED."
1172
00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:18,457
>> THERE'S ATLAS.
1173
00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:19,625
HE HOLDS THE WORLD ON HIS
1174
00:34:19,625 --> 00:34:20,326
SHOULDERS.
1175
00:34:20,326 --> 00:34:22,428
WHAT IF ATLAS SHRUGGED?
1176
00:34:22,494 --> 00:34:23,695
>> PICTURE THIS.
1177
00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:25,564
AN ANTI-UTOPIA SOCIETY THAT
1178
00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:27,433
COLLAPSES UNDER GOVERNMENT
1179
00:34:27,433 --> 00:34:27,833
CONTROL.
1180
00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:29,135
DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?
1181
00:34:29,135 --> 00:34:29,768
IT SHOULD.
1182
00:34:29,768 --> 00:34:31,370
IT'S AYN RAND'S STORY OF
1183
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:33,239
"ATLAS SHRUGGED," AND NOW IT'S
1184
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:34,906
A MOVIE, ONE VERY POPULAR WITH
1185
00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:37,176
TEA PARTY MEMBERS.
1186
00:34:37,376 --> 00:34:38,644
>> Narrator: "ATLAS SHRUGGED"
1187
00:34:38,644 --> 00:34:39,811
IS ABOUT AN AMERICA WHERE
1188
00:34:39,811 --> 00:34:41,580
BUSINESSES ARE REGULATED,
1189
00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,415
THE RICH PAY TAXES, AND THE
1190
00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:45,251
GOVERNMENT TRIES TO HELP THE
1191
00:34:45,251 --> 00:34:46,852
MIDDLE CLASS AND THE POOR.
1192
00:34:46,852 --> 00:34:49,455
IN OTHER WORDS, A DOOMSDAY
1193
00:34:49,455 --> 00:34:50,589
SCENARIO.
1194
00:34:50,589 --> 00:34:51,790
>> VIOLENCE AND CRIME ARE
1195
00:34:51,790 --> 00:34:54,326
SKYROCKETING.
1196
00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,661
>> Narrator: IN RAND'S WORLD,
1197
00:34:55,661 --> 00:34:57,263
ANYONE WHO NEEDS A LITTLE HELP
1198
00:34:57,263 --> 00:34:58,464
IN LIFE IS A MOOCHER OR A
1199
00:34:58,464 --> 00:35:00,899
PARASITE, AND ANYONE WHO WANTS
1200
00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:03,402
TO HELP OTHERS IS A VILLAIN.
1201
00:35:03,402 --> 00:35:04,770
HER HEROES ARE PROUD TO BE
1202
00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:06,238
AS SELFISH AS POSSIBLE.
1203
00:35:06,238 --> 00:35:07,773
>> YOU REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT
1204
00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:09,441
HELPING THE UNDERPRIVILEGED,
1205
00:35:09,441 --> 00:35:09,908
DO YOU?
1206
00:35:09,908 --> 00:35:11,410
>> NO, PHILLIP, I DON'T.
1207
00:35:11,410 --> 00:35:13,612
>> THERE ARE STATEMENTS BY
1208
00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,881
JOHN GALT, THE CHARACTER IN
1209
00:35:15,881 --> 00:35:18,417
"ATLAS SHRUGGED," THAT IF YOU
1210
00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:20,719
SO MUCH AS SMILE AT THE POOR
1211
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,489
PERSON, IF YOU GIVE HIM PENNIES,
1212
00:35:23,489 --> 00:35:25,924
YOU PUT THE WORLD ON A PATH OF
1213
00:35:25,924 --> 00:35:26,792
DESTRUCTION.
1214
00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:28,260
>> Narrator: FINALLY, THE
1215
00:35:28,260 --> 00:35:29,595
C.E.O.s OF AMERICA GET SICK
1216
00:35:29,595 --> 00:35:30,862
AND TIRED OF LIVING UNDER
1217
00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:32,398
A GOVERNMENT THAT NO LONGER
1218
00:35:32,398 --> 00:35:33,899
CATERS TO THEM, AND THEY DECIDE
1219
00:35:33,899 --> 00:35:34,833
TO GO ON STRIKE.
1220
00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:36,535
>> WHAT ARE YOU SELLING, PAL?
1221
00:35:36,535 --> 00:35:37,336
>> NOTHING.
1222
00:35:37,336 --> 00:35:38,670
I'M SIMPLY OFFERING A SOCIETY
1223
00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:39,905
THAT CULTIVATES INDIVIDUAL
1224
00:35:39,905 --> 00:35:40,972
ACHIEVEMENT.
1225
00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:42,508
>> Narrator: THEY HEAD OFF INTO
1226
00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:43,775
THE MOUNTAINS AND START A NEW
1227
00:35:43,775 --> 00:35:44,976
SOCIETY, ONE WHERE THERE IS
1228
00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:47,213
NO GOVERNMENT.
1229
00:35:47,213 --> 00:35:48,747
"ATLAS SHRUGGED" IS TOLD AS
1230
00:35:48,747 --> 00:35:50,549
A HORROR STORY, A NIGHTMARISH
1231
00:35:50,549 --> 00:35:52,284
VISION OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
1232
00:35:52,284 --> 00:35:53,719
TO OUR COUNTRY IF WEALTHY
1233
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,521
AMERICANS LIKE DAVID KOCH AND
1234
00:35:55,521 --> 00:35:57,323
STEVE SCHWARZMAN JUST LEFT US
1235
00:35:57,323 --> 00:35:59,258
TO FEND FOR OURSELVES.
1236
00:35:59,258 --> 00:36:02,561
>> NOOOOOO!
1237
00:36:02,561 --> 00:36:03,862
>> YEAH, WE SUPPORT IT.
1238
00:36:03,862 --> 00:36:05,597
WE HAD SCREENINGS AROUND THE
1239
00:36:05,597 --> 00:36:07,433
COUNTRY, AND WE LIKE THAT STORY
1240
00:36:07,433 --> 00:36:08,934
TO BE OUT THERE, AND WE LIKE
1241
00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:10,736
THE IDEAS TO BE OUT THERE, AND
1242
00:36:10,736 --> 00:36:12,604
WE CERTAINLY BELIEVE AND SHARE
1243
00:36:12,604 --> 00:36:14,273
MANY OF THE PRINCIPLES AND
1244
00:36:14,273 --> 00:36:15,941
VALUES THAT BOOK WAS BASED ON,
1245
00:36:15,941 --> 00:36:18,444
THE INHERENT MORALITY OF
1246
00:36:18,444 --> 00:36:19,945
CAPITALISM.
1247
00:36:19,945 --> 00:36:21,913
>> YOU DO NOT LIKE THE ALTRUISM
1248
00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:23,249
BY WHICH WE LIVE.
1249
00:36:23,249 --> 00:36:25,016
>> WELL, SAY THAT I DON'T LIKE
1250
00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:26,485
IS TOO WEAK A WORD.
1251
00:36:26,485 --> 00:36:28,420
I CONSIDER IT EVIL.
1252
00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:30,356
>> THE APPEAL OF AYN RAND IS
1253
00:36:30,356 --> 00:36:32,391
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY
1254
00:36:32,391 --> 00:36:34,260
THE GORDON GEKKO MESSAGE --
1255
00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:35,026
"GREED IS GOOD."
1256
00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,895
THAT IDEOLOGY IS APPEALING,
1257
00:36:36,895 --> 00:36:38,630
I SUPPOSE, IF YOU HAVE A
1258
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:40,499
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
1259
00:36:40,499 --> 00:36:41,433
YOU MIGHT FEEL GUILTY,
1260
00:36:41,433 --> 00:36:41,867
OTHERWISE.
1261
00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:43,535
>> HOW DOES YOUR PHILOSOPHY
1262
00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:45,337
TRANSLATE ITSELF INTO THE WORLD
1263
00:36:45,337 --> 00:36:46,472
OF POLITICS?
1264
00:36:46,472 --> 00:36:47,973
>> WE BELIEVE THAT AMERICA
1265
00:36:47,973 --> 00:36:49,575
DESERVES A CHOICE OF TWO
1266
00:36:49,575 --> 00:36:50,309
FUTURES.
1267
00:36:50,309 --> 00:36:50,809
WE BELIEVE...
1268
00:36:50,809 --> 00:36:52,344
>> Narrator: PAUL RYAN RECEIVES
1269
00:36:52,344 --> 00:36:53,445
MORE MONEY FROM THE KOCH
1270
00:36:53,445 --> 00:36:54,746
BROTHERS THAN ANY OTHER MEMBER
1271
00:36:54,746 --> 00:36:56,548
OF CONGRESS.
1272
00:36:56,548 --> 00:36:58,550
HE IS ALSO THE COUNTRY'S MOST
1273
00:36:58,550 --> 00:37:00,619
POWERFUL POLITICIAN TO PUBLICLY
1274
00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:02,421
EMBRACE THE PHILOSOPHY OF
1275
00:37:02,421 --> 00:37:03,322
AYN RAND.
1276
00:37:03,322 --> 00:37:04,956
BY RUNNING ON HIS ANTIGOVERNMENT
1277
00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:06,592
VIEWS, THIS REPUBLICAN FROM
1278
00:37:06,592 --> 00:37:08,059
WISCONSIN BECAME A TEA PARTY
1279
00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:09,695
FAVORITE, A POWERFUL MEMBER
1280
00:37:09,695 --> 00:37:11,363
OF CONGRESS, AND A CANDIDATE
1281
00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:12,731
FOR HIGH OFFICE.
1282
00:37:12,931 --> 00:37:15,000
>> JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE NEXT
1283
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,002
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
1284
00:37:17,002 --> 00:37:19,037
PAUL RYAN.
1285
00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:20,439
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
1286
00:37:20,439 --> 00:37:21,373
UNITED STATES.
1287
00:37:21,373 --> 00:37:21,940
[ LAUGHS ]
1288
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>> WE WILL RESTORE THE GREATNESS
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OF THIS COUNTRY.
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IT IS OUR DUTY TO SAVE THE
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AMERICAN DREAM FOR OUR CHILDREN.
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WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DO WE WANT
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TO BE?
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>> Narrator: WITH HIS RISE TO
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PROMINENCE, RYAN HAS DENIED HIS
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AFFECTION FOR AYN RAND, BUT
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HISTORY TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY.
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>> I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU
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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AYN RAND AND
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WHAT SHE MEANT TO ME IN MY LIFE
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AND THE FIGHT WE'RE ENGAGED HERE
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IN CONGRESS.
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I GREW UP READING AYN RAND, AND
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IT TAUGHT ME QUITE A BIT ABOUT
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WHO I AM AND WHAT MY VALUE
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SYSTEMS ARE AND WHAT MY BELIEFS
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ARE.
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THE REASON I GOT INVOLVED IN
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PUBLIC SERVICE, BY AND LARGE,
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IF I HAD TO CREDIT ONE THINKER,
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ONE PERSON, IT WOULD BE
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AYN RAND.
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>> YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD
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BE NO RIGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO
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TAX.
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YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE
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NO SUCH THING AS WELFARE
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LEGISLATION, UNEMPLOYMENT
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COMPENSATION.
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>> IT'S INSPIRED ME SO MUCH THAT
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IT'S REQUIRED READING IN MY
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OFFICE FOR ALL MY INTERNS AND
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MY STAFF.
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WE START WITH "ATLAS SHRUGGED."
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>> HOW DO WE BUILD ROADS,
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SANITATION FACILITIES,
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HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS?
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>> I BELIEVE IN PRIVATE ROADS,
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PRIVATE POST OFFICES, PRIVATE
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SCHOOLS.
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>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GO
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BACK TO OUR ROOTS TO LOOK AT
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AYN RAND'S VISION, HER WRITINGS
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TO SEE WHAT OUR GIRDING,
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00:38:38,984 --> 00:38:40,686
UNDERGROUNDING PRINCIPLES ARE.
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WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO AYN RAND.
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OUR PLAN TAKES POWER AWAY FROM
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WASHINGTON AND GIVES IT BACK
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TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
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>> Narrator: WHILE IN CONGRESS,
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RYAN PUT AYN RAND'S PHILOSOPHY
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INTO PRACTICE THROUGH A PLAN
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HE CALLED
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"THE PATH TO PROSPERITY."
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IT WAS A BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT
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WOULD DRAMATICALLY CUT
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GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO THE POOR
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WHILE HANDING OUT AN EVEN BIGGER
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TAX CUT FOR THE RICH.
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>> I THINK THAT
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"THE PATH TO PROSPERITY"
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THAT CHAIRMAN RYAN AND HIS
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COMMITTEE HAVE PUT TOGETHER
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IS A BLUEPRINT FOR AMERICA'S
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FUTURE.
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>> Narrator: "THE PATH TO
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PROSPERITY" PASSED THE HOUSE
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OF REPRESENTATIVES IN MARCH
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OF 2012.
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IT NOW APPEARS TO BE AT THE
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HEART OF THE ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY
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OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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>> MITT ROMNEY AND I WILL TAKE
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THE RIGHT STEPS IN THE RIGHT
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TIME TO GET US BACK ON THE RIGHT
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TRACK.
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>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF RYAN'S
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BUDGET FRAMEWORK?
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>> OH, I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS
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ON THE FACE OF IT.
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HE'S PROPOSING A $10-TRILLION
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TAX CUT AS PART OF HIS
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DEFICIT-REDUCTION PLAN, AND
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OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE GONNA CUT
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TAXES BY $10 TRILLION, YOU'VE
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GOT TO CUT SPENDING BY EVEN MORE
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THAN $10 TRILLION.
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EVERY PROGRAM YOU CAN POSSIBLY
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THINK OF FROM ROADS TO EDUCATION
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TO ENERGY WOULD BE MORE OR LESS
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ABOLISHED IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE
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SERIOUSLY THE NUMBERS THAT HE
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HAS PUT FORWARD.
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>> THE IDEA THAT THERE'S
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LEGITIMATE ECONOMICS BEHIND THIS
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IS ABSURD.
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CONSERVATIVES THROUGHOUT THE
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AGES HAVE NEVER SPOKEN LIKE
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PAUL RYAN.
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MILTON FRIEDMAN TALKED ABOUT
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NEGATIVE INCOME TAX AND
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GUARANTEED INCOMES FOR THE POOR.
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FRIEDRICH HAYEK, WHO WAS ONE
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OF THE ACMES OF FREE-MARKET
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ECONOMICS, TALKED ABOUT THE NEED
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OF SOCIETIES TO GUARANTEE
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MINIMUM STANDARDS AND PROVIDE
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HEALTHCARE.
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>> SO THERE'S CLEARLY AN
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IDEOLOGY INVOLVED HERE.
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THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO USE TAX
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POLICY TO EVISCERATE GOVERNMENT
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PROGRAMS.
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>> IF WE TRY TO GO DOWN THE PATH
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00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:41,773
WHERE WE PUT THE GOVERNMENT IN
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00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,041
THE PLACE TO EQUALIZE THE
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00:40:43,041 --> 00:40:44,743
RESULTS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES, WHERE
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WE TRY TO EQUALIZE OUTCOMES,
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WE'LL ALL BE MORE EQUALLY
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MISERABLE.
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[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]
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RATHER LET'S FOCUS ON EQUALITY
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OF OPPORTUNITY.
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>> MY MOM USED TO SAY TO ME,
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"SON, IT DON'T MATTER WHERE YOU
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BEGAN.
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WHAT MATTERS IS WHERE YOU END.
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YOU LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
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OF AMERICA," AND THAT'S
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SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS AN
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INHERENTLY MORAL THING ABOUT
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AMERICA.
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IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO MAKE
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00:41:08,033 --> 00:41:08,299
IT.
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>> MUCH OF WHAT THEY SAY IS
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00:41:10,769 --> 00:41:13,038
ABOUT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY
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TO MAKE MONEY TO EVERYBODY
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EQUALLY.
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THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD ARGUE
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00:41:17,242 --> 00:41:19,778
ABOUT, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO
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ACCEPT THE POSSIBILITY THAT IF
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YOU'RE POOR ENOUGH AND YOUR
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00:41:24,583 --> 00:41:27,085
SCHOOLING IS BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU
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00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:29,788
DON'T REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
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TO COMPETE.
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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>> Narrator: ALMOST EVERYONE
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AGREES THAT EDUCATION IS THE KEY
1439
00:41:39,297 --> 00:41:41,833
TO UPWARD MOBILITY.
1440
00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:43,234
FOR PEOPLE STARTING AT THE
1441
00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,036
BOTTOM OF THE LADDER, A COLLEGE
1442
00:41:45,036 --> 00:41:46,638
DEGREE CAN QUADRUPLE THEIR
1443
00:41:46,638 --> 00:41:49,608
CHANCES OF MAKING IT TO THE TOP.
1444
00:41:49,608 --> 00:41:52,043
BUT COLLEGE IS INCREASINGLY OUT
1445
00:41:52,043 --> 00:41:53,211
OF REACH.
1446
00:41:53,211 --> 00:41:56,114
THE COST HAS GONE UP OVER 500%
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SINCE 1980.
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00:41:58,116 --> 00:41:59,851
MEANWHILE, WITHOUT A COLLEGE
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00:41:59,851 --> 00:42:01,653
DEGREE, IT'S HARDER THAN EVER
1450
00:42:01,653 --> 00:42:03,789
TO GET A JOB.
1451
00:42:03,789 --> 00:42:05,323
IF YOU ONLY HAVE A HIGH-SCHOOL
1452
00:42:05,323 --> 00:42:06,925
DIPLOMA, THERE'S A 7-IN-10
1453
00:42:06,925 --> 00:42:08,293
CHANCE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
1454
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FULL-TIME WORK AT ALL.
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IT'S A CRUEL IRONY THAT THE
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00:42:13,331 --> 00:42:15,200
U.S. ECONOMY HAS A DESPERATE
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NEED FOR SKILLED LABOR IN
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MANUFACTURING, HIGH-TECH,
1459
00:42:18,737 --> 00:42:20,305
AND HEALTH INDUSTRIES.
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BUT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
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00:42:21,773 --> 00:42:23,308
QUALIFIED WORKERS TO FILL THOSE
1462
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JOBS.
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00:42:24,976 --> 00:42:27,012
EVEN WITH 12 MILLION AMERICANS
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00:42:27,012 --> 00:42:29,014
UNABLE TO FIND WORK, TRAINING
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AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE BEING
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00:42:31,116 --> 00:42:33,251
SLASHED BY BOTH PARTIES IN FAVOR
1467
00:42:33,251 --> 00:42:36,121
OF TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH.
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>> I FIND IT HARD TO BE AN
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OPTIMIST RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE
1470
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WHOM I CARE ABOUT AND PEOPLE
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00:42:40,959 --> 00:42:42,393
WHO THE POVERTY INSTITUTE CARES
1472
00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:43,795
ABOUT, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
1473
00:42:43,795 --> 00:42:45,163
SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH
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00:42:45,163 --> 00:42:47,899
WORK AND CAN'T.
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>> Narrator: TODAY ONE IN SEVEN
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00:42:50,201 --> 00:42:52,303
AMERICANS RECEIVES FOOD STAMPS.
1477
00:42:52,303 --> 00:42:53,972
MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE
1478
00:42:53,972 --> 00:42:55,641
ARE CHILDREN AND ELDERLY.
1479
00:42:55,641 --> 00:42:58,076
41% OF RECIPIENTS LIVE IN
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WORKING HOUSEHOLDS.
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00:42:59,778 --> 00:43:02,080
A JOB IS NO LONGER ENOUGH TO
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00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,249
KEEP AMERICANS OUT OF POVERTY.
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>> FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THINK,
1484
00:43:05,984 --> 00:43:07,853
"OKAY, THEY DON'T NEED ANYTHING.
1485
00:43:07,853 --> 00:43:09,254
THEY DON'T NEED A HANDOUT.
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00:43:09,254 --> 00:43:11,389
THEY SHOULD JUST GO GET A JOB."
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00:43:11,389 --> 00:43:13,692
YES, AS SOON AS THEY CREATE JOBS
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00:43:13,692 --> 00:43:15,393
FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEM, THEN
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GREAT.
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00:43:16,094 --> 00:43:17,228
I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'LL BE
1491
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THERE.
1492
00:43:17,996 --> 00:43:18,964
THERE'S NOTHING.
1493
00:43:18,964 --> 00:43:20,431
SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THERE'S
1494
00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:21,199
NOTHING?
1495
00:43:21,199 --> 00:43:22,734
THAT'S WHERE THE SAFETY NET
1496
00:43:22,734 --> 00:43:24,903
COMES IN.
1497
00:43:24,903 --> 00:43:26,004
>> Narrator: BUT IT'S NOT JUST
1498
00:43:26,004 --> 00:43:27,138
THE POOR WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN
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00:43:27,138 --> 00:43:28,273
AMERICA.
1500
00:43:28,273 --> 00:43:30,108
IN PAUL RYAN'S HOME STATE OF
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00:43:30,108 --> 00:43:31,977
WISCONSIN, MANY RESIDENTS WHO
1502
00:43:31,977 --> 00:43:33,945
WERE ONCE MIDDLE CLASS NOW HAVE
1503
00:43:33,945 --> 00:43:35,914
A HARD TIME MEETING THEIR BASIC
1504
00:43:35,914 --> 00:43:36,882
NEEDS.
1505
00:43:36,882 --> 00:43:38,383
IN THE WELL-TO-DO COUNTY OF
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00:43:38,383 --> 00:43:40,051
WAUKESHA, OVER 6,000 PEOPLE
1507
00:43:40,051 --> 00:43:41,720
USE THIS FOOD PANTRY EVERY
1508
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:42,788
MONTH.
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00:43:42,988 --> 00:43:44,723
>> WE DO HEAR A LOT FROM PEOPLE,
1510
00:43:44,723 --> 00:43:46,124
YOU KNOW, "WHY DO YOU NEED A
1511
00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:47,826
FOOD PANTRY IN WAUKESHA COUNTY?
1512
00:43:47,826 --> 00:43:49,260
THERE'S NO WAY THAT SHOULD BE
1513
00:43:49,260 --> 00:43:50,328
NECESSARY."
1514
00:43:50,729 --> 00:43:52,931
WE'RE SEEING MORE INDIVIDUALS
1515
00:43:52,931 --> 00:43:55,033
AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE HIGH
1516
00:43:55,033 --> 00:43:56,768
EDUCATION LEVELS AND
1517
00:43:56,768 --> 00:43:59,004
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING MORE SO
1518
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THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN OUR
1519
00:44:01,039 --> 00:44:03,041
HISTORY, PEOPLE WHO, BECAUSE
1520
00:44:03,041 --> 00:44:04,976
OF DIFFERENT FACTORS IN THE
1521
00:44:04,976 --> 00:44:06,945
ECONOMY RIGHT NOW HAVE LOST
1522
00:44:06,945 --> 00:44:09,114
THEIR JOB OR HAVE HAD REDUCTIONS
1523
00:44:09,114 --> 00:44:10,048
IN INCOME.
1524
00:44:10,048 --> 00:44:11,983
SO ACCESS TO FREE FOOD IS ABOUT
1525
00:44:11,983 --> 00:44:13,484
THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY CAN
1526
00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:15,020
STRETCH THEIR MONETARY
1527
00:44:15,020 --> 00:44:15,854
RESOURCES.
1528
00:44:15,854 --> 00:44:18,123
>> THE VEGETABLE WITH BEEF.
1529
00:44:18,323 --> 00:44:20,291
MY HUSBAND LOST HIS JOB, AND SO
1530
00:44:20,291 --> 00:44:22,193
WE ARE WORKING OFF ONE INCOME,
1531
00:44:22,193 --> 00:44:24,062
AND WE ALSO HAVE A 6-YEAR-OLD
1532
00:44:24,062 --> 00:44:25,897
WHO HAS A MEDICAL CONDITION,
1533
00:44:25,897 --> 00:44:27,766
SO IT GETS A LITTLE EXPENSIVE
1534
00:44:27,766 --> 00:44:29,000
WITH THAT, AS WELL.
1535
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,136
I WOULD SAY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE
1536
00:44:31,136 --> 00:44:33,204
IT, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET
1537
00:44:33,204 --> 00:44:35,240
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE
1538
00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:36,007
NEED.
1539
00:44:36,007 --> 00:44:37,308
>> WHEN YOU'RE ON UNEMPLOYMENT,
1540
00:44:37,308 --> 00:44:38,509
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO APPLY FOR
1541
00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:39,945
WORK TWO PLACES A WEEK, AND I
1542
00:44:39,945 --> 00:44:41,212
WAS APPLYING, LIKE, EVERY DAY.
1543
00:44:41,212 --> 00:44:42,881
I RAN OUT OF PLACES TO APPLY TO.
1544
00:44:42,881 --> 00:44:43,982
I WOULD APPLY EVEN AT
1545
00:44:43,982 --> 00:44:44,515
McDONALD'S.
1546
00:44:44,515 --> 00:44:46,785
THEY NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BACK.
1547
00:44:46,985 --> 00:44:48,787
I'M HOPING OUR POLITICIANS ARE
1548
00:44:48,787 --> 00:44:50,221
SMART ENOUGH TO KEEP THESE
1549
00:44:50,221 --> 00:44:50,856
PROGRAMS.
1550
00:44:50,856 --> 00:44:52,190
WHAT WORRIES ME IS WHEN THEY SAY
1551
00:44:52,190 --> 00:44:53,391
THEY WANT TO CUT GOVERNMENT
1552
00:44:53,391 --> 00:44:54,392
SPENDING.
1553
00:44:54,392 --> 00:44:56,995
I'M THINKING LOW-INCOME HOUSING
1554
00:44:56,995 --> 00:44:58,764
'CAUSE IT'S ALL A WASTE TO THEM,
1555
00:44:58,764 --> 00:45:00,265
BUT I DON'T THINK THEY REALIZE
1556
00:45:00,265 --> 00:45:01,800
HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO US.
1557
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:02,533
YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE MONEY.
1558
00:45:02,533 --> 00:45:03,769
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
1559
00:45:03,769 --> 00:45:04,870
THAT, AND 9 TIMES OUT OF 10,
1560
00:45:04,870 --> 00:45:05,904
THEY'VE COME FROM WEALTHY
1561
00:45:05,904 --> 00:45:06,437
BACKGROUNDS.
1562
00:45:06,437 --> 00:45:07,973
THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IT'S LIKE
1563
00:45:07,973 --> 00:45:09,875
TO BE THIS, AND UNTIL YOU BEEN
1564
00:45:09,875 --> 00:45:11,509
THERE, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT
1565
00:45:11,509 --> 00:45:12,878
BALL GAME.
1566
00:45:12,878 --> 00:45:14,412
>> WHEN I WAS WORKING THE CORNER
1567
00:45:14,412 --> 00:45:15,914
GRILL AT McDONALD'S ON THE
1568
00:45:15,914 --> 00:45:17,282
INTERSTATE IN JANESVILLE AS
1569
00:45:17,282 --> 00:45:18,850
A KID, WHEN I WAS DETASSLING
1570
00:45:18,850 --> 00:45:20,018
CORN, WHEN I WAITED TABLES
1571
00:45:20,018 --> 00:45:21,286
TO PAY BACK MY STUDENT LOANS,
1572
00:45:21,286 --> 00:45:23,254
I DIDN'T THINK OF MYSELF AS
1573
00:45:23,254 --> 00:45:24,890
STUCK IN SOME CLASS.
1574
00:45:24,890 --> 00:45:26,391
I THOUGHT OF MYSELF ON THE WAY
1575
00:45:26,391 --> 00:45:28,093
TO OPPORTUNITY.
1576
00:45:28,093 --> 00:45:29,828
THAT'S WHAT THIS COUNTRY'S ALL
1577
00:45:29,828 --> 00:45:30,261
ABOUT.
1578
00:45:30,261 --> 00:45:32,330
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
1579
00:45:32,330 --> 00:45:34,099
>> Narrator: YET PAUL RYAN'S
1580
00:45:34,099 --> 00:45:35,566
BUDGET PROPOSAL WOULD CUT
1581
00:45:35,566 --> 00:45:37,202
THE FOOD-STAMP PROGRAM BY
1582
00:45:37,202 --> 00:45:38,904
$134 BILLION OVER THE NEXT
1583
00:45:38,904 --> 00:45:40,806
10 YEARS, WHICH COULD SHRED
1584
00:45:40,806 --> 00:45:42,440
THE SAFETY NET FOR 8 MILLION
1585
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,142
PEOPLE.
1586
00:45:44,142 --> 00:45:45,877
>> [ LAUGHS ]
1587
00:46:09,234 --> 00:46:10,068
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
1588
00:46:10,068 --> 00:46:10,936
I'VE GOT SOME BIBLES.
1589
00:46:10,936 --> 00:46:11,602
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1590
00:46:11,602 --> 00:46:14,005
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
1591
00:46:14,205 --> 00:46:15,540
>> Narrator: IN APRIL 2012,
1592
00:46:15,540 --> 00:46:16,875
THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF
1593
00:46:16,875 --> 00:46:18,343
CATHOLIC BISHOPS URGED CONGRESS
1594
00:46:18,343 --> 00:46:20,278
TO PROTECT FOOD STAMPS.
1595
00:46:20,278 --> 00:46:21,579
BISHOPS SUGGESTED THAT IF
1596
00:46:21,579 --> 00:46:23,248
SPENDING CUTS WERE NECESSARY,
1597
00:46:23,248 --> 00:46:24,449
THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO
1598
00:46:24,449 --> 00:46:26,084
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR RICH
1599
00:46:26,084 --> 00:46:27,552
AGRICULTURAL COMPANIES INSTEAD
1600
00:46:27,552 --> 00:46:29,087
OF TAKING FOOD FROM HUNGRY
1601
00:46:29,087 --> 00:46:30,956
CHILDREN, POOR FAMILIES,
1602
00:46:30,956 --> 00:46:33,191
AND VULNERABLE SENIORS.
1603
00:46:33,391 --> 00:46:34,525
>> OUR NATION IS APPROACHING
1604
00:46:34,525 --> 00:46:35,961
A TIPPING POINT.
1605
00:46:35,961 --> 00:46:37,929
WE'RE AT A MOMENT WHERE IF
1606
00:46:37,929 --> 00:46:39,965
GOVERNMENT'S GROWTH IS LEFT
1607
00:46:39,965 --> 00:46:42,000
UNCHECKED AND UNCHALLENGED,
1608
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,202
AMERICA'S BEST CENTURY WILL BE
1609
00:46:44,202 --> 00:46:45,603
CONSIDERED OUR PAST CENTURY.
1610
00:46:45,603 --> 00:46:47,238
THIS IS A FUTURE IN WHICH WE
1611
00:46:47,238 --> 00:46:48,573
WILL TRANSFORM OUR SOCIAL
1612
00:46:48,573 --> 00:46:50,441
SAFETY NET INTO A HAMMOCK.
1613
00:46:50,641 --> 00:46:52,577
>> YOU CAN PAUL RYAN TALK ABOUT
1614
00:46:52,577 --> 00:46:53,478
HIS HAMMOCK.
1615
00:46:53,478 --> 00:46:55,246
THIS HAMMOCK -- THE AVERAGE
1616
00:46:55,246 --> 00:46:57,082
BENEFIT IN WISCONSIN WAS $246
1617
00:46:57,082 --> 00:46:58,549
A MONTH LAST YEAR FOR TWO
1618
00:46:58,549 --> 00:47:01,152
PEOPLE, ABOUT $350 FOR FOUR.
1619
00:47:05,490 --> 00:47:07,258
IS THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO SAY,
1620
00:47:07,258 --> 00:47:08,559
"AH, PUT MY FEET UP ON A
1621
00:47:08,559 --> 00:47:09,260
HAMMOCK.
1622
00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:10,661
YOU KNOW, I GOT THESE FOOD
1623
00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:11,963
STAMPS."
1624
00:47:11,963 --> 00:47:13,498
FEEDING PEOPLE IS SOMETHING THAT
1625
00:47:13,498 --> 00:47:15,100
THIS COUNTRY CAN AFFORD TO DO
1626
00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:16,367
AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO.
1627
00:47:16,367 --> 00:47:18,236
THAT'S NOT A HAMMOCK.
1628
00:47:18,436 --> 00:47:20,571
>> AND IF YOU TRY TO RAISE OUR
1629
00:47:20,571 --> 00:47:22,440
TAXES AND TRAMPLE ON OUR
1630
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,375
LIBERTIES, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO
1631
00:47:24,375 --> 00:47:27,178
BEAT YOU OR MAKE YOUR LIFE
1632
00:47:27,178 --> 00:47:28,346
MISERABLE!
1633
00:47:28,346 --> 00:47:31,416
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
1634
00:47:34,519 --> 00:47:36,287
>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
1635
00:47:36,287 --> 00:47:37,455
STARVED OF FUNDS.
1636
00:47:37,455 --> 00:47:40,058
WE'RE AT ABOUT THE LOWEST TAX
1637
00:47:40,058 --> 00:47:42,527
COLLECTION AS A SHARED NATIONAL
1638
00:47:42,527 --> 00:47:45,130
INCOME IN OUR MODERN HISTORY.
1639
00:47:45,130 --> 00:47:47,232
WE CAN'T EVEN PAY FOR THE MOST
1640
00:47:47,232 --> 00:47:50,368
BASIC PUBLIC SERVICES RIGHT NOW.
1641
00:47:50,568 --> 00:47:53,104
WE CAN'T KEEP OUR SCHOOLS
1642
00:47:53,104 --> 00:47:55,941
FUNCTIONING, WE CAN'T KEEP OUR
1643
00:47:55,941 --> 00:47:57,308
ROADS INTACT.
1644
00:47:57,308 --> 00:47:59,510
TAXES ARE THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR
1645
00:47:59,510 --> 00:48:01,947
CIVILIZATION, AND IF YOU DON'T
1646
00:48:01,947 --> 00:48:03,581
PAY TAXES, YOU DON'T GET
1647
00:48:03,581 --> 00:48:04,649
CIVILIZATION.
1648
00:48:04,649 --> 00:48:06,017
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
1649
00:48:06,017 --> 00:48:08,019
>> Narrator: BY THAT MEASURE,
1650
00:48:08,019 --> 00:48:10,088
OUR CIVILIZATION IS IN TROUBLE.
1651
00:48:10,088 --> 00:48:11,722
>> GENERAL ELECTRIC MADE
1652
00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:14,125
$5 BILLION IN U.S. PROFITS LAST
1653
00:48:14,125 --> 00:48:16,361
YEAR, BUT CLAIMED A $3.3-BILLION
1654
00:48:16,361 --> 00:48:17,362
TAX CREDIT.
1655
00:48:17,362 --> 00:48:19,030
>> Narrator: THESE DAYS, SOME OF
1656
00:48:19,030 --> 00:48:20,365
THE NATION'S MOST PROFITABLE
1657
00:48:20,365 --> 00:48:21,967
COMPANIES ARE PAYING LITTLE OR
1658
00:48:21,967 --> 00:48:23,334
NO TAXES AT ALL.
1659
00:48:23,534 --> 00:48:25,503
THANKS TO TAX BREAKS, LOOPHOLES,
1660
00:48:25,503 --> 00:48:27,205
AND CLEVER ACCOUNTING, THE
1661
00:48:27,205 --> 00:48:29,074
TAX RATE CORPORATIONS ACTUALLY
1662
00:48:29,074 --> 00:48:32,643
PAY IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.
1663
00:48:32,643 --> 00:48:34,379
THE SAME THING IS TRUE FOR
1664
00:48:34,379 --> 00:48:35,713
PERSONAL INCOME TAXES,
1665
00:48:35,713 --> 00:48:38,416
ESPECIALLY FOR THE ULTRA RICH.
1666
00:48:38,416 --> 00:48:40,651
TAX RATES FOR MILLIONAIRES HAVE
1667
00:48:40,651 --> 00:48:42,720
DROPPED MORE THAN 25% IN THE
1668
00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:45,056
LAST TWO DECADES, AND FOR A
1669
00:48:45,056 --> 00:48:47,225
HANDFUL OF EXTREMELY WEALTHY
1670
00:48:47,225 --> 00:48:49,460
INDIVIDUALS AT THE TOP, TAXES
1671
00:48:49,460 --> 00:48:52,998
HAVE FALLEN BY ALMOST 50%.
1672
00:48:52,998 --> 00:48:54,565
A BIG PART OF THAT DIP IS
1673
00:48:54,565 --> 00:48:56,534
BECAUSE OF THE TAX CUT SIGNED
1674
00:48:56,534 --> 00:48:58,136
INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT
1675
00:48:58,136 --> 00:48:59,370
GEORGE W. BUSH.
1676
00:48:59,370 --> 00:49:01,539
BUSH SLASHED THE CAPITAL GAINS
1677
00:49:01,539 --> 00:49:03,674
RATE ON INVESTMENTS TO 15%,
1678
00:49:03,674 --> 00:49:05,776
NEARLY HALF WHAT THE RATE WAS
1679
00:49:05,776 --> 00:49:08,079
UNDER RONALD REAGAN.
1680
00:49:08,079 --> 00:49:09,680
BUT EVEN THOUGH THE RICH GOT
1681
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,316
MOST OF THE BENEFITS, THE
1682
00:49:11,316 --> 00:49:13,284
ARGUMENT WAS THAT THESE TAX CUTS
1683
00:49:13,284 --> 00:49:15,153
WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US.
1684
00:49:15,353 --> 00:49:17,422
>> IF YOU HAVE ZERO CAPITAL
1685
00:49:17,422 --> 00:49:19,690
GAINS IN TERMS OF THE TAX CODE,
1686
00:49:19,690 --> 00:49:21,792
YOU'RE GONNA SEE BILLIONS OF
1687
00:49:21,792 --> 00:49:24,162
DOLLARS POUR INTO INVESTMENT,
1688
00:49:24,162 --> 00:49:25,730
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OPEN UP NEW
1689
00:49:25,730 --> 00:49:27,432
FACTORIES, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
1690
00:49:27,432 --> 00:49:28,699
INVEST IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND
1691
00:49:28,699 --> 00:49:30,235
WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA HAVE THE
1692
00:49:30,235 --> 00:49:31,436
MOST DYNAMIC ECONOMY IN THE
1693
00:49:31,436 --> 00:49:31,769
WORLD.
1694
00:49:31,769 --> 00:49:33,071
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
1695
00:49:33,071 --> 00:49:34,505
>> Narrator: IT'S A THEORY
1696
00:49:34,505 --> 00:49:35,706
AYN RAND WOULD LOVE.
1697
00:49:35,706 --> 00:49:37,375
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
1698
00:49:37,375 --> 00:49:39,244
THE RICH ARE HAPPY SO THEY DON'T
1699
00:49:39,244 --> 00:49:40,178
GO ON STRIKE.
1700
00:49:40,178 --> 00:49:41,546
>> WELL, THAT'S THE ARGUMENT,
1701
00:49:41,546 --> 00:49:43,048
BUT YOU DON'T REALLY SEE ANY
1702
00:49:43,048 --> 00:49:44,349
ACTUAL ECONOMIC EVIDENCE TO
1703
00:49:44,349 --> 00:49:45,416
PROVE THAT.
1704
00:49:45,616 --> 00:49:47,652
THE REPUBLICANS MADE ALL THESE
1705
00:49:47,652 --> 00:49:49,720
ARGUMENTS BACK IN 2003 THAT IF
1706
00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:51,722
WE CUT TAXES ON DIVIDENDS AND
1707
00:49:51,722 --> 00:49:54,059
CAPITAL GAINS AND REDUCE THE TOP
1708
00:49:54,059 --> 00:49:56,061
TAX RATE ON THE WEALTHY, WE'LL
1709
00:49:56,127 --> 00:49:58,263
GET THIS EXPLOSION OF INVESTMENT
1710
00:49:58,263 --> 00:49:59,397
AND GROWTH AND JOBS.
1711
00:49:59,397 --> 00:50:00,831
YOU CAN LOOK UP THE DATA FOR
1712
00:50:00,831 --> 00:50:02,600
YOURSELF, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T
1713
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:04,235
REMEMBER ANY BIG INCREASE IN
1714
00:50:04,235 --> 00:50:07,172
GROWTH AFTER 2003.
1715
00:50:07,238 --> 00:50:08,606
>> YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS,
1716
00:50:08,606 --> 00:50:10,308
I'M A VENTURE CAPITALIST.
1717
00:50:10,308 --> 00:50:12,210
WHAT I DO IS I INVEST IN SMALL,
1718
00:50:12,210 --> 00:50:13,678
TYPICALLY HIGH-TECHNOLOGY
1719
00:50:13,678 --> 00:50:15,480
COMPANIES WITH THE OBJECTIVE
1720
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:17,115
OF HELPING THEM GROW AND
1721
00:50:17,115 --> 00:50:18,616
HOPEFULLY HAVING THEM GROW
1722
00:50:18,616 --> 00:50:19,384
A LOT.
1723
00:50:19,450 --> 00:50:20,685
>> Narrator: GARRETT GRUENER IS
1724
00:50:20,685 --> 00:50:22,087
A MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN AND
1725
00:50:22,087 --> 00:50:22,653
A MEMBER OF THE
1726
00:50:22,653 --> 00:50:23,654
PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES
1727
00:50:23,654 --> 00:50:25,456
FOR FISCAL STRENGTH, A GROUP
1728
00:50:25,456 --> 00:50:27,292
THAT ADVOCATES RAISING TAXES
1729
00:50:27,292 --> 00:50:29,294
ON PEOPLE LIKE HIMSELF.
1730
00:50:29,494 --> 00:50:31,629
>> THE REPUBLICANS ARGUE THAT AS
1731
00:50:31,629 --> 00:50:33,664
YOU REDUCE MARGINAL TAXES, YOU
1732
00:50:33,664 --> 00:50:35,700
INCENT PEOPLE TO MAKE THE SORTS
1733
00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:37,702
OF INVESTMENT THAT I'VE MADE.
1734
00:50:37,702 --> 00:50:39,870
IN FACT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY
1735
00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:41,472
EXPERIENCE AT ALL.
1736
00:50:41,472 --> 00:50:43,674
I HAVE LITERALLY NOT ONCE EVER
1737
00:50:43,674 --> 00:50:45,776
LOOKED AT MARGINAL TAX RATES
1738
00:50:45,776 --> 00:50:48,213
AS A REASON TO MAKE OR NOT MAKE
1739
00:50:48,213 --> 00:50:49,314
AN INVESTMENT.
1740
00:50:49,314 --> 00:50:50,781
THE BUSH TAX CUTS WERE THE
1741
00:50:50,781 --> 00:50:52,650
PAYOFF FOR A LOT OF INVESTMENT
1742
00:50:52,650 --> 00:50:54,419
THAT THE WEALTHY MADE IN THE
1743
00:50:54,419 --> 00:50:56,187
REPUBLICAN PARTY OVER A VERY
1744
00:50:56,187 --> 00:50:57,788
LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEY
1745
00:50:57,788 --> 00:50:59,557
WERE THE PRIME BENEFICIARIES
1746
00:50:59,557 --> 00:51:00,825
OF IT.
1747
00:51:00,825 --> 00:51:02,227
>> THERE WAS ESSENTIALLY NO
1748
00:51:02,227 --> 00:51:03,494
ECONOMIC IMPACT AT ALL EXCEPT
1749
00:51:03,494 --> 00:51:05,363
THAT IT INCREASED THE DEFICIT.
1750
00:51:05,563 --> 00:51:07,498
>> Narrator: THE BUSH TAX CUTS
1751
00:51:07,498 --> 00:51:09,400
HAVE ADDED OVER $2.9 TRILLION
1752
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:11,402
TO THE NATIONAL DEBT.
1753
00:51:11,402 --> 00:51:13,638
PAUL RYAN'S PROPOSED TAX CUTS
1754
00:51:13,638 --> 00:51:16,207
WOULD ADD ANOTHER $4.6 TRILLION
1755
00:51:16,207 --> 00:51:19,210
IN DEBT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
1756
00:51:19,210 --> 00:51:21,179
WHAT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT
1757
00:51:21,179 --> 00:51:22,747
THIS RELENTLESS PUSH TO CUT
1758
00:51:22,747 --> 00:51:24,715
TAXES FOR THE RICH IS THAT THEY
1759
00:51:24,715 --> 00:51:26,617
ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH MORE THAN
1760
00:51:26,617 --> 00:51:28,653
THE REST OF US.
1761
00:51:28,653 --> 00:51:30,555
IN 1965, C.E.O.s MADE ABOUT
1762
00:51:30,555 --> 00:51:32,657
20 TIMES AS MUCH AS THE AVERAGE
1763
00:51:32,657 --> 00:51:33,824
WORKER.
1764
00:51:33,824 --> 00:51:35,760
TODAY, BY THE MOST CONSERVATIVE
1765
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:39,764
ESTIMATE, THAT NUMBER IS 231.
1766
00:51:40,165 --> 00:51:41,799
SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
1767
00:51:41,799 --> 00:51:43,868
ARE C.E.O.s GETTING PAID MORE
1768
00:51:43,868 --> 00:51:46,271
BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT?
1769
00:51:46,271 --> 00:51:48,206
MEET ANOTHER RESIDENT OF
1770
00:51:48,206 --> 00:51:49,874
740 PARK -- JOHN THAIN,
1771
00:51:49,874 --> 00:51:53,411
THE HIGHEST-PAID C.E.O. IN 2007.
1772
00:51:53,411 --> 00:51:55,780
>> THAIN'S APARTMENT IS ACTUALLY
1773
00:51:55,780 --> 00:51:58,183
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE FOR IF I
1774
00:51:58,183 --> 00:51:59,884
COULD LIVE AT 740 PARK.
1775
00:51:59,884 --> 00:52:01,719
IT'S A LITTLE, TINY JEWEL-BOX
1776
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:04,855
DUPLEX.
1777
00:52:04,855 --> 00:52:06,691
IT'S GOT FOUR EXPOSURES, AND
1778
00:52:06,691 --> 00:52:08,559
IT'S ON THE CENTRAL PARK SIDE
1779
00:52:08,559 --> 00:52:09,694
OF THE BUILDING.
1780
00:52:09,694 --> 00:52:10,895
>> Narrator: THAIN HAD BEEN
1781
00:52:10,895 --> 00:52:11,896
A SENIOR EXECUTIVE AT
1782
00:52:11,896 --> 00:52:13,198
GOLDMAN SACHS AND SERVED
1783
00:52:13,198 --> 00:52:14,299
AS C.E.O. OF THE NEW YORK
1784
00:52:14,299 --> 00:52:15,600
STOCK EXCHANGE BEFORE BECOMING
1785
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:16,901
THE HEAD OF THE INVESTMENT BANK
1786
00:52:16,901 --> 00:52:18,536
MERRILL LYNCH.
1787
00:52:18,536 --> 00:52:20,705
IN 2008, AS LOSSES WERE SOARING
1788
00:52:20,705 --> 00:52:22,607
AND HIS COMPANY STOCK WAS
1789
00:52:22,607 --> 00:52:24,542
PLUMMETING, THAIN WAS BUSY
1790
00:52:24,542 --> 00:52:26,644
WITH A $1.2-MILLION OFFICE
1791
00:52:26,644 --> 00:52:28,413
RENOVATION.
1792
00:52:28,413 --> 00:52:29,980
>> YOU SPENT MORE THAN A MILLION
1793
00:52:29,980 --> 00:52:31,749
DOLLARS RENOVATING YOUR OFFICE.
1794
00:52:31,749 --> 00:52:32,617
IS THIS TRUE?
1795
00:52:32,617 --> 00:52:33,951
>> IT WAS MY OFFICE.
1796
00:52:33,951 --> 00:52:35,853
IT WAS TWO CONFERENCE ROOMS,
1797
00:52:35,853 --> 00:52:37,755
AND IT WAS A RECEPTION AREA,
1798
00:52:37,755 --> 00:52:39,857
BUT IT IS CLEAR TO ME IN TODAY'S
1799
00:52:39,857 --> 00:52:41,759
WORLD THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE.
1800
00:52:41,759 --> 00:52:44,262
I APOLOGIZED FOR SPENDING THAT
1801
00:52:44,262 --> 00:52:45,930
MONEY ON THOSE THINGS.
1802
00:52:45,930 --> 00:52:47,598
>> Narrator: WHILE THAIN WAS
1803
00:52:47,598 --> 00:52:49,367
BUSY PICKING CHAIRS, RUGS, AND
1804
00:52:49,367 --> 00:52:50,901
WASTEBASKETS, MERRILL AND THE
1805
00:52:50,901 --> 00:52:52,570
OTHER INVESTMENT BANKS HELP
1806
00:52:52,570 --> 00:52:54,339
BRING DOWN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
1807
00:52:54,339 --> 00:52:55,873
>> WALL STREET HAS BEEN TURNED
1808
00:52:55,873 --> 00:52:56,741
UPSIDE DOWN.
1809
00:52:56,741 --> 00:52:58,008
>> THE COLLAPSE OF ONE
1810
00:52:58,008 --> 00:52:59,810
INVESTMENT BANK, THE TAKEOVER
1811
00:52:59,810 --> 00:53:00,645
OF ANOTHER.
1812
00:53:00,645 --> 00:53:01,912
>> $29 BILLION TO HELP
1813
00:53:01,912 --> 00:53:02,780
JP MORGAN...
1814
00:53:02,780 --> 00:53:04,415
>> $85 BILLION TO BAIL OUT
1815
00:53:04,415 --> 00:53:05,850
THE INSURANCE GIANT A.I.G.
1816
00:53:05,850 --> 00:53:07,285
>> Narrator: WALL STREET WAS
1817
00:53:07,285 --> 00:53:08,586
RESCUED BY U.S. TAXPAYERS, NOT
1818
00:53:08,586 --> 00:53:09,954
ONLY THROUGH BAILOUTS, BUT ALSO
1819
00:53:09,954 --> 00:53:11,422
THROUGH GOVERNMENT LOANS THAT
1820
00:53:11,422 --> 00:53:12,723
CARRIED VIRTUALLY NO INTEREST.
1821
00:53:12,723 --> 00:53:14,325
>> I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS
1822
00:53:14,325 --> 00:53:15,793
RESCUE PLAN, ALONG WITH OTHER
1823
00:53:15,793 --> 00:53:16,994
MEASURES TAKEN BY THE
1824
00:53:16,994 --> 00:53:18,463
TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND
1825
00:53:18,463 --> 00:53:20,030
THE FEDERAL RESERVE, WILL BEGIN
1826
00:53:20,030 --> 00:53:21,499
TO RESTORE STRENGTH AND
1827
00:53:21,499 --> 00:53:23,301
STABILITY TO AMERICA'S FINANCIAL
1828
00:53:23,301 --> 00:53:25,536
SYSTEM AND OVERALL ECONOMY.
1829
00:53:25,536 --> 00:53:27,305
>> Narrator: MEANWHILE, UNDER
1830
00:53:27,305 --> 00:53:28,773
PRESIDENTS BUSH AND OBAMA,
1831
00:53:28,773 --> 00:53:30,375
MILLIONS OF MIDDLE-CLASS
1832
00:53:30,375 --> 00:53:31,809
AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS FACING
1833
00:53:31,809 --> 00:53:33,711
FORECLOSURE RECEIVED ONLY A TINY
1834
00:53:33,711 --> 00:53:35,546
FRACTION OF THE BAILOUTS GIVEN
1835
00:53:35,546 --> 00:53:36,914
TO WEALTHY BANKERS.
1836
00:53:36,914 --> 00:53:38,749
IN THE END, MERRILL LYNCH
1837
00:53:38,749 --> 00:53:40,718
SUFFERED OVER $27 BILLION IN
1838
00:53:40,718 --> 00:53:42,820
LOSSES UNDER THAIN'S LEADERSHIP
1839
00:53:42,820 --> 00:53:44,922
AND WAS SOLD TO BANK OF AMERICA.
1840
00:53:44,922 --> 00:53:46,957
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THAIN FROM
1841
00:53:46,957 --> 00:53:48,793
HANDING OUT $3.6 BILLION IN
1842
00:53:48,793 --> 00:53:50,795
PERFORMANCE BONUSES TO MERRILL
1843
00:53:50,795 --> 00:53:51,596
EXECUTIVES.
1844
00:53:51,596 --> 00:53:53,798
>> THE BONUSES WERE PAID EVEN AS
1845
00:53:53,798 --> 00:53:55,966
MERRILL SUFFERED $15 BILLION IN
1846
00:53:55,966 --> 00:53:57,602
LOSSES.
1847
00:53:57,602 --> 00:53:59,370
>> IF YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE
1848
00:53:59,370 --> 00:54:04,375
EVERYONE YOU KNOW IS CHASING
1849
00:54:04,375 --> 00:54:07,412
HUGE SUMS OF MONEY EVERY DAY,
1850
00:54:07,412 --> 00:54:09,747
AND THEIR MORALITY IS DETERMINED
1851
00:54:09,747 --> 00:54:12,049
BY WHAT IT'S NECESSARY TO DO TO
1852
00:54:12,049 --> 00:54:14,018
GET RICHER AND RICHER AND
1853
00:54:14,018 --> 00:54:16,454
RICHER, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
1854
00:54:16,454 --> 00:54:18,356
THE SAME MORAL CONSTRUCTS
1855
00:54:18,356 --> 00:54:22,527
AFFECTING YOUR BEHAVIOR.
1856
00:54:22,527 --> 00:54:24,329
>> WHEN SOMEONE WAS MADE TO BE
1857
00:54:24,329 --> 00:54:25,930
RICH, EVEN IN A VERY BASIC GAME
1858
00:54:25,930 --> 00:54:27,698
OF MONOPOLY, THEY BECOME MORE
1859
00:54:27,698 --> 00:54:29,434
SELF-CENTERED, MORE DOMINANT,
1860
00:54:29,434 --> 00:54:31,336
AND LESS SENSITIVE TO HOW THEIR
1861
00:54:31,336 --> 00:54:33,003
BEHAVIOR IS AFFECTING THE OTHER
1862
00:54:33,003 --> 00:54:34,104
PERSON.
1863
00:54:34,104 --> 00:54:35,940
AS WEALTH BECOMES INCREASINGLY
1864
00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:37,675
CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS OF
1865
00:54:37,675 --> 00:54:39,510
A SELECT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS,
1866
00:54:39,510 --> 00:54:41,111
WE'RE SEEING THEM BECOME MORE
1867
00:54:41,111 --> 00:54:42,947
AND MORE INSULAR FROM THE REST
1868
00:54:42,947 --> 00:54:45,916
OF SOCIETY.
1869
00:54:45,916 --> 00:54:47,552
>> WHEN I STARTED AT 740, I WAS
1870
00:54:47,552 --> 00:54:49,019
LIKE, "THIS IS GREAT, YOU KNOW?
1871
00:54:49,019 --> 00:54:50,788
COME AROUND TO CHRISTMASTIME,
1872
00:54:50,788 --> 00:54:52,357
I'M GOT $1,000 FROM EACH
1873
00:54:52,357 --> 00:54:53,824
RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
1874
00:54:53,824 --> 00:54:57,528
THEY ARE MULTIBILLIONAIRES."
1875
00:54:57,528 --> 00:54:58,929
BUT IT'S NOT THAT WAY.
1876
00:54:58,929 --> 00:55:00,798
THESE GUYS ARE BUSINESSMEN.
1877
00:55:00,798 --> 00:55:02,700
THEY KNOW WHAT THE GOING RATE
1878
00:55:02,700 --> 00:55:03,067
IS.
1879
00:55:03,067 --> 00:55:05,002
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU
1880
00:55:05,002 --> 00:55:06,704
ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.
1881
00:55:06,704 --> 00:55:09,907
THE CHEAPEST PERSON OVERALL
1882
00:55:09,907 --> 00:55:10,941
WAS DAVID KOCH.
1883
00:55:10,941 --> 00:55:13,778
WE WOULD LOAD UP HIS TRUCKS,
1884
00:55:13,778 --> 00:55:16,814
TWO VANS USUALLY, EVERY WEEKEND
1885
00:55:16,814 --> 00:55:18,616
FOR THE HAMPTONS -- YOU KNOW,
1886
00:55:18,616 --> 00:55:20,485
I MEAN MULTIPLE TRIPS, MULTIPLE
1887
00:55:20,485 --> 00:55:21,952
GUYS IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT,
1888
00:55:21,952 --> 00:55:22,787
HEAVY BAGS.
1889
00:55:22,787 --> 00:55:23,988
WE WOULD NEVER GET A TIP FROM
1890
00:55:23,988 --> 00:55:24,589
MR. KOCH.
1891
00:55:24,589 --> 00:55:25,656
WE WOULD NEVER GET A SMILE FROM
1892
00:55:25,656 --> 00:55:27,024
MR. KOCH -- $50 CHECK FOR
1893
00:55:27,024 --> 00:55:27,792
CHRISTMAS.
1894
00:55:27,792 --> 00:55:28,626
>> A CHECK?
1895
00:55:28,626 --> 00:55:29,860
>> A CHECK, TOO, YEAH.
1896
00:55:29,860 --> 00:55:31,662
I MEAN, AT LEAST YOU COULD GIVE
1897
00:55:31,662 --> 00:55:33,664
US CASH.
1898
00:55:33,664 --> 00:55:37,435
IT SEEMED THAT KIDS BETWEEN 12
1899
00:55:37,435 --> 00:55:41,071
AND 15, THEY REALIZED THAT THEY
1900
00:55:41,071 --> 00:55:42,139
WERE BILLIONAIRES.
1901
00:55:42,139 --> 00:55:44,008
UP TILL THAT AGE, THEY'D COME IN
1902
00:55:44,008 --> 00:55:45,443
FROM SOCCER PRACTICE.
1903
00:55:45,443 --> 00:55:46,977
YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE SPECIFIC
1904
00:55:46,977 --> 00:55:48,846
HIGH FIVES THAT YOU'D GIVE THEM.
1905
00:55:48,846 --> 00:55:51,482
YOU'D BE THEIR BUDDY.
1906
00:55:51,482 --> 00:55:52,783
BUT WHEN THEY GET OLDER, THE
1907
00:55:52,783 --> 00:55:54,151
KIDS WOULD SUDDENLY COME DOWN
1908
00:55:54,151 --> 00:55:55,753
TO THE LOBBY AND THEY'D JUST BE
1909
00:55:55,753 --> 00:55:57,154
DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
1910
00:55:57,154 --> 00:55:58,856
THEY'D WALK PAST YOU, AND THEY'D
1911
00:55:58,856 --> 00:56:00,024
HAVE A DIFFERENT WALK.
1912
00:56:00,024 --> 00:56:01,526
THEY WALKED LIKE THEIR DAD
1913
00:56:01,526 --> 00:56:02,026
SUDDENLY.
1914
00:56:02,026 --> 00:56:03,928
THEIR PARENTS MUST HAVE SAT THEM
1915
00:56:03,928 --> 00:56:05,763
DOWN AND SAID, YOU KNOW, "THIS
1916
00:56:05,763 --> 00:56:07,565
IS HOW YOUR LIFE IS, YOU KNOW?
1917
00:56:07,565 --> 00:56:08,999
YOU'RE A BILLIONAIRE, AND
1918
00:56:08,999 --> 00:56:10,601
THEY'RE YOUR DOORMEN, AND
1919
00:56:10,601 --> 00:56:12,437
THEY'RE YOUR HOUSEKEEPERS, AND
1920
00:56:12,437 --> 00:56:13,838
THEY'RE YOUR DRIVERS, AND
1921
00:56:13,838 --> 00:56:15,172
THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT,"
1922
00:56:15,172 --> 00:56:16,741
YOU KNOW?
1923
00:56:16,741 --> 00:56:17,808
>> JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE RICH
1924
00:56:17,808 --> 00:56:18,743
DOESN'T MAKE YOU SMART.
1925
00:56:18,743 --> 00:56:19,944
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE RICH DOESN'T
1926
00:56:19,944 --> 00:56:20,678
MAKE YOU CULTURED.
1927
00:56:20,678 --> 00:56:21,879
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE RICH DOESN'T
1928
00:56:21,879 --> 00:56:23,814
MAKE YOU REFINED.
1929
00:56:23,814 --> 00:56:26,751
BEING RICH MEANS YOUR RICH.
1930
00:56:26,751 --> 00:56:29,720
SOME RICH PEOPLE ARE JUST DICKS.
1931
00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:31,188
>> STEPHEN SCHWARZMAN UNLEASHED
1932
00:56:31,188 --> 00:56:32,723
A DISGUSTING COMPARISON OVER
1933
00:56:32,723 --> 00:56:34,024
THE ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORT
1934
00:56:34,024 --> 00:56:35,025
TO INCREASE TAXES.
1935
00:56:35,025 --> 00:56:36,026
HE SAID...
1936
00:56:41,566 --> 00:56:42,967
>> IN THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT
1937
00:56:42,967 --> 00:56:44,702
PEOPLE THAT WE'VE STUDIED ACROSS
1938
00:56:44,702 --> 00:56:46,203
THE COUNTRY, THE MORE YOU HAVE,
1939
00:56:46,203 --> 00:56:47,905
THE MORE ENTITLED AND DESERVING
1940
00:56:47,905 --> 00:56:49,540
OF THOSE THINGS YOU FEEL, AND
1941
00:56:49,540 --> 00:56:51,075
THAT MIGHT ACCOUNT, IN PART, FOR
1942
00:56:51,075 --> 00:56:52,743
THE VITRIOL THAT YOU SEE WHEN
1943
00:56:52,743 --> 00:56:53,911
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEIR
1944
00:56:53,911 --> 00:56:55,513
PRIVILEGED POSITION IS BEING
1945
00:56:55,513 --> 00:56:57,181
UNDERMINED BY OTHERS.
1946
00:56:57,582 --> 00:56:59,850
>> SINCE WHEN IN THIS COUNTRY
1947
00:56:59,850 --> 00:57:02,252
WAS IT OKAY TO DEMONIZE SUCCESS?
1948
00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:03,588
>> THE FREE-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
1949
00:57:03,588 --> 00:57:04,188
IS UNDER ATTACK.
1950
00:57:04,188 --> 00:57:05,956
>> BACK TO THE OLD POPULIST
1951
00:57:05,956 --> 00:57:07,091
DEMONIZE THE RICH.
1952
00:57:07,157 --> 00:57:08,659
>> YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICANS
1953
00:57:08,659 --> 00:57:09,927
ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT
1954
00:57:09,927 --> 00:57:11,195
THE DEMOCRATS PLAYING CLASS
1955
00:57:11,195 --> 00:57:11,829
WARFARE.
1956
00:57:11,829 --> 00:57:13,163
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S GONNA
1957
00:57:13,163 --> 00:57:14,665
HAVE TO STOP BASHING THE RICH.
1958
00:57:14,665 --> 00:57:16,701
>> BUT THEY DO IT THEMSELVES
1959
00:57:16,701 --> 00:57:18,903
BY, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE ALWAYS
1960
00:57:18,903 --> 00:57:20,671
QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT
1961
00:57:20,671 --> 00:57:22,640
SOMETHING LIKE HALF OF ALL
1962
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:24,575
PEOPLE WHO FILE INDIVIDUAL
1963
00:57:24,575 --> 00:57:26,711
INCOME-TAX RETURNS HAVE EITHER
1964
00:57:26,711 --> 00:57:28,546
A ZERO OR A NEGATIVE TAX
1965
00:57:28,546 --> 00:57:29,213
LIABILITY.
1966
00:57:29,614 --> 00:57:31,281
>> WE HAVE A SYSTEM TODAY IN
1967
00:57:31,281 --> 00:57:33,150
THE UNITED STATES WHERE 45%
1968
00:57:33,150 --> 00:57:34,919
OF AMERICANS DON'T PAY ANY
1969
00:57:34,919 --> 00:57:35,853
INCOME TAX.
1970
00:57:35,853 --> 00:57:37,588
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SKIN IN
1971
00:57:37,588 --> 00:57:38,122
THE GAME.
1972
00:57:38,122 --> 00:57:39,790
>> Narrator: NO SKIN IN THE
1973
00:57:39,790 --> 00:57:40,725
GAME?
1974
00:57:40,725 --> 00:57:42,092
FOR THE BILLIONAIRES AT
1975
00:57:42,092 --> 00:57:43,761
740 PARK, IT'S SAFE TO SAY
1976
00:57:43,761 --> 00:57:45,129
THAT PAYING TAXES HAS NO
1977
00:57:45,129 --> 00:57:46,897
MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON WHETHER
1978
00:57:46,897 --> 00:57:48,566
THEY CAN PUT FOOD ON THE
1979
00:57:48,566 --> 00:57:50,067
TABLE, KEEP THEIR FAMILIES
1980
00:57:50,067 --> 00:57:51,769
HEALTHY, OR SEND THEIR KIDS
1981
00:57:51,769 --> 00:57:53,771
TO COLLEGE.
1982
00:57:53,771 --> 00:57:55,640
BUT ON THE OTHER PARK AVENUE,
1983
00:57:55,640 --> 00:57:57,241
SKIN IN THE GAME HAS A MORE
1984
00:57:57,241 --> 00:57:58,976
LITERAL MEANING.
1985
00:57:58,976 --> 00:58:00,177
IT STARTS AT BIRTH.
1986
00:58:00,177 --> 00:58:01,712
INFANT MORTALITY IN THE
1987
00:58:01,712 --> 00:58:03,113
UNITED STATES IS ALREADY
1988
00:58:03,113 --> 00:58:04,715
HIGHER THAN ALMOST EVERY
1989
00:58:04,715 --> 00:58:06,250
OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRY, BUT
1990
00:58:06,250 --> 00:58:07,985
IN PARTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX,
1991
00:58:07,985 --> 00:58:10,020
IT'S EVEN WORSE.
1992
00:58:10,020 --> 00:58:12,022
HERE INFANTS ARE FOUR TIMES MORE
1993
00:58:12,022 --> 00:58:13,924
LIKELY TO DIE THAN THEY ARE IN
1994
00:58:13,924 --> 00:58:15,926
THE WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS
1995
00:58:15,926 --> 00:58:17,027
THE RIVER.
1996
00:58:17,027 --> 00:58:18,729
AS FOR THE TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
1997
00:58:18,729 --> 00:58:20,230
OF AMERICA'S POOR, PEOPLE WHO
1998
00:58:20,230 --> 00:58:21,932
LIVE IN POVERTY HAVE SKIN IN
1999
00:58:21,932 --> 00:58:23,500
THAT GAME, TOO.
2000
00:58:23,701 --> 00:58:25,603
>> OVER 45% OF THE PEOPLE IN
2001
00:58:25,603 --> 00:58:27,572
THIS COUNTRY DON'T PAY INCOME
2002
00:58:27,572 --> 00:58:29,273
TAXES AT ALL, AND WE HAVE TO
2003
00:58:29,273 --> 00:58:31,576
QUESTION WHETHER THAT'S FAIR.
2004
00:58:31,776 --> 00:58:33,578
>> THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T
2005
00:58:33,578 --> 00:58:34,945
PAY INCOME TAXES, OKAY?
2006
00:58:34,945 --> 00:58:36,781
IT INCLUDES ALL ELDERLY WOMEN
2007
00:58:36,781 --> 00:58:38,248
LIVING ALONE WHO JUST HAVE
2008
00:58:38,248 --> 00:58:39,817
ENOUGH SOCIAL SECURITY.
2009
00:58:39,817 --> 00:58:41,351
THEY DON'T EVEN DECLARE IT.
2010
00:58:41,351 --> 00:58:42,787
IT INCLUDES DISABLED PEOPLE WHO
2011
00:58:42,787 --> 00:58:43,654
DON'T HAVE EARNINGS.
2012
00:58:43,654 --> 00:58:46,323
BUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE PAY PAYROLL
2013
00:58:46,323 --> 00:58:48,926
TAXES, SALES TAXES, PROPERTY
2014
00:58:48,926 --> 00:58:49,760
TAXES.
2015
00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:51,662
>> STATE AND LOCAL TAXES,
2016
00:58:51,662 --> 00:58:53,731
GASOLINE TAXES, LIQUOR TAXES.
2017
00:58:53,731 --> 00:58:54,932
>> THIS IS RIDICULOUS TO SAY
2018
00:58:54,932 --> 00:58:56,066
LOW-INCOME PEOPLE DON'T PAY
2019
00:58:56,066 --> 00:58:56,601
TAXES.
2020
00:58:56,601 --> 00:58:58,335
THEY DO PAY TAXES, AND THEY PAY
2021
00:58:58,335 --> 00:58:59,369
A LOT OF THEM.
2022
00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:00,971
>> THEY'VE MANAGED TO TAKE THE
2023
00:59:00,971 --> 00:59:02,607
RESENTMENT OF THE MIDDLE CLASS,
2024
00:59:02,607 --> 00:59:04,008
WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE
2025
00:59:04,008 --> 00:59:05,275
ECONOMICALLY SQUEEZED OVER
2026
00:59:05,275 --> 00:59:06,811
THE LAST COUPLE DECADES, AND
2027
00:59:06,811 --> 00:59:08,178
TURN THEIR RESENTMENT AGAINST
2028
00:59:08,178 --> 00:59:09,614
THE PEOPLE BENEATH THEM.
2029
00:59:09,614 --> 00:59:10,715
>> I THINK WE'RE REACHING
2030
00:59:10,715 --> 00:59:11,315
A TIPPING POINT.
2031
00:59:11,315 --> 00:59:12,817
WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO A TIPPING
2032
00:59:12,817 --> 00:59:14,084
POINT IN AMERICA WHERE WE MIGHT
2033
00:59:14,084 --> 00:59:15,285
HAVE A NET MAJORITY OF TAKERS
2034
00:59:15,285 --> 00:59:17,154
VERSUS MAKERS IN SOCIETY.
2035
00:59:17,154 --> 00:59:19,189
>> IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE
2036
00:59:19,189 --> 00:59:21,058
A MAGICIAN TRYING TO POINT
2037
00:59:21,058 --> 00:59:23,127
PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
2038
00:59:23,127 --> 00:59:25,029
SO THEY WON'T NOTICE WHAT'S
2039
00:59:25,029 --> 00:59:26,797
REALLY GOING ON.
2040
00:59:26,797 --> 00:59:28,232
>> IF YOU CAN TAKE THE
2041
00:59:28,232 --> 00:59:30,267
RESENTMENT OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
2042
00:59:30,267 --> 00:59:32,202
AND POINT IT DOWNWARD RATHER
2043
00:59:32,202 --> 00:59:34,071
THAN HAVING IT POINT UPWARD
2044
00:59:34,071 --> 00:59:35,806
TO THE PEOPLE ON THE TOP
2045
00:59:35,806 --> 00:59:37,341
OF THE 1% WHO ARE REALLY
2046
00:59:37,341 --> 00:59:39,409
WALKING AWAY RICHER THAN EVER,
2047
00:59:39,409 --> 00:59:40,645
THEN YOU CAN SUCCEED
2048
00:59:40,645 --> 00:59:42,079
POLITICALLY, AND I THINK THEY'VE
2049
00:59:42,079 --> 00:59:43,213
BEEN VERY GOOD AT THAT.
2050
00:59:43,213 --> 00:59:45,215
>> YOU KNOW, THE POOR ARE NOT
2051
00:59:45,215 --> 00:59:47,184
VERY WELL-REPRESENTED IN OUR
2052
00:59:47,184 --> 00:59:48,986
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, I'M
2053
00:59:48,986 --> 00:59:49,787
AFRAID.
2054
00:59:49,787 --> 00:59:52,122
>> WHY IS THAT DO YOU THINK?
2055
00:59:52,122 --> 00:59:54,358
>> WELL, I THINK ONE REASON I
2056
00:59:54,358 --> 00:59:56,393
THINK HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
2057
00:59:56,393 --> 00:59:58,663
THE DECLINE OF THE UNIONS.
2058
00:59:58,663 --> 01:00:00,698
THROUGHOUT THE '30s AND '40s
2059
01:00:00,698 --> 01:00:02,366
AND '50s, THE UNIONS WERE
2060
01:00:02,366 --> 01:00:04,334
THE VANGUARD IN PUSHING FOR
2061
01:00:04,334 --> 01:00:06,403
SOCIAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
2062
01:00:06,403 --> 01:00:08,272
HELP THE LOWER CLASSES IN
2063
01:00:08,272 --> 01:00:09,106
GENERAL.
2064
01:00:09,106 --> 01:00:10,741
>> Narrator: UNIONS ARE PERHAPS
2065
01:00:10,741 --> 01:00:12,042
THE ONLY ORGANIZATIONS WITH
2066
01:00:12,042 --> 01:00:13,243
SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL AND
2067
01:00:13,243 --> 01:00:14,812
POLITICAL CLOUT THAT ACTUALLY
2068
01:00:14,812 --> 01:00:16,814
REPRESENT THE WORKING CLASS.
2069
01:00:16,814 --> 01:00:18,382
SINCE THE LATE '70s, CORPORATE
2070
01:00:18,382 --> 01:00:20,117
INTERESTS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY
2071
01:00:20,117 --> 01:00:21,952
SUCCESSFUL AT LIMITING THE POWER
2072
01:00:21,952 --> 01:00:23,187
OF UNIONS.
2073
01:00:23,187 --> 01:00:25,055
ONLY PUBLIC-SECTOR UNIONS HAVE
2074
01:00:25,055 --> 01:00:26,924
SHOWN SIGNS OF GROWTH, AND THE
2075
01:00:26,924 --> 01:00:28,693
KOCH BROTHERS HAVE PUT THEIR
2076
01:00:28,693 --> 01:00:30,194
FINANCIAL MUSCLE BEHIND AN
2077
01:00:30,194 --> 01:00:32,897
EFFORT TO DESTROY THEM.
2078
01:00:32,897 --> 01:00:34,832
>> WISCONSIN IS GROUND ZERO.
2079
01:00:34,832 --> 01:00:36,767
I THINK IT'S GONNA DETERMINE
2080
01:00:36,767 --> 01:00:38,402
LARGELY WHETHER OR NOT THE
2081
01:00:38,402 --> 01:00:40,470
PAMPERED NATURE OF THESE PUBLIC
2082
01:00:40,470 --> 01:00:41,972
EMPLOYEE UNIONS IS FINALLY
2083
01:00:41,972 --> 01:00:42,707
REINED IN.
2084
01:00:42,707 --> 01:00:44,041
>> IF YOU, LIKE DAVID KOCH
2085
01:00:44,041 --> 01:00:45,776
CONTROLS KOCH, WANT TO TAKE OVER
2086
01:00:45,776 --> 01:00:47,277
AMERICAN POLITICS, YOU'RE GONNA
2087
01:00:47,277 --> 01:00:48,946
WANT TO KNOCK OUT WHATEVER THE
2088
01:00:48,946 --> 01:00:50,314
ORGANIZED FORCES ARE ON THE
2089
01:00:50,314 --> 01:00:51,348
OTHER SIDE.
2090
01:00:51,749 --> 01:00:53,183
>> DISCHARGE THE DUTIES...
2091
01:00:53,183 --> 01:00:55,052
>> Narrator: ON JANUARY 3, 2011,
2092
01:00:55,052 --> 01:00:56,787
SCOTT WALKER BECAME GOVERNOR
2093
01:00:56,787 --> 01:00:57,487
OF WISCONSIN.
2094
01:00:57,487 --> 01:00:59,189
HE HAD RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT
2095
01:00:59,189 --> 01:01:00,825
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE
2096
01:01:00,825 --> 01:01:01,759
KOCH BROTHERS.
2097
01:01:01,759 --> 01:01:03,327
>> CONGRATULATIONS, GOVERNOR.
2098
01:01:03,327 --> 01:01:05,195
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
2099
01:01:05,195 --> 01:01:06,864
>> THE NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE
2100
01:01:06,864 --> 01:01:08,298
MOVEMENT WANTED A PETRI DISH,
2101
01:01:08,365 --> 01:01:10,034
AND WE WERE THAT, AND HE WAS
2102
01:01:10,034 --> 01:01:11,468
MORE THAN WILLING TO DO WHAT
2103
01:01:11,468 --> 01:01:13,203
THEY WANTED AND NOT THE PEOPLE
2104
01:01:13,203 --> 01:01:14,104
OF WISCONSIN.
2105
01:01:14,104 --> 01:01:14,972
>> GOOD MORNING.
2106
01:01:14,972 --> 01:01:15,973
>> All: GOOD MORNING.
2107
01:01:15,973 --> 01:01:17,241
>> Narrator: WALKER QUICKLY
2108
01:01:17,241 --> 01:01:18,743
INTRODUCED A BILL TO BALANCE
2109
01:01:18,743 --> 01:01:19,977
THE STATE'S BUDGET, BUT IT
2110
01:01:19,977 --> 01:01:22,446
DISGUISED A MUCH BROADER AGENDA.
2111
01:01:22,446 --> 01:01:23,781
>> THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY
2112
01:01:23,781 --> 01:01:24,915
SAID, "LOOK, YOU GUYS GOT A
2113
01:01:24,915 --> 01:01:26,050
GREAT DEAL ON YOUR PENSION.
2114
01:01:26,050 --> 01:01:27,317
YOU DON'T PAY ANYTHING FOR YOUR
2115
01:01:27,317 --> 01:01:28,352
PENSION, AND IT'S A GOOD
2116
01:01:28,352 --> 01:01:29,820
PENSION, SO YOU SHOULD PAY 5%."
2117
01:01:29,820 --> 01:01:31,055
>> HALF OF WHAT THE OVERALL
2118
01:01:31,055 --> 01:01:32,456
CONTRIBUTION IS, WHICH IS ABOUT
2119
01:01:32,456 --> 01:01:34,024
5.8%.
2120
01:01:34,024 --> 01:01:34,892
>> OKAY.
2121
01:01:34,892 --> 01:01:36,994
COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES THAT
2122
01:01:36,994 --> 01:01:38,062
I SEE, OKAY.
2123
01:01:38,062 --> 01:01:39,329
HE SAID, "YOU SHOULD PAY MORE
2124
01:01:39,329 --> 01:01:40,330
FOR YOUR HEALTHCARE."
2125
01:01:40,330 --> 01:01:42,199
>> WE'RE ASKING FOR A HEALTHCARE
2126
01:01:42,199 --> 01:01:43,934
PREMIUM CONTRIBUTION OF JUST
2127
01:01:43,934 --> 01:01:45,469
ABOUT 12 1/2%.
2128
01:01:45,469 --> 01:01:47,171
>> WE HAD A GOOD DEAL ON
2129
01:01:47,171 --> 01:01:48,338
HEALTHCARE, OKAY.
2130
01:01:48,338 --> 01:01:50,374
>> WE REMOVED HEALTHCARE AND
2131
01:01:50,374 --> 01:01:52,276
PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
2132
01:01:52,276 --> 01:01:54,011
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
2133
01:01:54,011 --> 01:01:55,079
>> THEY SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE.
2134
01:01:55,079 --> 01:01:56,046
NOW WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE
2135
01:01:56,046 --> 01:01:56,947
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING."
2136
01:01:56,947 --> 01:01:57,815
AND WE WENT, WHOA, WAIT A
2137
01:01:57,815 --> 01:01:58,148
MINUTE.
2138
01:01:58,148 --> 01:01:58,482
STOP.
2139
01:01:58,482 --> 01:01:59,950
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
2140
01:01:59,950 --> 01:02:01,085
>> Narrator: WALKER'S
2141
01:02:01,085 --> 01:02:02,419
LEGISLATION WAS A SURPRISE
2142
01:02:02,419 --> 01:02:04,054
ATTACK ON THE POLITICAL POWER
2143
01:02:04,054 --> 01:02:05,389
OF PUBLIC-SECTOR UNIONS AND
2144
01:02:05,389 --> 01:02:07,024
THEIR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE ON
2145
01:02:07,024 --> 01:02:09,026
BEHALF OF WORKERS.
2146
01:02:09,026 --> 01:02:10,294
>> TAKE AWAY COLLECTIVE
2147
01:02:10,294 --> 01:02:11,896
BARGAINING, AND WHAT DOES A
2148
01:02:11,896 --> 01:02:13,463
PERSON THAT'S MAKING, LET'S SAY,
2149
01:02:13,463 --> 01:02:15,165
$7 TO $9 AN HOUR AT UNIVERSITY
2150
01:02:15,165 --> 01:02:16,867
OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL SERVING
2151
01:02:16,867 --> 01:02:18,335
LUNCH -- WHAT VOICE WILL THEY
2152
01:02:18,335 --> 01:02:19,870
HAVE IN THE WORKPLACE?
2153
01:02:19,870 --> 01:02:21,305
>> Narrator: WITHIN DAYS, THE
2154
01:02:21,305 --> 01:02:22,940
LARGEST UNIONS ANNOUNCED THAT
2155
01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:24,208
THEY WERE WILLING TO MAKE
2156
01:02:24,208 --> 01:02:25,542
SACRIFICES THAT WOULD HELP
2157
01:02:25,542 --> 01:02:27,011
SAVE THE STATE MONEY, BUT
2158
01:02:27,011 --> 01:02:28,345
THEY WOULDN'T GIVE UP THEIR
2159
01:02:28,345 --> 01:02:29,914
COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING RIGHTS.
2160
01:02:29,980 --> 01:02:31,415
>> THE UNIONS AND THE DEMOCRATS
2161
01:02:31,415 --> 01:02:32,983
HAVE SAID THEY'RE WILLING TO
2162
01:02:32,983 --> 01:02:34,318
TAKE THE CONCESSIONS ON WAGE
2163
01:02:34,318 --> 01:02:35,886
AND HEALTH BENEFITS, THEY'RE
2164
01:02:35,886 --> 01:02:37,187
WILLING TO TAKE ABOUT AN 8%
2165
01:02:37,187 --> 01:02:38,555
PAY CUT, BUT THEY SIMPLY DON'T
2166
01:02:38,555 --> 01:02:40,090
WANT YOU TO TAKE AWAY THEIR
2167
01:02:40,090 --> 01:02:41,391
COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING RIGHTS.
2168
01:02:41,458 --> 01:02:42,827
>> WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR
2169
01:02:42,827 --> 01:02:44,261
REALISTICALLY IS SOMETHING THAT
2170
01:02:44,261 --> 01:02:45,562
NEARLY EVERY OTHER PERSON IN
2171
01:02:45,562 --> 01:02:47,031
THIS STATE AND EVERY OTHER
2172
01:02:47,031 --> 01:02:48,265
PERSON ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
2173
01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:49,867
IS PAYING A WHOLE LOT MORE FOR
2174
01:02:49,867 --> 01:02:51,135
WHEN IT COMES TO RETIREMENT
2175
01:02:51,135 --> 01:02:52,036
AND HEALTHCARE --
2176
01:02:52,102 --> 01:02:53,470
>> GOVERNOR, THEY ALREADY SAID
2177
01:02:53,470 --> 01:02:54,905
THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP
2178
01:02:54,905 --> 01:02:56,040
ON THE PENSIONS AND ON
2179
01:02:56,040 --> 01:02:56,907
THE HEALTHCARE.
2180
01:02:56,907 --> 01:02:58,075
THEY ALREADY SAID THAT.
2181
01:02:58,075 --> 01:02:59,309
THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THOSE
2182
01:02:59,309 --> 01:03:00,077
CONCESSIONS.
2183
01:03:00,077 --> 01:03:01,311
>> BUT THAT'S A RED HERRING.
2184
01:03:01,378 --> 01:03:02,880
BUT YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING IN
2185
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:04,048
THE MIDST OF THE DEBATE.
2186
01:03:04,048 --> 01:03:05,850
>> THEN WE REALLY KNEW IT WAS
2187
01:03:05,850 --> 01:03:07,384
NOT ABOUT FIXING A BUDGET AT
2188
01:03:07,384 --> 01:03:07,952
ALL.
2189
01:03:07,952 --> 01:03:10,587
IT WAS ABOUT BREAKING UNIONS
2190
01:03:10,587 --> 01:03:13,924
AND BREAKING THE POLITICAL POWER
2191
01:03:13,924 --> 01:03:15,625
THAT UNIONS HAVE.
2192
01:03:15,625 --> 01:03:17,361
>> GOVERNOR WALKER'S AGENDA
2193
01:03:17,361 --> 01:03:18,628
IS A NATIONAL AGENDA.
2194
01:03:18,628 --> 01:03:21,365
I MEAN, AND IT'S SEATED AND IT
2195
01:03:21,365 --> 01:03:23,633
IS WELL-FUNDED BY THE KOCH
2196
01:03:23,633 --> 01:03:25,903
BROTHERS.
2197
01:03:25,903 --> 01:03:27,271
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
2198
01:03:27,271 --> 01:03:28,939
[ MILITARY-STYLE DRUMBEATS
2199
01:03:28,939 --> 01:03:29,406
PLAY ]
2200
01:03:29,406 --> 01:03:30,574
>> Narrator: FOR MORE THAN
2201
01:03:30,574 --> 01:03:31,876
A YEAR, WISCONSIN BECAME
2202
01:03:31,876 --> 01:03:33,143
A BATTLEGROUND.
2203
01:03:33,143 --> 01:03:34,912
PRO-UNION PROTESTORS OCCUPIED
2204
01:03:34,912 --> 01:03:36,413
THE STATEHOUSE FOR MORE THAN
2205
01:03:36,413 --> 01:03:38,282
TWO WEEKS.
2206
01:03:38,482 --> 01:03:40,350
THEY GATHERED OVER A MILLION
2207
01:03:40,350 --> 01:03:42,186
SIGNATURES TO FORCE A RECALL
2208
01:03:42,186 --> 01:03:44,188
ELECTION TO GET WALKER REMOVED.
2209
01:03:44,188 --> 01:03:45,956
THE UNIONS SPENT MILLIONS
2210
01:03:45,956 --> 01:03:47,657
FIGHTING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL.
2211
01:03:47,657 --> 01:03:49,626
BUT WEALTHY INTERESTS OUTSIDE
2212
01:03:49,626 --> 01:03:52,129
THE STATE SPENT FAR MORE.
2213
01:03:52,129 --> 01:03:53,898
THE BIGGEST SINGLE SOURCE
2214
01:03:53,898 --> 01:03:54,899
OF MONEY WAS
2215
01:03:54,899 --> 01:03:56,466
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY,
2216
01:03:56,466 --> 01:03:58,602
WHICH HAS SPENT OVER $10 MILLION
2217
01:03:58,602 --> 01:04:01,338
TO SUPPORT SCOTT WALKER.
2218
01:04:01,338 --> 01:04:02,940
>> TODAY WE HAVE MORE ACTIVISTS
2219
01:04:02,940 --> 01:04:04,374
IN OUR WISCONSIN A.F.P. CHAPTER
2220
01:04:04,374 --> 01:04:05,910
THAN THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE
2221
01:04:05,910 --> 01:04:07,111
WISCONSIN TEACHERS UNION.
2222
01:04:07,111 --> 01:04:08,645
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG, VIBRANT
2223
01:04:08,645 --> 01:04:09,980
OPERATION THERE.
2224
01:04:09,980 --> 01:04:12,649
>> WALKER HAS PAINTED TEACHERS
2225
01:04:12,649 --> 01:04:15,619
AND OTHER PUBLIC UNION EMPLOYEES
2226
01:04:15,619 --> 01:04:18,355
AS THE HAVES AND THE PRIVATE
2227
01:04:18,355 --> 01:04:20,224
SECTOR AS THE HAVE-NOTS.
2228
01:04:20,424 --> 01:04:21,658
>> IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHERS
2229
01:04:21,658 --> 01:04:23,027
THINK THEY HAVE IT SO ROUGH,
2230
01:04:23,027 --> 01:04:24,161
QUIT AND FIND ANOTHER LINE
2231
01:04:24,161 --> 01:04:24,528
OF WORK.
2232
01:04:24,528 --> 01:04:26,096
I THINK McDONALD'S IS HIRING.
2233
01:04:26,296 --> 01:04:28,232
>> THE MADISON FIREFIGHTERS
2234
01:04:28,232 --> 01:04:30,300
UNION, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
2235
01:04:30,300 --> 01:04:31,268
OUR HEROES.
2236
01:04:31,268 --> 01:04:33,303
YOU'RE NOT HEROES.
2237
01:04:33,303 --> 01:04:34,538
>> CAN WE JUST GET TO THE POINT
2238
01:04:34,538 --> 01:04:36,006
WHERE WE CAN START TELLING THESE
2239
01:04:36,006 --> 01:04:39,143
WHINERS TO GO TO HELL?
2240
01:04:39,143 --> 01:04:40,978
>> SO YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE
2241
01:04:40,978 --> 01:04:42,512
DON'T HAVE THE BENEFITS, AND
2242
01:04:42,512 --> 01:04:44,448
INSTEAD OF SAYING TO THEMSELVES,
2243
01:04:44,448 --> 01:04:46,150
"YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT,
2244
01:04:46,150 --> 01:04:47,985
TOO," IT'S "YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE
2245
01:04:47,985 --> 01:04:48,718
THAT."
2246
01:04:48,718 --> 01:04:51,288
>> WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS
2247
01:04:51,288 --> 01:04:53,590
REALLY SQUASH YOU SO THAT THEY
2248
01:04:53,590 --> 01:04:56,060
CAN HAVE THAT MUCH MORE POWER
2249
01:04:56,060 --> 01:04:58,428
AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT MUCH LESS
2250
01:04:58,428 --> 01:04:59,496
VOICE.
2251
01:04:59,496 --> 01:05:01,565
>> IT'S TEACHERS WHOSE PAY HAS
2252
01:05:01,565 --> 01:05:03,567
BEEN REDUCED AGAINST THE KOCH
2253
01:05:03,567 --> 01:05:04,134
BROTHERS.
2254
01:05:04,134 --> 01:05:06,336
IT'S NOT A REALLY FAIR FIGHT.
2255
01:05:06,336 --> 01:05:08,072
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
2256
01:05:08,072 --> 01:05:10,274
>> HI, THIS IS SCOTT WALKER.
2257
01:05:10,274 --> 01:05:11,575
>> SCOTT? DAVID KOCH.
2258
01:05:11,575 --> 01:05:12,509
HOW ARE YOU?
2259
01:05:12,509 --> 01:05:14,044
>> HOW ARE YOU, DAVID?
2260
01:05:14,044 --> 01:05:15,445
I'M GOOD. AND YOURSELF?
2261
01:05:15,445 --> 01:05:20,084
>> I'M VERY WELL.
2262
01:05:20,084 --> 01:05:21,485
A LITTLE DISHEARTENED BY THE
2263
01:05:21,485 --> 01:05:23,253
SITUATION THERE, BUT, UH, WHAT'S
2264
01:05:23,253 --> 01:05:24,288
THE LATEST?
2265
01:05:24,288 --> 01:05:26,190
>> UH, WE'LL ANNOUNCE THURSDAY,
2266
01:05:26,190 --> 01:05:28,058
AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET 5,000 TO
2267
01:05:28,058 --> 01:05:29,994
6,000 STATE WORKERS WHO WILL GET
2268
01:05:29,994 --> 01:05:31,561
AT-RISK NOTICES FOR LAYOFFS.
2269
01:05:31,561 --> 01:05:33,197
>> BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.
2270
01:05:33,197 --> 01:05:35,232
GOT TO CRUSH THAT UNION.
2271
01:05:37,434 --> 01:05:39,136
>> AND JUST KIND OF PASS THE
2272
01:05:39,136 --> 01:05:40,937
MESSAGE ON TO THESE GUYS IF THEY
2273
01:05:41,005 --> 01:05:42,572
THINK I'M CAVING, THEY'VE BEEN
2274
01:05:42,572 --> 01:05:44,408
ASLEEP FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS
2275
01:05:44,408 --> 01:05:45,675
'CAUSE WE DON'T BUDGE.
2276
01:05:45,675 --> 01:05:47,544
>> GODDAMN RIGHT.
2277
01:05:47,544 --> 01:05:49,579
BUT, UH, WHAT WE WERE THINKING
2278
01:05:49,579 --> 01:05:51,448
ABOUT THE CROWDS WAS -- WAS
2279
01:05:51,448 --> 01:05:53,383
PLANTING SOME TROUBLEMAKERS.
2280
01:05:53,383 --> 01:05:57,221
>> YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT ABOUT
2281
01:05:57,221 --> 01:05:58,322
THAT.
2282
01:05:58,322 --> 01:06:00,190
MY ONLY GUT REACTION TO THAT
2283
01:06:00,190 --> 01:06:02,159
WOULD BE, LET THEM PROTEST ALL
2284
01:06:02,159 --> 01:06:03,060
THEY WANT.
2285
01:06:03,060 --> 01:06:05,062
SOONER OR LATER THE MEDIA STOPS
2286
01:06:05,062 --> 01:06:06,396
FINDING THEM INTERESTING.
2287
01:06:06,463 --> 01:06:08,032
THE NEXT QUESTION, I TALK
2288
01:06:08,032 --> 01:06:09,233
TO KASICH EVERY DAY.
2289
01:06:09,233 --> 01:06:10,800
YOU KNOW, JOHN'S GOT TO STAND
2290
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:11,735
FIRM IN OHIO.
2291
01:06:11,735 --> 01:06:13,203
I THINK WE DO THE SAME THING
2292
01:06:13,203 --> 01:06:14,438
WITH RICK SCOTT IN FLORIDA.
2293
01:06:14,438 --> 01:06:16,073
I THINK SNYDER, IF HE GOT A
2294
01:06:16,073 --> 01:06:17,541
LITTLE MORE SUPPORT, PROBABLY
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COULD DO THAT IN MICHIGAN.
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YOU START GOING DOWN THE LIST,
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01:06:20,577 --> 01:06:22,212
A LOT OF US NEW GOVERNORS GOT
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ELECTED TO DO SOMETHING BIG.
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01:06:23,580 --> 01:06:25,382
>> YOU'RE THE FIRST DOMINO.
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01:06:25,382 --> 01:06:27,751
>> YEP. THIS IS OUR MOMENT.
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01:06:27,751 --> 01:06:29,653
THIS IS OUR TIME TO CHANGE
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01:06:29,653 --> 01:06:33,190
THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
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01:06:46,070 --> 01:06:47,604
>> Narrator: IN PLACES LIKE
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01:06:47,604 --> 01:06:49,173
WISCONSIN, THE DOORS OF
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01:06:49,173 --> 01:06:50,740
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE IN THE
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01:06:50,740 --> 01:06:52,442
LOWER RUNGS OF SOCIETY ARE
2307
01:06:52,442 --> 01:06:54,344
CLOSING QUICKLY.
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01:06:54,544 --> 01:06:57,147
>> WE ARE IN VERY REAL DANGER
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THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS
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01:06:59,349 --> 01:07:01,518
SLIPPING FROM THE GRASP OF
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01:07:01,518 --> 01:07:03,720
THE NEXT GENERATION.
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01:07:04,121 --> 01:07:05,655
>> Narrator: THIS CHARITY EVENT
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01:07:05,655 --> 01:07:07,124
IS A MOMENT FOR WEALTHY
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01:07:07,124 --> 01:07:08,392
NEW YORKERS TO GIVE SOME
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01:07:08,392 --> 01:07:10,094
OF THEIR FORTUNES TO THE POOR.
2316
01:07:10,094 --> 01:07:11,361
OVER THE LAST DECADE,
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01:07:11,361 --> 01:07:13,097
STEPHEN SCHWARZMAN HAS GIVEN
2318
01:07:13,097 --> 01:07:14,664
OVER $7 MILLION TO NEW YORK'S
2319
01:07:14,664 --> 01:07:17,167
INNER-CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
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01:07:17,167 --> 01:07:19,403
>> I WORRY THAT THE SOCIAL
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FABRIC OF AMERICA IS BEING
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01:07:21,638 --> 01:07:24,241
RIPPED PURPOSEFULLY BY PEOPLE
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01:07:24,241 --> 01:07:26,543
WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
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01:07:26,543 --> 01:07:29,113
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUFFERING.
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01:07:29,113 --> 01:07:30,647
>> Narrator: MR. SCHWARZMAN
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01:07:30,647 --> 01:07:32,382
APPEARS TO BE SYMPATHETIC TO
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01:07:32,382 --> 01:07:34,318
THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY,
2328
01:07:34,318 --> 01:07:36,353
BUT ODDLY, FOR ONE OF AMERICA'S
2329
01:07:36,353 --> 01:07:38,388
GREATEST CAPITALISTS, HE DOESN'T
2330
01:07:38,388 --> 01:07:40,424
SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UNLIKE
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01:07:40,424 --> 01:07:43,327
MONOPOLY, REAL CAPITALISM IS
2332
01:07:43,327 --> 01:07:45,629
A GAME THAT'S PLAYED FOR KEEPS.
2333
01:07:45,629 --> 01:07:48,332
FOR EVERY BIG WINNER, THERE ARE
2334
01:07:48,332 --> 01:07:50,267
LOTS OF LOSERS.
2335
01:07:50,267 --> 01:07:52,602
WEALTH IS CREATED, BUT SO IS
2336
01:07:52,602 --> 01:07:54,171
POVERTY.
2337
01:07:54,171 --> 01:07:55,639
WITHOUT POPULAR DEMOCRACY,
2338
01:07:55,639 --> 01:07:57,407
ALL THE GAINS OF OUR ECONOMY
2339
01:07:57,407 --> 01:07:58,775
WILL GO TO THE TOP.
2340
01:07:59,176 --> 01:08:00,510
>> [ Chanting ] SHOW ME WHAT
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01:08:00,510 --> 01:08:01,611
DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!
2342
01:08:01,611 --> 01:08:03,180
>> [ Chanting ] THIS IS WHAT
2343
01:08:03,180 --> 01:08:04,214
DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!
2344
01:08:04,281 --> 01:08:07,717
[ INDISTINCT CHANTING ]
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01:08:07,917 --> 01:08:09,453
>> I'M FROM MICHIGAN.
2346
01:08:09,453 --> 01:08:11,255
THIS IS WHERE OUR MONEY IS.
2347
01:08:11,255 --> 01:08:12,822
PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES IN
2348
01:08:12,822 --> 01:08:14,824
THE BANKING AND MORTGAGE CRISIS,
2349
01:08:14,824 --> 01:08:17,894
AND IT WENT HERE.
2350
01:08:17,894 --> 01:08:19,829
>> THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
2351
01:08:19,829 --> 01:08:20,730
BEING RICH.
2352
01:08:20,730 --> 01:08:22,532
GOD WANTS ALL HIS CHILDREN
2353
01:08:22,532 --> 01:08:24,468
TO BE RICH, BUT DON'T BE RICH
2354
01:08:24,468 --> 01:08:26,503
AND AT A PLACE WHERE YOU AIN'T
2355
01:08:26,503 --> 01:08:28,405
THINKING ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.
2356
01:08:28,405 --> 01:08:30,340
>> THEY FEEL THEY NEED NOT
2357
01:08:30,340 --> 01:08:32,376
$10 BILLION, BUT $20 BILLION
2358
01:08:32,376 --> 01:08:33,310
OF WEALTH.
2359
01:08:33,310 --> 01:08:35,245
THEY GET THAT EXTRA WEALTH BY
2360
01:08:35,245 --> 01:08:36,780
TWISTING POLITICS, BUYING
2361
01:08:36,780 --> 01:08:38,482
POLITICIANS.
2362
01:08:38,482 --> 01:08:40,184
AMERICA BECAME A PLACE WHERE
2363
01:08:40,184 --> 01:08:41,851
MONEY BUYS EVERYTHING.
2364
01:08:54,631 --> 01:08:56,366
>> Narrator: THE RICH ARE OFTEN
2365
01:08:56,366 --> 01:08:57,867
HELD UP AS SHINING EXAMPLES OF
2366
01:08:57,867 --> 01:09:00,470
WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN AMERICA...
2367
01:09:00,470 --> 01:09:04,941
PROOF THAT ANYONE CAN MAKE IT.
2368
01:09:04,941 --> 01:09:06,543
BUT IS THERE STILL A BRIDGE
2369
01:09:06,543 --> 01:09:07,911
TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN
2370
01:09:07,911 --> 01:09:10,647
OUR COUNTRY?
2371
01:09:10,647 --> 01:09:12,682
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RIVER THAT
2372
01:09:12,682 --> 01:09:14,784
SEPARATES THE TWO PARK AVENUES,
2373
01:09:14,784 --> 01:09:15,952
DO WE SEE A CHANNEL TO
2374
01:09:15,952 --> 01:09:18,622
PROSPERITY FOR EVERYONE?
2375
01:09:18,622 --> 01:09:20,524
OR A BARRIER THAT PREVENTS
2376
01:09:20,524 --> 01:09:23,393
THE POOR FROM CROSSING?
2377
01:09:23,593 --> 01:09:25,262
AS LONG AS OUR POLITICAL LEADERS
2378
01:09:25,262 --> 01:09:26,463
DEPEND ON THE RICH TO WIN
2379
01:09:26,463 --> 01:09:28,732
ELECTIONS AND STAY IN OFFICE,
2380
01:09:28,732 --> 01:09:30,500
THEY WILL WRITE LAWS TO PROTECT
2381
01:09:30,500 --> 01:09:32,269
THE CASTLES OF WEALTH AND POWER
2382
01:09:32,269 --> 01:09:35,004
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS RIVER,
2383
01:09:35,004 --> 01:09:37,574
A RIVER THAT HAS BECOME A DEEP
2384
01:09:37,574 --> 01:09:39,943
AND FORBIDDING MOAT.
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