00:00We have money for everything.
00:03America is the richest country in the history of the planet.
00:07We have money for Medicare, Social Security, SNAP benefits, paid maternity leave,
00:11let alone the bare minimum like not putting people into medical debt
00:14if they accidentally take an ambulance while dying.
00:17The only reason we're able to gaslight ourselves into thinking
00:19that we don't have money for these things or that we need to pick between them
00:22is because we don't tax the rich people in this country nearly enough,
00:26and the taxes we do put on them, they don't even pay anyway.
00:29The highest marginal tax rate on the wealthy in the United States used to be 91%.
00:34If you're wondering when that was, I'll give you a spoiler here and let you know
00:37it was also the most prosperous time for the American middle class
00:40because when rich people are forced to invest back into the society
00:43that enables and perpetuates that wealth, things are better for everyone.
00:47By the way, even if none of that was true,
00:49even if we really didn't have the money to pay for these things,
00:51you know what we somehow never run out of money for, the Department of Defense.
00:55But even if the money really wasn't there, it would still be a question of priorities.
00:58Anyway, never let anyone tell you that America doesn't have enough money
01:01to pay for a program that would help you.
01:03They do.
01:03It's just in some billionaire Swiss bank account.
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