OBAMANOMICS EXPLAINED: Spreading the Wealth

Penn and Teller explain the essence of President Obama's social and economic policies. http://www.LibertyPen.com

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[davijeph]

Interesting that despite what was being acted out it was in fact the fat Libertarian that ended up eating all the pies.

[cmakaioz]

Penn is a great magician and showman...and a shitty analyst. A strawman built by a semi-famous performer is still a strawman.

[CloudFr0g]

Misleading and stupid. I hope you at least watched the original episode.

[RenderGee]

Bullshit's episode was actually explaining TAXES in general. Lame video.

[wowsa0]

@cmiller8492 So if you were in charge then you'd be able to determine who should get what and how much better than all the other bureaucrats would you? I think we have to accept that if we want to have welfare (which in my opinion we do) then people are going to get it who maybe shouldn't get it. That's a price worth paying.

[wowsa0]

@Tanarus20 No I can see big problems with the government forcing individuals to buy healthcare from private companies, I'm British, and I support our system of a taxpayer funded NHS which is free at the point of delivery to anyone, they don't even have to be a british citizen. If you ask for treatment, you will get it, free of charge. Of course there are problems with it, maybe it should be less centralised and bureaucratic, with doctors and nurses having more of a say in its management.

[cmiller8492]

@wowsa0 Bum-sleeps all day, stays up all night, does not work, squanders money and shirks responsibilites. Deserving welfare recipient- Wakes up early and goes to work, handles all their responsibilities, takes care of and feeds their children, and if they dont have enough to get by doing all of this, then they get what they NEED, not a $3000 dollar check a month.

[Tanarus20]

@wowsa0 "Soon as he was elected he started changing the laws' Isn't that the whole point of being elected?"

Not to the point where people don't have a say in the matter anymore. I don't know about you. But I'm not big on him "Mandating" or (Forcing) us to purchasing health care.

[wowsa0]

@Tanarus20 'Soon as he was elected he started changing the laws' Isn't that the whole point of being elected? But yeah I get your point, I'll let you have Venezuela as a democratic country which is veering towards the kind of socialism that has done so badly in russia and other such places. But that doesn't change the fact that most of these places were founded on a revolution. Obama is hardly Chavez, even if he wanted full nationalised medicine, that'd only take him to the level of the UK.

[illuminatioracle]

@joshuancts actually the show was on how fast food is not as bad as the american public are being scared into believing.

[Tanarus20]

@wowsa0 "Chavez was democratically elected wasn't he?" Yes he was. Soon as he was elected he started changing the laws. He's in the process now trying to set up where he cant be voted out of office.

Socialists feel the need to distribute wealth (punish success) Ohh it SOUNDS good, "distribute wealth" that's how they sell it. But what you end up with EVERY TIME is a country full of people living in cardboard boxes waiting for their government Rationed Cheese.

[joshuancts]

This from the guy who did a show on how fast food is good for you. Yeah just look at him...