Are We An Insane Country? Michael Moore pt.1

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November 01, 2009 CNN

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[philmaturano]

Balls of steel! Thank you MM

[Ermengarde11]

Just imagine that if the corporate welfare in this country were done away with, there would be virtually no need for any type of welfare for the common people.

Pandering to the business sector has created the devastation we face, &permits that sector to spit in the faces of the people.

Regulation is needed, &needed to the point of severity, because the private sector cannot handle its affairs honestly &they need to pay the price -- &the people need to be protected from more of the same.

[cypresspuz]

@trakomako Those bad things fucked up the world economy and killed millions of innocent people but whatever...why would it be better to live in the us than in S. Korea?? I find that example interesting.

[review1011]

Anyone slating Michael Moore has no understanding of how the world works. Any Americans slatting Moore should be ashamed of themselves.

[nerblebun]

Poor Michael Moor, I bet he cries all the way to the bank about the gap between the rich and the poor.

[Ermengarde11]

I agree, but I'd like to know more about the sugar tariff, it's one issue I've not dug into very extensively. If you have a concise reference I can see, send me the link in a PM or a video thru YT mail if possible. So much to read and keep up with, if I google it I'll get lost in the cascade of refrences!

I too saw all this coming decades before we got here! Why do so few people see the steamroller headed straigth for them?! We are the anthill, the pwoerful are the steamroller.

[Ermengarde11]

4:12 says it all. And true, this reform bill leaves much to be desired, and if like everything else in this country, the insurers will actually benefit from it in spite of the original intent of reform.

The thing is, we have to start somewhere, and because there are so many political prostitutes in Congress, it's going to have to be an incremental effort over many years. If we'd started in the '90s or much earlier, we'd be there now.

[machaeroguy]

@ Ermengarde11 regarding corporate welfare.

Spot on. I was disgusted by corporate welfare before the bailouts. Now, I am livid.

I just can't emphasize how much I want to see all corporate welfare done away with. Eliminating the sugar tariff would be a great start, but most ppl don't see how this hurts the American consumer.

I also think that eliminating welfare for lower classes is ridiculous in the face of the monster corporate welfare has created.

I advocate a fair, incremental approach.

[Ermengarde11]

That's okay Chunk, I get just as angry at the same things. I often wonder about the type of person that machaeroguy seems to be. It's as if they have a huge interest in something we don't know about due to internet anonymity. But you can often read through it all. I understand his wanting to reduce govt., but until the private sector behaves itself, it's just too darn bad if the government has to step in and try to fix it all. peace to you too, thanks for the vid.

[Ermengarde11]

Tell 'em, Chunk!! Funny how those who live to excess resent the smallest morsel for those whose hard work provided the wealth to the 1% who own it all.

It all floats up from the working class to the upper class, no such thing as trickle-down economics.

[Ermengarde11]

"Freedom" is for animals. Liberty is for people.

Liberty isn't free, and speaking of liberty, corporate America takes way too many liberties, and that's the cause of our country's economic issues, which then help to tear down society, morals, etc.

Many people lose hope when they see business acting immorally, and often they give up struggling to survive and commit crimes or lose their minds.

That is the legacy of the right and much of corporate entities. Why do you support that?