Ep. 217: How “Moderates” Are Killing America (w/ David Sirota)
The Michael Moore Podcast
Michael Moore
4.7 • 9.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
After the promise of major legislation that would rival the impact of FDR’s New Deal, Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda has been sucked dry by corporate America and their pawns in the Senate. Instead of massive new programs to help children, parents, students, the elderly and all us by dealing with the climate crisis, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema appear to have brought the $3.5 trillion bill down to some crumbs. And rather than having it all paid for by taxing the wealthy, they may be putting a halt to that plan, as well.
This is a monumental disaster that will not only hurt the American people, but will once again expose the Democratic party as weak, feckless, and still in the grasp of Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry and the usual special interests. Turnout for the 2022 midterm elections will be suffocated and the Republican party will feast on the Democrats’ stupidity and ride back into power on it (with Trump waiting in the wings in 2024).
Mike’s joined by a great journalist and former Bernie speechwriter, David Sirota, to talk about where things stand and discuss the need for progressives in congress to HOLD THE LINE and not support these bills moving forward unless items like Paid Family Leave, Medicare Expansion, and taxing the ultra-rich are put back in.
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| 0:00.0 | Heyards, ん |
| 0:09.9 | ん |
| 0:12.2 | Where are you going that Duano Yo |
| 0:14.7 | ん |
| 0:18.6 | Well |
| 0:20.5 | designs |
| 0:23.1 | I said, where you going with that? |
| 0:25.1 | You gotta go ahead. |
| 0:30.1 | This is Rumble with Michael Moore, and yes, I am Michael Moore. |
| 0:37.1 | Welcome everyone. |
| 0:38.1 | Joining me here in just a few minutes on Rumble is the great journalist, Internet |
| 0:42.2 | poster and podcaster David Sirota. |
| 0:45.2 | We're going to be discussing the very urgent 24 to 48 hours we're right in the middle |
| 0:50.8 | of right now regarding the human infrastructure bill that seems to be falling apart. |
| 0:57.5 | Here at the Biden bill in Congress, so we are hoping that there's either going to be a |
| 1:02.8 | breakthrough on our side here, or this thing's going to get blown up, and what was supposed |
| 1:08.6 | to have been a massive new deal like piece of legislation to help the American people |
| 1:14.0 | is just going to be smoke. |
| 1:16.4 | I don't want that to happen. |
| 1:17.4 | I know you don't either. |
| 1:19.1 | So we're going to talk about that with David Sirota and what we can all do about it. |
| 1:23.5 | First of all, also I want to mention that we had an overwhelming response to my Sunday |
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