1 00:00:04,904 --> 00:00:28,795 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:29,396 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:29,462 --> 00:00:31,664 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 4 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:33,199 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 5 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:33,967 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 6 00:00:34,033 --> 00:00:37,270 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 7 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:38,271 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 8 00:00:38,338 --> 00:00:38,838 US. 9 00:00:38,905 --> 00:00:39,372 IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK. 10 00:00:39,439 --> 00:00:40,006 THE MANHATTAN DA SIGNALED TRUMP 11 00:00:40,073 --> 00:00:40,573 MAY SOON BE CHARGED OVER THE 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,008 STORMY DANIELS PAYMENTS AND 13 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:43,476 SILICON VALLEY BANK COLLAPSED, 14 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:45,512 IN ONE OF THE LARGEST BANK 15 00:00:45,578 --> 00:00:47,013 FAILURES IN U.S. HISTORY. 16 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:48,681 BUT IF I MAY QUOTE GOD ON 17 00:00:48,748 --> 00:00:49,983 JUDGMENT DAY, I'D LIKE TO START 18 00:00:50,049 --> 00:00:51,751 WITH FOX NEWS. 19 00:00:51,818 --> 00:00:52,786 THE NETWORK THAT ANSWERS THE 20 00:00:52,852 --> 00:00:54,354 QUESTION, "WHAT WAS ON TV WHEN 21 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:55,989 GRAMPA DIED?" 22 00:00:56,055 --> 00:00:57,257 WE TALKED A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT 23 00:00:57,323 --> 00:00:58,558 THE FACT THAT DOMINION VOTING 24 00:00:58,625 --> 00:01:00,260 SYSTEMS IS SUING FOX OVER ITS 25 00:01:00,326 --> 00:01:01,628 FALSE CLAIMS THAT DOMINION'S 26 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:02,595 MACHINES HELPED SWING THE 27 00:01:02,662 --> 00:01:03,263 ELECTION FOR BIDEN. 28 00:01:03,329 --> 00:01:05,331 THANKS TO THAT LAWSUIT, THIS 29 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,299 WEEK, WE LEARNED THAT EVEN 30 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:07,600 RUPERT MURDOCH WAS CONCERNED 31 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:08,168 ABOUT THE TONE SOME OF HIS 32 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:09,502 ANCHORS WERE TAKING. 33 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:10,804 >> IN AN EMAIL TO CEO SUZANNE 34 00:01:10,870 --> 00:01:12,972 SCOTT, MURDOCH WROTE, "MAYBE 35 00:01:13,039 --> 00:01:13,640 SEAN HANNITY AND LAURA INGRAHAM 36 00:01:13,706 --> 00:01:16,342 WENT TOO FAR." 37 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:17,243 AND WHEN DOMINION LAWYERS ASKED 38 00:01:17,310 --> 00:01:21,047 DURING HIS JANUARY DEPOSITION, 39 00:01:21,114 --> 00:01:21,714 "HAVE YOU EVER BELIEVED DOMINION 40 00:01:21,781 --> 00:01:22,615 WAS ENGAGED IN A MASSIVE AND 41 00:01:22,682 --> 00:01:24,984 COORDINATED EFFORT TO STEAL THE 42 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:27,620 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?" 43 00:01:27,687 --> 00:01:28,888 MURDOCH REPLIED, "NO." 44 00:01:28,955 --> 00:01:30,356 >> John: WOW, JUST A STRAIGHT UP 45 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:32,358 "NO" FROM MURDOCH. 46 00:01:32,425 --> 00:01:33,460 ALTHOUGH HE'S AUSTRALIAN, SO IT 47 00:01:33,526 --> 00:01:35,895 WAS PROBABLY MORE OF A "NAH." 48 00:01:35,962 --> 00:01:38,465 AND I WILL SAY, OF COURSE SEAN 49 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:39,766 HANNITY AND LAURA INGRAHAM WENT 50 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:40,467 TOO FAR. 51 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:42,101 THAT'S THEIR WHOLE THING. 52 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:43,303 LAURA DELIVERS EVERY MONOLOGUE 53 00:01:43,369 --> 00:01:45,238 WITH THE ENERGY OF A CONCUSSED 54 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:46,606 PTA PARENT AND HANNITY SPEWS 55 00:01:46,673 --> 00:01:48,308 BULLSHIT WHILE LOOKING LIKE ONE 56 00:01:48,374 --> 00:01:49,309 BIG NECK. 57 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:51,678 YOU MADE THESE MONSTERS. 58 00:01:51,744 --> 00:01:53,213 YOU DON'T GET TO ACT SURPRISED, 59 00:01:53,279 --> 00:01:53,613 RUPERT. 60 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,448 AND IT'S NOT JUST MURDOCH. 61 00:01:55,515 --> 00:01:56,316 TEXTS FROM TUCKER CARLSON SHOW 62 00:01:56,382 --> 00:01:57,417 THAT, FOR ALL HIS ON-AIR 63 00:01:57,484 --> 00:01:58,685 DEFENSES OF TRUMP, PRIVATELY, HE 64 00:01:58,751 --> 00:01:59,886 WAS TELLING A VERY DIFFERENT 65 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,221 STORY. 66 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:02,322 >> FOX HOSTS, INCLUDING TUCKER 67 00:02:02,388 --> 00:02:03,389 CARLSON, WERE INCREASINGLY 68 00:02:03,456 --> 00:02:05,191 UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THAT 69 00:02:05,258 --> 00:02:08,228 TRUMP WAS LYING ABOUT THE 2020 70 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:10,096 ELECTION. 71 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:11,097 "WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO 72 00:02:11,164 --> 00:02:12,499 BEING ABLE TO IGNORE TRUMP MOST 73 00:02:12,565 --> 00:02:13,933 NIGHTS. 74 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,568 I TRULY CAN'T WAIT," CARLSON 75 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:18,738 TEXTED AN UNKNOWN PERSON ON 76 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,874 JANUARY 4TH, 2021, ADDING, "I 77 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:22,375 HATE HIM PASSIONATELY." 78 00:02:22,442 --> 00:02:24,110 >> John: OKAY, FIRST? 79 00:02:24,177 --> 00:02:26,713 I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS. 80 00:02:26,779 --> 00:02:27,981 BUT GIRL, SAME. 81 00:02:28,047 --> 00:02:29,148 BUT ALSO, THAT'S SO HARSH, I'D 82 00:02:29,215 --> 00:02:31,684 ALMOST FEEL BAD FOR TRUMP IF I 83 00:02:31,751 --> 00:02:32,418 WASN'T SO SURE HE'S INCAPABLE OF 84 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:33,820 FEELING ANYTHING BESIDES ANGER, 85 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:35,588 HUNGER, AND THE LOWER BACK OF 86 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:37,190 THE NEAREST BLONDE WOMAN. 87 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:38,458 AND IT GETS EVEN WORSE. 88 00:02:38,525 --> 00:02:39,692 BECAUSE TUCKER GOES ON TO SAY, 89 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:40,627 OF TRUMP'S TIME IN OFFICE, 90 00:02:40,693 --> 00:02:42,428 "WE'RE ALL PRETENDING WE'VE GOT 91 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:43,863 A LOT TO SHOW FOR IT BECAUSE 92 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:45,064 ADMITTING WHAT A DISASTER IT'S 93 00:02:45,131 --> 00:02:46,533 BEEN IS TOO TOUGH TO DIGEST. 94 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:48,167 BUT COME ON, THERE ISN'T REALLY 95 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:49,802 AN UPSIDE TO TRUMP." 96 00:02:49,869 --> 00:02:51,804 AND WOW. 97 00:02:51,871 --> 00:02:53,172 A MAN ON A "NEWS NETWORK" CAN'T 98 00:02:53,239 --> 00:02:55,608 BE AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH 99 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:56,142 BECAUSE IT'S "TOO TOUGH TO 100 00:02:56,209 --> 00:02:58,678 DIGEST." 101 00:02:58,745 --> 00:02:59,312 THAT IS WHAT THE NEWS IS. 102 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:00,346 IF ANCHORS DIDN'T REPORT WHAT 103 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:02,081 WAS TOO TOUGH TO DIGEST, 104 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:03,316 WALTER CRONKITE WOULD HAVE 105 00:03:03,383 --> 00:03:04,617 OPENED HIS MOST FAMOUS BROADCAST 106 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:05,785 WITH, "THE PRESIDENT HAD A 107 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:07,353 LOVELY CAR RIDE IN DALLAS TODAY. 108 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:08,454 HIS HEAD FEELS BETTER THAN 109 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:09,956 EVER!" 110 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,591 AND I'M SURE MORE DETAILS WILL 111 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:12,425 SPILL OUT OF THIS CASE IN THE 112 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:13,526 MONTHS AHEAD. 113 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:15,128 SO FOR NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TURN 114 00:03:15,194 --> 00:03:16,462 TO TENNESSEE, WHERE THIS WEEK, 115 00:03:16,529 --> 00:03:18,197 THE STATE LEGISLATURE MADE THE 116 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:19,265 WORST KIND OF HISTORY. 117 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:20,500 >> THIS WEEK TENNESSEE BECAME 118 00:03:20,567 --> 00:03:21,868 THE FIRST STATE TO PASS A LAW 119 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:23,102 THAT WILL RESTRICT DRAG 120 00:03:23,169 --> 00:03:24,837 PERFORMANCES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY 121 00:03:24,904 --> 00:03:25,972 OR ANYWHERE A CHILD COULD SEE 122 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:27,707 THEM. 123 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:29,175 CONSERVATIVES SAY DRAG SHOWS 124 00:03:29,242 --> 00:03:30,977 EXPOSE CHILDREN TO SEXUALLY 125 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:32,111 SUGGESTIVE CONTENT, WHILE 126 00:03:32,178 --> 00:03:33,680 PERFORMERS HERE SAY THE LAW IS 127 00:03:33,746 --> 00:03:34,847 DISCRIMINATORY, AND FEELS 128 00:03:34,914 --> 00:03:36,115 DESIGNED TO PUSH THEM BACK INTO 129 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:37,216 THE CLOSET. 130 00:03:37,283 --> 00:03:38,885 >> John: YEAH, CONSERVATIVES 131 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:40,119 HAVE SINGLED OUT DRAG SHOWS AS 132 00:03:40,186 --> 00:03:41,487 EXPOSING CHILDREN TO SEXUALLY 133 00:03:41,554 --> 00:03:42,755 SUGGESTIVE CONTENT. 134 00:03:42,822 --> 00:03:44,424 WHICH FEELS LIKE A VERY 135 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:45,758 SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF 136 00:03:45,825 --> 00:03:47,226 OUTRAGE. 137 00:03:47,293 --> 00:03:48,561 I'M JUST SAYING, UNLESS THEY'VE 138 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:49,862 ALSO CALLED OUT CARL'S JR. 139 00:03:49,929 --> 00:03:51,297 ADS, THIS ENTIRE RESTAURANT 140 00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:53,466 CHAIN, AND GLORIA'S RELENTLESS 141 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:55,301 BUTT IN THE "MADAGASCAR" FILMS, 142 00:03:55,368 --> 00:03:57,537 THAT FEELS PRETTY TARGETED. 143 00:03:57,604 --> 00:03:59,606 THIS COMES ON THE BACK OF A 144 00:03:59,672 --> 00:04:01,374 NUMBER OF ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS, ALL 145 00:04:01,441 --> 00:04:02,609 DONE UNDER SENATE LEADER AND 146 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:03,443 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 147 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:04,410 RANDY McNally. 148 00:04:04,477 --> 00:04:05,578 A MAN WITH A HISTORY OF 149 00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:07,647 SUPPORTING ANTI-GAY LEGISLATION, 150 00:04:07,714 --> 00:04:08,581 INCLUDING RESTRICTING MARRIAGE 151 00:04:08,648 --> 00:04:09,682 TO BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. 152 00:04:09,749 --> 00:04:12,619 ALL OF WHICH MAKES WHAT EMERGED 153 00:04:12,685 --> 00:04:14,320 ABOUT McNally THIS WEEK 154 00:04:14,387 --> 00:04:14,821 ESPECIALLY HARD TO TAKE. 155 00:04:14,887 --> 00:04:15,855 >> OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, 156 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:17,090 THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS BEEN 157 00:04:17,156 --> 00:04:18,558 REGULARLY COMMENTING ON THESE 158 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:19,726 EXTREMELY RACY PICTURES OF AN 159 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:21,327 INFLUENCER. 160 00:04:21,394 --> 00:04:22,962 EVERYTHING FROM TYPING OUT FIRE 161 00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:24,263 EMOJIS WHERE THE MALE USER HAD 162 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:25,698 POSTED HIS BACKSIDE TO 163 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:27,667 COMMENTING THAT HE HAS QUOTE "A 164 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:29,402 SUPER LOOK" AND THAT HE LOVES 165 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:30,870 HIS CONTENT. 166 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:32,038 >> John: OKAY, FIRST, THERE'S 167 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:33,506 NOTHING WRONG WITH COMMENTING ON 168 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:34,774 A 20-YEAR OLD GAY MODEL'S THIRST 169 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:35,875 TRAPS. 170 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:37,176 BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM IF 171 00:04:37,243 --> 00:04:39,545 YOU'RE, A, 79 YEARS OLD. 172 00:04:39,612 --> 00:04:40,813 B, ARE A SITTING MEMBER OF 173 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:41,748 GOVERNMENT THAT HELPED PASS 174 00:04:41,814 --> 00:04:43,616 ANTI-GAY LEGISLATION. 175 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:45,351 AND C, LEAVE COMMENTS LIKE "YOU 176 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:46,185 ARE HAVING A GRAND TIME MY 177 00:04:46,252 --> 00:04:47,553 FRIEND." 178 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:49,288 BECAUSE YES, HE CLEARLY IS 179 00:04:49,355 --> 00:04:50,490 HAVING A GRAND TIME, BUT THAT'S 180 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:51,758 FRANKLY NO THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE 181 00:04:51,824 --> 00:04:53,459 YOU, RANDY! 182 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:54,861 MCNALLY'S OFFICE RUSHED OUT A 183 00:04:54,927 --> 00:04:55,962 STATEMENT, SAYING, "AS ANYONE IN 184 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:57,330 TENNESSEE POLITICS KNOWS, 185 00:04:57,397 --> 00:04:58,731 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR McNally IS A 186 00:04:58,798 --> 00:05:00,099 PROLIFIC SOCIAL MEDIA 187 00:05:00,166 --> 00:05:01,134 COMMENTER," "DOES HE ALWAYS USE 188 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,435 THE PROPER EMOJI AT THE PROPER 189 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:02,935 TIME? 190 00:05:03,002 --> 00:05:04,003 MAYBE NOT. 191 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:05,805 BUT HE ENJOYS INTERACTING WITH 192 00:05:05,872 --> 00:05:06,806 CONSTITUENTS AND TENNESSEANS OF 193 00:05:06,873 --> 00:05:08,007 ALL RELIGIONS, BACKGROUNDS, AND 194 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:09,442 ORIENTATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA." 195 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:10,877 ADDING, "HE HAS NO INTENTION OF 196 00:05:10,943 --> 00:05:12,512 STOPPING." 197 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:13,846 WHICH, IF IT CAME FROM ANYONE 198 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:15,181 ELSE, WOULD BE AN ICONIC 199 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:16,315 RESPONSE. 200 00:05:16,382 --> 00:05:18,084 "I AM HORNY ON MAIN, AND WILL 201 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:19,686 STAY THAT WAY TILL THE DAY I 202 00:05:19,752 --> 00:05:20,853 DIE?" 203 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,355 IT'S EXQUISITE. 204 00:05:22,422 --> 00:05:23,489 BUT THE BEST RESPONSE TO THAT 205 00:05:23,556 --> 00:05:24,757 STATEMENT CAME FROM FRANKLYN, 206 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:26,025 THE YOUNG MAN AT THE CENTER OF 207 00:05:26,092 --> 00:05:27,593 ALL THIS. 208 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:28,728 BECAUSE THE OUTLET THAT 209 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:30,029 INITIALLY BROKE THE STORY 210 00:05:30,096 --> 00:05:30,663 INTERVIEWED FRANKLYN TO GET HIS 211 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:32,031 REACTION. 212 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:33,032 >> I LIKE THAT HE HAS NO 213 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:33,900 INTENTIONS OF STOPPING, I THINK 214 00:05:33,966 --> 00:05:35,334 THAT'S NICE, BUT YOU KNOW, I 215 00:05:35,401 --> 00:05:36,736 WOULD STILL, I WOULD JUST SAY, 216 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:44,343 WHY BE KIND TO ONE GAY PERSON 217 00:05:44,410 --> 00:05:46,612 AND NOT EVERYONE? 218 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:48,314 >> THE IDEA THAT RANDY'S NOW 219 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:49,716 GONNA HIDE BEHIND, "OH, I'M JUST 220 00:05:49,782 --> 00:05:50,883 A GREAT-GRANDFATHER, I DON'T 221 00:05:50,950 --> 00:05:54,420 KNOW ABOUT EMOJIS." 222 00:05:54,487 --> 00:05:59,292 I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE 223 00:05:59,358 --> 00:05:59,726 LOOKING AT A BUTT, 224 00:05:59,792 --> 00:06:00,626 GOVERNOR McNally. 225 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:01,327 AND YOU KNEW WHOSE BUTT IT WAS. 226 00:06:01,394 --> 00:06:02,662 >> BUT MAYBE HE LIKED THE LIME 227 00:06:02,729 --> 00:06:04,397 GREEN COLOR! 228 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:07,266 >> John: YEAH, MAYBE, FRANKLYN! 229 00:06:07,333 --> 00:06:07,900 I'VE GOTTA SAY, McNally IS LUCKY 230 00:06:07,967 --> 00:06:09,602 HE WAS COMMENTING ON THE PHOTOS 231 00:06:09,669 --> 00:06:10,570 OF SOMEONE SO KIND. 232 00:06:10,636 --> 00:06:13,072 FRANKLYN EVEN RESPONDED TO 233 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:14,273 McNALLY'S THREE HEARTS AND FIRE 234 00:06:14,340 --> 00:06:17,810 EMOJIS WITH "YOU ARE LITERALLY 235 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:18,911 ALWAYS SO NICE KING," WHEN HE'D 236 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:19,779 HAVE BEEN WELL WITHIN HIS RIGHTS 237 00:06:19,846 --> 00:06:20,813 TO SAY, "YOU ARE 59 YEARS OLDER 238 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,148 THAN ME AND YOU'RE 239 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:22,715 SYSTEMATICALLY TRAMPLING MY 240 00:06:22,782 --> 00:06:23,783 RIGHTS. 241 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:25,051 BLOCKED, REPORTED, AND I'M 242 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:27,353 THROWING MY PHONE INTO THE SEA." 243 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:28,421 INCREDIBLY, McNally ACTUALLY SAT 244 00:06:28,488 --> 00:06:30,490 DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW AMID ALL 245 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:31,424 THIS, SAYING, "I, YOU KNOW, TRY 246 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:33,159 TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WITH POSTS." 247 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:35,027 WHICH IS CERTAINLY A NICE THING 248 00:06:35,094 --> 00:06:35,695 TO DO! 249 00:06:35,762 --> 00:06:37,330 BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO CAPTURE ALL 250 00:06:37,396 --> 00:06:38,998 OF WHAT WAS GOING ON, ESPECIALLY 251 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:40,733 WHEN YOU CONSIDER SOME OF THE 252 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,168 POSTS IN QUESTION. 253 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:43,402 >> THERE WAS ALSO THIS POST 254 00:06:43,469 --> 00:06:44,504 WHERE THE MAN SAID HE WAS, 255 00:06:44,570 --> 00:06:46,472 QUOTE, "NOT A WHORE BUT A HOE, 256 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:48,007 ONE IS A SLUT, THE OTHER IS A 257 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:50,810 PROSTITUTE," ADDING I'M THE ONE 258 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:52,779 THAT GETS FREE WEED FOR GIVING, 259 00:06:52,845 --> 00:06:54,514 THEN A REFERENCE TO A SEXUAL 260 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:56,916 ACT. 261 00:06:56,983 --> 00:06:57,884 >> AND IT WAS LIKED BY 262 00:06:57,950 --> 00:06:59,352 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR McNally. 263 00:06:59,418 --> 00:07:00,653 >> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT -- 264 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,489 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES ON SOME 265 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:05,091 PEOPLE'S POSTS YOU SEE THE NAME 266 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:06,492 AND YOU SEE WHAT THEY'VE 267 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:08,094 WRITTEN, AND YOU JUST PRESS THE 268 00:07:08,161 --> 00:07:09,495 BUTTON THAT SAYS "LIKE." 269 00:07:09,562 --> 00:07:11,764 >> SO YOU DIDN'T READ THAT POST? 270 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:13,766 >> I DON'T RECALL READING THE 271 00:07:13,833 --> 00:07:16,502 PART ABOUT THE, THE UH, WEED. 272 00:07:16,569 --> 00:07:18,771 I KNOW THAT. 273 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:19,539 >> BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 274 00:07:19,605 --> 00:07:21,207 "PROSTITUTE"? 275 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:22,441 >> I MIGHT HAVE, I MIGHT HAVE 276 00:07:22,508 --> 00:07:25,511 READ THAT. 277 00:07:25,578 --> 00:07:26,012 >> John: RANDY! 278 00:07:26,078 --> 00:07:27,079 RANDY! 279 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:28,781 RANDY! 280 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:36,022 DID A WITCH PUT A SPELL ON YOU? 281 00:07:36,088 --> 00:07:42,228 I GENUINELY APPRECIATE THE 282 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:44,430 TRANSPARENCY, BUT YOU KNOW YOU 283 00:07:44,497 --> 00:07:44,964 COULD JUST SAY NO, RIGHT? 284 00:07:45,031 --> 00:07:45,798 NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE YOU ANY 285 00:07:45,865 --> 00:07:46,732 MORE OR LESS THAN THEY ALREADY 286 00:07:46,799 --> 00:07:47,500 DO. 287 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:48,701 ALSO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THE 288 00:07:48,768 --> 00:07:49,268 WEED PART IS JUST NOT WHAT 289 00:07:49,335 --> 00:07:50,036 ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN HERE. 290 00:07:50,102 --> 00:07:51,003 AND LOOK, I CAN'T SAY FOR 291 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:51,704 CERTAIN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 292 00:07:51,771 --> 00:07:53,105 THAT GUY, BUT I WILL SAY 293 00:07:53,172 --> 00:07:54,307 WHENEVER STORIES LIKE THIS COME 294 00:07:54,373 --> 00:07:55,241 UP, AND THEY DO SEEM TO COME UP 295 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:56,542 A LOT, OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS 296 00:07:56,609 --> 00:07:57,510 CHAMPIONING ANTI-GAY 297 00:07:57,577 --> 00:07:58,578 LEGISLATION, ONLY FOR IT TO 298 00:07:58,644 --> 00:07:59,645 EMERGE THEY MAY HAVE, LET'S CALL 299 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:01,180 THEM, "GAY-ADJACENT 300 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:02,648 EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES," 301 00:08:02,715 --> 00:08:03,382 IT'S HARD NOT TO FEEL A MIXTURE 302 00:08:03,449 --> 00:08:04,584 OF EMOTIONS. 303 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:05,551 FIRST, HILARITY AT THE 304 00:08:05,618 --> 00:08:06,285 HYPOCRISY. 305 00:08:06,352 --> 00:08:08,221 THEN, ANGER. 306 00:08:08,287 --> 00:08:09,889 THEN, A SLIGHT SENSE OF SADNESS. 307 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:10,556 BECAUSE THESE ARE MEN WHO, YOU 308 00:08:10,623 --> 00:08:12,358 FEEL, COULD'VE HAD HAPPIER LIVES 309 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:13,426 IF THEY'D GROWN UP IN A 310 00:08:13,492 --> 00:08:13,960 DIFFERENT WORLD. 311 00:08:14,026 --> 00:08:15,528 BUT INSTEAD OF HELPING CREATE 312 00:08:15,595 --> 00:08:17,263 THAT DIFFERENT WORLD, THEY'VE 313 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:17,763 COURTED THE APPROVAL OF 314 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:18,865 HOMOPHOBES WHO ARE INTENT ON 315 00:08:18,931 --> 00:08:19,932 HOLDING IT BACK. 316 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:21,434 AND IF THAT IS THE CASE FOR 317 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:24,036 McNally, IT ALL FEELS LIKE SUCH 318 00:08:24,103 --> 00:08:25,371 A WASTE, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT 319 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:28,341 "RANDY McNally" IS JUST AN A+ 320 00:08:28,407 --> 00:08:30,877 DRAG QUEEN NAME. 321 00:08:30,943 --> 00:08:31,677 AND HONESTLY, IN THE END, IT 322 00:08:31,744 --> 00:08:34,213 DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT 323 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:34,881 McNALLY'S DEAL IS, IF HE'S 324 00:08:34,947 --> 00:08:35,648 PUSHING FOR LAWS THAT HURT 325 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:41,654 PEOPLE. 326 00:08:41,721 --> 00:08:42,288 RANDY, IF YOU'D INVEST HALF THE 327 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:42,889 ENERGY YOU SPEND COMMENTING ON 328 00:08:42,955 --> 00:08:43,456 PHOTOS OF QUEER PEOPLE BEING 329 00:08:43,522 --> 00:08:44,090 HAPPY, INTO MAKING A WORLD WHERE 330 00:08:44,156 --> 00:08:45,191 THAT HAPPINESS IS NOT UNDER 331 00:08:45,258 --> 00:08:47,226 CONSTANT THREAT, THAT WOULD 332 00:08:47,293 --> 00:08:48,294 LITERALLY BE SO NICE, KING. 333 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,663 AND NOW THIS. 334 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:53,499 >> Announcer: AND NOW, 335 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:55,201 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 336 00:08:55,268 --> 00:08:57,136 FROM THE MEN OF LOCAL NEWS. 337 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:59,839 >> HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S 338 00:08:59,906 --> 00:09:01,874 DAY TO YOU AND TO METEOROLOGIST 339 00:09:01,941 --> 00:09:02,909 STEPHANIE WHO IS WITH US. 340 00:09:02,975 --> 00:09:04,710 MY FAVORITE GIRL. 341 00:09:04,777 --> 00:09:06,112 >> IT'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S 342 00:09:06,178 --> 00:09:07,947 DAY. 343 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:09,181 >> I'M PATRICK LYTLE, LET'S 344 00:09:09,248 --> 00:09:10,950 CHECK IN WITH THE OTHER WOMEN ON 345 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:12,051 THE STAFF. 346 00:09:12,118 --> 00:09:12,718 >> EVERY DAY IS INTERNATIONAL 347 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:13,786 WOMEN'S DAY AS FAR AS I'M 348 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:18,991 CONCERNED. 349 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:20,293 >> SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE WOMAN IN 350 00:09:20,359 --> 00:09:25,598 MY LIFE, MY WIFE, TWO STEP 351 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:26,232 GIRLS, THE TWO FEMALE DOGS AS 352 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:28,100 WELL. 353 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:28,668 MY MOTHER. 354 00:09:28,734 --> 00:09:29,402 >> NOT ONLY IS IT INTERNATIONAL 355 00:09:29,468 --> 00:09:29,702 WOMEN'S DAY. 356 00:09:29,769 --> 00:09:30,269 >> YOU HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING 357 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:31,637 YET. 358 00:09:31,704 --> 00:09:32,138 >> WHAT? 359 00:09:32,204 --> 00:09:34,307 >> FOR WOMEN'S DAY. 360 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:35,808 >> OH, AM I SUPPOSED TO? 361 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:36,842 IS THERE AN INTERNATIONAL MAN'S 362 00:09:36,909 --> 00:09:43,649 DAY? 363 00:09:43,716 --> 00:09:44,116 >> HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY. 364 00:09:44,183 --> 00:09:44,617 >> NATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. 365 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:45,217 >> YEAH, WE TOO. 366 00:09:45,284 --> 00:09:46,452 >> WE ARE WOMEN. 367 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:47,019 >> OKAY. 368 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:48,321 MY FAVORITE WOMEN. 369 00:09:48,387 --> 00:09:53,159 I AM SORRY, I AM SORRY. 370 00:09:53,225 --> 00:09:55,695 HEY, GIRLS, MY GIRLS, BUT YOU 371 00:09:55,761 --> 00:09:58,097 KNOW, WE ARE FRIENDS, MY PEEPS, 372 00:09:58,164 --> 00:09:58,464 MY -- YOU KNOW. 373 00:09:58,531 --> 00:09:58,764 >> WELL. 374 00:09:58,831 --> 00:09:59,865 >> John: MOVING ON. 375 00:09:59,932 --> 00:10:01,467 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 376 00:10:01,534 --> 00:10:02,835 TANF. 377 00:10:02,902 --> 00:10:04,971 IT'S A COMMONLY USED ACRONYM 378 00:10:05,037 --> 00:10:05,938 THAT IN BRITAIN STANDS FOR "THAT 379 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:07,173 ASSHOLE NIGEL FARAGE." 380 00:10:07,239 --> 00:10:09,041 BUT IN THIS COUNTRY, IT STANDS 381 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:10,343 FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR 382 00:10:10,409 --> 00:10:11,877 NEEDY FAMILIES, A FEDERAL 383 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:12,678 PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP 384 00:10:12,745 --> 00:10:13,579 FAMILIES WITH LITTLE TO NO 385 00:10:13,646 --> 00:10:15,181 INCOME. 386 00:10:15,247 --> 00:10:16,282 TANF IS AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL 387 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:17,717 RESOURCE, AND ALSO THE PROGRAM 388 00:10:17,783 --> 00:10:19,485 UNDERNEATH MISSISSIPPI'S 389 00:10:19,552 --> 00:10:20,786 SPECTACULAR ONGOING SCANDALS 390 00:10:20,853 --> 00:10:21,954 INVOLVING FORMER QUARTERBACK 391 00:10:22,021 --> 00:10:22,955 BRETT FAVRE. 392 00:10:23,022 --> 00:10:24,590 >> NFL HALL OF FAMER BRETT FAVRE 393 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:25,124 IS UNDER GROWING PRESSURE 394 00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:26,392 TONIGHT. 395 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:28,227 AS A NEW COURT FILING SAYS THE 396 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,329 FORMER FOOTBALL STAR WAGED A 397 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:32,298 CAMPAIGN TO AGGRESSIVELY LOBBY, 398 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:33,933 FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE 399 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,968 STATE WELFARE AGENCY, TO FINISH 400 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:37,303 BUILDING A VOLLEYBALL FACILITY 401 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:38,804 AT HIS ALMA MATER, THE 402 00:10:38,871 --> 00:10:39,872 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN 403 00:10:39,939 --> 00:10:40,940 MISSISSIPPI, WHERE HIS DAUGHTER 404 00:10:41,007 --> 00:10:41,407 PLAYED THE SPORT. 405 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:42,641 >> John: THAT'S RIGHT, BRETT 406 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:43,976 FAVRE WAS INVOLVED IN GETTING $5 407 00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:45,511 MILLION DOLLARS IN TANF FUNDS 408 00:10:45,578 --> 00:10:47,646 FUNNELED INTO BUILDING THIS 409 00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:48,481 VOLLEYBALL STADIUM. 410 00:10:48,547 --> 00:10:49,648 AND I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED YOU 411 00:10:49,715 --> 00:10:51,083 EVEN NEED A STADIUM TO PLAY 412 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:52,218 VOLLEYBALL IN. 413 00:10:52,284 --> 00:10:54,286 I THOUGHT IT WAS A SPORT MAINLY 414 00:10:54,353 --> 00:10:54,854 PLAYED OUTDOORS BY SEXUALLY 415 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,622 FRUSTRATED MEN WHO AREN'T 416 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:58,057 WEARING SHIRTS AND SPORTY DOGS 417 00:10:58,124 --> 00:11:00,259 WHO UNEXPECTEDLY ARE. 418 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,128 BUT CLEARLY, I WAS WRONG ABOUT 419 00:11:02,194 --> 00:11:02,728 THAT. 420 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:03,529 BUT FAVRE'S ROLE IN THIS SCANDAL 421 00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:04,964 WENT FAR BEYOND VOLLEYBALL. 422 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:07,099 HE'S ALSO ALLEGED TO HAVE HELPED 423 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:08,200 GET AROUND $2 MILLION OF TANF 424 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:09,735 DOLLARS ROUTED TO A 425 00:11:09,802 --> 00:11:10,369 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY THAT HE 426 00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:11,470 INVESTED IN, AND PERSONALLY 427 00:11:11,537 --> 00:11:13,005 RECEIVED OVER A MILLION MORE FOR 428 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:15,207 THE PROMISE HE'D MAKE PUBLIC 429 00:11:15,274 --> 00:11:16,742 APPEARANCES OR RECORD PSA'S. 430 00:11:16,809 --> 00:11:17,910 AND IN HIS TEXT MESSAGES TO A 431 00:11:17,977 --> 00:11:19,912 CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE SCHEME, A 432 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:21,080 WOMAN NAMED NANCY NEW, FAVRE 433 00:11:21,147 --> 00:11:23,149 SEEMED EAGER TO KEEP THE DETAILS 434 00:11:23,215 --> 00:11:24,350 OF THIS DEAL PRIVATE. 435 00:11:24,417 --> 00:11:25,851 >> TEXTS SHOW FAVRE WAS WORRIED 436 00:11:25,918 --> 00:11:27,553 ABOUT HOW IT MIGHT LOOK. 437 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:28,954 HE WROTE, "IF YOU WERE TO PAY 438 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:29,889 ME, IS THERE ANY WAY THE MEDIA 439 00:11:29,955 --> 00:11:31,690 CAN FIND OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM 440 00:11:31,757 --> 00:11:33,325 AND HOW MUCH?" 441 00:11:33,392 --> 00:11:34,827 NEW REPLIED, "NO." 442 00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:36,328 BUT ADDED, "I UNDERSTAND YOU 443 00:11:36,395 --> 00:11:37,396 BEING UNEASY ABOUT THAT." 444 00:11:37,463 --> 00:11:38,931 >> John: YEAH, ME TOO! 445 00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:40,399 BUT, BRETT, I HAVE SOME TERRIBLE 446 00:11:40,466 --> 00:11:41,033 NEWS FOR YOU. 447 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:42,368 THE MEDIA DID FIND OUT. 448 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:43,269 THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT 449 00:11:43,335 --> 00:11:45,471 NOW. 450 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:46,505 BUT THE FAVRE PART OF THE STORY 451 00:11:46,572 --> 00:11:47,239 IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG 452 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:48,607 HERE. 453 00:11:48,674 --> 00:11:49,608 BECAUSE AMAZINGLY, FROM 2016 TO 454 00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:54,513 2019, AT LEAST $77 MILLION 455 00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:56,015 DOLLARS IN FEDERAL WELFARE MONEY 456 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:56,982 WAS STOLEN OR MISSPENT IN 457 00:11:57,049 --> 00:11:58,284 MISSISSIPPI. 458 00:11:58,350 --> 00:11:59,452 SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CRIMINALLY 459 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:00,886 CHARGED SO FAR, WITH MOST 460 00:12:00,953 --> 00:12:01,987 PLEADING GUILTY, INCLUDING THE 461 00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:02,588 FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE STATE'S 462 00:12:02,655 --> 00:12:04,690 WELFARE AGENCY. 463 00:12:04,757 --> 00:12:06,358 THIS SCANDAL IS FULL OF BOTH 464 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:08,027 BIZARRE DETAILS, AND A WEIRD 465 00:12:08,094 --> 00:12:10,496 NUMBER OF FORMER ATHLETES, 466 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:13,899 INCLUDING RETIRED WWE WRESTLER 467 00:12:13,966 --> 00:12:14,467 TED "THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN" 468 00:12:14,533 --> 00:12:15,134 DIBIASE, SEEN HERE IN HIS 469 00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:17,536 HEYDAY, LOOKING VERY COOL. 470 00:12:17,603 --> 00:12:19,472 DIBIASE AND HIS MINISTRY 471 00:12:19,538 --> 00:12:20,673 APPARENTLY RECEIVED NEARLY 472 00:12:20,739 --> 00:12:21,807 $2 MILLION DOLLARS TO, AMONG 473 00:12:21,874 --> 00:12:23,175 OTHER THINGS, CREATE A PHONE APP 474 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:25,077 TO REACH TROUBLED TEENS AND SEND 475 00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:26,078 THEM BIBLE VERSES, SOMETHING 476 00:12:26,145 --> 00:12:27,446 THAT APPARENTLY NEVER HAPPENED. 477 00:12:27,513 --> 00:12:28,881 WHICH IS PROBABLY JUST AS WELL, 478 00:12:28,948 --> 00:12:29,982 GIVEN THAT IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE 479 00:12:30,049 --> 00:12:31,350 THIS MAN HELPING ANY TEEN WHO'S 480 00:12:31,417 --> 00:12:32,351 IN TROUBLE. 481 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,285 UNLESS THE THING THEY'RE HAVING 482 00:12:33,352 --> 00:12:34,286 TROUBLE WITH IS FIGURING OUT 483 00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:35,554 WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF 484 00:12:35,621 --> 00:12:36,455 STEVEN SEAGAL SOMEHOW AGED EVEN 485 00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:39,091 WORSE. 486 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:41,093 AND LOOK, LEGALLY, I HAVE TO 487 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,661 TELL YOU THAT BOTH FAVRE AND 488 00:12:42,728 --> 00:12:43,629 DIBIASE MAINTAIN THEY DID 489 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:44,964 NOTHING WRONG, AND HAVE NOT BEEN 490 00:12:45,030 --> 00:12:46,332 CRIMINALLY CHARGED. 491 00:12:46,398 --> 00:12:47,700 AND FAVRE WANTS US TO TELL YOU 492 00:12:47,766 --> 00:12:49,268 THAT HE RETURNED THE $1.1 493 00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:50,402 MILLION HE WAS PERSONALLY PAID, 494 00:12:50,469 --> 00:12:51,971 AND SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF 495 00:12:52,037 --> 00:12:53,339 THE MONEY WAS COMING FROM 496 00:12:53,405 --> 00:12:53,839 WELFARE FUNDS. 497 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:56,809 ALTHOUGH, IT'S NOT CLEAR EXACTLY 498 00:12:56,876 --> 00:12:57,610 WHERE HE THOUGHT THE MONEY WAS 499 00:12:57,676 --> 00:12:58,077 COMING FROM. 500 00:12:58,144 --> 00:12:59,044 PERHAPS HE THINKS THERE'S SOME 501 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:00,579 POT OF TAXPAYER MONEY THAT HE 502 00:13:00,646 --> 00:13:02,047 CAN JUST DIP HIS SAUSAGE FINGERS 503 00:13:02,114 --> 00:13:02,815 INTO WHENEVER HE NEEDS 504 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:03,182 SOMETHING. 505 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:04,250 I DON'T KNOW. 506 00:13:04,316 --> 00:13:05,851 HE'S BEEN HIT IN THE HEAD A LOT. 507 00:13:05,918 --> 00:13:07,720 NOT ENOUGH, BUT A LOT. 508 00:13:07,786 --> 00:13:09,088 BUT WHAT'S NOT IN DISPUTE HERE 509 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:10,756 IS THAT, FOR YEARS, THERE WERE 510 00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:11,891 PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI IN DIRE 511 00:13:11,957 --> 00:13:13,058 NEED OF HELP, WHO JUST COULDN'T 512 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:14,493 GET IT. 513 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,028 >> TAMARA EDWARDS RAISED FOUR 514 00:13:16,095 --> 00:13:17,863 CHILDREN ON HER OWN IN 515 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:19,698 MISSISSIPPI, APPLYING FOR 516 00:13:19,765 --> 00:13:21,167 WELFARE BENEFITS JUST ONCE, FOR 517 00:13:21,233 --> 00:13:22,434 CHILDCARE WHILE SHE WORKED. 518 00:13:22,501 --> 00:13:25,137 >> WHEN I REAPPLIED, I WAS NOT 519 00:13:25,204 --> 00:13:28,274 ABLE TO BE ON IT AGAIN BECAUSE 520 00:13:28,340 --> 00:13:29,975 THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDN'T 521 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:31,877 HAVE THE FUNDINGS FOR IT. 522 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:32,878 >> John: THAT'S PRETTY 523 00:13:32,945 --> 00:13:34,046 INFURIATING TO HEAR. 524 00:13:34,113 --> 00:13:35,080 AND IT GETS EVEN WORSE WHEN YOU 525 00:13:35,147 --> 00:13:35,915 LEARN THAT, IN MISSISSIPPI LAST 526 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:38,851 YEAR, OF ROUGHLY 190,000 527 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:42,521 CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY, JUST 528 00:13:42,588 --> 00:13:43,789 2,600 WERE RECEIVING MONEY FROM 529 00:13:43,856 --> 00:13:45,191 TANF, WHILE, REMEMBER, OF THE 530 00:13:45,257 --> 00:13:46,425 ROUGHLY ONE BRETT FAVRES IN 531 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:48,460 MISSISSIPPI, 100% OF THEM 532 00:13:48,527 --> 00:13:49,895 MANAGED TO GET $5 MILLION FOR 533 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:51,830 THIS FUCKING VOLLEYBALL STADIUM. 534 00:13:51,897 --> 00:13:53,032 IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU WANT TO 535 00:13:53,098 --> 00:13:54,033 SEE BRETT FAVRE HIT IN THE NUTS 536 00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:55,601 WITH A FOOTBALL, AND THE GOOD 537 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:58,304 NEWS IS, I CAN ACTUALLY HELP 538 00:13:58,370 --> 00:13:58,871 YOU THERE. 539 00:13:58,938 --> 00:13:59,838 >> HE WAS ON THE PRACTICE FIELD 540 00:13:59,905 --> 00:14:02,308 THIS WEEK AND GOT HIT IN THE 541 00:14:02,374 --> 00:14:04,009 NOT-SO-FRIENDLY AREA. 542 00:14:04,076 --> 00:14:05,244 OH! 543 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:09,281 IT TAKES HIM ALL THE WAY DOWN. 544 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:09,748 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 545 00:14:09,815 --> 00:14:10,316 >> John: GOOD. 546 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:10,849 I'M GLAD THAT HAPPENED. 547 00:14:10,916 --> 00:14:11,984 AND BY THE WAY, KUDOS TO THE 548 00:14:12,051 --> 00:14:13,018 LOCAL NEWS TEAM FOR ADDING THE 549 00:14:13,085 --> 00:14:14,253 "BOING" SOUND EFFECT. 550 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,387 EXCELLENT JOURNALISM. 551 00:14:15,454 --> 00:14:17,523 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT 552 00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:18,490 WHILE WHAT HAPPENED IN 553 00:14:18,557 --> 00:14:20,259 MISSISSIPPI ROSE TO CRIMINAL 554 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:21,894 CHARGES, IN STATES ALL OVER THE 555 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:23,229 COUNTRY, THE TANF PROGRAM HAS 556 00:14:23,295 --> 00:14:24,196 BEEN ABUSED FOR DECADES, AND 557 00:14:24,263 --> 00:14:26,832 COMPLETELY LEGALLY. 558 00:14:26,899 --> 00:14:28,234 IN FACT, NATIONWIDE, FOR EVERY 559 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:31,370 100 FAMILIES IN POVERTY, ONLY 21 560 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:32,705 RECEIVED TANF CASH ASSISTANCE. 561 00:14:32,771 --> 00:14:33,872 MEANING WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT'S 562 00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:35,441 SUPPOSED TO GIVE MONEY TO 563 00:14:35,507 --> 00:14:37,009 FAMILIES IN DESPERATE NEED, AND 564 00:14:37,076 --> 00:14:38,978 FOUR OUT OF FIVE OF THEM JUST 565 00:14:39,044 --> 00:14:40,312 AREN'T GETTING IT. 566 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:41,914 SO TONIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT 567 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:43,082 TANF, AND LET'S START WITH WHY 568 00:14:43,148 --> 00:14:44,283 IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 569 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:46,352 TANF IS THE ONLY FEDERAL 570 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:47,052 ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM THAT 571 00:14:47,119 --> 00:14:47,620 PROVIDES MONTHLY CASH 572 00:14:47,686 --> 00:14:49,555 ASSISTANCE. 573 00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:52,791 THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFERENT 574 00:14:52,858 --> 00:14:54,393 FROM SAY, SNAP, FORMERLY KNOWN 575 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:55,594 AS "FOOD STAMPS," BECAUSE THAT 576 00:14:55,661 --> 00:14:58,063 CAN ONLY BE USED TO PAY FOR 577 00:14:58,130 --> 00:15:00,699 FOOD, WHEREAS TANF FUNDS, BY 578 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:02,401 CONTRAST, CAN BE USED FOR ALL 579 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:03,636 SORTS OF OTHER NECESSITIES, FROM 580 00:15:03,702 --> 00:15:05,070 DIAPERS, TO TOOTHPASTE, TO 581 00:15:05,137 --> 00:15:05,537 UTILITY BILLS. 582 00:15:05,604 --> 00:15:06,138 SO IT CAN BE AN ABSOLUTE 583 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:07,139 LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES. 584 00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:07,706 AND THE TRUTH IS, WE'VE LONG 585 00:15:07,773 --> 00:15:09,108 KNOWN JUST HOW IMPORTANT CASH 586 00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:09,775 ASSISTANCE CAN BE. 587 00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:11,343 IN 1935, FDR PUSHED FOR THE AID 588 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:13,045 TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN PROGRAM. 589 00:15:13,112 --> 00:15:14,847 AND BACK THEN, THE IDEA HAD 590 00:15:14,913 --> 00:15:16,215 BROAD SUPPORT. 591 00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:17,583 >> THE WELFARE OF THE NATION 592 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:19,318 DEPENDS UPON THE WELFARE OF ITS 593 00:15:19,385 --> 00:15:20,152 CHILDREN! 594 00:15:20,219 --> 00:15:21,720 TO PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE 595 00:15:21,787 --> 00:15:22,821 LOST THEIR BREADWINNERS, THE 596 00:15:22,888 --> 00:15:25,591 STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 597 00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:26,558 PROVIDE MONTHLY CASH PAYMENTS SO 598 00:15:26,625 --> 00:15:27,893 THAT THESE CHILDREN MAY GROW UP 599 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,196 AT HOME WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES. 600 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:31,864 AID FOR CHILDREN WHO, AS 601 00:15:31,930 --> 00:15:34,900 CITIZENS OF TOMORROW, NEED THE 602 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:35,434 SECURITY OF HOME TODAY! 603 00:15:35,501 --> 00:15:36,935 >> John: WOW! 604 00:15:37,002 --> 00:15:38,070 IT'S GENUINELY REFRESHING TO 605 00:15:38,137 --> 00:15:39,672 HEAR THAT KIND OF VOICE SAYING 606 00:15:39,738 --> 00:15:40,739 SUCH NICE THINGS. 607 00:15:40,806 --> 00:15:42,508 ALTHOUGH GIVEN THE TIME, I'M 608 00:15:42,574 --> 00:15:43,409 GUESSING IF HE'D KEPT TALKING, 609 00:15:43,475 --> 00:15:44,743 HE WOULD'VE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, 610 00:15:44,810 --> 00:15:46,211 "ALSO, NOTHING CALMS A 611 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:47,646 HYSTERICAL CHILD LIKE A GOOD 612 00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:49,682 SMACK WITH A STICK." 613 00:15:49,748 --> 00:15:51,050 THAT PROGRAM CONTINUED TO HAVE 614 00:15:51,116 --> 00:15:51,717 SUPPORT FOR YEARS, WHILE -- 615 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:53,485 PERHAPS NOT COINCIDENTALLY -- IT 616 00:15:53,552 --> 00:15:55,454 WAS PRIMARILY WHITE FAMILIES, 617 00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:56,655 LIKE THOSE YOU JUST SAW, WHO 618 00:15:56,722 --> 00:15:57,990 WERE THE ONES USING IT. 619 00:15:58,057 --> 00:15:59,024 BUT AS BARRIERS PREVENTING BLACK 620 00:15:59,091 --> 00:16:00,459 FAMILIES FROM PARTICIPATING 621 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:02,995 BEGAN TO FALL, PEOPLE SUDDENLY 622 00:16:03,062 --> 00:16:03,862 BEGAN TO PANIC ABOUT WHETHER 623 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:05,531 THESE PROGRAMS MIGHT ACTUALLY 624 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:06,665 ENCOURAGE LAZINESS AND 625 00:16:06,732 --> 00:16:07,633 DEPENDENCY. 626 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,702 AND, TO USE AMERICA'S OFFICIAL 627 00:16:09,768 --> 00:16:11,203 SLOGAN, RONALD REAGAN MADE IT 628 00:16:11,270 --> 00:16:13,038 WORSE! 629 00:16:13,105 --> 00:16:14,206 BECAUSE CONSERVATIVES IN THE 630 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:15,941 '70S AND '80S, LED BY REAGAN, 631 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:17,309 PUSHED LARGELY BULLSHIT OR 632 00:16:17,376 --> 00:16:18,544 CHERRY-PICKED NARRATIVES OF 633 00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:19,578 FRAUD AND ABUSE. 634 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:21,680 IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE, BY 635 00:16:21,747 --> 00:16:22,314 THE MID-'90S, ONE FLORIDA 636 00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:24,016 REPRESENTATIVE FOUND THIS A 637 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:26,418 COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE WAY TO 638 00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:27,086 TALK ABOUT WELFARE RECIPIENTS. 639 00:16:27,152 --> 00:16:28,721 >> WE POST THESE SIGNS FOR 640 00:16:28,787 --> 00:16:30,189 SEVERAL REASONS. 641 00:16:30,255 --> 00:16:31,824 FIRST, BECAUSE IF LEFT IN A 642 00:16:31,890 --> 00:16:34,360 NATURAL STATE, ALLIGATORS CAN 643 00:16:34,426 --> 00:16:35,961 FEND FOR THEMSELVES. 644 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:37,229 THEY WORK, GATHER FOOD, AND CARE 645 00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:39,031 FOR THEIR YOUNG. 646 00:16:39,098 --> 00:16:41,834 SECONDLY, WE POST THESE WARNINGS 647 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:44,269 BECAUSE UNNATURAL FEEDING AND 648 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:45,771 ARTIFICIAL CARE CREATES 649 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:48,407 DEPENDENCY. 650 00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:50,676 WHEN DEPENDENCY SETS IN, THESE 651 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:53,045 OTHERWISE ABLED ALLIGATORS CAN 652 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:55,147 NO LONGER SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN. 653 00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:56,715 NOW I KNOW PEOPLE ARE NOT 654 00:16:56,782 --> 00:16:58,083 ALLIGATORS, BUT I SUBMIT TO YOU 655 00:16:58,150 --> 00:17:02,154 THAT WITH OUR CURRENT HANDOUT, 656 00:17:02,221 --> 00:17:04,957 NON-WORK WELFARE SYSTEM, WE'VE 657 00:17:05,023 --> 00:17:05,891 UPSET THE NATURAL ORDER. 658 00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:07,259 >> John: OKAY. 659 00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:09,628 THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK THERE. 660 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:10,195 FROM CASUALLY COMPARING POOR 661 00:17:10,262 --> 00:17:11,263 PEOPLE TO ANIMALS, TO CLAIMING 662 00:17:11,330 --> 00:17:12,631 THAT ALLIGATORS WORK, WHICH BEGS 663 00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:14,566 THE QUESTION, THE FUCK ARE YOU 664 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:15,601 TALKING ABOUT? 665 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:17,102 ALLIGATORS DON'T HAVE JOBS! 666 00:17:17,169 --> 00:17:18,070 UNLESS YOU CONSIDER "LOOKING 667 00:17:18,137 --> 00:17:20,239 LIKE SOMEONE PUT A DRAGON BABY 668 00:17:20,305 --> 00:17:21,140 INTO A PANINI PRESS" TO BE A 669 00:17:21,206 --> 00:17:27,913 JOB, IN WHICH CASE, YES, THEY'RE 670 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:28,547 INDEED WORKING 24/7. 671 00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:29,181 NOW AT THE TIME THAT ASSHOLE WAS 672 00:17:29,248 --> 00:17:30,015 SPEAKING, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 673 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:31,216 HAD ALREADY BEGUN ALLOWING, AND 674 00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:32,518 ENCOURAGING, STATES TO 675 00:17:32,584 --> 00:17:33,786 EXPERIMENT WITH VARIOUS 676 00:17:33,852 --> 00:17:34,820 SO-CALLED "WELFARE-TO-WORK" 677 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,155 APPROACHES, WITH THE AIM BEING 678 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:37,289 TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE OFF 679 00:17:37,356 --> 00:17:37,790 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AS 680 00:17:37,856 --> 00:17:39,291 POSSIBLE, AND INTO THE 681 00:17:39,358 --> 00:17:40,392 WORKFORCE. 682 00:17:40,459 --> 00:17:41,593 AND BACK THEN, BOTH DEMOCRATS 683 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:42,694 AND REPUBLICANS SEIZED ON WHAT 684 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:43,996 APPEARED TO BE A SUCCESSFUL 685 00:17:44,062 --> 00:17:44,863 PROGRAM IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, 686 00:17:44,930 --> 00:17:46,498 CALIFORNIA, THAT EMPHASIZED 687 00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:47,966 GETTING A JOB ABOVE ALL ELSE, 688 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:50,536 AND WAS SAID TO HAVE INCREASED 689 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:51,170 PARTICIPANTS' EARNINGS BY NEARLY 690 00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:52,438 50%. 691 00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:54,640 THE MAN OVERSEEING THAT PROGRAM, 692 00:17:54,706 --> 00:17:55,240 LARRY TOWNSEND, WAS CELEBRATED 693 00:17:55,307 --> 00:17:56,408 AT THE TIME. 694 00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:57,709 EVEN DUBBED "THE MAGIC 695 00:17:57,776 --> 00:17:58,777 BUREAUCRAT," AND WAS BROUGHT 696 00:17:58,844 --> 00:18:00,679 BEFORE CONGRESS TO SHARE THE 697 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:02,247 SECRETS TO HIS SUCCESS. 698 00:18:02,314 --> 00:18:03,348 >> IF YOU CALL RIVERSIDE COUNTY, 699 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:04,650 AND NOBODY ANSWERS THE PHONE, 700 00:18:04,716 --> 00:18:06,218 YOU'LL GET A WORK ETHIC MESSAGE. 701 00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:08,287 WE HAVE POSTERS IN THE WAITING 702 00:18:08,353 --> 00:18:09,087 ROOM. 703 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:11,423 WE HAVE PRODUCED A COMPACT DISC 704 00:18:11,490 --> 00:18:17,229 WITH WORK ETHIC MUSIC. 705 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:18,730 ONE OF THE -- THE PIECES OF 706 00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:20,566 MUSIC IS WELFARE IS TEMPORARY, 707 00:18:20,632 --> 00:18:21,166 NOT A WAY OF LIFE, AND IT'S A 708 00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:24,770 BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MUSIC. 709 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:25,370 >> John: NOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY 710 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:25,804 TRUE! 711 00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:26,472 LARRY OVERSAW THE PRODUCTION OF 712 00:18:26,538 --> 00:18:27,406 THIS ALBUM OF "WORK ETHIC MUSIC" 713 00:18:27,473 --> 00:18:28,474 THEY'D PLAY IN THE OFFICE, AND 714 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:29,775 TO PEOPLE WHO WERE PUT ON HOLD. 715 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:30,909 NOW, IS HE RIGHT TO CLAIM IT WAS 716 00:18:30,976 --> 00:18:33,779 "A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MUSIC?" 717 00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:34,480 WELL, WHY DON'T YOU BE THE 718 00:18:34,546 --> 00:18:34,980 JUDGE? 719 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:35,614 HERE'S A TASTE. 720 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:37,783 >> ♪ WELFARE'S TEMPORARY, NOT A 721 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:40,853 WAY OF LIFE ♪ 722 00:18:40,919 --> 00:18:43,956 ♪ BE PROUD OF HONEST LABOR ♪ 723 00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:47,860 ♪ HAVE DIGNITY AND PRIDE ♪ 724 00:18:47,926 --> 00:18:51,196 ♪ MAKE THE DIFFERENCE ♪ 725 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:55,067 ♪ START A CAREER ♪ 726 00:18:55,133 --> 00:18:58,837 ♪ SUCCESS DEPENDS ON YOU ♪ 727 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:02,307 ♪ GET INTO GEAR ♪ 728 00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:03,876 >> John: YOU KNOW, FINALLY, WE 729 00:19:03,942 --> 00:19:05,744 HAVE A RECORDING THAT ANSWERS 730 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:06,478 THE QUESTION: "WHAT IF "WE ARE 731 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:07,579 THE WORLD" FUCKED A CHEAP 732 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:09,982 MOTIVATIONAL POSTER?" 733 00:19:10,048 --> 00:19:11,250 AND IF YOU THINK EVERY TRACK ON 734 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:13,051 THE ALBUM WAS CONFINED TO THE 735 00:19:13,118 --> 00:19:13,619 GENRE OF "POP SOUL BALLAD," 736 00:19:13,685 --> 00:19:14,620 YOU'RE WRONG. 737 00:19:14,686 --> 00:19:15,821 BECAUSE THEY ALSO DID A DANCE 738 00:19:15,888 --> 00:19:17,389 NUMBER THAT, FAIR WARNING, 739 00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:19,591 REALLY PUTS THE "NO" IN 740 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:20,692 "TECHNO." 741 00:19:20,759 --> 00:19:23,962 >> ♪ WELFARE IS TEMPORARY ♪ 742 00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:27,499 ♪ IT'S NOT A WAY OF LIFE ♪ 743 00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:31,336 ♪ WELFARE, MAKE IT SECONDARY ♪ 744 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:33,639 ♪ HAVE DIGNITY AND PRIDE ♪ 745 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:36,575 >> John: I HATE IT SO MUCH. 746 00:19:36,642 --> 00:19:38,110 THAT SONG SOUNDS LIKE DAFT PUNK 747 00:19:38,176 --> 00:19:39,177 IF IT TURNED OUT THE PEOPLE 748 00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:40,345 UNDER THE MASKS WERE 749 00:19:40,412 --> 00:19:42,614 KEVIN O'LEARY AND MARK CUBAN. 750 00:19:42,681 --> 00:19:43,916 IT'S GENUINELY DIFFICULT TO STOP 751 00:19:43,982 --> 00:19:45,183 TALKING ABOUT THIS ALBUM. 752 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:45,817 BECAUSE WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO 753 00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:46,885 HERE? 754 00:19:46,952 --> 00:19:47,653 JUST MOVE ON TO THE REST OF THIS 755 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:50,756 STORY AND NOT PLAY YOU THE HIP 756 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:51,256 HOP TRACK? 757 00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:51,990 THAT'D BE RIDICULOUS. 758 00:19:52,057 --> 00:19:53,692 HERE IT IS! 759 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:55,227 >> ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT ♪ 760 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:56,061 ♪ TURN YOUR DREAMS INTO 761 00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:57,329 REALITY ♪ 762 00:19:57,396 --> 00:20:00,632 ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT ♪ 763 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:01,800 ♪ BECOME A MONEY SAVER ♪ 764 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,303 ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT ♪ 765 00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:06,939 ♪ CAUSE YOU CAN GET A JOB ♪ 766 00:20:07,005 --> 00:20:08,307 >> John: ADMIT IT, ADMIT IT, YOU 767 00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:10,142 THOUGHT YOU KNEW HOW BAD THAT 768 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:12,311 WAS GOING TO BE, THEN YOU GET TO 769 00:20:12,377 --> 00:20:13,178 THAT LAST "CAUSE YOU CAN GET A 770 00:20:13,245 --> 00:20:14,646 JOB," BIT AND IT SOMEHOW GETS 771 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:15,981 WORSE. 772 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:17,716 NOW, INTERESTINGLY, AND 773 00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:19,217 IMPORTANTLY, LATER STUDIES FOUND 774 00:20:19,284 --> 00:20:20,852 THAT MAN'S PROGRAM DIDN'T, IN 775 00:20:20,919 --> 00:20:21,620 FACT, SUCCEED BECAUSE OF THAT 776 00:20:21,687 --> 00:20:22,988 ALBUM. 777 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:23,622 OR, INDEED, ANYTHING ELSE HE'D 778 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,057 DONE. 779 00:20:25,123 --> 00:20:25,691 INSTEAD, RESEARCH SUGGESTED ITS 780 00:20:25,757 --> 00:20:27,025 SUCCESS WAS A FLUKE, AND 781 00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:28,226 ACTUALLY THE PRODUCT OF AN 782 00:20:28,293 --> 00:20:30,028 ALREADY STRONGER LOCAL ECONOMY 783 00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:31,930 RATHER THAN ANY REFORMS. 784 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:34,399 BUT THE PROBLEM WAS, THE WHOLE 785 00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:35,567 CONCEPT OF "WELFARE-TO-WORK" HAD 786 00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:37,369 CAUGHT ON IN A BIG WAY. 787 00:20:37,436 --> 00:20:38,971 BILL CLINTON CAMPAIGNED 788 00:20:39,037 --> 00:20:39,938 AGGRESSIVELY ON WELFARE REFORM, 789 00:20:40,005 --> 00:20:41,106 AND ONCE IN OFFICE, WORKED WITH 790 00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:42,674 REPUBLICANS TO CRAFT A BILL 791 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:44,109 THAT, HE BRAGGED WHEN SIGNING 792 00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:46,078 IT, WOULD MOVE MILLIONS INTO THE 793 00:20:46,144 --> 00:20:46,979 WORKFORCE. 794 00:20:47,045 --> 00:20:48,246 >> TODAY WE ARE ENDING WELFARE 795 00:20:48,313 --> 00:20:50,349 AS WE KNOW IT. 796 00:20:50,415 --> 00:20:51,817 BUT I HOPE THIS DAY WILL BE 797 00:20:51,883 --> 00:20:53,986 REMEMBERED NOT FOR WHAT IT ENDED 798 00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:56,021 BUT FOR WHAT IT BEGAN. 799 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:57,022 >> John: SPOILER ALERT, IT'S 800 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,223 REMEMBERED FOR WHAT IT ENDED, 801 00:20:58,290 --> 00:21:00,726 NOT WHAT IT BEGAN. 802 00:21:00,792 --> 00:21:01,960 IT'S GENUINELY HARD TO THINK OF 803 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:04,496 A CLIP FROM THE CLINTON ERA 804 00:21:04,563 --> 00:21:05,330 THAT'S AGED WORSE, OTHER THAN, 805 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:06,832 OF COURSE, THIS ONE FROM HIS 806 00:21:06,898 --> 00:21:07,265 INAUGURAL BALL. 807 00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:08,867 >> WE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU, WE 808 00:21:08,934 --> 00:21:10,702 LOVE YOU, THANK YOU, GOD BLESS 809 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:13,005 YOU ALL, THANK YOU. 810 00:21:13,071 --> 00:21:15,207 AND THANK YOU, KEVIN SPACEY! 811 00:21:15,273 --> 00:21:19,945 >> John: YEAH, YEAH. 812 00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:20,512 YEAH. 813 00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:21,346 PRETTY REMARKABLE, RIGHT? 814 00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:22,414 THAT THEY LET THAT SEXUAL 815 00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:23,115 PREDATOR ANYWHERE NEAR KEVIN 816 00:21:23,181 --> 00:21:25,951 SPACEY? 817 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:26,518 [LAUGHTER] 818 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:27,419 THE POINT IS THAT CLINTON'S 819 00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:28,887 WELFARE REFORM CREATED THE TANF 820 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:29,721 PROGRAM. 821 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:30,756 AND IN DOING SO, IT BROUGHT 822 00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:31,823 ABOUT SOME MAJOR, AND 823 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:33,325 CATASTROPHIC CHANGES. 824 00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:34,593 FIRST, IT SHIFTED THE FUNDING TO 825 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:35,627 A BLOCK GRANT. 826 00:21:35,694 --> 00:21:37,029 BASICALLY, INSTEAD OF THE 827 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:38,263 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVING 828 00:21:38,330 --> 00:21:39,598 OVERSIGHT AND SHARING THE COSTS 829 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:40,766 OF THE PROGRAM, EACH YEAR, IT 830 00:21:40,832 --> 00:21:42,367 WOULD JUST GIVE STATES A LUMP 831 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:43,535 SUM OF MONEY. 832 00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:44,903 BUT IN DOING SO, IT CRUCIALLY 833 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,605 DIDN'T ESTABLISH ANY MECHANISM 834 00:21:46,672 --> 00:21:48,206 TO INCREASE THAT SUM OVER TIME, 835 00:21:48,273 --> 00:21:49,608 MEANING THE AMOUNT EACH STATE 836 00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:50,842 GETS HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE 837 00:21:50,909 --> 00:21:53,245 1996. 838 00:21:53,311 --> 00:21:54,446 AND BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN 839 00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:55,947 ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION OR 840 00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:56,615 POPULATION CHANGES, THE REAL 841 00:21:56,682 --> 00:21:58,250 VALUE OF THE FUNDING HAS 842 00:21:58,316 --> 00:22:00,085 ACTUALLY FALLEN BY 40% SINCE 843 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,319 THEN. 844 00:22:01,386 --> 00:22:03,622 SO IT WASN'T WORTH MUCH IN THE 845 00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:04,690 MID-'90S, AND IT'S WORTH EVEN 846 00:22:04,756 --> 00:22:06,291 LESS NOW. 847 00:22:06,358 --> 00:22:08,093 THINK OF IT LIKE A CASSINGLE OF 848 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,628 CHUMBAWUMBA'S TUBTHUMPING. 849 00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:10,629 AND I KNOW IF YOU'RE UNDER 30 850 00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:11,897 YOU THINK I'M HAVING A STROKE, 851 00:22:11,963 --> 00:22:14,833 BUT I SWEAR EVERYTHING I JUST 852 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:16,101 SAID IS A REAL WORD. 853 00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:17,936 THE BIG PROMISE OF THESE BLOCK 854 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:19,004 GRANTS WAS THAT THEY'D GIVE 855 00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:20,238 STATES THE FLEXIBILITY TO SPEND 856 00:22:20,305 --> 00:22:21,540 IT HOWEVER THEY FELT WORKED BEST 857 00:22:21,606 --> 00:22:22,674 FOR THEM. 858 00:22:22,741 --> 00:22:23,875 THE ONLY REAL REQUIREMENT WAS 859 00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:24,976 THAT IT HAD TO BE USED FOR AT 860 00:22:25,043 --> 00:22:26,878 LEAST ONE OF FOUR INCREDIBLY 861 00:22:26,945 --> 00:22:28,180 BROAD PURPOSES. 862 00:22:28,246 --> 00:22:29,548 PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY 863 00:22:29,614 --> 00:22:30,682 FAMILIES SO THAT CHILDREN CAN BE 864 00:22:30,749 --> 00:22:31,983 CARED FOR IN THEIR OWN HOMES OR 865 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:32,951 IN THE HOMES OF RELATIVES. 866 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:33,752 FINE. 867 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:35,087 PROMOTING JOB PREPARATION, WORK, 868 00:22:35,153 --> 00:22:35,987 AND MARRIAGE. 869 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:37,422 OKAY. 870 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:38,790 PREVENTING AND REDUCING THE 871 00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:39,825 INCIDENCE OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK 872 00:22:39,891 --> 00:22:40,826 PREGNANCIES. 873 00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:42,194 SEEMS A BIT WEIRD! 874 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:43,295 AND ENCOURAGING THE FORMATION 875 00:22:43,361 --> 00:22:44,396 AND MAINTENANCE OF TWO-PARENT 876 00:22:44,463 --> 00:22:45,397 FAMILIES. 877 00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:46,865 SO IMMEDIATELY, YOU CAN SEE THAT 878 00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:48,834 NOT ONLY IS SOME OF THAT 879 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:50,102 INCREDIBLY MORALISTIC, IT'S, 880 00:22:50,168 --> 00:22:50,836 CRUCIALLY, A PRETTY BROAD 881 00:22:50,902 --> 00:22:52,370 MANDATE. 882 00:22:52,437 --> 00:22:53,572 AND STATES HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE 883 00:22:53,638 --> 00:22:54,606 OF THAT LATITUDE. 884 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:55,941 FOR INSTANCE, SOME HAVE 885 00:22:56,007 --> 00:22:56,641 APPROPRIATED TANF MONEY FOR 886 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:58,076 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT CAN 887 00:22:58,143 --> 00:22:59,211 END UP GOING TO MIDDLE-CLASS 888 00:22:59,277 --> 00:23:00,278 STUDENTS. 889 00:23:00,345 --> 00:23:03,648 SINCE 2007, MICHIGAN HAS SPENT 890 00:23:03,715 --> 00:23:05,951 AROUND $100 MILLION DOLLARS EACH 891 00:23:06,017 --> 00:23:07,352 YEAR IN WELFARE MONEY ON COLLEGE 892 00:23:07,419 --> 00:23:08,787 AID, MUCH OF IT BENEFITING 893 00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:09,621 FAMILIES WELL ABOVE THE POVERTY 894 00:23:09,688 --> 00:23:11,156 LINE. 895 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:11,990 AND THE STATE HAS JUSTIFIED THIS 896 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:14,359 BY SAYING THAT COLLEGE AID HELPS 897 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:15,427 PREVENT OUT-OF-WEDLOCK 898 00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:16,194 PREGNANCIES, WHICH OF COURSE 899 00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:17,963 MAKES SENSE. 900 00:23:18,029 --> 00:23:19,331 COLLEGE IS FAMOUSLY A PLACE 901 00:23:19,397 --> 00:23:22,567 WHERE NO ONE FUCKS. 902 00:23:22,634 --> 00:23:23,268 [LAUGHTER] 903 00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:23,902 MEANWHILE, OKLAHOMA WAS, AT ONE 904 00:23:23,969 --> 00:23:24,970 POINT, SPENDING MILLIONS IN TANF 905 00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:26,471 DOLLARS ON MARRIAGE COUNSELING 906 00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:27,639 CLASSES, INCLUDING ONE CALLED 907 00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:28,240 "FOREVER. 908 00:23:28,306 --> 00:23:28,940 FOR REAL." 909 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:29,741 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AN AD FOR 910 00:23:29,808 --> 00:23:31,042 IT? 911 00:23:31,109 --> 00:23:33,145 WELL, TOO BAD, HERE IT IS! 912 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:34,079 >> IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT 913 00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:34,913 DECISION YOU CAN MAKE IN YOUR 914 00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:37,949 LIFE, TO MARRY SOMEBODY. 915 00:23:38,016 --> 00:23:38,917 SO, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULDN'T WANT 916 00:23:38,984 --> 00:23:39,384 A CLOSER AND STRONGER 917 00:23:39,451 --> 00:23:40,185 RELATIONSHIP? 918 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:41,520 >> ONCE WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE 919 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:42,721 READY TO MOVE FORWARD IN OUR 920 00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:44,856 RELATIONSHIP, WE WANTED TO 921 00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:45,624 PROTECT WHAT WE HAD. 922 00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:47,259 AND SO, WE DECIDED TO GO TO 923 00:23:47,325 --> 00:23:47,826 "FOREVER. 924 00:23:47,893 --> 00:23:49,161 FOR REAL." 925 00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:50,295 FOR AN INVESTMENT IN US. 926 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:51,396 >> WE KNOW THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP 927 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:52,464 WON'T ALWAYS BE EASY, BUT IT 928 00:23:52,531 --> 00:23:53,799 WILL BE FOREVER. 929 00:23:53,865 --> 00:23:54,432 >> "FOREVER. 930 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:55,233 FOR REAL." 931 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:56,101 NOW RELATIONSHIPS COME WITH 932 00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:58,637 INSTRUCTIONS. 933 00:23:58,703 --> 00:23:59,404 >> John: WOW. 934 00:23:59,471 --> 00:23:59,971 FIRST, THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN 935 00:24:00,038 --> 00:24:02,707 THAT COUPLE IS VERY MUCH ON THE 936 00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:03,241 CHARTS. 937 00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:04,042 AND IT DOESN'T HELP THAT THEY 938 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:04,943 TRIED TO SET THE MOOD BY 939 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:06,478 LIGHTING CANDLES WHEN THE REST 940 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:07,379 OF THE ROOM IS LIT LIKE THE 941 00:24:07,445 --> 00:24:14,386 FREEZER AISLE AT A KROGER. 942 00:24:14,452 --> 00:24:15,020 ONE REPORTER WHO ATTENDED ONE OF 943 00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:15,821 THOSE CLASSES FOUND PARTICIPANTS 944 00:24:15,887 --> 00:24:16,922 WERE SHOCKED TO LEARN THEY'D 945 00:24:16,988 --> 00:24:17,489 BEEN PAID FOR WITH WELFARE 946 00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:18,590 DOLLARS, BECAUSE THEY CONSIDERED 947 00:24:18,657 --> 00:24:19,758 THEMSELVES, "PRETTY GOOD" AND 948 00:24:19,825 --> 00:24:20,892 "FINANCIALLY STABLE." 949 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:23,395 BUT BECAUSE, REMEMBER, 950 00:24:23,461 --> 00:24:24,062 SUPPORTING A TWO-PARENT 951 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:25,263 HOUSEHOLD IS ONE OF THE FOUR 952 00:24:25,330 --> 00:24:26,331 PURPOSES TANF FUNDS CAN BE USED 953 00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:26,998 FOR, WHAT OKLAHOMA DID IS 954 00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:28,366 COMPLETELY LEGAL. 955 00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:30,268 AND WHILE THEY EVENTUALLY ENDED 956 00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:31,536 THAT PROGRAM IN 2016, THAT WAS 957 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:33,605 ONLY AFTER 17 YEARS OF SPENDING 958 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:35,273 TANF DOLLARS ON IT. 959 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:36,975 AND AT ITS ABSOLUTE WORST, TANF 960 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:38,710 MONEY CAN BE USED IN ACTIVELY 961 00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:40,212 HARMFUL WAYS, LIKE FUNDING 962 00:24:40,278 --> 00:24:41,980 CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS. 963 00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:43,682 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM BEFORE 964 00:24:43,748 --> 00:24:44,015 ON THIS SHOW. 965 00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:45,450 THEY'RE BASICALLY FAKE ABORTION 966 00:24:45,517 --> 00:24:46,551 CLINICS DESIGNED TO PERSUADE 967 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:48,520 PEOPLE TO SEE PREGNANCIES 968 00:24:48,587 --> 00:24:49,554 THROUGH TO TERM, OFTEN BY 969 00:24:49,621 --> 00:24:51,323 PROPAGATING MISINFORMATION. 970 00:24:51,389 --> 00:24:52,891 AND YET, AT LEAST 10 STATES HAVE 971 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:54,960 SIPHONED MILLIONS OF TANF 972 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:56,261 DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THEM. 973 00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:57,462 UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, TEXAS HAD 974 00:24:57,529 --> 00:24:59,898 DIRECTED $45 MILLION IN TANF 975 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:01,766 FUNDS TO THESE CLINICS. 976 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:03,101 AND JUST LISTEN TO SOME OF THE 977 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:03,702 MISINFORMATION ONE OF THEM WAS 978 00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:05,203 TELLING PEOPLE. 979 00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:06,938 >> AT A CENTER IN THE DALLAS 980 00:25:07,005 --> 00:25:08,006 AREA, A VOLUNTEER TOLD OUR 981 00:25:08,073 --> 00:25:09,641 PRODUCER THEY DON'T OFFER 982 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,142 ABORTIONS, ADDING, "ABORTIONS 983 00:25:11,209 --> 00:25:13,812 CAN CAUSE INFERTILITY." 984 00:25:13,879 --> 00:25:14,512 WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ABORTION 985 00:25:14,579 --> 00:25:17,649 PILL, THE VOLUNTEER SAID, "MY 986 00:25:17,716 --> 00:25:19,417 JOB IS NOT TO SCARE YOU. 987 00:25:19,484 --> 00:25:20,151 YOU NEVER GET OVER SEEING THAT 988 00:25:20,218 --> 00:25:22,053 BABY." 989 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:24,122 SHE THEN POINTED TO A SMALL 990 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,824 PLASTIC MODEL LIKE THIS SAYING, 991 00:25:25,891 --> 00:25:27,392 "CAN YOU IMAGINE ONE OF THESE IN 992 00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:29,427 YOUR PANTIES?" 993 00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:31,096 >> John: HOLY SHIT! 994 00:25:31,162 --> 00:25:32,530 YOUR TAX DOLLARS, WHICH WERE 995 00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:34,532 MEANT TO HELP POOR FAMILIES, 996 00:25:34,599 --> 00:25:36,167 INSTEAD WENT TO SOMEONE UTTERING 997 00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:37,702 THE SINGLE GROSSEST SENTENCE IN 998 00:25:37,769 --> 00:25:39,504 THE HISTORY OF WORDS, THE ONLY 999 00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:41,172 PROPER RESPONSE TO WHICH IS, 1000 00:25:41,239 --> 00:25:42,474 "CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH OF A 1001 00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:44,509 WEIRDO YOU'D HAVE TO BE TO SAY 1002 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:45,543 THE WORD PANTIES TO A STRANGER 1003 00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:46,845 WHILE SHOWING THEM YOUR 1004 00:25:46,912 --> 00:25:47,779 COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN NESTING 1005 00:25:47,846 --> 00:25:50,282 FETUSES?" 1006 00:25:50,348 --> 00:25:51,283 AND LOOK, I'M NOT SAYING STATES 1007 00:25:51,349 --> 00:25:52,584 DON'T GIVE ANY TANF FUNDS TO 1008 00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:53,518 NEEDY FAMILIES. 1009 00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:54,653 BUT IN MANY CASES, THEY SEEM 1010 00:25:54,719 --> 00:25:56,087 PRETTY FAR DOWN THE LIST OF 1011 00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:57,622 PRIORITIES. 1012 00:25:57,689 --> 00:25:59,958 IN OKLAHOMA, SITE OF THOSE 1013 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:01,092 STERILE MARRIAGE CLASSES, THE 1014 00:26:01,159 --> 00:26:02,961 STATE WAS SPENDING JUST 9% OF 1015 00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:03,795 ITS TANF BLOCK GRANT ON CASH 1016 00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:06,131 ASSISTANCE. 1017 00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:07,265 AND ONE WAY STATES MANAGE TO 1018 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:09,401 KEEP THEIR TANF ROLLS INCREDIBLY 1019 00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:11,002 LEAN IS TO SET THE BARRIER TO 1020 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:12,971 ACCESS THEM INSURMOUNTABLY HIGH. 1021 00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:14,906 IN MORE THAN 25 STATES, A FAMILY 1022 00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:16,274 OF THREE LIVING AT HALF THE 1023 00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:18,843 FEDERAL POVERTY LINE EARNS TOO 1024 00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:21,313 MUCH TO QUALIFY FOR TANF. 1025 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:22,981 WHICH IS ABSURD. 1026 00:26:23,048 --> 00:26:24,316 JUST LISTEN TO THESE WOMEN IN 1027 00:26:24,382 --> 00:26:25,684 MISSISSIPPI, WHO WERE TOLD THEY 1028 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:27,519 WERE TOO RICH TO QUALIFY. 1029 00:26:27,585 --> 00:26:29,754 >> WE ARE THE PEOPLE. 1030 00:26:29,821 --> 00:26:31,122 WE ARE WHO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE 1031 00:26:31,189 --> 00:26:32,223 SUPPOSED TO HELP. 1032 00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:34,192 AND THEY'RE NOT HELPING US. 1033 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:35,327 >> WHEN YOU WERE REJECTED FOR 1034 00:26:35,393 --> 00:26:37,429 TANF FOR MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY, 1035 00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:39,064 HOW MUCH WERE YOU MAKING?" 1036 00:26:39,130 --> 00:26:40,031 >> IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY 1037 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:41,433 MORE THAN $11 AN HOUR. 1038 00:26:41,499 --> 00:26:43,668 >> I WAS ACTUALLY MAKING $9 AND 1039 00:26:43,735 --> 00:26:45,603 I WAS DENIED -- HOW DO I MAKE 1040 00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:47,706 TOO MUCH MONEY WITH THREE KIDS, 1041 00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:51,409 RENT, UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, 1042 00:26:51,476 --> 00:26:51,977 LIKE, HOW DO I MAKE TOO MUCH 1043 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:52,978 MONEY? 1044 00:26:53,044 --> 00:26:54,179 >> John: YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT 1045 00:26:54,245 --> 00:26:56,815 QUESTION. 1046 00:26:56,881 --> 00:26:58,249 BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT A 1047 00:26:58,316 --> 00:26:59,684 PARENT OF THREE STRUGGLING TO 1048 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:01,252 MAKE ENDS MEET HAS "TOO MUCH 1049 00:27:01,319 --> 00:27:03,355 MONEY" TO RECEIVE TANF 1050 00:27:03,421 --> 00:27:04,456 ASSISTANCE, WHILE THE STATE WAS 1051 00:27:04,522 --> 00:27:04,990 MORE THAN HAPPY TO 1052 00:27:05,056 --> 00:27:07,659 SHOVEL CASH TOWARD BOTH BRETT 1053 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:08,360 FAVRE AND TED DIBIASE, A 1054 00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:09,494 WRESTLER WHOSE SIGNATURE POSE IS 1055 00:27:09,561 --> 00:27:10,462 "HEY, EVERYONE! 1056 00:27:10,528 --> 00:27:12,664 I JUST ROBBED AN ATM." 1057 00:27:12,731 --> 00:27:14,065 BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT THE 1058 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:14,666 INCOME THRESHOLD CAN BE 1059 00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:15,567 PROHIBITIVELY LOW. 1060 00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:16,334 IT'S THAT THE APPLICATION 1061 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:17,535 PROCESS ITSELF CAN BE DEEPLY 1062 00:27:17,602 --> 00:27:18,870 INVASIVE. 1063 00:27:18,937 --> 00:27:19,871 FOR INSTANCE, STATES ARE 1064 00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:21,306 REQUIRED TO OFFSET ANY TANF 1065 00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:22,440 MONEY THEY GIVE TO SINGLE 1066 00:27:22,507 --> 00:27:23,775 MOTHERS BY CHASING DOWN THE 1067 00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:25,076 BIOLOGICAL FATHERS FOR CHILD 1068 00:27:25,143 --> 00:27:27,312 SUPPORT. 1069 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:27,946 MONEY THE GOVERNMENT THEN OFTEN 1070 00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:29,681 KEEPS FOR ITSELF. 1071 00:27:29,748 --> 00:27:31,483 SO IN SOME STATES, SINGLE 1072 00:27:31,549 --> 00:27:32,917 MOTHERS APPLYING FOR PUBLIC 1073 00:27:32,984 --> 00:27:34,052 ASSISTANCE ARE FORCED TO 1074 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:35,453 IDENTIFY THE FATHER OF THEIR 1075 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,155 CHILD, HIS EYE COLOR, HIS 1076 00:27:37,222 --> 00:27:37,989 LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, AND THE 1077 00:27:38,056 --> 00:27:39,791 EXACT DATE WHEN THEY GOT 1078 00:27:39,858 --> 00:27:40,759 PREGNANT, OFTEN UNDER PENALTY OF 1079 00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:42,227 PERJURY. 1080 00:27:42,293 --> 00:27:43,395 WHICH IS THE MOST HUMILIATING 1081 00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:44,763 WAY TO IDENTIFY THE FATHER OF 1082 00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:46,765 YOUR CHILD THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE 1083 00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:48,433 MAURY FUCKING POVICH. 1084 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,402 BUT THERE'S ONE MORE TWIST HERE. 1085 00:27:50,468 --> 00:27:51,803 BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU QUALIFY AND 1086 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:53,238 ARE ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE, IT 1087 00:27:53,304 --> 00:27:53,838 CAN BE EXTREMELY EASY TO THEN 1088 00:27:53,905 --> 00:27:55,306 LOSE IT. 1089 00:27:55,373 --> 00:27:56,775 NOT ONLY DO SOME STATES SET TIME 1090 00:27:56,841 --> 00:27:58,143 LIMITS FOR HOW LONG YOU CAN GET 1091 00:27:58,209 --> 00:27:59,544 TANF, ARIZONA KICKS YOU OFF 1092 00:27:59,611 --> 00:28:01,312 AFTER JUST A YEAR. 1093 00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:02,680 THE MONEY COMES WITH AN 1094 00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:03,448 OBLIGATION TO PERFORM "WORK 1095 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,483 ACTIVITIES", LIKE JOB SEARCHING 1096 00:28:05,550 --> 00:28:06,851 AND TRAINING, THAT RECIPIENTS 1097 00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:09,320 HAVE TO ENGAGE IN FOR A CERTAIN 1098 00:28:09,387 --> 00:28:10,789 NUMBER OF HOURS EACH WEEK. 1099 00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:12,223 BUT FOR STRUGGLING PARENTS -- 1100 00:28:12,290 --> 00:28:13,925 WHICH THIS PROGRAM IS FOR -- 1101 00:28:13,992 --> 00:28:15,093 REMEMBER, THAT CAN BE VERY 1102 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:16,594 DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY 1103 00:28:16,661 --> 00:28:18,863 DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CHILDCARE. 1104 00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:22,000 >> I'VE LOST THE CASH ASSISTANCE 1105 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:24,335 THREE OR FOUR TIMES DUE TO THE 1106 00:28:24,402 --> 00:28:25,870 FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, NO 1107 00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:30,575 TRANSPORTATION, NOBODY TO WATCH 1108 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:31,843 MY SON, THEY -- THEY WANT YOU TO 1109 00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:32,343 GO LOOKING FOR WORK. 1110 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:33,111 HOW DO YOU TAKE A KID INTO A JOB 1111 00:28:33,178 --> 00:28:33,978 AND ASK FOR AN APPLICATION? 1112 00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:35,680 >> John: RIGHT, IT'S NOT EASY TO 1113 00:28:35,747 --> 00:28:36,281 TAKE YOUR KID ALONG INTO A JOB 1114 00:28:36,347 --> 00:28:37,916 INTERVIEW. 1115 00:28:37,982 --> 00:28:38,950 THAT'S WHY MOST JOB APPLICATIONS 1116 00:28:39,017 --> 00:28:41,186 DON'T COME WITH A BONUS BIG MAZE 1117 00:28:41,252 --> 00:28:45,323 AND A CRAYON. 1118 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:45,723 AND IT'S NOT LIKE 1119 00:28:45,790 --> 00:28:46,658 HER STATE WELFARE OFFICE IS 1120 00:28:46,724 --> 00:28:47,258 UNAWARE THAT SHE HAS A CHILD. 1121 00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:47,625 THEY KNOW THAT. 1122 00:28:47,692 --> 00:28:48,827 THEY MAY EVEN KNOW THE EXACT 1123 00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:49,928 DATE HE WAS CONCEIVED FOR SOME 1124 00:28:49,994 --> 00:28:50,929 FUCKING REASON. 1125 00:28:50,995 --> 00:28:52,597 AND IF YOU FAIL TO MEET YOUR 1126 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:54,332 OBLIGATIONS, STATES CAN BE 1127 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:54,933 PRETTY UNFORGIVING IN CUTTING 1128 00:28:54,999 --> 00:28:55,800 YOU OFF. 1129 00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:57,235 JUST LISTEN TO ONE WOMAN WHO WAS 1130 00:28:57,302 --> 00:28:58,169 KICKED OFF ASSISTANCE, DESPITE 1131 00:28:58,236 --> 00:28:59,270 HAVING AN OBJECTIVELY SOLID 1132 00:28:59,337 --> 00:29:01,206 EXCUSE. 1133 00:29:01,272 --> 00:29:02,207 >> KIMBERLY THOMPSON SPENT TWO 1134 00:29:02,273 --> 00:29:03,508 AND A HALF MONTHS IN THE 1135 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,043 HOSPITAL LAST SUMMER, AFTER AN 1136 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:06,744 INFECTION RAVAGED HER BODY. 1137 00:29:06,811 --> 00:29:07,979 NEARLY HALF OF THAT TIME, SHE 1138 00:29:08,046 --> 00:29:09,114 WAS IN A COMA. 1139 00:29:09,180 --> 00:29:10,548 ADDING INSULT TO INJURY, THOUGH, 1140 00:29:10,615 --> 00:29:12,417 WHILE SHE WAS COMATOSE, THE 1141 00:29:12,484 --> 00:29:14,552 COUNTY KICKED HER OFF GOVERNMENT 1142 00:29:14,619 --> 00:29:15,019 ASSISTANCE. 1143 00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:16,087 >> WELL I WAS IN A COMA AND I 1144 00:29:16,154 --> 00:29:18,256 DIDN'T REPORT IN, AND I WAS 1145 00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:19,491 SUPPOSED TO REPORT IN ONCE A 1146 00:29:19,557 --> 00:29:21,292 WEEK -- SO, SINCE I DIDN'T 1147 00:29:21,359 --> 00:29:22,927 REPORT IN, THEY JUST CUT IT ALL 1148 00:29:22,994 --> 00:29:24,629 OFF. 1149 00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:25,663 >> John: WOW, FINDING OUT YOU'VE 1150 00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:27,432 LOST YOUR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE 1151 00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:29,234 HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE WORST 1152 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:30,568 THINGS YOU COULD POSSIBLY HEAR 1153 00:29:30,635 --> 00:29:32,003 WHEN WAKING UP FROM A COMA ALONG 1154 00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:33,571 WITH "ACTUALLY, WE CALL HIM 1155 00:29:33,638 --> 00:29:35,807 PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW," AND "MOST 1156 00:29:35,874 --> 00:29:37,876 OF THE DOGS YOU KNEW ARE DEAD." 1157 00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:40,278 AND THE THING IS, ALL OF THIS -- 1158 00:29:40,345 --> 00:29:40,912 THE MULTIPLE HOOPS YOU HAVE TO 1159 00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:42,080 JUMP THROUGH BEFORE GETTING 1160 00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:43,548 ASSISTANCE, AND THE REQUIREMENTS 1161 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:44,983 YOU HAVE TO MEET TO KEEP IT -- 1162 00:29:45,049 --> 00:29:46,351 IS FOR AN ABYSMALLY SMALL AMOUNT 1163 00:29:46,417 --> 00:29:46,885 OF MONEY. 1164 00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:48,486 IN 15 STATES, CASH BENEFIT 1165 00:29:48,553 --> 00:29:51,356 LEVELS DON'T EVEN REACH 20% OF 1166 00:29:51,422 --> 00:29:53,324 THE POVERTY LINE, WHICH IS ABOUT 1167 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:55,226 $386 FOR A FAMILY OF THREE PER 1168 00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:56,594 MONTH. 1169 00:29:56,661 --> 00:29:57,662 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "WELL, 1170 00:29:57,729 --> 00:29:58,963 MAYBE STATES JUST DON'T HAVE THE 1171 00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:00,198 MONEY," NOT ONLY HAVE YOU SEEN 1172 00:30:00,265 --> 00:30:02,433 THE BULLSHIT SOME OF THEM SPEND 1173 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:03,501 IT ON INSTEAD, BUT YOU SHOULD 1174 00:30:03,568 --> 00:30:04,669 KNOW. 1175 00:30:04,736 --> 00:30:05,970 PERHAPS THE MOST SHOCKING THING 1176 00:30:06,037 --> 00:30:07,539 SOME STATES SPEND TANF MONEY ON 1177 00:30:07,605 --> 00:30:09,507 IS "ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL." 1178 00:30:09,574 --> 00:30:10,575 AS OF LAST YEAR, STATES WERE 1179 00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:12,510 SITTING ON $5.2 BILLION DOLLARS 1180 00:30:12,577 --> 00:30:14,479 IN UNSPENT TANF FUNDS. 1181 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:15,847 TENNESSEE ALONE WAS HOARDING 1182 00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:17,749 $790 MILLION, THE LARGEST POOL 1183 00:30:17,815 --> 00:30:19,617 OF UNSPENT WELFARE FUNDS IN THE 1184 00:30:19,684 --> 00:30:24,689 COUNTRY. 1185 00:30:24,756 --> 00:30:26,524 YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FAMOUS SAYING 1186 00:30:26,591 --> 00:30:27,492 GOES, "EVERYTHING'S BIGGER IN 1187 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:28,459 TENNESSEE, NO WAIT, FUCK, THAT'S 1188 00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:28,660 TEXAS. 1189 00:30:28,726 --> 00:30:29,260 OH NO, WHY IS SOMEONE WRITING 1190 00:30:29,327 --> 00:30:30,195 DOWN EVERYTHING I'M SAYING? 1191 00:30:30,261 --> 00:30:30,795 SCRATCH THAT FROM THE RECORD I 1192 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:31,563 SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT. 1193 00:30:31,629 --> 00:30:32,197 WHY ARE YOU STILL WRITING? 1194 00:30:32,263 --> 00:30:32,830 STOP. 1195 00:30:32,897 --> 00:30:33,598 I'M SERIOUS. 1196 00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:34,499 STOP. 1197 00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:35,500 IF YOU DON'T STOP WRITING I'LL 1198 00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:36,801 FUCK YOU UP SO SILLY YOU'LL BE 1199 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:37,402 HOLDING PENS IN YOUR MOUTH, 1200 00:30:37,468 --> 00:30:38,870 BITCH!" 1201 00:30:38,937 --> 00:30:41,439 RUTH BADER GINSBURG. 1202 00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:42,607 AND WHEN YOU PUT ALL THIS 1203 00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:43,908 TOGETHER, IT'S NO WONDER THAT 1204 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:46,878 MOST PEOPLE ON TANF DON'T, IN 1205 00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:48,379 FACT, GO FROM WELFARE TO WORK. 1206 00:30:48,446 --> 00:30:49,981 IN 2018, ONLY 1 IN 4 TANF CASES 1207 00:30:50,048 --> 00:30:52,283 CLOSED BECAUSE CLIENTS FOUND 1208 00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:53,751 JOBS. 1209 00:30:53,818 --> 00:30:54,786 BY AND LARGE, THE REST WERE 1210 00:30:54,852 --> 00:30:56,621 KICKED OFF FOR ONE OF THE MANY 1211 00:30:56,688 --> 00:31:02,760 BULLSHIT REASONS WE'VE 1212 00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:03,394 MENTIONED TONIGHT. 1213 00:31:03,461 --> 00:31:04,028 BASICALLY, TANF LIFTS PEOPLE OUT 1214 00:31:04,095 --> 00:31:04,929 OF POVERTY THE SAME WAY ONE OF 1215 00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:06,297 THOSE ARCADE CLAW GAMES LIFTS 1216 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:07,265 STUFFED ANIMALS OUT OF THE 1217 00:31:07,332 --> 00:31:08,199 MACHINE, WHICH IS TO SAY, IT 1218 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:09,334 USUALLY JUST DROPS THEM RIGHT 1219 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:10,602 BACK WHERE THEY STARTED, AND IN 1220 00:31:10,668 --> 00:31:15,006 MANY WAYS, THE WHOLE PROCESS IS 1221 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:15,573 A GIANT "FUCK YOU" TO KIDS. 1222 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:16,207 NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS, THERE ARE 1223 00:31:16,274 --> 00:31:17,308 THINGS WE COULD DO HERE, IF WE 1224 00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:18,876 WANTED TO. 1225 00:31:18,943 --> 00:31:19,544 WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT SOME 1226 00:31:19,611 --> 00:31:20,979 OF THE BIG, BROADER CHANGES THAT 1227 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:22,180 WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE PAIN OF 1228 00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:22,814 POVERTY. 1229 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,382 BUT EVEN WHEN IT JUST COMES TO 1230 00:31:24,449 --> 00:31:26,417 TANF, THERE ARE OPTIONS. 1231 00:31:26,484 --> 00:31:27,719 WE COULD SET A MINIMUM BENEFIT 1232 00:31:27,785 --> 00:31:29,053 LEVEL, AND LOOSEN SOME OF THE 1233 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:30,321 REQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE IT SO 1234 00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:31,623 EASY TO LOSE ASSISTANCE. 1235 00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:33,091 AND IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING 1236 00:31:33,157 --> 00:31:34,692 BLOCK GRANTS -- WHICH I WOULD 1237 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:35,460 ARGUE WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULDN'T -- 1238 00:31:35,526 --> 00:31:36,728 THEY SHOULD AT LEAST BE ADJUSTED 1239 00:31:36,794 --> 00:31:38,863 FOR INFLATION AND POPULATION 1240 00:31:38,930 --> 00:31:39,964 GROWTH, WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT 1241 00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:41,165 REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ON DIRECT 1242 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:42,267 CASH ASSISTANCE. 1243 00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:44,702 LOOK, THE WILD THING IS, OUR 1244 00:31:44,769 --> 00:31:46,004 CURRENT SYSTEM WAS CREATED UNDER 1245 00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:47,405 THE ASSUMPTION THAT POOR 1246 00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:48,640 FAMILIES SIMPLY COULDN'T BE 1247 00:31:48,706 --> 00:31:49,941 TRUSTED TO COLLECT WELFARE 1248 00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:51,342 HONESTLY. 1249 00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:55,680 BUT THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES 1250 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:56,314 HAVE PROVEN THAT'S IT'S ACTUALLY 1251 00:31:56,381 --> 00:31:57,348 POLITICIANS AND GOVERNMENT 1252 00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:57,849 OFFICIALS WHO'VE BEEN 1253 00:31:57,915 --> 00:31:59,250 RELENTLESSLY ABUSING THE SYSTEM. 1254 00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:00,251 TO BORROW A PHRASE, WE'VE BEEN 1255 00:32:00,318 --> 00:32:01,052 FEEDING THE ALLIGATORS IN STATE 1256 00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:02,620 GOVERNMENT, AND THAT HAS BRED 1257 00:32:02,687 --> 00:32:04,489 DEPENDENCY. 1258 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:06,224 SO WE NEED TO FUNDAMENTALLY 1259 00:32:06,291 --> 00:32:07,959 REWORK THINGS, SO THIS MONEY AND 1260 00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:10,228 IDEALLY MUCH MORE CAN GO WHERE 1261 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:10,728 IT'S BADLY NEEDED. 1262 00:32:10,795 --> 00:32:13,531 AND IF ANY LAWMAKERS THINK THAT 1263 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:14,932 SOUNDS TOO HARD, AND ARE TEMPTED 1264 00:32:14,999 --> 00:32:16,067 TO TAKE A PASS ON THAT, I HAVE A 1265 00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:17,735 SONG WITH A POWERFUL MESSAGE 1266 00:32:17,802 --> 00:32:19,103 THAT I'M PRETTY SURE WILL 1267 00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:21,572 INSPIRE YOU. 1268 00:32:21,639 --> 00:32:24,175 ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT ♪ ♪ 1269 00:32:24,242 --> 00:32:24,642 TURN YOUR DREAMS INTO 1270 00:32:24,709 --> 00:32:24,909 REALITY ♪ 1271 00:32:24,976 --> 00:32:28,846 ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT ♪ 1272 00:32:28,913 --> 00:32:29,213 EXACTLY. 1273 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,281 AND NOW THIS. 1274 00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:37,188 >> Announcer: AND NOW, 1275 00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:38,523 THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF 1276 00:32:38,589 --> 00:32:38,823 RACHAEL RAY. 1277 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:39,424 >> WHEN I WAS A GIRL, I WAS A 1278 00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:40,191 FOUNTAIN GIRL AT HOWARD 1279 00:32:40,258 --> 00:32:41,693 JOHNSON'S. 1280 00:32:41,759 --> 00:32:42,527 BACK IN THE DAY I WAS A HOTEL 1281 00:32:42,593 --> 00:32:44,195 FOUNTAIN GIRL. 1282 00:32:44,262 --> 00:32:44,829 I WAS A FOUNTAIN GIRL AT HOWARD 1283 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:45,963 JOHNSON'S. 1284 00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:49,801 WHEN I WAS A KID I USED TO WORK 1285 00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:50,401 AT HOJO'S, HOWARD JOHNSON'S. 1286 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:54,906 OH, MY GOD, I FEEL LIKE I WAS 1287 00:32:54,972 --> 00:32:55,573 WORKING IN HOJO'S BACK IN THE 1288 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,841 DAY. 1289 00:32:56,908 --> 00:32:59,677 LIKE A BIG OLD ICE CREAM SCOOP. 1290 00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:02,380 WHEN I WAS A KID I USED TO WORK 1291 00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:02,980 AT HOJO'S. 1292 00:33:03,047 --> 00:33:05,550 WHEN I WAS PROMOTED TO THE 1293 00:33:05,616 --> 00:33:09,053 FOUNTAIN, I THOUGHT MY LIFE 1294 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:09,954 WOULD BE AMAZING. 1295 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,289 IT WAS LIKE CINDERELLA, IT WAS 1296 00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:13,057 SO EXCITING. 1297 00:33:13,124 --> 00:33:14,625 AND THEN I REALIZED I WAS TOO 1298 00:33:14,692 --> 00:33:17,795 SHORT TO SCOOP THE ICE CREAM. 1299 00:33:17,862 --> 00:33:19,397 AND THERE WAS A LITTLE FAUCET 1300 00:33:19,464 --> 00:33:25,336 THAT WOULD CLEAN THE SCOOPS SO 1301 00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:26,571 IT WAS A CONSTANT STREAM OF 1302 00:33:26,637 --> 00:33:28,473 LEFTOVER ICE CREAM ON THE SIDE 1303 00:33:28,539 --> 00:33:29,941 OF THE ICE CREAM IN COLOR. 1304 00:33:30,007 --> 00:33:31,376 SO WHEN I PUSHED MYSELF AND 1305 00:33:31,442 --> 00:33:32,977 THROW MYSELF INTO THE ICE CREAM 1306 00:33:33,044 --> 00:33:35,313 COOLER TO GET THE ICE CREAM, I 1307 00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:38,349 ENDED UP WITH A LINE OF MELTED 1308 00:33:38,416 --> 00:33:43,087 SOUR EVERY FLAVOR HOWARD 1309 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:43,955 JOHNSON'S SERVED ICE CREAM 1310 00:33:44,021 --> 00:33:44,922 ACROSS MY BOOTS. 1311 00:33:44,989 --> 00:33:46,824 SO I BECAME THE GIRL WITH THE 1312 00:33:46,891 --> 00:33:47,792 ICE CREAM BOOTS. 1313 00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:52,797 [LAUGHTER] 1314 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:56,167 >> John: THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1315 00:33:56,234 --> 00:33:56,634 THANKS SO MUCH FOR 1316 00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:57,502 WATCHING. 1317 00:33:57,568 --> 00:33:58,236 WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK! 1318 00:33:58,302 --> 00:33:58,703 GOOD NIGHT! 1319 00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:07,145 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1320 00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:07,845 ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT ♪ 1321 00:34:07,912 --> 00:34:10,214 ♪ BECOME A MONEY SAVER ♪ 1322 00:34:10,281 --> 00:34:13,151 ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT ♪ 1323 00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:13,684 ♪ TURN YOUR DREAMS INTO 1324 00:34:13,751 --> 00:34:14,952 REALITY ♪ 1325 00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:16,154 ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT ♪ 1326 00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:17,121 ♪ BECOME A MONEY SAVER ♪ 1327 00:34:17,188 --> 00:34:18,189 ♪ WORK FOR IT, WORK FOR IT 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