1 00:00:10,733 --> 00:00:22,433 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:30,133 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:31,133 >> John: HI THERE! 4 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:32,500 WELCOME TO THE SHOW, STILL 5 00:00:32,566 --> 00:00:33,866 TAKING PLACE IN THIS BLANK VOID, 6 00:00:33,933 --> 00:00:34,766 NOW, SADLY, APPROACHING ITS 7 00:00:34,833 --> 00:00:36,400 FIRST BIRTHDAY. 8 00:00:36,466 --> 00:00:38,500 AND, LIKE MOST ONE-YEAR-OLDS, 9 00:00:38,566 --> 00:00:39,366 IT DOESN'T REALLY DO MUCH OTHER 10 00:00:39,433 --> 00:00:40,766 THAN TERRIFY YOU WHEN IT'S 11 00:00:40,833 --> 00:00:41,800 QUIET AND VAGUELY SMELL LIKE 12 00:00:41,866 --> 00:00:43,133 OLD MILK. 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,100 IT'S BEEN A WILD WEEK, 14 00:00:45,166 --> 00:00:46,800 FROM ANDREW CUOMO'S SCANDALS 15 00:00:46,866 --> 00:00:47,800 CONTINUING TO GROW, TO EIGHT 16 00:00:47,866 --> 00:00:49,000 MODERATE DEMOCRATS KILLING A 17 00:00:49,066 --> 00:00:50,433 $15 MINIMUM WAGE -- WITH 18 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:52,066 KYRSTEN SINEMA DOING IT 19 00:00:52,133 --> 00:00:53,266 IN A PARTICULARLY DICKISH WAY -- 20 00:00:53,333 --> 00:00:54,633 OH, THUMBS DOWN! 21 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:56,666 FUN! 22 00:00:56,733 --> 00:00:57,733 TO THE FACT THAT 23 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:58,966 THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS RECENTLY 24 00:00:59,033 --> 00:01:00,033 STARTED WELCOMING LIMITED 25 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:01,100 NUMBERS OF FANS BACK INTO 26 00:01:01,166 --> 00:01:02,000 THEIR ARENA, AND DID IT LIKE 27 00:01:02,066 --> 00:01:03,300 THIS. 28 00:01:03,366 --> 00:01:04,666 >> THE HAND SANITIZER CAM! 29 00:01:04,733 --> 00:01:05,500 LET'S GET THOSE HANDS CLEAN! 30 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:05,966 HERE WE GO! 31 00:01:06,033 --> 00:01:07,633 OH, IT'S ALL OVER YOU. 32 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:09,433 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WASH YOUR HAIR 33 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:10,066 OUT, GOT HAND SANITIZER ALL OVER 34 00:01:10,133 --> 00:01:10,333 IT. 35 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,466 RIGHT ON THE HOODIE. 36 00:01:12,533 --> 00:01:13,433 GREAT JOB, BANGO, HE'S, LIKE, 37 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:14,533 GIVE ME ALL THE HAND SANITIZER, 38 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,833 KEEP ME CLEAN! 39 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:17,633 I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO 40 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:18,200 RECOMMEND THAT, LET'S NOT DO 41 00:01:18,266 --> 00:01:19,000 THAT. 42 00:01:19,066 --> 00:01:20,400 >> John: YEAH! 43 00:01:20,466 --> 00:01:21,866 LET'S NOT DO ANY OF THAT! 44 00:01:21,933 --> 00:01:23,966 BECAUSE GETTING BUKKAKED BY 45 00:01:24,033 --> 00:01:25,166 A CARTOON SQUIRT BOTTLE HAS TO 46 00:01:25,233 --> 00:01:26,766 BE THE MOST AWKWARD WAY TO WIND 47 00:01:26,833 --> 00:01:28,066 UP ON A JUMBOTRON, RIGHT AFTER 48 00:01:28,133 --> 00:01:29,333 BEING FEATURED ON THE KISS CAM 49 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,133 WITH YOUR SIBLING, AND BEING 50 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:31,266 PROPOSED TO ON A FIRST DATE. 51 00:01:31,333 --> 00:01:32,833 NO, ERIC! 52 00:01:32,900 --> 00:01:34,366 FOR VARIOUS REASONS, NO! 53 00:01:34,433 --> 00:01:35,666 AND WHY IS EVERYONE BOOING ME? 54 00:01:35,733 --> 00:01:37,633 WE JUST MET! 55 00:01:37,700 --> 00:01:39,100 AND IT'S NOT JUST ARENAS 56 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:40,366 OPENING UP. 57 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:41,700 BOTH TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI 58 00:01:41,766 --> 00:01:43,166 THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED PLANS TO 59 00:01:43,233 --> 00:01:44,366 PRETTY MUCH DO AWAY WITH 60 00:01:44,433 --> 00:01:45,900 GOVERNMENT COVID RESTRICTIONS. 61 00:01:45,966 --> 00:01:47,600 >> TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT 62 00:01:47,666 --> 00:01:49,500 SAYS FALLING HOSPITALIZATIONS 63 00:01:49,566 --> 00:01:51,000 AND INCREASED VACCINATIONS MEAN 64 00:01:51,066 --> 00:01:51,133 NO 65 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,400 STATE MANDATES ARE NO LONGER 66 00:01:53,466 --> 00:01:54,233 NEEDED, AND IT'S UP TO 67 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:55,400 INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES 68 00:01:55,466 --> 00:01:57,966 TO BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY. 69 00:01:58,033 --> 00:02:00,066 >> ALL BUSINESSES OF ANY TYPE 70 00:02:00,133 --> 00:02:00,200 NO 71 00:02:00,266 --> 00:02:04,033 ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN 100% 72 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:04,166 NO 73 00:02:04,233 --> 00:02:06,233 ALSO, I AM ENDING THE STATEWIDE 74 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:11,000 MASK MANDATE. 75 00:02:11,066 --> 00:02:12,066 >> John: WELL, THAT'S FUCKING 76 00:02:12,133 --> 00:02:12,200 NO 77 00:02:12,266 --> 00:02:14,433 STUPID. 78 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:15,433 LIFTING ALL RESTRICTIONS IS 79 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:16,800 RIDICULOUS WHEN WE'RE STILL 80 00:02:16,866 --> 00:02:17,533 NO 81 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,166 IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC -- 82 00:02:18,233 --> 00:02:18,900 AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT 83 00:02:18,966 --> 00:02:20,133 INSTEAD OF FORCING PEOPLE TO 84 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,533 KISS, WE'RE SQUIRTING THEM 85 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,966 WITH CARTOON EJACULATE. 86 00:02:24,033 --> 00:02:25,900 AND THE THING IS, LEAVING IT UP 87 00:02:25,966 --> 00:02:27,300 TO INDIVIDUALS TO "BEHAVE 88 00:02:27,366 --> 00:02:28,566 NO 89 00:02:28,633 --> 00:02:29,200 RESPONSIBLY" IS LIKELY TO CAUSE 90 00:02:29,266 --> 00:02:30,500 IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS. 91 00:02:30,566 --> 00:02:30,633 NO 92 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:31,633 BECAUSE WHILE BUSINESSES CAN 93 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:32,800 STILL REQUIRE PEOPLE TO WEAR 94 00:02:32,866 --> 00:02:32,933 NO 95 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,700 MASKS, THE LACK OF A STATEWIDE 96 00:02:34,766 --> 00:02:39,366 MANDATE COULD MAKE THINGS 97 00:02:39,433 --> 00:02:40,033 DIFFICULT FOR THEM, AS THIS 98 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:41,166 BAR OWNER WILL TELL YOU. 99 00:02:41,233 --> 00:02:42,166 >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY USED 100 00:02:42,233 --> 00:02:43,233 TO MAKING PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY 101 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:44,066 DON'T WANT TO DO. 102 00:02:44,133 --> 00:02:45,233 YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN I.D., 103 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:45,933 YOU CAN'T DRIVE DRUNK. 104 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:46,800 THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, WITHOUT 105 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:47,766 A MANDATE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, 106 00:02:47,833 --> 00:02:49,300 MAKES IT SEEM LIKE AN OPTIONAL 107 00:02:49,366 --> 00:02:50,366 THING, AND SOMETHING THEY WANT 108 00:02:50,433 --> 00:02:51,933 TO ARGUE ABOUT. 109 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,833 THE STATE ITSELF COULD GIVE US 110 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:54,966 THE COVER TO SAY, IT'S NOT ME, 111 00:02:55,033 --> 00:02:57,533 IT'S THEM. 112 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:58,533 >> John: YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE! 113 00:02:58,600 --> 00:02:59,966 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, CBS REALLY 114 00:03:00,033 --> 00:03:01,000 DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL US HE WAS 115 00:03:01,066 --> 00:03:02,000 THE OWNER OF A BAR CALLED 116 00:03:02,066 --> 00:03:03,366 "THE COTTONMOUTH CLUB." 117 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:04,433 GIVEN THAT HAT, THERE WERE 118 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:06,066 REALLY ONLY THREE OPTIONS: 119 00:03:06,133 --> 00:03:07,466 BAR OWNER, SKA BAND HYPE MAN, 120 00:03:07,533 --> 00:03:08,333 AND SPACE MECHANIC. 121 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:13,200 THAT'S IT. 122 00:03:13,266 --> 00:03:14,466 AND WHILE I DO TAKE HIS LARGER 123 00:03:14,533 --> 00:03:15,266 POINT, THAT IT'S SHITTY TO 124 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:16,000 MAKE BAR AND RESTAURANT 125 00:03:16,066 --> 00:03:17,800 EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR 126 00:03:17,866 --> 00:03:18,866 ENFORCING PUBLIC SAFETY, I'M 127 00:03:18,933 --> 00:03:19,600 GUESSING HE PERSONALLY HAS 128 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:21,033 THE CONFIDENCE TO DO THAT, GIVEN 129 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:21,833 THAT HE WENT ON CBS THIS MORNING 130 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:23,500 IN "THE FULL PHARRELL" 131 00:03:23,566 --> 00:03:24,866 MEANWHILE, THIS WEEK THE FEDERAL 132 00:03:24,933 --> 00:03:26,033 GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN BUSY. 133 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:27,233 IN ADDITION TO THE SENATE 134 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:28,900 FINALLY PASSING THE COVID RELIEF 135 00:03:28,966 --> 00:03:30,166 BILL, THE FBI DIRECTOR GAVE SOME 136 00:03:30,233 --> 00:03:31,633 SIGNIFICANT TESTIMONY. 137 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:33,133 >> IN HIS FIRST APPEARANCE 138 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,433 BEFORE CONGRESS SINCE THE 139 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:36,100 JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION, 140 00:03:36,166 --> 00:03:37,966 FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY 141 00:03:38,033 --> 00:03:39,200 WAS SPECIFIC AND BLUNT ABOUT 142 00:03:39,266 --> 00:03:42,566 WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE. 143 00:03:42,633 --> 00:03:43,766 >> QUITE A NUMBER OF WHAT WE 144 00:03:43,833 --> 00:03:44,700 WOULD CALL SORT OF "MILITIA 145 00:03:44,766 --> 00:03:45,866 VIOLENT EXTREMISTS" -- 146 00:03:45,933 --> 00:03:48,000 PROUD BOYS OR THE OATH KEEPERS. 147 00:03:48,066 --> 00:03:49,666 WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED 148 00:03:49,733 --> 00:03:51,033 INDIVIDUALS WHO ADVOCATE FOR 149 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:51,800 WHAT YOU WOULD CALL 150 00:03:51,866 --> 00:03:53,100 WHITE SUPREMACY. 151 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:54,200 >> AND WHAT OF THE CONSPIRACIES 152 00:03:54,266 --> 00:03:55,700 CLAIMING THAT IT WAS REALLY 153 00:03:55,766 --> 00:03:57,266 LEFT WING RADICALS POSING AS 154 00:03:57,333 --> 00:03:58,733 TRUMP SUPPORTERS WHO ATTACKED 155 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,766 THE CAPITOL? 156 00:04:00,833 --> 00:04:01,866 >> DO YOU HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THAT 157 00:04:01,933 --> 00:04:03,600 THE CAPITOL ATTACK WAS ORGANIZED 158 00:04:03,666 --> 00:04:05,266 BY "FAKE TRUMP PROTESTERS?" 159 00:04:05,333 --> 00:04:06,133 >> WE HAVE NOT SEEN EVIDENCE OF 160 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,466 THAT. 161 00:04:07,533 --> 00:04:08,666 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE YOU 162 00:04:08,733 --> 00:04:09,500 HAVEN'T, BECAUSE IT'S NOT 163 00:04:09,566 --> 00:04:11,066 FUCKING TRUE. 164 00:04:11,133 --> 00:04:12,233 AND DESPITE EVERYTHING, 165 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:13,633 IT'S STILL AMAZING THAT HE HAS 166 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:14,833 TO DEBUNK A CONSPIRACY THEORY 167 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:16,033 THAT'S SO CLEARLY FALSE. 168 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:17,833 IT'D BE LIKE HAVING TO SWEAR 169 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:19,066 UNDER OATH THAT THREE LEMURS 170 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:20,000 IN A TRENCH COAT DIDN'T COMMIT 171 00:04:20,066 --> 00:04:21,866 THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING. 172 00:04:21,933 --> 00:04:23,400 OF COURSE THEY DIDN'T, AND 173 00:04:23,466 --> 00:04:24,500 ANYONE WHO SUGGESTED THEY DID 174 00:04:24,566 --> 00:04:25,400 CLEARLY HAS SOME SIGNIFICANTLY 175 00:04:25,466 --> 00:04:26,900 BIGGER PROBLEMS. 176 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,300 NOW THAT TESTIMONY WAS PRETTY 177 00:04:28,366 --> 00:04:30,000 NEWSWORTHY. 178 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:31,300 BUT WHILE SOME NETWORKS 179 00:04:31,366 --> 00:04:32,566 TOOK THE HEARINGS LIVE, FOX, 180 00:04:32,633 --> 00:04:33,333 UNSURPRISINGLY, BARELY 181 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:34,766 COVERED IT. 182 00:04:34,833 --> 00:04:36,266 IN FACT, ACROSS CONSERVATIVE 183 00:04:36,333 --> 00:04:38,333 MEDIA, YOU'D HARDLY KNOW IT HAD 184 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,533 HAPPENED. 185 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:41,300 BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO BUSY WITH 186 00:04:41,366 --> 00:04:41,866 THIS. 187 00:04:41,933 --> 00:04:44,066 >> DR. SEUSS GETTING CANCELED. 188 00:04:44,133 --> 00:04:46,300 THE CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHER 189 00:04:46,366 --> 00:04:47,400 SAYS IT WILL STOP RELEASING SIX 190 00:04:47,466 --> 00:04:49,066 OF HIS BOOKS. 191 00:04:49,133 --> 00:04:50,466 >> THE CANCEL CULTURE GOING 192 00:04:50,533 --> 00:04:52,333 AFTER DR. SEUSS TONIGHT. 193 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,700 >> DR. SEUSS BOOKS ARE NOW TOO 194 00:04:54,766 --> 00:04:56,333 INSENSITIVE AND EVEN RACIST FOR 195 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,133 THIS MOB. 196 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,300 >> THEY ARE BANNING DR. SEUSS 197 00:05:01,366 --> 00:05:03,966 BOOKS. 198 00:05:04,033 --> 00:05:07,766 HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU NEED TO SEE 199 00:05:07,833 --> 00:05:09,733 BEFORE ALL OF AMERICA WAKES UP 200 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,400 AND GOES, "THIS IS FASCISM"? 201 00:05:12,466 --> 00:05:17,266 >> John: OH, I DON'T KNOW, 202 00:05:17,333 --> 00:05:18,200 UH, A LOT MORE? 203 00:05:18,266 --> 00:05:18,966 BECAUSE THE BOOKS WEREN'T 204 00:05:19,033 --> 00:05:20,100 "BANNED." 205 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:21,133 DR. SEUSS ENTERPRISES DECIDED TO 206 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,200 STOP PRINTING SIX OF THEM. 207 00:05:22,266 --> 00:05:23,533 AND A COMPANY DECIDING WHICH OF 208 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,933 ITS OWN BOOKS IT WILL OR WON'T 209 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:25,733 PRINT IS AN EXAMPLE OF FREE 210 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:26,833 ENTERPRISE, NOT FASCISM. 211 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:28,033 IT'D MAKE AS MUCH SENSE TO 212 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:28,900 ARGUE, "THEY'RE BANNING 213 00:05:28,966 --> 00:05:30,566 UNICYCLES. 214 00:05:30,633 --> 00:05:32,166 HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU NEED TO SEE 215 00:05:32,233 --> 00:05:32,866 BEFORE AMERICA WAKES UP AND 216 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:33,766 SAYS, THIS IS 217 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:35,266 TRANSCENDENTALISM?" 218 00:05:35,333 --> 00:05:37,000 THE FIRST THING ISN'T EVEN TRUE, 219 00:05:37,066 --> 00:05:38,033 AND I'VE GOT NO IDEA HOW YOU GOT 220 00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:40,066 FROM THERE TO THE SECOND PART. 221 00:05:40,133 --> 00:05:41,566 AND GIVEN HOW STRONGLY ALL THOSE 222 00:05:41,633 --> 00:05:43,000 COMMENTATORS WERE DEFENDING 223 00:05:43,066 --> 00:05:44,766 THOSE BOOKS, IT'S WORTH KNOWING 224 00:05:44,833 --> 00:05:45,700 WHAT, EXACTLY, THEY'RE 225 00:05:45,766 --> 00:05:46,300 DEFENDING. 226 00:05:46,366 --> 00:05:48,033 BECAUSE THE IMAGES IN QUESTION 227 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:49,900 INCLUDE THIS OLD-TIMEY 228 00:05:49,966 --> 00:05:51,300 CARICATURE OF "A CHINESE MAN 229 00:05:51,366 --> 00:05:52,633 WHO EATS WITH STICKS," ACTUALLY 230 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:54,666 TONED DOWN FROM THE ORIGINAL, 231 00:05:54,733 --> 00:05:56,600 WHERE HE WAS LITERALLY YELLOW, 232 00:05:56,666 --> 00:05:58,433 AND CALLED THIS, AND THERE'S 233 00:05:58,500 --> 00:05:59,700 ALSO DRAWINGS THAT RESEMBLE 234 00:05:59,766 --> 00:06:00,300 MONKEYS, REPRESENTING PEOPLE 235 00:06:00,366 --> 00:06:02,133 FROM AFRICA. 236 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:03,966 AND ARE THESE THINGS WE REALLY 237 00:06:04,033 --> 00:06:05,900 WANT TO FIGHT FOR KIDS TO SEE? 238 00:06:05,966 --> 00:06:07,366 TO BE HONEST, I'M SQUEAMISH 239 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:08,666 ABOUT SHOWING THEM TO YOU RIGHT 240 00:06:08,733 --> 00:06:10,733 NOW, AND JUST THREE MINUTES AGO, 241 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,100 I WAS HAPPY TO SUBJECT YOU TO 242 00:06:12,166 --> 00:06:15,233 A BASKETBALL ARENA JIZZ STORM. 243 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:16,633 THE POINT IS, THESE IMAGES ARE 244 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:18,066 ROUGH, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY, 245 00:06:18,133 --> 00:06:18,966 FOR THE MOST PART, FOX DIDN'T 246 00:06:19,033 --> 00:06:20,766 ACTUALLY SHOW THEM. 247 00:06:20,833 --> 00:06:22,366 INSTEAD, OFTEN FOCUSING ON BOOKS 248 00:06:22,433 --> 00:06:23,133 THAT AREN'T EVEN BEING 249 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,200 QUESTIONED. 250 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:26,766 TUCKER CARLSON FOCUSED A WHOLE 251 00:06:26,833 --> 00:06:28,000 SEGMENT ON "THE SNEETCHES" -- 252 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:29,166 WHICH ISN'T BEING PULLED -- SO 253 00:06:29,233 --> 00:06:30,466 HE COULD PLAY HIS FAVORITE GAME: 254 00:06:30,533 --> 00:06:31,833 LIBERALS ARE THE REAL RACISTS. 255 00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:33,033 >> FOR 60 YEARS, AMERICAN 256 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:34,600 CHILDREN HAVE READ 257 00:06:34,666 --> 00:06:35,966 "THE SNEETCHES" AND BOOKS 258 00:06:36,033 --> 00:06:37,700 LIKE IT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE 259 00:06:37,766 --> 00:06:38,833 REASONS WE HAVE THE COUNTRY WE 260 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:40,133 HAVE TODAY. 261 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,033 THE STORY IS A PLEA FOR 262 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:43,866 COLORBLINDNESS, AND THAT'S WHY 263 00:06:43,933 --> 00:06:45,200 THE FORCES OF WOKENESS HATE IT 264 00:06:45,266 --> 00:06:47,700 AND DR. SEUSS. 265 00:06:47,766 --> 00:06:49,666 WHEN THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE CANCEL 266 00:06:49,733 --> 00:06:51,333 DR. SEUSS, WHAT THEY'RE REALLY 267 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,933 TRYING TO ELIMINATE IS A VERY 268 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,200 SPECIFIC KIND OF MID-CENTURY 269 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:56,366 AMERICAN CULTURE, A CULTURE THAT 270 00:06:56,433 --> 00:06:57,266 CHAMPIONED MERITOCRACY AND 271 00:06:57,333 --> 00:06:59,200 COLORBLINDNESS. 272 00:06:59,266 --> 00:07:00,933 >> John: FIRST, SHUT THE FUCK 273 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:01,733 UP, TUCKER, YOU FEAR-MONGERING 274 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,500 LACROSSE INJURY. 275 00:07:03,566 --> 00:07:04,966 SECOND, IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD TO 276 00:07:05,033 --> 00:07:05,966 CLAIM THAT MID-CENTURY AMERICAN 277 00:07:06,033 --> 00:07:07,766 CULTURE CHAMPIONED 278 00:07:07,833 --> 00:07:09,333 COLORBLINDNESS WHEN SIGNS 279 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:10,433 FROM THE TIME EXPLICITLY 280 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:13,133 DEMANDED THE OPPOSITE. 281 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,933 IN FACT, TO THE EXTENT ANYONE IS 282 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,933 TRYING TO ELIMINATE SOME PARTS 283 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,366 OF AMERICAN CULTURE, IT'S THE 284 00:07:18,433 --> 00:07:19,666 PARTS THAT PERPETUATE RACISM, 285 00:07:19,733 --> 00:07:21,466 XENOPHOBIA, AND BIGOTRY. 286 00:07:21,533 --> 00:07:22,900 BUT IT'S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY 287 00:07:22,966 --> 00:07:24,800 TUCKER WOULD BE SO ANXIOUS TO 288 00:07:24,866 --> 00:07:26,700 TALK ABOUT DR. SEUSS THIS WEEK. 289 00:07:26,766 --> 00:07:29,033 BECAUSE IF HE'D TALKED ABOUT 290 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:30,033 CHRISTOPHER WRAY'S TESTIMONY 291 00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:31,400 ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACISTS 292 00:07:31,466 --> 00:07:32,766 PARTICIPATING IN THE ATTACK 293 00:07:32,833 --> 00:07:33,933 ON THE CAPITOL, IT WOULD'VE 294 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:34,500 CONTRADICTED WHAT HE'S BEEN 295 00:07:34,566 --> 00:07:35,166 TELLING HIS VIEWERS FOR WEEKS 296 00:07:35,233 --> 00:07:36,666 NOW, LIKE, "THERE'S NO EVIDENCE 297 00:07:36,733 --> 00:07:38,033 THAT WHITE SUPREMACISTS WERE 298 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:39,600 RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED 299 00:07:39,666 --> 00:07:40,433 ON JANUARY 6TH. 300 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:42,366 THAT'S A LIE." 301 00:07:42,433 --> 00:07:43,300 SO INSTEAD, TUCKER AND 302 00:07:43,366 --> 00:07:45,266 CONSERVATIVE MEDIA FELL BACK ON 303 00:07:45,333 --> 00:07:46,533 THEIR CLASSIC PLAYBOOK OF 304 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,766 DISTRACTING FROM IMPORTANT 305 00:07:47,833 --> 00:07:48,966 ISSUES WITH BULLSHIT 306 00:07:49,033 --> 00:07:50,300 CULTURE WARS. 307 00:07:50,366 --> 00:07:52,233 IT'S INCREDIBLY LAZY AND 308 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:53,900 DEPRESSINGLY EFFECTIVE. 309 00:07:53,966 --> 00:07:56,900 AND THE THING IS, NO MATTER HOW 310 00:07:56,966 --> 00:07:58,033 MANY TIMES I SEE THEM DO IT, 311 00:07:58,100 --> 00:07:59,666 IT NEVER FAILS TO LEAVE ME 312 00:07:59,733 --> 00:08:01,100 FEELING COMPLETELY DISGUSTED, 313 00:08:01,166 --> 00:08:03,366 AND LIKE THERE'S NO WAY TO GET 314 00:08:03,433 --> 00:08:03,566 CLEAN. 315 00:08:03,633 --> 00:08:04,300 ♪ ♪ 316 00:08:04,366 --> 00:08:06,566 OH, NO! 317 00:08:06,633 --> 00:08:07,800 NO, PLEASE, NO! 318 00:08:07,866 --> 00:08:14,733 NO, NOT LIKE THIS! 319 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,700 NO, I DON'T WANT THIS! 320 00:08:15,766 --> 00:08:19,300 HOW IS THIS FUN FOR ANYONE? 321 00:08:19,366 --> 00:08:20,533 PLEASE STOP AT! 322 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,133 I FEEL DIRTIER NOW. 323 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,333 AND NOW THIS. 324 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:25,766 STOP IT! 325 00:08:25,833 --> 00:08:27,400 >> Announcer: AND NOW, 326 00:08:27,466 --> 00:08:28,500 NEIL CAVUTO REALLY LOVES ADELE. 327 00:08:28,566 --> 00:08:30,400 >> DO YOU FIND IT A TAD BIT 328 00:08:30,466 --> 00:08:32,166 CURIOUS, ON MONDAY, WHEN THE DOW 329 00:08:32,233 --> 00:08:34,900 WAS UP 143 POINTS, THE FIRST DAY 330 00:08:34,966 --> 00:08:36,033 OF TRADING AFTER THE SINGER 331 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:38,200 ADELE HAD SWEPT T THE GRAMMYS. 332 00:08:38,266 --> 00:08:39,166 >> SCIENTIST IN BRAZIL HAVE 333 00:08:39,233 --> 00:08:40,566 FOUND THAT LISTENING TO HER 334 00:08:40,633 --> 00:08:41,400 MUSIC COULD REDUCE STRESS AND 335 00:08:41,466 --> 00:08:44,333 HELP TO KEEP PEOPLE'S HEART 336 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:44,566 HEALTHY. 337 00:08:44,633 --> 00:08:45,333 I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THIS FOR 338 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:45,533 YEARS. 339 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,666 >> I AM WAITING ON ADELE TO CALL 340 00:08:47,733 --> 00:08:49,033 ME AND UPDATE ME. 341 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:51,266 >> MICHAEL, ARE YOU A ADELE FAN? 342 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:53,266 >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS. 343 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:53,566 ADELE. 344 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:55,066 >IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T EVEN GET 345 00:08:55,133 --> 00:08:56,300 TO TALK ABOUT ADELE. 346 00:08:56,366 --> 00:08:58,300 >> DO WE KNOW, ARE THERE ANY 347 00:08:58,366 --> 00:09:00,033 ADELE UPDATES? 348 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:01,566 I WILL POINT OUT THAT ADELE 349 00:09:01,633 --> 00:09:03,433 NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES. 350 00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:06,133 SORRY, TAYLOR, YOU HAVE NOT 351 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:07,366 TOPPED ADELE. 352 00:09:07,433 --> 00:09:09,533 I COULDN'T IMAGINE ADELE DOING 353 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:09,833 IT. 354 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:10,533 IT MAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE 355 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,800 UNCOMFORTABLE THAT I HAVE THIS 356 00:09:12,866 --> 00:09:13,366 FIXATION BECAUSE SHE'S YOUNG 357 00:09:13,433 --> 00:09:14,133 ENOUGH TO BE MY DAUGHTER. 358 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,900 >> I THINK THAT IS THE MARKET'S 359 00:09:18,966 --> 00:09:20,566 WAY OF SAYING HELLO, HELLO, 360 00:09:20,633 --> 00:09:26,466 HELLO, HELLO. 361 00:09:26,533 --> 00:09:27,200 >> John: MOVING ON. 362 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:28,333 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 363 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:29,000 UNEMPLOYMENT. 364 00:09:29,066 --> 00:09:30,233 THE THING THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY 365 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:30,966 HAPPEN TO ME IF AT&T EXECUTIVES 366 00:09:31,033 --> 00:09:31,633 EVER FIND OUT WHAT I'VE BEEN 367 00:09:31,700 --> 00:09:32,666 SAYING ABOUT THEM. 368 00:09:32,733 --> 00:09:33,566 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT ARE 369 00:09:33,633 --> 00:09:34,266 THEY GOING TO DO? 370 00:09:34,333 --> 00:09:35,266 LOOK IT UP ONLINE? 371 00:09:35,333 --> 00:09:36,100 HOW? 372 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:36,966 WITH THEIR INTERNET PLAN? 373 00:09:37,033 --> 00:09:37,833 AND THEN CALL SOMEONE? 374 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:39,266 USING AT&T? 375 00:09:39,333 --> 00:09:40,333 I THINK I'M FINE. 376 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,266 UNEMPLOYMENT CAN BE A TRAUMATIC 377 00:09:41,333 --> 00:09:42,900 EVENT FOR ANYONE, EVEN PUPPETS. 378 00:09:42,966 --> 00:09:43,866 >> WHY ISN'T MOMMY AT WORK 379 00:09:43,933 --> 00:09:44,966 TODAY? 380 00:09:45,033 --> 00:09:47,833 >> YESTERDAY, I LOST MY JOB. 381 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:48,733 AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE WORKING, 382 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,333 AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 383 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,900 >> IS IT BECAUSE ELMO HAS TOO 384 00:09:53,966 --> 00:09:56,766 MANY TOYS? 385 00:09:56,833 --> 00:09:57,833 >> OH, NO, NO, BABY, NONE OF 386 00:09:57,900 --> 00:09:59,000 THIS IS YOUR FAULT. 387 00:09:59,066 --> 00:10:03,566 >> IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT. 388 00:10:03,633 --> 00:10:04,633 >> John: WELL, WELL, HOLD ON. 389 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:05,600 ARE WE ABSOLUTELY SURE IT'S NOT 390 00:10:05,666 --> 00:10:06,600 ELMO'S FAULT? 391 00:10:06,666 --> 00:10:08,400 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT PLANE 392 00:10:08,466 --> 00:10:09,133 COSTS, BUT I DO KNOW MAINTAINING 393 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,866 A CRAYON-COLORED, LIMINAL 394 00:10:10,933 --> 00:10:11,600 APARTMENT WHERE YOU LIVE 395 00:10:11,666 --> 00:10:12,666 PART-TIME WITH DOROTHY, 396 00:10:12,733 --> 00:10:14,000 YOUR PET FISH, MIGHT BE A 397 00:10:14,066 --> 00:10:14,800 PROBLEM FOR YOUR NOW ONE-INCOME 398 00:10:14,866 --> 00:10:16,233 FAMILY. 399 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:17,700 SO IT'S NOT NOT YOUR FAULT, 400 00:10:17,766 --> 00:10:19,266 ELMO. 401 00:10:19,333 --> 00:10:20,100 BUT ALSO, QUICK SHOUT-OUT TO 402 00:10:20,166 --> 00:10:21,466 ELMO'S MOM THERE. 403 00:10:21,533 --> 00:10:23,000 SHE'S GOING THROUGH SOME SHIT, 404 00:10:23,066 --> 00:10:24,066 BUT STILL MANAGED TO GET HER 405 00:10:24,133 --> 00:10:25,200 HAIR UP IN TWO STRAND TWISTS 406 00:10:25,266 --> 00:10:25,833 BEFORE SHE WENT TO BED THE NIGHT 407 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:26,866 BEFORE. 408 00:10:26,933 --> 00:10:28,300 SHE'S TAKING CARE OF HERSELF AND 409 00:10:28,366 --> 00:10:29,300 PROTECTING THOSE EDGES. 410 00:10:29,366 --> 00:10:30,666 DROP THE ROUTINE, MAE! 411 00:10:30,733 --> 00:10:31,900 POST THE SHELFIE ON THE GRAM. 412 00:10:31,966 --> 00:10:32,700 WHAT ARE YOUR HOLY GRAIL 413 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:33,266 PRODUCTS? 414 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:34,233 PATTERN BEAUTY? 415 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,366 SHEA MOISTURE? 416 00:10:35,433 --> 00:10:36,300 OR ARE YOU STILL ROCKIN' IT 417 00:10:36,366 --> 00:10:37,433 OLD SCHOOL WITH A BOTTLE OF 418 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:38,766 PINK OIL AND A JAR OF JAM? 419 00:10:38,833 --> 00:10:41,400 I SEE YOU, ELMO'S MOM! 420 00:10:41,466 --> 00:10:42,800 BUT EVEN FOR THE NON-PUPPET 421 00:10:42,866 --> 00:10:44,733 POPULATION, UNEMPLOYMENT IS AN 422 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,233 ESPECIALLY PERTINENT TOPIC RIGHT 423 00:10:46,300 --> 00:10:47,966 NOW. 424 00:10:48,033 --> 00:10:49,566 IT'S BEEN ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR 425 00:10:49,633 --> 00:10:50,833 SINCE THE PANDEMIC HIT, AND TENS 426 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:52,766 OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR 427 00:10:52,833 --> 00:10:53,866 JOBS -- MANY OF WHOM FILED FOR 428 00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:55,366 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, OR 429 00:10:55,433 --> 00:10:56,633 "UNEMPLOYMENT." 430 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:58,466 OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WAS CREATED 431 00:10:58,533 --> 00:11:00,600 IN THE 1930s. 432 00:11:00,666 --> 00:11:01,733 AND THE BASIC IDEA WAS, LIKE 433 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,066 MOST INSURANCE, TO GATHER FUNDS, 434 00:11:03,133 --> 00:11:05,533 PARTICULARLY IN GOOD TIMES, SO 435 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,333 THERE'D BE MONEY AVAILABLE TO 436 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:08,766 DISBURSE IN BAD TIMES. 437 00:11:08,833 --> 00:11:10,200 AND TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS, 438 00:11:10,266 --> 00:11:12,400 STATES WOULD TAX EMPLOYERS. 439 00:11:12,466 --> 00:11:14,833 THE CONCEPT WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY 440 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:15,366 PROMOTED AT THE TIME, WITH 441 00:11:15,433 --> 00:11:17,300 EDUCATIONAL FILMS LIKE THIS. 442 00:11:17,366 --> 00:11:19,233 >> TO SHOW HOW JOB INSURANCE 443 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:21,733 WORKS, LET'S INTRODUCE STEVE, 444 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:22,633 A LOUISIANA WORKER WHO HAS JUST 445 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:24,133 LOST HIS JOB. 446 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:25,266 NOW EACH WEEK, THE LETTER 447 00:11:25,333 --> 00:11:26,900 CARRIER BRINGS STEVE A CHECK 448 00:11:26,966 --> 00:11:28,066 FOR HALF THE NORMAL WEEKLY WAGE 449 00:11:28,133 --> 00:11:30,233 HE USED TO EARN. 450 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:31,600 THE MAXIMUM IS $15, THE MINIMUM 451 00:11:31,666 --> 00:11:32,933 IS $5, OR THREE-FOURTHS OF HIS 452 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,200 EARNINGS. 453 00:11:35,266 --> 00:11:36,666 JOB INSURANCE, THIS IS THE WAY 454 00:11:36,733 --> 00:11:38,733 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IS DOING 455 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,766 ITS PART IN THE NATIONWIDE 456 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:42,866 CRUSADE AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT, 457 00:11:42,933 --> 00:11:44,533 FEAR, AND INSECURITY. 458 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:45,733 >> John: YES! 459 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,566 ATTA BOY, STEVE! 460 00:11:47,633 --> 00:11:48,666 THAT NEWSREEL, OF COURSE, FROM 461 00:11:48,733 --> 00:11:50,133 THE MAKERS OF SUCH CLASSICS AS 462 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,333 "AMELIA EARHEART: THE WOMAN WHO 463 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:53,866 WILL NEVER DIE," AND "HOW TO 464 00:11:53,933 --> 00:11:54,933 FIGHT THE NAZIS EVEN THOUGH, 465 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,533 GIVEN THIS ERA'S PREVALENT 466 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,966 ANTI-SEMITISM, YOU MOSTLY LIKELY 467 00:11:58,033 --> 00:11:58,933 AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE 468 00:11:59,000 --> 00:11:59,933 SAYING." 469 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,466 BUT UNEMPLOYMENT WASN'T JUST 470 00:12:01,533 --> 00:12:02,866 CREATED TO SAVE OUR NATION'S 471 00:12:02,933 --> 00:12:04,766 STEVES FROM FEAR AND INSECURITY. 472 00:12:04,833 --> 00:12:07,200 ECONOMISTS GENERALLY AGREE THAT 473 00:12:07,266 --> 00:12:08,466 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IS 474 00:12:08,533 --> 00:12:10,200 ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST 475 00:12:10,266 --> 00:12:13,500 EFFECTIVE POLICIES FOR 476 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:14,533 RECOVERING FROM A RECESSION. 477 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,000 WHICH MAKES SENSE. 478 00:12:16,066 --> 00:12:16,766 BECAUSE WHEN YOU GIVE THE 479 00:12:16,833 --> 00:12:17,500 UNEMPLOYED MONEY, THEY TEND 480 00:12:17,566 --> 00:12:18,466 NOT TO HOARD IT OFFSHORE 481 00:12:18,533 --> 00:12:19,766 IN THE CAYMANS. 482 00:12:19,833 --> 00:12:21,766 THEY SPEND IT ON SHIT THEY NEED. 483 00:12:21,833 --> 00:12:24,666 IN FACT, ANALYSIS FROM PAST 484 00:12:24,733 --> 00:12:25,833 RECESSIONS SHOWS, EVERY DOLLAR 485 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:26,833 SPENT ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 486 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:28,100 BOOSTED ECONOMYWIDE SPENDING BY 487 00:12:28,166 --> 00:12:36,333 AS MUCH AS $2. 488 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,100 SO IT'S A VITAL SOCIAL SAFETY 489 00:12:38,166 --> 00:12:40,166 NET AND HAS MASSIVE 490 00:12:40,233 --> 00:12:41,533 MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS. 491 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:42,400 BUT DESPITE THAT, OVER THE 492 00:12:42,466 --> 00:12:43,433 YEARS, OUR SYSTEM HAS BADLY 493 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:44,300 BROKEN DOWN. 494 00:12:44,366 --> 00:12:45,433 SOMETHING THAT BECAME PAINFULLY 495 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:46,066 CLEAR THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN 496 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:46,866 IT WAS OVERWHELMED BY NEW 497 00:12:46,933 --> 00:12:47,766 CLAIMS. 498 00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:49,066 WE FEATURED STORIES ON THIS SHOW 499 00:12:49,133 --> 00:12:50,000 OF PEOPLE HAVING TO CALL 500 00:12:50,066 --> 00:12:51,133 50 TIMES A DAY JUST TO MAKE AN 501 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,233 UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIM. 502 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:53,166 BUT THAT WAS THE TIP OF THE 503 00:12:53,233 --> 00:12:54,466 ICEBERG. 504 00:12:54,533 --> 00:12:55,666 >> KENTUCKY RESIDENTS POURED 505 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:56,800 INTO THE CAPITAL FOR THEIR FIRST 506 00:12:56,866 --> 00:12:58,333 CHANCE TO GET AN IN-PERSON 507 00:12:58,400 --> 00:12:59,566 MEETING AT A POP-UP UNEMPLOYMENT 508 00:12:59,633 --> 00:13:01,733 OFFICE SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. 509 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,266 BREANNA GLASS APPLIED THREE 510 00:13:03,333 --> 00:13:04,666 MONTHS AGO AND IS STILL HAVING 511 00:13:04,733 --> 00:13:06,466 TROUBLE GETTING PAYMENTS. 512 00:13:06,533 --> 00:13:08,333 SHE STOOD IN LINE YESTERDAY JUST 513 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,366 DAYS AFTER GIVING BIRTH. 514 00:13:10,433 --> 00:13:11,100 >> I MEAN, I'VE CALLED, I'VE 515 00:13:11,166 --> 00:13:12,266 EMAILED. 516 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:13,866 I DID EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY 517 00:13:13,933 --> 00:13:14,600 COULD. 518 00:13:14,666 --> 00:13:16,200 AND STILL, NOTHING. 519 00:13:16,266 --> 00:13:18,100 >> John: HOLY SHIT. 520 00:13:18,166 --> 00:13:20,166 WAITING IN LINE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 521 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:21,500 JUST AFTER GIVING BIRTH IS 522 00:13:21,566 --> 00:13:24,433 ALREADY APPALLING. 523 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:25,800 BUT THE VERY PHRASE "POP-UP 524 00:13:25,866 --> 00:13:28,066 UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE" IS TRULY 525 00:13:28,133 --> 00:13:28,333 ALARMING. 526 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:29,200 MUCH LIKE "EMERGENCY 527 00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:30,400 CREMATORIUM" OR "ELEPHANT 528 00:13:30,466 --> 00:13:31,933 FORCEPS," IT SUGGESTS THINGS 529 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,033 HAVE GONE TERRIBLY WRONG AND 530 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:33,966 ARE ABOUT TO GET SIGNIFICANTLY 531 00:13:34,033 --> 00:13:35,600 WORSE. 532 00:13:35,666 --> 00:13:37,066 NOW, SOME OF LAST YEAR'S CHAOS 533 00:13:37,133 --> 00:13:38,400 WAS BECAUSE STATES' ANTIQUATED 534 00:13:38,466 --> 00:13:40,866 SYSTEMS WERE SIMPLY OVERWHELMED. 535 00:13:40,933 --> 00:13:42,233 BUT IT'S A MISTAKE TO THINK OF 536 00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:43,866 THIS MERELY AS A TECHNOLOGICAL 537 00:13:43,933 --> 00:13:45,266 PROBLEM. 538 00:13:45,333 --> 00:13:47,000 BECAUSE THE SYSTEM UNDERNEATH 539 00:13:47,066 --> 00:13:49,333 THAT SHITTY TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN 540 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:49,866 BROKEN FOR YEARS NOW, AND 541 00:13:49,933 --> 00:13:51,033 SOMETIMES DELIBERATELY. 542 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:52,266 A QUICK WAY TO MEASURE THE 543 00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:54,033 HEALTH OF A STATE'S SYSTEM IS 544 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,166 THROUGH ITS "RECIPIENCY RATE" -- 545 00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:56,666 THAT IS BASICALLY, THE 546 00:13:56,733 --> 00:13:58,433 PERCENTAGE OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE 547 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:00,200 THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVE BENEFITS. 548 00:14:00,266 --> 00:14:02,266 NOW, IT WILL NEVER BE 100% 549 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:03,800 IN THIS COUNTRY, BECAUSE -- 550 00:14:03,866 --> 00:14:05,300 RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY -- NOT 551 00:14:05,366 --> 00:14:05,966 EVERYONE OUT OF WORK IS 552 00:14:06,033 --> 00:14:07,466 ELIGIBLE. 553 00:14:07,533 --> 00:14:08,433 GENERALLY, ONLY THOSE WHO ARE 554 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:11,166 LAID OFF ARE. 555 00:14:11,233 --> 00:14:12,066 AND THAT IS JUST OVER 556 00:14:12,133 --> 00:14:13,300 HALF THE UNEMPLOYED. 557 00:14:13,366 --> 00:14:14,166 THE REST -- LIKE THOSE FRESH 558 00:14:14,233 --> 00:14:15,100 OUT OF SCHOOL, OR WHO QUIT 559 00:14:15,166 --> 00:14:16,300 VOLUNTARILY, OR WHO WERE 560 00:14:16,366 --> 00:14:17,166 FIRED -- ARE GENERALLY NOT 561 00:14:17,233 --> 00:14:18,366 COVERED. 562 00:14:18,433 --> 00:14:19,533 THAT IS WHY, EXPERTS SAY THAT 563 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:20,900 UNDER OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, 564 00:14:20,966 --> 00:14:21,966 A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS THAT 565 00:14:22,033 --> 00:14:23,100 A STATE'S RECIPIENCY RATE SHOULD 566 00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:25,466 BE AROUND 50%. 567 00:14:25,533 --> 00:14:27,266 THE PROBLEM IS, NATIONALLY, 568 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:28,766 EVEN BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC, 569 00:14:28,833 --> 00:14:30,366 WE WERE AT JUST 28%. 570 00:14:30,433 --> 00:14:31,733 AND IN SOME STATES, 571 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,166 LIKE NORTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA, 572 00:14:33,233 --> 00:14:35,600 IT WAS AROUND 10%! 573 00:14:35,666 --> 00:14:37,166 JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT 574 00:14:37,233 --> 00:14:38,800 MEANS: OUT OF EVERY TEN 575 00:14:38,866 --> 00:14:40,233 UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN THOSE 576 00:14:40,300 --> 00:14:42,566 STATES, ONLY ONE IS ACTUALLY 577 00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:43,966 RECEIVING BENEFITS. 578 00:14:44,033 --> 00:14:45,733 IF YOU BOARDED AN AIRPLANE AND 579 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:46,900 LEARNED THAT ONLY ONE IN TEN 580 00:14:46,966 --> 00:14:50,133 SEATS HAD AN OXYGEN MASK, 581 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,000 YOU'D WONDER "WHO DESIGNED THIS 582 00:14:52,066 --> 00:14:53,533 SYSTEM?," "WHY DID THEY MAKE IT 583 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:54,133 THIS WAY?" 584 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,666 AND "HOW DO I GET OUT OF HERE 585 00:14:55,733 --> 00:14:56,633 RIGHT FUCKING NOW?" 586 00:14:56,700 --> 00:14:58,166 SO GIVEN THAT, TONIGHT, LET'S 587 00:14:58,233 --> 00:14:59,466 LOOK AT OUR CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT 588 00:14:59,533 --> 00:15:00,033 SYSTEM. 589 00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:02,333 AND THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS, 590 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:03,666 IT IS NOT ONE SYSTEM. 591 00:15:03,733 --> 00:15:05,066 FROM THE VERY START, STATES WERE 592 00:15:05,133 --> 00:15:06,300 GIVEN HUGE LATITUDE IN RUNNING 593 00:15:06,366 --> 00:15:07,700 THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. 594 00:15:07,766 --> 00:15:09,133 MEANING WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE 595 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,366 53 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, 596 00:15:11,433 --> 00:15:12,900 ONE FOR EACH STATE, PLUS D.C., 597 00:15:12,966 --> 00:15:14,266 PUERTO RICO, AND 598 00:15:14,333 --> 00:15:15,933 THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 599 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,533 AND NOT ONLY IS THAT 600 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:18,866 INEFFICIENT, IT MEANS THE LEVEL 601 00:15:18,933 --> 00:15:21,333 OF BENEFITS VARY WILDLY. 602 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,366 >> MASSACHUSETTS PAYS THE MOST, 603 00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:25,566 UP TO $1234 A WEEK. 604 00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:26,333 FLORIDA'S MAXIMUM? 605 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,766 $275 A WEEK. 606 00:15:28,833 --> 00:15:30,133 >> John: THAT IS A HELL OF 607 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:30,966 A DIFFERENCE. 608 00:15:31,033 --> 00:15:32,533 IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE MIGHT WANT 609 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:33,366 TO FACTOR IN IF THEY'RE 610 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,000 CONSIDERING MOVING SOMEWHERE. 611 00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:37,600 "WELL, THE CLIMATE SEEMS NICER, 612 00:15:37,666 --> 00:15:38,733 AND THE SCHOOLS SEEM DECENT -- 613 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,533 BEFORE I GO, LET ME JUST GOOGLE, 614 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,233 IF I LOSE MY JOB, WILL THIS 615 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:44,133 STATE LET ME STARVE?" 616 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:45,800 AND IT'S NOT JUST WHERE YOU LIVE 617 00:15:45,866 --> 00:15:47,066 THAT DETERMINES YOUR BENEFITS. 618 00:15:47,133 --> 00:15:48,866 IT ALSO MATTERS WHAT YOU DO. 619 00:15:48,933 --> 00:15:50,533 BECAUSE MANY PART-TIME WORKERS, 620 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,933 PLUS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND 621 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,733 GIG WORKERS TYPICALLY DON'T 622 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:59,300 QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. 623 00:15:59,366 --> 00:16:00,333 WHICH IS ABSURD, GIVEN THAT 624 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:01,700 THOSE JOBS MAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT 625 00:16:01,766 --> 00:16:02,933 PORTION OF OUR MODERN WORKFORCE. 626 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,800 AND INCIDENTALLY, BLACK WORKERS 627 00:16:04,866 --> 00:16:05,933 ARE OVERREPRESENTED IN THOSE 628 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,500 TYPES OF JOBS, JUST AS THEY'RE 629 00:16:07,566 --> 00:16:08,633 OVERREPRESENTED IN THE STATES 630 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:12,833 WITH THE LEAST-GENEROUS 631 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:14,866 BENEFITS, WHICH MIGHT EXPLAIN 632 00:16:14,933 --> 00:16:16,433 WHY BLACK WORKERS ARE MORE 633 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:17,933 LIKELY TO BE UNEMPLOYED, BUT 634 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:18,666 LESS LIKELY TO GET UNEMPLOYMENT 635 00:16:18,733 --> 00:16:19,700 BENEFITS. 636 00:16:19,766 --> 00:16:21,633 AND INEQUITY WAS BAKED INTO 637 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:22,400 THE SYSTEM FROM THE VERY 638 00:16:22,466 --> 00:16:23,000 BEGINNING. 639 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:23,933 IN THE 1930s, AGRICULTURAL AND 640 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:24,833 DOMESTIC WORKERS WERE INITIALLY 641 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:26,566 PURPOSELY EXCLUDED, MEANING THAT 642 00:16:26,633 --> 00:16:28,433 65% OF BLACK WORKERS WEREN'T 643 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:31,233 COVERED BY THE PROGRAM. 644 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:32,400 IT SEEMS IN THE U.S., YOU CAN 645 00:16:32,466 --> 00:16:33,966 BASICALLY POINT TO ANYTHING, 646 00:16:34,033 --> 00:16:34,966 ASK "HOW IS THAT RACIST," AND 647 00:16:35,033 --> 00:16:35,500 GET A SPECIFIC, HISTORICAL 648 00:16:35,566 --> 00:16:36,333 ANSWER. 649 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,633 FREEWAYS? 650 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:38,933 DEMOLISHED BLACK COMMUNITIES. 651 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,200 MICKEY MOUSE? 652 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:41,500 BASED ON MINSTREL SHOWS. 653 00:16:41,566 --> 00:16:43,166 THIS TODDLER? 654 00:16:43,233 --> 00:16:44,700 WELL, HIS NAME IS KENDALL, 655 00:16:44,766 --> 00:16:46,833 SO IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. 656 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:48,900 THE POINT IS, IN MANY STATES, 657 00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:50,466 FOR MYRIAD REASONS, YOU MAY NOT 658 00:16:50,533 --> 00:16:52,966 BE ABLE TO GET UNEMPLOYMENT, 659 00:16:53,033 --> 00:16:54,166 AND EVEN IF YOU DO, IT MAY NOT 660 00:16:54,233 --> 00:16:57,333 BE ENOUGH TO LIVE ON. 661 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:58,766 THAT IS SOMETHING THE FEDERAL 662 00:16:58,833 --> 00:17:00,000 GOVERNMENT SEEMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE 663 00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:01,533 WAS A PROBLEM LAST YEAR, WHEN 664 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:02,400 IT SUDDENLY TEMPORARILY EXPANDED 665 00:17:02,466 --> 00:17:03,600 UNEMPLOYMENT TO COVER MORE 666 00:17:03,666 --> 00:17:05,400 WORKERS, AND BOOSTED BENEFITS 667 00:17:05,466 --> 00:17:08,000 BY $600 ACROSS THE BOARD. 668 00:17:08,066 --> 00:17:09,933 SO HOW DID OUR SYSTEM GET THIS 669 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,966 SHITTY? 670 00:17:12,033 --> 00:17:12,533 AND WHOSE FAULT IS IT? 671 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,533 IS IT ELMO'S? 672 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:15,200 THE ANSWER'S NOT DEFINITELY "NO" 673 00:17:15,266 --> 00:17:17,866 YET. 674 00:17:17,933 --> 00:17:19,700 BUT THE TRUTH IS, A LOT OF THE 675 00:17:19,766 --> 00:17:21,200 SYSTEM'S SHORTCOMINGS WERE THE 676 00:17:21,266 --> 00:17:22,366 RESULT OF DELIBERATE CHOICES. 677 00:17:22,433 --> 00:17:23,766 FOR ONE, REMEMBER, BUSINESSES 678 00:17:23,833 --> 00:17:25,633 FUND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, 679 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:26,800 THROUGH TAXES THAT GO INTO 680 00:17:26,866 --> 00:17:28,166 STATE TRUST FUNDS. 681 00:17:28,233 --> 00:17:29,733 AND AFTER THE LAST FINANCIAL 682 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:30,600 CRISIS DRAINED THOSE FUNDS, 683 00:17:30,666 --> 00:17:32,400 STATES NEEDED TO RESTORE THEM. 684 00:17:32,466 --> 00:17:34,266 BUT RATHER THAN DO THE SENSIBLE 685 00:17:34,333 --> 00:17:36,533 THING -- RAISE TAXES TO GET MORE 686 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,000 MONEY COMING IN -- MANY OPTED TO 687 00:17:38,066 --> 00:17:40,366 INSTEAD JUST CUT BENEFITS AND 688 00:17:40,433 --> 00:17:41,800 MAKE THEM HARDER TO GET. 689 00:17:41,866 --> 00:17:43,533 AND AS THEY DID THIS, SOME IN 690 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,166 THE NATIONAL MEDIA CHEERED THEM 691 00:17:45,233 --> 00:17:46,100 ON, LIKE SENTIENT PLANTATION 692 00:17:46,166 --> 00:17:48,100 WEDDING, LAURA INGRAHAM. 693 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:49,966 >> IT'S SIMPLE HUMAN NATURE THAT 694 00:17:50,033 --> 00:17:51,400 PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE LESS 695 00:17:51,466 --> 00:17:52,500 MOTIVATED AS LONG AS THERE'S 696 00:17:52,566 --> 00:17:53,700 A CHECK COMING IN. 697 00:17:53,766 --> 00:17:56,066 YOU KNOW WHAT MY MOM USED TO 698 00:17:56,133 --> 00:17:57,866 SAY -- GOD REST HER SOUL -- WHEN 699 00:17:57,933 --> 00:17:58,600 YOU'RE HUNGRY, YOU'LL FIGURE OUT 700 00:17:58,666 --> 00:18:00,433 A WAY TO EAT. 701 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:04,033 RIGHT? 702 00:18:04,100 --> 00:18:05,733 HUNGER BRINGS DRIVE, HUNGER 703 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,200 FOR OPPORTUNITY, HUNGER 704 00:18:07,266 --> 00:18:10,966 FOR A PAYCHECK, HUNGER FOR 705 00:18:11,033 --> 00:18:12,400 ACTUAL FOOD, HUNGER FOR A 706 00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:14,666 LIFESTYLE, A WAY OF LIFE. 707 00:18:14,733 --> 00:18:16,100 BOY, YOU FIND IT WHEN THERE'S 708 00:18:16,166 --> 00:18:16,833 NO HELPING HAND. 709 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:19,033 >> John: WOW. 710 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:20,500 "WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY, YOU'LL 711 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:25,366 FIGURE OUT A WAY TO EAT." 712 00:18:25,433 --> 00:18:26,300 WELL, SOMETIMES, LAURA. 713 00:18:26,366 --> 00:18:29,900 THE PROBLEM IS, SOMETIMES NOT! 714 00:18:29,966 --> 00:18:30,900 AND THEN IT'S A TRAGEDY. 715 00:18:30,966 --> 00:18:32,433 THERE'S A REASON THAT FAMINES 716 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:33,066 AREN'T GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS 717 00:18:33,133 --> 00:18:34,100 "A LACK OF CAN-DO ATTITUDE." 718 00:18:34,166 --> 00:18:35,633 AND THAT KIND OF RHETORIC 719 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:37,233 HAS BECOME PRETTY POPULAR. 720 00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:37,766 YOUR MOST RACIST UNCLE HAS 721 00:18:37,833 --> 00:18:38,700 UNDOUBTEDLY SAID SOMETHING 722 00:18:38,766 --> 00:18:39,700 SIMILAR, PROBABLY TO A WAITRESS 723 00:18:39,766 --> 00:18:40,700 AT RED LOBSTER, COMPLETELY 724 00:18:40,766 --> 00:18:42,433 RUINING MOTHER'S DAY. 725 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:43,866 AND THAT SPEAKS TO THE KIND OF 726 00:18:43,933 --> 00:18:45,200 ATTITUDES TOWARD THE 727 00:18:45,266 --> 00:18:46,533 UNEMPLOYED -- RANGING FROM 728 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,033 SIMMERING CONTEMPT TO A CALLOUS 729 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:49,800 DISREGARD -- THAT LIE BENEATH 730 00:18:49,866 --> 00:18:51,333 MANY STATES' AGGRESSIVE POLICY 731 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,800 CHANGES OVER THE PAST DECADE. 732 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,533 STARTING IN 2012, TENNESSEE 733 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,066 PASSED LAWS MAKING THE PROCESS 734 00:18:57,133 --> 00:18:59,266 TO APPLY FAR MORE DIFFICULT. 735 00:18:59,333 --> 00:19:00,433 ONE JUSTIFICATION BEING THAT 736 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:02,700 SOMEHOW, LOADS OF PEOPLE 737 00:19:02,766 --> 00:19:03,800 INELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS WERE 738 00:19:03,866 --> 00:19:05,633 STILL GETTING THEM. 739 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:07,466 WHICH IS NONSENSE, BUT SOMETHING 740 00:19:07,533 --> 00:19:08,200 THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BACK 741 00:19:08,266 --> 00:19:09,200 THEN, RON RAMSEY, CERTAINLY 742 00:19:09,266 --> 00:19:10,433 BELIEVED. 743 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:12,133 >> IF YOU WERE FIRED FROM YOUR 744 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,700 JOB FOR JUST CAUSE, MAYBE EVEN 745 00:19:14,766 --> 00:19:15,566 FOR STEALING FROM YOUR EMPLOYER 746 00:19:15,633 --> 00:19:16,700 OR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, YOU 747 00:19:16,766 --> 00:19:17,466 SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DRAW 748 00:19:17,533 --> 00:19:18,600 UNEMPLOYMENT. 749 00:19:18,666 --> 00:19:19,700 >> YOU DON'T GET UNEMPLOYMENT 750 00:19:19,766 --> 00:19:20,500 INSURANCE IF YOU'RE FIRED WITH 751 00:19:20,566 --> 00:19:21,433 CAUSE NOW. 752 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:23,700 >> THE LAW SAYS THEY'RE NOT 753 00:19:23,766 --> 00:19:25,233 SUPPOSED TO, BUT, BUDDY, LET ME 754 00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:26,566 ASSURE YOU, NINE TIMES OUT OF 755 00:19:26,633 --> 00:19:27,566 TEN, THEY GET THEIR WORKERS 756 00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:28,633 COMP, OR THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT. 757 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:29,366 I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT'S 758 00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:29,833 THE CASE. 759 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:30,800 >> NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN? 760 00:19:30,866 --> 00:19:31,533 >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, 761 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:32,133 OKAY. 762 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,300 THAT WAS -- THAT WAS A 763 00:19:33,366 --> 00:19:34,566 RON RAMSEY BLANKET STATEMENT 764 00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:37,600 THERE, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF 765 00:19:37,666 --> 00:19:38,633 EXAMPLES THAT THEY GET IT. 766 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:39,833 >> John: OH, YEAH! 767 00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:41,133 DON'T WORRY -- THAT'S JUST 768 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:41,700 A CLASSIC RON RAMSEY BLANKET 769 00:19:41,766 --> 00:19:43,066 STATEMENT. 770 00:19:43,133 --> 00:19:44,033 AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN GOOD 771 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:45,466 HANDS WHEN A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL 772 00:19:45,533 --> 00:19:48,466 LIES ENOUGH TO WARRANT 773 00:19:48,533 --> 00:19:49,933 A FUCKING TRADEMARK. 774 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,366 NOW RAMSEY ALSO ARGUED FOR 775 00:19:51,433 --> 00:19:52,866 DRUG-TESTING THE UNEMPLOYED, 776 00:19:52,933 --> 00:19:54,066 SAYING, I DON'T THINK WE NEED 777 00:19:54,133 --> 00:19:54,833 TO BE SUPPORTING THAT LIFESTYLE 778 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:56,133 WITH GOVERNMENT MONEY. 779 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,633 WHICH IS NOT JUST AN OBVIOUS 780 00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:00,300 ATTEMPT TO STIGMATIZE, IT ALSO 781 00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:02,000 IGNORES THAT DRUGS ARE ACTUALLY 782 00:20:02,066 --> 00:20:05,900 HELPFUL IN SOME JOBS. 783 00:20:05,966 --> 00:20:06,600 LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS ONE. 784 00:20:06,666 --> 00:20:07,733 HOW DO YOU THINK I TALK THIS 785 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:08,366 FAST ABOUT THINGS THIS 786 00:20:08,433 --> 00:20:09,200 DEPRESSING? 787 00:20:09,266 --> 00:20:10,033 WHAT DO YOU EVEN THINK THIS 788 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:10,866 WHITE VOID IS MADE OUT OF? 789 00:20:10,933 --> 00:20:12,300 I'M SURROUNDED BY WEAPONS-GRADE 790 00:20:12,366 --> 00:20:14,933 COCAINE. 791 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,866 AND IT WASN'T JUST TENNESSEE -- 792 00:20:16,933 --> 00:20:18,066 LOTS OF STATES PUT IN NEW, 793 00:20:18,133 --> 00:20:19,066 ONEROUS REQUIREMENTS, TO MAKE 794 00:20:19,133 --> 00:20:20,333 SURE THAT PEOPLE GETTING 795 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,266 BENEFITS "DESERVED" THEM. 796 00:20:22,333 --> 00:20:24,533 FOR INSTANCE, NEBRASKA STARTED 797 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,766 REQUIRING FIVE "WORK SEARCH" 798 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:27,600 ACTIVITIES PER WEEK, WHICH COULD 799 00:20:27,666 --> 00:20:28,833 INCLUDE ATTENDING A RESUME 800 00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:30,333 WRITING CLASS OR TAKING 801 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:31,566 A CIVIL SERVICE EXAM, 802 00:20:31,633 --> 00:20:32,600 BUT AT LEAST TWO OF WHICH 803 00:20:32,666 --> 00:20:33,600 HAD TO BE APPLICATIONS FOR 804 00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:35,500 SUITABLE WORK. 805 00:20:35,566 --> 00:20:37,300 BUT IF THERE AREN'T TWO SUITABLE 806 00:20:37,366 --> 00:20:38,266 WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO 807 00:20:38,333 --> 00:20:39,366 APPLY FOR THAT WEEK, YOU'RE SHIT 808 00:20:39,433 --> 00:20:41,400 OUT OF LUCK. 809 00:20:41,466 --> 00:20:42,966 AND THE PROBLEM IS, EACH 810 00:20:43,033 --> 00:20:44,766 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT LIKE THAT 811 00:20:44,833 --> 00:20:45,766 INCREASES THE CHANCES THAT 812 00:20:45,833 --> 00:20:46,733 SOMEONE'S GOING TO MAKE A 813 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:47,900 MISTAKE, OR FAIL TO CHECK A BOX, 814 00:20:47,966 --> 00:20:49,600 AND GET DENIED BENEFITS THEY 815 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:50,733 NEED. 816 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,233 AND AS THEY WERE DOING THIS, 817 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:52,866 STATES WERE ALSO AGGRESSIVELY 818 00:20:52,933 --> 00:20:53,966 TARGETING FRAUD. 819 00:20:54,033 --> 00:20:54,666 WHICH ISN'T, IN ITSELF, 820 00:20:54,733 --> 00:20:55,966 A BAD IDEA. 821 00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:58,233 STATES DO LOSE MONEY TO FRAUD. 822 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:00,200 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT, IT 823 00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:01,333 WASN'T A LOT -- AN AVERAGE OF 824 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:02,566 3%. 825 00:21:02,633 --> 00:21:04,266 BUT THAT ACTUALLY SURGED LAST 826 00:21:04,333 --> 00:21:07,866 YEAR, WHEN ORGANIZED CRIMINALS 827 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:08,566 TARGETED UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, 828 00:21:08,633 --> 00:21:10,300 AND CALIFORNIA ALONE SAID IT 829 00:21:10,366 --> 00:21:17,600 LOST $11 BILLION. 830 00:21:17,666 --> 00:21:18,466 BUT THE THING IS, 831 00:21:18,533 --> 00:21:19,633 YOU HAVE TO BE VERY PRECISE 832 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:20,800 IN HOW YOU GO AFTER FRAUD. 833 00:21:20,866 --> 00:21:21,966 BECAUSE IF A CLAIM IS WRONGLY 834 00:21:22,033 --> 00:21:24,100 FLAGGED, IT CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY 835 00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:24,666 DELAYED, AND INNOCENT PEOPLE 836 00:21:24,733 --> 00:21:26,833 THEN GET HURT. 837 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:28,066 THAT IS SOMETHING KENTUCKY'S 838 00:21:28,133 --> 00:21:28,700 GOVERNOR RECENTLY FOUND WHEN HE 839 00:21:28,766 --> 00:21:29,600 SHARED WHAT HE CLEARLY THOUGHT 840 00:21:29,666 --> 00:21:30,666 WAS A PRETTY FLAGRANT EXAMPLE. 841 00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:31,500 >> WE HAD SOMEONE APPLY FOR 842 00:21:31,566 --> 00:21:33,000 UNEMPLOYMENT FOR TUPAC SHAKUR 843 00:21:33,066 --> 00:21:34,433 HERE IN KENTUCKY. 844 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:35,566 AND THAT PERSON PROBABLY THOUGHT 845 00:21:35,633 --> 00:21:36,200 THEY WERE BEING FUNNY. 846 00:21:36,266 --> 00:21:37,966 THEY PROBABLY DID. 847 00:21:38,033 --> 00:21:39,700 EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT, 848 00:21:39,766 --> 00:21:41,166 BECAUSE OF THEM, WE'VE GOTTA GO 849 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:42,400 THROUGH SO MANY OTHER CLAIMS. 850 00:21:42,466 --> 00:21:47,566 >> John: OKAY. 851 00:21:47,633 --> 00:21:48,400 HE MADE A VERY CONFIDENT, 852 00:21:48,466 --> 00:21:49,033 PUBLIC EXAMPLE OF 853 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:49,900 THAT, BECAUSE HE KNEW: NO ONE 854 00:21:49,966 --> 00:21:50,600 COULD BE CALLED TUPAC SHAKUR, 855 00:21:50,666 --> 00:21:52,500 RIGHT? 856 00:21:52,566 --> 00:21:53,533 THAT IS JUST NOT A NAME PEOPLE 857 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:53,866 HAVE. 858 00:21:53,933 --> 00:21:54,600 EXCEPT, OF COURSE, FAMOUSLY, 859 00:21:54,666 --> 00:21:55,600 THIS GUY BUT WE ALL KNOW, HE'S 860 00:21:55,666 --> 00:21:56,766 LIVING IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS 861 00:21:56,833 --> 00:21:57,033 RIGHT NOW. 862 00:21:57,100 --> 00:21:57,966 NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE THAT 863 00:21:58,033 --> 00:22:00,700 NAME. 864 00:22:00,766 --> 00:22:01,966 IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. 865 00:22:02,033 --> 00:22:02,900 I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING 866 00:22:02,966 --> 00:22:03,766 NEXT. 867 00:22:03,833 --> 00:22:05,166 >> I OWE SOMEBODY AN APOLOGY 868 00:22:05,233 --> 00:22:08,000 TONIGHT. 869 00:22:08,066 --> 00:22:10,266 LAST NIGHT, I SPENT A LITTLE BIT 870 00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:11,633 OF TIME TALKING ABOUT FRAUDULENT 871 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:13,100 CLAIMS HOLDING US UP. 872 00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:14,533 I MENTIONED AN INDIVIDUAL WHO 873 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,533 FILED IN THE NAME OF 874 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:18,566 TUPAC SHAKUR. 875 00:22:18,633 --> 00:22:21,866 I DIDN'T KNOW, AND IT'S MY 876 00:22:21,933 --> 00:22:23,800 FAULT, THAT WE HAVE A KENTUCKIAN 877 00:22:23,866 --> 00:22:25,600 WHO GOES BY MALIK, WHOSE NAME IS 878 00:22:25,666 --> 00:22:26,766 TUPAC SHAKUR. 879 00:22:26,833 --> 00:22:29,533 I TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE 880 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:30,366 TODAY, I APOLOGIZED. 881 00:22:30,433 --> 00:22:36,766 >> John: YEAH, I BET YOU DID. 882 00:22:36,833 --> 00:22:38,033 AND I WILL SAY, THAT'S YET 883 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:38,800 ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT NOTHING 884 00:22:38,866 --> 00:22:39,633 GOOD CAN EVER COME FROM 885 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:40,700 A MIDDLE-AGED WHITE MAN KNOWING 886 00:22:40,766 --> 00:22:41,366 ANYTHING ABOUT RAP. 887 00:22:41,433 --> 00:22:42,400 PERIOD. 888 00:22:42,466 --> 00:22:43,233 WE JUST CAN'T HANDLE IT. 889 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:48,100 THAT'S HOW YOU GET MACKLEMORE. 890 00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:51,000 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "HEY, 891 00:22:51,066 --> 00:22:52,300 WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT 892 00:22:52,366 --> 00:22:52,633 MACKLEMORE?," 893 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:53,500 YOU'RE VERY MUCH PART OF 894 00:22:53,566 --> 00:22:54,333 THE PROBLEM HERE. 895 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,433 AND SOME MISTAKES HAPPENED 896 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:56,133 ON A MUCH BIGGER SCALE. 897 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,433 MICHIGAN ROLLED OUT A NEW SYSTEM 898 00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:58,400 IN 2013, WHICH FLAGGED TENS OF 899 00:22:58,466 --> 00:22:59,100 THOUSANDS OF CASES FOR FRAUD. 900 00:22:59,166 --> 00:23:00,266 UNFORTUNATELY, A REVIEW 901 00:23:00,333 --> 00:23:01,166 FOUR YEARS LATER FOUND IT HAD 902 00:23:01,233 --> 00:23:03,166 A 70% ERROR RATE. 903 00:23:03,233 --> 00:23:05,233 MEANING THEY'D FALSELY ACCUSED 904 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:07,200 MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE OF 905 00:23:07,266 --> 00:23:08,333 FRAUDULENTLY CLAIMING BENEFITS, 906 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,266 AND HAD BEEN WRONGFULLY 907 00:23:10,333 --> 00:23:11,266 RECOUPING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF 908 00:23:11,333 --> 00:23:12,766 MONEY FROM MANY OF THEM. 909 00:23:12,833 --> 00:23:14,066 AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE WORD 910 00:23:14,133 --> 00:23:17,366 "RECOUP" THERE IS, IT SOUNDS 911 00:23:17,433 --> 00:23:19,033 KIND OF BLOODLESS, UNTIL YOU 912 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:20,733 REALIZE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE 913 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,500 REQUIRED TO REPAY THEIR BENEFITS 914 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:23,966 AT A 400% PENALTY. 915 00:23:24,033 --> 00:23:25,366 WHICH IS JUST BRUTAL. 916 00:23:25,433 --> 00:23:26,766 IT'S LIKE A HOSPITAL MISTAKENLY 917 00:23:26,833 --> 00:23:28,000 THINKING A PATIENT WROTE A BAD 918 00:23:28,066 --> 00:23:30,466 CHECK, AND DECIDING TO "RECOUP" 919 00:23:30,533 --> 00:23:31,100 THEIR FUCKING HIP REPLACEMENT. 920 00:23:31,166 --> 00:23:32,600 HEY! 921 00:23:32,666 --> 00:23:33,933 I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, AND 922 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,200 I REALLY NEEDED THAT! 923 00:23:36,266 --> 00:23:37,966 AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW ALL 924 00:23:38,033 --> 00:23:39,666 OF THIS -- POOR TECHNOLOGY, DEEP 925 00:23:39,733 --> 00:23:41,900 BENEFIT CUTS, AND ABSURD 926 00:23:41,966 --> 00:23:43,233 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS -- CAN 927 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:44,966 COME TOGETHER TO BREAK A VITAL 928 00:23:45,033 --> 00:23:46,733 SOCIAL PROGRAM, LOOK NO FURTHER 929 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,300 THAN FLORIDA. 930 00:23:48,366 --> 00:23:50,933 AMERICA'S VESTIGIAL TAIL. 931 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,566 FLORIDA'S PREVIOUS GOVERNOR, 932 00:23:53,633 --> 00:23:54,833 AND SLENDERMAN UNDERSTUDY 933 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:56,466 RICK SCOTT, TOOK A HATCHET 934 00:23:56,533 --> 00:23:57,033 TO THE STATE'S PROGRAM 935 00:23:57,100 --> 00:23:58,033 WHILE IN POWER. 936 00:23:58,100 --> 00:23:59,266 WHEN HE WAS SWORN IN, EMPLOYERS 937 00:23:59,333 --> 00:24:00,533 THAT YEAR PAID AN AVERAGE OF 938 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,433 $319 PER EMPLOYEE IN 939 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:03,800 UNEMPLOYMENT TAXES. 940 00:24:03,866 --> 00:24:05,566 BY THE TIME HE LEFT OFFICE, 941 00:24:05,633 --> 00:24:07,066 THEY WERE PAYING JUST $50 PER 942 00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:09,700 EMPLOYEE -- THE LOWEST IN THE 943 00:24:09,766 --> 00:24:10,866 COUNTRY, AND LESS THAN ONE-FIFTH 944 00:24:10,933 --> 00:24:12,500 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 945 00:24:12,566 --> 00:24:14,366 AND TO BALANCE THOSE CUTS OUT -- 946 00:24:14,433 --> 00:24:15,866 AS SCOTT PROUDLY TOLD A 947 00:24:15,933 --> 00:24:18,000 CONFERENCE OF YOUNG REPUBLICANS 948 00:24:18,066 --> 00:24:19,900 IN 2019 -- HE FOUND WAYS TO KEEP 949 00:24:19,966 --> 00:24:21,233 A LOT OF FLORIDIANS OFF 950 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:22,633 UNEMPLOYMENT. 951 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:23,366 >> ABOUT 22 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE 952 00:24:23,433 --> 00:24:27,366 IN FLORIDA. 953 00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:29,500 HOW MANY PEOPLE TODAY, THROW OUT 954 00:24:29,566 --> 00:24:30,866 A GUESS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WHEN I 955 00:24:30,933 --> 00:24:32,466 LEFT OFFICE WERE ON UNEMPLOYMENT 956 00:24:32,533 --> 00:24:33,833 BENEFITS? 957 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:36,433 TEN MILLION IS ONE. 958 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:38,533 ANYBODY ELSE? 959 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:46,233 61,000. 960 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:47,000 [SCATTERED APPLAUSE] 961 00:24:47,066 --> 00:24:48,200 >> John: WOW, THAT IS SOME 962 00:24:48,266 --> 00:24:49,466 NERVOUS APPLAUSE. 963 00:24:49,533 --> 00:24:51,700 EVEN IN THAT ROOM, YOU CAN FEEL 964 00:24:51,766 --> 00:24:53,566 PEOPLE THINKING, "WAIT, 61,000? 965 00:24:53,633 --> 00:24:55,933 OUT OF 22 MILLION? 966 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,400 OH, THAT FEELS WAY TOO LOW. 967 00:24:57,466 --> 00:25:00,100 IS WHAT HE DID TERRIBLE? 968 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:01,833 ARE WE ALL TERRIBLE? 969 00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:03,033 AW, NEVER MIND, WE'RE 970 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:06,733 CLAPPING NOW. 971 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,033 OKAY, I DO FEEL BETTER WHEN WE 972 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:09,133 CLAP." 973 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,300 TO ACHIEVE THOSE NUMBERS, SCOTT 974 00:25:10,366 --> 00:25:11,433 EMPLOYED ALL THE TACTICS YOU'VE 975 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:12,500 SEEN. 976 00:25:12,566 --> 00:25:14,000 HE STARTED REQUIRING PEOPLE 977 00:25:14,066 --> 00:25:14,766 DOCUMENT CONTACTS WITH FIVE 978 00:25:14,833 --> 00:25:16,100 EMPLOYERS PER WEEK, REDUCED 979 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:17,100 TOTAL BENEFITS BY SLASHING 980 00:25:17,166 --> 00:25:17,866 THE NUMBER OF WEEKS YOU COULD 981 00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:19,000 RECEIVE THEM, AND THREW IN SOME 982 00:25:19,066 --> 00:25:20,266 EXTRA OBSTACLES, LIKE REQUIRING 983 00:25:20,333 --> 00:25:20,933 APPLICANTS TO COMPLETE A 984 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,266 45-QUESTION "SKILLS ASSESSMENT," 985 00:25:23,333 --> 00:25:24,600 TESTING THEIR READING, MATH, AND 986 00:25:24,666 --> 00:25:27,933 RESEARCH SKILLS -- A POLICY SO 987 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:28,566 CLEARLY MEANT TO IMPEDE ACCESS, 988 00:25:28,633 --> 00:25:29,266 THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S 989 00:25:29,333 --> 00:25:30,100 CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION DETERMINED 990 00:25:30,166 --> 00:25:30,933 IT VIOLATED FEDERAL 991 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,766 NONDISCRIMINATION LAW. 992 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:36,500 THE STATE ALSO FORCED EVERYONE 993 00:25:36,566 --> 00:25:37,433 TO FILE ONLINE, AND ROLLED OUT 994 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:38,700 AN EXPENSIVE NEW CLAIMS SYSTEM, 995 00:25:38,766 --> 00:25:39,300 WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY PLAGUED 996 00:25:39,366 --> 00:25:40,633 WITH GLITCHES. 997 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:42,500 AND DESPITE ALL OF HIS 998 00:25:42,566 --> 00:25:45,433 REASSURANCES AT THE TIME THAT 999 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:46,766 THEY'D BE FIXED, THEY CLEARLY 1000 00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:49,066 WEREN'T, BECAUSE THE SYSTEM 1001 00:25:49,133 --> 00:25:50,500 CRASHED SO BADLY LAST YEAR, THEY 1002 00:25:50,566 --> 00:25:51,666 HAD TO SUDDENLY SHIFT TO PAPER 1003 00:25:51,733 --> 00:25:53,466 APPLICATIONS -- WHICH, IN THE 1004 00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:54,466 MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, BROUGHT A 1005 00:25:54,533 --> 00:25:56,733 WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF PROBLEMS. 1006 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,266 >> IT WAS NEAR BEDLAM AT THE 1007 00:25:58,333 --> 00:25:59,033 JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY IN 1008 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:00,400 HIALEAH. 1009 00:26:00,466 --> 00:26:02,200 A CROWD IN UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE 1010 00:26:02,266 --> 00:26:03,366 QUARTERS SHOVED ITS WAY FORWARD 1011 00:26:03,433 --> 00:26:05,900 WITH PEOPLE DESPERATE TO GET 1012 00:26:05,966 --> 00:26:07,133 THEIR HANDS ON ONE OF THESE, 1013 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,166 AN APPLICATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 1014 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:09,500 BENEFITS. 1015 00:26:09,566 --> 00:26:12,066 >> I AM SO SCARED. 1016 00:26:12,133 --> 00:26:13,933 I'M SCARED FOR MY LIFE. 1017 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,166 JUST FOR AN APPLICATION. 1018 00:26:16,233 --> 00:26:17,133 >> John: YEAH, I'M SCARED FOR 1019 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,033 YOUR LIFE, TOO, JUST WATCHING 1020 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,533 THAT. 1021 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,033 AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO BOTH 1022 00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:22,233 THIS PANDEMIC AND FLORIDA'S 1023 00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:23,766 RIDICULOUS SYSTEM THAT I FEEL 1024 00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:24,900 THE SAME WHITE-KNUCKLE TERROR 1025 00:26:24,966 --> 00:26:26,333 WATCHING PEOPLE LINE UP FOR 1026 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,933 UNEMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS AS 1027 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,100 I DO WHEN WATCHING A DAREDEVIL 1028 00:26:30,166 --> 00:26:31,033 JUMP A MOTORCYCLE OVER A ROW OF 1029 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:32,166 BUSES. 1030 00:26:32,233 --> 00:26:33,800 ALTHOUGH, TO BE HONEST, IT'S 1031 00:26:33,866 --> 00:26:34,633 PROBABLY ONLY A MATTER OF TIME 1032 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:35,900 BEFORE FLORIDA MAKES BUS-JUMPING 1033 00:26:35,966 --> 00:26:37,333 A REQUIREMENT FOR APPLYING FOR 1034 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,066 UNEMPLOYMENT THERE, TOO. 1035 00:26:39,133 --> 00:26:41,000 AND WHILE YOU COULD ARGUE THAT 1036 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:42,666 THIS WAS JUST INCOMPETENCE, 1037 00:26:42,733 --> 00:26:43,966 YOU COULD ALSO ARGUE IT WAS 1038 00:26:44,033 --> 00:26:45,466 COMPLETELY DELIBERATE. 1039 00:26:45,533 --> 00:26:46,800 MANY FLORIDIANS ACTUALLY 1040 00:26:46,866 --> 00:26:48,400 SUGGESTED THAT LAST YEAR, ONE OF 1041 00:26:48,466 --> 00:26:51,533 WHOM WAS RICK SCOTT'S SUCCESSOR. 1042 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:52,966 >> I THINK THE GOAL WAS FOR 1043 00:26:53,033 --> 00:26:54,500 WHOEVER DESIGNED IT WAS, LET'S 1044 00:26:54,566 --> 00:26:55,966 PUT AS MANY KIND OF POINTLESS 1045 00:26:56,033 --> 00:26:57,733 ROADBLOCKS ALONG THE WAY SO 1046 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:58,733 PEOPLE JUST SAY, "OH, THE HELL 1047 00:26:58,800 --> 00:26:59,100 WITH IT. 1048 00:26:59,166 --> 00:27:01,300 I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT." 1049 00:27:01,366 --> 00:27:02,633 BUT I THINK DEFINITELY IN TERMS 1050 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:04,066 OF HOW IT WAS INTERNALLY 1051 00:27:04,133 --> 00:27:06,266 CONSTRUCTED, YOU KNOW, IT WAS 1052 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:07,900 DEFINITELY DONE IN A WAY TO LEAD 1053 00:27:07,966 --> 00:27:08,933 TO THE LEAST NUMBER OF -- OF 1054 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:09,900 CLAIMS BEING PAID OUT. 1055 00:27:09,966 --> 00:27:11,433 >> John: WOW. 1056 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:12,733 I GOTTA SAY, IT'S WEIRD TO HEAR 1057 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,066 THIS ASSHOLE ACCURATELY CRITIQUE 1058 00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:15,533 THIS ASSHOLE. 1059 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,300 IT'D BE LIKE HEARING 1060 00:27:17,366 --> 00:27:18,500 "TWITTER REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE 1061 00:27:18,566 --> 00:27:19,400 CARE OF ITS NAZI PROBLEM" FROM 1062 00:27:19,466 --> 00:27:20,600 MARK ZUCKERBERG. 1063 00:27:20,666 --> 00:27:22,266 SURE, IN ISOLATION, YOU'RE 1064 00:27:22,333 --> 00:27:23,566 MAKING A GOOD POINT. 1065 00:27:23,633 --> 00:27:24,966 YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE A 1066 00:27:25,033 --> 00:27:28,033 FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED MESSENGER. 1067 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:30,466 BECAUSE BEFORE YOU GIVE DESANTIS 1068 00:27:30,533 --> 00:27:31,333 TOO MUCH CREDIT THERE, IT'S 1069 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:32,433 WORTH KNOWING A STATE 1070 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:33,533 INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT 1071 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,766 AUDITORS HAD FLAGGED PROBLEMS 1072 00:27:35,833 --> 00:27:39,100 WITH FLORIDA'S SYSTEM IN 2015, 1073 00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:41,300 2016, AND 2019 -- AND NEITHER 1074 00:27:41,366 --> 00:27:42,000 THE SCOTT NOR DESANTIS 1075 00:27:42,066 --> 00:27:42,966 ADMINISTRATIONS FIXED 1076 00:27:43,033 --> 00:27:44,300 THE PROBLEMS. 1077 00:27:44,366 --> 00:27:45,966 AND FLORIDA'S DEEP AND 1078 00:27:46,033 --> 00:27:47,233 DELIBERATE NEGLECT OF ITS 1079 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:48,766 UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM CAUSED 1080 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:50,833 PEOPLE THERE REAL PAIN. 1081 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:53,233 >> IF THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIM 1082 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:55,533 FINALLY WENT THROUGH, WE'D BE 1083 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:56,633 ABLE TO PAY OUR BILLS NO 1084 00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:57,800 PROBLEM. 1085 00:27:57,866 --> 00:27:59,400 BUT WE TRIED TO FILE FOR 1086 00:27:59,466 --> 00:28:01,966 UNEMPLOYMENT ONLINE AND IT WAS 1087 00:28:02,033 --> 00:28:03,733 AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. 1088 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,400 I CONSTANTLY HAVE A NAUSEOUS 1089 00:28:05,466 --> 00:28:07,833 FEELING IN MY STOMACH. 1090 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:10,200 I TRY TO DISTRACT MYSELF FROM 1091 00:28:10,266 --> 00:28:12,833 IT, BUT ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT -- 1092 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:13,800 I'M SORRY, I CAN'T EVEN PUT IT 1093 00:28:13,866 --> 00:28:17,200 INTO WORDS. 1094 00:28:17,266 --> 00:28:18,733 I JUST -- I DON'T WANT EMMETT TO 1095 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,500 SEE ME UPSET. 1096 00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:21,433 I'VE BEEN FIGHTING REALLY HARD 1097 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,033 TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. 1098 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:25,300 >> John: THAT'S TERRIBLE. 1099 00:28:25,366 --> 00:28:26,700 AND THE INFURIATING THING IS HOW 1100 00:28:26,766 --> 00:28:27,800 COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE IT IS. 1101 00:28:27,866 --> 00:28:29,633 WE COULD HELP HER. 1102 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:31,533 IT'D BE BETTER FOR HER. 1103 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,566 IT'D ACTUALLY BE BETTER 1104 00:28:32,633 --> 00:28:34,300 FOR THE BROADER ECONOMY. 1105 00:28:34,366 --> 00:28:35,066 AND YET WE'RE ACTIVELY CHOOSING 1106 00:28:35,133 --> 00:28:41,566 NOT TO DO IT. 1107 00:28:41,633 --> 00:28:42,433 WHICH IS A FUCKING DISGRACE. 1108 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:43,266 SO HOW CAN WE FIX THIS SHIT 1109 00:28:43,333 --> 00:28:44,200 GOING FORWARD? 1110 00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:45,233 WELL, FIRST, THERE CAN NO LONGER 1111 00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:46,066 BE ANY ARGUMENT THAT OUR CURRENT 1112 00:28:46,133 --> 00:28:47,600 SYSTEM IS BROKEN. 1113 00:28:47,666 --> 00:28:48,700 AGAIN, THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTIONS 1114 00:28:48,766 --> 00:28:50,233 LAST YEAR -- RAISING PAYMENTS, 1115 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:51,600 AND SCRAMBLING TO MAKE SURE THE 1116 00:28:51,666 --> 00:28:53,600 SYSTEM COVERED MORE WORKERS -- 1117 00:28:53,666 --> 00:28:55,400 IS A PRETTY PUBLIC ADMISSION 1118 00:28:55,466 --> 00:28:57,000 THAT IT WAS FUCKED. 1119 00:28:57,066 --> 00:28:58,700 SO NOW YOU'VE GOT TO FIX IT. 1120 00:28:58,766 --> 00:29:00,833 IN THE VERY SHORT TERM, STATES 1121 00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:02,266 NEED FUNDING TO UPGRADE THEIR 1122 00:29:02,333 --> 00:29:03,466 BROKEN TECHNOLOGY. 1123 00:29:03,533 --> 00:29:04,700 THEY ALSO NEED TO REMOVE A LOT 1124 00:29:04,766 --> 00:29:06,600 OF THE STUPID OBSTACLES THAT 1125 00:29:06,666 --> 00:29:07,700 PREVENT APPLICANTS WHO NEED HELP 1126 00:29:07,766 --> 00:29:09,533 FROM GETTING IT. 1127 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,666 BUT IN THE LONG TERM, WE NEED 1128 00:29:11,733 --> 00:29:13,400 SOME BIG CHANGES. 1129 00:29:13,466 --> 00:29:15,233 MANY EXPERTS AGREE, IF THE U.S. 1130 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:16,800 GOT A DO-OVER, IT'D BE MUCH 1131 00:29:16,866 --> 00:29:18,500 BETTER TO GO WITH ONE FEDERAL 1132 00:29:18,566 --> 00:29:20,700 SYSTEM THAN 53 SEPARATE ONES. 1133 00:29:20,766 --> 00:29:22,900 SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO THAT. 1134 00:29:22,966 --> 00:29:24,666 AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT WOULD 1135 00:29:24,733 --> 00:29:25,933 STOP STATES FROM BEING ABLE TO 1136 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,633 SLASH THEIR PROGRAMS IN THE NAME 1137 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:29,300 OF BEING "PRO-BUSINESS," AND 1138 00:29:29,366 --> 00:29:30,000 ENGAGING IN A RACE TO THE BOTTOM 1139 00:29:30,066 --> 00:29:31,733 ON TAXES. 1140 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,066 BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO 1141 00:29:33,133 --> 00:29:34,466 FEDERALIZE -- AND, AT THE 1142 00:29:34,533 --> 00:29:35,633 MOMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT 1143 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:37,633 -- CONGRESS SHOULD AT THE VERY 1144 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:38,733 LEAST BE SETTING A BASIC 1145 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,533 STANDARD FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 1146 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:41,600 BENEFITS THAT STATES CANNOT 1147 00:29:41,666 --> 00:29:43,266 DROP BELOW. 1148 00:29:43,333 --> 00:29:45,100 ALL OF WHICH IS A LONG WAY OF 1149 00:29:45,166 --> 00:29:46,366 SAYING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ALL 1150 00:29:46,433 --> 00:29:47,500 THE ENERGY WE'VE BEEN POURING IN 1151 00:29:47,566 --> 00:29:50,466 TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO 1152 00:29:50,533 --> 00:29:52,066 DON'T DESERVE PAYMENTS DON'T GET 1153 00:29:52,133 --> 00:29:53,600 THEM, AND PUT AT LEAST AS MUCH 1154 00:29:53,666 --> 00:29:55,233 ENERGY INTO MAKING SURE THAT 1155 00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:57,633 PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THEM DO. 1156 00:29:57,700 --> 00:30:00,500 AND TO NOT MAKE BIG CHANGES 1157 00:30:00,566 --> 00:30:02,233 AFTER THE FLAWS OF THIS SYSTEM 1158 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:03,033 HAVE BEEN SO BRUTALLY EXPOSED 1159 00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:04,666 OVER THE LAST YEAR WOULD BE 1160 00:30:04,733 --> 00:30:06,866 UNFORGIVABLE. 1161 00:30:06,933 --> 00:30:09,366 AND IF WE DON'T FIX IT, WE'VE 1162 00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:10,233 GOT ABSOLUTELY NOBODY TO BLAME 1163 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:11,800 BUT OURSELVES. 1164 00:30:11,866 --> 00:30:14,966 AND, POSSIBLY, ELMO. 1165 00:30:15,033 --> 00:30:16,266 I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW, 1166 00:30:16,333 --> 00:30:17,533 BUT THE WHOLE THING DOES KIND OF 1167 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:18,566 SEEM LIKE HIS FAULT. 1168 00:30:18,633 --> 00:30:19,400 AND NOW, THIS. 1169 00:30:19,466 --> 00:30:20,033 ♪ ♪ 1170 00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:25,766 >> Announcer: AND NOW... 1171 00:30:25,833 --> 00:30:26,300 RACHAEL RAY'S COMPLICATED 1172 00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:28,833 HISTORY WITH BAKING. 1173 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:30,566 >> I FIND MOST CHALLENGING ABOUT 1174 00:30:30,633 --> 00:30:32,433 COOKING IS THE DISCIPLINE OF 1175 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:32,666 BAKING. 1176 00:30:32,733 --> 00:30:33,800 MY OLDER SISTER IS VERY TALENTED 1177 00:30:33,866 --> 00:30:35,933 AT IT IT HAS BEEN SINCE SHE WAS 1178 00:30:36,033 --> 00:30:36,733 A SMALL GIRL. 1179 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,066 IT WAS REALLY TRAUMATIC AND 1180 00:30:38,133 --> 00:30:39,933 THEREFORE I DECIDED I HATE 1181 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:40,166 BAKING. 1182 00:30:40,233 --> 00:30:42,566 >> MY SISTER IS A FABULOUS BAKER 1183 00:30:42,633 --> 00:30:44,633 WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, FOR MY 1184 00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:46,600 MOM'S BIRTHDAY, I TRIED TO MAKE 1185 00:30:46,666 --> 00:30:48,233 HER FAVORITE CAKE, A LEMON 1186 00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:50,433 COTTAGE CAKE, A RECIPE FOR ME 1187 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:51,200 '50s. 1188 00:30:51,266 --> 00:30:52,833 I TIPTOED AROUND MY HOUSE AND 1189 00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:56,100 THE SOX, THE CASE NEVER ROSE, I 1190 00:30:56,166 --> 00:30:56,866 CRIED FOR HOURS. 1191 00:30:56,933 --> 00:30:58,500 I HAD NOTHING TO GIVE HER FOR MY 1192 00:30:58,566 --> 00:30:58,766 BIRTHDAY. 1193 00:30:58,833 --> 00:31:00,833 >> MY SISTER IS THE BAKER IN THE 1194 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:01,200 FAMILY. 1195 00:31:01,266 --> 00:31:02,866 ONE CHRISTMAS, I MADE ALL THESE 1196 00:31:02,933 --> 00:31:04,833 COOKIES, THEY EACH HAD DIFFERENT 1197 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:05,800 PERSONALITY, AND THE TWO DOGS 1198 00:31:05,866 --> 00:31:07,466 CAME IN AND ATE THE WHOLE TRAY. 1199 00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:10,200 >> THE DOG CAME IN, ATE ALL OF 1200 00:31:10,266 --> 00:31:11,266 THEM. 1201 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:11,966 I AM A TERRIBLE BAKER. 1202 00:31:12,033 --> 00:31:14,433 >> MY SISTER IS THE BAKER AND 1203 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:15,233 THE FAMILY. 1204 00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:16,100 >> I HATE TO BAKER. 1205 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:19,033 >> MY SISTER IS THE DESIGNATED 1206 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:20,033 BAKER. 1207 00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:21,233 BAKING MAKES ME GRUMPY. 1208 00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:22,633 >> I TRIED TO BAKE COOKIES ONE 1209 00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:24,466 YEAR, I WAS THE MOST MISERABLE 1210 00:31:24,533 --> 00:31:25,366 PERSON, NOBODY WANTED TO BE 1211 00:31:25,433 --> 00:31:27,100 THERE ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE I WAS 1212 00:31:27,166 --> 00:31:28,233 THERE. 1213 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:29,400 >> I MADE SO MANY CHRISTMAS 1214 00:31:29,466 --> 00:31:30,866 COOKIES A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 1215 00:31:30,933 --> 00:31:32,266 MY HUSBAND TRIED TO LEAVE ME IF 1216 00:31:32,333 --> 00:31:33,466 I EVER DID IT AGAIN. 1217 00:31:33,533 --> 00:31:34,666 >> I SUCK AT BAKING. 1218 00:31:34,733 --> 00:31:36,866 >> MY SISTER IS THE BAKER. 1219 00:31:36,933 --> 00:31:38,466 I'M NOT A VERY GOOD BAKER. 1220 00:31:38,533 --> 00:31:40,833 >> MY SISTER IS A BETTER BAKER. 1221 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:43,500 >> ME HERE THAT YOU NOT LOVE TO 1222 00:31:43,566 --> 00:31:43,700 BAKE. 1223 00:31:43,766 --> 00:31:45,300 >> DO YOU EVER COOK? 1224 00:31:45,366 --> 00:31:46,233 >> I BAKED. 1225 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,400 >> MY SISTER IS A FABULOUS BAKER 1226 00:31:48,466 --> 00:31:49,566 I AM SO ENVIOUS. 1227 00:31:49,633 --> 00:31:52,000 >> I'M A TERRIBLE BAKER. 1228 00:31:52,066 --> 00:31:53,900 MY SISTER IS A FABULOUS BAKER. 1229 00:31:53,966 --> 00:31:55,900 >> MY SISTER IS A BAKER. 1230 00:31:55,966 --> 00:31:57,366 >> MY SISTER IS A BAKER. 1231 00:31:57,433 --> 00:31:59,900 >> I DON'T BAKE. 1232 00:31:59,966 --> 00:32:00,533 I HATE BAKING! 1233 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:05,800 >> THIS IS MY SISTER, THIS IS 1234 00:32:05,866 --> 00:32:07,200 MARIA. 1235 00:32:07,266 --> 00:32:07,466 [APPLAUSE] 1236 00:32:07,533 --> 00:32:07,733 >> HELLO. 1237 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:13,766 ♪ ♪ 1238 00:32:13,833 --> 00:32:15,433 >> John: THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1239 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,900 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1240 00:32:17,966 --> 00:32:19,400 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1241 00:32:19,466 --> 00:32:19,700 GOOD NIGHT. 1242 00:32:19,766 --> 00:32:20,300 ♪ ♪ 1243 00:32:20,366 --> 00:32:22,466 OH, NO, NO, NOT AGAIN. 1244 00:32:22,533 --> 00:32:23,666 COME ON. 1245 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:24,166 STOP IT. 1246 00:32:24,233 --> 00:32:26,633 PLEASE, STOP IT. 1247 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:28,266 I REALLY DON'T WANT THE INTERNET 1248 00:32:28,333 --> 00:32:30,966 TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS IMAGE. 1249 00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:31,333 PLEASE STOP IT. 1250 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,100 ♪ ♪ 1251 00:32:33,166 --> 00:32:34,700 I WILL SAY THE SONG'S LAPSE. 1252 00:32:34,766 --> 00:32:35,766 THE SONG IS FINE.