#Bill maher black national anthem plus#

24), saying we can’t spend that much because the ratio of U.S. To top it all off, Bill turns into an economics expert (also on Sept.

#Bill maher black national anthem plus#

24), he asked the question of why do the Democrats have to do this all at once, can’t they do it in pieces? How ridiculous! The Republicans would simply continue to block them on each piece, plus after the 2022 elections, they may not have the votes in Congress to get anything through. We have starved government over the past 40 years of neoliberalism, and child care, the environment, education, health care, inequality, poverty, voting rights, and much more need to be addressed. Of course, it is reasonable to worry that government expenditures are wisely spent, but the Democrats have answered the first question many times, and Bill knows it. But Bill asks, “What the heck are they going to do with $3.5 trillion” and worries “It won’t be spent wisely” (Sept 10). On various shows, he complained about the Democrats $3.5 trillion spending package which is doing things we desperately need, especially tackling climate catastrophe. We badly need much higher income tax rates, estate tax rates, and a wealth tax!īill isn’t so sure about the spending side either. So what?! The billionaires have been making out like the bandits they are during the pandemic. He went out of his way to point out that we already tax the rich quite a lot and quoted some study that said the richest 65,000 people in New York state pay 51% of the state taxes. and that we need to raise taxes on the wealthy to help pay for it. And for Bill of all people to take this view is bizarre – he has made his living criticizing America forever!Īnother issue is that most progressives like me recognize that we need to spend much more on public services in the U.S. is far from a Shangri-La and many countries do many things better than we do. This almost sounds like an “America-love-it-or-leave-it” view, although he didn’t go quite that far. No one thinks living under the Taliban or Boko Haram compares favorably with the U.S. But Bill’s whole argument is another straw person (as I have said in previous blogs, Bill often finds extreme views to react to). There is so much wrong here, it’s hard to know where to start. 24), he said that he got savaged for those remarks but doubled down, saying, “If you think America is bad, try having Boko Haram move in next door.” 27 th show) where Bill closed his show complaining about people who “all they do is bitch about the country.” They need to “have a little perspective.” He said immigrants who have been here awhile know how good they have it, “We’re not the bad guys, we are fighting oppression.” Look at life under the Taliban, Bill says - contrary to “woke ideology,” the U.S. His last several shows demonstrate this in spades. But he is getting much more conservative – I’m not sure that is the right word – I mean, too often he has what I consider bad politics on many issues, and he needs to be called out on these.

As I’ve said, I think Bill is a good comedian, has good things to say about a number of issues, and often has interesting guests.