OJ SIMPSON DEAD, Hasan Piker vs Jesse Watters, Vietnam’s “Biggest Fraud” Given Death Penalty, & More

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    ✩ TODAY’S STORIES ✩
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    00:00 - O.J. Simpson Dies of Cancer at 76
    00:55 - Jesse Watters Thinks Fast Food Workers Make Six-Figure Salaries
    05:07 - Vietnamese Billionaire Sentenced to Death in $27 Billion Fraud Case
    07:55 - Sponsored by PDS Debt
    08:47 - Ethics Complaint Filed Against Leading Psychedelics Researcher
    17:04 - Sponsored by Rocket Money
    18:24 - D.C. Moms Accused of Child Neglect Get $500 a Month in Poverty Study
    21:40 - Ukraine Passes Law Expanding Military Draft
    24:52 - Your Thoughts on Yesterday’s Show
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    Produced by: Cory Ray
    Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks
    Art Department: William Crespo
    Writing/Research: Philip DeFranco, Brian Espinoza, Lili Stenn, Maddie Crichton, Star Pralle, Chris Tolve, Jared Paolino
    Associate Producer on Psychedelics Researcher: Jared Paolino
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  • @mrstarz_
    @mrstarz_ Před měsícem +4159

    Jesse Waters making 5 million a year yet laughably struggling to do first grade level math really makes me believe you can truly do anything you want in this world

    • @scorpion9500
      @scorpion9500 Před měsícem +328

      people like him grew up to rich parents and private schools and the jobs were lined up for them. The "you can do anything" doesn't work for everyone, specially if you are out of luck and your parents are poor.

    • @jordanwesley263
      @jordanwesley263 Před měsícem +158

      *if you're rich

    • @Vivzviepop
      @Vivzviepop Před měsícem +1

      Part 2
      czcams.com/video/XBwwTsS2FF0/video.html

    • @jdionio
      @jdionio Před měsícem +60

      I mean he probably paid to get whatever degree/diploma he got. Man is Happy Gilmore irl, just without the positive learning experiences actually trying to prove his detractors wrong.

    • @TheLegend27Kekistani
      @TheLegend27Kekistani Před měsícem +1

      Petty take

  • @Johnny_mak
    @Johnny_mak Před měsícem +4001

    OJ: Dies
    Everyone else: so anyway

    • @bananaempijama
      @bananaempijama Před měsícem +73

      I only knew it now because of this video lol
      Didn't see anything on the news.

    • @Lyndiloo
      @Lyndiloo Před měsícem +64

      Got a lot of msgs today saying he was dead and I was really confused as to why any of them would have ever thought I cared.

    • @Phoenix2312
      @Phoenix2312 Před měsícem +13

      That sounds pretty much right... Of course his Murder Trial did end up with him being found Innocent, and I put a great deal of blame for that on the Prosecution... The Glove, The Killer piece of Evidence did not fit his hand... WELL OF COURSE NOT.. The man had Millions, He wasn't going to risk doing the deed directly himself!!!
      The Prosecutors totally screwed that case! I had not hate for him... But also no love for him... At least now the families of those who passed can rest knowing there is some kind of justice - far too late but at least it finally came!

    • @nyxx7813
      @nyxx7813 Před měsícem

      yeah but the grifters like tryon magnus are all like fence sitting oj

    • @evanmorrison3232
      @evanmorrison3232 Před měsícem +28

      People at my work said "RIP OJ" and I said "fuck em, don't say rip. You need to earn 'rip'"

  • @RhyD502
    @RhyD502 Před měsícem +109

    On the "payments for mothers who neglect their children" story. Phil and the sources he looked into are correct there is so much nuance to these claims of neglect.
    I'm a social worker and most times we look into a case of neglect it's because the mother had to go to work to pay for rent or food and left her children alone or in her car. The lack of food is because of a lack of funds to feed her children. It's a poverty loop that makes it look like these mothers failed.
    The program I run has funds called "barrier removal funds" that are used to assist families in having a smoother ride through this road called life. It's a beautiful thing to see families strive when government funds are targeted to the actual issues of generational poverty.

    • @indiestripper5374
      @indiestripper5374 Před měsícem +2

      thats awesome! where is the program based?

    • @RhyD502
      @RhyD502 Před měsícem +2

      @@indiestripper5374 there are programs like it all over the US. I’m based in southwest Virginia though.

    • @alannahatfield6081
      @alannahatfield6081 Před 29 dny +5

      I think neglect is such a loaded word. Most of the time it isn’t intentional. It’s just parents who need to work but can’t afford after school childcare. I’ve had students who are home alone or watching younger siblings while their parents work. That is technically neglect but it’s also a familiar situation for many millennials and older gen-z kids.
      I think some neglect cases should end in parents receiving more resources and support. They are usually due to a lack of resources as a society we should be looking for signs like this then reaching out more.
      It is traumatic for children to be separated from their parents. We should be trying to avoid it as much as possible.

    • @Zenkai76
      @Zenkai76 Před 28 dny

      if you can't feed them don't breed them

    • @ToTheStarsUK
      @ToTheStarsUK Před 28 dny

      @@Zenkai76 Considering how stupid your statement was, maybe you shouldn't have been bred.

  • @ChelseaKaeyHearts
    @ChelseaKaeyHearts Před měsícem +107

    I was a regional director for years for a well known fast food chain and currently work in food tech. I've worked in hospitality my whole career from Michelin star restaurants to food tech and as en executive.
    The resistance to adjusting profit margins in favor of fair wages is troubling. Many fast-food companies maintain net revenue levels well above 60%, with some even reaching 80%.
    It's not unreasonable to suggest that these companies could afford to allocate a portion of their profits towards better compensation for their employees .
    The fact that this is even an issue is ridiculous and these companies are intentionally making this a social issue is purely to not have to cut net revenu.

    • @ChazzleDazzleVideos
      @ChazzleDazzleVideos Před měsícem +3

      This is why I ended up going into business for myself and started a painting/decking company. I could not stand making hundreds of dollars for a company that paid me like 1% of hourly sales when I was literally cooking and making all of the food sold. I also pay the guys who now do the paining/staining and pressure washing 2.5x the standard starting wage in the area(4x state min wage) because that let's me do jobs that make more money.

    • @sadisticrainbow9689
      @sadisticrainbow9689 Před 28 dny +1

      I have always said that we need to figure out a way to link profits to wages. Like minimum wage needs to be a set dollar amout OR a percentage of a companies profits for the prior year, which ever is greater. With some companies even .o1% of profit is double or triple current minimum wage. Its crazy that they try to claim they cannot afford it.

    • @IFunny9000
      @IFunny9000 Před 18 dny

      @@sadisticrainbow9689 lets not dictate how companies should operate and lets try to teach people high value skills instead. Just wait till robots take over since you want to be paid $50 to take orders. you’re going to be making a boat load sitting at home on the couch. you’re idea is a communist one trying to mandate a business to do something that its not in its best interest. It shows that your uneducated about economics.If you dont want to work for $15 ill find someone else go sit at home and make nothing hun.

  • @SimisearOfficial
    @SimisearOfficial Před měsícem +561

    I have a very controversial opinion: all full time jobs should pay a living wage. If someone is working 40 hours a week. They should be able to live off of it.
    Edit: I know this isn’t a really controversial opinion I was joking

    • @m2hnj
      @m2hnj Před měsícem +15

      Nothing about that seems controversial to me

    • @bluehairedvixen
      @bluehairedvixen Před měsícem +30

      Exactly they are not asking to make what a CEO does. They just want pay rent AND able to eat without picking one or the other

    • @jazzisbadatnames
      @jazzisbadatnames Před měsícem +13

      This shouldn't be controversial 😭

    • @gabbym360
      @gabbym360 Před měsícem +12

      TBH I'd even go so far to say part time jobs should too. If it was just full time, I could see employers sneakily cutting hours so workers are working JUST under 40. I mean, they already do that with overtime.

    • @StyxYRenegade
      @StyxYRenegade Před měsícem +7

      Not controversial. This is needed in America. Or else poverty will keep climbing as well as homelessness

  • @autumnson
    @autumnson Před měsícem +205

    As a European, the U.S tipping culture appalls me.
    Just pay your worker a living wage and don't rely on customers' generosity. (Also I find it creates more genuine interactions between the waiters and customers since the former doesn't have to pander an absurd amount to the latter in the hope they'll get enough tip to afford rent this month.)

    • @snowboardingchic
      @snowboardingchic Před měsícem +2

      This.

    • @johnb1759
      @johnb1759 Před měsícem +1

      As an American, it appalls me that a European would assume that U.S. tipping culture is driven by U.S. companies not paying their employees enough, and that it is the responsibility of companies to provide a "living wage" for every position their company has available (I have seen no data suggesting [but would be interested in looking at such data and revising my position on] the former, while I have seen data that minimum wage laws can hurt certain types of workers by eliminating many niche jobs when those laws are intent on legislating the latter). Thx....

    • @wolfferoni
      @wolfferoni Před měsícem +17

      @@johnb1759 Do you not think it's the company's responsibility to provide their workers a living wage? If a company wants to pay workers $5/hr that's totally fine? What niche jobs are you talking about that would benefit from not having a minimum wage?

    • @StefanVeenstra
      @StefanVeenstra Před 29 dny +10

      ​@@johnb1759 If a company cannot afford to provide at least a minimum wage to its employees it has no business being in business.

    • @JulesTheMuse
      @JulesTheMuse Před 29 dny +8

      @@johnb1759 If a person is working full time, they should be paid a living wage. How can you need that on paper to agree? Your statement screams 'I voted for Trump and will do it again".

  • @Hofhole
    @Hofhole Před měsícem +16

    I was a single father of three young children after divorcing my now ex. I was not in poverty but money was extremely tight. My middle child had started kindergarten but I couldn’t find an affordable daycare for the morning, oh the days of 1/2 day kindergarten. He stayed in the apartment alone till an alarm went off I had set and then he went to the bus. I didn’t know what else to do but I had CPS called on me by the school social worker for neglect. It killed me to be seen as a neglectful parent when I was working to provide for my family. People who have never had money problems will never understand how hard the simple things can be without money.

  • @djb1634
    @djb1634 Před měsícem +1476

    The irony of a soft handed millionaire saying a hard working fast food worker is getting too much money for how hard they work is just baffling. Jesse you have never known a hard days work. There are millions of children who deserve what you make more than you do.

    • @imetmikemo182
      @imetmikemo182 Před měsícem +68

      & then hasan calling him out for doing next to nothing for his job is actually goated tier comedy. All these weirdos are delusional af💀💀💀

    • @FoulMouthFishing666
      @FoulMouthFishing666 Před měsícem +43

      ​@@imetmikemo182sounds like the pot calling the kettle black lol theyre both insanely cringey hypocrites

    • @martinramos9511
      @martinramos9511 Před měsícem +12

      ​@@FoulMouthFishing666ad hominem

    • @jdlgrishanne
      @jdlgrishanne Před měsícem +63

      A millionaire who can't basic math. Those fast food workers jobs require them to be able to do basic math. Looks like fast food jobs have more strict hiring criteria than his job.

    • @xblade149
      @xblade149 Před měsícem +23

      Hell working at retail in general is a pain

  • @jpf51286
    @jpf51286 Před měsícem +949

    Does anyone else find it dystopian that the stories were "rich man makes fun of poor people", "across the globe they actually punish billionaires, but not here", and then "here's a debt relief ad read"?

    • @JennaGetsCreative
      @JennaGetsCreative Před měsícem +38

      Yup. Especially watching from north of the border so I can't even make use of that debt solution 😅

    • @sassysunbeam
      @sassysunbeam Před měsícem +53

      all i can hear is that stupid 'Merica, FUCK YEAH jingle in my head

    • @bskinner22rianna
      @bskinner22rianna Před měsícem +30

      ​@@sassysunbeamI hear that jingle everytime I pay my student loans or my health insurance declines

    • @nerdjournal
      @nerdjournal Před měsícem +28

      What makes it even more dystopian is Phill not able to connect the dots that you don't have to charge the consumer more, you can pay the bleeping execs less. Which I don't know why we would expect rich Phill the boss to make that connection. No matter how much people like Philly, he isn't one of us.

    • @sassysunbeam
      @sassysunbeam Před měsícem +44

      @@nerdjournal you heard him say that he was in a trailer as a kid right? it doesn’t help to be so judgmental about someone who’s a little better off than the rest of us. yeah, he might not have the same problems he used to, but that doesn’t mean he’s not human anymore. like he said today, more money DIFFERENT problems.

  • @KGarza2323
    @KGarza2323 Před měsícem +13

    Actually really loved how you covered that psychedelics section. Understanding both sides to everything is so important for any substances. Acknowledging risk is not a bad thing. The best decision here is providing information and then allowing each person to step forward in the direction that would most benefit them.

  • @mattc17
    @mattc17 Před měsícem +12

    Shout out to all the next day morning viewers! It’s my get ready routine! Gotta start my day getting Phil’d in!

    • @mattc17
      @mattc17 Před měsícem +1

      PS: I love yo faces

    • @kikiohearts
      @kikiohearts Před měsícem +2

      Same! Just got out the shower. Great way to start!

    • @MissBonnieMcSquirrely
      @MissBonnieMcSquirrely Před měsícem +2

      haha yes! My wake and bake weekly routine with coffee while getting phil'd in

  • @KodomoNoKaze
    @KodomoNoKaze Před měsícem +523

    Have Jesse work 6 months, 40 hours a week at McDonald's and then ask him how much he thinks he should be paid. Have him ONLY living off that wage too

    • @rachdanaelee
      @rachdanaelee Před měsícem +48

      Working swing shifts too

    • @jplayzow
      @jplayzow Před měsícem +8

      suddenly I feel like he's gonna think they should make that money

    • @WeaselKonig
      @WeaselKonig Před měsícem +48

      Dude couldn't survive ONE ten hour shift.

    • @aguy9071
      @aguy9071 Před měsícem +2

      It would suck. But i don’t think he’d feel that he deserved an average adult Americans wage

    • @Footlong-zf4tg
      @Footlong-zf4tg Před měsícem +32

      Make sure its in a state like Georgia and Wyoming where the minimal wage is still as low as $5.15. See how well he does.

  • @CrystalFier
    @CrystalFier Před měsícem +1617

    Jesse (and people like him) should be forced to work at a fast food place for at least a month, preferably during lunch rush.

    • @chayden153
      @chayden153 Před měsícem +177

      Ooh or work in a sit down restaurant on a Sunday dealing with the after church crowd. The worst people to deal with IMO

    • @Dudeitsmeee
      @Dudeitsmeee Před měsícem +50

      In california. so you know, he'll make "bank"

    • @That-Guy_
      @That-Guy_ Před měsícem +8

      ​@@chayden153
      Absolutely

    • @MichaelsPwner
      @MichaelsPwner Před měsícem +37

      He is getting paid 125 full time McDonald’s employees per year.

    • @Unalochy
      @Unalochy Před měsícem +53

      ​@chayden153 I work at Panda and my location has 3 churches close by, and yet somehow Sunday is such a hard day to get donations. We all know the skit, at the end of the ordering process you are asked by most places if you would like to round up to the nearest dollar to donate to (blank) foundation, our location is the local Dell Children's Hospital.
      So many well dressed people seem to come in hordes every Sunday morning, and yet it is consistently the day I have the least donations 🤨
      I'm a good worker, I brush it off with a smile and continue the pleasant interaction.
      But inside, I'm judging you. I know it, you might wonder about it, but whatever deity you worship, if they are out there, they know it too.

  • @Takarathekoala
    @Takarathekoala Před měsícem +26

    I’m from Australia and the minimum wage for me working at McDonald’s was already $20. It’s an extremely physical job and STILL not enough to comfortably live off of with the cost of living these days. Anyone who sits in a chair for a living should not be debating what a manual labor job “deserves.”

    • @TheDarkblue57
      @TheDarkblue57 Před 29 dny +2

      20 AUD and 20 USD are two very different things.
      It’s about 30 AUD an hour.

    • @Wrathsack
      @Wrathsack Před 28 dny

      Tell me you never work the single day in your life without telling me. You entitled privileged rich daddy's little creepy girl

    • @ToTheStarsUK
      @ToTheStarsUK Před 28 dny

      @@TheDarkblue57 Pretty sure he's saying it's 20 AUD.

  • @Iamking5514
    @Iamking5514 Před měsícem +6

    Really glad to see you talk about shroom detractors while being a past and current advocate. Glad to still watch after all these years

  • @Coconutsales
    @Coconutsales Před měsícem +501

    I make 20 dollars an hour working IT, so I knew the math instantly.
    Guess what, I don't even live in california, I don't buy coffees every day, I buy cheap local produce and discounted foods and share rent with my GF and a roommate - and WE STILL STRUGGLE. 20/hr isn't ENOUGH for those folks in California! I don't know how anyone can survive there.
    Jesse Waters making ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TIMES my wage, or the equivalent of *ahem* 2,604 DOLLARS PER HOUR split among 40 hours a week, 4 weeks a month, over 12 months.... THAT is too much money. I don't understand how anyone can listen to a man that does that little for society lambast the HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE in this nation getting a pittance of a minimum wage increase, and say "that's so truuuue!"
    Eat the rich.

    • @johnathanjones9684
      @johnathanjones9684 Před měsícem

      He is the equivalent of a scummy popular kid whos parents paid for him to graduate. Dumb yet somehow smart enough to stay popular. And I don't understand it

    • @joshuahill9793
      @joshuahill9793 Před měsícem +27

      As someone who is currently working in the fast food we need this increase trust me, fast food job is very demanding and we always get bitched about how we get Paid a lot and barely do anything.

    • @patrickrose4107
      @patrickrose4107 Před měsícem +55

      Also VERY generous of you to assume he works 40 hours a week...

    • @xblade149
      @xblade149 Před měsícem +9

      Here here brother ✊

    • @OGimouse1
      @OGimouse1 Před měsícem +16

      Someone told me that the bigwigs like jim have 6 weeks of PTO, and 6 weeks of medical, and that they can earn comp time if they go over a certain number of hours. So, he probably works less than 40 weeks, even if you include weekends.

  • @thechad4485
    @thechad4485 Před měsícem +524

    I like to remind people that when my grandmother worked at McDonald’s in California as a teenager, her minimum wage would be nearly $40 an hour today. She paid for school and bought her own house in Orange County before she turned 21.
    So $20 an hour is still half the value of California’s minimum wage 70 years ago.

    • @theboythatdid2495
      @theboythatdid2495 Před měsícem +23

      Excellent way of framing things

    • @AbeChang2
      @AbeChang2 Před měsícem +2

      Bullshit! Absolute bullshit lmao

    • @kvassman_
      @kvassman_ Před měsícem +16

      How is it bullshit my dear maga friend?​@@AbeChang2

    • @Morgan-Wesley-Parker
      @Morgan-Wesley-Parker Před měsícem +4

      I believed your comment so I wanted to look into it more and I can not seem to find a year that adds up to close to $40 an hour by todays currency (looking up US minimum wage then going to an infatuation calculator) I figured maybe she wasn’t paid minimum wage? Maybe she was paid higher than that? Obviously I don’t know how old your grandmother is but I tried a few different years and nothing lined up. I don’t want you to think I’m against minimum wage btw! Honestly give fast food workers $40 an hour!

    • @Morgan-Wesley-Parker
      @Morgan-Wesley-Parker Před měsícem +6

      Oh just saw the “70 years” ago part I must have missed it, ooppsss. Well the minimum wage in 1954 for $0.75 an hour which equates to $8.71 today. People could afford things more easy back then because things were cheaper.

  • @xIchikageKirax
    @xIchikageKirax Před měsícem +5

    I definitely recommend the audible recording of Project Hail Mary. I'm not the biggest sci-fi fan, but I love all of the main characters and the science involved is palatable.

  • @tonyruiz8999
    @tonyruiz8999 Před měsícem +4

    I am surprised your episodes are not on Spotify in audio format. Great work tho !

  • @aggiefan88
    @aggiefan88 Před měsícem +520

    I’m 35 years old. I have worked fast food, in retail, as a janitor, 6 years in the military, and now in the nuclear field working next to some of the most powerful devices man has ever invented. Fast food was the most taxing on my mental and physical health out of everything I just listed. The day to day stresses of dealing with awful customers, sweating my ass off by a hot oven, and coming home covered in grease burns and smelling like pizza left me completely drained. And, doing that for federal min wage had me stressing about how I was going to afford my next volley of bills.
    Those stressors compound to an utterly hopeless outlook on life. People should be paid a living wage for that job. Fast food is skilled labor. Jesse Watters needs to be de-platformed and stripped of his wealth.
    Edit:
    "Taxing" and difficulty are two different things. A job can be easy and soul-crushing at the same time.
    The most difficult & demanding job I've had was while I was in the military. Here's the difference, it was rewarding. It kept me going for more while my out-of-work needs were met (food, healthcare, housing, pay, PTO, etc). Fast food has a net negative return on all fronts in terms of sustaining oneself. If you live in a state, like I did, where they make Fed min wage, then good luck relying solely on that for providing for yourself.

    • @kritikal3172
      @kritikal3172 Před měsícem +5

      😂there's no way fast food work was more stressful than working with nuclear energy 😂😂😂

    • @aggiefan88
      @aggiefan88 Před měsícem +73

      @@kritikal3172 a) never said energy
      b) I have stricter worker protections and much higher pay, so it’s less stressful than fast food in that regard

    • @artemisameretsu6905
      @artemisameretsu6905 Před měsícem +51

      ​@kritikal3172
      You don't have managers breathing down your neck, cutting your breaks or hours as they feel about you causing more financial concerns, impatient people able to verbally abuse you as they please while you have to smile and remain polite and occasionally getting physically assaulted or threatened with it for things like hashbrowns being on sale. And this is every shift all day long.
      So yeah, it's more stressful than a heavily regulated and white collar position.

    • @mxmissy
      @mxmissy Před měsícem +18

      Yeah I used to work in fast food (wasn't a large company just a type of food) and got paid $20AUD an hour for three hours. I realised after I left how underpaid I was for how much stress I had, especially because I had to deal with shitty customers especially during the tourist seasons, it was hell on Earth. Now I still work in customer service but its all cold emails and yeah I deal with stress and rude customers, but at least I don't smell gross coming home and I'm being paid minimum wage. Just slightly more than when I worked at the fast food place.

    • @isairodriguez8919
      @isairodriguez8919 Před měsícem +3

      Dude this is the biggest cap iv seen today

  • @GOAP68
    @GOAP68 Před měsícem +333

    $40,000 *IF* you get 40 hours a week. I’m guesstimating it’s closer to low $30k per year pre tax.

    • @That-Guy_
      @That-Guy_ Před měsícem +55

      Exactly. They will not schedule you 40 hours because if you have to stay late you will get O/T and that's a big no no in fast food.

    • @babyplaneswalker341
      @babyplaneswalker341 Před měsícem +34

      Most fast food places give 30 hours or less per employee per week at that. And yeah, 40k a year pre tax at 40 hours a week still ain't shit in California and other major cities

    • @DaAvedes
      @DaAvedes Před měsícem +5

      If they're not working 40 hours a week they have to supplement it with likely another fast food job so the wage would still be comparable. to working 40 hours a week in fast food.

    • @nathaingalt8623
      @nathaingalt8623 Před měsícem +5

      In one of the most expensive regions in the world...

    • @That-Guy_
      @That-Guy_ Před měsícem +16

      ​@@DaAvedes
      Except they then need to spend money money for transportation between the 2 jobs.

  • @Negafly
    @Negafly Před měsícem +4

    As someone who grew up in poverty, yeah we got investigated by child protective services a lot. My mum was caught between a rock and a hard place since she, at the time, couldn't work too many hours since she had 3 kids that needed day care that she couldn't afford due to not being able to work too many hours but couldn't work too many hours due to needing day care for her kids, and rinse and repeat to infinity. On top of my Dad at the time not supporting us financially for electricity or heat, I can definitely relate to the poverty and cpp investigations being related. My mum was basically forced to be negligent

  • @ahorn03
    @ahorn03 Před měsícem +3

    I wanted to highlight why I appreciate the manner Philip presents the news, because he is willing to cover stories that present a negative position on topics he's had positive opinions on. That as more information comes out he does not double down on his original opinion, but is willing to listen to the wider view and follows through on his words for people to be open to all the information to help us form our understanding with all the crazy that goes on in the world. Appreciate it Phil!

    • @Zenkai76
      @Zenkai76 Před 28 dny

      to bad he lies by omission through a lot of them

    • @ahorn03
      @ahorn03 Před 28 dny

      @@Zenkai76 Depends if it is a willful omission or done by ignorance... if you demand perfect knowledge in order to tell the news then no news would be told..

    • @Zenkai76
      @Zenkai76 Před 28 dny

      @@ahorn03 it's done through keeping you ignorant and to slant the news to his narrative.

    • @ahorn03
      @ahorn03 Před 28 dny

      @@Zenkai76 All news is based on a narrative - if you are looking for a narrative-less story - you'll never find one... it always has a perspective - which is why - going back to the comment - you don't base all your information on a single source - which is a refrain I believe Phil continually says over and over....

    • @Zenkai76
      @Zenkai76 Před 28 dny

      @@ahorn03 News should present the facts, it's not hard concept, it is what professionals did in the past. Only morons want to be lied to.

  • @wolfcat1998
    @wolfcat1998 Před měsícem +334

    Wow, that Vietnam fraud case is crazy. If someone did that in the US, we wouldn't give them the death penalty. We'd elect them to government office.

    • @uhohhotdog
      @uhohhotdog Před měsícem +31

      Some people would say even the president. I hear it bigly

    • @richardprice5978
      @richardprice5978 Před měsícem +3

      at that level of exploit id say 20+ years to life of jail, average citizens wouldn't even be able or knowledge how to pull off that, defiantly more than just a fine as typical USA 🇺🇸 mindset's in past-cases

    • @untitledproject1642
      @untitledproject1642 Před měsícem +3

      if she owned 90% of shares in that particular bank, and, bad math here, majority of the population at sometime took out a loan, fell into a feedback loop of never keeping up with their payments, finding themselves being hounded by loan sharks, finding themselves out of a place to stay, out of a job, out of their mind cuz they're literally living on the streets like how do you quantify that to then possibly compensate, especially if they've done jail time, lost respect from their family friends and peers

  • @naotohex
    @naotohex Před měsícem +617

    I really do not want to hear a millionaire complain about other people trying to make a living. No one wants to hear from these out of touch weirdo's.

    • @TheHollowBlade
      @TheHollowBlade Před měsícem

      Out of touch? They are not out of touch, they are narcissistic greedy assholes who only care about themselves. This guy exposed himself to the world that he coudnt care anything at all for others struggles.
      The issue is because he would make choices, if he is forced to pay his employees more he will just increase thr cost of the product to make up for it. He will NEVER take the hit. Meaning at the end of the day a mcconalds worker can make 60$/hour. You can bet your ass a bigmac will cost 100$, no fries or drink.. thats 50$ more.
      If a mcdonalds worker has to make 60$ then the grocery store worker has to also make 60 or close to it. Meaning that bag of potatoes you used to buy for 2-3$ will now cost 20-30$. Then those 60$/hour end up the same as 15$/hour with where we are at now. The only real solution imo is to set laws on execs from being so stupidly greedy. Imo the real enemy to our economy is the stockmarket at the end of the day. The shareholders and execs are in bed ensuring both parties end up super wealthy in the end at any cost. As a regular employee if i did the same thing they are doing it would be considered a conflict of interest. The issue is how do you do this without landing with communism.. which will end up in the same spot down the road anyways.

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Před měsícem +9

      That’s why I don’t like listening to Hasan

    • @gremblorthesackgoblin7953
      @gremblorthesackgoblin7953 Před měsícem +10

      ​@@ronswanson1410I dont like Hasan (a mountain of his takes are dogshit at best) atleast he isent just praying people at the bottom dont have enough money to exist

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Před měsícem +8

      @@gremblorthesackgoblin7953 what a high bar for likability 😂

    • @Ihelpertricks
      @Ihelpertricks Před měsícem +3

      ​@@ronswanson1410 not likeability, just neutral.

  • @rastaoneeye
    @rastaoneeye Před měsícem +3

    I used your episode on lunchables to show my daughter on why we don’t buy them. Was the only way to make her believe that it wasn’t just us being parents trying to go against something she seen her friends eat. So thank you 🙏

  • @meaghanclark5851
    @meaghanclark5851 Před měsícem

    Hi Phil! I'm typically a Spotify listener every morning but your page was unavailable?? I came here and I'm still so grateful to have been able to continue my routine but I just wanted to let you know! Thanks so much for providing such a nice and digestible means of daily news. I'm a huge fan :)

  • @Codemaster92163
    @Codemaster92163 Před měsícem +410

    How can you be angry at a job that requires "no skill" when you don't even have a grasp of the basic maths required to perform said skill?

    • @realtealcovers232
      @realtealcovers232 Před měsícem +48

      What’s more insane is he thinks $40k is like this great income to live on in California. He is delusional

    • @tessgonzalez
      @tessgonzalez Před měsícem

      Jesse couldn’t work in food service because he’s too stupid to make change

    • @queenannsrevenge100
      @queenannsrevenge100 Před měsícem +16

      ⁠@@realtealcovers232even more, he at first assumed it would be “six figures” - as if he can’t even CONCEIVE of someone making less than a six figure salary. Shows you how out of touch he is with someone having to live “hand to mouth.”

    • @akhnatenpage4854
      @akhnatenpage4854 Před měsícem +2

      The idea that a job, something we recognize someone should actively do, should require skill for the person to be paid a liveable wage is crazy.

  • @ripztubig4457
    @ripztubig4457 Před měsícem +391

    I live with my aunt, and she has worked as a florist at a major grocery chain for over 20 years. When she started, minimum wage was $7. She now, after working there for 20 years, has been capped out at $17/hr for about 10 of those years. She was upset about minimum wages increasing to $15/hr because she argued that she worked a long time to get to $17 and now a teenager will start just $2 lower to her. The confusing part for me was how she wasn't mad at her company for only paying her $17/hr and mad because she felt the younger workers didn't deserve $15. Meanwhile, her company boasts record profits every year. It's this crabs-in-a-bucket type thinking that keeps us all from progressing. The excess wealth accumulation and consolidation from these companies needs to stop.

    • @FoulMouthFishing666
      @FoulMouthFishing666 Před měsícem +37

      Nailed it!! I started at a couple places and was making more than dudes that were there for 20 years and every time I found that out I'd ask em why the fuck do you not go demand more or leave?? And they're all old and dumb so naturally they just accept the peanuts and do their job.

    • @somethingsomething404
      @somethingsomething404 Před měsícem +12

      She should apply to an actual florist

    • @miri_707
      @miri_707 Před měsícem +21

      I think she is mad at the wrong people here… if anything she should fight for a raise.

    • @arcrisz5
      @arcrisz5 Před měsícem +6

      I worked at Target when they increased their minimum to i think $15. I worked there 5 years and got the same as a new hire so i quit

    • @ripztubig4457
      @ripztubig4457 Před měsícem +14

      @@FoulMouthFishing666 100%! That's the Boomer mindset.

  • @user-lj5wy9hz2y
    @user-lj5wy9hz2y Před měsícem

    Thanks for reporting on the Saigon Bank scandal! Living in Vietnam for a few years now and it’s really interesting to see all of this happening.

  • @DannyPellham
    @DannyPellham Před měsícem +1

    Thank you for promoting PDS, gonna start taking care of the mountain of medical bills from getting hit and ran on my bicycle about a year ago🙏

  • @owletto
    @owletto Před měsícem +298

    I did the math. If a fast food worker worked 8 hours a day for 5 days a week 52 week a year they would make $41600 a year without taxes. Removed income tax, retirement, and insurance, they are left with $39,018. Now look at the average rent in California...about $1,800 a month, so that's 21600 a year. leaving you with $17,418 to buy food, utilities, gas, everyday necessities. Yeah, what a load of crap existing is.

    • @Purpletrident
      @Purpletrident Před měsícem +58

      And considering fast food workers don't work full time, you can half the amount they make

    • @psychopathgains2510
      @psychopathgains2510 Před měsícem +55

      And consider that’s for a single person with absolutely no kids!

    • @blackdandelion5549
      @blackdandelion5549 Před měsícem +6

      @@Purpletrident I might disagree because some of us were sent between two different locations depending on where the need of the stores was in staffing and that dictated how long our drive was everyday and where we were going. It sucked.

    • @Aoskar95
      @Aoskar95 Před měsícem +9

      20 per hour is more than I make at a pretty good paying manufacturing job. But then I don't live in California. Rents around here are around 500-1000 depending on size.

    • @Bleazy710
      @Bleazy710 Před měsícem +8

      You did those taxes sooo very poorly😂

  • @tinchick2
    @tinchick2 Před měsícem +235

    "That job doesn't really require much."
    What is: 'Tell me you've never worked in the service industry without telling me you've never worked in the service industry.'

    • @IFunny9000
      @IFunny9000 Před měsícem +2

      you ever installed a engine in a car ? that requires a lot skill Flipping burgers and asking for the people orders doesnt bud. Thats why the robots are going to take yall jobs and hopefully my meal at mcdonds will start going down instead of up. Speaking from someone who worked fast food before. get a skill and make yourself useful. The free market doesn’t care about your feelings.

    • @MERCENARYTAO1
      @MERCENARYTAO1 Před měsícem +1

      Ad a person that worked at McDs in HS and college it really doesn’t require much. Pay has never been about the difficulty/physicality of the work you do. It’s based off how many people have the skill to do it.

    • @ianrach1823
      @ianrach1823 Před měsícem +2

      So all six of us have decided we're paying separate checks, paying cash and could you make that snappy, we're in kind of a hurry.

    • @IFunny9000
      @IFunny9000 Před měsícem

      @@MERCENARYTAO1 someone else with common sense:)

    • @IFunny9000
      @IFunny9000 Před měsícem

      @@ianrach1823 oh nooo not me having to go to computer and pressing buttons wowww my life is really difficult a half ton engine just dropped on my foot now i have to go to er and might lose my foot. but oh nooo when I pressed the screen my nail broke. My life is soooo difficult. stop making little tasks so difficult

  • @CaldwellLowell
    @CaldwellLowell Před měsícem +1

    As someone who listens to the show on my morning commute I feel very seen now that you shout out the next morning crowd at the beginning of the show

  • @abrahamchavezfranco
    @abrahamchavezfranco Před měsícem +1

    That Rob Kardashian joke in the beginning was savage 🤣

  • @bogella2225
    @bogella2225 Před měsícem +604

    If a company has more than 1% of their workforce on welfare they should be fined 3x the amount those benefits cost.

    • @That-Guy_
      @That-Guy_ Před měsícem +24

      Agreed

    • @garrettwhite3922
      @garrettwhite3922 Před měsícem +17

      Sounds reasonable to me

    • @gabby3406
      @gabby3406 Před měsícem +27

      I agree. It's be kind of like how if custodial parents apply for public cash assistance they're required to have a child support case open for the other parent for the state to try to reclaim the cash assistance amount.

    • @Playingwithproxies
      @Playingwithproxies Před měsícem +7

      It’s probably 50% or higher at many places 😅

    • @punksoab
      @punksoab Před měsícem +7

      Uhm... only 3?

  • @boob72
    @boob72 Před měsícem +662

    People who complain about min wage workers getting paid more whilst ignoring how much CEO's are getting paid, are clowns.

    • @carlosvasquez6054
      @carlosvasquez6054 Před měsícem +39

      What about the poor CEOs and their record breaking profits😭

    • @Vivzviepop
      @Vivzviepop Před měsícem

      Part 2
      czcams.com/video/XBwwTsS2FF0/video.html

    • @notaspy1227
      @notaspy1227 Před měsícem +25

      Employees don’t deserve to be led by people so disconnected from reality.

    • @kameronjones7139
      @kameronjones7139 Před měsícem +22

      All the while Jess Watters does less than them while making ceo type money

    • @steveremo474
      @steveremo474 Před měsícem +24

      Won't SOMEBODY think of the capitalists!?

  • @isaac_marcus
    @isaac_marcus Před měsícem +115

    I always love hearing "ooohh if they raise the minimum wage the prices for everything is gonna go up" at the same time as hearing "inflation has been causing prices to skyrocket" at the same time as "corporations are showing record profits"

    • @joshua-we9xr
      @joshua-we9xr Před měsícem +8

      This

    • @MrTelron
      @MrTelron Před měsícem

      I always tell them to Just look at dicks drive-in burgers in WA state. Starting wage is 21/hr then 26/hr after training is complete. Best healthcare in the state. 100% 401k match, and up to 28000 a year in scholarships.
      Their burgers range from $2.45 - $5.30 and they can afford to pay their employees super well.

    • @viivalabamf
      @viivalabamf Před měsícem +9

      literally this. profits over people every time. it's disgusting.

    • @kost4060
      @kost4060 Před měsícem

      More than wages that cause inflation, and btw if there’s inflation yes record profits will be recorded but it’s still a lie because those record profits aren’t worth as much since the money is worth less. Just looks good to shareholders & it’s good for the media to paint a boogeyman

    • @Icynova
      @Icynova Před měsícem +2

      I love America too

  • @JAXSthebadger
    @JAXSthebadger Před měsícem +1

    The fall out series is soooooooo good!!!!!!! I'm also just one episode in but the nostalgia hit home

  • @JimmyNuisance
    @JimmyNuisance Před měsícem +1

    Oh my gourd.. I want a reboot of Heroes SO MUCH! That's awesome news, really really really hope it becomes a thing. Loved that cast a lot.

  • @bunnywatchesstuff
    @bunnywatchesstuff Před měsícem +104

    Companies have always said that they can't raise wages because they'd have to raise prices but they have already raised the cost of everything in the last couple of years and used it to make themselves richer. And now they're making even more profit by asking for tips on everything. I am tired of being told by rich people that it's ok to underpay people so severely they qualify for food stamps and can't afford a place to live.

    • @princesscherry5217
      @princesscherry5217 Před měsícem +10

      i’m so sick of rich people

    • @sillylittlecourtjester
      @sillylittlecourtjester Před měsícem +5

      food stamps they'll have to go through hoops to get or are paid just enough they don't qualify for them too

    • @standepain
      @standepain Před měsícem

      @@princesscherry5217 Don't forget Phil is a rich person.

  • @lizablee
    @lizablee Před měsícem +255

    Anyone who thinks service workers don't deserve a living wage has never been a service worker. The most draining and difficult job I've ever had was working as a waitress at a massive restaurant.

    • @lizablee
      @lizablee Před měsícem +20

      ​@@-Nickname-okay boomer

    • @eduardocruz4341
      @eduardocruz4341 Před měsícem +23

      ​@@-Nickname-yeah, but you worked in a different time... after Covid customers have become down right nasty to service workers.

    • @jaidynbarnes3607
      @jaidynbarnes3607 Před měsícem +26

      @@-Nickname- you do realize the cost of living has DRASTICALLY changed since you were 20 right? the dollar has inflated over 200% since the 90's. Idk how old you are, but you should be old enough to know what inflation is and how it effects the economy, stop being dense.

    • @MegaNymphia
      @MegaNymphia Před měsícem +15

      ⁠@@-Nickname- you also just outed yourself as working it so many years ago that your $7 actually got you way farther than equivalent wages do today. you also able to pay off your college debt by working a couple summers? because that's how easy old folks had it back in the day
      and youre forgetting that dealing with the entitled old boomers is usually the worst part of the job. because of their entitlement, out of touch mindset, and aggressive behavior with those they deem as less than them. my job is in the medical field, but they are the same types of people that make any service job hell that involves dealing with customers or clients. thank you for your extremely convenient contribution as an example, sir

    • @matt3570
      @matt3570 Před měsícem +15

      @@-Nickname- was probably easy since 90% of people have never even heard of a bojangles and judging by the reviews half of that 10% who have think it's pretty garbage chicken compared to a KFC or popeyes lol.
      So basically it was easy cause you worked at a place most people didn't want to eat, wild idea.

  • @Jwitdaplays
    @Jwitdaplays Před 27 dny +2

    Even as an Alabama resident, the cost of living in my small town has skyrocketed over the last 5 years. The minimum price for a 1-2 story fully built home is 250,000$, which for me, a 25 year old making 16$/hr right now, is completely unreachable. It would take me saving a majority of my checks (which is impossible with my bills) for decades to afford a home of that price. I could always make payments, but they’re obviously thousands of dollars a month, with a massive down payment, and as somebody already living paycheck to paycheck essentially, I do not see myself owning a home within my life time, unless something drastically changes in my life regarding my career. It’s very disheartening knowing that if I wanted to leave Alabama one day, which I do, that I would probably get paid barely more, and would be paying more for my living situation as well. Sad times, y’all.

  • @jptheproduct
    @jptheproduct Před měsícem +1

    Working in fast food is the hardest job I ever had and since then Ive been a DirecTv installs Tech and now I do maintenance on aircraft.

  • @reachthroughreality
    @reachthroughreality Před měsícem +68

    When I was a kid my mom was investigated for child neglect a couple of times, because I had kinda shitty clothes, I was already on free lunch, never went on field trips, and a bunch of other things the busy-bodies in the school didn't like. That $500 (or even $200 back then) would have helped a lot. No exaggeration, it could have changed my entire life trajectory.

    • @nyahtonks3914
      @nyahtonks3914 Před měsícem +17

      this!! there r some ppl that neglect children as an active choice, but so much of the neglect out there is bc of poverty. i have many friends that have been in that situation and it’s hard

  • @Y2Jerms
    @Y2Jerms Před měsícem +151

    Not only was that bad math, but its assumed that all fast food workers work 40 hour weeks.

    • @Playingwithproxies
      @Playingwithproxies Před měsícem +7

      Almost none can actually get full time hours

    • @Reapor234
      @Reapor234 Před měsícem +5

      Came here to say this. After high school, I was lucky to get 30 hours a week. Most days I only worked 5 hours, 5 days a week; and I was supposed to be full time.

    • @Y2Jerms
      @Y2Jerms Před měsícem +2

      Exactly! Because of school, I could only work 1 day a week. And that's also just fast food. Retail and movie theaters are the same.

    • @TheRunningLeopard
      @TheRunningLeopard Před měsícem +2

      @@Y2JermsTruth, I work at a theatre and my friends were shocked to hear that at most my hours get up to 36 hrs so then I (and other workers) don’t get protections and healthcare that we would otherwise qualify for.

    • @franciscaguevara1611
      @franciscaguevara1611 Před měsícem +4

      I was going to mention this... most companies keeping their employees part time, 20-25 maybe 28 hrs if you are a good employee... anything to keep the employee from getting health benefits

  • @busch2174
    @busch2174 Před měsícem

    Aye Valuetainment making it onto the PDS!

  • @zjackson85
    @zjackson85 Před měsícem

    I really appreciate the acknowledgment that some of us sometimes watch vids the next day.

  • @Epicfailer_
    @Epicfailer_ Před měsícem +83

    As a former fast food worker who made their way to an assistant management position; it's crazy to me when people who talk for a living say that I wouldn't deserve to be paid when this guy wouldn't survive a single lunch rush.

  • @keithrobinson6183
    @keithrobinson6183 Před měsícem +108

    If you can't afford to pay a living wage, you don't deserve to stay in business. Minimum wage is literally saying "if we could pay you less, we would".

  • @klc8018
    @klc8018 Před měsícem +1

    Phil not mentioning HIS OWN OJ SIMPSON SONG is a travesty. "OJ is an idiot" by Philly D circa long time ago. Please reupload Phil! =(

  • @Pensive_Scarlet
    @Pensive_Scarlet Před měsícem +2

    I wonder if way-back-when there were people complaining about wages going up, saying stuff like, "A fast food worker can make eighty dollars a day, now! That's almost a hundred dollars for just one day!"

  • @Zestal0
    @Zestal0 Před měsícem +177

    For me, if the complaint from people is that the restaurant may shut down/go bankrupt. That's the restaurant's problem. If a business cannot function without paying their staff a livable wage, that business should rightly shut down.

    • @hotarubinariko
      @hotarubinariko Před měsícem

      It's funny how they so desprately want a free market for everyone..... except they don't really want a free market, they want no regulation of the owner class. If you actually believed in a free market, then you'd believe these companies must die.

    • @jonnymac8925
      @jonnymac8925 Před měsícem +2

      Lol yah and then nobody has a job😂

    • @JFortino
      @JFortino Před měsícem +1

      Unfortunately, that would result in fewer and fewer jobs being available for a larger and larger number of people.

    • @RedWhite1992
      @RedWhite1992 Před měsícem

      Exactly! That's capitalism.

    • @cheifareno4924
      @cheifareno4924 Před měsícem +4

      true but 40k per annum shouldnt be a living wage, things are way too expensive these days and i dont mean the comforts im talking basics like food shelter heat and water

  • @im2cxe4u
    @im2cxe4u Před měsícem +57

    Fast food doesn't normally pay 40 hour work weeks. Unless you're managerial staff you're getting part time hours. That's to avoid having to provide you with benefits of any sort.

  • @maeannengo4908
    @maeannengo4908 Před měsícem

    I first heard about the US Tumbleweed problem on CGPGrey.
    I did not expect it's that bad.

  • @ThinkTinkh
    @ThinkTinkh Před měsícem +81

    40k for people who get guns drawn on them because their customers can't deal with a minority giving them a discount sounds low 🤔

  • @ajo8075
    @ajo8075 Před měsícem +88

    I’ve never understood why the government takes kids from parents when the neglect is clearly caused by lack of money, then gives a complete stranger the money needed to take care of the children. I hope this program proves to be successful, keeps families together, and keeps kids out of the foster system.

    • @lifewuzonceezr
      @lifewuzonceezr Před měsícem +7

      Agreed!!!!

    • @dandylionsloth446
      @dandylionsloth446 Před měsícem +12

      Agreed, the fact they'll take the child and give that child to a stranger and pay that stranger over the parent is outrageous. Just give the parents the money so they can care for their child.

    • @Flawlesslmperfection
      @Flawlesslmperfection Před měsícem +8

      💯 so many times 'neglect' actually means 'the parent(s) didn't have enough money to feed the children' or 'the parent(s) didn't have enough money for childcare and had to choose between losing their job or leaving the children at home unsupervised'

    • @Zenkai76
      @Zenkai76 Před 28 dny

      Having been around foster kids it's usually not about the money it's about the POS parents ignoring their children so they can get drunk or high.

  • @Mitchell2311
    @Mitchell2311 Před měsícem +1

    Thanks News Daddy for the news

  • @sarajenivieve3419
    @sarajenivieve3419 Před měsícem +2

    Neglect- there should definitely be different labels for different types of neglect because absolutely there are loving parents who fall under that label due to income. Being at work without child care, not having food or proper clothes due to income etc.

  • @faizahmohammedaruwa
    @faizahmohammedaruwa Před měsícem +408

    *_"FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!?!?!"_*
    That had NO BUSINESS being as funny as it ended up being! 😆😂🤣

    • @JoeyXeno
      @JoeyXeno Před měsícem +7

      Considering hasan is on about the same, it's even more funny.

    • @Maximus213
      @Maximus213 Před měsícem +28

      @@JoeyXeno Except he advocates for workers rights / unions :)

    • @JoJo-oc8zf
      @JoJo-oc8zf Před měsícem +15

      ​@@JoeyXeno He definitely doesn't make no where near 5 mil a year

    • @seneca998
      @seneca998 Před měsícem +26

      @@JoeyXeno the only difference is that he doesn't get paid millions of dollars to shit on poor people

    • @JoeyXeno
      @JoeyXeno Před měsícem +2

      His sub alone total around 55k a month if he's on the old plan, it's probably around 120k, that's not including bits, donations, sponsorships etc probably put his around 2 million to 3 million 🙂

  • @fraliexb
    @fraliexb Před měsícem +239

    With the Jesse Watters comments, they say "oh no, raising salaries will make employers to layoff or go out of business." How about the CEO and board of directors taking a 40% pay cut to pay for the raises? How about if we profit 1 million less to pay for the raises? So frustrating as a member of "the working class," seeing everything blamed on the workers. Corporations are greedy AF, unless it's to benefit them...

    • @InvaderMedia420
      @InvaderMedia420 Před měsícem +6

      yep, especially if the government is literally subsidizing them by paying their employees, food stamps, or any other form of government handout.

    • @TheBlackwolf5011
      @TheBlackwolf5011 Před měsícem

      I keep saying it, but eventually its gonna stick. people who defend corporate greed and anti worker/consumer polices most be big fans of communism. when the workers don't own their homes, their vehicles, their games, music, movies, or even the paycheck they work tirelessly for. what do they have to lose? you want communism, steady as she goes.

    • @frankcaggiano8282
      @frankcaggiano8282 Před měsícem +6

      ​@@InvaderMedia420it's not the government subsidizing them, it's your taxes. Which is even worse, because not only are we getting fucked twice, but also it's a double insult because the corpos don't get taxed properly in the first place.

    • @InvaderMedia420
      @InvaderMedia420 Před měsícem +1

      @@frankcaggiano8282 technically you’re right, but it feels like it’s affectively subsidizing the corporation. Also, can you explain how it being peoples taxes is more insulting, then subsidizing it because to me, I really don’t see the difference..

    • @frankcaggiano8282
      @frankcaggiano8282 Před měsícem +1

      @@InvaderMedia420 it's essentially the same, but it feels worse because you know you paid for them to fuck around and not find out

  • @JessieShadowhold
    @JessieShadowhold Před měsícem

    Love that Phil is recognizing those of us that wait for the next morning to watch the show. Idk how many ppl are like me doing that, but I appreciate it.

  • @thebookofcurtis
    @thebookofcurtis Před měsícem

    Hey Philip Did you alread cover the Boeing Whistle Blower? John Barnett?

  • @bradbender5353
    @bradbender5353 Před měsícem +88

    What’s more outrageous? An idiot making 5 million a year, or a hard working fast food worker making $20 an hour?

  • @sonicboom324
    @sonicboom324 Před měsícem +103

    Hi! Former Latch Key Kid here. My mom was a single mother and a teacher. She taught me and I quickly grew up, mentally to understand that she needed me to work with her to make it happen. I was lucky CPS never got wind of it but actually the entire neighborhood had similar situations., it was a known secret to watch out for certain kids along with your own. It got so bad she had to send me states away to her family so I would have the resources a child needs. I wish we had this program back then. I might have so many abandonment/mental issues now.

    • @quinnftw2353
      @quinnftw2353 Před měsícem +8

      I feel this entirely. I'm trying so hard to make rent and bills and put food on the table for my kid, and I know she sees how stressed out I am just to make it work. She's such a good kid, smart. Quick as a whip and always willing to lend me a hand. But I feel guilty constantly that I'm not doing enough or giving her what she deserves, and am so worried that her seeing this struggle will leave a lasting negative impression on her. ❤ praying for you and yours...

    • @lilykep
      @lilykep Před měsícem +3

      When my single mom was working overnight as an LPN I was left alone all night from age 11 onward. I cooked dinner for us before mom went to work, did my homework on my own, put myself to bed, and got myself up and ready for school in the morning.

  • @Chrmille5609
    @Chrmille5609 Před měsícem

    I swole Phil said prescriptions, not subscriptions and I remembered I need to pick up my meds. Thanks Phil!

  • @NE-BO
    @NE-BO Před 29 dny

    Here in rural NE where the cost of living is much less than West Coast and our McDicks here is advertising starting wage at $18.25/hr and they still can't fill all the shifts.

  • @daytime2150
    @daytime2150 Před měsícem +53

    My wife works in the food service industry. She worked at some food chains and restaurants for about 6yrs and quit those to take a Barista job where the customers are a little more tolerable and her schedule is flexible. She heard about her McDonald’s $20 an hour increase and she still says she would rather stay at her Local coffee shop making less than go back to that soul sucking job. I remember her going through some tough mental trauma working In that type of environment. I remember her pain. I was so concerned for her mental state I didn’t want to leave her alone for too long, she would come home in tears sometimes. Fast food restaurants are the worst places to work at, those customers are some of most cruel selfish people. To anyone who touching it out for that $20 an hour, I wish you good luck and please always remember to focus on the happy memories outside of work! You brave soul!

  • @msteerie
    @msteerie Před měsícem +125

    I was neglected as a child & I promise you I would not have been if we had more money. I'm glad this study is being done.

    • @gssbcvegancat2345
      @gssbcvegancat2345 Před měsícem +2

      Same my friend, the only issue I have is that it's restricted to African-American women. As a native American Indian child I can assure you it's much worse than people know. We literally had to eat dirt because we got so hungry we would eat tree farm and grass and dirt. And that is not a rare occurrence on the rez

  • @chadmarcum7194
    @chadmarcum7194 Před 29 dny

    Back to back, time takes alot

  • @katiekamikaze22
    @katiekamikaze22 Před 29 dny

    I feel so much more informed & smarter after being Philled in

  • @yvngdende
    @yvngdende Před měsícem +242

    The juice is, in fact, no longer loose.

    • @myownheroisonlyme5721
      @myownheroisonlyme5721 Před měsícem +18

      The Juice Has Expired.

    • @dogydog247
      @dogydog247 Před měsícem

      Aler alert 😂

    • @importunoproducoes2318
      @importunoproducoes2318 Před měsícem +1

      Erm, I'll have you know Betelgeuse Betelgeuse was announced recently, so the juice will soon be loose again.

    • @sovcitwatch
      @sovcitwatch Před měsícem +2

      The juice is expired

    • @NeverTooLoud
      @NeverTooLoud Před měsícem +1

      @@importunoproducoes2318 He’s referring to one of OJ’s nicknames, which was The Juice. I believe he said “The Juice is loose” some time after his trial ended, but correct me if I’m wrong.

  • @Marie45610
    @Marie45610 Před měsícem +92

    As a kid who was in temporary foster care, it sucks. I was 5 at the time, which was a long time ago more than 30 years, but it has stuck with me. It was one of the most traumatic times of my life. So anything that keeps more kids out of the system sounds like a win to me.

    • @tessgonzalez
      @tessgonzalez Před měsícem +9

      I don’t understand how we justify removing kids because the parents can’t afford them & giving money to another family to care for them.

    • @NickTemperistic
      @NickTemperistic Před měsícem +1

      @@tessgonzalezI agree but playing devils advocate here they’ll say if we give the child to a more financially stable home the neglect will stop.

    • @blackcatpaintsandtwists
      @blackcatpaintsandtwists Před měsícem +7

      ​@@NickTemperistic except foster parents are not necessarily more financially stable. And I speak as a license fostercare parent. The best thing, no matter what, is to keep kids with their original parent. All statistics prove this to be true.

    • @Kiputytto_minis
      @Kiputytto_minis Před měsícem +3

      My husband still hasn't told me everything that happened to him while he was in foster care as a kid and what he has told me was absolutely horrific. I don't wish foster care on anyone. I totally agree with giving struggling parents the means to take better care of their children if it means keeping them out of the foster system.

    • @wmdkitty
      @wmdkitty Před měsícem

      @@blackcatpaintsandtwists "No matter what"? So you... you're okay with leaving kids with abusive or neglectful (same difference) families, because it's "best"? No. Eff that. All too often, it's the family that's the entire problem, and the child would be better off literally anywhere else.

  • @Kazuhika
    @Kazuhika Před měsícem

    I went to listen on Spotify today and found the show isn't on there anymore suddenly? Is it a mistake, or is it no longer going to be uploaded there anymore? I like listening in the car.

  • @mateoeraso9354
    @mateoeraso9354 Před měsícem

    Had to come from Spotify idk why it isn’t there anymore 😢.

  • @peepeevs
    @peepeevs Před měsícem +40

    I'll be real.. When I first heard about the 20 dollar minimum wage, I actually felt that was a bit high too. But then I was informed about the avarage rent in California, and I completely flipped to "Holy sh*t, 20 dollars is just the barest of minimums they could give them"

    • @jamespaull5888
      @jamespaull5888 Před měsícem +4

      I find it weird for any working class person to think the money any other working class person is making is too much for a job they aren’t themselves doing, or in general.

  • @TheImpolitelad
    @TheImpolitelad Před měsícem +158

    With the Vietnam story the scale of the crime should be noted, that you’re looking at 5-10% of Vietnams GDP. Which is huge, equivalent to 2.5 trillion in the US. The amount of money she took is enough to economically cripple the country. That level of fraud kills people.

    • @NerdSpartanPerson
      @NerdSpartanPerson Před měsícem +9

      I believe it's more like 2% of GDP, but that's still an insane amount. Millions of Vietnamese live on incredibly low wages in poverty and somehow individuals are worth an actual whole percentage of the country's GDP. Shouldn't happen anywhere, especially a country that loves showing off the hammer and sickle in the streets of its cities.

    • @kingofhearts3185
      @kingofhearts3185 Před měsícem +6

      @@NerdSpartanPerson The article on screen said she embezzled nearly 3% at 12.5 billion, and 27 billion in total. So it should be around 7%.

  • @MissBonnieMcSquirrely
    @MissBonnieMcSquirrely Před měsícem

    I'm so glad you're talking about the psylocibin research :) I was actually pre-approved for the testing group! The research was in Maryland but I found their ad pamphlet in North Carolina, in our Buddhist center. The research was looking for volunteers with experience in meditation because they wanted to see how psychedelic mushrooms would affect the brain during meditative state, etc. At that point I was studying Buddhism for several years and I previously had experience with ayahuasca also, so I guess that made me a good candidate because they called me back. I would have agreed it to it, but they didn't offer enough compensation to cover gas money and tbh I didn't want to drive like 4-5 hours to Maryland to trip for several hours in a lab, and then drive back home. I kind of regret not doing it now lol.

  • @Catmaine207
    @Catmaine207 Před měsícem

    Can we bring back Phill’s Book Club because all his recommendations are always amazing and I need more

  • @localmenace3043
    @localmenace3043 Před měsícem +142

    That Watters clip shows how doomed we are if _that_ is what our education system churns out. This isn’t even “cranky middle-aged man wants those damn kids off his lawn” anymore. I wish he would work six months at McDonalds starting at zero just so he can get an actual opinion on minimum wage.

    • @Botan_Katou
      @Botan_Katou Před měsícem +15

      honestly, instead of 40 hours of volunteer work thats needed for high school, it should've been work like, minimum of 3 months at a customer service job of any type. It would've made people understand how much of a d-bag people can be.

    • @localmenace3043
      @localmenace3043 Před měsícem +3

      @@Botan_KatouSeriously. Everybody should work a retail/customer service job at some point for a few months. Maybe it would teach some more empathy and humility.

    • @leadpaintchips9461
      @leadpaintchips9461 Před měsícem +1

      His opinion wouldn't change, because he _knows_ he'd get out of it.

  • @mackysmacks
    @mackysmacks Před měsícem +60

    The thing is $20/hr 40hrs a week makes LESS than $40,000 a year and that’s not your take home. It’s LESSSSSSS DUDE

    • @jagerblue647
      @jagerblue647 Před měsícem +2

      Exactly. That’s not what you take home after taxes. It’s a good amount less than that.

    • @uhohhotdog
      @uhohhotdog Před měsícem +1

      Pre tax it’s more
      40 hours x $20 x 52 weeks = 41,600

    • @austinh1028
      @austinh1028 Před měsícem +5

      @@uhohhotdog but after just fed taxes... more like 36k, then take cali taxes at 6%, down to 33k

    • @brittneybabeee4031
      @brittneybabeee4031 Před měsícem +2

      @@uhohhotdogI don’t take pre tax into consideration when budgeting so why should people take it into account when they make comments as to whether or not I’m making “too much money” for what I do.

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 Před měsícem

      There are 52 weeks in a year, dude. 50 if your boss is nice enough to let you have a vacation.

  • @TDrudley
    @TDrudley Před 29 dny

    Never heard of Griffith, love the potential of psychadelics, knowing what you think of it, I'm impressed with how you did that story and also that you even did it.

  • @onedaeyin3131
    @onedaeyin3131 Před měsícem

    Yesterday as I was walking to Starbucks some woman in a car was screaming as she pulled away from the window nearly hitting me. “20 dollars an hour for people who don’t even know how to do their job” I don’t know what happened but honest to god that 20 dollars is to put up with that exact attitude. Period.

  • @Leukavia
    @Leukavia Před měsícem +138

    I live in Seattle and they recently implemented an ordinance to require food delivery apps to pay a minimum wage of $26.50 to their employees and rather than taking the financial hit, they’ve up-charged the consumers an extra $10-$15 dollars while lobbying to hell and back to try and frame the narrative as “Seattle is anti-consumer!”
    These companies would rather sink money into heavy lobbying than actually pay their employees and they’re able to get away with it because too many Americans see a minimum wage of $26.50 and just get upset as how little their “better” job is paying by comparison.
    The base Min Wage here is $20 and I definitely feel like there is a conversation to be had both in regards to the specific number they settled on and whether career-based minimum wages are even a good idea, but I feel like too many people misplace their anger and get mad at those less fortunate than them rather than realizing that “nah man, you should be getting paid more too”

    • @ljaquos
      @ljaquos Před měsícem +3

      The problem there is that the buying power becomes irrelevant. Companies will never eat that because they're evil. Let's say you're working at an office with a degree making $20 and im working at Burger King making $12. I suddenly get a raise to $20 due to the new laws. Not only are we making the same with you having student loans now, but BK isn't eating the loss and raises the prices. Your office argues for higher wages successfully and goes to $28 an hour. Every other place does the same. Walmart ups their prices to not eat the cost, mechanics do the same, everyone does. Now you have the same buying power as before, if not less. And now we're all fucked. This doesn't work.

    • @AllByEar
      @AllByEar Před měsícem +7

      Its really insane sometimes. When i tell my mom she should be making more money as a nurse or a para-social worker at a high school, she disagrees with me.. because i support everyone else getting paid more too? Lol Americans are taught that you only get ahead by getting ahead of others, who you are probably already ahead of in the first place 😵‍💫 #capitalism

    • @daviddobarganes9115
      @daviddobarganes9115 Před měsícem +3

      Theyre like childbrains, "mommy it's not fair, they should suffer like I suffer!"

    • @tristenatorplaysgames6833
      @tristenatorplaysgames6833 Před měsícem +2

      @@ljaquosthe price you’re assuming exists among companies doesn’t exist. For companies paying a dollar more everything isn’t the end of the world considering that everyone else working there went 5 dollars up. I don’t know where your idea comes from. Also fast food workers already have too much work put on them as half their job is being replaced by robots meaning that they already do more work for less pay since they are the only people there.

    • @Grace-ms7un
      @Grace-ms7un Před měsícem +2

      So they are getting paid more than skilled laborors now? Thats not ok.

  • @taylahl16
    @taylahl16 Před měsícem +67

    As an Aussie who regularly watches your show. I appreciate the change to address Thursday afternoon/ Friday morning acknowledgement ❤

    • @TeamRonify
      @TeamRonify Před měsícem

      Same!
      -spain

    • @marrrrrrrrrrrrry279
      @marrrrrrrrrrrrry279 Před měsícem

      I am in the US and usually watch the show getting ready for work the next day and was surprised to hear Friday morning

  • @MadFrapser
    @MadFrapser Před měsícem

    Here in NZ we don't tip, but now our new POS systems have a prompt when doing the payments to put a tip. Some of them though they ask you in the same manner to pay for the surcharge for your card usage.
    It's almost like it's a social engineering situation, where you 'accept' the charges, but keep accepting to speed up you getting out.

  • @jillvasquez1010
    @jillvasquez1010 Před měsícem

    Ok, Phil, work you're voodoo magic on a Pushing Daisies reboot.

  • @t3tsuyaguy1
    @t3tsuyaguy1 Před měsícem +61

    When the minimum wage was created, it was meant to be a living wage. The idea is that no one that working 40 hours a week should be struggling to meet their basic needs. It was meant to be enough for a single person to afford a home and the living expenses of a family of four. So, we already have a serious problem as Congress has allowed the minimum wage to fall behind expenses along with everyone else's wages. The rise in the cost of living has dramatically outpaced what people are able to earn, working a single full-time job. The only thing worse than this absolute failure on the part of politicians to maintain the concept behind the minimum wage, is them raising it now, as if that will do anything.
    See, the real problem isn't how much people are making. It's the make-believe that governs how much things cost. Goods, services, and domiciles have grown in price in a way that is completely disconnected from reality. Homes are not _actually_ worth 300% of what they were worth 10 years ago. That ridiculous increase has been artificially created by corporate real estate companies. More importantly, the upper 20 percent of earners have managed to fraudulently increase their earnings in a way that allows them to afford the ludicrously inflated prices, and even drive them higher. The problem is wage theft. It's less about the how little the people at the bottom are making, and more about the completely unearned compensation of those at the top.
    As American productivity has increased, the value of that productivity has not been evenly distributed amongst the workforce. For no reason other than naked greed, the people controlling the books have taken all the value for themselves, even though they did nothing to earn such a large percentage of the profits. Congress could have intervened in this practice long ago. In fact, President W. Bush explicitly called this out during one of his State of the Union addresses, calling it outright shameful.
    Raising the minimum wage now, will do nothing without addressing the abuses of corporations. They have already manipulated the legislature to pass laws that funnel earning power to them and away from the working class. They will simply do that more. Prices will quickly rise, and people will be just as desperate. Only by repealing the mechanisms of control corporations have over the market, will we see a return to the days when people could reasonably earn a living by working a 40-hour work week.

    • @JezebelIsHongry
      @JezebelIsHongry Před měsícem

      you were so close
      no, homes aren’t worth 300% more then a decade ago
      your currency has been debased
      wake up and stop pointing fingers at the wrong people: your issue should be with a private central bank with 1 federal appointment (the chair) and 12 private governors
      they have destroyed the value of your time and you focus on the wrong problem

    • @t3tsuyaguy1
      @t3tsuyaguy1 Před měsícem +5

      @@JezebelIsHongry What you saying isn't actually at odds with my comment. Don't expect a youtube comment to be an exhaustive analysis of the American economy. Calm down.

  • @matthewlister3755
    @matthewlister3755 Před měsícem +27

    RIP Norm MacDonald, who got fired from SNL for mocking OJ. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family today.

    • @TayMatty13
      @TayMatty13 Před měsícem +2

      Norm was a treasure ❤ 😢

    • @xblade149
      @xblade149 Před měsícem

      Really? He got fired from SNL for mocking OJ Simpson?

    • @evieshore3270
      @evieshore3270 Před měsícem +1

      @@xblade149 yup , he was warned and he just doubled down and wouldn't stop , classic Norm , sure miss him.

  • @JunglekatSur
    @JunglekatSur Před měsícem

    Project Hail Mary is the best book I have read in a decade. I am cautiously optimistic that the movie will do it justice. Can't wait to see their take on Rocky!

  • @beneagle44
    @beneagle44 Před měsícem

    I lived for Monday nights with Heroes and Chuck, I miss those shows!

  • @SmokeyEdits
    @SmokeyEdits Před měsícem +63

    100k a year between two people doesn't even buy a fucking house jesse

    • @Anxiously_Living
      @Anxiously_Living Před měsícem

      They don’t want us buying houses. They want to pay us Pennie’s and charge us nickels to rent the slums they rent out.

    • @IFunny9000
      @IFunny9000 Před měsícem

      stay where ever you are we don’t want your beliefs here where the houses are somewhat affordable. I hope you know the way yall vote dictated the price of the housing :)

    • @SmokeyEdits
      @SmokeyEdits Před měsícem +7

      @@IFunny9000 show the jury on the doll where i give a shit

    • @IFunny9000
      @IFunny9000 Před měsícem

      @@SmokeyEdits not my fault you lack braincells :)

  • @pinkkingav5142
    @pinkkingav5142 Před měsícem +57

    As a former fast food worker in california. The restaurants I used to work at would raise prices 2 times per year it did not matter if the minimum wage went up or not. I remember when they raised the minimum wage, they raised the prices and cut the hours. That's why I left the industry. I always get upset when I hear companies and people blame food workers, like if prices were not going to go up if we just stayed quiet.

  • @briannaleighmorrison
    @briannaleighmorrison Před měsícem

    Something struck me the other day when I saw the tip space on my receipt at a non-traditionally-tippable place, and I wrote, “N/A”. I might keep doing it.

  • @multicrafter639
    @multicrafter639 Před měsícem +64

    Jesse Waters needs to work at a McDonald's, off a major highway exit, near his city's major attraction, during peak tourist season, at lunch time. Then he can tell us how undeserving of a livable wage fast food workers are.

    • @HyperWolf
      @HyperWolf Před měsícem +3

      I know right? I live in California and even at 20 dollars an hour, I don’t think I’d work fast food here. It looks incredibly stressful and a lot of people are rude and entitled.

  • @erin.mp4
    @erin.mp4 Před měsícem +35

    About the Jesse Waters story, as someone who worked in fast food as their first job for a year and a half, I could only DREAM of that kind of rate for working that kind of job. There's the sexual harassment from not only customers but even coworkers as well, the constant kissing ass to the manager so you're not scheduled to death but enough to make money. I had an AWFUL experience working at McDonald's fresh out of high school so I am very happy they've decided to do this in California and hope other states on the East Coast take similar measures.

  • @dee5787
    @dee5787 Před měsícem

    The loophole to tipping is paying cash which I've started doing more and more to avoid that tip question

  • @clicheusername7182
    @clicheusername7182 Před měsícem +1

    "O.J. Simpson allowed to return to life after coffin didn't fit."
    -The Onion

  • @thedreadedlock
    @thedreadedlock Před měsícem +24

    The worst part about food service wages not increasing is that prices of food have increased.

  • @tiltedleft3306
    @tiltedleft3306 Před měsícem +27

    40k huh? Did anyone tell him the average cost of a studio apt in LA is 30k. Thats not adding in utilities , groceries, transportation, and internet bills.