Robert Reich: Dems Ought to Be Able to Demonstrate that America Is Being ‘Shafted’ by Big Beautiful Bill

O DONNELL Leading off ░░░░░░░░ discussion tonight is Robert ░░░░░░░░ who served as secretary ░░░░░░░░ labor under President Clinton ░░░░░░░░ s a professor of ░░░░░░░░ policy at UC Berkeley ░░░░░░░░ co founder of Inequality ░░░░░░░░ Thank you very much ░░░░░░░░ joining us tonight Professor ░░░░░░░░ I want to begin ░░░░░░░░ that juncture of these ░░░░░░░░ policies the Trump tariffs ░░░░░░░░ what they re doing ░░░░░░░░ that business in Vermont ░░░░░░░░ what they re doing ░░░░░░░░ truck drivers in California ░░░░░░░░ the port of Los ░░░░░░░░ whose work hours have ░░░░░░░░ whose ability to earn ░░░░░░░░ income have collapsed intersecting ░░░░░░░░ a Republican budget bill ░░░░░░░░ is going to take ░░░░░░░░ care away from people ░░░░░░░░ a work requirement so ░░░░░░░░ you re not working ░░░░░░░░ you don t have ░░░░░░░░ income you can t ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid coverage anymore and ░░░░░░░░ can t work because ░░░░░░░░ Trump s tariffs have ░░░░░░░░ you out of work ░░░░░░░░ is a vicious intersection ░░░░░░░░ s being constructed by ░░░░░░░░ two policies REICH And ░░░░░░░░ Lawrence he was elected ░░░░░░░░ many Americans particularly working ░░░░░░░░ Americans felt that prices ░░░░░░░░ too high the economy ░░░░░░░░ not working for them ░░░░░░░░ it s going to ░░░░░░░░ a major magic show ░░░░░░░░ him and for his ░░░░░░░░ acolytes in the House ░░░░░░░░ Senate to try to ░░░░░░░░ both the tariffs and ░░░░░░░░ this extraordinary budget if ░░░░░░░░ gets through the Senate ░░░░░░░░ terms of it robbing ░░░░░░░░ from the poor and ░░░░░░░░ class Medicaid veterans administration ░░░░░░░░ kinds of nutrition assistance ░░░░░░░░ order to provide the ░░░░░░░░ the super wealthy a ░░░░░░░░ big fat tax cut ░░░░░░░░ big tax cut such ░░░░░░░░ like the first one ░░░░░░░░ delivered that generates a ░░░░░░░░ for the United States ░░░░░░░░ 4 8 more trillion ░░░░░░░░ of debt And now ░░░░░░░░ is going to be ░░░░░░░░ interesting experiment because it ░░░░░░░░ possible given the con ░░░░░░░░ that Donald Trump is ░░░░░░░░ is certainly possible that ░░░░░░░░ can sell working class ░░░░░░░░ on the notion that ░░░░░░░░ are not paying all ░░░░░░░░ more for this product ░░░░░░░░ that product or everything ░░░░░░░░ coming from around the ░░░░░░░░ and this budget even ░░░░░░░░ it gives a major ░░░░░░░░ tax break to the ░░░░░░░░ is actually good for ░░░░░░░░ But I m not ░░░░░░░░ It s going to ░░░░░░░░ very hard to sell ░░░░░░░░ things And if the ░░░░░░░░ are smart enough and ░░░░░░░░ enough and clear enough ░░░░░░░░ loud enough they ought ░░░░░░░░ be able to show ░░░░░░░░ demonstrate to the working ░░░░░░░░ that they are being ░░░░░░░░ twice over by Donald ░░░░░░░░