rant · moment 14 of 21
Russ Baker's Trump-Russia Interview and the Mueller Investigation
from 2017, A Year Of Love And Peace · #76
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minTim discusses the Russ Baker interview about Trump and Russia, arguing the Mueller investigation seems fruitless so far, and rants about the tax bill doing nothing for working people while Wall Street and the donor class benefit.
- 38:33Tim says the Mueller investigation hasn't produced anything damning yet, though Manafort's been charged.
- 38:52The White House thinks Mueller's task force is full of Trump haters and Comey loyalists trying to railroad the president.
- 39:18Tim acknowledges the White House could also just be trying to limit its own culpability in whatever happened.
- 39:38Firing the FBI director was a mistake; they're skirting the rules and getting away with shit.
- 39:55Trump's populist campaign promises got co-opted by Wall Street and the donor class instead of reining in big money.
- 40:20Nobody's closing the carried interest loophole or actually reining in Wall Street, no matter who the president is.
- 40:38The tax bill raises taxes on independent contractors while cutting them for corporations—there's no rhyme or reason to it.
- 40:57Guys from Ohio and other places have quit touring because they can't afford to travel the country anymore under the new tax structure.
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