Topic: Trickle Down

During a speech, President Biden claimed to understand big business because Delaware has more corporations than "every other nation in the state combined." The hosts interpret this as a reference to Delaware's status as a corporate tax haven and a hub for shell companies, despite Biden's confusing phrasing.

A private Facebook group of former MTV colleagues serves as a case study for the intense partisan reaction to the tax bill. The group members expressed extreme anger and fear, characterizing the bill as "Armageddon" and a failure of trickle-down economics. The segment highlights the deep cultural and political divide between media professionals and the hosts' perspective.

Frans Timmermans, a high-ranking European Council official, delivered a speech acknowledging that "trickle-down economics" has failed large segments of the population. Timmermans argued that the anger of the working class is justified and that the Western world needs to rewrite its social contract to include all groups.

Hillary Clinton is criticized for a speech in which she claimed that corporations and businesses do not create jobs. The hosts suggest Clinton is adopting the rhetoric of Elizabeth Warren to appeal to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. The episode concludes with a sign-off for the seventh anniversary and a preview of the upcoming episode 666.