[CHEERING]
Welcome to "Full Frontal," I am Samantha Bee.
Great news out of Washington.
As of yesterday, the number of grabby creeps on Capitol Hill
is down to infinity minus one.
NEWSCASTER: Michigan Congressman John Conyers
retiring immediately in the face of those allegations
of sexual harassment.
And if the Democratic women of the Senate
have anything to say about it, it's
about to be infinity minus two.
Several female Democratic senators
are now calling on their Democratic colleague, Al
Franken, to resign over the sexual harassment
allegations against him.
Great job, Democrats.
You really showed that Democratic lawmakers will not
tolerate a predator with more than six harassment
allegations against them. [LAUGHTER]
Seven strikes and you are out, probably.
But while Democrats had an impressive week
of near-human decency, Republicans were doubling down
on their worst dude.
NEWSCASTER: On the other side of the aisle,
the Republican Party is closing ranks
behind Roy Moore's Senate bid exactly
one week before his election.
Why would you go all in on an alleged sexual predator?
That's like betting all your chips on a jack and a three
and an alleged sexual predator.
[LAUGHTER]
That's not even the right number of cards.
[LAUGHTER]
It's almost as if Republicans don't even care about
public perception anymore.
And judging by the way they pushed
their tax bill through Friday night, they definitely don't.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as amended is passed.
[APPLAUSE]
Yay, we just screwed over a bunch of people
while they were sleeping!
Or as the kids are calling it, the Congressional Cosby.
[LAUGHTER]
The bill, which mostly rewards corporations and the 1%,
is called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which
is a pretty deceptive title.
I mean, sure tax cuts and jobs are technically involved.
But it would be like if Nabokov titled "Lolita," "Heroic
Good Man Mentors Young Girl."
[LAUGHTER]
Which is coincidentally also what Roy Moore's
next memoir will be called.
Democrats have plenty of reason to be upset.
This bill is like a bunch of mean girls
got together and said, how can we write a burn book that
clearly states exactly who we like and we
don't like, but then also make it a tax plan?
[LAUGHTER]
First, the girls did some nice little favors
for their friends.
If you own a private jet, well, the Senate bill
has a tax break related to the storing and maintenance
of private planes.
The House did keep this one, a tax
break for golf course owners.
But maybe the biggest giveaway to the rich is the estate tax.
Anyone inheriting estates worth less than $11 million
won't have to pay the tax.
Oh, thank god!
Imagine if a poor child only inherited $11 million
and had to pay taxes on it!
Why, they could positively starve!
[LAUGHTER]
62% of the benefits of this bill go to the top 1%.
It's the most unbelievable transfer of wealth
since Roseanne hit the lottery.
Now I am not saying Republicans look down on poor people.
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is saying that.
CHUCK GRASSLEY: "I think not having the estate tax
recognizes the people that are investing as opposed to those
that are just spending every darn penny they have,
whether it's on booze, or women, or movies."
Oh no, booze or women or movies?
What about pool halls and soda pop,
and other tools of the devil?
[LAUGHTER]
You know, of course, there are some differences
between the House and Senate versions of the tax bill.
The House burn book just calls everyone
a slut, while the Senate burn book calls them sluts and takes
away their health care.
NEWSCASTER: The biggest difference between the two
bills, however, is likely the Senate's repeal
of the Obamacare individual mandate.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates
this would lead to 13 million more uninsured Americans
by 2027.
And premiums are expected to spike 10% as a result.
Aw, chin up, Obamacare recipients!
If you die because you can't afford health care,
at least you can leave up to $11 million to your kids!
Don't worry, they're not just helping rich people.
They've also somehow managed to make taxes pro-life.
One of the things also being considered in the Congress
is that an unborn child or a fetus,
whatever you want to say, would be eligible for a college
savings plan.
Great, now parents can pressure their fetuses
about getting into a good school before they
have a central nervous system.
Eh, I'm not like you, Dad, I don't have vertebrae.
[LAUGHTER]
The morning that Republicans voted on their tax bill,
the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation
told them that their cost estimates
were off by over a trillion dollars, even
using their own generous scoring that they made up.
This is them measuring from the taint,
and they're still over a trillion inches
shorter than they thought.
But they chose to believe otherwise,
because they're living in a faith-based economy.
Tax cuts are their religion.
Cutting taxes for the super-rich will save coal miners,
bring our factories back, and reunite
everyone's divorced parents, if only Republicans
believe hard enough.
But it's not going to work.
Economists agree, this bill will grow the debt.
Heck, even business leaders admit they won't
use their tax cuts to add jobs.
And they'll even tell you that on camera,
just like they always have.
Can I ask you all a quick question?
If the tax reform bill goes through,
do you plan to increase your company's capital investment?
Just a show of hands if the tax reform goes through?
OK.
Why aren't the other hands up?
[LAUGHTER]
Why aren't the other hands up?
Wow, we found the one time privileged white guys
are able to keep their hands to themselves.
We'll be right back.
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