John Stossel. Part 12.
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John Stossel. Part 12. Ten Segments.
Covid: Who Was Right?
The Jones Act Makes Shipping More Expensive
Classified—Government’s Dirty Secret
The Scaremongers Are Wrong
Even Greenpeace Says “Most Plastic Simply Cannot Be Recycled.”
Not Your Father's Comic Books
Classic Stossel: Fake Farmers
Classic Stossel: The Biggest Freeloaders
The Science of Happiness
Surprising Answers From Fmr CIA Director Mike Pompeo Black Guns Matter
This Thanksgiving, Say Thank You to "Private Property”
Classic Stossel: What’s Great About America--Starting a Business
Covid: Who Was Right?
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
945,727 views Jan 10, 2023
After 3 years of Covid, what lessons can we learn? Did lockdowns work? What about closing schools? What countries did best? ***** YouTube age-restricted the original video I posted, which vastly reduces the number of people who will see it. I have decided to edit out the parts that may have caused the restriction: a clip showing Australian Police choking a woman for not wearing a mask, Chinese authorities dragging a man out of his home, and protestors clashing with police ***** ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— It turns out that America's lockdowns did NOT work. Even though the media praised New York governor Andrew Cuomo for an "amazing job,” accounting for age, his state ended up with more deaths than "irresponsible" Florida. Meanwhile, some countries, like Australia, imposed brutal lockdowns. My producer crunched the numbers at MaximumTruth.Substack.com and found that lockdowns DID save some lives. But they weren't worth it. The video above explains why.
The Jones Act Makes Shipping More Expensive
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
212,803 views Feb 28, 2023
American shipbuilders have a disgusting monopoly. I confront a shipping lobbyist who uses government to ban competition. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— The Jones Act, a stupid law with a stupid name, restricts domestic shipping to vessels built in America and crewed by Americans. That hurts consumers. It really hurts suffering people who need supplies after natural disasters. Unions and big shipping companies love this dumb law because it protects them from competition. “Your rules really hurt people,” I say to a lobbyist. "They don’t,” she replies. "What the Jones Act does is ensure reliable, dedicated service." Give me a break.
Classified—Government’s Dirty Secret
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
165,740 views. Feb 21, 2023
Classifying genuine secrets can keep us safe. Overclassifying makes us less safe. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— We’ve heard about the top secret documents found at the homes of Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The media call it a national security crisis. Bunk. The truth is, the word classified usually means very little. Government classifies three things every second. “A lot of top secrets are nothing of the kind,” historian Matthew Connelly tells us. Many classified “secrets” are nonsense or embarrassing proof of government incompetence. I’ll show you why the problem is much bigger than Presidents taking classified documents home.
The Scaremongers Are Wrong
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
583,731 views Jan 24, 2023
Have you heard? The world is about to end! No…it isn’t. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— Throughout history, people predicted the end of humanity. Recently, 60 Minutes featured doomsayer Paul Ehrlich. They treated him like an expert, even though his dire prophecies have repeatedly been proven utterly wrong. Instead of interviewing people like Ehrlich, 60 minutes should talk to Marian Tupy, the creator of humanprogress.org. “If you sell the apocalypse, people feel like you are deep and that you care,” Tupy tells me. "But if you are selling rational optimism....” Rational optimism is right. Scaremongers like 60 Minutes are wrong.
Even Greenpeace Says “Most Plastic Simply Cannot Be Recycled.”
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
668,796 views Jan 17, 2023
For decades we’ve been told recycling helps the Earth. It really doesn't. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— Recycling is a “sacrament of the green religion,” says Science Writer John Tierney. He once debunked recycling claims in an infamous New York Times column “Recycling is Garbage.” “It’s even more true today,” Tierney tells me. Greenpeace now says plastic recycling is a “dead-end street.” Often it's also a costly scam.
Not Your Father's Comic Books
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
130,719 views Dec 20, 2022
Comic book creator Eric July says American comics now lose to Japanese companies because they’re overrun by "advocates of social justice.” He’s right. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— Superman’s son, and Batman’s sidekick Robin, are now bisexual. A new version of Spiderman is a lesbian in a wheelchair. Iron Man is a teenage Black girl. "So what?” you may ask. “Isn’t more diversity good?" Changing established characters, says July, was “obviously something that was done for political gain,” and that’s why Marvel and DC have lost market share. But Marvel and DC don’t seem to mind. They still create woke nonsense, like characters named “Snowflake” and “Safespace.” Really. July sees an opportunity. He just released his first comic, with plans for more.
Classic Stossel: Fake Farmers
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
678,414 views Mar 10, 2023
Lawyers, and others who have never farmed in their lives, got rich off of taxpayer money – all through a lawsuit against the USDA that was supposed to compensate black farmers for past discrimination. One black farmer tells me, lawyers said "if you had a potted plant… you're a farmer. And if you have a yard and you fertilize it, you're a farmer." That's why 90,000 people got money from the government -- even though the USDA and the Black Farmers' Association say there were only 18,000 black farmers in the country. A Classic Stossel from 2011.
Classic Stossel: The Biggest Freeloaders
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
200,140 views Feb 3, 2023
Has America become a nation of freeloaders? A person panhandling is what we usually picture when we think of freeloading … but in America today, the bigger recipients of handouts is not poor people, it’s corporations. A Stossel Classic from 2011.
The Science of Happiness
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
109,131 views Dec 13, 2022
People are often born happy, or unhappy, due to wiring in our brains -- but fortunately, there are things that ALL of us can do to become happier. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— "Socializing is hugely associated with being happy," psychology professor Sonja Lyubomirsky told me. I pushed back: "I'm an introvert. I don’t WANT to socialize." "Okay, we actually did a study where we asked both introverts and extroverts for one week to act more extroverted," she responded. Her study found just socializing “a little more” made people happier. What other things make people happy? That's in the video above.
Surprising Answers From Fmr CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Spending, Defense & Entitlements
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
518,191 views Jan 31, 2023
I never expect much from politicians. But Mike Pompeo, a possible candidate for president, surprised me. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— Pompeo used to be CIA Director and Secretary of State. I wanted to talk to him because he might run for president. I confronted him about Republican hypocrisy on spending. I pushed him on whether he’d cut entitlements. Would he abolish the Department of Education? His answers were not what I expected.
Maj Toure--Black Guns Matter
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
297,326 views Dec 6, 2022
Maj Toure, founder of "Black Guns Matter," wants to arm more people in America. “Criminals should be deathly afraid,” he tells me. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— We know about "Black Lives Matter." But there’s another group called "Black Guns Matter," started by Maj Toure. Toure carries a gun with him everywhere he goes, and he encourages others to do the same. His group trains people, especially black communities, how to safely use firearms. Why black communities? “Gun control is racist,” he tells me. Toure says, correctly, gun control began to "stop black people from having the means to defend themselves."
This Thanksgiving, Say Thank You to "Private Property”
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
154,929 views Nov 22, 2022 #subscribe)
Did you know that the pilgrims almost starved after they arrived at Plymouth Rock? That's because they were forced to farm "collectively." The corporation that funded the expedition said, "grow food together. Divide the harvest equally." -------- Don't miss a single video from Stossel TV. Sign up here: www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe)-form --------- This is a terrible idea. It creates what economists call the "tragedy of the commons." When you share property and the results of your work, people farm until the land is barren, don't work as hard, or steal food from others. Young people from Students For Liberty take part in an experiment to demonstrate this "tragedy of the commons." It shows the solution is private property, which is what saved the pilgrims. Governor William Bradford finally decided to "assign each family a parcel of land." Once the pilgrims had property rights, they became much more productive and brought in huge harvests -- which they were then able to share with the Indians. So this Thanksgiving feast, don't forget to say "thanks, private property!"
Classic Stossel: What’s Great About America--Starting a Business
John Stossel)
810K subscribers
60,921 views Nov 25, 2022
One of the things that’s great about America is its entrepreneurial spirit. America is a good place to do business. ———— To make sure you see the new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe) ———— More than almost any other nation, America both encourages and rewards creativity, risk-taking, and the entrepreneurial spirit. In this video, I start my own “Stossel Store." The business is something of a failure, which is also part of what’s great about America: you can try here and fail and still try again. A Classic Stossel from 2010.