Fund set up by congress and so did the Catholic Church and theres plenty of corruption to go around and were going to talk about of get fair and cousins from the trial lawyer magazine fare and i suppose the most agonizing thing about this to me with the Catholic Church taking in more than 3000000000. 00 ok more than 3000000000. 00 is because they brought it on themselves with that if they if theres another abuse scandal you know its never surprise you hear about it every day and i think theyve paid someone godley im almost 600 i mean the numbers are stuck 600000000. 00 and just in payoffs to people who have been victims of abuse and the others and what we want people running thats thats hundreds of 1000000. 00 so far just this year yes didnt want to yes and so then you know once the pandemic hit churches had to close down and so the Catholic Church sent its lobbyists to washington d. C. Something that. I didnt even know they had or that they needed but the Catholic Church puts their army of lobbyist millions of dollars worth since im to d. C. Before the 1st relief package gets passed and they said make sure we can get some of this money everybody knew lots of money was coming Catholic Church wanted it because they needed it as you said because they had to pay off all of these assaults and they continue to pay right so basically taxpayers gave them money to pay off their assault cases from these from these d bishops and such that are still in the business either still doing business what was a pope for a pope francis says to to whatever he says listen you just need to go in for 20 years you need to make amends with god not you need to go to prison for what youve done you just need to make amends weve got i mean thats still the mentality and we pay them. 3000000000. 00 probably more right that we know of and thats the thats the scariest part of it is that thats all that we know of the reports say that the real number is likely much much higher than that but it is very important understand that they spent millions to get these billions and they are the ones the Catholic Churches lobbyists who made it to where they were eligible and other religious organizations in this country were eligible for these t. 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Loans you were supposed to not get him if you had more than 500 employees they created the exception for religious institutions they should not have gotten any of this they didnt need it you have some churches that got their hands on this money one of them particularly the just spent 70000000 on a new glass cathedral and they waste money this money is not going to be spent on helping the homeless or helping the poor or feeding the hungry this is for their own greed their own selfishness and their own corruption is what theyre using it for well when you go to italy and you see these monstrosity buildings that theyve built there in the vatican and you realize thats been paid for by 20. 00 here and 20. 00 or people all over the world its its really kind of a sad story i mean it all and honestly as you walk through those buildings or the vatican and you see gold everywhere d and you know pictures a little male naked chair everywhere i mean you know you go whats what is that theyre not connecting with that the rest of the American Public thinks this is wrong and i think that is this story gets out there thing in the think this is wrong what why are we giving this why are taxpayers paying for Church Business anyway you say yeah at a time when we have real Small Businesses that needed this money that are having to close their doors for good you know they were employing people in the community providing a good or a service to that community the real you know politicians always tell Small Businesses are the backbone of this country they let them die because they. Not influenced by these lobbyist gave billions to pay off Sexual Assault lawsuit. Retired military generals pleaded guilty to molesting his daughter throughout her childhood to facing the consequences until 30 years after having you know the reason this story seems seems important so many levels but i mean here was a retired 2 Star Army General that made it through the system participated in the system for 30 years ok and they slapped him they didnt even slap him on the hand medivac they in military court he was given a free pass saying theres a 5 year statute of limitations on this because it for their right to this story kind of represents everything wrong with not just the military court system on this issue but with the federal court system on the issue of assault this mans daughter had been molested all through the eightys all through the i think the early 70 or late seventies as well all through her childhood and this man in the military 2 star general nobody ever suspected a thing but he would go home and he was an absolute monster an abuser to this young woman who is now 49 years old she brought the case and said listen i cannot keep silent anymore we need to do this as you said military court says no you cant im sorry but there was a 5 year statute of limitations you should have filed this lawsuit when you were over 10 years old or welding of unripe overwhelming of and the other thing that so probably his wife said his wife knew it happened well this wife knew it happened and you know the real zinger his wife is still with him yeah theyre still married and if you look at all you know most all the time on these abuse cases and all the time but id say the vast majority of you will have a wife that knows somethings going on but she has an inability to almost think for herself and say weve got to get out of here not for me but for the child but i suppose she found the status of being a 2 star generals wife so. So inviting that she stayed with this guy even though it was very clear had been molesting this child since she was 3 years old and you know so. To me the military this idea of a 5 year statute of limitations on this type of case in the military is ridiculous and so theres obviously you can go to non military court which theyve done in virginia but the very very idea that the military gives passed to this cat well and he he ended up i think spending only 18 months running prison he as soon as they actually sentenced him when he pleaded guilty and said ok yes i did it he was released from prison on parole or not parole but basically under supervision but allowed to go back to his home you know hes going to have this supervised release whatever it is they want to call it but essentially youre free youre free to a certain extent for years and years of abuse that this woman had to live with and still has to live with and now she gets to live with the added fact of knowing that there is rarely any justice for women in her situation you know wife wife is still with me and thats without phones so remarkable working americans are struggling to pay their bills during the pandemic but Congress Just opened up their checkbooks to give the military Industrial Complex another 740000000000. 00 and at the same time they did it the war pimps the war pigs i like to call them the they want to war all the time the liz cheney the dick cheney crowd who now has become a democrat crowd where you have democrats buying into this whole story we have to stay in afghanistan forever and why because the same democrats that voted the were not going to pull out of afghanistan follow the money on those democrats go ahead pick it up right we have this democrat controlled the House Armed ServicesCommittee Last week came up with a new budget for the military that they want to get passed 740000000000. 00. Years at a time when 31 percent of americans werent able to pay their mortgages this month 30 percent last month couldnt pay because were in a pandemic they keep telling us theres not enough relief funds we cant give you another stimulus check we cant keep increasing unemployment itll make you needy but were going to write a 740000000000. 00 blank check to the military Industrial Complex to the pentagon because when it comes to war when it comes to the military there is always money to be found when it comes to helping people you know sorry love into a latte were really lands the media the media is so much a part of the story its almost like we have a whole generation of people of these young journalists coming out of Journalism School i suppose well i dont know if they do have Journalism School anymore but theyre coming out of Journalism School and you know theyve been raised on an entire generation of news that surrounds glee whats happening to the actors in glee who is who is Justin Bieber marrying today or whos you hang around with so you have these jerks i call them journalists like they are journalists these are kids i promise you would not have made it through Journalism School 25 years ago and its their lack of their lack of being able to look at a case like this and say this is what we should be reporting the military has 740000000000. 00 that theyre given away that oh by the way is 15 times higher than the Russia Military its what half a dozen times higher than the Chinese Military and theres nothing even close we cant even use the weapons we have we have a 1000 of everything and the military at one point was saying we got too much here but the democrats the democrats i love this they used to be you and i would talk about a story like this we talk about republicans now its the democrats the democrats have bought into this war forever. Or you know. Look were going to get out of germany were taken 10000. 00 troops out of germany which seems like a good idea were taking our troops out of afghanistan which seems like a good idea but the weapons industry they dont like it and now the democrats who make big money from them they dont like it either one no and as you pointed out a lot of it is because the media gets this money too you know these checks may not all go directly to the media some of them do by the way oh yeah pentagon does pay hollywood they Pay Television producers to make these promilitary themes but thats a story for another day but this is a good story by the way we need to do absolutely but this money goes to these defense contractors who then as weve talked about a 100 times turn that money to m. S. N. B. C. To c. N. N. And say were going to advertise products that your viewers can even purchase yeah but were buying your loyalty with this model laris missile ok so you have boeing Mcdonnell Douglas advertising missiles are you going to go up by a missile no the reason m s n a b c is covering the story the reason theyre doing the advertisement theyre getting a ton of money from the ad business c. N. N. Making a ton of money from the military complex thats why these idiots wont even cover a story as important as Glenn Greenwald but hes on their track yes hes going i think its the best coverage ive seen of this problem so you know we cant expect anything from the media we have to go other places to get stories like this dont we absolutely fair and cousins thank you for joining me thank you for coming up local officials are supposed to address the needs of their districts yet many elected members theyve been found guilty of using their political influence for sheer profit and thats making its way throughout the United States at a pretty good rate that more when we come back. I. Thats right weve answered. Still longer recession to get the recession. Or. Depression this will last a few years you know. My social class. People are in poverty. If youre born into a poor family. Born into a minority family if youre born into a family that only has a single parent that really constrains your life chances people die. Generational poverty. Its a tough fight every day to meet your needs and the needs of your family. Is youll be via reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. The isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being so. Direct. What is true what is. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Of the shallows. A wave of city hall Corruption Cases across the country exposed americas pay to play problem ortiz brazil joins me to talk about how politicians sell out taxpayers for personal gain no surprise there brazil you know weve seen thats an age old story but it seems to be getting worse youre based in los angeles where city officials have been charged with federal crimes what can you tell me about whats going on out there. Well l. A. City councilman jose was are has been charged with one count of conspiring to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt Organization Act better known as rico for allegedly selling the city to several Real Estate Developers including the wealthy head of a Chinese Company seeking to build a 77. 00 story skyscraper downtown in exchange for approving or stalling large building projects we thought reportedly received more than one and a half 1000000. 00 in bribes and perks including Campaign Contributions lavish dinners and stacks of casino chips the city councilman has represented the 14th district covering East Los Angeles and downtown l. A. Since 2005 and has chaired the planning and Land Use Management Committee which he was forced to step down from in the wake of this investigation if convicted weeds are faces up to 20 years in federal prison you know to me this this is a broader involvement than just this one case for example when when you had the russians start spending money in the u. K. This they started spreading money everywhere around the u. K. And you started seeing these types of Corruption Cases evolve youre now seeing studies where the Mexican Cartel is starting to spread out money through parts of california and you know if you take a look at whats happened in mexico with their influence with that money look these are politicians the. Gets sucked into that more and more were going to see this is a good example chinese came in they wanted to build d they you know they dont fuss but dont need to follow our laws theyll spread money around where they want to spread money around and thats what were seeing a big big way it seems like in california right now were in the other l. A. Officials involved in this this case. Yeah well councilman we are it is accused by the f. B. I. Of being the mastermind mind behind the scheme at least 4 other people have agreed to plead guilty in connection with the case including former l. A. City council men Mitchell Englander who stepped down from the citys governing body during the investigation and englander has been accused of obstructing the inquiry accepting a paper cup filled with 10000. 00 in cash from a real estate business person taking thousands more in cash and of accepting as Court Services englander also sat on the City CouncilsPlanning Committee and served as a reserve officer with the l. A. P. D. He faces up to 5 years in prison so you can see how widespread this problem is yeah well its widespread i cant again youre seeing more and more stories where theyre drawing parallels and for example 3rd world countries where there is there is no Police Department its not there is no politician thats not the judiciary is corrupt the media is corrupt thats what money does when it starts being spread around in a big way thats whats getting ready to happen in california with some of the cartel money being spread around and i got to tell you the same things happen in places like new jersey in atlanta in recent weeks similar city hall Corruption Cases have popped up in those places new jersey and atlanta how are politicians peddling influence in exchange for money whats their new game. Yes thats the end of june current and former Public Officials at opposite ends of the country have been charged in sweeping Corruption Cases exposing the willingness of politicians to sell the authority of their Public Office for personal game. These cases in San Francisco atlanta and new jersey involve shady back door deals with envelopes paper bags and cups of money delivered in restaurants parking lots political fundraisers Campaign Headquarters and even in Hotel Bathrooms and its on both sides of the aisle you have republican and democratic Public Officials taking bribes and engaging in fraud Money Laundering tax evasion and more in exchange for granting contracts and jobs to those who pay to play these cases are very similar government contracts are supposed to go to the companies that do the best work for the lowest price since taxpayers are the ones footing the bill but there is not enough oversight and there are far too many loopholes that give way to this ramping corruption. Politics and corruption has long been a story in l. A. But i just think theres another aspect to it to where its almost reaching that level where w