Thomas is my favorite representative! I'm so proud of the work we did in Kentucky to elect Rand Paul and Thomas Massie! We're not done yet. That's a challenge to the rest of y'all! Elect good and smart people like Thomas!
@kjohnson27
5 жыл бұрын
Great to know we have a good guy in Washington. Thomas Massie, I hope you will run for President.
@chel5105
3 ай бұрын
No way . . . he's in the green ghoul fan club . . . Keystone is fuched up . . . totally jacks Native American land . .
@oldwestwwii9113
8 жыл бұрын
One of few voices of reason on the Hill. And a very cool guy!
@profaneslave
11 жыл бұрын
You should see where this guy is from (Lewis County, KY). Poor, rural, and nicest people you can meet. And we are damn proud of Mr. Massie.
@AaronHoffman
11 жыл бұрын
"Well, there aren't many engineers in congress, I'll tell you that right off the bat. A lot of politicians get here by dint of intuition, and feelings, and ability to communicate, which is good, you need all those things, but engineers rely on facts." Thomas Massie 23:19
@hostarepairman
4 жыл бұрын
Has anyone "here" EVER heard a more open, intelligent and fair-minded Congressman than Thomas Massie? Not I. He is a true statesman, and, in contrast, my (present) Tennessee "Republican" Representative comes off as a stilted, ignorant and self-interested lemming. Ben Franklin and the gang would have loved working with Thomas Massie. I donated a wife-approved portion of our undeserved and unneeded "political trap cheese" from the calamitous "Care Act" (which Massie bravely opposed) TO HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN - how's that for an "ironic donation" and best use of tax payer money! To me, Massie has the best attributes of Ben Franklin, Will Rodgers and Elon Musk all wrapped up into one, and all you have to do is listen to a few KZitem interviews to be bowled over by the depth and range of his knowledge, common sense and problem-solving. Hopefully down the road, when Elon Musk is the Chief Engineer/President of Mars, Massie will be our President. (Yea, I'm a fan of both of these rare leaders.)
@LactatingGorilla
11 жыл бұрын
Massie is a Godsend. I live in Kentucky, where Libertarians and constitutional conservatives pretty much worship Rand Paul and Thomas Massie. Massie is a genius, if he's any indicator, we really do need more Engineers and less Lawyers in congress.
@Thor-Orion
5 ай бұрын
Way less lawyers. More engineers yes, but more of a lot of other backgrounds too, people with experience in different fields so that we can actually try to solve problems instead of just knowing how to phrase a bill in enough legalese that no one could hope to comprehend it.
@rich8304
5 жыл бұрын
Smart guy.I agree with his politics.Kentucky is a state to watch. MAGA
@RickeyRamone
11 жыл бұрын
Let's work to have more like Rep Massie in congress. Also. in interview after interview , Nick asks great questions. Rick Barton
@jacobwalls452
8 жыл бұрын
he and justin amash are the two best in the house
@sallyvernon2375
3 ай бұрын
Incredibly rude to say he's wasting his time and everyone else's in Congress. His integrity is brilliant
@winmine0327
11 жыл бұрын
You're right - there's already two pipelines across non-sandy areas of Nebraska. One's been there since 1952. The dangers still haven't been reported. "Doing a comprehensive review of safety incidents on the Platte Pipeline is difficult because of multiple changes in ownership over almost six decades, changes in the federal agencies with oversight responsibility and changes in the way federal records have been kept." -from "State's crude oil pipeline legacy dates to 1950s", (Journal Star)
@thrummer1953
11 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right.And they also overlook that north America could be energy self-sufficient in ten years & be able to extricate itself from most of these dangerous middle east intrigues.
@TB1123YT
11 жыл бұрын
Great points we need many more like him it is a step in the right direction
@markjordan8116
2 жыл бұрын
This guy and Rand Paul make me proud of Kentucky and give me hope for our people.
@dianewinston8707
3 ай бұрын
I'm from PA and am grateful for Tom Massie.
@SuperGregoryRoss
11 жыл бұрын
Watched this from another site initially, had to come here to comment and say - Bravo! Great interview. Great Rep.
@hrdman2luv
9 жыл бұрын
The Supreme Court has held that the federal government and each state has the power of eminent domain-the power to take private property for "public use". The Takings Clause, the last clause of the Fifth Amendment, limits the power of eminent domain by requiring that "just compensation" be paid if private property is taken for public use.
@BenjaminWirtz
9 жыл бұрын
I didn't know he voted for it until now. I am dissapointed too.
@camel595
7 жыл бұрын
13:15 how our country should approach every issue and there would be little to no problems as we attempt to have a "one size fits all" solution for every state
@ReasonTV
11 жыл бұрын
You can find the link to downloadable versions - including an audio-only mp3 - at the bottom of the text field.
@atlaspressed
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being polite, and you are right that bad grammar will sabotage a good position, it's something i have had to deal with since i was a kid because i am dyslexic, not trying to make excuses just letting know that i appreciate you not jumping down my throat like most people do.
@winmine0327
11 жыл бұрын
The Ogalala aquifer covers the entire state of Nebraska - almost bizarrely following the borders of the state. Some of it also runs down to the states to the south. It's an unusually deep and wide-ranging lake. Even if Ogalala was not peculiarly vulnerable, leaks can always happen. Even the modern Pegasus pipeline was able to spill into the Yellowstone river. And why not? The fines never amount to the cost of inspection.
@billfargo9616
2 ай бұрын
It is being drained.
@Uruz2012
11 жыл бұрын
There's an existing pipeline that runs from the oil sands to Superior, WI... There's no way that it's cheaper to build a pipeline all the way to Texas than it would be to relocate refineries or build new ones in Wisconsin and expand the existing pipeline. The reason the XL pipeline is so long is so it will go to as many congressional districts as possible and will "create" more jobs than building a shorter pipeline would. The least efficient option is the most attractive to government officials.
@rali-cassim2733
2 ай бұрын
Big respect to this gentleman. 🙏🏼👏🏼
@Ozbrithian
11 жыл бұрын
I don't agree with Mr. Massie on everything, neither does Nick. But think about it this way, if guys like this could be the new Right and Libertarian leaning Democrats could become the new Left, things wouldn't be perfect but would they not gradually get better? I don't see sweeping changes as very realistic, "Get rid of both parties!", yeah that's not gonna happen. Educate more people to a Libertarian viewpoint and see government organically move in that direction, that's a real possibility.
@ardenpeters4386
4 жыл бұрын
marajuana is terrible for brains. and it dies lead to. other dtugs
@ardenpeters4386
4 жыл бұрын
old age ENTITLEMENTS??? WE PAID INTO IT OUR ENTIRE LIVES
@DROPOUT2001
8 жыл бұрын
As far as I'm concerned, I'd be just fine with getting back the full amount which I (and my employers through matching funds which they gave to Uncle Sam instead of to me) paid into Social Security, in one lump sum. Then I would never darken their doors again, ever. This could be made optional, and a bunch of us old timers would be able to invest our own money for our own retirement, rather than try and subsist on a government "allowance," in hopes of getting our money back and then living long enough to leech off young people who've recently entered the work force. President Johnson turned SS into a Ponzi scheme in order to finance an illegal, undeclared, and pointless war. The government should do everything possible to turn that "slush fund for the MIC" (which is what SS became) mentality 180 degrees.
@stephenarling1667
4 жыл бұрын
Truth
@friedrichhayek3683
5 жыл бұрын
love reason, love nick, of course in a platonic way
@CHR0MAT1C
10 жыл бұрын
"The deal was that if you created it, then YOU got to keep it. Not your boss, the government, or anybody else. YOU get to keep that."
@Jekyll_Island_Creatures
11 жыл бұрын
Incrementalism, my friend. Our liberty brothers in the south have to tread lightly in that area and I'm okay with that. They aren't our enemies here. We have to be smart and strategic about this, otherwise we'll get smeared us out of existence and soccer moms spook easily. We should have liberty Republicans on the west coast and north east pick up the mantle of curtailing drug prohibition and make that a focal point in states where it plays favorably. Time to step up and get involved!
@GodelEscherBachus
2 ай бұрын
This guy is such an awesome rep. He is the reason why I am against term limits i would be heartbroken if we lost him for no reason other than his 12 years (or whatever limit we came up with) were up
@mikeh3084
Ай бұрын
We need more Massies, Roys, Greenes, Cranes and Morgans in DC.
@Mattes50A05
11 жыл бұрын
Wasn't sure how I felt about this guy until he quoted Bastiat, then I knew I liked him.
@ShadeWMD
11 жыл бұрын
Goddammit, this is a long interview. This is why I ditched cable TV for KZitem. You can't get this kind of journalism on MSM.
@AJ6644
11 жыл бұрын
Anarchist engineer here, raising my hand.
@atlaspressed
11 жыл бұрын
Great interview, better then any of the big networks deliver with there 24 hour sound bite garbage.
@samuils
11 жыл бұрын
There is a Russian joke and it goes like this. A professor in the class is talking about a particular law that came out. One student raises his hand, and asks -"Professor, can you tell me who came up with this law, politicians or a scientist?" Professor replies -"It was a politicians" Student say -"Well, no wonder, if it was a scientist, he would have first tried it on the dogs"
@joshwhoisthatguy
11 жыл бұрын
Seems like a good guy.
@DystopianEmpire01
11 жыл бұрын
Actually asphalt does leach petrochemicals and is a source of contamination that accumulates over time.
@TheSipherArcher
11 жыл бұрын
Working on sending you Reinforcements here in Texas Thomas!! Matt MCcall in CD-21, Robert Lowry in CD-23, Frank Kuchar in CD-6 and many more to come!
@DrR1pper
5 жыл бұрын
The only need for property rights is to facilitate the conflict free use of scarce things. IP is the protection of non scarce things.
@mattdale81861
4 ай бұрын
We spend 1 trillion every hundred days now lmao.
@austinbyrd4164
3 жыл бұрын
Approval...Voting...System! Please!
@SuperGregoryRoss
11 жыл бұрын
IT's so hard to deal with folks who have been hypnotised by the propaganda against pipelines. It took me over an hour, with maps, statistics, and other data to turn my cousin's fiance away from the false story of "pipeline dangers". I am happy to see you defending reality, but it is hard, and most don't want to change (unless their herd does, then they go along) anyway. Best of luck. :)
@DystopianEmpire01
11 жыл бұрын
Well no need to worry about approval, they are already building it anyway so it will probably get approved whether we want it or not, Aint corruption wonderful?
@winmine0327
11 жыл бұрын
You can clean oil out of the ocean. You can't clean oil out of an underground lake.
@ScottNormanRosenthal
11 жыл бұрын
I have a Hidden Disability. Not allowed to finish the 9th Grade.I can relate.
@Ozbrithian
11 жыл бұрын
Basically, if this guy votes the way he talks he's a big step in the right direction, and when his reelection comes up he may force his Democratic opponent in a more Libertarian direction. Not perfect but if I was his constituent I'd consider voting for him. Yes, both parties suck but sometimes one of the dudes is a lighter shade of grey.
@kristinacatherine5121
8 жыл бұрын
He called Social Security a progressive tax, but it's the opposite. It's a regressive tax, i.e. people at lower incomes are taxed higher. The tax is only charged on the first $100kish of income per year (changes annually, google it for up-to-date date :P ). Just felt obligated to make that important correction, especially since removing the cap (and increasing the retirement/permanent vacation age) would help make the program solvent.
@ingenparks
8 жыл бұрын
+Kristy Wells Actually, removing the cap would not make Social Security solvent. It would make it less insolvent, but not remotely solvent. It would also destroy the nature of SS as a retirement plan, and make it a pure welfare program.
@DehydratedNurse
2 ай бұрын
@@ingenparkshow so? People work their entire lives for their SS. It ISN'T WELFARE. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WELFARE WE GIVE TO ISRAEL
@billfargo9616
2 ай бұрын
If I were the king of income taxation, I would enact something I call the quotient tax, which would take less than a page to explain, and have a return that would fit on a postcard. Take ones cash income (exempting non-cash winnings of whatever) and divide it by the respective federal poverty level of the taxpayer and convert that quotient into a percentage that the taxpayer pays of their income. Because many CEOs make more than 100 times what their employees do, the maximum tax rate could be set to retire the national debt every year and give the rich a disincentive to add to government expenditure.
@thrummer1953
11 жыл бұрын
One big earthquake could fracture those oil rock formations. The pipeline will be a godsend & prevent the spills which would likely happen if it were shipped to China by sea.Which is what will happen if Keystone falls through.
@thrummer1953
11 жыл бұрын
*Sigh* I guess you haven't been keeping up,but the pipeline was re- routed away from there months ago.& any oil spill would never have reached the water table anyway. I suggest you Google a pipeline map of north America.The country is criss-crossed with them.It is the safest & most economical way to transport petroleum products.
@samuils
11 жыл бұрын
Once we abolish any and all sort of government welfare (aka other peoples money taken under the threat of force to give to others) We can return to your ideas of laws of migration. Besides what I just mentioned, do you think in your free migration policy, it would also be good to allow all sorts of criminals to migrate as well? I mean after all, murderers rapists would only migrate, which means braking no law on your view, until they start raping and murdering here.
@thrummer1953
11 жыл бұрын
The Keystone pipeline would leak zero percent in the water supply.
@atlaspressed
11 жыл бұрын
And how do you propose to stop government spending when they bring in hundreds of new voters every day that will always vote for a handout, your priority's are backwards to stop the illegal immigrants from destroying a system that is based on voter numbers, you have to stop the supply of new voters that will vote for there country over yours, trying to get people to give up handouts is hard enough when you speak the same language and impossible when you don't.
@CurtHowland
11 жыл бұрын
"The great thing about patents is that they expire" Say Ramen Somebody!
@magister343
11 жыл бұрын
The best tax option would be a Land Value Tax, levied only on the market value of the unimproved land and not on the fruits of anyone's labor. It is the least distortion to the free market and very progressive while also very simple to collect. Most counties already post all of their land values online. You'd just have to multiply one publicly available number by some percentage.
@ScottNormanRosenthal
11 жыл бұрын
Democracy isn't people's right to do as other people think that they should. It is doing as they feel within the guarantee of the Bill of Rights. When a child, I was upset over the persecution of people over sexual preference. This was decades before Gay Rights became an issue.
@steveknoll3804
5 жыл бұрын
Why did the interviewer keep interrupting with follow up questions before he answered the first question fully. Irritating interviewer.
@DystopianEmpire01
11 жыл бұрын
"If you are worried about water contamination,maybe we better get as much out of the ground as possible." That right there is absurd. ^
@billfargo9616
2 ай бұрын
Recreational drugs should be decriminalized, not legalized, turning it into yet another taxable commodity.
@winmine0327
11 жыл бұрын
The keystone pipeline would leak oil into 30 percent of the irrigated water from the US. No private owner would allow it.
@AaronHoffman
11 жыл бұрын
Re: Social Security: "I'd like to see some way for the younger generation, let's say 40 and under, to invest in other things." Thomas Massie 19:00
@F-U-CKYTCensorship
3 ай бұрын
@19:00
@gilver4sold
11 жыл бұрын
The Keystone pipeline would be comprised of about 1,800 miles of trunk line size pipe. The US presently has about 55,000 miles of trunk line oil pipe. With you "logic" the US would have no irrigated water that was not contaminated with oil. With your logic 6,000 miles would contaminate 100%. Yet we already have 55,000 miles with no significant contamination.
@JamesfromCSpan
11 жыл бұрын
He just said his constituents in KY don't favor legalization of marijuana. Bullshit! I live in KY and a huge population of people favor it. This guy just lost my vote next go around.
@CurtHowland
11 жыл бұрын
Austrian economics is "micro" economics applied to everything. Learn it! Mises. org
@sixtiksix
11 жыл бұрын
This is great stuff with only 5K views....too light for the drudgereport haters and too heavy for the rest....need to throw in some redbull stunts maybe....anyway...I love it...
@GrimrDirge
11 жыл бұрын
To give a VERY oversimplified explanation, I would argue that human migration to better conditions is a "natural right", so long as it does not violate private property boundaries. Surely migration to better social, economic, or climate conditions constitutes a perfect example of the "pursuit of happiness". To put this in context, how is it that the state can throw humans in cages for interfering with the migration of fish or birds, then turn and interfere with the migration of humans?
@fishblades
11 жыл бұрын
How did you come to that conclusion, seems to me you are assuming. He said the States shouldn't have to recognize what the others do.. he didn't specify gay/straight anything. When he used that example of Massachusetts and Kentucky Nick said "AND VICE VERSA which is consistent with your decentralize view." which he agreed with.
@DehydratedNurse
2 ай бұрын
We DID provide in other retirement plans and in 2008? Mine dropped to 00.00
@DystopianEmpire01
11 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@erikskywalker5331
Жыл бұрын
So no one else clicked on this because of the title? Seriously? lol
@GregLoutsenko
11 жыл бұрын
put the .mp3 link in the description!!!!
@thrummer1953
11 жыл бұрын
And it has never caused a problem, dispite the quantity being billions of times greater in volume than any conceivable spill.You might do well to remember that oil originally comes from the ground.If you are worried about water contamination,maybe we better get as much out of the ground as possible.
@erikskywalker5331
Жыл бұрын
I think the main idea is that the carbon is being deposited into the atmosphere. Not that it's naturally occurring.
@ScottNormanRosenthal
11 жыл бұрын
Under the Bill of Rights, only if the state fails to recognize ALL marriages performed in another state.
@billfargo9616
2 ай бұрын
I think Massie means Rand Paul, not Ron Paul, who retired from Congress in 2013.
@DrR1pper
5 жыл бұрын
"When the copyright expires, it shouldn't be re-extended because you have lobbyists here in Washington DC and you've got some empire to protect. The founding fathers stated in the constitution for limited periods of time for a reason *because that's the only real way that you spur creation and innovation."* - Empty claim.
@stephenarling1667
4 жыл бұрын
True Constitution
@billfargo9616
2 ай бұрын
Ronald Reagan abolished the Department of Education by tripling its budget.
@freewillfarms2059
3 жыл бұрын
Kentucky has a whole lot of whisky distilleries and ofcourse he wouldn't sponsor cannabis legislation at the federal level.
@samuils
11 жыл бұрын
You didnt answer my question. Or are you trying to tell me, that in your view its ok for murderers and rapists to migrate to USA? Im asking you that in particular, dont fan out the answer please, I gave you a specific scenario
@Bindahaha
11 жыл бұрын
Hello free neighbor.
@Visfen
11 жыл бұрын
Wow, he's awesome.
@ardenpeters4386
4 жыл бұрын
mr. massie were you educated with Thomas Jefferson Education??? thats awesome if you were!!
@ScottNormanRosenthal
11 жыл бұрын
But he should respect the right of marriage for people exercising their Constitutional Right to marriage.
@adrianmunoz4514
4 жыл бұрын
Scott Norman Rosenthal the constitution said nothing of marriage, government should get out of people’s lives and let people do what they what
@thrummer1953
11 жыл бұрын
Absurd
@ggmo3664
8 жыл бұрын
Why the XL pipeline then Massie ?You are terrific except on this issue. What about Bio-gas ? Talk about Crony BS smothering a viable (50% less carbon emmisioins, waste a wonderful compost etc.) competitor to Corn, Coal and Fossil fuel.
@milesc.anthony2811
6 жыл бұрын
I've noticed this a lot lately because, lately, I come across it every single day...THERE'S NOT A SPACE THEN A QUESTION MARK. THERE'S A WORD...THEN...A...QUESTION...MARK. Modern retardation through busted school systems. 😆😆😆😆
@1974dormouse
3 жыл бұрын
@@milesc.anthony2811 what do you mean ?
@Bindahaha
11 жыл бұрын
^^^ That is a quote from me, not directed towards me. Just to clarify. Not sure why you repeat what I say atlaspressed?
@Bindahaha
11 жыл бұрын
I was hoping that pin might be from ShinyBadges(.)com but probably not. Agora!
@thrummer1953
11 жыл бұрын
No.YOU are pathetically wrong.The pipeline will run alongside numerous other pipelines which have been in place for decades.And no oil would be able to sink to the water table before it was cleaned up.A pipeline is the safest way to transport oil. You don't see Alaska's pipeline contaminating the water table do you? Or how about the billions of tons of oil-based asphalt roads that sit right on the dirt? And the pipeline was re-routed away from any vulnerable aquifers.
@shakdidagalimal
Ай бұрын
Amazing. He has now sen the beast and the beast is very powerful very ugly and very greedy.
@JimofAustin1
11 жыл бұрын
Google: No Agenda
@stephenarling1667
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Right.
@Bindahaha
11 жыл бұрын
*some... many many many are anarchist not minarchist and would do away with both of them.
@Bindahaha
11 жыл бұрын
*our masters. damn youtube add an edit button.
@stephenarling1667
4 жыл бұрын
Did you find the edit button yet? It's on the right.
@thrummer1953
11 жыл бұрын
You are looking for problems where none exist.
@DucksDeLucks
4 жыл бұрын
Religion at 42.00
@GrimrDirge
11 жыл бұрын
I've crossed about six in the last month. Public borders are an arbitrary and criminal restriction on natural human migratory patterns.
@hostarepairman
4 жыл бұрын
You've got to be kidding.
@GrimrDirge
11 жыл бұрын
Rape and murder are crimes; movement is not. To outlaw natural activities for fear of crimes is insane, but has been the father of some of the most destructive policies in history. The drug war, for example, is rationalized by saying that smoking weed might make someone commit other crimes. Beyond that, my personal belief is that a majority of the violent criminals in our society (and Mexico) are manufactured by state meddling. The state creates most of our social problems.
@winmine0327
11 жыл бұрын
Not all pipelines go across the same type of land. Prior to the Keystone original plan nobody had planned to put a pipeline across a lake covered with sand. There are definitely more and less safe places to pipe.
@DystopianEmpire01
11 жыл бұрын
I think we are a little past the hunter-gatherer phase Sherlock.
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