SAMANTHA BEE: Now, while Democrats are trying to raise benefits by 15 percent, Republicans are attempting to block that change. Just for context, the maximum benefit for a family of four is only $646 per month. For Republicans, giving hungry families an extra hundred bucks during a worldwide pandemic is too much of an ask both because they deeply, passionately don't give a s*** about poor people and because Steve Mnuchin needs it to fashion sheets for his bed.
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DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN: We've been through really tough times before, and we did emerge better as a result of them.
MIKE RUBENS: For example, the Great Depression led to once radical reforms.
GOODWIN: You get eventually Social Security, you get a safety net, and you get a minimum wage and collective bargaining.
RUBENS: World War II brought the G.I. Bill, more women in the workforce, and the final defeat of fascism. (shows clip of Donald Trump) Okay, temporary defeat.
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MIKE RUBENS: First, how about a better social safety net? Here's Robert Reich, author of The System: Who Rigged It, How to Fix It.
ROBERT B. REICH: We are the most unequal in terms of income and wealth of any advanced country. We have socialism for the rich and the harshest form of capitalism you can imagine for everybody else.
RUBENS: What specific changes would you like to see emerge after the pandemic?
REICH: Well, if I'm going to put on my silver lining hat.
RUBENS: Please do.
REICH: We should cancel student debt -- we could have a universal health care system -- we could have universal basic income not keeping people comfortable but making sure they don't go hungry.
RUBENS: Universal health care -- debt forgiveness -- I love the vision. Now to Trump.
REICH: If I am still allowed to have my silver lining hat on, Donald Trump is not only out of a job but he is prosecuted for violating the law. In fact, there's a race among public prosecutors to see who is going to get him in prison first.
RUBENS: Robert Reich, I love your imagination.
