I don’t agree with Matthews most of the time, but here he absolutely nails it. In essence he’s saying: The reason gov’t doesn’t work is because they are working for their own reelection, rather than doing what’s right for the country. If he isn’t right, one is hard-pressed to make a cogent argument for using your tax dollars to buy cell phones for deadbeats. They are buying votes, period. Immigration? Voter ID’s? Smaller gov’t? You name it. Everything they do is for their own benefit, not ours.
“They are buying votes”
No, they are buying donors, and pleasing the media.
They should be ‘buying votes’ for re-election, that’s how it’s supposed to be: voting in a way that pleases the most constituents.
It has it’s many faults but democracy is necessary until something better comes along.
Pandering to voters is nothing new.
Donors and media’s dependence on government-subsidized consumer spending is the problem he’s misinterpreting IMO.
Donors and media are both extremely opposed to voters’ interests.
Notice Trump’s actions are ameliorative to both donor and media misconduct: has no donors and battles the media ferociously.
Trump said it first, very early in his campaign.
Near the end it almost sounds like Matthews is speaking on behalf of himself and gives kudos to Trump for picking up on it.