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The Big One Page #6
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1997
- 91 min
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to Manpower, Incorporated...
the temp agency
whose world headquarters...
just happened to be
located in Milwaukee.
Manpower... a company
that guarantees you...
a job for a day...
was now the number-one employer
in the country.
We thought, seeing how
this is such a great company...
maybe we could get Ed
a temp job.
I want to thank you
for stopping by...
and I wish
I could help you further...
at this point,
but you took me by surprise...
and I'd like to find out more
about the situation.
MOORE:
How about an applicationfor Ed to get a temp job?
- Please?
- No?
- Thanks.
- No?
Milwaukee was a great base
for manufacturing...
and there's really nobody left.
And now, we were one of
and now we're going...
so I don't know
what we're going to do.
[Applause]
You know, whenever
I fly to one of these cities...
some businessman...
who, after having
a couple of martinis...
Iooks over at me
and, you know...
[Gruff voice] "Who are you?
Oh, yeah. Roger Moore."
[Laughter]
"I know you.
You made that movie.
"What have you got
against profit?"
That's what
they have to say, right?
"What have you got
against profit?
"Company's got a responsibility
to its shareholders.
"That's our system...
the shareholders."
[Chuckles]
That's not our system.
Our system's a democracy.
I've read
the U.S. Constitution.
The word "shareholder" does not
appear once in that document.
[Applause]
I've seen the word "people"...
of, by, and for the people...
I've seen that...
but I've not seen the word
"shareholder."
But, you know,
that's what they like to say.
They like to spout off
with that stuff, don't they?
The shareholders. Profit.
"Company should be able to do
whatever it can...
"to make a profit, Mike.
"You can't stop a company
from doing that."
Yes, we can. [Laughs]
We have a democracy.
We can do whatever we want.
We can pass
whatever law we want...
as long as it fits
into that Constitution.
We can pass any law we want.
We do it all the time.
If it's just about profit...
If it's just
about making a profit...
well, then, why doesn't
General Motors sell crack?
[Laughter]
Huh? They could make
A 2,000-pound car makes G.M.
about a $1,000 profit.
there's a million bucks there.
So why don't they sell crack?
MAN:
The CIA'sgot the market cornered.
MOORE:
The CIA has got the market.
[Laughter, applause]
Where are the Republicans...
when you want to
privatize something, right?
[Laughter]
Actually,
that's what we need to do.
We need to turn crack
over to General Motors...
because they'll really
screw it up, you know?
We'll eliminate crack
in five years...
if we just turn it over
to General Motors.
They'll completely mismanage
the whole thing, right?
MOORE:
Oh, my God!We made the "New York Times"
best-seller list.
[Laughing] Oh, man!
Oh, God. Oh, my God.
That's such good news.
Have you called Kathleen?
Oh! Oh, my God!
Oh! Oh, I'm stunned!
They must be flipping out
there at Random House.
Yeah, OK. All right.
All right.
TIA:
Ha ha!Rockford pushed us over.
MOORE:
Rockford!It was Rockford! Ha ha!
How do I feel about the book
being sold by a corporation?
MAN:
Yeah. Did you everconsider trying to sell it...
at just non-corporate
book stores?
MOORE:
You know, I did,until I made...
the "New York Times"
best-seller list.
Now I don't think corporations
are such a bad idea.
Flat tax isn't
a bad idea either...
come to think of it.
Thank you.
MOORE:
At the state capitolin Wisconsin...
I accompanied
a group of women...
whose welfare benefits
had just been cut...
by the Republican governor,
Tommy Thompson...
and the Democratic president,
Bill Clinton.
Joining us,
quite unexpectedly...
were two morning deejays
from the local rock station.
And the Crash-and-Burns Crew
here on WJJO...
and we're gonna offer
to clean up his office...
to show him that
these people want their money...
and they're willing
to work for it.
Man, I'm winded.
[Chattering]
- Michael Moore.
- Michael.
Good to meet ya.
Governor Thompson here?
No, he's actually...
he's out of state.
He's out of state?
who are recipients of welfare.
They would like to come in and
clean the governor's office.
They brought mops, brooms,
some dust pads...
We already have people
who do that.
But they want to give it
an extra polish.
MAN:
lt'd be a lot cheaper.Yeah. Because
We have people
who are paid to do that.
But you know the governor's
worried about welfare.
People not wanting to work.
We give them jobs
where they don't...
They don't even have
to get welfare benefits.
They'll get a real paycheck.
MOORE:
You'll give themreal jobs with real paychecks?
- Sure, we'll help them.
- Where they won't be evicted?
They'll have enough money
to pay rent and get food?
You'll do that
We'll set them up with people
who'll help them do that.
- Right now you will?
- Sure. Where are they from?
What kind of wage
are you gonna pay them here?
- Pardon?
- What kind of wage?
Most people who are leaving
welfare right now...
are makin' $6.00 an hour.
WOMAN:
Do you realizethat the average job...
starts at
5.25 to 5.75 an hour?
KEANE:
First of all,let me explain something.
Say it is 5.25 an hour,
and you're makin' 5.25 an hour.
You will have,
at the end of the year...
5,000 dollars more
real income in your pocket...
than being on the A.F.D.C.
I don't want to be on A.F.D.C.
I'm a full-time student
working now...
KEANE:
That's my point.If you're workin',
even at that $5.00-an-hour job,
if you just
look at the pure cash...
the pure dollars,
you're makin' more money...
at that $5.00-an-hour job
than you are on the A.F.D.C.
WOMAN:
But I'm not gettin'medical benefits, dental...
KEANE:
Sure you will.Wait a minute. My children
are not gonna be covered.
Who's gonna pay
for my child care?
KEANE:
Seriously, ma'am,if you went to the job center...
WOMAN:
I'm goin' there now!That's what I'm tellin' you now.
We already at the job center.
We're already
on the Pay for Performers.
We've already been through
the goals program.
We've already took the classes.
I still don't have a job...
and I'm still on welfare.
MAN:
What do you thinkof all this?
I'm staying out of the way.
You know my problem.
MAN:
What's your problem?Well, Governor Thompson
is a personal friend...
and the lieutenant governor
is also a personal friend...
and I really don't want them
to see me here...
and wonder
what the heck I'm doing.
Roger Smith,
my old buddy, all right?
Here's Governor Thompson
giving a welfare check to Roger.
- Yeah.
- OK?
And how many jobs
did that help create...
for people that you're
complaining about to work?
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