The national debt is now sadly 20 trillion. I think the plan didnt work.

@Hideout2468

6 жыл бұрын

Yup...

@jime3281

6 жыл бұрын

Charles Howard Official Well... dark times have been upon us for about two decades.

@jzthereaper100

5 жыл бұрын

Those are pussy numbers. Lets get to 100 quadrillion!

@Megasigggg

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah.. more like 220 trillion. 20 would be nice...in the 70s. Read up idiot

@adorbstotesadorbs.9371

4 жыл бұрын

@@Megasigggg if you got a penny in your pocket you're wealthier than our country

"If it worked for her, it CAN work for the United States" LOL

@nickm4974

4 жыл бұрын

10 years later...

@eddielienert8171

3 жыл бұрын

11 years later..

@yaminatoday1151

3 жыл бұрын

12 years later, 2021

@Triisttan

2 жыл бұрын

@@yaminatoday1151 repost

@zee9276

2 жыл бұрын

@@yaminatoday1151 13 years later

"Giant military map that we don't use very often..." Lol.

@matthewgillespie2835

4 жыл бұрын

“That we don’t use very often...” yeah... right...

@elijahmendez4107

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewgillespie2835 well yeah, I mean there's only like 2 or 3 countries with out a USA base in it lol they took over a long time ago.. lol

@BarginsGalore

4 жыл бұрын

Elijah Mendez that doesn’t mean we can’t always be at war

@elijahmendez4107

4 жыл бұрын

@@BarginsGalore lol it means America has never known a "peace time"

@BarginsGalore

4 жыл бұрын

@@elijahmendez4107 that's what I'm saying. Somehow we can always be at war dispite having bases all over the world.

"1991 Boeing 747-200B - $4200 or best offer." Lmao i just died.

@smallknuckles5708

6 жыл бұрын

What a scam

@Jefff72

5 жыл бұрын

Hey I had my bid in first!!

@bobdick851

4 жыл бұрын

T Abel it includes a mounted laser according to the discription

@ChaosBW

4 жыл бұрын

No low ballers or tire kickers I know what I got

@danielzhou9968

4 жыл бұрын

“We have two”

“they’re certified by the jewelers vigilance committee, it’s says so right on the website”, killed me

we made 150 $ from that economic plan so far

@randompanda4209

8 жыл бұрын

180 :)

My dudes, this is literally genius level comedy.

@raezad

4 жыл бұрын

It is, it really fucking is

@McVaio

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I thought figuratively.

@andrew_.g

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Benham they used to be so good but now they just aren’t we want the good stuff back

@johnwaas4864

4 жыл бұрын

AndrewG they were bought by like NBC or one of the big worthless propaganda networks and now they suck balls just like everything these networks touch.

@siceastwood2714

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrew_.g theyre still good, but the budget on these short clips must have been immense when being compared to the content that is being uploaded today

"Treasury officials confident plan will work better than selling knives door-to-door" I'm laughing so hard I can't take this anymore

@u.v.s.5583

Жыл бұрын

I personally very much prefer a solid knife against a bit of gold. I mean, if I show somebody the knife they will gladly part from their jewelry and get away.

@larsgrass1899

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's better than working for a Multi Level Marketing Scam.

@plumjet0930

7 ай бұрын

Previous plans include buying lottery tickets, gambling, and selling insurance for Primerica

They haven’t even spoken to the Cash4gold people yet, and they’re briefing the nation. 🤣

@johngullo9420

2 жыл бұрын

Psaki says the administration is “ looking into it “.

"Residents in the Bronx are decrying the lack of gentrification" Well that aged well.

@rico_1617

4 жыл бұрын

Pedro Rodriguez that’s what I thought lol

@nathanfievet5546

4 жыл бұрын

@JediNxf7 keep crime high to afford rent!

@warrcoww6717

3 жыл бұрын

Nathan Fievet the Bronx would be alright if it wasn’t so damn deep, I mean, it takes 2 and a half hours to get from Norwood to Brighton, good think Sheepshead is such a shithole.

@nathanfievet5546

3 жыл бұрын

@@warrcoww6717 just remember if you want to keep affording to live somewhere, murder a neighbour once in a while or fire your gun up the air at 2 AM.

@18754KRS

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanfievet5546 this is our way

"This woman turned in her wedding ring from her first marriage and got the money the next day. If it worked for her it can work for the United States" LMAO

“Holywood looks for cheaper alternatives to phillip seymour hoffman” It’s scary how often ONN predicts the future lol

@JW-un8ui

2 жыл бұрын

How did that predict the future? Just because he died?

@Gondamar

2 жыл бұрын

@@JW-un8ui They recreated him using CGI for movies that he hadn’t finished filming yet

@JW-un8ui

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gondamar okay, I stand corrected. 😂

@Triisttan

2 жыл бұрын

@@JW-un8ui lmfaoo

We need the Onion more than we ever have. I swear, I will never take your high calibre satire for granted again, hell i'll even unblock ads (I won't).

@Monsterenergy791

Жыл бұрын

Been binging these since last week and I forgot just how well written and funny these short videos are. It was a different world 10-15 years ago, people are walking on eggshells now and things need to get back to great comedic standards, thank God for Dave Chappelle

@kyarumomochi5146

Жыл бұрын

Well Onion litterally cant do that as the todays news are borderline stupid by themselves Like top tier comedy at this point would be them making actually non sarcastic news

@CringePoop

Жыл бұрын

@@kyarumomochi5146 they also just don't have the budget. even if they did, the immersion wouldn't work as well because most people don't watch cable news anymore.

@kyarumomochi5146

Жыл бұрын

@@CringePoop Aww i would have loved to see them :(

“National debt climbing to 11 trillion dollars” The US in 2020: rookie numbers (27.7 trillion) The US in 2021: rookie numbers (29.6 trillion) The US in 2022: rookie numbers (31.3 trillion) The US in 2023: rookie numbers (34 trillion) someone remind me to update this in 2025 when 2024 stats drop next year lol

@santosvazquez8829

4 жыл бұрын

Lee now it’s like 25trillion

@jelania

4 жыл бұрын

@@santosvazquez8829 26

@santosvazquez8829

4 жыл бұрын

PandaTye it’s sad how my comment was accurate when I posted it only to become obsolete so quickly. The government really do be spending too much

@stripes8812

4 жыл бұрын

@@santosvazquez8829 only so long before more people realize its just paper, and the rest of the world agrees to value it at 70% of what the US gov't says it is.

@Matthew-li7we

4 жыл бұрын

@@stripes8812 Not gonna happen. Too many large nations hold large amounts of US dollars as a reserve currency. If they said it was worthless then they would be in for a massive loss. Besides, all currency, paper or gold, is worthless when people deem it to be. Lastly, the drawbacks of going back to something like the gold standard are really severe. I mean, talk about suffocating the economy to within an inch of it's life and holding it there!

who else is binging these Onion clips through the 2020 quarantine

@shadowninja958

4 жыл бұрын

@@ryanhenrydean1584 Literally does not belong before an opinion.

@shadowninja958

4 жыл бұрын

You know it brother. Or sister. Or whatever the fuck you are, don't get close enough to let me find out. Social distancing.

@dswill3709

3 жыл бұрын

meeee

@swyxTV

3 жыл бұрын

for the record I am still binging these. send help

@sanmoon3543

3 жыл бұрын

@@swyxTV I’ll send more onion videos

"We've already sold an old military map we don't use very often"

@nickm4974

4 жыл бұрын

It was just sitting there

"If it works for her, it can work for the United States" lmao

I am cought in The Onion Black Hole and it is so beautiful here. I have been watching these videos for many many hours now and I can´t and don´t want to stop. I am having a great time here and I greet all the onion fans out there because part of my blissful experience has been reading through all these comments. Cheers from a random German guy

@stephaniecarrow4898

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the comments are sometimes as funny as the videos. Greetings to you!

"they want to keep the gold for sentimental reasons, or it's pretty....." hahahahahaa

Next up: the U.S. Government applies for payday loans

lol now there is a lot of gentrification in the bronx happening now

@lilHippo

7 жыл бұрын

exeactly

@OryAlle

5 жыл бұрын

It takes about 10 years for most Onion reports to become real news.

@thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938

4 жыл бұрын

OryzivorousAllegory 💀💀💀

@andreavalos2420

4 жыл бұрын

OryzivorousAllegory shit so that one about the apocalyptic future of earth is happening soon?! Fuck.

@bjorn4507

4 жыл бұрын

@@OryAlle about 10 years for onion reports to be realistic, and about 10% of those reports happen

I have an 82” tv that cost me over $1000, so I can confirm that the White House selling that 804” tv for $550 is in fact, a real “steal”.

I love how he just keeps talking over her like its a good idea. Hits alittle close to home when you hear politicians(irl) lay out their plans now during press meetings.

"recession forcing japanese companies to remove ceremonial suicide blade from severance package"

@u.v.s.5583

Жыл бұрын

They can still sell their gold wedding rings and buy the blade!

@VUfElectrolyticCapacitor

Ай бұрын

This aged well

xD "Obama apologizes to nation for eating gelato" This channel is amazing. You always make my day so much better.

got 4200 cash that plane still around?

@quietcorner293

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I bought it! I quickly turned it for a small profit.

@classonbread5757

4 жыл бұрын

@@quietcorner293 small

@quietcorner293

4 жыл бұрын

@@classonbread5757 I sold it for $4210. It appears that no one wants that old thing anyways.

@slyseal2091

4 жыл бұрын

@@quietcorner293 I mean, with you that thing had like 4 previous owners, basically trash.

@quietcorner293

4 жыл бұрын

@@slyseal2091 Maybe you can go on Pimp my 747?!

They mentioned stimulus packages and that's why they are selling the gold, this aged like a fine wine

@austinweaver5649

2 жыл бұрын

they did a stimulus check in 2008, thats what theyre referring to here

@matthewjones39

8 ай бұрын

You’re joking, right?

What's crazy is Andrea Bennett i.e. Kyla Grogan actually ended up becoming a meteorologist for Kron4 News

"That is correct, we've already sold a giant military map that we don't use very often" I rofled XD

@rory2345

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@Triisttan

2 жыл бұрын

"I rofled XD" yeah you can tell this comment was 12 years old without even looking at the age of the comment

@shimamigobligah

2 жыл бұрын

@@Triisttan I don't want to talk about it

"Hollywood looks for cheaper alternatives to Philip Seymour Hoffman." Ouch!

*watches this video on my new 804" tv I got on Craigslist*

@nickm4974

4 жыл бұрын

Wow me too but I used Cash4Gold to buy bitcoin

“11 trillion dollars” cries in national debt

why was the onion so ahead of it's time

@laserdragon1253

3 жыл бұрын

*its

@TrySomeFentanyl

2 жыл бұрын

Because the same shit has been happening for 50 years, but since your of age to kinda understand things now, you think it just started when in fact Whats going on is nothing new. Covid is worse then every other pandemic scare theyve had every 2 years for 4 decades, but they needed to retake the white house and crash trumps economy.

@jaypee9575

2 жыл бұрын

It's not. Lot's of popular KZread channels make clever advertisements disguised as satire.

Absolute genius. May The Onion live on for generations and generations.

It’s been so long since I saw those ads. The memories are flooding back

im on the floor holy shit

@PinkOrangeOrangePink

3 жыл бұрын

wutt

@jafetlamadrid2759

3 жыл бұрын

Speedrunning national debt, I see

@moistfungus3780

3 жыл бұрын

Never thought I'd see gladJonas here lol.

@moonlightcocktail

3 жыл бұрын

I'm squatting on the floor too.

@arcaneshatter3334

3 жыл бұрын

then get up idiot

This was so well done. That lady is spot on and the concept is just hilarious. I love the onion.

I like how defensive the US government is lol.

@badereric

4 жыл бұрын

Spencer Graham-Thille it's funny ur so stupid u either think this is real or bring something totally irrelevant to the video to the comment section

Hahahaah these are so brilliant. And the little text inlays and ticker at the bottom have so many Easter eggs I have to pause it over and over to see it all.

I think this is one of the most underrated onion videos ever

lol! 1:46 "Recession Forcing Japanese Companies to remove Ceremonial Suicide Blade from Severance package"

Smart move, wish more countries in economic trouble would cash in their chips like this

11 years later, still funniest stuff on YT

The woman playing the anchor is so spot on it's disturbing;). The writing and the acting in these older Onion pieces beat anything out there. Anyone knows more? What was the magic recipe back then? Did they use "real" actors instead of comedians who sometimes are good actors and often aren't (SNL). Did they produce on less frequent deadlines?

@iwatchwithnoads7480

2 жыл бұрын

The actors had background in newscasting.

hahaha "we just need that cash now, we have a stimulus to pay off" hahahaha

negotiator fails to get moose out of department store lol i love the onion :D

Gordon Brown’s bottom comes to mind. This practically happened in the UK.

@norsejohn7248

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed it did.

@An1mePhreak I heard that you walked around in the plane. Yelling with anger,"they told me that ashtrays would be included!!" lol

“With the national debt climbing to an estimated $11 trillion-“ * looks at current national debt * * $31 trillion * Yep, we’re definitely doing ok right now.

@AG-vb6vv

Жыл бұрын

You’re forgetting inflation

@lucidnode

Жыл бұрын

It's fine, all we need to do is steal 3/4ths of all Bitcoin. That'll pay off our debts.

@ok-sj7bx

11 ай бұрын

​@@AG-vb6vvinflation in 15 years or so is not 3x

Damn 4200 for a 747 that a lretty good deal if you ask me

@spiddyman0079

5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Almgren Na bro. See if they take $1000

@Bonez0r

5 жыл бұрын

Not just any 747, but Air Force One, see description below the photo.

@JamesBond-xx1lv

4 жыл бұрын

You want to pay over 100k a day to keep that bitch running?? No.

@cpotisch

4 жыл бұрын

It’s all a joke, genius.

@ThomasStuart

4 жыл бұрын

r/whooosh

That was great, especially the putting Air Force One up on Craigslist

I like the way the commentary makes me feel smart

I wouldn't even be surprised anymore if they actually did this

"1991 Boeing 747-200B $4200 or Best Offer" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHA I love this anchor too, she's awesome!! HIlarious as always!!

@JohnS1999 Right. It's called "FIAT Currency", aka, "We tell you it has value, so it has value."

Just print the money and pay off the whole debt! What could go wrong? Get that money printer to go brrrr. Nothing bad ever came of governments printing money to pay off debt. Right Germany?

@whoooshifg5830

3 жыл бұрын

Yes what could go wrong? *Hides Venezuela and Zimbabwe on a corner*

@pasikuisma1948

3 жыл бұрын

if you borrow 10 trillion dollars in US dollars, then double the money in circulation, you now only have to pay 50% of the original debt. This is the reason you borrow in your own currency lol.

11 trillion dollar debt, those were the days

Damn that’s a crazy deal on an 804 inch TV it’s no wonder why we have debt

@2020starman Actually USA is suppose to have the largest gold reserves. Except we have haven't audited where it is held Fort Knox and various other places.

This show is like live action South Park

2:07 dude imagine playing video games on this as they say you can in the description. 550 bucks? Deal!

Lmao I had completely forgotten about those commercials

i think its funny how the intro to these things are always so epic. lol

"Or because they think it's pretty..." *lol*

I need to stop watching these, i'm meant to be doing work.

GREAT EPISODE

Ha! Loved the news ticker at the bottom also!!

They already did this for real. Fort Knox is empty.

@jacobschweiger5897

4 жыл бұрын

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository false

@implodingbaby

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobschweiger5897 someone didn't get the joke

@jacobschweiger5897

4 жыл бұрын

implodingbaby it didn’t seem like a joke to me

@ritcusreyni

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobschweiger5897 Your authoritative source on the status of Fort Knox is Wikipedia? Okay. Facts are, there hasn't been a legitimate audit of the gold in decades. The last attempt by Ron Paul was derailed in 8 years ago. Is Fort Knox empty? Probably not, but since they won't allow an official government to audit what's really there, there's probably not as much as they claim.

@heathc148

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobschweiger5897 Agreed. The joke was bad.

Well, I'm currently enjoying my air Force 1 plane. What a steal! 😎

@vicgamesvt9682

3 жыл бұрын

You got scammed if you bought it for $4200 a fair price would be $420.69 not $4200.

@Killerbee_McTitties

3 жыл бұрын

bet youre not enjoying those gas prices though

I love that the anchor woman is asking all the right questions.

The best Onion video in a while....

Every year that that this video has aged, 1 trillion dollar has been added to the national debt

This is one of Onions' headlines that is sooooo close to the truth as you can get!!!

this is so amazingly appropriate, dont know where to begin

@rory2345

2 жыл бұрын

haha

lol the intro music sure is epic!

Ah yes the Goverment Then also Sent all soldiers into battle with No guns because they Pawned All the Weapons at the Local pawnshop

@OilFreak

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention, all millitary veichles were donated to kars for kids in "an act of goodwill"

if it worked for her, then it can work for the United States 🤣

Truely ahead of time.

the worst part is that this is something that politicians may so something like this.

The Bronx community is crying for gentrification??!! 😂

@daveyflave9936

4 жыл бұрын

That was 10 years ago they are getting it today that’s for sure

Yeah I saw that too

Nice! EPIC!! i love this video.... great work.

The most unrealistic part of this is the government doing something about the debt.

@LoveOverwhelming

8 ай бұрын

Why would they? Paying off the interest is far better

boing 747 4.7k or best offer LOL!

This video is pure GOLD, even today 😂

oh, and is it just me; or did the beggining graphics part get so much more awesome?

Hey how much do you want for that 747? I'll give you $300 for it!!

Nixon was the one who did this. (no, this is not satire)

@jjs8426

6 жыл бұрын

jcrowley1985 Nixon was a saint (no satire or sarcasm)

@muuundotarde7914

6 жыл бұрын

jcrowley1985. Nixon was an amazing guy, he could fit both a right fist and a left fist inside him, both agendas ripping him apart. Yet he helt it togheter .

@apare677

5 жыл бұрын

jcrowley1985, Nixon was one of our greatest Presidents, it's a shame what ended coming of him.

I love the fact that Cash4Gold links to this video (on vimeo) from their own web site.

They gonna do this soon to patch cash printing event

This is why I love the Onion. As long as you know your watching the onion, and not real news. As one of their episodes was presented recently. It was the(classified), classified episode. Man. some of the idiots there, even though it carried the onion logo, vehimently claimed it was a real session of congress and they were having shit fits over how it was another example of the hill screwing the people. There was some serious name calling going on. Comedy bringing on a societal amagedon.

@FieldsOfConfusion

2 жыл бұрын

Are you still around

@dotz7616

Жыл бұрын

@@FieldsOfConfusion I'd like to know too!

It pains me to see an Onion video where they say the US debt is now 11 trillion dollars. Also, it doesn't help that the top comment from 2 years ago said 20 trillion. Its now 23.3 trillion.

@anactualplant9574

4 жыл бұрын

Therecreep it’s now 23.5 trillion

@Therecreep

4 жыл бұрын

@@anactualplant9574 It is now actually 23.6 trillion. I love this government!

@hexagonist23

3 жыл бұрын

@@Therecreep 26 trillion and counting edit: actually 27.2 trillion

@Therecreep

3 жыл бұрын

@@hexagonist23 It’s actually $27.2T now

@hexagonist23

3 жыл бұрын

@@Therecreep What if we just never pay the debt we have the strongest military

hahah the captions are awesome!

Best ONN video yet :)

American debt only at eleven trillion dollars? Wow, must be an old video!

@Polyglot_English

4 жыл бұрын

*Weeps in 2020*

@ilikestew5719

3 жыл бұрын

@@Polyglot_English It's only like 26 trillion basically 11 trillion

Hope cash4gold accepts gold that doesn't exist.

lmao "Geithner read testimonials to make sure site was legit." made me lol so much

That cash4gold brought me back

It's sad that I could legitimately see this happening