Remy: Raise the Debt Ceiling Rap (Again)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
  • Ten years and another $15 trillion added to the debt since his original rap, Remy is back to make it rain.
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    Putting America's depressing fiscal policy to a beat since 2011!
    Written and performed by Remy; video produced by Meredith & Austin Bragg; mastering by Ben Karlstrom.
    LYRICS:
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling again!
    Thirty trillion in debt and yo we're back again
    Still printing lots of money, telling all of your friends
    I told you this would happen but you were a doubting Thomas
    Thirty is the last trillion I'll ever need-I swear, I promise
    Printing and spending for businesses we see hurting
    So much theater stimulus they call me Pee-wee Herman
    It's like we're spending junkies just getting the itch
    Can I have another trillion? I promised my district a bridge
    It was a crisis before, we took the lesson to heart
    By spending so much money now we're printing pressing the chart
    Spending billions and billions on sweet military gear
    Did any wind up with the enemy? What do you want to hear?
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling again!
    Back up in the Fed and we're still super stoked
    Somehow printing lots of money while we're working remote
    Still dropping IOUs in every fund yes sir
    Hamilton started this place-that's why it only goes "BURR!!!"
    Prices are rising at every venue it's bad
    And for sure that dollar menu looks especially sad
    Gas prices are rising, it's getting hard for the competent
    It costs an arm and a leg-where am I? The Saudi consulate?
    Leaving IOUs you should give it a try son
    M1 used to sink your battleship, now it's what you use to buy one
    Just say the magic word, I'll set the printer abuzz
    Charmin might run out of paper son, but guess who never does?
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling again!
    Now if you examine the chart and you look close again
    We borrow more than 40 cents of every dollar we spend
    Nondiscretionary spending is at terrible paces!
    Do you have a response? Yes! You're racist
    We should spend most on children! We should spend most on patients!
    Okay-hear me out-why don't we spend most on interest payments?
    We're playing with fire we know the end of this story!
    How do you classify your incompetence? Transitory
    Objects in the mirror are closer than they seem
    And to a man with a printer each problem looks like a ream
    But when I'm looking at the folks that we've elected to lead
    I'm guessing that it won't be long till we're back saying we need to
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling!
    Raise the debt ceiling again!

Комментарии • 584

  • @Cannibalized08
    @Cannibalized08 2 года назад +134

    "That's why the printer goes BURR"
    "Costs an arm and a leg, where am I at, the Saudi Consolate?"
    Remy you are a mad lad

  • @notme222
    @notme222 2 года назад +986

    "That's why the printer goes Burr." OK, that's brilliant.

    • @damiengrief
      @damiengrief 2 года назад +15

      Best line.

    • @johnsanders561
      @johnsanders561 2 года назад +2

      He must watch the Kieser Report

    • @jacknicastro585
      @jacknicastro585 2 года назад +3

      Beat me to it 😂

    • @SNAPLINKSLLC
      @SNAPLINKSLLC 2 года назад +4

      Brilliant ? Huhhhhh "burrr" has been recycled alot. It's a lot better lines in this song. Like how the feds competence is transitory

    • @jackbaxter-williams8059
      @jackbaxter-williams8059 2 года назад +7

      I don't know anyone who would get that joke but i laughed till i hurt.

  • @LPauloGL
    @LPauloGL 2 года назад +672

    As a Brazilian I always though to myself, things would be better when the Brazilian economy becomes more like the US’s… I didn’t account for the possibility of the US becoming more like us though

    • @stillwaterbuilders3714
      @stillwaterbuilders3714 2 года назад +19

      Socialist are a canker in every country. All they're going to achieve is a united American empire anyway.

    • @jcoludar
      @jcoludar 2 года назад +6

      @@stillwaterbuilders3714 Dude, that's not socialism, trust me - I lived in one. That's strictly a capitalistic lunacy.

    • @Bonanzaking
      @Bonanzaking 2 года назад +40

      @@jcoludar nah we still have central bankers and elect central planners. Thats anything but capitalism

    • @libertatempugnator9643
      @libertatempugnator9643 2 года назад +5

      Only thing the dallor has going for it is the world uses it to trade. Its probibly the only thing keeping the us economy up

    • @davidanalyst671
      @davidanalyst671 2 года назад +1

      brazil is shtt right now bro.... you did so much stimulus that you can't raise the fed rate to suck all the liquidity out fast enough. right now the rates are so high that nobody can buy houses, and pretty soon, it will be so high that nobody will be able to buy cars.

  • @justinmoran7463
    @justinmoran7463 2 года назад +67

    "Charmin might run out of paper son, but guess who never does"

    • @curiousing
      @curiousing 2 года назад +6

      That was the best line.

  • @PewPewLookout
    @PewPewLookout 2 года назад +266

    'Hamilton started this place, thats why the printer goes BURR.'.. Bruh, satire should not have bars that hard lmao

    • @msk1340
      @msk1340 2 года назад +10

      that was such a beautiful allusion, like it makes me smile so much lol

    • @swordarmstudios6052
      @swordarmstudios6052 2 года назад +5

      That line in particular gives me such nerdy happiness.

    • @donweatherwax9318
      @donweatherwax9318 Год назад +1

      His bars harder than a JAIL son

  • @ragingfred
    @ragingfred 2 года назад +122

    It turns out our debt really was more unsustainable than Remy's rap career.

  • @bwarrent
    @bwarrent 2 года назад +208

    I was just re-watching the "YOU WANT PEOPLE TO DIE" song this morning and wondering if we'll ever get a new Remy song.
    Good timing.

    • @jeffa7671
      @jeffa7671 2 года назад +12

      Careful, you’ll start looking up before you cross the street.

    • @agisler87
      @agisler87 2 года назад +10

      @@jeffa7671 and wearing two helmets!

    • @elijahbigsby4154
      @elijahbigsby4154 2 года назад +5

      He's been pumping out videos on his personal channel that's dedicated to Magic the Gathering content. I swear, the man has some of the smartest lyrics I've seen in songs.

    • @MinaHaroun
      @MinaHaroun 2 года назад

      I had the same with "Fed Ass't Printing"

  • @jl6723
    @jl6723 2 года назад +389

    The transitory joke is by far the best one. Can't wait for 10 years to pass and people not to get it, like the Shovel Ready one from the previous video.

    • @marsandbars
      @marsandbars 2 года назад +1

      Is the joke that they'll be voted out of office?

    • @admthrawnuru
      @admthrawnuru 2 года назад +35

      @@marsandbars Not sure if you're joking, but in case you aren't many powers that be are claiming the current levels of inflation are "transitory" (meaning prices are rising due to temporary supply issues, not monetary policy). The joke is that, even while that may be partially true, prices won't stop going up, let alone go back down... at best they'll just stop going up quite as fast. Ergo, these politicians' incompetence is "transitory" in the same way, not really ever going away.

    • @marsandbars
      @marsandbars 2 года назад +11

      @@admthrawnuru Oh, thanks for explaining. This one went right over my head.

    • @cheeseburger12
      @cheeseburger12 2 года назад +3

      The Aaron Burrrrr joke was the best.

    • @Lonovavir
      @Lonovavir 2 года назад +6

      Transitory inflation's the new two weeks to flatten the curve.

  • @swolebro
    @swolebro 2 года назад +257

    No worries, we'll just pay it off with dog money.

    • @CuriousOne75
      @CuriousOne75 2 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @kek397
      @kek397 2 года назад +10

      dog money?

    • @westwoodnik
      @westwoodnik 2 года назад +6

      Ok this wins for that sweet callback.

    • @swolebro
      @swolebro 2 года назад +10

      @@kek397 Dog money.

    • @kek397
      @kek397 2 года назад +13

      @@swolebro we tradin it in for dog money!

  • @XdgamehackerXd
    @XdgamehackerXd 2 года назад +45

    When you realized they made the same exact song 10 years ago it really adds to the again

  • @MarkLeel
    @MarkLeel Год назад +15

    It’s scary how well this aged and continues to age.

  • @JazzJackrabbit
    @JazzJackrabbit 2 года назад +20

    I love how Remy saved all his old props from 10 years ago. Nostalgic!

  • @noahdeering7713
    @noahdeering7713 2 года назад +65

    Not only is this witty and tragically true, but also it's better than 99% of the rap songs out there. Gold.

    • @UnknownUser-ej8tk
      @UnknownUser-ej8tk 2 года назад

      It's a funny little video but don't disrespect hip hop like that lol.

    • @kek397
      @kek397 2 года назад +2

      @@UnknownUser-ej8tk Its a genre. I'm sure it doesn't feel disrespected.

  • @m-the-best
    @m-the-best 2 года назад +165

    AGAIN I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! We are so happy you are back we have all missed you Remy!🤍🤍🔥🔥🖤🖤

  • @gsdlmj3450
    @gsdlmj3450 2 года назад +74

    "To each man with a printer every problem looks like a ream." Bless you Remy, another banger.

  • @MaxMckayful
    @MaxMckayful 2 года назад +29

    Remy is a god-damn genius. Give him ALL the support.

  • @pengudapenguin
    @pengudapenguin 2 года назад +89

    Keep'em coming! Need you more than ever Remy.

  • @creedonjm
    @creedonjm 2 года назад +16

    No problem, just put it all in Dog Money. Kudos on saving the outfit from 10 years ago.

  • @fatcat4191
    @fatcat4191 Год назад +6

    It’s that time of year again

  • @neighbortim
    @neighbortim 2 года назад +56

    “It costs an arm and a leg! Where am I, the Saudi Consulate?” Oh man feel the Burrrn

  • @michaelmcchesney6645
    @michaelmcchesney6645 2 года назад +12

    What does Remy do in between Reason videos? I would be willing to buy an album (boy that showed my age) or go to a concert performance if he's ever in NYC. I guess he must have a regular job. But he is so talented he deserves to be a much bigger star.

    • @TheStephenation
      @TheStephenation 2 года назад +3

      He does make weekly videos about Magic: the Gathering on his MTGRemy channel.

  • @ProductBasement
    @ProductBasement 2 года назад +31

    Maybe they should put a ceiling on the debt ceiling. And then put a ceiling on the debt ceiling ceiling. And then maybe a ceiling on the debt ceiling ceiling ceiling

    • @HateTheIRS
      @HateTheIRS 2 года назад +1

      You forgot to add a ceiling on top of that

    • @ProductBasement
      @ProductBasement 2 года назад +3

      @@HateTheIRS that's racist

  • @MrBorve
    @MrBorve Год назад +4

    Remy should make a new debt ceiling rap every time the national debt doubles. That would give him a sustainable rap career.

  • @Vorpal_Wit
    @Vorpal_Wit 2 года назад +30

    " ... and to a man with a printer, each problem looks like a ream." *chef's kiss

  • @lantastic1
    @lantastic1 Год назад +7

    This needs to go mainstream. Billboard hot 100.

  • @megposting
    @megposting Год назад +2

    this goes through my head every time i see a headline about the debt ceiling

  • @trublaze
    @trublaze Год назад +5

    Part 3's gotta drop soon

  • @TheThunder005
    @TheThunder005 2 года назад +2

    We were all needing this.... again!

  • @iosvanydalmau9872
    @iosvanydalmau9872 2 года назад +16

    REMY I was afraid you would never make another song! PLEASE never leave us!

  • @xelan8549
    @xelan8549 2 года назад +6

    oh they will run out of paper as soon as the paper mills stop accepting US Dolllars
    Edit 1 year later: And they just hit the debt ceiling again. I guess there'll be another rendition of this masterpiece out soon.

  • @janineanderson1
    @janineanderson1 Год назад +5

    5/24/23 we're back again!

  • @matthewconnor5483
    @matthewconnor5483 2 года назад +8

    So many savage one liners.

  • @eliadaballazhi2982
    @eliadaballazhi2982 2 года назад +13

    Omggggggg remyyyy is back againnnn. I can die in peaceeee

  • @01nmuskier
    @01nmuskier 2 года назад +4

    I thought the Pee Wee Herman joke was good, until the Aaron Burr line! 🤣
    Saudi consulate is a close honorable mention.

  • @thekotzbrocken4437
    @thekotzbrocken4437 2 года назад +5

    "It costs and arm and a leg!
    Where am I? The Saudi consulate?"

  • @jefferydebbink282
    @jefferydebbink282 Год назад +2

    May 22, 2023: we’re debating whether to raise the debt ceiling…AGAIN!!!

  • @gunterdapenguin5896
    @gunterdapenguin5896 2 года назад +10

    Imagine spending on average $1.5 trillion more than we have every year, that's gotta be the worst accounting/handling of money in history

    • @GiovanniV69
      @GiovanniV69 2 года назад

      lol. Have you heard of a little place called Venezuela?

    • @charlescoon577
      @charlescoon577 2 года назад

      @GunterDaPenguin My government accounting professor at University of Houston Downtown stated that accounting for the US Federal Government was complete voodoo, would almost certainly not be included in any part of the CPA exam in Texas and not to study how the feds do accounting.

  • @DeceptiveSquid
    @DeceptiveSquid Год назад +3

    We're getting close to Raising the Debt Ceiling Yet Again.

  • @jamesdc9595
    @jamesdc9595 2 года назад +7

    Jfc that Kashoggi line 😂

  • @Ryan-is-me
    @Ryan-is-me 2 года назад +6

    Not only is this educational, it's also a bop

  • @lisaroper421
    @lisaroper421 2 года назад +27

    It has to be a rap because if it was more lyrical I would be crying the whole time 😭😭😭

  • @ShubhamSinghYoutube
    @ShubhamSinghYoutube 2 года назад +3

    "Let's never do it again"
    2025: US is 50 trillion $ in debt

  • @niclash
    @niclash 2 года назад +3

    Why is it called a Debt CEILING? They are digging an ever deeper hole, going DOWN, not up...

  • @sportsdude2828
    @sportsdude2828 2 года назад +22

    I would like to request that Remy make a parody of "Hotel California" called "Hotel Australia" that talks about their...uh...covid camps

  • @twc9000
    @twc9000 2 года назад +20

    Remy’s back! It’s funny but sad that a parody is more accurate than most of the news media.

    • @tyc00n
      @tyc00n 2 года назад +2

      and easier to digest

  • @KILLEREND-rb5fd
    @KILLEREND-rb5fd 6 месяцев назад +1

    Now 34 trillion debt and still raising,this song right for 2024.

  • @LatePlay33
    @LatePlay33 2 года назад +3

    Such a special talent. Thank you for this. Most people just don't seem to understand (or care?) what a dangerous path we are on.

  • @Dpwilson420
    @Dpwilson420 Год назад +2

    well, one year on and Remy I can now call you a prophet "I'm guessing that it won't be long till we're back saying we need to raise the debt ceiling.

  • @jackstorm777
    @jackstorm777 2 года назад +2

    Amazing how Remz has been going for over a decade and still improving, love the content man

  • @gusmc2220
    @gusmc2220 11 месяцев назад +2

    now you have to do an "oops we did it again" parody of this

  • @BonnieBlue2A
    @BonnieBlue2A 2 года назад +9

    Terrific follow-up to ‘Fed Asst’d Printing’. Thank you Remy.

  • @Ryan-is-me
    @Ryan-is-me 2 года назад +1

    Came back here because this song keeps getting stuck in my head. It's so gooood

  • @mark2078
    @mark2078 Год назад +3

    A year on and it happened again!

  • @th.nd.r
    @th.nd.r 2 года назад +5

    Some of these need to go on Spotify

  • @sirskeptic
    @sirskeptic 2 года назад +2

    Just exceptional as usual.

  • @chrisdixon892
    @chrisdixon892 Год назад +1

    Looking forward to version 3.

  • @g_savag3661
    @g_savag3661 2 года назад

    Remy me and my buddy watched your old stuff we MISSED YOU SO GLAD I FOUND YOU AGAIN

  • @akphoffman
    @akphoffman Год назад +2

    Its that time of year again.

  • @kevinrotten8259
    @kevinrotten8259 Год назад +2

    Awesome song here we go again

  • @jakegarrett8109
    @jakegarrett8109 2 года назад +11

    The McWater had me laughing. Last time I had a cup of water at McDonnalds it was $1.09, and that's sadly not a joke...

    • @JD2jr.
      @JD2jr. 2 года назад +1

      Always wait to ask for water or condiments until after you pay

    • @jakegarrett8109
      @jakegarrett8109 Год назад

      I knew it, I saw the water part again and immediately thought back to that same day but I wasn't sure if this was a new updated version I hadn't seen, yet here I am....
      And yeah, that water was still a ripoff, still remembered it instantly to this day!

  • @jeremykraenzlein5975
    @jeremykraenzlein5975 Год назад

    I just watched this video (in February 2023). It and all of the comments say that they are a year old, but the video is still as relevant as any I've seen today.

  • @wildspeaker007
    @wildspeaker007 2 года назад

    "How do you classify your incopetence? Transitory!" That one got me hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  • @fsmoura
    @fsmoura 2 года назад +2

    ♪ _Raise it!_ ♪ _Raise it!_ ♪ _Raise it!_ ♪ ♪ ♪ . . . _Printer solo!_ *BRRRRR BRRR BRRRRR BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*

  • @losthomas7589
    @losthomas7589 2 года назад +4

    I remember the day the total debt reached one trillion dollars. I was in ninth grade. My civics teacher was pretty upset that day.

  • @machscga6238
    @machscga6238 2 года назад +10

    Hamilton started this place so the printer Burrrrrr -🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOL

  • @NoelRandom
    @NoelRandom 2 года назад +11

    Can’t wait for part 3 in a couple of years!

  • @jennam68
    @jennam68 Год назад +1

    Thanks for making me laugh so I don’t cry! At the same time, this video confirms how ridiculous it is for “intelligent leaders” to continue to vote for raising the debt ceiling over and over, while expecting a different result.

  • @stillwaterbuilders3714
    @stillwaterbuilders3714 2 года назад +5

    The best political satire to date. Remy you're a master of comedy, and Parody.

  • @faisalrasool7243
    @faisalrasool7243 2 года назад +2

    It's been years, I remembered your Saudis in Audi's and found it again. It's good to watch these again.

  • @carlodave9
    @carlodave9 2 года назад +4

    Interesting how Tax & Spend vs. Tax Cut & Spend often results in the bipartisan compromise, Spend & Spend.

  • @zj1061
    @zj1061 Год назад +2

    31 Trillion and we back again!

  • @Aleric735
    @Aleric735 Год назад +1

    Only 1.5 years after this came out & it’s already relevant (again)

  • @robertcarpenter9823
    @robertcarpenter9823 2 года назад +1

    Commenting for the algorithm and I love this channel.

  • @bananapie2198
    @bananapie2198 Год назад +1

    Bad news...here we are back again less than a year later. Good news...maybe we can get part three of a Remy masterpiece?

  • @Lonovavir
    @Lonovavir 2 года назад +3

    2030: Raise the Debt Ceiling just once more, we'll totally stop at 40 trillion, we're serious this time. Like for real. You can totally trust us.

  • @FoodNerds
    @FoodNerds Год назад +1

    The new theme with this should be how high can you go?
    It’s the reverse limbo.

  • @amauta5
    @amauta5 2 года назад +1

    This one slaps harder even.
    Oh Remy, I hope you’ve been handsomely compensated for the talent and effort. I can tell you that since your Warcraft rap… destroying it.

  • @1krani
    @1krani Год назад +3

    You guys should see if Tom MacDonald ever wants to do a collab with you. He probably sympathizes with your attitudes.

  • @joshstucki4349
    @joshstucki4349 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant.

  • @jordantowner5995
    @jordantowner5995 Год назад +4

    It's relevant again!

  • @metamage1685
    @metamage1685 2 года назад +1

    “Señor d.‘Anconia, what do you think is going to happen to the world?”
    “Just exactly what it deserves.”
    “Oh, how cruel!”
    “Don’t you believe in the operation of the moral law, madame?” Francisco asked gravely. “I do.”

  • @2ndAttemptPOG
    @2ndAttemptPOG 2 года назад +3

    At least we know that we will be getting more Rap vids from Remy in the future :)

    • @BlueTemplar15
      @BlueTemplar15 2 года назад +2

      Exponential rap career growth, just like...

  • @russellhenninger3277
    @russellhenninger3277 Год назад +1

    Charmin may run out of paper son, but guess who never does?
    I love his lyrics😂

  • @noitall5707
    @noitall5707 9 месяцев назад

    Can’t get enough of this

  • @Freneticburn
    @Freneticburn Год назад +3

    so when is part 3?

  • @0penthaughtz
    @0penthaughtz 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for this

  • @somethingawesome1462
    @somethingawesome1462 2 года назад +6

    When the world needed him the most, he vanished. But now he has returned

  • @codyaimes4354
    @codyaimes4354 Год назад +2

    Raise the debt ceiling (again and again)

  • @dauchande
    @dauchande 2 года назад +3

    Epic as always, keep 'em coming!

  • @JBaseball777
    @JBaseball777 2 года назад +2

    A banger! You guys need to add these to Spotify!!!

  • @desertlightning7335
    @desertlightning7335 Год назад +1

    Our debt has been _much_ more unsustainable than his rap career. At this rate I am scared to see the sequel

  • @chrisengleman8730
    @chrisengleman8730 Год назад +2

    Here we are again....again...

  • @bryanwilson8130
    @bryanwilson8130 2 года назад +6

    What a beautiful day, two Remy vids in the same day (check out his MTG stuff every Wednesday, it's brilliant!)

  • @zeev
    @zeev Год назад

    Remmy when are you dropping the next Raising the Debt Cieling Rap? it's gotta be soon, you'll go viral.

  • @prisca9406
    @prisca9406 2 года назад +1

    Oh god it’s like 2016 all over again. Why did you bring this back for the love of Christ

  • @atgn-0088
    @atgn-0088 Год назад

    Almost time for the third video!

  • @tereseshaw7650
    @tereseshaw7650 9 месяцев назад +1

    As AOC said, "We're the government. We can just print more money."

  • @pollywollydo
    @pollywollydo 2 года назад +1

    HOO-RAAA REMYs' BACK 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧

  • @bryanzeigler2339
    @bryanzeigler2339 2 года назад +1

    Spittin' fire.

  • @coinsultants495
    @coinsultants495 Год назад

    1 Year later and here we are, yet again...