Robert Ferdinand Wagner II person

“And Wagner gets to name the chair of the State Factory Committee to investigate it over the next four years. Of course, his vice chair was a guy by the name of Al Smith, who we just talked about. And this led to all kinds of new labor laws …”

“In New York City. His father was a U.S. Senator and named Robert Ferdinand Wagner I. So let's talk about dad a little bit because he's interesting. He was a German-born American attorney, was a United States Senator from New York from 1927 …”

“Or a missile flew into it. Yes. Oh, was that an airplane? Weird. They love their dates. This is a good time for me to repeat that the New World Order speech was given by George H.W. Bush 10 years to the day prior to 9-11. They love their da…”

“Introduced something called the Wagner Act, which he humbly named after himself. And this is what created the National Labor Relations Board. Which basically ended up controlling labor for the oligarchs. Yes. And has huge mafia connections.…”

“Some of the committees he was on were patents, public lands and surveys, banking and currency. He is the guy who helped write and introduced in the Senate something we all know and love as the Social Security Act. Biggest Ponzi scheme in hi…”

“In New York City. His father was a U.S. Senator and named Robert Ferdinand Wagner I. So let's talk about dad a little bit because he's interesting. He was a German-born American attorney, was a United States Senator from New York from 1927 …”

“And I bet he did a lot of intelligence stuff. Oh, without a doubt. I mean, especially in those circles. Yeah. And he did it at cocktail parties. Right. And he was invited to all of them because he knew he was related to everyone. Correct. A…”

“Goes to New York Law School and it becomes part of the Tammany Hall Democrat political machine in Manhattan. Of course he does. We're going to talk about Tammany a little bit here today, but let me get to that in a second here. This is the …”

“How about Aaron Burr? You know, the guy who shot Hamilton? Yeah. Yeah, well, that feud goes all the way back to Tammany Hall. How about President Martin Van Buren? One of their first mayors were Fernando Wood. And of course, we've already m…”

“But if you think politics are dirty today, the 1800s want you to hold their beer. And it didn't change much with the turn of the century. So Wagner Sr. was really close with a famous New York Democrat named Al Smith. And these guys would be…”