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The G Word with Adam Conover

You know folks, the nine most terrifyingwords in the English language are, "I'm from the...

You know folks, the nine most terrifying
words in the English language are, "I'm from the government
and I'm here to help."

Full Transcript

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You know folks, the
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nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
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"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:03
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary, comedy

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Movie Summary

Follows Conover introducing the civil servants who make it work and take a satirical look at its shortcomings.
S01 • E03 Because their aid was doled out through the unemployment system, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:09
Because their aid was doled out through the unemployment sys...
S01 • E06 You know, people get tons of political mail, they get TV, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:14
You know, people get tons of political mail, they get TV,
S01 • E03 If you've ever been on Unemployment in America, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
If you've ever been on Unemployment in America,
S01 • E05 It's alright friend, you won't feel a thing. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
It's alright friend, you won't feel a thing.
S01 • E05 This message was so popular, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:12
This message was so popular,
S01 • E03 It's a rickety, patchwork program that every state manages differently. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
It's a rickety, patchwork program that every state mana...
S01 • E06 And then at that point, we move to the larger political picture. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
And then at that point, we move to the larger political pict...
S01 • E06 And this really works to like create change? Like - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
And this really works to like create change? Like
S01 • E03 And many of them have underfunded their unemployment systems for years. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
And many of them have underfunded their unemployment systems...
S01 • E03 Okay dearies, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:08
Okay dearies,
S01 • E06 Yeah. Dozens of people knocking hundreds to a thousand of doors - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
Yeah. Dozens of people knocking hundreds to a thousand of do...
S01 • E05 Suffering from laziness, waste and a bad case of pork belly. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
Suffering from laziness, waste and a bad case of pork belly.
S01 • E05 The American people have asked us for a government-ectomy, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
The American people have asked us for a government-ectomy,
S01 • E03 So when an unprecedented wave of joblessness hit in 2020, - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:10
So when an unprecedented wave of joblessness hit in 2020,
S01 • E05 We'll just cut the housing department by 70% - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:08
We'll just cut the housing department by 70%
S01 • E03 Oh, dagnabit! - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
Oh, dagnabit!
S01 • E03 They don't give me a pencil sharpener, so I've got to just whittle by hand. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:04
They don't give me a pencil sharpener, so I've got...
S01 • E05 Then we'll disembowel the regulations on the mortgage industry here. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:05
Then we'll disembowel the regulations on the mortgage i...
S01 • E03 That's why just filing for unemployment during the pandemic - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:07
That's why just filing for unemployment during the pand...
S01 • E05 I'm sure that the free market can prevent a housing crisis by itself. - The G Word with Adam Conover 00:06
I'm sure that the free market can prevent a housing cri...