You're getting confused by the good cop bad cop routine they got going on. The bad cop slaps you and the good cop comes in an gives you and ice pack. They both want to railroad you into confessing to a crime you didn't commit. Twenty years later they're going to be laughing it up retired at 55 on a taxpayer funded pension, fishing together and going to each other's kids' wedding while you're still in prison for a crime you didn't commit.

That's what they're doing, the good cop saying aw man he doesn't need to be so mean, but twenty years later both parties' politicians are incredibly wealthy and youre making less than you made in 90s in real dollars.