1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Deep international correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: mind for New Zealand business. Yes, and now to the 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: United States of America, Dan Minchen said, welcome to the program. 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 2: Hey, thanks, Andrew. 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: So Donald Trump not one to you know, not take 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: advantage of a situation. He's using the Hunter Biden part 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: and to argue that he should be partoned and everything. 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, he is. I mean, this this decision has kind 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: of had all kinds of blowback, and that's one of 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: the main ones as well. And legal experts are now 11 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 2: saying that he's got a fresh precedent on this because 12 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: of what Joe Biden did. And I mean most people 13 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 2: are using the example of Gerald for the former president 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: that pardoned Richard Nixon, and with the exception of him, 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 2: I don't think there's been a president that's ever issued 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 2: such a such a broad grant of clemency here. So 17 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: Hunter Biden is now effectively cleared of all the consequences 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: for the next ten or eleven years. And the whole 19 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: process was so secretive the Justice Department's office apart inn Attorney, 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: which typically advises a sitting president on these clemency issues, 21 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: was caught off guard. So I think. You know, you've 22 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: got people on the left end the right here that 23 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: aren't very happy with the decision. But as a dad, 24 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 2: maybe you understand a little bit. You know why the 25 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 2: president might have done what he did. 26 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: Well, the question is when the Trump administration takes over, 27 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: will they continue a which hunt against Hunter Biden or 28 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: does this step actually just a new hunter for the 29 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: rest of his life. 30 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: Well, I think that's what President Biden was going for, 31 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: just because he saw what the handwriting on the wall. 32 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 2: I knew that if if President electro came into office, 33 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: that this was going to be at the top of 34 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 2: his list. You know, he had a list of vendettas 35 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: and he was going to go after this. So basically, 36 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: as a dad, Joe Biden said, I'm going to have 37 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 2: to do this. I know, I said I wasn't going 38 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: to do this. I was vocal about it. So as 39 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: a voter, you may be disappointed. As somebody in the 40 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: Democratic Party, you're probably disappointed as well. Republicans are outraged, 41 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: as you know the sound bites on the news. But 42 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: you know, again, going back to being a dad, maybe 43 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 2: you're thinking, this is the this is the best way 44 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: I can protect my son at the you know, the 45 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: last few years of my life. 46 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: You do realize that the rest of the world looks 47 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: at America and the way their presidents can actually pardon 48 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: people for anything, and go, well, you know, are you 49 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: really the defenders of freedom and law and all that stuff? 50 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: Yeah? Do we have another four hours for that conversation? 51 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: You bring up a good point, but you know that's 52 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 2: that's the you know, Trump it pardons at Bill Clinton. 53 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: I mean, every president has done their own pardon and 54 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 2: every time there's at least one or two that come 55 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: out and are controversial. And this is just the only 56 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: one that we know of now before he leaves office, 57 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: but I'm sure there will be more. 58 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: Okay, So let's move to California, where a law maker 59 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: wants priority given to slave descendants looking to get into college. 60 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is kind of interesting. They want to they 61 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: want the descendants of slaves to be able to get 62 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: into the University of California and California State University, which 63 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: are two of the largest public schools and public universities 64 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: that we have here in the country. And there's been 65 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 2: a big push by people, especially on the left, for 66 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: reparations giving money or land to descendants of these slaves. 67 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 2: But this is the first time that something like this 68 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 2: has been introduced. And with the again we go back 69 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 2: to the incoming Trump administration, they're expected to dismantle a 70 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: lot of the diversity and equity and inclusion programs. So 71 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 2: I don't know how this is going to take off. 72 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: I mean, one senator saying, you know, when you think 73 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 2: about reparations, you think about cash payments, but uh, then 74 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: there's also the harm that goes down from generation to generation. 75 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: And these policies are a bigger process than writing somebody 76 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 2: a check, which they're already starting to do. 77 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: Yes, but do you want a doctor who's got in 78 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: purely because you know the dead the great grandfather happened 79 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: to be a slave, you know. 80 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, And that's what they're saying right now. This 81 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: is gonna this is going to open a floodgate for 82 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 2: a lot of other people too. I mean, we had 83 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 2: we had Asians that were in internment camps during the 84 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: Second World I mean there's you could just go back 85 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 2: to a lot of people. 86 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: And is it intry requirements or is it over you know, 87 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: like the like final qualifications. 88 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: Well that's what they're still trying to work out right now. 89 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: This bill has just been introduced at this point in time, 90 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: so I think he's going to have a lot of 91 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 2: people that are going to be coming up with questions 92 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 2: exactly like this, And then that's why this whole thing 93 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: is going to probably stall once Trump gets into office. 94 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: Okay, the old porch pandits that's steal your passes that 95 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: arrive with Kuria. Apparently you can get insurance for that. Now, well, 96 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: well you can. 97 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: And I don't know how big the problem is over there, 98 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 2: but over here, I mean it's terrible. We have one 99 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 2: hundred and nineteen million thefts. The costs about thirteen billion 100 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: dollars each year over here. So there's this company called 101 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 2: porch Pals, and what you do is you write them 102 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 2: a check for one hundred and twenty bucks or fifty 103 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 2: or a year for fifteen dollars a month, and you 104 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 2: can file three claims for something that's been stolen off 105 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 2: your front porch, and each one covers about two thousand 106 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: dollars and it doesn't really matter the value of the purchase. Now, 107 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: it's a good idea, I guess, in theory, but I 108 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 2: mean you're also thinking about all the fake claims that 109 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 2: these companies are going to start getting especially around the 110 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 2: holidays too, with people trying to get a refund. But 111 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 2: I'll tell you that this is a this is a 112 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 2: grow problem. People are just blinking about doing it now. 113 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: It's the same down here, mate, Don't worry. It's it's worldwide. 114 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: And I thank you for your time. That is Dan 115 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: Mitchardson out in the United States of America. 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