1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: Congratulations and welcome to it. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 2: You made it to Friday. Give yourself a big old 3 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 2: pat on the back. Just make sure you don't do 4 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 2: it while you're driving. It is the busiest travel day 5 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 2: of the holiday season. 6 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 3: Today is Today. 7 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Is really Yeah, I wouldn't have guessed that that surprise here. 8 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 3: It does surprise me a little bit. 9 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, I would have thought that it would have been 10 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 4: closer to Chris Christmas. 11 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: No people trying to get a jumpstart heading out before 12 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: the weekend hits. And if you are traveling and moving 13 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: about this morning, be careful, pump those breaks and don't 14 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: be like Casey and slide through Meridian. That was a 15 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 2: bit scary this morning, but because I'm an expert, excellent driver, 16 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: we made it here. Okay, were you nervous? You were 17 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: being the passenger prince this morning? Were you were you scared? 18 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: You knew I had it under control, right? 19 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 3: Look what. 20 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 1: Few confidence in my abilities? 21 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 5: Right? 22 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 3: You know what? 23 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: Say? 24 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 4: Yes, the dents on the side of each of our 25 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 4: car would disagree with your statement. 26 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 3: My car has a dent on it. 27 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was mine that you were and your. 28 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 3: Car has a dent in it when you were driving, 29 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 3: So I appreciate you. 30 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 4: You know I support you. I'm your biggest cheerleader, but 31 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 4: I also believe in the truth. 32 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,919 Speaker 2: So okay, Well, if you're out and about this morning, 33 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 2: be careful. Speaking of the holidays, Donald Trump he signed 34 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: an executive order giving most federal holidays two extra days 35 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: off for Christmas. 36 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: Federal holidays, federal. 37 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,199 Speaker 2: Employees, they're not going to have Wednesday, December twenty fourth 38 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: off and Friday December twenty six, So this is kind 39 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: of uncommon. Presidents usually give only one extra day not. 40 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 4: To In fact, when Donald Trump last did this when 41 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 4: he was in office the first time in twenty nineteen 42 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 4: and twenty twenty, he only gave gave federal workers Christmas 43 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 4: Eve off. Yeah, so you get a bonus day that. 44 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 4: Donald Trump is so generous, isn't he nice? He's so generous. 45 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: We just passing out days off like they're candy. Huh. So, 46 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: let's talk about how much this is going to cost. 47 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: They're not saying officially how much this will cost the 48 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: American taxpayers. However, there is one analysis that estimated that 49 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: all paid time. 50 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: Off for all federal employees. 51 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 2: Including vacation and sick leave and holidays, costs two hundred 52 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 2: twenty two point six billion dollars per year. So congratulations 53 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 2: if you're a federal employee and you're welcome. 54 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, And this is keep in mind, this is just 55 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 4: for this year. This isn't some permanent thing that's going 56 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,839 Speaker 4: to continue forever. And I think there are probably businesses 57 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 4: beyond federal employees that kind of follow the federal employee 58 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 4: holiday guidelines. I'm like banks generally, that'd be a good question. 59 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 4: Our banks usually follow. If it's a federal holiday, the 60 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 4: banks closed. 61 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 2: Yep. 62 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 4: It'll be interesting to see if banks around the country 63 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 4: now all of a sudden are shutting down their branches 64 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 4: on Christmas, even the day after Christmas. 65 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: Because of this. 66 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: So it's the Office of Personal Personnel Management who's going 67 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 2: to put this order into effect. Last year, Joe Biden 68 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: gave Christmas Eve off, but not two days. So look 69 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: at Donald Trump. He's just so generous, isn't he. He's 70 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 2: just doing that out of the goodness of his heart. 71 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 4: Well, well, it's our money, sure, because we're gonna have 72 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 4: easy to do. Those free holidays aren't free to the 73 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 4: federal government. It's going to cost the federal government to 74 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 4: give those people that day off. And yes, He's generous 75 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 4: with our tax dollars, isn't He keep. 76 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: In mind, by the way, that there are places like 77 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 2: the VA that still have over four hundred thousand backlogged claims, 78 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: So you know, we're just gonna take our time with those. 79 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 4: Just because you get the day off, doesn't wean that 80 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 4: the work you were going to do that day magically disappears. 81 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 4: He just backs up until you come back into the office. 82 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: I saw this clip from Don Junior and he was 83 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: talking about his dad's each the other night, and it 84 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: took me a minute, and quite frankly, I'm still not 85 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: one hundred percent sure. 86 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: I think it's real. There's this small possibility that it's AI, 87 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: because who knows. 88 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 2: These days, AI is getting so good it really is 89 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: getting hard to tell. But he was saying that all 90 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: of the rumors that there was going to be this 91 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: invasion of Venezuela, that that was just baseless, and y'all 92 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: fell for it. 93 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 6: Now, yesterday there was a bunch of baseless buzz about 94 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 6: some sort of I don't know you ground invasion of Venezuela. 95 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 6: The media just ran with it blindly. But instead, instead 96 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 6: my father delivered a speech laying out his record year 97 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 6: of his second term. I mean, the ultimate Trump ropodope. 98 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 6: They think he's going to do a State of the 99 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 6: Union type address to the nation announcing get another endless 100 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 6: ground war, and instead he just talks about the successes 101 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 6: that they refuse to talk about. 102 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: Yep, he did. That's what he talked about. 103 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: Don't lose, don't let them fool you. 104 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 4: All those media agencies ran with that because somebody in 105 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 4: the Trump administration leaked that to them. That's how it happens. 106 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 4: Let me explain to you how media works, oh please, 107 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 4: Because when the federal government or agencies or people work 108 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 4: for the government and they want some information out, whether 109 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 4: it's true or not, they leak it to the media. 110 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 4: Happens all the time. Sometimes it's true. Sometimes they intentionally 111 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 4: leak disinformation on purpose. And that's exactly what somebody who 112 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 4: in the Trump administration did. And to have the stones, 113 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 4: the massive stones that Don Junior must have to not 114 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 4: only know that somebody from the administration leaked that disinformation 115 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 4: and then to the next day go on this podcast 116 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 4: and rail all those media companies for running with it. 117 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: Anyway, Trump rope a dope. 118 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: That's a new phrase, by the way, Tucker Carlson is 119 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 2: the one with egg on face because he was the 120 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: biggest mouthpiece out of all of that direct Okay, let's 121 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 2: talk about the Chicago Bears. Still a big conversation. Everybody 122 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 2: wants to talk about this. They have announced that they 123 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: are considering moving outside of Illinois and possibly to northwest Indiana. 124 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: The CEO said the team is looking beyond Cook County 125 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 2: after talks for public support in Illinois have stalled. The 126 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: Bears say they're not asking for direct public money to 127 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: build a new stadium, however, and this is the big however, 128 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: the big butt. They do want tax breaks and nearly 129 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 2: one billion dollars in infrastructure improvements to support it. And 130 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 2: what does Indiana love to do more than any. 131 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 3: State spend tax payer dollars. 132 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 4: Yes, we love to give it away, whether it directs break, 133 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 4: whether it's directly from the state or through quasi government 134 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 4: agencies like the IEDC. 135 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,119 Speaker 3: We love spending taxpayer dollars. Okay. 136 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 2: So this was being reported from Paris Schultz. This is 137 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 2: a political correspondent for Fox thirty two out of Chicago. 138 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 2: He was speaking from someone from the Score out of 139 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 2: Chicago Land radio station up there yep, and he was 140 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 2: saying where a site is that they're considering. 141 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 7: A lot of us thought that Northwest Indiana should have 142 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 7: been an option years ago if the Bears really wanted 143 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 7: leverage to negotiate with Illinois lawmakers on this tax subsidy 144 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 7: package that they're looking for. But you know, I have 145 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 7: to say, Lawrence, I just got off the phone with 146 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 7: State Representative Earl Hicks from Earl Harrows, I'm sorry, from 147 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 7: Northwest Indiana. He is leading the Northwest Indiana Sports Commission, 148 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 7: and they're all systems go right now. 149 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 3: And really, it sounds like. 150 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 7: The site that they're really looking at is near the 151 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 7: hard Rock in Gary along eighty ninety four. And the 152 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 7: thing he mentioned to me, he said, if you think 153 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 7: about the distance from downtown, this is closer than Arlington Heights. 154 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 3: Hard Rock area and Gary. 155 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 4: Look, there's some pretty good infrastructure up there to support 156 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 4: a lot of this for starters. Gary's got an airport. Now, 157 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 4: it's not a commercial airport. It has kind of tried 158 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 4: that a few times in the past couple of decades. 159 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 4: It's mostly just cargo planes and private flights right now 160 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 4: that could be bumped up to a commercial airport. Make 161 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 4: it for people from out of town really easy to 162 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 4: get to a Bears game. There's an incredible amount of 163 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 4: train service there, whether it's the South Shore or the 164 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 4: Metro that runs right by that area, and Amtrak service 165 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 4: in that area as well. And there's a ton of 166 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 4: blighted land that I'm sure the Chicago Bears could pick 167 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 4: up pretty cheap. The more this is being discussed, the 168 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 4: more I think the chances are, the more it seems like. 169 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 3: It could end up being a real possibility. 170 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 2: So you've got the Mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson. He's 171 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 2: in full panic mode after the Bears said that they 172 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: may move their stadium outside the city. 173 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:00,599 Speaker 8: All right, to keep a straight face, here, belong in 174 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 8: the city of Chicago. The Chicago Bears belong in the 175 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 8: city of Chicago, right, And I've said repeatedly that the 176 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 8: door is always open for conversations, you know, And you know, 177 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 8: I you know, Kevin Warren did call me yesterday. We 178 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 8: didn't get a chance to connect, you know. And I 179 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 8: still firmly believe that their best position is in Chicago. 180 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 9: And it's evidence. 181 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 8: The evidence is clearly speaking for itself. 182 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 10: You know. 183 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 8: Look, I can't get into the psyche and the motivation 184 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 8: of this organization. We're all grateful that, you know, there's 185 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 8: a winning team on the field. This weekend obviously is 186 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 8: incredibly important, you know, and there's going to be some 187 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 8: pretty decent weather for us to be able to you know, 188 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 8: clinch a playoff spot for the first time in a 189 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 8: long time. So that's a good thing for our city 190 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 8: in the morale of our city, you know. And you know, 191 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 8: as far as what their motivations are, you know, I 192 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 8: can't speak to that, and my position has been very clear. 193 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 8: You all know that there's not been a politician in 194 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 8: this city that is worked as hard as I have 195 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 8: to ensure that the Bears have a package that keep them, 196 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 8: you know, quite frankly, at the most unique special property 197 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 8: anywhere in our city. 198 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: He can't understand what their motivation is. 199 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know. Maybe they don't want to get 200 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 2: shot while they're playing football. 201 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 3: Maybe it's money. 202 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 4: Maybe it's I'll go somewhere where the state and the 203 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 4: city associated with that land is going to give me 204 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,599 Speaker 4: a whole bunch of tax brace and pay for a 205 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 4: whole bunch of infrastructure so that I'm not paying one 206 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 4: hundred percent for my new fabulous multi billion dollar sports complex. 207 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 2: So the governor of Indiana, Mike Braun, he was on 208 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 2: with Hammer in Nigel yesterday and they asked him directly, 209 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 2: are we getting the Bears? 210 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: And we'll have that answer for you coming up. 211 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 2: It is ninety three WYBC not above the rings. 212 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 9: You know you're the mast to mind. 213 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 2: So you've got tensions growing between the Chicago Bears and 214 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 2: their Illinois leaders after the team suggested it could move 215 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 2: its stadium and come to Indiana. So the president of 216 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 2: the Bears blamed a lack of legislative partnership in Illinois. 217 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 2: That's one of the reasons why they're exploring options across 218 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 2: the state lines. And the team says that Arlington Heights 219 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 2: still their preferred location, but it apparently is just not working. 220 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 2: They want that discounted property tax rate, and they wanted 221 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 2: approved by lawmakers. You know who loves to approve a 222 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 2: property tax discount. 223 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 4: Lawmakers in the state of Indiana love it. Sure, did 224 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 4: you want some abatements? 225 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 3: Come on in. 226 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 4: Are you a data center? Sure right here? Are you 227 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 4: a professional sports team? 228 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 3: We got you covered. 229 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 1: The Governor of Illinois, JB. 230 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 2: Pritzker, he called the talks with Indiana a slap in 231 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 2: the face. He said, the Bears first must address over 232 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 2: five hundred million dollars in unpaid public debt from their 233 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 2: two thousand and three Soldier Field renovation. 234 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 4: By the way, that's completely baseless. The Bears and the 235 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 4: City of Chicago shared that debt. The Bears have paid 236 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 4: off their portion, shocking. The City of Chicago is the 237 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 4: one that hasn't paid off their portion of that debt. 238 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: So you've got reps from Illinois, the one from Arlington 239 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 2: Heights urging the Bears to negotiate without threats. You've got 240 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 2: a rep from Chicago saying the stadium issue doesn't crack 241 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: their top one hundred concerns of Illinois. 242 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: Keep talking like that and they will leave. 243 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 4: Look, okay, so I got a plan, and oh you 244 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 4: have a plan. 245 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 3: I do have a plan. 246 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 4: And I'm not as militant about this as Rob Kendall is. 247 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 4: But I certainly don't like the idea of taxpayer dollars 248 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 4: going to fund billionaires building new stadiums. But but I'm 249 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 4: a little torn on this because I would love to 250 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 4: stick it to the governor of Illinois and the mayor 251 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 4: of Chicago on this one. 252 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 3: But beyond that, I have a plan. 253 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 4: I think it is possible that the state of Indiana 254 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 4: could have actually end up with count them, four NFL teams. 255 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 3: Now, hear me out on this. We got one of 256 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 3: our colts. 257 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 4: We just got to pull off this Bears deal, and 258 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 4: I think we're almost to the finish line on that. 259 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 4: We're going to close that, no problem. Next up, Cincinnati Bengals. 260 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 3: Boom, you move. 261 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 4: Him right across the river to Lawrenceburg. That's NFL team 262 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 4: number four. The last one is going to be a 263 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 4: little bit harder. We bring the Detroit Lions to Angola. 264 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 4: Now that's about an hour and a half drive from Detroit, 265 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 4: so gonna be a little bit tougher. 266 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: To sell that practice at the how military. 267 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 4: Canty can practice at perfect is this is all just 268 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 4: shaping up to be wonderful. 269 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 3: We could have four NFL teams in the. 270 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 4: State of Matters may stand us a little while. But 271 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 4: the Bears come into Northwest Indiana. That's step two, three 272 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 4: and four just right behind it. 273 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 2: So Mike Brown, the governor of Indiana, said that our 274 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 2: state is a pro business state. We've got a pro 275 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: business climate, and we could support a stadium in northwest Indiana. 276 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 2: So he was on with Hammer and Nigel yesterday and 277 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 2: they asked him, are we getting the bears? 278 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 10: There's only one one question to answer or answer to 279 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 10: that question, are they going to do this to try 280 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 10: to restage it to bargain with where they were going 281 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 10: to go? My opinion is they opened the door wide 282 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 10: enough to where they're going to see how much difference 283 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 10: there is in having a business in Illinois versus. 284 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 3: One in Indiana. 285 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 10: Interesting, and it's going to get down to all the 286 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 10: things I just talked about to where we're that much 287 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 10: better than Illinois. And when I remind them that Indiana 288 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 10: is the only state that's had net migration into it 289 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 10: legal from other states choosing to move, we were the 290 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 10: only state in the northern half of the country. And 291 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 10: you know where they're coming from, Illinois, mostly Chicago. Well, 292 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 10: there's going to be a lot to work with. And 293 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 10: the other side has gotten a wake up call. But 294 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 10: I don't believe they would have come this far unless 295 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 10: they're now going to compare it on the merits and 296 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 10: they've been snubbed there for about six months now. 297 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 11: It does the State of Indiana need the approval of 298 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 11: the Ursay family for this to happen because I got 299 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 11: a feeling the ursays would probably not be too keen 300 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 11: on another NFL franchise coming to the state. 301 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 10: There has to be agreement, I think within the NFL, 302 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 10: and my understanding is that it's in a completely different 303 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 10: market and that probably wouldn't be an issue. All that 304 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 10: needs to be worked out, But when it reaches the 305 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 10: public forum, that means something wasn't working well in the 306 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 10: place they'd probably like to have it, But they said, 307 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 10: you're on your own, we're not interested. We'll see if 308 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 10: that changes. We now got the opening to make the 309 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 10: case for moving them here. 310 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 3: I don't think they'll be. 311 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 10: Called the Gary or Hammond Bears. 312 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 3: That's what I like. But I don't want. 313 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 4: To be the Chicago Bears either, right, I don't want 314 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 4: to have that New York New York Giants crap where 315 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 4: they play in New Jersey, Jersey. 316 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 3: I don't want the Chicago name if they're going to 317 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 3: be in our state. 318 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 10: God, hey, let's just be happy that it's a common 319 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 10: and we'll see where it goes from here. 320 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, So you've got Indiana Rept. L. 321 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: Harris saying that the fan base and the economics are 322 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 2: already there, and he's pointing to that new Sports Development 323 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 2: Commission in the House build that they already passed, paving 324 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 2: the way for this to happen. 325 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 4: One of the funniest things that I'm seeing all over 326 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 4: social media right now are Bears fans who live in 327 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 4: the state of Illinois that are offended that the Bears would, 328 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 4: you know, in their mind, downgrade themselves by moving to 329 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 4: the state of Indiana. You live in Illinois, Your state 330 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 4: is an embarrassment for the rest of the country. You're 331 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 4: in financial disaster. The city of the Chicago can barely 332 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 4: pay their bills. Let's get down off your high horse. 333 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 4: It's been a long time since people were like, you 334 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 4: know what, I want to move to Chicago. 335 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 3: I want to move to Illinois. 336 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 4: Those days are long gone, and it must be so 337 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 4: disheartening to be from Illinois and finally realize Indiana. 338 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 3: Is probably a better state than we are. 339 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: They do have better roads. I'll give them that. 340 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 3: It's one thing. One it's one thing. 341 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: Illinois does have better roads right now than Indiana. It 342 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 1: seems so. 343 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 2: The mayor of Arlington Heights, he is urging lawmakers to 344 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 2: pass the Mega Project Incentive Bill to keep the team 345 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 2: in Illinois. At the end of the day, it all 346 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 2: comes down to money. 347 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 1: It was gonna give him the better deal. I don't 348 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: really care about the fans. 349 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 3: It always does. 350 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 4: Can you imagine you're that mayor of Arlington Heights, the 351 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 4: Bear spend one hundred million dollars to buy the former 352 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 4: racetrack there, and they're like, we're gonna build a brand 353 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 4: your multi billion dollar stadium right here in your city. 354 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 4: All we need are the state lawmakers to approve some 355 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:41,959 Speaker 4: infrastructure funding. 356 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 3: And you can't get it done. 357 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, like so close to having this crown jewel in 358 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 4: your city, in Arlington Heights, and your state lawmakers won't 359 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 4: lift one finger to help you out. That mayor of 360 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 4: Arlington Heights has got to be miserable right now. 361 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 2: Wouldn't it be amazing if it was the Chicago Bears 362 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 2: that lifted up north West Indiana the Hammond Gary area. 363 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 2: For years they've been trying to do this, Politicians have 364 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 2: been trying to do something. 365 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 3: Revitalize that area. 366 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 2: Right. 367 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 4: The more this gets talked about, because when it came 368 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 4: out a couple of days ago. 369 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 3: Or nobody yesterday, everybody really took it. 370 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 4: Everybody was like yeah, and then the more people are 371 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 4: talking about it, the more everybody's like, you know what, 372 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 4: this makes a lot of sense in a lot of 373 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 4: different ways. 374 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: Maybe a real thing. Midwest Bears, that's what I'm Anticago Bear. 375 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: Midwest Bears. 376 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 4: It's just adiculous. It's not called the Arlington Cowboys. The 377 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 4: Dallas Cowboys don't play in the city of Dallas. I 378 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 4: don't know that they ever have. They've been in Arlington 379 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 4: for decades. 380 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: Not the Pontiac Lions exactly. 381 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 3: The Detroit Lions played in Pontiac now. 382 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 4: They're back in Detroit now, but for decades they played 383 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 4: at the Pontiac's Olverdome. 384 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 3: They were still the Detroit Lions. 385 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 4: The name has nothing to do with the geographic location. 386 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: It is a Kendall and Casey show. It's ninety three WYBC. 387 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: Apparently Indiana has more money than expected. Imagine that. 388 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 3: We got tons of money. Yeah, we don't even know what. 389 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 3: It's burned a hole in our pocket. We better spend 390 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 3: it on something. 391 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 2: Uh huh. Indiana's budget surplus could reach nearly five billion 392 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 2: dollars by the middle of twenty twenty seven, and that 393 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 2: is thanks to much higher than expected tax revenue projections. 394 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: Why does this always happen? They they cried, woe is us. 395 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: We're short by a billion dollars, actually was two billion, 396 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: and it was one billion. 397 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 2: And we got our raised taxes and now all of 398 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 2: a sudden, we got money coming out of our pockets. 399 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: We've got so much of. 400 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 3: It now it does seem a little odd. 401 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,959 Speaker 4: So if you remember back during the legislative session earlier 402 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,120 Speaker 4: this year, the lawmakers were working on a budget feverishly, 403 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 4: and then right before the end of the legislative session, 404 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 4: the new economic fore forecast came out. 405 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 3: It was it wasn't. 406 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 4: Good, didn't look good, and so the lawmaker's panicked at 407 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 4: the last minute, they're like, we got to fix this, 408 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 4: and so we got to raise taxes. We got a 409 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 4: billion dollars in brand new taxes because there's going to 410 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 4: be this massive shortfall from this economic forecast that just 411 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 4: came in that doesn't look very good. And now here 412 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 4: we are seven eight months later, and it turns out 413 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 4: we're swimming in money. 414 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: Right. 415 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 2: So the new forecast projects that they will have an 416 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 2: increase of four point two percent this year and two 417 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 2: point seven next year. So Jeff Thompson, you remember him, 418 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 2: spares guy in the State House at Chair of the 419 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 2: Ways and Means. He says it's good news, but still 420 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 2: too early in the budget cycle. It's it's almost like 421 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 2: they never know what they're doing. 422 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 4: It's almost like, well, well, here's the problem with this. 423 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 4: Do you think that because now the forecast is so 424 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 4: good and revenues are coming in, so we're going to 425 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 4: do you think you're going to get some of that back? 426 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,719 Speaker 4: Do you think they're going to cancel the billion dollars 427 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 4: worth of new taxes that they just enacted into law 428 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 4: seven eight months ago? 429 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 3: Maybe they'll let me change that that. What do you 430 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 3: think the chances are? No? 431 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 4: No, absolutely not. Not a chance. They'll find some way 432 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 4: to spend it. 433 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 2: So you have Representative Greg Porter, he's saying that maybe 434 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 2: they should reopen the budget. 435 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna. 436 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 3: That's not gonna happen either. 437 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 4: This is almost like, you know what, it's actually the 438 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 4: perfect season for it. All of a sudden, the State 439 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 4: of Indiana put on its big winter coat that it 440 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 4: hasn't worn since last winter. 441 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 3: Oh, it found a couple billion dollars sitting. 442 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: In there, right, Yeah, that's what you find. 443 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 3: When you find that. 444 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, we find that twenty in your winter coat that 445 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 4: you haven't worn in ten months. This is the same 446 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 4: thing that state of Indiana's doing here, So. 447 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: Governor Branke brawn. 448 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 2: He said that this new forecast proves that Indiana's job 449 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 2: and wage growth strategy is working. 450 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: Of course he's going to say that. 451 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 2: He also highlighted lower taxes and said hoosiers. 452 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 1: Are keeping more of their money. Wait a minute, what Let. 453 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 3: Me repeat that. Who's wait? Who's who? 454 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 2: The luminers said that we have lower taxes and that 455 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 2: hoosiers are keeping more of their. 456 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 4: Money, despite the fact that they just enacted a billion 457 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 4: dollars of new taxes. 458 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: We have lower taxes now, a. 459 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 4: Billion dollars in new budget, a billion dollars in new taxes, 460 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 4: taxes in the country, and out of control property taxes 461 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 4: that have gone up twenty thirty, forty fifty percent even 462 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 4: more in some areas over the last several years. But 463 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 4: we're keeping more of our money apparently. 464 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, don't count on them passing any of that back 465 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 2: to you. Donald Trumps signed an executive order and that 466 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 2: was to reclassify marijuana to Schedule three. This is aimed 467 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 2: to increase medical research, but it won't fully legalize it. 468 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, so let's let's kind of take a step back here. 469 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 4: Since the seventies, marijuana has always been classified as a 470 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 4: Schedule one drug, and that lumps it in with other 471 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 4: drugs like heroin and LSD, things that the federal government 472 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 4: basically say there's no medical value to this whatsoever. 473 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, it also has high abuse potential. 474 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 3: Excellent. 475 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 4: Yes, So what Trump did is said, Okay, we're going 476 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 4: to back down. We're going to make it a schedule 477 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 4: free drug. So now marijuana is in the same boat 478 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 4: as tail and all with codeine and xanax and ambient 479 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 4: and those sort of drugs. This does not make it legal, 480 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 4: doesn't make it record legal recreationally. Also doesn't make it 481 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 4: legal from a medical standpoint. But with this, the biggest 482 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 4: impact of this is now medical research facilities can actually 483 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 4: do research on marijuana, which actually kind of blows my mind. 484 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 4: Since the seventies medical research they've been with this, medical 485 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 4: research facilities have been barred by federal law from doing 486 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 4: any sort of medical testing on marijuana. 487 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. 488 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 2: So the cannabis industry obviously welcoming the order. They're calling 489 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 2: it a step forward towards more legitimate business operations. Here 490 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 2: is your present talking about this. 491 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 12: This reclassification order will make it far easier to conduct 492 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 12: marijuana related medical research, allowing us to study benefits, potential dangers, 493 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 12: and future treatments. 494 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 13: It's going to have a tremendously positive impact. 495 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:09,959 Speaker 3: I believe. 496 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 12: We're also asking Congress to reconsider it classification of hemp 497 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 12: derived CBD to ensure seniors can access CBD products they 498 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 12: have found beneficial for pain and other reasons. Some people 499 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 12: are literally dying and dying with tremendous pain, and this 500 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 12: can in many cases literally stop it. And they have 501 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 12: their senses about them as opposed to painkillers which don't 502 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 12: allow that don't allow them to die with dignity. Frankly, 503 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,439 Speaker 12: I promise to be the president of common sense, and 504 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 12: that is exactly what we're doing. 505 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 13: This is really something having to do with common sense, 506 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 13: and it's something having to do with the fact that 507 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 13: so many people that I respect ask me to people 508 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 13: that are having problems, big problems. They are having big 509 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 13: problems with illness, with cancer in particular. I now want 510 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 13: to ask doctor Oz to say a few words, followed 511 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 13: by doctor. 512 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 2: Brookay, So what does this mean for Indiana? Well, you've 513 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 2: got representative Ethan Manning. He's from Logansport. He said the 514 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 2: Indiana House is more open to marijuana or hemp performs, 515 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: but that the Indiana Senate is more resistant. He argued 516 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 2: that Indiana has a black market for marijuana and this 517 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: new regulation could protect consumers and also generate state revenue. 518 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 1: But the bottom line here is. 519 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 2: That Trump's order doesn't force Indiana to legalize marijuana. Donald 520 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 2: Trump quipping that he doesn't smoke it and he's not going. 521 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 12: To younger than sixty five, so this does not pertain 522 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 12: to me. 523 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you. 524 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 12: I don't want it, Okay, I'm not going to be 525 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 12: taking it, but a lot of people do want a 526 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 12: lot of people need it. And thank you halch for 527 00:25:58,480 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 12: for Surely. 528 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 2: One of the things that this order does signal is 529 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 2: that the federal government and a lot of Americans no 530 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 2: longer see cannabis as highly dangerous. 531 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, Donald Trump doesn't even drink alcohol. The guy's not 532 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 4: smoking pot, for sure. I'm really shocked because Indiana lawmakers 533 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 4: have never met a tax they don't like. They just 534 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 4: like raising taxes all over the place. Yet here is 535 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 4: a potential source of pretty strong tax revenue that could 536 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 4: be coming to the state that the Indiana lawmakers really 537 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 4: haven't touched. The last several rounds of the General Assembly, 538 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 4: there've been a couple of bills, but none of them 539 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 4: have gone anywhere. They've all died. And keep in mind, Indiana. 540 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 4: Every state that touches Indiana has at least medical marijuana, 541 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 4: and a lot of them have recreational marijuana. Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, 542 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 4: Michigan all have this availability to their residents. Yet we're 543 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 4: this island right in the middle there and still no 544 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 4: option and really none on the horizon. 545 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 2: So you've got Kyle Miller, he's from Fort Wayne, a 546 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 2: Democrat representative. 547 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: He said that lawmakers who wanted to. 548 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 2: Wait and see they now have their answer from Washington. 549 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: However, there are still a lot of Indiana. 550 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 2: Republicans who strongly oppose legalization, including your Attorney General, Todd Rokita. 551 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 2: He actually joined a lot of other state attorneys in 552 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 2: criticizing the order, and they put out this a strongly 553 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 2: worded letter. 554 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 4: It's a strongly worded letter that I'm sure will get 555 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 4: filed in the order in which it was received. 556 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: Sure, but it does raise some political pressure and weakens 557 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 2: their argument for doing nothing. 558 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I've kind of gone back and forth on this, 559 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 4: but I think most Americans, and this is certainly where 560 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 4: I fall into, believe that there's a place. 561 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 3: For medical marijuana. 562 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 4: Now, whether recreational marijuana is good or bad for society, 563 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 4: I think the jury's still out on that, but I 564 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 4: think most people believe at the very least medical marijuana, 565 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 4: and the way it's being done in other states, where 566 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 4: you have to go to a doctor, you have to 567 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 4: have some sort of malady where marijuana would improve it 568 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,199 Speaker 4: or have a chance of improving it, you get a 569 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 4: medical marijuana card, and then you can go into a 570 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 4: facility and purchase those sorts of things. 571 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 3: It seems to be like. 572 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 4: There are a lot of great guard rails and smart 573 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 4: regulation on medical marijuana. 574 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 3: Why it has not. 575 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 4: Even, you know, not even coming close to bubbling to 576 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:13,479 Speaker 4: the top here in Indiana. 577 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 3: I just don't understand. 578 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 2: And we've seen from polling here in Indiana that people 579 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 2: are supporting the idea, especially medical marijuana. 580 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: And you would think that these politicians would jump on that. 581 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 4: All you have to do is have a friend that 582 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 4: is struggling with cancer and see the kind of benefits 583 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 4: that marijuana could do, especially as it relates to their appetite. 584 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 4: I mean that's their and that's the easiest one. With 585 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 4: chemotherapy and radiation, cancer payment patients generally are just nauseous 586 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 4: all the time. They have a trouble putting on weight 587 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 4: and keeping weight and being healthy as far as you 588 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 4: know their food consumption. Marijuana has shown to be a 589 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 4: huge help for all of that. The idea that you 590 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 4: would deny somebody like a cancer patient, the opportunity to 591 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 4: use that is just and it's shocking to me, just 592 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 4: doesn't make any sense. 593 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: It is the Kendall and Casey show. My name is Casey, 594 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: that is Jim. 595 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 2: So let's talk about Americans that are earning six figures 596 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 2: and they say they are still struggling as the cost 597 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 2: of living keeps rising. This is according to a latest 598 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 2: Harris Pole survey. Sixty four percent of six figure earners 599 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 2: say their income is no longer a sign of success, 600 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 2: but just enough to stay afloat. 601 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: Not really feeling bad. 602 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 2: For the six figure earners who are complaining, however, they're 603 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 2: saying that they're living an illusion of affluence while they're 604 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 2: still dealing with debt and financial anxiety. 605 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 4: You've always got to take these sort of national surveys 606 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 4: and stories like this with a grain of salt, because 607 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 4: we can sit here in Indiana and say, oh, six figures. 608 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 4: You know, I'm not crying a river for you. You 609 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 4: should be able to make it on that. But if 610 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 4: you do live in a high cost of living area 611 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 4: in New York City, San Francisco, Miami, some other you know, Washington, 612 00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 4: d C. 613 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 3: Yet six figures is good. 614 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 4: It is certainly not enough for a family to live on, 615 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 4: or at least it's going to be a big, big struggle. 616 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 4: So I always I always think about that as it 617 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 4: relates to these stories, because the cost of living around 618 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 4: the country can shift so dramatically from one metropolitan area 619 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 4: to another. 620 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 2: Okay, so sixty four percent of these six figure earners 621 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 2: say that they use reward points to pay for their essentials. 622 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 2: Fifty percent say they use a buy now, pay later. 623 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 4: Wait reward points to pay for it. I can use 624 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 4: like airline miles to pay my mortgage. 625 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: Is that an essential? 626 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 10: Though? 627 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: That's not an essential? 628 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:34,239 Speaker 3: Yeah? I don't know. 629 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 4: Maybe I need to start looking into my airline miles 630 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 4: and my hotel points to see what if I can 631 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 4: actually pay bills with them. 632 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,479 Speaker 2: That'd be you to me, here's utility bill, rock your 633 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 2: credit card points? 634 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 4: Does Citizens Energy accept Hilton Honors points. 635 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 3: I'm gonna have to look into that. 636 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: Are you still a Diamond member? 637 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 4: I am still a ton of points. Yeah, I might 638 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 4: have to start paying the electric bill with it. 639 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 2: Forty six percent say they rely on credit cards to 640 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 2: cover their basic expenses. And what have they done to 641 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 2: cut back or avoid costs? Well, they skip social events. 642 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 2: They pretend that payment apps aren't working to dodge payments, like, 643 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 2: oh ill Venmo you, Oh, that's weird. 644 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: Venmo's down. 645 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 3: Oh Venmo's not working. That's weird. 646 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: They're acting. 647 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 4: You're the only person in the world that Venmo's not 648 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 4: working for right now. 649 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 3: That's such a coincidence. 650 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: That's weird. 651 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 3: Mind's working, Mine's working fine. 652 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 4: It only works when it stops working as soon as 653 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 4: you owe me one hundred bucks. 654 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 3: That's weird. 655 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: Be a glitch on my end. 656 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 2: Forty five percent say they have delayed medical care because 657 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 2: of the cost and the biggest money drains groceries, household essentials, 658 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 2: housing costs, and medical expenses. 659 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: A lot of them. 660 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,239 Speaker 2: More than half say that they're considering side hustles just 661 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 2: to make ends meet. They're also selling personal belongings, getting 662 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 2: some business done on the old Facebook marketplace. They've skipped meals, 663 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 2: they rent out part of their home, or they consider debt, 664 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 2: consolidation or even bankruptcy. 665 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: So I guess we're. 666 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 3: Going to the moon again. Are we going back to 667 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 3: the moon? 668 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 2: Apparently that was the that was the order. That's what 669 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 2: Donald Trump said, and we'll talk about it coming up. 670 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 2: It's ninety three WYBC. 671 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 3: I don't know this song get me either. Kevin's going 672 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 3: with some deep cuts on the Buffer music today. I 673 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 3: kind of like it. 674 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: Kevin, what is this? This is Everyone's Gone to the 675 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: Moon by Chad and Jeremy. 676 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 2: Okay, so I said, hey, we're going to talk about 677 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 2: going to the moon. 678 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: You could be thematic with your music. 679 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 3: And you stumbled it and he did it. Nailed it, 680 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 3: Chad and Jeremy. 681 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 2: Uh huh. 682 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 10: Yeah. 683 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 3: Actually Denny Smith was the one who showed me this song. Okay, 684 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 3: we have Denny to blame for this. Thanks Danny. 685 00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: We're giving him credit. It's a one. 686 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 3: That's what we're doing. I'm sorry, Yes, credit Correk, nice. 687 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: Job, Donny. I like it. 688 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 2: So Donald Trump he signed an executive order declaring that 689 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 2: America is going to return to the Moon by twenty 690 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 2: twenty eight. I just keep thinking this time of year, 691 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 2: George Lasso's the Moon. That's a it's a wonderful life 692 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 2: reference appropriate for this time of year. But it is 693 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 2: to establish parts of a lunar outpost by twenty thirty. 694 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: Also prepare for a journey to Mars. 695 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 2: Donald Trump also wants to ensure that America is ready 696 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 2: to replace the ISS by twenty thirty. All of this 697 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 2: is happening right after Jared Isaacman has been confirmed as 698 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 2: the new NASA administrator. 699 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 3: Oh, we finally got one. Good. 700 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 4: Wasn't Sean Duffy, the Transportation Secretary was filling in on 701 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 4: that job for a long time? 702 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: Correct? 703 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 2: He was? So this you have to look at this 704 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 2: as somewhat of a decisive leap towards restoring American space dominance. 705 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,360 Speaker 1: And the fact that he Elon Musk has been pushing 706 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: us to go. 707 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 2: To Mars forever, and the fact that there's so much 708 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 2: talk about putting data centers in space. 709 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, this all coincides with that. 710 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 4: And actually Trump kind of telegraphed this back with the 711 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 4: Big Beautiful Bill. In previous budgets there had been some 712 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,919 Speaker 4: major cuts to NASA, and when the Big Beautiful Bill 713 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 4: passed earlier this year, it threw an extra ten billion 714 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,520 Speaker 4: dollars back in NASA's budget. So kind of felt like 715 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:30,280 Speaker 4: something like this was on the horizon. And certainly Elon 716 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 4: Musk and SpaceX will be the big beneficiary of this 717 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 4: because they already handle eighty to ninety percent of all 718 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 4: space traffic and rocket launches in the United States right now. 719 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,239 Speaker 4: You've got to believe there'll be a big part of 720 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,399 Speaker 4: this and getting back to the Moon, and nobody has, 721 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 4: I mean, NASA doesn't have a rocket like the heavy 722 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 4: Falcon nine that can that can get a payload to 723 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:52,799 Speaker 4: the Moon right now. 724 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 3: So SpaceX is pretty much the only choice. 725 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 2: So Jared Isaac Isaacman confirmed as NASA's new administrator. The 726 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 2: vote was sixty seven to thirty. And you know, there's 727 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,959 Speaker 2: been uncertainty for quite a few months about any sort 728 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,360 Speaker 2: of nomination or his nomination. He's a tech billionaire and 729 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 2: a private astronaut, and here he's talking about his objectives 730 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 2: of leading NASA. 731 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,919 Speaker 5: So my objective is to ensure that President Trump's vision 732 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,800 Speaker 5: has achieved and ideally ahead of schedule. 733 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 9: So you talked about a return to the Moon. For sure. 734 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,399 Speaker 9: We want to do that before twenty twenty eight. 735 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 5: In fact, we have a mission Artemis two that's set 736 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,800 Speaker 5: to launch in the very near future. It will be 737 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,320 Speaker 5: the first time we send American astronauts around the Moon 738 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:35,760 Speaker 5: more than a half century. 739 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 9: We want to follow that up with the landing. 740 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,839 Speaker 5: And perhaps you know, one of the most important parts 741 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 5: of this new space policy is when they get there. 742 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 5: It's not just to plant the flag and pick up 743 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,640 Speaker 5: some rocks, but establish the infrastructure, establish a lunar base, 744 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,000 Speaker 5: and all the other things like our nuclear propulsion and 745 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,800 Speaker 5: nuclear power investments, so we can set up missions beyond 746 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 5: moon in two mars. 747 00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 2: Okay, So his confirmation is a bit of a shift 748 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 2: away from scientists and engineers, shift a little bit more 749 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 2: towards the private sector. He did donate two million dollars 750 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 2: to one of Trump's super packs, So you have to question, Okay, 751 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 2: is this you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. 752 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, of course it is. That's the way politics works. 753 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:21,759 Speaker 4: I try to put it exactly. 754 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,240 Speaker 1: He's trying to be nice about it, not giving. 755 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,719 Speaker 4: Donald Trump super pack two million dollars unless I want 756 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 4: something in return. 757 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 3: And be in the head of NASA. Pretty good return, 758 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 3: not bad. 759 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, So there's some scrutiny obviously over his financial ties, 760 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:39,520 Speaker 2: his political donations, and you know, his restructuring plans. You 761 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,920 Speaker 2: got to know he's going to bring Elon Musk into 762 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 2: this and it will be if nothing else, he'll be 763 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,360 Speaker 2: given advice, solicited or unsolicited. 764 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 4: I think where Trump misses the mark on this to 765 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 4: a degree is and look, I'm all for let's go 766 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,959 Speaker 4: back to the mood in USA, USA and we're number 767 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 4: one and plant that flat. But at some point in time, 768 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 4: you've got to make an economic case for this. You've 769 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 4: got to make a business. 770 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 9: What are we doing? 771 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 10: Why? 772 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:06,839 Speaker 3: What are we doing? Why are we doing this? Oh, 773 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:07,359 Speaker 3: we're doing this. 774 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 4: You've already the moon exactly, we've been Okay, so we 775 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,560 Speaker 4: want to build a base on there. Okay, well what's why? 776 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 4: Why are we building a base on there? And what's 777 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,840 Speaker 4: the economic impact? It is part of this, you know, 778 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 4: just more research so that we can have data centers 779 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,959 Speaker 4: in space and get them off of our farm land 780 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 4: and save money on cooling because obviously it doesn't cost 781 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 4: anything to cool things in space because it's freezing out there. 782 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,960 Speaker 4: That's what Trump needs to do, especially when the country is, 783 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,920 Speaker 4: you know, kind of in a sluggish economic situation right now, 784 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 4: in unemployments rising, people are looking to have more dollars 785 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,359 Speaker 4: in their pockets, and when you're spending money on things 786 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:40,759 Speaker 4: like this to go to the moon, at some point 787 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,720 Speaker 4: in time, you've got to make that economic business. 788 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 3: Case for it. 789 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 1: Who volunteers as tribute? We got to talk about the 790 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:48,839 Speaker 1: Patriot Games coming up. 791 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 2: It is the Kendallly Casey Show. It's ninety three WIBC.