1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: It's just alcohol. Everybody drinks. You may have already heard 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: this statement from your team. I'm Tammy Silverman with Indiana 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: Youth Institute. Alcohol is a substance most commonly abused by teens. 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: Survey data shows that two and ten Indiana high school 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: students reported drinking in the past month, and more than 6 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: half of who's your team say it would be easy 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: to get alcohol. How do you talk with your teen 8 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: about alcohol use, especially if they see peers or adults drinking. First, 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: understand that your child may point out contradictions in our 10 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: society's views on alcohol. It's okay to acknowledge those facts. 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: Talk with your teen about the many risks of alcohol use. 12 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: During your conversation, you can both validate their views and 13 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: uphold your family values. You are the first line of 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: defense against alcohol abuse, so don't be afraid to talk 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,959 Speaker 1: to your team. What you say has a big influence 16 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: on their decision to drink or not. This kid's count 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: minute as a message from Indiana Youth Institute. For more 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: parent tips, visit IYI dot org. 19 00:00:53,920 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 2: Est interesting thing to note that this morning crypto is crashing. 20 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is and this has been happening probably since 21 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 3: late last week. But a bitcoin which peaked at about 22 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 3: one hundred and twenty thousand dollars just a few weeks ago, 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 3: has nearly been cut in half and it's right around 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 3: sixty five sixty eight thousand dollars. 25 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: Now. 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 3: Ethereum is down more than half. It's down about sixty percent. 27 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 3: A lot of theories as to why this might be 28 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 3: the case, and obviously, if you hold positions in crypto, 29 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 3: this is a big concern for you. But there's a 30 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 3: number of things. We've seen gold and silver crash. People 31 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 3: are claiming that the crypto crash is kind of tied 32 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 3: to that. Part of it is short sellers coming into 33 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 3: the market, But the other big part of it is 34 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 3: is is people that have been holding crypto and have 35 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 3: seen this massive rise in gains the last five years 36 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 3: are just taking some of that money off the table 37 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 3: and reducing their risk and selling and moving to cash 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 3: positions as opposed to cryptocurrency. 39 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: You know, back on New Year's Eve twenty two, I 40 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: put one hundred dollars into a theory. 41 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, we're yet I just opened it up one. 42 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: Hundred dollars originally. Now I'm down to forty three dollars 43 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: and eighty one cents. 44 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 3: Woo Okay, yes, so that's regardless. But yeah, Crypto octogen 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: a little bit. On October fifth, Crypto hit a peak 46 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,679 Speaker 3: of about one hundred and twenty four thousand dollars each 47 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 3: and as of this morning, Crypto is its sixty seven 48 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 3: thousand dollars, so about a fifty percent cut in the 49 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 3: last year in the price of bitcoin. 50 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 2: Fundraising is ramping up across multiple Indiana congressional districts this 51 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 2: ahead of the. 52 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 4: May primary, and well. 53 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: It's becoming some serious contest. Money shaping the strategy and outcomes. 54 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: Some people have a lot of money, some people not 55 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: quite as much. 56 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 3: Yes, you were lad to believe and shout out to 57 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: Tom Davies from the Indiana Capitol Chronicle. He put this 58 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 3: piece out yesterday. You can go to their website and 59 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 3: read it. But he breaks down every single US House 60 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 3: district in the entire state of Indiana who is officially 61 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 3: registered to run and has a campaign account and is 62 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 3: you know, submitting campaign finance reports, which is where this 63 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 3: data comes from. But it's really fascinating. A couple of 64 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 3: things that stick out. Let's start with House District one 65 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 3: up in northern Indiana. This is currently held by a Democrat, 66 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 3: Frank Mrvan. This is the one that Jennifer Ruth Green 67 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 3: lost in a pretty close race last time around. There 68 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 3: are three Republicans that are currently running the leader and 69 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 3: of course money isn't everything, but it's a big thing. 70 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 3: So the leader right now, as far as the Republicans go, 71 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 3: is a woman named Barbara Regina's and she is a 72 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 3: Porter County I want to get this right. She is 73 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 3: a Porter County Commissioner up there in northern Indiana, and 74 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 3: right now she has nearly one point five million dollars 75 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 3: cash on hand in her campaign account. Jennifer Ruth Green, Yeah, 76 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 3: one hundred thousand dollars in her kit. 77 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 2: But we were led to believe that Jennifer Ruth Green 78 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 2: was the next great thing. 79 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 3: She was she was supposed to be the next greatest 80 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 3: thing in the world, in a rising star in the 81 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 3: Republican Party. And while again money isn't everything, she's got 82 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: a long way to go. It is important to point 83 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 3: out here that Barbara Regina's, who has one point five 84 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 3: million dollars cash on hand in her campaign account, loaned 85 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 3: made a personal loan to her campaign account for one 86 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 3: point five million dollars right, so, and there's gonna be 87 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: more of that, and we'll talk a little bit more 88 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 3: about loans going on here. 89 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 4: Well, Jefferson Treeve is another one. 90 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 3: Let's jump down to Jefferson Strive and so right now 91 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 3: he does not have either a Republican challenger in the primary, 92 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 3: and does not have a Democrat that is scheduled to 93 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 3: run yet or at least one that has not submitted 94 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 3: campaign finance reports. Jefferson Trieve right now has two point 95 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 3: one million dollars cash on hand that is part of 96 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 3: a campaign loan. He's loaned his campaign two million dollars. 97 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 3: Jefferson Shreeve has loaned his campaign account seven point nine 98 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 3: million dollars since the twenty twenty four cycle. He's loaned 99 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 3: his own campaign nearly eight million dollars since the twenty 100 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four campaign cycle. 101 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 4: And right now there's nobody registered to run against. 102 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 3: Them, nobody running against him, so he's free and clear 103 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 3: on that. 104 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 4: It's a whole lot of money for no fight. 105 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 3: Yeah. Another interesting one is House District seven Andre Carson, 106 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 3: who's held that position for a long time. He's only 107 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 3: got six hundred and forty six thousand dollars cash on hand. 108 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 3: Now his competitor, he does have a primary challenger who 109 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 3: only has twenty six thousand dollars cash on hand, but 110 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 3: that's a Democrat, also a Democrat. But that person also 111 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 3: did raise two hundred thousand dollars in the latest cycle. 112 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: So a lot closer as far as fundraising goes for 113 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 3: Andre Carson in the seventh district than he would probably 114 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 3: want to have sea. We'll wrap it up here, or 115 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 3: at least. The last one that I think is interesting 116 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: is they go through the Senate campaigns and Todd Young 117 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 3: currently has six point five million dollars cash on hand. 118 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 3: He's not up for reelection until twenty twenty eight. Isn't 119 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 3: it funny? A year ago there was all this buzz 120 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 3: and talk, Oh primary Todd Young and he's a rhino, 121 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 3: we got a primary, get him out of there. You 122 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 3: don't hear a lot about that right now, And I 123 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 3: think much. 124 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 4: I think the fact seven million dollars on him. 125 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, the guy's got six and a half million dollars 126 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 3: in hand in his campaign war chest. That is going 127 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 3: to be really, really tough to I'm mary a guy 128 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 3: with that much cash. Jim Banks not up for election 129 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 3: until twenty thirty. He's got two point six million on hand. 130 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 3: Interestingly enough, in this article in the Indiana Capitol Chronicle, 131 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 3: former Senator Evan By current cash on hand two point 132 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: one million dollars. Evan Bye hasn't ran for anything since 133 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,679 Speaker 3: he lost his twenty sixteen Senate bid that he lost 134 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,679 Speaker 3: to Todd Young, But he's still got a campaign account, 135 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 3: and he's still making campaign finance reports on it, and 136 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 3: he still has two point one million dollars in his 137 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 3: campaign accunt and he can. 138 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 4: Still transfer that money over to bo Bay, over. 139 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 3: To bow Bye or any other politician that he wants to. 140 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 3: And I'm sure at some point in time, I mean, 141 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 3: you've got to believe that some of that money will 142 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 3: find its way in his son's campaign cash account. 143 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 2: Let's talk about other money. Home builders reportedly developing what 144 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 2: they're calling Trump Holmes. This is a program to improve affordability. Wow, 145 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 2: that just sounds like Hoover Trump Holmes. 146 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, doesn't remind you of that. Hooverville. That's what they 147 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 3: That's what they called when President Hoover, you know, rolled 148 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 3: out his plan to build you know, low cost affordable housing. 149 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 3: They called those neighborhoods Hooverville, Hooverville's So. 150 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: These Trump homes, they're designed to make home ownership more 151 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: accessible for first time buyers. 152 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 4: And this is how it works. 153 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 2: Private investors could help finance homes which would then be 154 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 2: rented to tenants and then after three years, rental payments 155 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: could count towards a down payment if the tenants choose 156 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 2: to buy. 157 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,559 Speaker 4: It's a complex plan. 158 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: It's still in the early stages, but the next steps 159 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 2: are for more details to be discussed, and private investors 160 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 2: reportedly wouldn't bear initial losses, but. 161 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,239 Speaker 4: Nothing has been finalized on this just yet. 162 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 3: Look, I'm all for trying whatever the government can do 163 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 3: to attempt to lower the cost of housing in this 164 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 3: country because it is out of control, not only the 165 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,679 Speaker 3: price just to get into the door and buy a house, 166 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 3: but all the things that come with it, especially like insurance, 167 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 3: especially things like property taxes. But at the end of 168 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 3: the day, there's you know the famous saying in real estate, 169 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 3: the most important thing in real estate is local, local, 170 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 3: local location, location, location, location, and that is all about 171 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 3: your local communities and that is really what drives real 172 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 3: estate housing. Are you building enough? And most of it 173 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 3: is tied to restrictive zoning policies in communities all across 174 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 3: the country. And Trump even talked about this. He's like, 175 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 3: I don't want to bring down the house to causing 176 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 3: the cost of housing. I want people who have hundreds 177 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 3: of thousands of dollars of equity in their home right 178 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 3: now to keep that equity in their home and maybe 179 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 3: bring some more in. But it's local zoning regulations that 180 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 3: end up driving up the house of the cost of 181 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 3: housing in the vast majority of cases in this country. 182 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 2: So the builders, they're discussing the possibility of building up 183 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 2: to one million of these Trump homes, and that could 184 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: represent more than two hundred and fifty billion dollars in housing. 185 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 2: A recent poll found out that only seventeen percent of 186 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: voters think now is a good time to buy a home, 187 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 2: even though see home ownership as being essential to the 188 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 2: American dream. 189 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 4: It's what a home just not going to do it 190 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 4: right now. Look, it's a big. 191 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 3: Problem, but there's no simple solution this really, you know, 192 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 3: this may move the needle a little bit, but this 193 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 3: isn't going to solve the problem. I mean, he wants 194 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 3: to build one million entry level houses in this country, Okay, great, 195 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 3: Then what do you do when you go to a community, 196 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 3: especially in states like California, which have highly restrictive zoning regulations. 197 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 3: What do you do in California when you sit here 198 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 3: and say we want to build these low cost homes 199 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 3: here in Sacramento, Well, Sacramento, the local authorities there are 200 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 3: going to look at you and tell you to hit 201 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 3: the road. These don't qualify within our zoning regulations here, 202 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 3: so they're not going to get built. It's a big 203 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 3: problem if you're looking to buy a home, but no 204 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 3: one is coming to save you. The federal government, the 205 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 3: local government. Nothing is going to you know, be this 206 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 3: magic bullet that is going to drive down the cost 207 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 3: of housing. 208 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 2: There is a recent poll and it said seven out 209 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 2: of ten registered voters think that Donald Trump is not 210 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 2: doing enough on the economy or the rising costs of 211 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 2: living and think that he spends too much time on 212 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 2: economic issues, including roughly half of Republicans. 213 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 4: So's he's spending time on this, but he's not helping them, 214 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 4: is what it is about. 215 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 2: Forty percent say his economic policies have actually hurt him, 216 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 2: and his administration has been bragging about work on affordability 217 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: again it's just not translating down to the voter. And 218 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 2: here's a Vice President, Jade Vance. He was recently talking 219 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 2: about affordability. 220 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 5: I don't think that there's anything to do, Megan, other 221 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 5: than to do the work. You know, we continue to 222 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 5: have a lot of capital coming into the country. That 223 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 5: means higher wages, more jobs for the American people. We 224 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 5: continue to see grocery prices I think starting to come 225 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 5: down a little bit. There are a couple of categories. 226 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 5: You know, we really worry about beef in particular that 227 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 5: we're working very hard to bring down not for the midterms, 228 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 5: but just because we want the American people to buy 229 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 5: some ground beef and to buy some steak if they 230 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 5: so choose. You know, there are things like cars and 231 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 5: houses where we're seeing some real progress. Rents have now 232 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 5: declined five months in a row. That's a big thing 233 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 5: that's happening. So it's one of these things where I 234 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 5: don't think you're going to be able to trick the 235 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 5: American people. They know they got three thousand dollars poor 236 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 5: during the Biden administration. I think they're going to judge 237 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 5: us by how much we've made them wealthier. And I 238 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 5: think that come November, the verdict there is going to 239 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 5: be positive, but we just have to keep. 240 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 3: Working on it. 241 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 2: So you've got to about thirty percent think that his 242 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 2: time on foreign policy is sufficient, and they're good with that, 243 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,679 Speaker 2: but they want him to focus more on the economy 244 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 2: and things here at home. 245 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's difficult for a president. We like to 246 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 3: think that the president has all this ability to control 247 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 3: the economy, and presidents can easily hurt the economy, but 248 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 3: it's difficult for them to do things that help the economy. 249 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 3: It's difficult for them to drive up wages, and that's 250 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 3: what we've seen. We've talked about this a lot. Look, 251 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 3: prices don't go down on certain individual things. Sure, eggs 252 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 3: went up to six dollars and you know a dozen 253 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 3: and now they're back down around three dollars. Certain things, 254 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 3: the prices will fluctuate, but when you look at the 255 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 3: cost of everything that it takes to live today in America, 256 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 3: prices are always going to go up. Now, we'd like 257 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 3: them to go up around two percent. That's ideal inflation, 258 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 3: but that nasty inflation that we saw during COVID is 259 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 3: now baked in and prices are not going to drop 260 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 3: at least not to the degree that it's all of 261 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 3: a sudden going to make life affordable in this country. 262 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 3: The only thing that's going to do that is increasing 263 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 3: Americans wages. The amount of money that we get paid 264 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 3: to do our jobs every single day is not a 265 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 3: whole lot that the government can do about that. The 266 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 3: one thing the government can do from a financial and 267 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 3: economic standpoint, but they refuse to do, is stop spending 268 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 3: way more money than they bring in. Stop taxing the 269 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 3: American people. I mean, if all of a sudden, we 270 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 3: magically had zero debt as opposed to the thirty eight 271 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 3: and a half trillion dollars of debt this country has 272 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 3: right now, the banks would move better, Bond prices would 273 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 3: be better, interest rates would better, inflation, everything would be 274 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 3: better if the government stopped printing money that they don't have. 275 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 3: That's the one thing they can do. But that is 276 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 3: also the one thing that we guarantee Democrats and Republicans 277 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 3: can agree on. They love spending your tax dollars more 278 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 3: than anything else. 279 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 2: So how are we looking here in Indiana. We'll get 280 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 2: to that coming up. It is ninety three WIBC. How 281 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 2: are things looking on the home front? Indiana facing some 282 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 2: income challenges, especially in downtown Indianapolis, so it goes hand 283 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 2: in hand population, economy and downtown Indianapolis. The goal is 284 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 2: to grow by twenty thousand residents over the next decade, 285 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 2: but the median household income in Indiana increased only fourteen 286 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 2: percent from nineteen seventy to twenty twenty three. That has 287 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 2: been adjusted for inflation, by the way, which is well 288 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,359 Speaker 2: below the national average. 289 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 4: We now rank fourth lowest in the. 290 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 2: Country for income for income growth, congratulations, the medium income rank. 291 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 3: It dropped. 292 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 4: It used to be. 293 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 2: We used to be at sixteenth place in nineteen seventy. 294 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 2: We're at thirty seven today and. 295 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 3: It's Look, sixteenth is nothing to brag about. But we 296 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 3: can't even keep that and now we are where we're at. Look, 297 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 3: we've talked about this on this show for a long time. 298 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 3: We see these local politicians that talk about creating economic 299 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 3: development and we're going to bring jobs here and all 300 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: of this growth, yet none of it has translated into 301 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 3: wage growth for average everyday hoosiers. It's what we've been 302 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 3: talking about forever, and this report from Axios just played 303 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 3: that out perfectly, improved it out. 304 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 2: So you've got a lagging income growth and that's going 305 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 2: to make it harder for Indiana to attract or retain 306 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 2: young professionals. And that also is a factor for home 307 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 2: ownership and also entrepreneurship as well. The bachelor degree holders 308 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 2: in Indiana has risen twenty two percent. However, you also 309 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 2: have the state's foreign born population increasing as well, and 310 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 2: that is up five percent. 311 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 3: The politicians are going to have to figure this out 312 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 3: at some point in time. And again, going from sixteenth 313 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 3: in wage income growth down to thirty eighth over the 314 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 3: last fifty years is a terrible track record. But everything 315 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 3: in this state right now seems to be set up 316 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 3: to foster a great business environment that does not then 317 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 3: trickle down to the average every day Hoosier. Let's let's 318 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 3: talk about the Chicago Bears. We talked about that all 319 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 3: week long, and the state of Indiana is willing to 320 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 3: throw two billion dollars to lure the Chicago Bears to 321 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 3: Northern Indiana. It's going to be great for the Bears, 322 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 3: it's going to be great for the business, it's going 323 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 3: to be great for economic development up in Northern Indiana. 324 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 3: But everything that they've done, which has been similar to 325 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 3: this again doing everything to be pro business. Growth has 326 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 3: not translated into more affordability. 327 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 4: For hoosiers or high paying jobs or. 328 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 3: High paying jobs. And again, nobody'salking about any high paying 329 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 3: jobs with the Chicago Bears Stadium. There'll be some good 330 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 3: construction jobs, but once the stadium is built, that's going 331 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 3: to be gone, and everything that's going to be left 332 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 3: are your average service jobs associated with that. 333 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 2: Back to jd Vance and his interview that he did 334 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 2: with Megan Kelly, he was taking. We talked about this 335 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 2: yesterday when Donald Trump was talking with Caitlyn. 336 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 4: Collins from that Nasty Woman, Yeah, from. 337 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 2: CNN, and he said that she never smiles. Jd Vance 338 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 2: had a thought about that. 339 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 5: I mean, like, there was a moment in the Oval office. 340 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 5: I wasn't even in there, but you know, I was 341 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 5: in the West wing and somebody sent me where he 342 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 5: was talking to Caitlyn Collins, who's the CNN anchor. 343 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 3: And I have like a decent relationship with. 344 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 5: Kitlyn Collins, which is unusual given that. 345 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 3: She's from CNN. 346 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 5: But the President, she's asking a question of the President, 347 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 5: says why don't you ever smile? 348 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 4: Yeah? 349 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 5: And it's actually like so perceptive, even if you're asking 350 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 5: a tough question, even if you take your job very seriously, Like, 351 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 5: why does it always have to be so antagonistic? 352 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 6: Well, I laugh because I saw inline everybody's calling him 353 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 6: sexist for saying that. I literally said the same thing 354 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 6: about Caitlyn Collins a year ago on my show. 355 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 3: She never smiles. 356 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 6: Every once in a while, you have to smile. Roger 357 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 6: Ales used to tell us that every once in a while, 358 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 6: you remember smiles all the viewers, they have some fun. 359 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 2: I think that is so interesting that Megan Kelly mentioned 360 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 2: Roger A. 361 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was what stuck to me. In fact, when 362 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 3: I was watching that clip on Twitter yesterday, you know, 363 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 3: another clip of Megan Kelly and jd vanswer's tons of 364 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 3: those on Twitter, and I'm kind of half listening and 365 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 3: I hear Roger Ale's name come out of her mouth. 366 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 3: I was like, what the heck. So, for those of 367 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 3: you that don't remember, Roger Ales was the chairman of 368 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 3: Fox News for a long time, very successful, and. 369 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 4: Then she called him out for harassment. 370 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 3: She called him out for sexual harassment. Some other women 371 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 3: who worked at Fox News called them out for sexual harassment, 372 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 3: and it ended up being you know, Roger Ales was 373 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 3: removed as being the chairman of Fox News, quite a 374 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 3: big dust out. They even made a movie about it, 375 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 3: The Bombshell, that was the name of it. And Megan 376 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 3: Kelly was really the centerpiece of all of that. And 377 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 3: for her to mention Roger Ales in any cond text 378 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 3: other than somebody that was accused of sexual harassment was 379 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 3: really surprising to hear that from autum Megan Kelly's mouth. 380 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 2: So Donald Trump's opinion on JD. Vance during that NBC 381 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 2: interview that he did. He says that JD Vance and 382 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 2: Marco Rubio would be nearly unstoppable in the twenty eight 383 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 2: presidential election. 384 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 7: JD is fantastic and Marco is fantastic. 385 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 3: We're both doing a. 386 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 7: Great different And I do think this it's a great question. 387 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 7: I think that's your most interesting question. I would say 388 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 7: one is slightly more diplomatic than the other. I think 389 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 7: they're both of very high intelligence. I mean they will 390 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 7: do shows. They will do Jill Rogan as opposed to 391 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 7: the opponent not doing it because they couldn't handle it. 392 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 3: They will be able to do whatever they have to do. 393 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,439 Speaker 7: I think there's a difference in style. You know, you 394 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 7: can see the style yourself. But they're both very capable. 395 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 7: I do think this the combination of JD and Marco 396 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 7: would be very hard to be beaten. But you never 397 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 7: know in politics, right they say, in the age of Trump, 398 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 7: you never know. 399 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 4: It's got to put himself in there. 400 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 2: In the age of Trump, you never He said one 401 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 2: of them is very diplomatic. 402 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 4: He's got to be talking about Rubio. Absolutely, Yes, it's 403 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 4: your secretary of State. That's the job. 404 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 3: And yeah, I mean, look, JD is, as far as 405 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 3: his demeanor and the way he approaches things is kind 406 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 3: of somewhere in between Rubio and Trump. 407 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 2: You're listening to ninety three WYBC. So there was a 408 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 2: protest that had nothing to do with ice. Dozens of 409 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 2: customers protested outside of Nipskoe's headquarters. This happened in Merrillville yesterday, 410 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 2: and it's over rising utility bills. The residents said that 411 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 2: their natural gas and electric bills have skyrocketed this winter 412 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: and it has forced them to make tough choices about 413 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 2: their basic needs. They called the bills increases exorbitant and 414 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 2: said they can't afford. 415 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 4: Them, especially for the elder and those people that. 416 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 2: Are on fixed incomes and some of the speakers, they 417 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 2: shared some of their personal struggles, and you've got double 418 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,719 Speaker 2: and tripling of the cost compared to recent months, and 419 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 2: NIPSCO is saying, yeah, yeah, they're there. It's because of 420 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 2: the cold temperatures and higher usage. 421 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 3: Sure, well, because we always know that our electric bill 422 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 3: always doubles or triples every single winter. Oh oh no, 423 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 3: it doesn't. In fact, it's never doubled or tripled before 424 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 3: and winter this year has been pretty much the same 425 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 3: as every other winter. So that's a bunch of bs. 426 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 3: But it's a heartbreaking story in this article here, because 427 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 3: you talk about people that open up their electric bills 428 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 3: and their first instinct was, oh, this has got to 429 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 3: be a mistake, right, zech it is, this absolutely mistake. Normally, 430 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 3: I'm paying two or three hundred dollars in the winter 431 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 3: time for my electric bill, and all of a sudden, 432 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 3: I'm looking at five, six, seven hundred dollars instead of 433 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 3: what normally something that is affordable. A lot of these 434 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 3: people that are on fixed in come and low income people, 435 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 3: it easily can break them. They just don't have the 436 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 3: money to pay the bill. 437 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 4: Well, and the. 438 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 2: Worst part is that they're at the mercy of Nipscoe 439 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 2: because there's no alternative provider. It is a monopoly with 440 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 2: a permission slip. That's what it is. You have no choice. 441 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 2: You can't shop this around. It's take it or leave it. 442 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is going to become a bigger and 443 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 3: bigger deal. And it seems like that there was this 444 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 3: outcry from this country during the twenty twenty four election, 445 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 3: both at the national level and at the state level, 446 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 3: with people saying life is unaffordable. Life is unaffordable in 447 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 3: so many areas, from the taxes I'm paying, to the 448 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 3: cost of housing, to the cost of consumer goods. Won't 449 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 3: somebody please do something to fix this? And it seemed 450 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 3: like all these politicians in twenty twenty four ran on, yes, 451 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 3: I'm going to improve affordability, and then they got elected 452 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 3: and absolutely nothing has been done to improve affordability. From 453 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,239 Speaker 3: property taxes to the cost of healthcare to now the 454 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 3: cost of our utilities. Everything is getting out of control 455 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 3: and certain families are starting to break from the just 456 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 3: the avalanche of these costs. 457 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 2: And these companies need to keep expecting more of this 458 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:13,400 Speaker 2: because if government regulators keep approving the big increases without accountability, 459 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 2: what are we left to do. Taxpayers, they're going to 460 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 2: have to keep pushing back and they're going to have 461 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 2: to demand relief and there's. 462 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 3: No other option. The best we've seen from the Indiana 463 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 3: State House this year was a bill that talked about how, okay, 464 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 3: you can only raise rates if you meet these certain metrics. 465 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 3: But it's leaving it up essentially leaving up to the 466 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 3: utility companies to set their own metrics. You get to 467 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 3: set your own goal fos. Wouldn't that be great if 468 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 3: you were you had a job and they said, hey, 469 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 3: we're going to pay you a bonus. Just tell us 470 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: what numbers you need to do to hit that bonus. 471 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 3: So you get to make it up yourself. It doesn't happen, 472 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 3: doesn't happen at my job, doesn't have it at your job. 473 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 3: But it's what the government is doing as they manage 474 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 3: these utility company contracts. 475 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 2: There was a proposed data center project in Pike Township 476 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 2: and that has now been withdrawn that after strong opposition 477 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,639 Speaker 2: from residents and some of the area leaders. The residents 478 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 2: and local groups, they raised all sorts of concerns you've 479 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 2: heard them, environmental impact, loss of woods, changes the landscape, 480 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 2: and of course the strain on utilities including electricity and water. 481 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 4: And so now what is happening. 482 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 2: Well, the Indiana House just passed House Built thirteen thirty three, 483 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 2: and that would offer local governments a one percent share 484 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 2: of data center sales tax revenue if they approve a project. 485 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 4: So they're going to sweeten the pot for the local government. However, 486 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 4: not for you. 487 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 3: Well, they need the local governments to make the approval 488 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 3: on this. You know, when a data center is proposed 489 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 3: to come into a community. Yeah, it's not put up 490 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 3: to a vote in the next election as to whether 491 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 3: you want this data center. They go to the local 492 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 3: government officials and they go to their zoning boards and say, 493 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 3: we would like to build this data center. So the 494 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 3: way to get those government officials and those zoning boards 495 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 3: to approve these data centers despite an outcry from their community. 496 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 3: I don't want to call it a bribe necessarily, kickbag, 497 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 3: I think I did, but certainly an incentive to where 498 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 3: these local governments will now see revenue generation if they 499 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 3: approve these data centers. 500 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 4: The sham Wow guy do you remember him, Vince Jeahmy. 501 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 3: The Late night you know, purveyor of fancy sponges. That's 502 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 3: what I mean, that's what a sham Wow essentially was. 503 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 3: It was like a fancy sponge that he was selling 504 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 3: on late night TV Infomerci's. 505 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 4: A really nice towel. 506 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 2: He has officially released his first campaign ad for his 507 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 2: campaign against the incumbent in Texas's thirty first congressional district. 508 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 4: His competitor is eighty four years old. Listen to this. 509 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 3: Hey, it's Vince. 510 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 8: I'm running for Congress against this guy. Stop having a 511 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,959 Speaker 8: politician that's worse than Biden. 512 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 3: That's a discretionary funding. 513 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 8: Instead, vote for me, a guy who's not half dead. 514 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 3: I'm going to. 515 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 8: Soak up the swap, clean the house, and take I 516 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 8: caught those liberal tears. At the same time, I'm going 517 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 8: to slap chop the nuts out of the woke, making 518 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 8: less bluehead comedies more. 519 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 3: Red blooded Americans. 520 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 8: Both for me so I can represent you and the 521 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 8: ones that can't stand out. 522 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 3: For themselves for Shamway for Vince sham Marshall, and me 523 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 3: for Hungrys. 524 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 2: Wow. 525 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 3: That's a real political commercial that's running in Texas right now. 526 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 2: A lot of people in Texas are saying, you know what, 527 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 2: they don't like these type of commercials where you've got 528 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 2: someone running who's owning the woke. They just want just 529 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 2: be real, be authentic. In my opinion, that guy is 530 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 2: being his authentic self. That's who he is. That's what 531 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 2: he did, right. 532 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 3: He spent a decade on late night television in those infomercials. 533 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 3: And I'm so glad that we heard that commercial because 534 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 3: he also mentioned he's not only the sham Wow guy, 535 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 3: he's also the slap chop guy, because that was a 536 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 3: different Remember you slam it down and it chops your vegetables, 537 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 3: and it chops your nuts, and it chops your cheese up. 538 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 3: So you know it's going to be interesting to follow. 539 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,880 Speaker 3: This racist is obviously a primary. He's running against an 540 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 3: incumbent Republican in the Republican primary in Texas for this 541 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 3: US House seat. You know, he sold a ton of 542 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 3: sponges on late night TV. This commercial that he did 543 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 3: was very similar to the old sham Wow commercials back 544 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 3: in the day. Are people going to buy him as 545 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 3: a politician just like they bought the sham wou entirely possible, 546 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,199 Speaker 3: by the way, something you make in trouble, he got 547 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 3: in trouble. He did so. In February two thousand and nine, 548 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 3: in Miami Beach, Florida. This guy, the ShamWow Guy, Vince Shlomi, 549 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 3: reportedly paid a twenty six year old woman one thousand 550 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 3: dollars for services I I'm air quotes with my fingerp 551 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 3: services and according to the police report, the two were 552 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 3: kissing and the woman bit down on his tongue and 553 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 3: refused to let go. He then punched the woman them 554 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 3: in the face multiple times, causing severe bruising and injuries. 555 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 3: Both Shlami and the woman were arrested on felony aggravated 556 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 3: battery charges, but prosecutors all ultimately declined to file charges 557 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 3: against Well, you're that was way back in two thousand 558 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 3: and nine. But his credit, Vin Shlami has credited that 559 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 3: incident as quote saving his life and prompted him to 560 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 3: change his lifestyle. 561 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 4: Okay, he's now sixty one years old. 562 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 3: Sham Wow guy is sixty one years old. He looks 563 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 3: great for sixty one. 564 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 2: And instead of selling a really fancy towel, he's selling 565 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 2: his political ideas. 566 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 3: He's selling himself in the It was at the thirty 567 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 3: first district of Texas. I believe thirty first house district 568 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 3: of Texas. He's running in the Republican primary. I'm glad 569 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 3: that he's not running in the state of Indiana because 570 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 3: it doesn't affect us. But I kind of like stories 571 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 3: like this, I'd i'd I'd like to see how I'll 572 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 3: talk about. You do that over there exactly, don't do 573 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 3: it here in Indiana. But I'm happy to be entertained 574 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 3: by the nonsense that's happening in Texas politics. 575 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 4: We have our own nonsense here. 576 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 2: So Pepsi is cutting prices on some of their popular snacks. 577 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 2: This includes Lai's, Dorito's, Cheetos, and Tostitos. Some buy up 578 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 2: to fifteen percent. And they say that this is because 579 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 2: they've heard from consumers and they want to give a 580 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,679 Speaker 2: bit of relief amid all the high grocery costs, and 581 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,719 Speaker 2: they're just responding to customer feedback about affordability struggles. 582 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 4: The thing is, this is happening right before the Super Bowl. 583 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure, Hey, look this huge, multi billion dollar 584 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 3: multinational corporation like Pepsi COO. The only thing they're concerned 585 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 3: about is your affordability for sure. So yeah, after you know, 586 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 3: seven or eight years of massive price increases in Pepsi's products, 587 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 3: and by the way, also, some of those products, in 588 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 3: addition to price increases, had shrinkflation, so you were actually 589 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 3: paying more for less product. Look, Pepsi's just like any 590 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 3: other big corporation. If they can raise the price of 591 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 3: their products and get you to pay it, they're going 592 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 3: to I mean it's the company. It's the corporation's job 593 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 3: to charge you as much as they possibly can, and 594 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 3: it's our job as consumers to get the best deal 595 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 3: that they possibly can, be the best deal that we 596 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 3: possibly can. So obviously Pepsi has seen something in the 597 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 3: numbers here and realizes that the massive increases they've had 598 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 3: in their products in the last few years probably not 599 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 3: sustainable and they need to give a little bit of 600 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 3: that back before they start seeing their sales go straight 601 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 3: into the top. 602 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 2: Sure, or they're just looking for a little extra boost 603 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 2: in sales to get your attention by saying we've lowered prices. 604 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 2: They say they're packaging and their product sizes are going 605 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 2: to stay the same. They're only suggesting that the prices 606 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 2: are going to be coming down. So you got lays Dorito's, 607 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 2: Cheetos and Toastitos. Out of all of those, which is 608 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 2: your favorite. 609 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 3: Toasting Get run through them again for me. 610 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 4: Lays, Dorito's, Cheetos, and Toastitos. 611 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 3: I like just a standard potato chip. I'm I would 612 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 3: go with Lays, although that's not my favorite potato chip brand. 613 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 3: But of all the options, I like, just your just 614 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 3: your regular, average all Americans standard potato chip is gen 615 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 3: really my favorite, my favorite snack food. 616 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 4: You know, I'm a fan of the artificial cheese you love. 617 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 3: Okay, so actually I'm glad you brought that up, because 618 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 3: you do love artificial cheese flavoring. Doritos and Cheetos. Those 619 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 3: I assume those are your decision between one of those two, 620 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:15,959 Speaker 3: Which one are you choosing? 621 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 4: I'm gonna have to go with the Cheeto, the. 622 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 3: Cheeto over the Dorrito. 623 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it does vary. I like to switch it up. 624 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 2: Sometimes it's original and sometimes it's the puff. Not really 625 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 2: into the flaming Cheetos. 626 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,719 Speaker 3: The flaming hot. But this isn't a you don't get 627 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 3: a puff option in this list here you get to 628 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 3: do you get? The Cheeto is the crunchy one. Cheetos 629 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 3: puffs is a different product. 630 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 4: But the ironic thing is you said that you like 631 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 4: Lays the best. 632 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 3: I like to I like the potato chips. 633 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 4: The best you know what when we end up buying 634 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 4: the most is the toastitos. 635 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 3: Well, it's so versatile. Well you can when you when 636 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 3: you eat a lot of guacamole and chips and salsa 637 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 3: and Nacho's microwave nacho. Yeah, that lends itself to being 638 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 3: the Tostito brand chip. I think that's just more more 639 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 3: from a utilitarian standpoint as opposed to a preference standpoint. 640 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 2: So you had NBC's News Sunday Night basketball debut, and 641 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 2: the game drew strong viewership. I wouldn't say they, you know, 642 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 2: really knocked it out of the park, but they did 643 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 2: all right. 644 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 3: For the NBA. It was pretty good. 645 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 4: Three point six. 646 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 2: Million people watched it and up to four point five 647 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,959 Speaker 2: million watched it on streaming services. 648 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 3: So here's the debate that's going on around social media 649 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 3: with that game from Sunday Night. By the way, it 650 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 3: was the highest rated Sunday Night NBA game since two 651 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 3: thousand and two. It was also the highest rated game 652 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 3: since the opening games of this season. So this game 653 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 3: was a really, really big deal. A lot of people 654 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 3: were drawn to it, a lot of people came in, 655 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 3: you know, a lot of people for the NBA's ratings 656 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 3: came into it. Caitlin Clark, Yeah, made her debut as 657 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 3: one of the studio analysts between the two games, and 658 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 3: a lot of people are attributing the fact that out 659 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 3: of nowhere this game popped a huge ratings number to 660 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 3: the fact that Caitlin Clark was part of the studio 661 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 3: analyst team. 662 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 4: Well, it just. 663 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,719 Speaker 2: Show that regardless, fans are still going to tune into 664 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 2: a Marquee game. 665 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 3: Or they're going to tune in because just because market 666 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 3: the rock Star. Well of course they're gonna stick around 667 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 3: for a little bit. You come in for the pregame show. 668 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 3: You're going to lose some of those people, but you're 669 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 3: going to retain a lot of them too. Look, the 670 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 3: NBA is still in trouble here. 671 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 7: Now. 672 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 3: They've had a better ratings year this year than they've 673 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 3: had before, they're still way off of their pre pandemic 674 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 3: highs and miles off of the type of ratings they 675 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 3: used to get in the late nineties when Michael Jordan 676 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 3: was still playing. But yeah, four million people tuning in 677 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 3: for a Sunday afternoon NBA game not too bad. You know, 678 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 3: It's a lot less than the twenty five or thirty 679 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 3: million that regularly turn into Sunday night NFL games, but 680 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 3: a good number for the NBA. Good job, guys, you're 681 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 3: doing okay, you're hanging in there. 682 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 2: You're listening to ninety three WYBC. How many drinks do 683 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 2: you have during the Super Bowl? 684 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 4: Have you ever told me sick on the Monday after 685 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 4: the Super Bowl despite not being sick? 686 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 3: Okay? Answer number one, None of your business. Okay, who's 687 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 3: keeping track of my drinks? Is none of your business? 688 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 3: Even I don't even keep track of my drinks. Number two, 689 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 3: I haven't called in sick. But there was a period 690 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 3: of time there for probably five or ten years where 691 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 3: I would take the day off on the Monday after 692 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 3: the Super Bowl. I would just use a PTO day 693 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 3: and take the day off because I really wanted to 694 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 3: enjoy all the Super Bowl fun that it has to offer. 695 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 2: Those were the questions that were asked by the Action Network. 696 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 2: They surveyed three thousand NFL fans about drinking and work 697 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 2: absenteeism after the Super Bowl. Let's talk about drinking behavior. Yeah, 698 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 2: about sixty six percent of fans plan to have a 699 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 2: cocktail during the game. 700 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 3: That seems low you think, so sixty six, that's it. 701 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 3: Who's watching the super Bowl and not at least having 702 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 3: some sort of drink? 703 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 2: Eighteen percent expect to have five or more cocktails. 704 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 3: Is that a lot? Five? A lot? A football game? Okay, 705 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 3: here means a lot to me. Hear me out. Hear 706 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 3: me out. Pregame starts at like ten o'clock in the morning, 707 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 3: the kickoff is six thirty. Game's not going to be 708 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 3: over till ten or eleven o'clock at night after postgame. 709 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 3: Five drinks over a you know, fifteen hour period. Isn't 710 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 3: that bad? That's totally reasonable. 711 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 2: So in your mind, when they say super Bowl, you 712 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 2: pretty much mean the entire day. 713 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,839 Speaker 3: It's called Super Bowl Sunday. It's the whole day. Yeah, 714 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 3: they don't they. 715 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 2: Don't specify exactly when the clock starts on this. 716 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,399 Speaker 3: Hey, you can't drink all day if you don't start 717 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 3: in the morning. That's the way. And I always feel 718 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 3: for Super Bowl Sunday. So five doesn't seem like a 719 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 3: lot to me. 720 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 2: Okay, So the super Bowl typically wraps up very late 721 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 2: and the effects linger into your Monday morning. Millions of 722 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 2: Americans show up to work, maybe a little tired, maybe 723 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 2: a little bleary eyed, some don't show up at all. 724 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 4: Thirty two percent say they have or would call in 725 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 4: sick on Super Bowl mon Day. 726 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 2: Even though they're not actually sick self inflicted illness right. 727 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 4: Iberaate or error. 728 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 3: I wonder how that compares to a normal Monday. I'd say, 729 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 3: probably what ten percent of the population probably calls in 730 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,919 Speaker 3: sick on a random Monday any day of the year. 731 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 2: Seventeen percent say they might consider it. So using this 732 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 2: survey plus employment employment statistics, they estimate that Super Bowl 733 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 2: Monday could cost us economy one point nine to six 734 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 2: billion dollars in loss productivity. And that's because of the 735 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 2: absenteeism and also hangovers. 736 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,279 Speaker 3: I liked everything about this story up until we got 737 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,800 Speaker 3: to the billions of dollars in loss productivity. It seems 738 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 3: like the fun police are out every time we get 739 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,840 Speaker 3: that story about lost productivity, because we're going to do 740 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 3: this story again come March Madness, because everybody always talks 741 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,439 Speaker 3: about how much oh, lost office productivity happens during March 742 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 3: Madness because games are on at one o'clock in the 743 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 3: afternoon and people aren't doing their work every day. Eight 744 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,600 Speaker 3: fun Police, get off my back. Okay, It's fine for 745 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 3: me to, you know, kind of, you know, go half 746 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,359 Speaker 3: and half one day because I'm a little groggy because 747 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 3: I was up the night before watching the game. I 748 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 3: think we're supposed to have fun here. Can we just 749 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,359 Speaker 3: have fun with the Super Bowl and not talk about 750 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 3: how much lost productivity there is for our companies? 751 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 4: Now, I know what state is probably going to come 752 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 4: to your mind. 753 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 2: Okay, but which state leads in the heaviest of drinking 754 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 2: in regards to Super Bowl watching? 755 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 3: Now I know this from previous stories that we've done 756 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 3: that the heaviest the state that consumes the most alcohol 757 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,280 Speaker 3: when it's not sports related. So I'm going to infer 758 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,880 Speaker 3: that it carries over to sports really, so I'll say Wisconsin. 759 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 4: That's incorrect. 760 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 3: That is incorrect, And that's what I thought. 761 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:42,360 Speaker 4: You were going to come up on. 762 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 2: Texas actually leads in the heaviest drinking. So when it 763 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 2: comes to an thirty percent, say that they'll have at 764 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 2: least five or more drinks. 765 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 3: So when it comes to your average any old day 766 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,880 Speaker 3: of the week, Wisconsin clearly holds the title for biggest drinkers. 767 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 3: But when you throw football into the match, that's when 768 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,439 Speaker 3: Texas is like, now we got this. We're Texas, We're 769 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 3: better than everybody. We're coming to the top of the charts. 770 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 2: Ohio also tops the list. They have twenty seven percent 771 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,720 Speaker 2: of their people expecting to have five or more drinks. 772 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,879 Speaker 4: The state least likely to call in on Super Bowl 773 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,399 Speaker 4: Monday Ah Utah, Mississippi. 774 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,480 Speaker 3: That doesn't make any sense either, right. Utah is the 775 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 3: state that consumes the least amount of alcohol. They should 776 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 3: have the reason that you know, they're not hungover, They're 777 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,879 Speaker 3: not going to call have to call in sick. 778 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,040 Speaker 4: Mississippians are just going to go in no matter what 779 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,799 Speaker 4: I guess. I guess I'm calling in sick. Thank you, Jim, 780 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,720 Speaker 4: Thank you Kevin, Thank you for listening. This is ninety 781 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 4: three WIBC.