1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: Oh, this status is very interesting, Casey. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 2: It's a new. 3 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 3: Gallup poll that came out and they were talking about capitalism. 4 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's the results of this survey 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: should be eye opening to every American. It's not good, 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 2: but it all show shows how bad the policies of 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 2: this country have been and how they are really warping 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 2: the minds of people. So let's get into this, shallwy So. Gallup, 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: long time well known national polster, asked people to describe 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 2: their view of capitalism and socialism, and here is exactly 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: how the question was worded. Just off the top of 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: your head, would you say you have a positive or 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: negative image of each of the following Now, socialism came 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: in at thirty nine percent favorable favorable, which is tied 15 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: for the all time high. It looks like twenty twelve, 16 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, twenty twenty five at thirty nine percent. So 17 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: it's it's it's in twenty ten, it was thirty six percent. 18 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 2: Today it's thirty nine. 19 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 3: That's not a big change over time. 20 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: It's a huge change. 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 2: But capitalism is now all the way down to fifty 22 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: four percent. 23 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 3: It wasn't sixty percent and twenty one. So this is 24 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 3: the lowest Gallup has recorded favorability for capitalism. 25 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, so basically, yeah, you're right. So in twenty one 26 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: socialism was essentially dead. Even thirty nine thirty nine, you 27 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 2: haven't seen a rise for socialism, but you have seen, 28 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: as you said, a six point drop in four years 29 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 2: in terms of people supporting capitalism. And the reason I 30 00:01:55,520 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: think this is is something only works how or your 31 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: opinion of whether something works is how it works for you. 32 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 2: And we have talked about numerous times on this show 33 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 2: that the policies of this country, instituted by this government, 34 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 2: especially in a post COVID society, has is pricing people 35 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: out one of the middle class altogether in some cases, 36 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: but two, it is making it virtually impossible for people 37 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 2: to elevate themselves inside of the middle class or out 38 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: of the middle class. And as things, whether it is 39 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 2: the taxes keep going up see here, property taxes, gas taxes, 40 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 2: et cetera, utility bills that keep increasing, rents that keep rising, 41 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: food that keeps getting more unaffordable. And people look at 42 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 2: that and they go, wait a second, I'm going to 43 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 2: work every day. I'm I'm a member of decent society, 44 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 2: right like I'm I'm contributing. 45 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: You know, I coach little league. You know, I volunteer 46 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 1: at the schools. 47 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: You know, I pay my bills, I work for my family, 48 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 2: and I can't get ahead. But I see these uber 49 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: rich people who keep making what I view as a disgusting. 50 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: Amount of money. 51 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: I see some guy worth three hundred billion dollars and 52 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: I can't put five thousand dollars in my savings account 53 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 2: year over year that I'm just flatlining at best. I've 54 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 2: got to pick up a second job, you know, the 55 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: wife's got to pick up a second job. And it's 56 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: souring people on capitalism because they're saying this, this is 57 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: not working for me, and quite frankly, it's hard to 58 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 2: argue with them. If it's not working for you, then 59 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: it doesn't work well. 60 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 3: I think something to note here from this Gallup poll 61 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 3: as it's getting people's views on capitalism and socialism. In 62 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 3: regards to capitalism, it declined the most among Democrats, so 63 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 3: only forty two percent now of Democrats view capitalism positively, 64 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 3: and that's the first time that it's ever dropped below 65 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 3: fifty percent. 66 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: So one of the. 67 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 2: One of the things that's fascinating about this is that 68 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: while people because we are we are on paper at 69 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: least still a capitalistic society. We're mostly a crony capitalistic society, 70 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 2: but on paper still a capitalistic society. It is the 71 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: socialistic policies that have caused the harm to the people. 72 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 2: What is it, the printing of the money, the money 73 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 2: going to the tippy top people and not to the 74 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: people who would have needed it the most. These big 75 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: government policies that aren't that aren't working, the policies that 76 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 2: promote people not getting off the couch and going to work, 77 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 2: and all of these things that are that are certainly 78 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 2: more aligned with socialism that are causing the inflation, et cetera. 79 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 2: But our government better wake up. I mean, you and 80 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: I have talked about this numerous times. We're talking about 81 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 2: it on air, we're talking about it off here. Societies crumble, 82 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: governments crumble when people collectively in mass reach the up 83 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: for with which they cannot stand, and when you can't 84 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 2: afford to keep your lights on, which that is not 85 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 2: nearly as ridiculous as it used to sound. That's not 86 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 2: just some over the top analogy anymore. Look at the 87 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 2: utility prices in this state. When you can't afford to 88 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 2: stay in your home, which look at what we're talking 89 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: about with property taxes. This is not some hey in 90 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: the in the distant future type of thing. People are 91 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: seeing this right now. When you can't get out of 92 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: the grocery store, if you're especially feeding a family of 93 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 2: any size for less than several hundred dollars, you reach up, 94 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 2: like people do weird stuff when they're cornered. And we 95 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 2: are seeing more and more people in our society who 96 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 2: feel cornered, and more importantly, they feel hopeless to do 97 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: anything about it. 98 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 3: We just was it yesterday? Seems so long ago, Just 99 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 3: yesterday State Rep. Carrie Hamilton was joining us and she 100 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 3: was talking about that meeting with AES and their concerns 101 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 3: were not about lowering rates but their profit margin and 102 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 3: making it bigger. 103 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: Sure, and you think about like when they had the 104 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 2: special session on abortion, little known they exempted utilities from 105 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 2: paying taxes. Did they exempt you, Noh, they exempted the corporations. 106 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 2: Profits increased for the corporations. 107 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: Right. 108 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 2: So, time and again we see policies. What was the 109 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 2: big bill that's going to raise her bise utilities this 110 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 2: year where Bronze signed the SMR bill, which will allow 111 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 2: you're gonna be on the hook as the rate pair 112 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 2: for the utilities to have fun and doctor Frankenstein in 113 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 2: their research and development department, whether it succeeds or not, 114 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: you're gonna pay for it. You see all these tax 115 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 2: incentives coming into these data centers that are using all 116 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: this electricity and water. Who's paying for that? Well, you're 117 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: paying for it in the incentive, but you're also paying 118 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: for it in the increased cost of your utilities. Life 119 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 2: keeps getting more unaffordable. Yeah, Drew, you're right, Drew. In 120 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 2: the YouTube chat, it's falling down with Michael Douglas. You 121 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 2: ever see that movie? So Michael Douglas, it's a very 122 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: adult movie. He basically just one day's a business guy 123 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 2: and he just reaches the up for with which he 124 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 2: cannot stand and he goes on a He goes on 125 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: a bit of a heater, Casey, and the whole movie 126 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 2: is him going on the heater, and you know, obviously 127 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 2: that would be totally inappropriate and uncalled for. But the 128 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 2: point is, eventually people are going to reach the tipping point. 129 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: And I think it'll be fairly quick once people reach it, though, 130 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 2: I think they'll be some event because our government shows 131 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 2: state and federal shows no signs of actually caring about you. 132 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 2: They show no signs about doing the things to make 133 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 2: life more affordable for you. And when people keep seeing 134 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 2: these uber connected, rich elitists that keep growing their business profits, 135 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 2: their personal wealth keeps soaring, and you say I can't 136 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 2: even afford daycare, that makes people go crazy. 137 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 3: Have you seen the cost of daycare? 138 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: I saw a report, Well, yes, I have a child 139 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: in daycare. I see the custom daycare. 140 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 3: Over three thousand dollars a month. 141 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 1: Well, it ain't quite that bad. 142 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 2: I don't know who's paying that. Like the are the 143 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 2: toilets caked in gold at the place? 144 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 4: That just seems so that's incredibly hot, right, I know, 145 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 4: But I look, I don't think it's astronomical to say 146 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 4: most daycares running parents at least between one thousand and 147 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 4: fifteen hundred, depending on where you're sending your kid. 148 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 2: Now, these, you know, these schools, these advanced schools or whatever, 149 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 2: I think are even more expensive than that. 150 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: But that's not worth working, Yeah, I don't. 151 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 3: Well, costing you more to put someone in daycare than 152 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 3: what you're making in your job. 153 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 2: Well, this is the point that you really, you really 154 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 2: do reach is people are going to start to say, hey, 155 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: especially if you got two three kids, you just go. 156 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: I'm you know, I really think if I ever got 157 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: let go here, that that's what I would do. I 158 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: just stay home with my kid. I mean, I might 159 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 2: work in the evening, you know, but bartend or whatever. 160 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: But you're right, you got to start doing the things. 161 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 2: And it's getting harder and harder to cut the corners 162 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 2: to do the things. I mean, look at you. Like 163 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 2: the refrigerator I had to buy. It's like it's as 164 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 2: strip down a fridge as you can get, right, just 165 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 2: like my car, Like eight hundred bucks for you know, 166 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: for for a new refrigerator. Now you know we can 167 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 2: afford it, and we did, but it's like, okay, that 168 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 2: money just disappeared. That fridge was not that expensive, you know, 169 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 2: five or six years ago. It's it just simply it wasn't. 170 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 2: And you see, people, you know, are one automobile accident 171 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 2: or one car breakdown away from I might not be 172 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 2: able to aford to fix this. 173 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 3: So with regards to perceptions about big business, thirty seven 174 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 3: percent of Americans view big business positively, sixty two percent 175 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 3: negatively it's down nine points this year. 176 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was going to say that because people keep 177 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 2: looking like, look at this state. 178 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: Who gets all the tax breaks? 179 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 2: It's these mega corps who gets all this money from 180 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 2: the shadow government? 181 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: I adc it's the mega corps. Yeah. People will respond to. 182 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 2: Something based on how it affects them, and this is 183 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 2: a horrible reflection on the policies in place in this country, 184 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: because people are saying right now, the policies of this 185 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 2: country are not working for me or my family. 186 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 3: Ninety five percent of Americans still view small business favorable, 187 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 3: and it was rating the highest out of the entire poll. Linge. 188 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: You know why because it's a name in a faith. 189 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 2: You know, it's an individual, No, Harold. You know the 190 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 2: local you know clo you know knickknack store, clothing store, 191 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 2: the local ice cream shop. You you know those people. 192 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 2: You see them on you know, out and about in town. 193 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 2: You see them on you know social media now or 194 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 2: what like you you you recognize these people, and so 195 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 2: it's harder to hate someone you know well unless you 196 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 2: really know them, And it's harder to hate someone you 197 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 2: see working every day. 198 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 3: Capitalism still viewed more favorably than socialism However, its support 199 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 3: is slipping.