1 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: Is this the last Christmas for New York City? Wouldn't 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: that be? 3 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 2: Said Power two on Twin Cities News Talking Am eleven 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 2: thirty and one three five f M from the sixty 5 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: five to one Carpet plus Next Day Install Studios. My 6 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: name is John Justice, Master Control Booth. We have Sam 7 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:35,959 Speaker 2: and with the election of socialist Muslims Zohoran mom Donnie 8 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 2: as New York City's new mayor, this Christmas could mark 9 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 2: the last normal one in New York City for a while. 10 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: The Daily wire Piece says, instead of pushing New Yorkers 11 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 2: to strive toward the entrepreneurial spirit that's always been associated 12 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: with the Big Apple, Mom Donnie wants to create government 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 2: and run grocery stores and make transportation completely free. Nothing 14 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 2: says Christmas like taking a free, crowded bus to a 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 2: government run grocery store. Take a stand into breadline. Of course, 16 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: Christmas will always survive because a holiday is based on 17 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 2: the birth of our eternal Savior. But some traditions we 18 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: love about Christmas in New York City could be threatened 19 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 2: if Zohoron and his socialist coalition get their way. And 20 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: you have Robin Wansley and the Democrats socialists on the 21 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: Minneapolis City Council also wanting free grocery stores as well. 22 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 2: None of this should come as a surprise. It is interesting, though, 23 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: to see what happens next year around Christmas time, to 24 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: see what Zohoron does or doesn't. Speaking of which, a 25 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 2: lot of individuals are saying that Mom Donnie is completely 26 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: out of his league. We've highlighted on the show the 27 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: fact that a lot of what he ran on he 28 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: simply cannot move forward and do it is beyond the 29 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: power of the Mayor's office in New York City. Then 30 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: comes this clip here, and I have a couple of 31 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: different clips from Mom Donnie. We have Peggy flan Again, 32 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: Kelly Morrison. All of these are good examples of how 33 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 2: democrats thrive off of lies and manipulation regarding their policies. 34 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 2: In this one of the more insane things that I've 35 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: heard of politicians say, next to the ridiculousness of Peggy 36 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: Flan again. 37 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: We'll so'll share here in just a moment. 38 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 2: But in an interview recently with a New York City 39 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: news outlet, Mom Donnie declared that New York is a 40 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 2: city of international law. 41 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 3: You said you would arrest Benjamin Attyahoo based on THEOS 42 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four International Court arrest warrant. Next you and 43 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 3: General Assembly as mayor, would you do that? 44 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 4: So I've said time and again that I believe this 45 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 4: is a city of international law, and being a city 46 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 4: of law means looking to uphold international law, and that 47 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 4: means upholding the warrants from the International Criminal Court, whether 48 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 4: they're for Benjamin Niaw or Vladimir Putin. I think that 49 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 4: that's critically important to showcase our values. And unlike Donald Trump, 50 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 4: I'm someone who looks to exist within the confines of 51 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 4: the laws that we have, so I will look to 52 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 4: exhaust every legal possibility, not to create my own laws 53 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 4: to do so. 54 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 3: On the other hand, this is also a world event. 55 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 3: Does that not count a little bit? 56 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 5: Well? 57 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 4: I think we are a global city. But I also 58 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 4: think what New Yorkers are looking for is consistency in 59 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 4: the way in which we talk about our values and 60 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 4: follow through on them. And that's why I think these 61 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 4: warrants from the International Criminal Court they are worth fully 62 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 4: exploring every legal possibility to actually follow through on. 63 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: And again it's another good example of how this is 64 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 2: just pure fantasy. 65 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: New York is. 66 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: Of course under you United States law, you can't just 67 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 2: selectively pick what enforcement that you want to use. 68 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: I mean, Democrats try. 69 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 2: But this international law take by Mam Donnie. 70 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: It's a distraction. It's a cover. 71 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 2: For his desire to continue to defund police, dismantle law enforcement, 72 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: embrace sanctuary policies, getting people to believe that there is 73 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 2: some sort of international law that New York can follow 74 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 2: that goes and justifies the extreme socialist policy ideas that 75 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 2: Mam Donnie has. Unfortunately, he's working with a base of 76 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 2: voters that are susceptible to this type of word manipulation. 77 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,799 Speaker 2: Speaking of word manipulation, this one just made me laugh. 78 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 2: Peggy Flanagan posted this online yesterday, and I'm not surprised 79 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 2: this she would go and post a commentary like this. 80 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 2: I just I wish that it were done in a 81 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 2: public forum where she could be questioned on her commentary 82 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 2: here and what it ultimately says and how it really 83 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 2: does run completely contrary to a lot of Democrat policies 84 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 2: and beliefs. 85 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: So just listen to what Peggy Finagin has to say. 86 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 6: Here are four moms in the Senate with children under 87 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 6: the age of eighteen four, Like no wonder, we haven't 88 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 6: made right like enough progress on making childcare affordable, or 89 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 6: passing paid family a medical leave, or increasing the minimum 90 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 6: wage right which has been seventy dollars and twenty five 91 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 6: cents at the federal level and hasn't gone up in 92 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 6: you know, sixteen years. 93 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 7: This this matters. 94 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 2: So this simpleton argument would lead one to believe that 95 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: because in Peggy flannagain mine, there are only four moms 96 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 2: with kids under the age of eighteen in the Senate, 97 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: that they can't possibly go and pass those and aren't 98 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 2: moms or have children. The men who have children apparently 99 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: don't matter, and therefore it's not a surprise that all 100 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 2: of these different items that are what gender exclusive cannot 101 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 2: be passed because there aren't more moms with kids to 102 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 2: go and relate to it. So what is it so, 103 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: Peggy Flanagan does she own a firearm? If she doesn't 104 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 2: own a firearm, then under her mentality, how can she 105 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 2: possibly go and speak to issues relating to the Second Amendment? 106 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 6: Are four moms in a Senate with children under the 107 00:06:55,760 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 6: age of eighteen four? Like no wonder, we haven't made 108 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 6: right like enough progress on making childcare affordable, or passing 109 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 6: paid family and medical leave, or increasing the minimum wage 110 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 6: right which has been seventy dollars and twenty five cents 111 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 6: at the federal level and hasn't gone up in you know, 112 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 6: sixteen years. 113 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 7: This this matters. 114 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: So here's a question. 115 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: Are those that are serving an office, I mean, are 116 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: they competent? Are they reading the bills? They were elected 117 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: by their constituents, right? I mean this idea that if 118 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 2: you don't have kids, therefore you can't go and possibly 119 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: have an opinion or support policies relating to kids if 120 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 2: you don't have any imagine thinking essentially only moms and 121 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: only those currently with kids under eighteen can understand any 122 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 2: particular issue. Is She posted that like it's a good thing, 123 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 2: But it speaks too what the Democrats do right now. 124 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 2: They manipulate, they lie, They present these ridiculous arguments. They 125 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 2: don't bother to go and back them up. They're rarely 126 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 2: challenged on them. And thankfully, there was a lot of 127 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: people that were course correcting Peggy Flanagan's comments in that clip, but. 128 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: There were also almost an equal number of individuals. 129 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: That were like, yeah, that's right, Peggy got them. 130 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: We need more women with children. 131 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 2: His representation not to mention the fact that doesn't this 132 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 2: completely run contrary to the democrats beliefs regarding gender identity. 133 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 2: Coming from the woman who wore they protect trans kids 134 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 2: a black T shirt adorned with a knife on it. 135 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 2: I know I say it a lot, but it's appropriate, 136 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 2: Like make it make sense. Got a couple of comments 137 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: that came in regarding mom Donnie and his international law 138 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,359 Speaker 2: in New York City. 139 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 8: Comment, Hey, John, I don't know the international law on 140 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 8: man's a US slash New York law sounds a little 141 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 8: insurrection to me. 142 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: Now insurrection, I like that. 143 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 9: Yeah, Mom Donnie's position that New York is an international 144 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 9: city governed by international law is more than just fantasy. 145 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 9: It's active sedition. 146 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: Literally, that's what that is. 147 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 9: It's active sedition saying we don't we're not subject to 148 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 9: the law of the United States or an independent city, 149 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 9: and we're governed by international law and not United States. Sow, 150 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 9: that's sedition. 151 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 10: Hi, John Dave from elk River about the Peggy Flanagan comments, 152 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 10: if they would get rid of people being able to 153 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 10: stay in power for centuries, we might have some younger 154 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 10: people in office. Thank you. 155 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 2: That's a really, really good point. All right, we'll get 156 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 2: back to more of your comments coming up in just 157 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: a moment. We'll keep with the theme another equally ridiculous 158 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 2: audio clip Representative Kelly Morrison, who was absolutely insufferable. 159 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 7: On x. 160 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 2: She took to the platform to complain regarding a what 161 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 2: apparently is a real SOB story of a constituent concerned 162 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 2: about rising healthcare premium costs. But again it's completely void 163 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 2: of the truth and the actual context of what is 164 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 2: taking place regarding the issue of which apparently Representative Kelly 165 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 2: Morrison is fighting for. Once I give you details on 166 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,319 Speaker 2: that one expensive Minnesota, Minnesotan's facing an extra one to 167 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 2: billion in property taxes next year, and we have Ryan Wilson, 168 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 2: Lieutenant Governor candidate, joining us in studio, plus more of 169 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 2: your comments from the iHeartRadio app. It's all coming up 170 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 2: on Twin City's News Talk Am eleven thirty and one 171 00:10:53,440 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 2: oh three five FM. I have a lot of great 172 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 2: talkbacks that have come into the iHeartRadio app regarding the 173 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 2: clip that I played from candidate Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan 174 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 2: lamenting that there are four moms with kids under eighteen 175 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 2: in the US Senate. It's no wonder that all of 176 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 2: these specific items relating to things that only apparently in 177 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 2: Peggy Flannagan's mind women with children can relate to, haven't 178 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 2: been passed. Seems incredibly shortsighted. We'll get to your comments 179 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,679 Speaker 2: here in just a moment, but I want to keep 180 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: with the theme because I have another clip and you 181 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 2: can put it right in the same category as zohoron 182 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 2: mom Donnie his international law in New York City, ridiculous commentary, 183 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: Peggy Flannagan's assumptions of gender and what people are more 184 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 2: knowledgegible in Before I Play You Representative Kelly Morrison. Let 185 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 2: me just set the table news this morning, looking at 186 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 2: a version here from Fox nine. You Care is shutting 187 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 2: down next year, and Medica will take control of its 188 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 2: existing health plans in the Medicaid family and individual markets. 189 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 2: So Medica's acquisition of you Care's health plans was announced 190 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 2: yesterday in a joint press conference. You Care itself was 191 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 2: created more than forty years ago, primarily to offer healthcare 192 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 2: coverage to low income policy holders, but you Care has 193 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 2: recently struggled to navigate the turbulent healthcare markets. It was 194 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 2: announcder earlier this year, plans to cut the Medicaid coverage 195 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 2: and exit the Medicare advantage market altogether. Monday's announcement punctuates 196 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 2: a dramatic fall for you Care in recent years. They 197 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 2: reported a half billion dollar loss. The HMO tried to 198 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 2: engage in a turnaround plan with the state of Minnesota 199 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 2: after reporting a net income loss of five hundred million 200 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 2: last year. The significant drop in revenue came just two 201 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 2: years after u Care reported a net income surplus of 202 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 2: three hundred and twenty five million. It is a broken 203 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 2: record relating to COVID or relief funds from so many 204 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: different entities here in the state. 205 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: Where they're trucking along. 206 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 2: Fine, they get this influx of COVID money, the revenue balloons, 207 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 2: and then suddenly it's all good. You Care acknowledge the 208 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:46,479 Speaker 2: surplus was likely an outlier because of the unique circumstances 209 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 2: attributed by the pandemic. Oh, that's an interesting way to 210 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 2: word it. Instead the company's losses we're piling up. You 211 00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 2: Care failed a financial trend test earlier this year, triggering 212 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 2: a turnaround plan with the state. So how much of 213 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 2: this was misappropriation of COVID relief funds that led to 214 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 2: the downfall of you Care. So Kelly Morrison representative post 215 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 2: this online telling a what I'm sure to be an 216 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 2: incredibly real SOB story. Right, I'm sure she didn't make 217 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 2: up this story of a constituent concerned about rising healthcare 218 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 2: premium costs. What's interesting about this, though, is in the 219 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 2: clip you see Representative Kelly Morrison speaking to the camera, 220 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 2: but then she overlays some text from stories on top 221 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: of it, and one of the stories that she puts 222 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 2: is you Care prior to this announcement of their shutting 223 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 2: down to Medica taking over, with concerns over getting cuts 224 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 2: from you Care, which apparently has nothing to do with 225 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 2: the complaints that Kelly Morrison is putting forward regarding Republicans, 226 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 2: which is the point that she tries to make in 227 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 2: this clip. 228 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 11: I just got a message from a constituent whose health 229 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 11: insurance is about to increase by twelve hundred dollars a month. 230 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 11: She's a teacher, she just retired from a long career, 231 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 11: more than thirty five years of teaching. She's scared she 232 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 11: may lose her health insurance because she can't afford it. 233 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 11: I mean, who could twelve hundred dollars more a month 234 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 11: and unexpected additional health costs is insane. No one should 235 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 11: have to live with that stress, that financial burden, that uncertainty. 236 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 2: By the way, there is no evidence based off of 237 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 2: one that this story that she's presenting the alleged constituent 238 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 2: worried about her rising health care costs and whether or 239 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 2: not those concerns were even legitimate. There are so many 240 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 2: Democrats out there that have been duped by the elected 241 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 2: officials that they voted for into believing that what the 242 00:15:54,880 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 2: Trump administration is doing or wholesale cuts to Medicaid, when 243 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 2: in actuality, as we have talked about on the show 244 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 2: and demonstrated, no, it's about just like snap, getting rid 245 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 2: of the waste and the fraud and the abuse in 246 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 2: the program. If you are eligible for these funds, you're 247 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 2: probably still going to be able to get it, except 248 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 2: in this case, she takes it a step further points 249 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 2: to the you Care concerns, which aren't even a part 250 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 2: of this argument, because you Care was dealing with their 251 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 2: own problems. 252 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 11: Just to be able to get the basic care they 253 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 11: need to be healthy and live their life. I've been 254 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 11: getting so many messages like this, every member of Congress 255 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 11: HUDs because tens of millions of Americans are seeing their 256 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 11: health insurance premiums double or triple. Millions will lose their 257 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 11: health insurance because they simply cannot afford it. It's heartbreaking 258 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 11: and it's shocking that the Republican majority in Congress is 259 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 11: hearing these same pleas from scared Americans, from the people 260 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 11: who won't be able to afford health insurance, and yet 261 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 11: absolutely refuses to address it. This fight is far from over, 262 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 11: and we're never going to give up. I'm here and 263 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 11: I'm going to keep working every day. Now. 264 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 2: What's heartbreaking is what Democrats refuse to address, and that 265 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 2: is the lies and the lack of context and the 266 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 2: propaganda that they spew when they want to perpetuate this 267 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 2: idea that millions are going to lose their healthcare coverage 268 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 2: when really what we're talking about are individuals that should 269 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 2: never have had access to that healthcare coverage in the 270 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 2: first place, who were committing acts of fraud. And again 271 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 2: it's lies and manipulation coming from mom Donnie and his 272 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: comments about international law only to go and convince individuals 273 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 2: in New York City that when he moves forward to 274 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 2: dismantle and defund law enforcement when he looks to go 275 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 2: and prosecute to individuals beyond his purview as mayor. He's 276 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 2: now got this argument enough, Well, we're just looking at 277 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 2: international law when it comes to Peggy Flanagan and her 278 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,479 Speaker 2: ridiculous assertion that unless you're a woman with kids, you 279 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 2: can't possibly know or be knowledgeable about particular issues. 280 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 6: Are four moms in the Senate with children under the 281 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 6: age of eighteen four? Like, no, wonder we haven't made right, 282 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 6: like enough progress on making childcare affordable, or passing paid 283 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 6: family and medical leave, or increasing the minimum wage right 284 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 6: which has been seventy dollars and twenty five cents at 285 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 6: the federal level and hasn't gone up in you know, 286 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 6: sixteen years. 287 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 7: This this matters. 288 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 12: One in John Mark from New Hope here. I am 289 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 12: so tired of this minimum wage hasn't gone up in 290 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 12: sixteen years argument. My three daughters, who are twenty two, twenty, 291 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 12: and seventeen, all started working at the age of fourteen, 292 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 12: and none of them starting at seven twenty five an hour. 293 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: In fact, I think the. 294 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 12: Lowest wage any one of them started at was ten 295 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 12: dollars an hour, and it's usually much higher than that. 296 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 13: My home is now under international law, and I am 297 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 13: not going to pay any more increases in my property taxes. 298 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: Enough is enough. 299 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 13: Minnesota is taking people out of their homes because of 300 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 13: what they're doing to their property taxes. So let's just 301 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 13: go by that international law bs and. 302 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 7: Not pay them. 303 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 2: And I'm going to sit back and patiently wait for 304 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 2: Representative Kelly Morrison to put up another insufferable video. 305 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: Where she laments. 306 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 2: The property owners here in Minnesota facing one billion dollars 307 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 2: in property tax hikes next year, the fear that that's 308 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 2: putting in to the homeowners here in the state, the 309 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 2: concern that they had of the rising costs of their 310 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 2: property taxes. I'll just sit back and wait for her 311 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: to post that video with all the reasons why that 312 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 2: is taking place under Governor Tim Walls and his one 313 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 2: expensive Minnesota. 314 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 12: Did Peggy Flanagan just admit that the congress people only 315 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 12: vote for things that benefit them. 316 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: Certainly sounded like it all right. 317 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 2: Coming up candidate for Lieutenant governor running on the ticket 318 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 2: with Lisa Damuth's running for governor, Ryan Wilson. I'll join 319 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 2: me in studio next here on Twinsday's News Talk Am 320 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 2: eleven thirty and one oh three five FM. 321 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 11: I just got a message from a constituent whose health 322 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 11: insurance is about to increase by twelve hundred dollars a month. 323 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 11: She's a teacher, she just retired from a long career, 324 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 11: more than thirty five. 325 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 7: Years of teaching. 326 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 11: She's scared she may lose her health insurance because she 327 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 11: can't afford it. 328 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 2: Representative Kelly Morrison got a couple of comments based off 329 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 2: of that clip here on Twinsday News Talk from the 330 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 2: sixty five to one Carpet Next Day Install Studios. 331 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 14: As to Kelly Morrison, stop talking, you don't know what 332 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 14: you're talking about. How about we have incentives and cost 333 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 14: reductions for those individuals that actually preventively keep themselves in 334 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 14: shape through exercise, diet, they don't smoke, No, of course 335 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 14: not that would be punishing those poor people that sit 336 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 14: on their dufts, motionism, medicine, plain and simple. Start taking 337 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 14: care of your bodies and healthcare. 338 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: Costs will fall. 339 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 2: A friend of the show, Scott is certainly the example 340 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 2: of maintaining your fitness, because that guy has more energy 341 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 2: than certainly that I have, even with the good night's 342 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 2: sleep from my night gummies from Many Leaf here on 343 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 2: Twin Cities News Talk. 344 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 15: Good morning John, for all these knuckleheads who believe people 345 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 15: like Kelly Morrison is my representative. By the way, sorry, 346 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 15: help they're paying attention because why is that a school 347 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 15: district is only a special election next to April? Half 348 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 15: of billion dollars they want for the school district here, 349 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 15: that's already the majority of my property taxes. I don't 350 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 15: know who's still voting for these Democrats and stop, stop, stop, 351 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 15: we don't have any more money. Have a good day. 352 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, And the talkback makes a great point. 353 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, I have that story in 354 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 2: my stack, Judy regarding why Zetta board approving the special 355 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 2: election for four hundred and ninety six million dollars to 356 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 2: cover the new facilities. And when you look at the 357 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 2: fact that the property taxes are going up in Minnesota, 358 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 2: they talk about inflation and also rising operational costs for 359 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 2: local governments and also school district levies as well. There's 360 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 2: a lot of different reasons. And joining me in studio 361 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 2: this morning to help sort this out and talk about 362 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 2: a host. 363 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: Of other issues. 364 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 2: Fresh off of the announcement that he has joined Lisa 365 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 2: Damith and her gubernatorial campaign running as lieutenant governor. Ryan 366 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 2: Wilson joins us in studio. Good morning, Ryan, good morning. 367 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 2: I was great to be in studio with you. Thanks 368 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 2: so much for for coming on and congrats on the 369 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 2: on the announcement. What has a response been so far 370 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 2: since you've been added to the Lisa Damuth. 371 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: Ticket and talk a little bit about how that came about. Yeah, 372 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's been great. 373 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 16: You know, I campaign obviously four years ago for state auditor, 374 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,360 Speaker 16: got to travel the state and it's good being back 375 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 16: to meet people. You know, we're going to BPOU meetings 376 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 16: and we're going around the state talking to different areas. 377 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: And just just love talking to people. 378 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 16: I love getting out there, getting on the trail and 379 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 16: it's always tough being away from home. I got five 380 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 16: kids and they all got hockey now and all that stuff, 381 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 16: but it's fun and their support of this, and you know, 382 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 16: I just get love meeting the people and hearing their concerns. 383 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: And this is one of the things that came up 384 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: last night. 385 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,479 Speaker 16: You know, there's billion dollars in you know, an increased 386 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 16: property taxes and you know it's people. 387 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 1: Don't see it's a billion dollars for them. 388 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 16: It's a thousand dollars for them, right, it's budget, it's 389 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 16: stuff out of their budget. 390 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 1: That they didn't plan for. 391 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 16: And you take us, you know, senior citizen on a 392 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 16: fixed budget, you know, how are they gonna make? How 393 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 16: are they going to stay in their house when they 394 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 16: know that property tax is coming? And so people are 395 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 16: worried in their concern and they see the recklessness that's 396 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 16: happened under Tim Walls and what they want change. 397 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 2: And I guess that would be the first question that 398 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 2: I would have is and we can get into we'll 399 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 2: get into some more of the the details regarding these 400 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 2: property tax increases, because this is going to be different 401 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 2: depending on the county that you that you live in, 402 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 2: and these are happening at that level. They're having at 403 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 2: the county at the county level. But the question I 404 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 2: wanted to start off with was, you know, how much 405 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 2: of this is because of just how expensive the state 406 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 2: of Minnesota has become under Governor Tim Walls and DFL policies. 407 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 2: I mean, I guess you can you can also add 408 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 2: to that, you know, is this more aligned with sort 409 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 2: of classic you know, classic tax and spend liberal policies, 410 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 2: But how much onus would you put on the walls 411 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 2: of administration when you look at this massive property tax 412 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 2: increase here in Minnesota next year. 413 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 1: I mean, here's the absurdity of it. 414 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 16: So during you know, was it the twenty two to 415 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 16: twenty three sessions when when Democrats had one party control, 416 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 16: they had the host the Senate, they could pass whatever 417 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 16: they wanted. 418 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 1: They blew through that eighteen billion. 419 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 16: Dollar surplus that they had, and they added I think 420 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 16: what was a ten billion dollars in new taxes on 421 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 16: top of that, So you had all that together, you know, 422 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 16: it's it's spending us off the rails. And on top 423 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 16: of that, we're seeing now that there are additional policies 424 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 16: that pushed more spending to the county. So not only 425 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 16: are they you know, spending more money at the state level, 426 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 16: you know, they're draining, they're putting more mandates on counties, 427 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 16: on schools, on things that require property tax increases. 428 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 1: So it's a double whammy. So people are just starting. 429 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 16: To see some you know, the tip of the iceberg 430 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 16: in terms of what that one party Democrat control brought us, 431 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 16: and it's only going to keep getting worse. 432 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 2: What can be done about it? How do we go 433 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 2: and address this? I mean again, these are head this 434 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 2: is happening at the at the county level. 435 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: What can be what can be done? Can anything be done? 436 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 2: You know at you know, at the top, you know, 437 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 2: by the governor's office, by the lieutenant governor's office. 438 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 16: Well, sure, with the leadership change, a lot could be done. 439 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 16: You know, what we saw a last session is you know, 440 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 16: we're you know, they spent through the Democrats spent through 441 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 16: the eighteen billion dollars start plus added ten billion dollars 442 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 16: in more taxes because that wasn't enough, and uh, that 443 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 16: put us towards a fiscal cliff. And so we're already 444 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 16: starting to see you know, deficits on the horizon. Republicans 445 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 16: are having to step in and solve some of these problems. 446 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 16: The Dame with Wilson ticket knows that when we win, 447 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 16: we're going to have a problem that's going to have 448 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 16: to be solved. You know, there's a five billion dollar 449 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 16: plus deficit coming down the pipe here and it's gonna 450 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 16: you know, it's going to require good, responsible people to 451 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 16: fix that. 452 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: And so what did we see last session? 453 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 16: We were the Republicans were able to get the largest 454 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 16: reduction in spending in state history. 455 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: I think it's about five billion. 456 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 16: Dollars, pairing it back from record setting levels from the Democrats, 457 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 16: and that was with one half of one house, you know, 458 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 16: of all all the state government, and you give Republicans 459 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 16: more power, you're going to see more good things. They're 460 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 16: going to see more budget reduction. You're going to see 461 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,400 Speaker 16: more relief on counties. At the same time, we need 462 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 16: counties and also be more responsible to the right. 463 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: See a lot of pet projects. 464 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 16: You know, I think we don't remember a couple of 465 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 16: weeks ago, we saw that project up in a Nooko 466 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 16: where they wanted to do the what was it. 467 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: The surfboard park on the right river. 468 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 16: And so you know there's gonna be things like that 469 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 16: that you know, people it's local control. 470 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: They decided how they want to spend their money. 471 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 16: If they don't want property texts, they're going to have 472 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 16: to hold their counties a little bit more accountable as well. 473 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 16: But it starts with you know, Wallas has a had 474 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 16: a fundamental proposition that he wanted to spend more at 475 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 16: the state level, and one way to do that is 476 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 16: shifting some of those burdens down the counties. So we 477 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 16: have to take some of that back. We have to 478 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 16: make sure that we're not over burdening counties. 479 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 2: Looking at the situation and just as an example in Wysetta, 480 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 2: So their proposal almost five hundred million dollars includes building 481 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 2: a new elementary and middle school, adding to the Wysetta 482 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 2: High School, upgrading classrooms, upgrading kitchens and cafeterias, building a 483 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 2: new eight lane pool at Wisetta High School. So the 484 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 2: question about the pool is contingent upon whether the voters 485 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 2: go and approve that four hundred and sixty five million 486 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 2: dollar bond. So the voters are going to be asked 487 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 2: during a special election they'll mole weather using an existing 488 00:27:55,240 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 2: multi million dollar technology levee should be extended. They'll also 489 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 2: be asked whether the district should issue the four hundred 490 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 2: and sixty five million general obligation bonds to fund new 491 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 2: buildings and various upgrades. And then the third question would 492 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 2: be whether the district should issue thirty one million in 493 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 2: general obligation bonds that would include the construction of the 494 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 2: pool that I mentioned. The question about the pool is 495 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 2: contingent on the voters improving that that have four hundred 496 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 2: and sixty five million. So, by example, for a home 497 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 2: value at six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, approval of 498 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 2: the questions would add three hundred and ninety six dollars 499 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 2: per year on property taxes. Let me ask a larger 500 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 2: sort of you know, thirty thousand foot view question. And 501 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 2: a lot of people bring this up, and I brought 502 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 2: it up. Now here you have another circumstance of a 503 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 2: school and we saw these referendums and other districts pass 504 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 2: where these school boards are asking for all this money 505 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 2: and yet the Walls administration and the DFL at the 506 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 2: time of the trifecta, you know, we were all told 507 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 2: they were fully funding education. So what's been going on here? 508 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 2: Where did all that money go that went to the schools? 509 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 2: And why did they need to do so continue to 510 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 2: request these special funds. 511 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 16: You know, I think that's the big charade of what 512 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 16: happened under the one party Democrat control is we were 513 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 16: told all these great utopian solutions happened, and now that 514 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 16: we're starting to peel back the onion, we're seeing you 515 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 16: know that now they're not quite what was promised and 516 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 16: not even close to what was promised. Right, So you know, 517 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 16: the second they said schools were fully funded, what do 518 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 16: we see school saying you don't have enough money? 519 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: Right? 520 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 16: Too many mandates, too much And they're right about that. 521 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 16: There were too many mandates put on schools and schools 522 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 16: need relief from those mandates. And so you know where 523 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 16: did the money go. It's going to special interests. It's 524 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:33,959 Speaker 16: going to bureaucrats, right. You know one of the things 525 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 16: we talked about this, We talked about this during the 526 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 16: auditor's race, and it's just as true now. We need 527 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 16: to make sure that money is making it to the classrooms, 528 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 16: to the students, so the kids can learn, so they 529 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 16: can recover from you know, Tim Walls is you know 530 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 16: COVID learning loss that they have and that it can rebound, 531 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 16: and so instead it's going to bureaucrats and special projects 532 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 16: and things that don't help kids learn. 533 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 7: Good morning, John Dustin from Zimmerman. 534 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 2: I just wanted to let you know kind of that 535 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 2: I got my proposed pri pretty tax statement and it's only. 536 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: Going up about twelve bucks a month. 537 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 2: So if it's obviously based on county, but for me 538 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 2: at least nothing much. 539 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 12: Really there have a go on. 540 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,719 Speaker 2: So all seven counties in the Twin Cities metro area 541 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 2: are proposing higher property tax levies, so you looking at 542 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 2: ten percent in Ramsey, Dakota, Scott and Anoka counties. On 543 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 2: top of that, many cities levees are jumping by four 544 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 2: to eighteen percent across the state. City officials say they're 545 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 2: contending with inflation, higher insurance costs, wage increases, and requests 546 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 2: to fund long term projects. The tax levies are still preliminary. 547 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 2: Counties and cities will finalize them in December after homeowners 548 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 2: share their opinions of public hearings. And that's the other 549 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 2: part that I wanted to mention too, is that if 550 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 2: you're unhappy with your property tax notice, you. 551 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: Can contest that. 552 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 2: At the beginning of twenty twenty five when assessed and 553 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 2: some valuations were conducted. However, the cycle is about to 554 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,239 Speaker 2: restart for those that are wishing to appeal. Homeowners can 555 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 2: actually go and dispute the properties value or classification, potentially 556 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 2: reducing their property taxes if successful, and I imagine a 557 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 2: lot of people are probably going to move forward to 558 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 2: to do that. This does seem like it's going to 559 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 2: require a long term solution in order to fix this 560 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 2: problem that people are going to be faced with next year. 561 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 2: It is going to vary based off of the county 562 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 2: that year in but this is also something that people 563 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 2: are going to have to live with for quite a 564 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 2: while until we can, you know, hopefully get some new 565 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 2: leadership and get things under control, right. 566 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: Right, and Wilson, well you get the nail on the 567 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: head there. I think you know what's going to change. 568 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 16: This is leadership, right, Damth Wilson ticket is going to 569 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 16: put a priority on making sure money stays in people's 570 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 16: pockets as opposed to the government taking it going through 571 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 16: ten different agencies, getting spent on NGO's at the county level. 572 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 10: Right. 573 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 16: This needs to be built from the bottom up. We 574 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 16: can't just look at increases on the increases in the budget. 575 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 16: You know, we need to go to the bottom look 576 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,240 Speaker 16: at where all the money is going. You know, all 577 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 16: the sixty plus billion dollars in spending is happening, so 578 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 16: that you know, we can be good stewards. You know, 579 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 16: we're looking at a billion dollars in potential property text increases, right. 580 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 16: You know what else is a billion plus dollars the 581 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 16: amount of fraud in Minnesota. Right, And so you know, 582 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 16: one of the things that Republicans invested in and fought 583 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 16: for during during this last budget negotiation was helping counties 584 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 16: upgrade their IT systems, for example, so they could do 585 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 16: things like catch fraud. Right that shouldn't have been a 586 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 16: contentious issue, but ended up being negotiating item. 587 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: Democrats fraud. 588 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 16: If you feel like it feels like there's a theme 589 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 16: every time there's this idea of what's root out a 590 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 16: little fraud or let's maybe you know, make sure that 591 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 16: the tax dollars are going where they're supposed to go. 592 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 16: You get pushed back, you know, from from the DFL 593 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,719 Speaker 16: and things that shouldn't be controversial, but yeah, they end 594 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 16: up but they but they end up being controversial. Let's 595 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 16: get back to a few of your comments from the 596 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 16: iHeartRadio app again running for Lieutenant governor with Lisa Damuth. 597 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 16: We have Ryan Wilson in stud You have you any 598 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 16: questions for him, you can put those into the iHeartRadio 599 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 16: app talkbacks brought to you by Lyndall Realty. 600 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 1: Hi John. 601 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 17: The Democrats knew what they were doing when they had 602 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 17: a tra EFFECTA and they knew that they were going 603 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 17: to everything through that they could, and they weren't concerned 604 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 17: about losing the next elections because they knew that the 605 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 17: Republicans were going to have to try and fix everything, 606 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 17: and then public would get mad at the Republicans because 607 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 17: they're taking away all their benefits the evil Plan, Ryan. 608 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 2: You mentioned the fraud this broke as well overnight. Looking 609 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 2: at a version here from Channel five. The Minnesota Legislative 610 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 2: Audit Commission picked four new state programs for the Legislative 611 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 2: Auditor to focus on next year. They range from autism 612 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 2: programs and schools, to mendots, handling of private contractors, to 613 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 2: regulation of the state nursing home care. The list also 614 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 2: includes a scrutiny of how the Department of Human Services 615 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 2: Office of Inspector General does its job. I guess I'm 616 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 2: kind of scratching my head going First off, we already 617 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 2: know that there's fraud in a number of these of 618 00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 2: these programs. I guess, why weren't we already looking at this? 619 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 2: And it seems like it's a lot of I mean, 620 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 2: I hope that they end up finding this fraud, but 621 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 2: if something tells me they already know it's there and 622 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 2: they're just trying to catch you up to the fact 623 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 2: that fraud has become such a huge issue in the state, 624 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 2: and the burden can't be on. 625 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 16: The Office of Legislative Auditor to be able to ferret 626 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 16: this all out. I mean, there's only so much scope 627 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 16: that they have, only so much that they can do, 628 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 16: and it's a bit of whack a mole, right, They're 629 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 16: able to look at a couple of programs here and 630 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 16: then another one pops up that's fraudul than what we need. 631 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 16: And this again gets back to you'll see a common 632 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 16: theme new leadership that from the top down make sure 633 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 16: that all of the agencies have a culture of not 634 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,400 Speaker 16: wanting to waste taxpayer dollars. 635 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 1: And that's where again I'm. 636 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 16: I'm gonna go push the dame with Wilson ticket too, 637 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 16: have you, But I think we have sure very specific 638 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 16: policies they're going to go and be able to root 639 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 16: out some of this fraud. 640 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,320 Speaker 1: It gets back to culture and leadership. 641 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,319 Speaker 16: You know, as a microcosm of this, we saw an 642 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,840 Speaker 16: audit of Tim Wallas's Governor's office, right what was it 643 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 16: a week ago, and you know, there were payrolls being 644 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 16: approved without any oversights, credit cards being used, you know, 645 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 16: outside of. 646 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: Policies, and so his own office failed. 647 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 16: I think it was what nine ten to eleven findings 648 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 16: that they failed to pass, right, And so you can't 649 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 16: keep your own house in order, how are you going 650 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 16: to manage all of the government, all these agencies and 651 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 16: the billions of dollars in spending. And it just got 652 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 16: back to an apathy. It's a lack of caring that 653 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 16: somebody had to work hard for that. So I'm gonna 654 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,279 Speaker 16: get too philosophically here, But when somebody goes and they 655 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 16: do their job and they're working hard, that's time away 656 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 16: from their family. That's time away from something else that 657 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 16: could be doing in life. That's time they'll never get back. 658 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 16: And so when that money is stolen or wasted by 659 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 16: our government, you're stealing somebody's time. 660 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: You're stealing somebody. 661 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 16: You know, that's an hour somebody could have had with 662 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,480 Speaker 16: their kids playing catch or watching a hockey game or 663 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,360 Speaker 16: doing something else. Right, And so what we need is 664 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 16: leadership that cares more about people, about people's time, and 665 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 16: not this kind of folk caring that we see, this 666 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 16: fate caring that we see, you know from the current administration. 667 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 2: Talking with Lieutenant governor candidates Ryan Wilson and Studio let's 668 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,359 Speaker 2: get back to some of your comments from the iHeartRadio 669 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 2: app to. 670 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,680 Speaker 18: The talk packer that called in and said his taxes 671 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,759 Speaker 18: were only going up about twelve bucks a month. That's 672 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 18: not the point, and I appreciate your comment, But twelve 673 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 18: bucks a months times twelve months is one hundred and 674 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 18: forty four dollars. And then they come back again and 675 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 18: ask for it next year. Do the path one hundred 676 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 18: and forty four dollars if your property taxes or anything 677 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,840 Speaker 18: other than one thousand dollars, that's like a three percent, 678 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 18: four percent increase. 679 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:23,200 Speaker 1: Have a great day. 680 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 5: John Drew from West Central say, farmland out in the 681 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,400 Speaker 5: western part of the county went up last year. I 682 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 5: had a parcel went up sixty six percent. This year 683 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 5: it's only going up six percent, but if you look 684 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 5: over the last number of years gone, it's doubled. And 685 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 5: the problem that we seem to face is that banks, 686 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:52,800 Speaker 5: local governments, real estate do not want properties values to decrease. 687 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,760 Speaker 1: Well, that's something that has to has to change as well. 688 00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 2: I'm curious in since you've been attached to Lisa Damouth's 689 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 2: ticket and you've had the opportunity to begin the campaign, 690 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,760 Speaker 2: have you noticed any differences this time around as opposed 691 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 2: to when you ran for for auditor. You know, I've 692 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 2: certainly been talking a lot on the show just of 693 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 2: how the dynamics have changed, especially in the way the 694 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 2: Democrats have been operating in opposition to Republicans. 695 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:24,760 Speaker 1: It's gotten much more extreme. 696 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 2: I'm just curious to get your thoughts if you've already 697 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 2: noticed a difference yet, or if you still think you're 698 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 2: going to need some more time as the campaign continues. 699 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 16: You know, one of the things I've noticed is I 700 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 16: think that the case is going to be much clearer 701 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 16: to make, especially you know, running running at the top 702 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 16: of the ticket. When I ran around the state four 703 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,400 Speaker 16: years ago talking about fraud. Back then, it was with 704 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,440 Speaker 16: someone somebody say, what quaint quarter billion dollars. Right now 705 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 16: we're up to two billion dollars plus in pushing this, 706 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 16: and so you know, the Democrats are making the case 707 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 16: for us as to why we need you know, the 708 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,080 Speaker 16: adult to get back in the room, why we need 709 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 16: you know, new leadership, and so you know the again, 710 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 16: the Democrats are writing the writing the talking points for us. 711 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 16: It's their own policies are failing and crashing down around us, 712 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 16: and Minnesotas are starting to see that, you know, we 713 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,719 Speaker 16: need new leadership. It can be it can be good 714 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,319 Speaker 16: in Minnesota, right, things can be better. Things weren't great 715 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 16: pre COVID. Right, there's a lot of stuff that you 716 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 16: know needed to change. But that budget seemed to be 717 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,680 Speaker 16: working just fine, that budget level. And so where are 718 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 16: we going up? You know, twenty thirty billion dollars since 719 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 16: I think a sixty seven percent increase in the in 720 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 16: the state budget. And so even if we're just looking 721 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,319 Speaker 16: back a couple of years, that's attainable, that's reachable, and 722 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 16: that's where we can start to get some of this 723 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,200 Speaker 16: stuff like property tax relief. We can stop overburdening counties. 724 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 16: We can stop putting it. At the end of the day, 725 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,359 Speaker 16: it's taxpayers money. They don't care if it's coming from 726 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 16: income tax, sales tax, property tax. 727 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,760 Speaker 1: It's all money out of our pockets. 728 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:45,759 Speaker 16: Right, And so this idea, you know, we look at 729 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 16: some of the governor walls to him, it's a shell game. Well, 730 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,799 Speaker 16: I can spend more at the state level, and you know, 731 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,240 Speaker 16: I'll just push that on the county and hopefully, hopefully 732 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 16: the voters aren't smart enough to figure out, right, and 733 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 16: that's what he's that's what he's presumably thinking here. And 734 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 16: and uh, I mean people are figuring it out. They're 735 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,319 Speaker 16: seeing these tax bills right in from one of them 736 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 16: in the realizing what one party, Democrat control, gave. 737 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 1: Them to that point, Let's go here to the iHeartRadio. 738 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:10,880 Speaker 19: App Tim walls crowning achievement went from an eight billion 739 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:17,399 Speaker 19: dollar surplus to a five billion dollar deficit and he's 740 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,360 Speaker 19: running again. Does he have any shame? 741 00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:23,080 Speaker 13: Thank you? 742 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 18: No. 743 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,920 Speaker 2: I wanted to mention this just briefly before before we 744 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,880 Speaker 2: wrap up this morning. But we talked about this yesterday. 745 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,920 Speaker 2: Governor Tim Walls was in Texas and talking to them 746 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,919 Speaker 2: about education, which just seemed bizarre to me. But during 747 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:42,720 Speaker 2: the middle of that discussion, he was talking about things 748 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,640 Speaker 2: that Minnesota has done to improve the education to students. 749 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 2: Of course, he touts the graduation rates. We've talked about 750 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 2: lowering the standards. That has increased the graduation rates, but 751 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,760 Speaker 2: we know the proficiency in math and reading is nowhere 752 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,719 Speaker 2: near where it should be. But then he went so 753 00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 2: far as to say that we have universal pre k 754 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 2: here in the state, and we and we don't. And 755 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,239 Speaker 2: it's another one of those circumstances, where as a Minnesota 756 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 2: reformer you know, says he kind of misspoke is another 757 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,760 Speaker 2: way to look at it, and it's kind of a lie. 758 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,239 Speaker 2: And I don't understand why he feels the need to 759 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:15,840 Speaker 2: do that, but I wanted to give you an opportunity 760 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:16,600 Speaker 2: to respond. 761 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,040 Speaker 16: To what Walls had to say. I think this year 762 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 16: is Governor Walls are just too detached from Minnesota. Whether 763 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 16: it's worry about running for vice president and his failed 764 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 16: presidential bid you know last year, or now it's you know, 765 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,399 Speaker 16: trying to run for president in a couple of years here, 766 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,600 Speaker 16: He's just not connected to Minnesota. He doesn't know what's 767 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:31,360 Speaker 16: happening on the ground here. He doesn't know the issues 768 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:34,799 Speaker 16: that people are facing. And what's particularly agree just about 769 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:36,640 Speaker 16: that statement about the pre K is we have one 770 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,040 Speaker 16: of the most expensive childcare systems here in Minnesota. Not 771 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,080 Speaker 16: only were not a Universus PreK, we have one of them, 772 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,080 Speaker 16: you know, one of the most least affordable. And that 773 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,000 Speaker 16: just gets to the broader theme of what's happening in Minnesota. 774 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:47,640 Speaker 16: What I'm hearing is I travel on the state, is 775 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:49,800 Speaker 16: people are burdened by all of this. It's all of 776 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,600 Speaker 16: it together. It's the property taxes, it's the childcare, it's 777 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:56,479 Speaker 16: the high cost of everything, you know, taxes, and people 778 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,640 Speaker 16: want solutions where they can live their lives and things 779 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:00,399 Speaker 16: can be more affordable. And I think that's what you're 780 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 16: going to see rolled out from the dam with Wilson 781 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,879 Speaker 16: ticket is a real plan for affordability. The Democrats plan 782 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,920 Speaker 16: for affordability is government run grocery stores, readlines, these sort 783 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:10,839 Speaker 16: of things. The Republican plan is how do we give 784 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 16: relieve How do we give families the breathing room that 785 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 16: they need so that they can plan their own lives, 786 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,040 Speaker 16: whether it be saving for college for their kids, whether 787 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 16: it be saving for retirement, whether it be buying that 788 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:20,399 Speaker 16: new house. 789 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:20,680 Speaker 1: Right. 790 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,319 Speaker 16: And so we have to have against solutions that are 791 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,080 Speaker 16: going to help people live their lives, not have the 792 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 16: government tell them how to live their lives. 793 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,520 Speaker 2: Where can people find out more about the Damouth and 794 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:31,480 Speaker 2: Wilson ticket. 795 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:35,200 Speaker 1: Lisa four m N. It's Lisa fo RMN dot com. 796 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,600 Speaker 2: As always, Ryan Wilson, great talking with you this morning, 797 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,839 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for joining us. 798 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: Always a pleasure. 799 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,480 Speaker 2: Good luck out on the campaign trail. As things start 800 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,160 Speaker 2: to get cold and slushy, out does it start snowing it. 801 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 2: I think it's coming later on today. So great seeing you. 802 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,439 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for coming in this morning. 803 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:48,759 Speaker 1: Thank you. 804 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,319 Speaker 2: We'll get some more of your comments from the iHeartRadio 805 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 2: ap brought to you by Lyndahl Realty here in just 806 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,839 Speaker 2: a moment. Also, two state senators, author of sanctuary state bill, 807 00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:00,759 Speaker 2: announced they're retiring from the legislative and I'll let you 808 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 2: know who and other candidates that have announced it to 809 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 2: replace them. It's coming up on Twin City's News Talk 810 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,280 Speaker 2: AM eleven thirty and one oh three five FM.