WEBVTT - George Santos Freed | 72-Hour Work Weeks

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 1>six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>AM six forty Bill Handle. It is a Monday morning,

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<v Speaker 2>October twenty. Some of the stories we're looking at in

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<v Speaker 2>light of the King No Kings demonstrations across the country

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday. The President has just called for a Department

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<v Speaker 2>of Justice investigation of the protests, trying to find out

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<v Speaker 2>who funded it and how much George Soros paid for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I was there, and would you do me a favor,

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<v Speaker 2>contact the Sorows folks and ask where I can get

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<v Speaker 2>a check because I wasn't paid, and damn it, I

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<v Speaker 2>was there and I want that money. I want some

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<v Speaker 2>of that money. If they're paying, I want it that

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<v Speaker 2>damn I can't believe I did it for free. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't stop, does it? The politics don't no matter what? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>talking about politics, and this is a fun one. George Santos,

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<v Speaker 2>our favorite former congress person, has had his prison sentence

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<v Speaker 2>commuted by the president.

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<v Speaker 1>He got eighty.

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<v Speaker 2>Seven months over seven years and did exactly eighty four days.

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<v Speaker 1>And he went on CNN.

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<v Speaker 2>He went on Fox and he slapped back, you have

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<v Speaker 2>a problem with my release, too bad? And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>his release, the commutation by the president, and the presidents

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<v Speaker 2>had this for the sole reason that he is a

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<v Speaker 2>loyal Republican. That's it, nothing more, nothing less. He's a

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<v Speaker 2>loyal Republican. Therefore I'm commuting his sentence. Now. Remember Santos

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<v Speaker 2>was expelled from Congress in twenty twenty three. He pled

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<v Speaker 2>guilty to wire fraud, identity theft, admitted lying to Congress,

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<v Speaker 2>stealing money from campaign owners, fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits. But hey,

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<v Speaker 2>he's a loyal Republican. So now let's go on the

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<v Speaker 2>other side. Joe Biden, right, he pardoned every member of

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<v Speaker 2>his family, particularly his son Hunter Biden, who now, in reality,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe that Hunter Biden did as did as

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<v Speaker 2>much damage as Santos did. I believe Santos took Congress

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<v Speaker 2>and brought it to a new low level, and he

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<v Speaker 2>should have been expelled and was what Hunter Biden did

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<v Speaker 2>is he lied on his application for a gun.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I'm not a current drug user.

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<v Speaker 2>It turned out in his book he admitted that timeline

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<v Speaker 2>that he was a current drug user like a moron.

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<v Speaker 1>What he should have been.

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<v Speaker 2>Done as convicted as being he should have been convicted

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<v Speaker 2>for stupid and then there was some tax issues he had.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the problem is that during the course of

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<v Speaker 2>the investigation and going after Hunter Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>And Biden was pretty good about that.

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<v Speaker 2>The President he let it go and he didn't commute

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<v Speaker 2>the sentence or pardon his son until the very last

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<v Speaker 2>David Mure ABC News interviewed Joe Biden, and there was

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<v Speaker 2>an issue as to whether the president was going to

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<v Speaker 2>pardon his son and asked him outright, are you considering

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<v Speaker 2>pardoning your son if convicted? Absolutely not. I will not

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<v Speaker 2>pardon my son if convicted. The law will be followed

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<v Speaker 2>until he pardoned his son. Oh, okay, and then he

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<v Speaker 2>pardoned his entire family and his entire staff preemptively.

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<v Speaker 1>You're done.

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<v Speaker 2>There will be no prosecution at all under any circumstances.

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<v Speaker 1>Can a president do that? You bet a president can

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<v Speaker 1>do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>His argument was that the Hunter would been.

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<v Speaker 2>Attacked and attacked luciferously when the Trump administration came in,

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<v Speaker 2>which is true, by the way, because it's political attacks.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's no question in my mind that a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of these commutations, a lot of these pardons are

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<v Speaker 2>in fact political in nature. George Santos deserved every bit

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<v Speaker 2>of his seven year sentence considering what he did. But

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<v Speaker 2>loyal Republican, being a loyal Republican, we're going to pardon him.

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<v Speaker 1>We're commuted sentence.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, I'm going to go next segment,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to go through some history of pardons and

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<v Speaker 2>what presidents have done, because President Trump with Santos, doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>hold a candle to what some presidents, both Republican and Democrats.

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<v Speaker 1>Have been in the world, have done.

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<v Speaker 2>In the world of pardons, what's the diver seen a

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<v Speaker 2>pardon and a commutation. A commutation, you're still guilty, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just you're out of prison. Sentence has been commuted. A

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<v Speaker 2>pardon is a full pardon of what you've done. It

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<v Speaker 2>never happened, done, finished, you've been pardoned, right, that's the difference.

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<v Speaker 2>So with George Santos, this is a commutation with Hunter Biden,

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<v Speaker 2>a pardon with the rest of Biden's family and his

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<v Speaker 2>staff members who were going to be under the political

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<v Speaker 2>microscope of Donald Trump. And it was it was absolutely true.

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<v Speaker 2>That was where the pardon took place. Hunter Biden completely guilty,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, no question about number one guilty. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>is it a big deal, I don't think so. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>during the he lied, he was on drugs. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>think a bigger deal is when he became the board

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<v Speaker 2>of BuddhismA, which is the gas company that's owned by

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<v Speaker 2>the Ukraine government. And he was on the board and

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<v Speaker 2>was getting half a million dollars a year from a

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<v Speaker 2>government owned utility Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 1>And the only thing.

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<v Speaker 2>That Hunter Biden Biden knew about gas was he could

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<v Speaker 2>turn his stove on and know how many BTUs that

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<v Speaker 2>stove was.

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<v Speaker 1>That is his involvement in natural gas.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, big story about George Santos, the congress Person extraordinaire

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<v Speaker 2>who was convicted and was given seven years in prison,

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<v Speaker 2>seven and a half years in prison for lying to

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<v Speaker 2>Congress and fraudulent tax returns and stealing campaign money. And

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<v Speaker 2>it was just pardoned by the president after eighty four

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<v Speaker 2>days in prison. And what was the reason of the pardoning.

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<v Speaker 2>He is a loyal Republican.

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<v Speaker 1>There it is. He's a loyal Republican. Okay. As obnoxious as.

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<v Speaker 2>That is, Donald Trump's not alone as president. Presidents have

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<v Speaker 2>done some really weird stuff and some extraordinary stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes to pardon.

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<v Speaker 2>First one out ready for this George Washington with the

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<v Speaker 2>Whiskey rebellion. So the country was completely broke. The America

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<v Speaker 2>Revolutionary War dead was going to destroy the country. Alexander Hamilton,

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<v Speaker 2>Treasury secretary, said Okay, we're going to raise money by

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<v Speaker 2>a tax on whiskey. Well, whiskey was pretty important to

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people, and so there were a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of stills that were being done and people weren't paying taxes.

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<v Speaker 2>So what he did is he came in with the

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<v Speaker 2>armed forces. He came in with the army and shut

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<v Speaker 2>him down. And a bunch of them were convicted. A

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of these whiskey people were convicted. And you know

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<v Speaker 2>what he did, he pardoned them. Said it's done, it's over.

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<v Speaker 2>Thomas Jefferson, he actually fought the Alien and Sedition Act, which,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, the president, this president is looking at

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<v Speaker 2>and this was John Adams signed that into law. Even

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<v Speaker 2>Johnson argued that. Johnson argued that, you know what, there's

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<v Speaker 2>far too much power to suppress opposition.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't do this. So what did he do?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Jefferson becomes president and another presidential power the pardon

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<v Speaker 2>was issued over and over again. David Brown, a guy,

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<v Speaker 2>a veteran of the Revolutionary War, was convicted of sedition

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<v Speaker 2>overthrowing the government, and guess what, he pardoned them, all

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<v Speaker 2>of he pardoned him. There were a whole group of

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<v Speaker 2>people that were saying that the government sucks and we

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<v Speaker 2>want to overthrow them, and Jefferson did it. Now, one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most famous ones was Abraham Lincoln, with a

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<v Speaker 2>pardon he made. Four presidents have given pardons to family members,

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<v Speaker 2>first one being Abraham Lincoln. Why well, there was a

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<v Speaker 2>woman by the name of Emily todd Helm, known as

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<v Speaker 2>the Rebel in the White House, and she happened to

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<v Speaker 2>be Mary Lincoln's half sister and the widow widow of

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<v Speaker 2>a Confederate generate General Benjamin Helm. He was killed in

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<v Speaker 2>September of eighteen sixty three. Lincoln asked him actually to

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<v Speaker 2>join the Union, but he said no, went south and

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<v Speaker 2>became a Confederate. After his death, Emily todd Helm went

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<v Speaker 2>through Union line stayed at the White House, which the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the country went, are you crazy? She was

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<v Speaker 2>known as the Trader of the White House. Well, full

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<v Speaker 2>pardon to all Confederates. Willing to take on an oath

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<v Speaker 2>of allegiance to the United States. She was part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what Lincoln was really at unifier man. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>if you promised to give up your arms, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to pardon you. And now the big one, Andrew Johnson,

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<v Speaker 2>who became president upon Lincoln's assassination, he pardoned fourteen thousand Confederates,

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<v Speaker 2>including Jefferson David who was the President of the Confederacy.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's get a little closer to our own history.

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<v Speaker 2>The pardon of Jimmy Hoffa by Nixon. Nixon, for some

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<v Speaker 2>reason liked Jimmy Hoffa. Jimmy Hoffa was the union leader,

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<v Speaker 2>head of the Teamsters who then connected the Teamsters union.

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<v Speaker 1>To the mafia. No issue, and he had.

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<v Speaker 2>Been convicted going to was to go to prison, and

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<v Speaker 2>he then disappeared. Jimmy Hoffa just disappeared. That not before

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<v Speaker 2>the pardon took place. So that was one walked out

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<v Speaker 2>of federal prison. Haffa two days before Christmas, out of

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<v Speaker 2>because he was just beginning a sentence for jury tampering

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<v Speaker 2>and mail fraud and conspiracy. All right, Carter Well, Ford

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<v Speaker 2>and Nixon. That's that one is extraordinary. Gerald Ford pardoned

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<v Speaker 2>Nixon for the crimes that he was going to be

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<v Speaker 2>convicted of no question about it. Richard Nixon was going

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<v Speaker 2>to be convicted of obstruction of justice straight out. He

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<v Speaker 2>ordered the FBI to stop an investigation of the Watergate

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<v Speaker 2>and a few other things with the Department of Justice.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine a president stopping well, you could imagine that,

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<v Speaker 2>but a legitimate investigation of a crime. President can't do that,

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<v Speaker 2>especially when he's involved. President can't do that. And Gerald

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<v Speaker 2>Ford pardon Nixon, and I must tell you on the

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<v Speaker 2>pardon issue, and I was so angry with Jerald Ford.

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<v Speaker 2>It cost him his presidency the election. Gerald Ford did

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<v Speaker 2>not win the presidency, and I think he knew it

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<v Speaker 2>when he ran for president on his own. And he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be given credit for basically healing the country.

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<v Speaker 2>His legacy is going to be extraordinary what he did.

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<v Speaker 2>Carter and Vietnam Draft dodgers, that was one Ronald Reagan

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<v Speaker 2>deep throat, remember deep throat, yep, that was Mark Felt

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<v Speaker 2>and these Felton Miller another guy convicted of conspiracy to

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<v Speaker 2>violate civil rights of friends and relatives of the Weather

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<v Speaker 2>underground approving illegal searches.

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<v Speaker 1>And they were pardoned for that, having nothing to do

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<v Speaker 1>with being deep throat.

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<v Speaker 2>The really good one that I like so much is

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<v Speaker 2>Clinton's midnight pardons. I mean, thirty seconds before he leaves

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<v Speaker 2>the presidency, he starts issuing one hundred and forty pardons,

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<v Speaker 2>including former White House business partner, newspaper eras Patty Hertz,

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<v Speaker 2>former CI chief John Deutsch. And then the two that

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<v Speaker 2>I love the best is tax evaders Mark Rich and

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<v Speaker 2>pink A Screen and I mean hundreds of millions of

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<v Speaker 2>dollars of evasion and theft. And they left, they left

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<v Speaker 2>the jurisdiction. He didn't even know them, he wasn't close

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<v Speaker 2>to them, he didn't do business with them. But there

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<v Speaker 2>were friends who were close to Clinton who said, why

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<v Speaker 2>don't you pardon these two guys? And he did. That

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<v Speaker 2>is so obnoxious. I'm more upset about that than I

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<v Speaker 2>ever will be about George Santos. These guys screwed the

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<v Speaker 2>American people by evading taxes and stealing money from so

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<v Speaker 2>many people that one just floored me.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just so pissed off at Clinton.

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<v Speaker 2>So the latest one, of course, is George Santos.

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<v Speaker 1>Being a loyal Republican.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, the takeaway there, oh, don't forget the

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<v Speaker 2>pardons by the president of all fifteen hundred of the

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<v Speaker 2>patriots who overran the capitol, who were upholding the constitution.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the takeaway here?

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<v Speaker 2>You're on his side, You're fine, You're not, You're screwed,

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<v Speaker 2>all right? Oh god, I love this story. And that

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<v Speaker 2>is how many startups? Do you remember during when the

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<v Speaker 2>internet first exploded?

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<v Speaker 1>I think someone has to mute up.

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<v Speaker 2>There, and you had these twelve year olds become billionaires.

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<v Speaker 2>And you'd go with the startups and the startups, especially

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of Facebook for example, YouTube, where you would

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<v Speaker 2>have these kids, young people come in work one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>hour weeks. And if you ever saw the movie about

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<v Speaker 2>Zuckerberg and it described how crazy it was. They all

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<v Speaker 2>lived in one house. By the way, today you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>they still have houses.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know?

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<v Speaker 2>The startups are back to where it was where these

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<v Speaker 2>supercomputer nerds, all of them teenagers are younger, are working

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<v Speaker 2>at these startups. They work for very little money, but

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<v Speaker 2>they get stock and they're demanded to work. It's demanding

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<v Speaker 2>that they work seventy eighty hours week. It's the grind

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<v Speaker 2>culture and it's coming back with vengeance. Seventy two hour weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>eighty hour weeks. There's a San Francisco AI startup called Sonatic.

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<v Speaker 1>You get a meal, you get they give you food.

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Pickleball matches all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, there was a job posted on X for

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<v Speaker 2>a job opening there. You've got to work seven days

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<v Speaker 2>of work. You have to work seven days a week

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<v Speaker 2>and at least ten hour days. But you get free

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<v Speaker 2>housing in a hacker house and free food credits. And

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<v Speaker 2>don't forget a free subscription to a dating service Raya

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<v Speaker 2>as if you're ever going to be able to date. Frankly,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the bottom line with this one. You're never You're

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<v Speaker 2>never able to get laid again if you start working

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<v Speaker 2>for one of these startups until they sell or they.

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<v Speaker 1>Have their IPO. And guess what happens Now you have.

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<v Speaker 2>A fourteen year old billionaire that can do whatever the

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<v Speaker 2>hell he wants. What you're seeing is there are job openings.

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<v Speaker 2>There are plenty out there. They are available with startups,

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<v Speaker 2>and imagine the amount of hours you have to put in.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a company called Rilla in New York City.

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<v Speaker 2>And straight out candidate should not work at the company

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<v Speaker 2>if they're not excited about working about seventy hours a

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<v Speaker 2>week in person.

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<v Speaker 1>What they call.

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<v Speaker 2>This is nine nine to six, which leads to burnout

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<v Speaker 2>and a limited amount of time you're going to spend there,

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<v Speaker 2>and nine nine to six basically what you work from

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<v Speaker 2>nine to nine every day, six days a week, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's at a minimum. And now you've got there's a

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<v Speaker 2>post that was up there. A co founder of one

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<v Speaker 2>of the ai posted a post, posted an open call

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<v Speaker 2>for new talent, and it was, as he said, simple,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what the job title is, simple amazing salary hacker

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<v Speaker 2>house in San Francisco, crazy equity six because everybody knows

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<v Speaker 2>what that is in this world now. And then that

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<v Speaker 2>post got fifty three thousand views and manned there were

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<v Speaker 2>comments harsh on nine nine six nine nine six equals

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<v Speaker 2>slaves with no life?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you that worked that way?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, let me ask you when Facebook first started, when

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon early days first started, and Bezos and Zuckerberg and

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<v Speaker 2>others demanded the kind of crazy, crazy hours and commitment

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<v Speaker 2>you could take all the time off you want, all

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<v Speaker 2>the vacation time you want. Guess what, no one took

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<v Speaker 2>off a minute, seven days a week they worked, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was they're all rich, they're all rich. We look

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<v Speaker 2>back and I go Zuckerberg. Who is worth I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Is he worth a hundred billion dollars? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>How old is he now? Early thirties? Maybe? All right?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we're going to finish it up with a

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<v Speaker 2>story or two about credit cards. First of all, we

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<v Speaker 2>know that there is a disparity among rich and poor.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that the rich or rich and the poor

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<v Speaker 2>are poor, that's a given, but that the disparity is widening.

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<v Speaker 2>The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

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<v Speaker 2>Not that they're making less money, but inflation has hit

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<v Speaker 2>and they're making less money if you look at the

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<v Speaker 2>way economics work.

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<v Speaker 1>So the rich people are still spending like crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Credit card companies are recognizing, recognizing now, and you know

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<v Speaker 2>what they're doing. They want to attract people with money

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<v Speaker 2>more so than they're doing now. And the problem is

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<v Speaker 2>some people are worried that these additional rewards because they

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<v Speaker 2>have to reward people to get them to use the

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<v Speaker 2>credit cards. Whichever company it is that basically the poor

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<v Speaker 2>people and everyone else is subsidizing the wealthy because everybody

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<v Speaker 2>pays the same price when you buy something, and the

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<v Speaker 2>rich people get points, the poor people use the cards,

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<v Speaker 2>don't get anything, but the companies still charge for the

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<v Speaker 2>processing the credit card companies, and the merchants have to

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<v Speaker 2>pay the credit card companies, so the prices have to

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<v Speaker 2>be included. And if you have a really neat card

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<v Speaker 2>with a lot of perks, guess what you get a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of perks and people who can't afford certainly the

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<v Speaker 2>card you have are subsidizing, and I mean pretty expensive stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>American Express and JP Morgan Chase just added luxury perks

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<v Speaker 2>to their top reward cards. The AMEX Platinum Card two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred dollars for an Aura ring two hundred dollars off,

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<v Speaker 2>okay if you have an Horror ring. Now the Chase

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<v Speaker 2>Sapphire Reserve comes with a credit of up to five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred dollars for high end hotels, airport lounges. Now, the

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<v Speaker 2>Sapphire Reserve card costs eight hundred bucks. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>use the perks, you save a lot of money, but

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<v Speaker 2>you have to spend eight hundred dollars. Also, the miles

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<v Speaker 2>are terrific, So I'm jumping on this even though I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna pay eight hundred dollars. I travel, as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and man if I can upgrade for two trips for

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<v Speaker 2>eight hundred bucks. I'll do it, but I've got to

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<v Speaker 2>pay it. I've got to pay a thousand bucks for

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<v Speaker 2>it or eight hundred dollars. So the bottom line is

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<v Speaker 2>people who can't afford it do it. And for the

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<v Speaker 2>those of you that can't, thank you very much on

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<v Speaker 2>behalf of rich people for subsidizing everything. Here's a stat

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<v Speaker 2>before we go, about half of US consumer spending comes

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<v Speaker 2>from people in the top ten percent.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a big one.

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<v Speaker 2>And a majority of households who make more than one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year prefer credit cards. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>people who make less than that prefer in many cases cash.

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<v Speaker 2>Cash is not king. Credit cards are king. We're done,

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<v Speaker 2>we are finished. Tomorrow it's Tech Tuesday with Rich Tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Gary and Shannon are up next. In the meantime, boy,

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<v Speaker 2>the week's almost over, isn't it. Monday is coming on

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<v Speaker 2>and we're almost there. So it starts again five am

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow with Amy and Will and then Neil and I

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<v Speaker 2>come aboard, and of course Anne and Kono put all

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<v Speaker 2>of this together as ridiculous and as marginal as it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Great, perfect and wonderful show. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, by the way, Amy, thanks for pointing out that

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<v Speaker 2>Zuckerberg is worth two hundred and forty five billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought he was only worth one hundred billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>And how old is he? Forty one forty wild case

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<v Speaker 2>older than I thought he was. All right, have a

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<v Speaker 2>good one, everybody. Uh. The Garyus Shannon Show are up next.

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