1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: ELM, Minneapolis, Like, are we legally I don't. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 2: I don't know. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 3: I shouldn't be asking this question live on the air, 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 3: But you think I've been doing this long enough I 5 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 3: would know. 6 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: But I think we will legally allowed to drink alcohol 7 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: on the air. 8 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, friend of the show Pat left cookies and 9 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 3: I didn't realize that. 10 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 2: How would you know? 11 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 4: Because I know, oh for sure, no guaranteed. Because when 12 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 4: you were telling me the story right about like there 13 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 4: was something that you did when you were a rock 14 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 4: chock right about drinking, and then it brought me to 15 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 4: another story of someone getting hammered. But you know what 16 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 4: the sister station right, they had like a contest and 17 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 4: they had a breathalyzer that they were disoweeded. 18 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 2: That's what I did when I was a kid. 19 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, so that's why I think it's legal unless you 20 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 4: have to get a specific license. 21 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 5: Poll. 22 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 6: Do you know the real reason why? It's because Ak 23 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 6: has been coming in with the bottle of lean every Friday. 24 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 4: Even know, Man, of course you can do this. 25 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 7: It's just all like a cover. 26 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 4: But I mean you're at the energy drink man, I'm 27 00:00:58,960 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 4: on that lean dog. 28 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 3: Twin Cities News Talk sixty five one carpet plus next 29 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 3: day install studios. John Justice sam is in the master 30 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 3: control booth. We do have a k Kamara Grace Keating, 31 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 3: Max Rhymer in studio and friend of the show Pat 32 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 3: Is she does every year. She bought brought two big 33 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 3: tupperware containers filled with homemade cookies, so we have some 34 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 3: in studio. 35 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 2: I shared some of the breakroom and. 36 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 3: Then there was a little box and it had a tiny, 37 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 3: tiny like mason jar with with a with a brownish liquid. 38 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 3: I didn't know what it was, and I pulled it 39 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 3: out and Grace saw it. I didn't. 40 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 2: I didn't look at the time. 41 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 3: I was in the middle right before the show started, 42 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 3: and so I during the break I was like, oh, 43 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 3: it's roalm, It's really it's really different. 44 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 8: It's that it was just the average water in Minnesota, 45 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 8: like one. 46 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 4: We can metabolize that. We're going to be perfectly fun. 47 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is it smelled. It smelled pretty strong. Just 48 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: I just smelled it. 49 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 7: I wait, what is it? 50 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: Though? It's wrong? 51 00:01:58,600 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 4: It is wrong. 52 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, ziom little hair of the dog. 53 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 7: There go there you go. 54 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 9: This came in, Hey, John, Yeah, I tried your ding 55 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 9: Dong milk soap thing. 56 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 4: You are a sick man. 57 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 7: It's not like anything about that talking your ding dong 58 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 7: milk silk thing. I didn't know you were into that, John. 59 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, So you take. 60 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 3: You got your ding dongs, guys, ding dong dong. 61 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: We don't have any milk. 62 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 3: So you take your ding dong and it's covered in 63 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 3: that in that chocolate shell. 64 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 7: Oh okay, not that one. 65 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 3: So you bite a little bit off to you bite 66 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 3: a little bit off to expose the cake. 67 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: You dunk it in a glass of milk. 68 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 3: You wait for the cake to absorb the milk, and 69 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 3: then you take a bite out of it. 70 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 4: I can see this, or let me ask you this. 71 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 4: Hit it in the mic for like ten seconds. Oh 72 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 4: that might be uh yeah a second, not too long, 73 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 4: you know, want to like boil it, but just nice 74 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 4: and soften it up. 75 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 8: Man, there's so much preservatives in this thing that you 76 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 8: put in the microwave and epa real something grows out 77 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 8: of this, like a little human grows. 78 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 3: Listen, my wife was the one who provided us these 79 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 3: ding dongs, and I'm just gonna say up front, not 80 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 3: my wife not a fan of a melted ding dong. 81 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: I just want to keep it firm. 82 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 3: Shells on there for a reason, just want to just 83 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 3: want to keep it. 84 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 9: Sam mack grays Ak Happy Freedom Friday. Yeah yeah, so 85 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 9: I thought the trans Thing was losing momentum, but I 86 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 9: keep hearing these ads for Trans Siberian Orchestra. Who's got 87 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 9: the time to teach gender confused huskies how to play spring? 88 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 2: Great dog. 89 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 9: Kudos to those pooches though they sound pretty. 90 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 7: Good, stunning and brave. 91 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 8: We got to do something about the Trans Siberian Orchestra, 92 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 8: Like I feel. 93 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 4: Like you can start that spoof on mine and you 94 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 4: would fool so many boomers. 95 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 3: You know, if if if they don't come out, like 96 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 3: if they don't come out on stage, you know, cross dressing, 97 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: they've really missed an opportunity. Yeah, yeah, I just I hadn't. 98 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 3: I didn't listen to the talkback. Would have been fine 99 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 3: at trans Thing. Trans Siberian Orchestra done, but like you're right, 100 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 3: he wouldn't. 101 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 2: He went he went all in on that. 102 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,679 Speaker 4: And I will say, like shout out to Transhaberian Orchestra. 103 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 4: They put on an amazing show. They got flames. Anytime 104 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 4: you have pyrotechnics mixed and anything automatic winner, it's 's incredible, 105 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 4: Like remember Game of Thrones when they're traveling and they 106 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 4: were doing like the theme song from Game of Thrones 107 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 4: and there was just fire like done. Sign me up? 108 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 2: All right, let's go here. 109 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 3: I got this email, Mindy writes in talking paid family 110 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 3: medical leaf, here's the situation in my area ISS, She writes, 111 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 3: there's a county worker that I know that is expecting 112 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 3: a new member into the family. Though I'm happy for them, 113 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 3: I am upset at how this is playing out. You see, first, 114 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 3: they saved all their sick and vacation days, so they've 115 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: been off the entire month of December. On January first, 116 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 3: the paid sick leave will start and we will not 117 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 3: see this staff member until late May. 118 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 2: But wait, wow, there's more. Now. 119 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 3: The employee that's been hired to cover the county position 120 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 3: that needs to be filled will be working until June first. 121 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 3: This employee has stated that they will then be taking 122 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 3: twenty weeks off before going back to their normal position 123 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 3: in the county. Two taxpayer county salaries ninety percent less work. 124 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 8: So when you get your property tax bill, understand this 125 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 8: is what it is funding. It is not funding critical services, 126 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 8: It is not funding additional staff who actually. 127 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 7: Are doing more work. 128 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 8: Literally, the cost of running a city, a municipality, a 129 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 8: school is going up because of situations just like this. 130 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 8: This is one county. It's happening. I would contend in 131 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 8: every county in Minnesota. 132 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 4: Because listen, when these systems are created, and this is 133 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 4: one of the biggest critiques I have. It's fun sometimes 134 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 4: to dunk on the somalis like for real, it is 135 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 4: because especially like Ilhanomar getting so fired up or whatever. 136 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 4: But at the end of the day, it's incumbent upon 137 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 4: the Democrats that are in charge or whatever party is 138 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 4: in charge that crazy systems. To understand that you have 139 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 4: to put in guardrails. But you're right, this is going 140 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 4: to be Hey, they created this system, and you're an 141 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 4: idiot if you don't take advantage of it. And I'm 142 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 4: not saying break the law, but I'm just saying, if 143 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 4: you just study what this program offers and you maximize 144 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 4: those efforts, you're dumb if you don't, because your taxpayer 145 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 4: dollars have to go to it. Anyways. So, like you said, Max, 146 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 4: this is going to put so much additional on counties 147 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 4: all across the state. But it's by design, man, It 148 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 4: really honestly is, and I'm not even saying that the fraud. 149 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 4: I think that that's the second secondary conversation to have. 150 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 4: But it's designed for people to take advantage of and 151 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 4: you're kind of a sucker if you don't. 152 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 3: And it's going to be paid for, you know, in 153 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 3: part by individuals. And I'll speak for me like myself, 154 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 3: like I can't opt out, but I would never take 155 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 3: this time off. 156 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 2: No, the nature of what I do, it wouldn't be right. 157 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 7: You wouldn't have a job at the end event. 158 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 10: No. 159 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,239 Speaker 3: Well, for first off, they wouldn't be able to fire 160 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 3: me right when I got back. 161 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 4: If they did, you could write. 162 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: Then I could sue. 163 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 3: But at the same time, I mean, what kind of 164 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,679 Speaker 3: relationship does that you know, what kind of relationship stems 165 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 3: with iHeart? 166 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 2: What does that do for you know, the listeners of 167 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 2: the show? 168 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 3: So to your point, you know, I would never go 169 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 3: and take this, and yet I'm going to have to 170 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 3: pay for it. And if you make one hundred thousand 171 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 3: dollars a year, you're going to lose about eight hundred 172 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 3: dollars per year. Oh yeah, you can basically sort of 173 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 3: work around you work work around how much money you 174 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 3: make and based off of how much money you've got 175 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 3: to pay pay a year, I got another one for you. 176 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 2: Cicero, MN friend of the show head wrote. 177 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 4: Great, great account. You definitely got to follow it. 178 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: Minnesota paid leave law was written by idiots. As a 179 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: one man LLC. 180 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 3: I could claim a back injury collected ninety percent of 181 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 3: my income up to four and thirty three dollars per week. 182 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,559 Speaker 3: Then I can apply for a three thousand dollars state 183 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 3: grant and say that I'm using the money to learn 184 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 3: about the new law. Yeah, Minnesota Paid Lead Programs offers 185 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 3: small employers thirty or fewer employees a grant of up 186 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 3: to three grand per employee to cover costs of hiring 187 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 3: tempts or paying extra staff, covering for someone on leave, 188 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 3: helping manage expenses like training, or increased wages for backfill 189 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 3: with applications managed through the deed grants management this it's 190 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 3: every single time you sort of unpack a new layer 191 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 3: on this it is I hope that this ends up 192 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 3: becoming like one of the number one conversations during the 193 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 3: legislative session. Max with whatever it can be done moving forward. 194 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 3: Once this thing is is in play and you guys 195 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 3: get back to work. 196 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 7: And people need to know. 197 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 8: During the Trifecta, which I was not a legislator during 198 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 8: the trifecta, but during the trifecta when this issue was 199 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 8: being debated, every single issue you are hearing about now, 200 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 8: every single situation, every single guardrail that could be put 201 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 8: in place during the time where the law crafting was 202 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 8: happening was discussed. Everything was brought up, Every situation was 203 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 8: brought up, and the DFL ramrotted this thing. They've already 204 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 8: heard about these potential scenarios, and they still said, we 205 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 8: don't care. We don't care about small business, we don't 206 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 8: care about the people who are paying property taxes. We're 207 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 8: just going to do the stated goal of what we 208 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 8: set out to do, without any nuance, without any feedback. 209 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 8: I'm just telling you every issue that you've heard about 210 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 8: on this show and you'll continue to hear about into 211 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 8: the new year, it's already been brought up. They already 212 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 8: know about the potential pitfalls. 213 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 4: And what's so crazy is that, you know, as this 214 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 4: national spotlight has been shown on Minnesota about the fraud, 215 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 4: it can be sometimes a little bit frustrating as someone 216 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 4: who has been having these conversations and creating content. But 217 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 4: I remember putting out a bunch of videos during the 218 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 4: trifecta from committee sessions talking about all of these different 219 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 4: programs that we're going to be right for fraud. But 220 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 4: I'll take it a step further when it comes to 221 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 4: Cicero's account his post, you don't even have to fake 222 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 4: a back injury my knee, I write meniscus. If I 223 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 4: went right now to summon orthopedic, I could probably be 224 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 4: approved to have surgery. I just tough through it because 225 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 4: I'm a man and I'm you know whatever. But at 226 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 4: the end of the day, you don't even have to 227 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 4: commit fraud. And that's the problem with this program is 228 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 4: you can just be like, oh, I've had this really 229 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 4: really nagging back injury called just being a human being. 230 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 4: But now I can just really lean into it, you 231 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 4: know what I'm saying. And I think that that is 232 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 4: how the program is designed. It's a redistribution of wealth. 233 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 4: And like I said, we got scruples on the right. 234 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 4: But part of me questions should I or am I 235 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 4: a sucker for not taking advantage of a program that's 236 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 4: going to be abused by people that have no scruples. 237 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 11: It's all part of this diseased culture. We have now 238 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 11: of people putting themselves first in every situation and wanting 239 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 11: to milk every system for as much as they can 240 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 11: get out of it, with no thought of how it's 241 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 11: going to impact the people around you. Whether it's fair 242 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 11: it is, this is a cultural problem. 243 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 2: The program itself is. 244 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 11: Bad, but it speaks to just an absolute disease in 245 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 11: the way we as a society are functioning right now, 246 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 11: especially in Minnesota. 247 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 2: We're going to get to more on paid family leave. 248 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 3: They got emails Rolling in Justice at iHeartRadio dot com 249 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 3: talkbacks as well, brought to you by Lyndall Realty from 250 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 3: iHeartRadio app and so we will do that next. 251 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 2: Do not go anywhere. 252 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 3: We have Max a Ak and Grace joining me John 253 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 3: Justice here in the studio along with Sam in the 254 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 3: Master Control booth here on her Freedom Friday. It's Twin 255 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 3: Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh three 256 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 3: five FM. 257 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: Oh those poor people. 258 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 1: You're starting your day with John Justice from the sixty 259 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: five to one Carpas plus Pome of the Next Day 260 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: Installs Studios on Twin Cities These Talk Am eleven thirty 261 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: FM one O three point five AD on the free 262 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. 263 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 3: My happiness lives in an hoa run by a fascist. 264 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: Catherine's here in spirit this morning. 265 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 4: I as a heterosexual male like the smell. 266 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 8: Of women, white liberal socialist crowd. 267 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 11: I don't know how any of you guys reached adulthood. 268 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 2: Twin Cities News Talk. 269 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 7: That's the greatest hits right there. 270 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 3: I don't even I don't even guys here. 271 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 8: Yeah, John's just going to talk to the robots here 272 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 8: from now on and even need you from the six 273 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 8: five one carpet plus next day install studios here on 274 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 8: Twin City's News Talk talking paid family medical leads. 275 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 3: Get to a field of your talkbacks. Have some amazing 276 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 3: emails that have rolled in as well. 277 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 1: Good morning, John, I just heard you say that that 278 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: statement about the one man LLC that would be me. 279 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 2: So you're telling me that I could apply for this 280 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 2: and you. 281 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 4: Get a three thousand dollars grant. Hmmm, Hawaii here we come. 282 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 8: This is going to be He's going to go learn 283 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 8: about the program on the beach. 284 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, Kawaii is very very conducive to me learning. So 285 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 4: this is just it helps me to soak in more information. 286 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 2: The lays do that, right, yeah. Yeah, they give them 287 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: to you right as you get off the plane. I 288 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 2: here question for. 289 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 8: Max Rymer, how often do they re evaluate what the 290 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 8: payroll deduction. 291 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: Will need to because I have a feeling point eight 292 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: eight percent isn't going to last very long. 293 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 7: No, so I don't quote me on this. 294 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 8: I believe there's a statutory timeline for the point eight 295 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 8: eight to be there, and then they re evaluate I 296 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 8: believe on a yearly or a buy any basis after that. 297 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 8: So no, you're right, that is absolutely going to increase. 298 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 12: Great show this morning. John paid family leave scenario. What 299 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 12: do you mine doesn't like his job January first, taking 300 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 12: paid family leave, twenty weeks off, then he comes back 301 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 12: to work, gets fired. It's considered fired without cause, twenty 302 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 12: six weeks of unemployment, almost a year off. Congratulations Walls 303 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 12: and the Democratic Party. 304 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 3: I got some emails that rolled and I want to 305 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 3: share with you guys here. Okay, these are incredible. So 306 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 3: I'm gonna leave the names anonymous, just because I don't 307 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 3: want to get anybody in trouble. And sometimes people let 308 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 3: me know and sometimes they don't beave. It hasn't man, 309 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 3: I've been listening to the show discussing the issues. Here's 310 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 3: my own experience. I'm a substitute teacher for a private 311 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 3: school and I was told I must participate in the 312 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 3: program and get zero point forty four percent withheld from 313 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 3: every paycheck. The problem, though, is twofold, I can't possibly 314 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 3: acquire enough hours to qualify to take advantage of the program. 315 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 3: And more importantly, if subs are available to take advantage 316 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 3: of the program, who will replaced the teachers who are 317 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 3: also taking leave. Yeah, and I was talking about this yesterday, Max, 318 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 3: and I wanted to get your take on it. So 319 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 3: I was told, so you have a teacher, they make 320 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 3: a yearly salary. They get the summer off essentially, right. 321 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 3: I know this other teacher responsibilities, you know, and teachers 322 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 3: are always kind of doing stuff and don't want to 323 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 3: be fair, but they get summer off, but they still 324 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 3: have their salary. If you're a teacher and you take 325 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 3: paid family medical leave right at the end of the 326 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 3: school year, then you can then get paid twenty weeks 327 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 3: off during the summer, at which time you are already 328 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 3: off of work. So you're getting paid your salary and 329 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 3: you're being paid for that time when you're not actually working. 330 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 8: At all, and then conceivably, you know that twenty twenty 331 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 8: weeks runs out, then you have the opportunity to apply 332 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 8: to apply for seasonal unemployment insurance, which also got passed 333 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 8: during the trifectas, so conceivably, Like when you and I 334 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 8: see conceivably, right, the nature of these programs, and especially 335 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 8: in Minnesota where we do have so much fraud that 336 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 8: you want to almost maximize the benefit of the government 337 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 8: programs that you can take advantage of. And that's like 338 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 8: kind of baked into how a lot of people think. 339 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 8: So conceivably, Yeah, you could go from teaching to paid 340 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 8: family medical to then unemployment insurance when that runs out, 341 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 8: and still get a pretty significant portion of your paycheck 342 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 8: throughout that entire period of time. 343 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 13: Hi, John, regarding the medical lead, Let's say I'm a 344 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 13: senior citizen and I'm at full retirement age. The bar 345 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 13: to get coverage is only thirty nine hundred dollars a year, 346 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 13: So that means I only have to work maybe five 347 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 13: weeks as a full time or ten weeks as a 348 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 13: part timer and get twenty weeks out. And that's not 349 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 13: even fraud, that's just gaming the system. Can imagine how 350 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 13: much money we're going to spend on the seniors and 351 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 13: other people that are going to just go in and 352 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 13: gain the system aside from the fraud. 353 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 3: If you're gonna leave a job, I mean, why wouldn't 354 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 3: you just use this to quit? 355 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 4: Right? People are going to That's what I'm saying. 356 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 3: Like, so, I know I'm sort of landing all the revelation, 357 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 3: but I just now thought about it. I'm like, oh 358 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 3: my gosh, if you don't have if you don't have 359 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 3: any you know, any sort of pension or anything relating 360 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 3: to that, if you're gonna quit, and you know you're 361 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 3: gonna quit, just align it so you can take paid 362 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 3: family medical leave, get twenty weeks paid off to continue 363 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 3: with your job as if you're employed, and then when 364 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 3: you get back just quit. 365 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 8: We'll go for a job hunt during that period of time. 366 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 8: Twenty weeks is a long time to for a job 367 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 8: on top of that madness. 368 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 4: So so, Grace, you were talking about how we have 369 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 4: this cultural kind of decay that's occurring, and I'll take 370 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 4: it a step further. It's actually acceleerate the decay. Because 371 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 4: if you're a hard nose with scruples individual that works hard, 372 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 4: and you just see story after story of people that 373 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 4: are extracting value from all of your hard work. At 374 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 4: some point you will take the black pill and you 375 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 4: will say, you know what, I'm going to extract from 376 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 4: the system too, Because if everyone's extracting value and I'm 377 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 4: the sucker that's sitting here putting in all of my 378 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 4: effort and energy, I'm stupid for not extracting value. And 379 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 4: so we've already had a quiet quitting phenomenon in this country, 380 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,199 Speaker 4: especially with Gen z ers and millennials, where they just 381 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 4: like slowly decrease their work while they're doing other things 382 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 4: and they call it quiet quitting. Now this will be 383 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 4: quiet quitting on steroids because thanks to the Internet, I 384 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 4: could probably right now go to groc and ask it 385 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 4: to devise a legal loophole scenario for me to take 386 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 4: advantage of this program without committing fraud. That doesn't even 387 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 4: touch all all of the fraud that's going to occur. 388 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 4: And that's why I'm saying, like, this system, here's what's 389 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 4: going to happen this market today. Put it in the 390 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 4: history books. The legislature is going to say this program 391 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 4: has been so successful they have drained the coffers. This 392 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 4: is what Minnesotan's needed, so we must increase how much 393 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 4: we fund and the percentage. That's that's literally what they're 394 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 4: going to do, not realizing or probably realizing that they're 395 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 4: doing this on purpose. So everyone uses and takes advantage 396 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 4: of the system. 397 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 3: Well, and unfortunately, you know, you could you look at 398 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 3: it from an angle, I'm thinking, Okay, to the individuals 399 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 3: that don't go and take advantage of this, to the employer, right, 400 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 3: you become incredibly beneficial. All right, okay, you do right, 401 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 3: you're not taking advantage of the system. You value your job. 402 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 3: You're not putting strain on your boss. So that's you know, 403 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 3: that's better for your longevity. But you're not going to 404 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 3: be able to take the typical advantage that you might 405 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,719 Speaker 3: have wherein maybe they decide they're going to give you 406 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 3: more money to take on more of the workload because 407 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 3: the comp and he's not going to have more money 408 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 3: to give you to take on that further workload. 409 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, because productivity is going to be damaged. Like this 410 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 4: is the other nefarioest part about this is that economic 411 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 4: output has already been decreasing when they look at how 412 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 4: many hours work versus economic output and that's part of 413 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 4: the whole quiet quittings phenomena. But this is going to 414 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 4: exacerbate that even more. 415 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 3: I want to get this talkback question answered, and then 416 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 3: we had to take a quick break here on Twin 417 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 3: City's News Talk on a Freedom Friday. 418 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 7: Hey, John, you confused me. 419 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 5: My understanding with paid leave is you do not get 420 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 5: your paid salary and the paid leave if you go 421 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 5: on leave, you only get up to ninety percent of 422 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 5: your pay. 423 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 2: Your employer is not paying you over those twenty weeks. 424 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 8: Also, if I'm wrong, please. 425 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 2: Let me know. Well. 426 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 3: No, but what I was referring to, given the dynamics 427 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 3: of a teacher, you have built in time off that 428 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 3: you were already taking. Therefore, typically you would have your salary, 429 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 3: then you have your summer time off before you go 430 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 3: back to work. In a teacher, because of that built 431 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 3: in time, that built in time that you already have 432 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 3: off with paid family medical leave, you will now get 433 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 3: paid on top of your salary even though you're already 434 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 3: off of work. 435 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 2: I'm correcting this. 436 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 8: Yeah, it has less to do with getting net paid 437 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 8: more and more to do with times you're not working anyway. 438 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 8: But regardless, what stands with a teacher scenario is that 439 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 8: that unemployment insurance is another benefit that you will get 440 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 8: paid something that you would not have gotten paid otherwise. 441 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 3: All right, we'll get to more of your talkbacks coming up. 442 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 3: We have your talk back of the day. I believe 443 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 3: we have Christmas gifts that we'll be joining us in studio. 444 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 3: I have no idea what they are from Sam, but 445 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 3: we will find out. Also in the time permitting, both 446 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 3: Grace and Aka had a chance to travel to what 447 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 3: Jesse Kelly previously refers to as the Imperial City. 448 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 7: I smell the swamp still radiating Washington, DC. That's weed. 449 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 4: That's weird. 450 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 7: That was a smelly city. 451 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 3: No, that was rum in the bag from that. There 452 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 3: was no marijuana as far as I as far as 453 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 3: I know, I need to go. 454 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 2: Look dark speaker. 455 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 3: It's so festive. I look around the room. People are 456 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 3: just home bunching on oh, lunching on Christmas cookies. The 457 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 3: rum is not empty, by the way, I just want 458 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 3: to point that out, it is not. Unfortunately, taking that 459 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 3: home with me. Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty 460 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 3: one oh three five FM from the sixty five to 461 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 3: one Carpet plus Next Day install Studios in the Final 462 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 3: Freedom Friday of twenty twenty five. I will be here 463 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 3: next week, but I am off next Friday. So here 464 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 3: for the Final Freedom Friday, we have representative Max Rymer, 465 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 3: we have ak Kamara, RNC Committeemen and business owner Grace 466 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 3: Keaty from American Experiment and an American Experiment podcast every Tuesday 467 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 3: with Catherine Johnson. I believe we have show Christmas gifts 468 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 3: from Sam and the Master Control Booth that we'll get 469 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 3: to here in just a moment. 470 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 4: I'm excited. 471 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 3: First off, though many people are discovering I'm so pleased 472 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 3: the many nightgummies. They've made all the difference in my sleep. 473 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 3: And I'm sure you can be able to tell on 474 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 3: the quality of the show that you listen every single 475 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 3: morning m I N N E L e a f 476 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 3: dot com. They also bring you your talk back of 477 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 3: the day and it was a pretty pretty easy win 478 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 3: this morning for Talkback of the Day. 479 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 9: Good morning, John, Sam, Max Grays aka Happy Freedom Friday. 480 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 9: So I thought the trans thing was losing momentum. I 481 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 9: keep hearing these ads for Trans Siberian Orchestra. Who's got 482 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 9: the time to teach gender confused huskies? 483 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 4: How to play stringed instruments. Come on, is Lee, thank 484 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 4: you behind this. 485 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 9: Kudos to those pooches though they sound pretty good. 486 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 2: There were layers, there were there were layer upon layers. 487 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 2: It's a work of art as a whole production. 488 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 3: In that talk back of the day brought to you 489 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 3: by Minni Leaf, M I N N E L e 490 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 3: A f dot com. Now, those that assist me on 491 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 3: a daily basis here on the show, they know me 492 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 3: very well. Like Sam, for instance, me a text being like, look, 493 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 3: I got a big ask for you. I just need 494 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 3: a few minutes on the show Friday, right. If you 495 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 3: say no, that's okay. But I got a big ass 496 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 3: because they know how controlling I am on the show. 497 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 3: But of course it's a Christmas season. Apparently he has 498 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 3: a gift for me that is a gift for the 499 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 3: show that he's very excited to share. So with that, 500 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 3: I pass it to you, the man behind the glass 501 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 3: and studio next door, Sam, what is the what do 502 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 3: you have for us? 503 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 2: As John? 504 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 6: It was a little bit of a stretch to call 505 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 6: the gift for the show. I just knew you wouldn't 506 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 6: let me do it. 507 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: For you if I told you. 508 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 4: They know me. 509 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 6: But I actually dropped it John on the button bar. 510 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 6: It's the red button see and I will let you 511 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 6: play your own Christmas gift. 512 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 4: Okay, when you're ready, How you. 513 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 5: Doing the old Bard? So good to see it. Hi's 514 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 5: John Billed. It's an honor to be here from MC 515 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 5: gallex say far far away on behalf of Sam to 516 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 5: wish you and your wonderful family, Linda, Logan and Kyle 517 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 5: a very merry Chris. Sam tells me you're an avid 518 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 5: Star Wars fan and a big fan of mine in particular. Well, 519 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 5: let me tell you that feelings mutual, my friend. Anyone 520 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 5: holding down a political talk show in the Twin Cities 521 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 5: Galaxy has got to have some real Lando keilrithi in 522 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,479 Speaker 5: charm and a whole lot of swagger. So this holiday season, 523 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 5: I want you and your family to fire up that hyperdrive, 524 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 5: gather around the Millennium falcon and let the forts bind 525 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 5: you all together in peace, laughter, and oh, merry Christmas 526 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 5: to you Belinda, Logan and Clid and may the Force 527 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 5: be with you all the way. 528 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 3: How in the world did you get Billy d Williams. 529 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 4: That was awesome man to record. 530 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 2: That, Like I was telling Melinda last night. 531 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 3: I had no idea what to expect, completely tempering my expectations. 532 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 2: And never in a million years. 533 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 3: No offense to you, but I believe that somebody could 534 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 3: deliver on that promise. 535 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 2: That was spectacular. How in the world did you get 536 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 2: hooked up with Billy. 537 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 6: Don't he's Santa? Santa came through pretty strong this year. 538 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 2: It are you gonna tell you? Tell us? 539 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 4: It was a cameo? 540 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 7: I think, Wow, all I got was a ding dong 541 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 7: that was incredible. 542 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 4: No, listen, I got absolutely gone and I got some 543 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 4: pretzel peppermint bark from Missus Justice. So thank you. 544 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 6: By the way, Melinda did make these pretzels, their little 545 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 6: gingerbread man pretzels that are covered in a bunch of deliciousness. 546 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 6: So if any of you don't want them, I will 547 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 6: eat them because I'm almost through my entire bag. 548 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 4: I've this whole thing to mine. Mine's peppermint and shout 549 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 4: out to Smoop because she loves peppermint. I'm not a 550 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 4: big mint fan, but uh I know the Schmoopy the 551 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 4: Vali view. 552 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 7: So John, for our audience, who was that? 553 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 3: So it was Billy Day, williams Lando Star Wars yea 554 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 3: Star Wars. 555 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, I probably should have because I didn't know. 556 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 7: You know, I quickly googled it. 557 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,919 Speaker 2: Well, looking at the video right now, I'm. 558 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 3: Looking forward to to hanging on to this Sam. So 559 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 3: that was incredibly kind of you. That is that's truly awesome, 560 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 3: truly awesome. 561 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 6: And I put I'll put the audio in there too, 562 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 6: So if you want to cut it up or anything, sure, I'll. 563 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 3: Let you do what you want with him. That is no, 564 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 3: that spectacular. Thank you so much, man, that's awesome. I 565 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 3: appreciate it. My wife is even like, oh my goodness. 566 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 3: If you spent any time on social media in November, 567 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 3: you may have noticed that Americans put up their Christmas 568 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 3: decorations early this year. 569 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 2: This is article is a little bit old, but it 570 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 2: fits right now. 571 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 3: First, Lady Malania Trump joined the ranks of these early decorators. 572 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 3: This was a couple of weeks back when she received 573 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 3: the White House Christmas tree in a festive celebration. 574 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 2: However, while she was. 575 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 3: Praised for her impeccable White House Christmas decorations and did 576 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 3: end up breaking a lot of individuals online who apparently 577 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 3: liked whatever the heck the Bidens were doing every single 578 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 3: year for Christmas the videos, the compilation videos online between 579 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 3: this year and last year, such a stark difference. But 580 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 3: both Grace and Ak you guys had traveled to Washington, DC. No, Grace, 581 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 3: why did you go again? 582 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 11: I went to go see the National Christmas Tree Lighting 583 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 11: ceremony at the Ellipse in front of the White House 584 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 11: on a line, very beautiful, very cold, quite an array 585 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 11: of people. There's so President Trump spoke and Milania you know, 586 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 11: literally flipped the switch and lit up the tree. 587 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 2: But Pete Hagseth was there. 588 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 11: He got a big round of applause from the crowd, 589 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 11: and Vance was there. 590 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 2: It was pretty. 591 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 3: Fund It meets your expectations. Have you been there before 592 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 3: and been in that to those types of festivities before? 593 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 2: Is that your first time? I had never done something 594 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 2: like that. 595 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 11: I had not even been to d C my eighth 596 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 11: grade class trips. So I got to, you know, actually 597 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 11: experience the museums and the monuments as an adult. So 598 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 11: that was very, very fun. I'd also just read Killing 599 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 11: Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly, so did the Ford's theater tour 600 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 11: and all that sort of thing, so it's very fun. 601 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 3: It's as I know, there's a lot of people here 602 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 3: obviously in the room that have been to Washington, d C. 603 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 3: I don't know what it's like for you guys, but 604 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 3: it's always it's always a weird experience going there, especially 605 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 3: being individuals that cover what takes place there on a dayly, 606 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 3: on almost daily basis. Just being there where it happens, 607 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 3: the vibe is very different. 608 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 2: It's very strange at least. 609 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 7: Fue unique it is. 610 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 3: It's just it has its own apart from the historical 611 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 3: nature of it, and it's just being Washington, d C. 612 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 3: The nature of what we do and knowing like this 613 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 3: is where so much of this happens, especially when you 614 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 3: get near the Capitol. It's always a surreal experience every 615 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,719 Speaker 3: time I've I've been there. Now you got to go 616 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 3: even even deeper into the into d C. 617 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 4: Yes, deeper into the belly of the beast, into the swamp. 618 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 11: No. 619 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 4: So, obviously I'm a Republican National Committee member, and every 620 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 4: year when the president is held by a Republican they 621 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 4: will have a Christmas party either at the White House. 622 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 4: Typically at the White House, but because of the construction 623 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 4: going on on the West Wing, there just really wasn't 624 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 4: enough room. So last night was the White House Christmas 625 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 4: party where all of the donors, beautiful people go and 626 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 4: then they squeeze US R and C members in because 627 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 4: they're like, you're not donors, you're not famous celebrities, but 628 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 4: to do a service to this country. But because of 629 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 4: that condensed space, they're like, what if we just throw 630 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 4: a Christmas party at the Vice president's residence, And thankfully 631 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 4: the RNC said, yeah, that sounds great. So it was 632 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 4: a pretty small gathering, like maybe three hundred people. But 633 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 4: the coolest part about it is that President Trump crashed 634 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 4: the party, so we had no idea it was going 635 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 4: to be there. It was an amazing event to be 636 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 4: able to just again you hear from Vice President Vans 637 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 4: and the first second lady, I should say Usha, but 638 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 4: she didn't really speak. She just kind of stood there. 639 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 4: And then President Trump came in, you know how he does, 640 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 4: and just riffed for like an hour and twenty minutes. 641 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 4: He was supposed to talk for like ten and then 642 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 4: we were gonna like take pictures with Vice President all that, 643 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 4: but he came in and he just was going hamm. 644 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 4: He was cracking jokes. Because in that area that's right 645 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 4: next to the Vice President's residence was basically set up 646 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 4: for us for this Christmas event, right, and so it 647 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 4: had a glass ceiling, and President Trump was like, I 648 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 4: was gonna put a glass ceiling in the in the ballroom, 649 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 4: and then I decided against it, but now I'm thinking 650 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 4: I'm gonna do it again. And then Marine one came 651 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 4: by because he had to go to Pennsylvania after and 652 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 4: when they were flying, he was looking around and I was like, oh, 653 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 4: maybe I don't like the glass ceiling so much, and 654 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 4: he's like starting to get this tingling sensation on the 655 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 4: right side of my head by my ear. So it 656 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 4: was just funny because he's like joking about his assassination 657 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 4: and having a glass ceiling. 658 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 5: Man. 659 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 4: But no, it was fantastic. I will say this though, 660 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 4: that the feeling that I get when I'm in DC, 661 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 4: it's like, this is where this country was birthed in 662 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 4: a certain way, shape and form, and I get that. 663 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 4: You know, when we were finding you know, the founding 664 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 4: of the Constitution didn't take place in DC, but specifically, 665 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 4: as you know, the First Continental Congress is getting together 666 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 4: and then as they started to build and layer out 667 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 4: all of these amazing monuments, like this is what we 668 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 4: have as a country. You go to Greece or you 669 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 4: go to England, you know they've got their thousands of 670 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 4: year old buildings and all that stuff. We don't have 671 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 4: any of that. So that's kind of their reverence that 672 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 4: I feel is like, oh yeah, man, this is where 673 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 4: where it all started. Plus I'm a freemason, and so 674 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 4: I'm always like looking for like the little like masonry 675 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 4: symbols on stuff, because now that I know that they're 676 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 4: all over the place, it's kind of cool too. So yeah, 677 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 4: that was awesome man, And shout out to the R 678 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 4: and C for putting on a great, great week. 679 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 2: What a spike. 680 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 3: In a couple of talkbacks questions, we were talking paid 681 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 3: timely medical leave and we have some time to answer these. 682 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 10: Hey guys, good talking about this paid family leave question. 683 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 10: If I'm an employer, if I fire people on my 684 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 10: staff before the end of the year, can I avoid 685 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 10: them taking twenty weeks paid Uh, I'm just curious. 686 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I mean I think you can, but you're 687 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 3: still gonna have to hire other employees. 688 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 8: Yeah, And I guarantee you if they find out that's 689 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 8: the reason you did it, you're gonna get a call 690 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 8: from Keith Ellison. 691 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 4: Actually yeah, and Secretary of State and uh yeah, defens So. 692 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 3: Friend of the show, k W again, we disagree, you know, 693 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 3: a lot on politics, but he's rational in his commentary, 694 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 3: unlike other foes of the show. 695 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 14: Good morning, this is kW Punt the Bay City of Minneapolis. 696 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 14: I'm hearing a lot of misinformation about Paid Lead. The 697 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 14: max salary from the paid Lead program is one thousand, 698 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 14: four hundred and twenty three per week. The maximum deduction 699 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 14: then employee can pay is fourteen thou ninety cents per week. 700 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 14: Once you go on paid Lead, your employer and a 701 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 14: long page you it's come from the Minister State of Minnesota. 702 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 14: Man plus does a vigorous application process, but. 703 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 4: It is a benefit. 704 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 2: Man, it's going to be tough. 705 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 4: It's going to be tough. Bye. 706 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 2: Rigorous, rigorous. 707 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 8: Yeah, listen, what's been rigorous about any program that you 708 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 8: applied for in Minnesota? 709 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 2: That was like, it's like a pinky promise. 710 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 4: So so let me let me. Let me just explain 711 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 4: something to people during COVID. Okay, when they increase the 712 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 4: criteria for who could apply for unemployment, technically I could 713 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:19,240 Speaker 4: have stayed on unemployment while I still was an insurance 714 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 4: agent because I didn't have to be an insurance agent 715 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 4: and I could still drive lift. And if again, without 716 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:32,320 Speaker 4: breaking the law, I could have maximized an unemployment insurance 717 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:38,000 Speaker 4: because I couldn't drive lift. Technically I qualified as saying like, hey, 718 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 4: because of COVID, I can't drive lyft, even though I 719 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,879 Speaker 4: literally could have. But I could say this is what 720 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 4: my average earnings would be because I got all qualified 721 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 4: because I was like, you know what, maybe I might 722 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,320 Speaker 4: need this. I never needed it, thankfully. But if again, 723 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 4: if I did not have scruples, I could have just 724 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 4: gained the system and not committed fraud. 725 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,359 Speaker 3: Speaking of fraud, as we mentioned, we'll talk about this 726 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 3: on the Monday Show ten thirty. This morning, Governor Tim 727 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 3: Walls is going to be holding his press conference wherein 728 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 3: he's announcing a new state wide fraud prevention program. Yeah, 729 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,879 Speaker 3: I'm also here to announce even though nobody's heard this yet, 730 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 3: you're going to hear it here. First, the new director 731 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 3: of Program Integrity is none other than ak Kamaras everybody congratulates. 732 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 7: Wow, add that to the resume. 733 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 4: Thank you so much. 734 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:28,399 Speaker 2: That not true. 735 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 3: That's not true at all, Soft business card, that's not true, and. 736 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 4: I'm going to fix the frauds. 737 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 3: In the in the slightest so we'll we'll certainly be 738 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 3: talking about whatever Governor Tim Walls is planning on announcing 739 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 3: this morning to take the attention off of the fraud 740 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,280 Speaker 3: that's been dominating the headlines. It still dominates the headlines. 741 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,439 Speaker 3: I don't know how many interviews you know you've done. 742 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 4: I've done none. You haven't done anything. I think there's 743 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 4: something about me. I don't know what everyone in their 744 00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 4: gramma is getting national interviews. I've gotten nothing thing. 745 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 8: But I still love all of the supports because your 746 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 8: name is Abdulahamara. 747 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,399 Speaker 4: Every day listeners that I run through all the time. 748 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:06,839 Speaker 4: All right. 749 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 2: Representative Max Rymer, thank you, sir. 750 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,839 Speaker 8: Thank you everyone. Have a wonderful Christmas. We'll see you 751 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 8: after the new year. 752 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,759 Speaker 3: Grace Kating, thank you for joining us on Fridays. We 753 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 3: really appreciate an American Experiment podcast every Tuesday. And I 754 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,080 Speaker 3: hope you and everybody in American Experiment and you and 755 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 3: your family have yourself a fantastic Christmas. 756 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:26,239 Speaker 7: Yeah. 757 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:29,720 Speaker 11: I enjoy the Christmas holiday festive season, the most wonderful 758 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 11: time of the year. 759 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,520 Speaker 3: Businessman RNC Committee Man Ak Kamara. Where can people find 760 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 3: your musings online? 761 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,520 Speaker 4: My friend at real ak Kamara and you guys have 762 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 4: a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. 763 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 3: Dam Merry Christmas. Thank you so much. It's really fantastic 764 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,560 Speaker 3: working with you. That was an absolutely wonderful gift. I 765 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 3: know you're out next week, so I'll see you. See 766 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,560 Speaker 3: you after the first of the year, See you next year. Man, 767 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 3: you missed any portion of the podcast, be sure to 768 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 3: get caught up on the iHeartRadio app. 769 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 2: Those be posted shortly. 770 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:57,240 Speaker 7: Talk to you Monday. 771 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 2: Bye.