1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: It's time with Dan Ray. I'm telling you Boston's Radio. 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: All right, So we are talking about the end of 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 2: the shutdown. Well, it's not completely over yet, but a 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 2: big step was taken today when the Republicans fifty two 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: of the fifty three Republicans and eight Democrats provided enough 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 2: votes a total of sixty to break the filibuster. Then 7 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: now it goes to the House and the House will 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: vote on it on Wednesday, and if the House agrees 9 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,279 Speaker 2: with the Senate, which most people are hoping they will do, 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: it goes to the President's desk and there'll be appropriations 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 2: allowed and the crisis will pass. There will still be 12 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 2: plenty of debate, particularly on funding subsidies for Obamacare, and 13 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: the Democrats will be able to make their case, the 14 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: Republicans will make their case, and I would hope that 15 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: there would be some sort of a compromise of the middle. 16 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 2: I don't want to see people lose their subsidies and 17 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 2: lose their medical health insurance. And I hope that the 18 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: Republicans are wanted enough to say, hey, look, let's look 19 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: at this now again. These subsidies which will be debated, 20 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: we will talk about in the next week or so, 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: but I'm going to wait until everybody is up to 22 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: speed on them. Essentially, these were extended during COVID and 23 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 2: there was the sunset provisions put on. What's a sunset provision? 24 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: A sunset provision means that they were to expire at 25 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 2: a certain point in time. I believe the point in 26 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 2: time was last September thirtieth. Now the question is that 27 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 2: theyre going to be renewed and at what level will 28 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: they be renewed. But that's the sort of debate that 29 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: Congress should be having, and hopefully, hopefully with the House 30 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: of Representatives being really very close, the Democrats are within 31 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: five or six foot votes or even less now that 32 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: there's another member being sworn in from New Mexico. Bottom 33 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: line is the reform that I think comes out of 34 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: this is I'm tired of the shutdowns. I'm tired of 35 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: the shutdowns on both sides. I am not somebody who 36 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: wants to see the nuclear option exercise, whereby they would 37 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: say we will get rid of the filibuster, and there's 38 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: a strict majority vote in the Senate. I think that 39 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 2: the sixty number of senators to break a filibuster is important. 40 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 2: But I want to hear from you. You know what 41 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 2: I think? Okay, I want to know what you think, 42 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 2: whatever your point of view, because at this point, the 43 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: one thing I think we can agree upon is that 44 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 2: future shutdowns Congress, Senate, and House, their paychecks are held up. 45 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: They'll eventually get them, but however long they want to 46 00:02:54,360 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: stay out, no paychecks, simple as that. Small reform one seven, 47 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: two ten thirty. Only lines that are open right now, 48 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 2: give us a call. We have two lines at six 49 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 2: one seven two four ten thirty. Let me go to 50 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 2: Bill and Danvers. I got Nick and Maureen coming up, 51 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 2: and I got room for you. Bill and Danvers, you 52 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 2: were next one night, Sager right ahead. 53 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 3: Yes, Hey, I'm I'm almost sure. Well I thought about 54 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 3: it now, I'm really not really in shock. So team 55 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 3: jeffries he wants to basically defeat it. So I guess 56 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: he's happy going into Thanksgiving. I mean basically, the airport's 57 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 3: will be down, the almost no flights. Yeah, it'll be paralyzed. 58 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 3: And then you know, people like I called before, I 59 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 3: do know a few guys and they need to snap. Okay, yeah, 60 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 3: and and and and the work is I mean, you 61 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 3: know we're gonna you know, take care of things. I mean, 62 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 3: you know, people are gonna look around and say, well, 63 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 3: you know, do I want to take that job of 64 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 3: the government, because if I'm not gonna get paid like 65 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 3: this for a few months or whatever's gonna go on, 66 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 3: you know, maybe they you know, we'd lose some talent, 67 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 3: you know. 68 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 4: I mean, well, I'm not. 69 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 2: So much worried about that, particularly if the fur load 70 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: workers are compensated for the time they didn't work, they 71 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 2: will have had a basically a six week paid vacation, 72 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: and people who have been fired get their jobs back. 73 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: I think that again, there was just too much politics 74 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 2: involved here, and there's probably a lot of blame to 75 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: go around on both sides. And that's why I'm suggesting 76 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 2: that going forward, the way to avoid shutdowns is to say, 77 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: when there's a shutdown, no one need because the shutdowns 78 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 2: are happening, the court continues with their case load. The 79 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 2: president is always the president. The president is not going 80 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 2: to say I'm going to sit in my office and 81 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 2: do nothing. That's what Congress did now for six weeks. 82 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:50,679 Speaker 2: Why should they get paid? 83 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: And there is King Jefferies has in an opponent basically 84 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 3: like an AOC, so he's probably concerning because you see 85 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 3: Schumer going down the drain. Uh, he's going to get 86 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 3: taken out and his day is a number. 87 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 2: I don't think. I think Schumer is ready to follow 88 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: the Pelosi a method. And you know, she's made enough 89 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 2: money in the stock market now she can she can 90 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 2: retire comfortably. 91 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 3: Did you see, Actually, Dan, I have, Yeah, I know, 92 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 3: but I have to confess. There's an app DUB. I 93 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 3: don't know if you've heard of it, so, uh, you 94 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 3: can basically you copy other portfolios because that's public information. Sure, 95 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 3: I forget when they did it, so if you look 96 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 3: it up, it's called DUB. So about eight nine months ago. 97 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 3: You know, I said, geez, that's great. And I always 98 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 3: thought about copying Pelosi because she averages thirty year or whatever, 99 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 3: and she's one of the most popular on there. So 100 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: I'm up like fifty five. I mean, this is great. 101 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 3: You know, I bought a new cons So he says, well, 102 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 3: Pelosi hangs around four five years for a new car. 103 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: You got to find if her investments are no longer 104 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: public record. I read something over the weekend that was 105 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 2: extraordinary that she's now worth one hundred and thirty million dollars. 106 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: She and her husband, and then when she went to Congress, 107 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 2: oh in nineteen eighty seven, she had less than a 108 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 2: million dollars. 109 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 3: So I'm looking at other members of Congress to see 110 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 3: who's close so I can copy them. You know, I'm 111 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 3: researching it now, you know. But you know what, but 112 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 3: when you watch it and there's a day of markets down, 113 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 3: but like there's something announced with a healthcare or a 114 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 3: regulation or you know, something like the government. 115 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 2: Well Bill Lemias goes, how, here's my question. How quickly 116 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 2: on this. Let's say that you're following Pelosi and you're 117 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 2: going to say, okay, I'm going to follow her trades. 118 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 2: She trades at at noontime and decides to buy, you 119 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 2: know whatever, How soon do you see I want to. 120 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 3: Say, uh, it's uh they rebalanced it the other day 121 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 3: because they sent me a notice dubbed they manage it. 122 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 3: I want to say, it's every thirty days. So there 123 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 3: is a little bit of a of a of a 124 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 3: of a drag. But you're close, you know what I mean. 125 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 3: And I'm doing way better than I could ever do 126 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 3: or even my guy. I have a regular guy for 127 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 3: my investments. My ira, I defroll ones. 128 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 5: You know, we're not bad. 129 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: They've been doing good. 130 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: Did you find this website? Just found it. It's called 131 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 2: dubbed du. 132 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 3: No no, no, yeah yeah. If you if you go 133 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 3: to the you can go on I think online. But 134 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 3: if you go to the app store, if you have 135 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 3: the iPhone or whatever, and you put in dubbed the dub, 136 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 3: or if you go to YouTube and put in dub 137 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 3: app his interviews. It's been on Fox Business. I've had 138 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 3: to developers there. I think he went down my tee 139 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 3: to kid or he dropped out my guy and he 140 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 3: developed it. 141 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 2: All the smart ones drop out. 142 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 3: Yeah wow. So but yes, it's great and uh yeah, 143 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 3: I'm way up, you know, I just and I'm not 144 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 3: a guy. I'm not great online. I don't do the 145 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 3: day trading stuff. I have customers that the younger guys 146 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 3: come in they show me and I but when I 147 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 3: saw this, I says, oh, so I put in like 148 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 3: a few grand to see what happens. Started taking off. 149 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 3: So I put a little more in, and uh it's 150 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 3: doing great, and uh yeah, I like it. 151 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: Well, you know, Bill, maybe maybe people tonight will be 152 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 2: uh be following that tomorrow. Good good for you. 153 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 3: Yeah. But and if you go on and you and 154 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 3: you when you look at it before, because she's one 155 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 3: of the top ones. You can see it tells you, 156 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 3: like what it did for today, and then it tells 157 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 3: you what it's done for the year, and then it 158 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 3: tells you for the inception of her investing period. It's like, 159 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 3: you know, one hundred and set to percent or whatever 160 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 3: for since inception and stuff. Yeah, it tells you. It 161 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 3: breaks it all down. In fact, she's way better than 162 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 3: Warren Buffett because I looked at him and even Trump 163 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 3: isn't I mean his his isn't there good either. 164 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: Well on website or whatever. Is that that's that's down 165 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 2: as well? I mean that that was up, that was 166 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: up around forty or something. I never invested in that, 167 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 2: but I think it's down down into the teens. So 168 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 2: I whatever market did have a good dad though, So 169 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: we'll have to see. 170 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, I saw that. Yeah, And I. 171 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 2: Don't know what that is based on, by the way, 172 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 2: I assume it's based on the fact that there's some 173 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 2: hope that the shutdown is over. But we'll see, we 174 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: will see. Bill appreciate your calls always. That's a great 175 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 2: stock tip, I guess, thank you very much. 176 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's great. Anyone that want to look it up, 177 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 3: Dub just go to your your phone and stuff and 178 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 3: hopefully somebody will call him laters And yeh, I checked 179 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 3: that out. That guy he knows, you know. 180 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 2: And yeah, you never know. I mean, you might become 181 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 2: the next Warren Buffett when you think about it, you know, 182 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 2: wouldn't that be solid? 183 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 3: You know, you gonna you're gonna follow these guys in Congress. 184 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 3: They all sat off hundred and seventy five. Then after 185 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 3: forty years like Pelosi. 186 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: You know, well, no one did as well as Pelosi. Okay, 187 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 2: first of all, you know they they talk about the 188 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 2: Oracle of Omaha. In Warren Buffett, you could be sort 189 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 2: of the new Oracle of Delphi from Danvers when you 190 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 2: think about it. Trying to be a literature there. Thanks, Bill, 191 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 2: talk to you soon, yeah, okay, yeah, if any of 192 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 2: you have done that with Bill had five, feel free. Okay. 193 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 2: I would like to talk about the shutdown, but if 194 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 2: you have some other subject that is on your mind, 195 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 2: feel free to join the conversation. My question is, and 196 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 2: I now, and I'm my friends in Congress is going 197 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 2: to be upset at me when I say this, But 198 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 2: maybe it's time to put a piece of legislation, you know, 199 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 2: in Congress that says that the next time there's a 200 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 2: government shutdown, members of Congress don't get paid until the 201 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 2: shutdown is over. Get their money, you know, their money retroactively. 202 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 2: I'm not saying they should be denied their money, but 203 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 2: let them be uncomfortable for a few weeks. Six one, seven, two, five, four, 204 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 2: ten thirty, six one seven, nine, three, one ten thirty. 205 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 2: Looking always for different perspectives, simple as that here on 206 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 2: nights Side. If you're a traditional caller, feel free. If 207 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 2: you're someone who's never called the show before, this would 208 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: be a great night to get going. I do have 209 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 2: some open lines six one, seven, two, five, four, ten 210 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 2: thirty and one line at six one, seven, nine, three, 211 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 2: one ten thirty. Should Congress have been paid during the shutdown? 212 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 2: In retrospect, I think no. I probably would have said yeah, 213 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 2: five or six weeks ago, but I think now, in 214 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: order to avoid this from happening again and again and again, 215 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 2: we got to do something. We'll be back on night 216 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 2: Side right after this. 217 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: You're on Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's 218 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: news radio. 219 00:11:55,960 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 2: All right, let's keep rolling here. Bones are available six one, seven, two, five, 220 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 2: four ten thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. 221 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 2: Next up is Maureene in Winchester. Hey, Maureen, thanks for 222 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 2: checking in. How are you tonight? 223 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 6: Great? 224 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 7: Dan, thanks for taking my call. 225 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 2: How are you well? I'm a little lonely right at 226 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 2: the moment for some reason. Uh, this is not a 227 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 2: subject a lot of people seem to want to talk about, 228 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 2: which always bugs me to be us. But thank you 229 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 2: for calling. Marie. 230 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 7: Well, I just happen to be driving back from Cambridge 231 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 7: and trying to dodge those bicycles that are jap. 232 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, it's a it's a challenging course in Cambridge. 233 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 7: Battle Braddle Street has become Battle Street. 234 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 2: Just lose the ard, that's all you have to do. 235 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 2: Braddle becomes Battle. I like that. Yeah. 236 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 7: So I wanted to chime in on the comment you 237 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 7: were saying about when we're in the shutdown that the 238 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 7: Congress people should not receive pay or benefits. 239 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're not working, so. 240 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 7: Yeah, I agree. Well, I agree with it. And there's 241 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 7: a website it's called change dot org c H A 242 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,959 Speaker 7: n G E dot O RG. 243 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 2: Yeah I am familiar with that website. But you go 244 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 2: ahead and explain it. 245 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 7: Sure, it's when people have an initiative they want to support, 246 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 7: they can put it online and start a petition and 247 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 7: get people to sign and donate and share money or 248 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 7: share you know, their money, but also share the message 249 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 7: and their social media. And so I actually did sign 250 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 7: a petition recently. It's called the longest shutdown in history looming. 251 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 7: Oh and yeah, exactly what you were talking about. So 252 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 7: I wanted to do a PSA to let people know 253 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 7: it's out there if they want to sign it. Joyce 254 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 7: Jay from ls, Missouri wrote on November third, twenty twenty five, 255 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 7: as we near the longest shut down in history, I 256 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 7: wanted to put a few of my personal thoughts out there, 257 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 7: and that we have elected officials that haven't met the 258 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 7: deadline on budgets since nineteen ninety seven and they face 259 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 7: zero consequences for it. We are late paying a utility bill, 260 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 7: taxes licensing our cars, We are fined regardless of our 261 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 7: political affiliations. There's zero penalties when electric elected officials can't 262 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 7: behave like adults instead of entitled toddlers. There are three hundred, 263 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 7: four hundred thirty five individuals we elected to Congress and 264 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 7: one hundred members we elected to the Senate, and five 265 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 7: hundred and thirty five individuals that we have allowed to 266 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 7: live privileged lives to represent us and are in charge 267 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 7: of the annual budget, who are not representing the people 268 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 7: that elected them, but their corporations and lobbyists, and fail 269 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 7: year after year to do the job. So Congress controls 270 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 7: the purse strings, not Trump. And she says there are 271 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 7: important individuals who feel their special interests and more important 272 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 7: than your bills. They aren't going to pay your late fees, 273 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 7: and they don't care about if you put food on 274 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 7: the table either, So it goes on. But I wanted 275 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 7: to let you folks know that it's out there if 276 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 7: you want to. 277 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 6: Sign that I'm looking at. 278 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 2: Actually I was able while you were explaining it so 279 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: effectively I was able to find it here. The petition 280 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 2: starter is Joyce j just the initial and there's one 281 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty two thousand signatures, and it would basically say, 282 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 2: we propose a straightforward solution, strip all salary and benefits 283 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 2: from members of Congress for the duration of any government shutdown. 284 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 2: That's pretty clear. Reduce these salaries by two percent for 285 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 2: each day the government remains shut down and sure that 286 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 2: this two thousand, that this two percent daily reduction is permanent, 287 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 2: meaning it cannot be recovered through a future salary increases 288 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 2: of judgments. That's really a good idea because I mean, uh, 289 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 2: it's one thing to say, as I was saying, you, 290 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 2: you you basically cut them off, and then you when 291 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 2: the when the government goes back to work, you give 292 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 2: them their money. But just what she would be saying 293 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 2: is two percent for each day. There wouldn't be very 294 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 2: long shutdowns if they were if they were looking at 295 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 2: a permanent two percent reduction, and then no member may 296 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 2: leave Washington, d C. Until a budget is passed, and 297 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 2: all members in office who fail to come to an 298 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 2: agreement and a budget and cause a government shutdown become 299 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 2: immediately ineligible for re election. I don't know that that 300 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 2: it would be constitutional, but. 301 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 7: Yeah, that was I don't quite agree with. But overall, 302 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 7: like ninety th percentage that I agree with. 303 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 2: Well, they can go there. It's pretty easy to find 304 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 2: and you you directed us to it. And as they say, 305 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 2: this is hold Congress accountable no pay of benefits during 306 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 2: government shutdowns. And she's got one hundred and fifty two 307 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 2: two hundred and two signatures right now. So I would 308 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 2: suspect that probably there's a lot of people running for 309 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 2: Congress across the country who would love to get that 310 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 2: list of signatures, because that would rely a lot of 311 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 2: fuel for caampaid. 312 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 7: I love it, and they give you an update. It 313 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 7: says one hundred and forty seven people signed today, and 314 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 7: I think it goes all over. You know, it's on 315 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 7: the internet, so anybody in any of the states can 316 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 7: find it. 317 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I found that. I found it very easily. 318 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: So no, I'm serious, and I'm not the I'm not 319 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 2: the well, I'm pretty good on computers. I have to 320 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 2: stop diminishing my ability on computers. But yeah, I found 321 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: this real easily. Change dot org slash hold Congress accountable. 322 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 2: That's all you need to put in change dot org 323 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 2: and then hold hyphen Congress hyphen accountable and you can 324 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 2: sign the petition and you can follow it on your 325 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 2: on your computer. Thank you, Maureen. That was great. I 326 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 2: really appreciate it. 327 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 6: Yeah. 328 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 7: So yeah, So some of my family members now work 329 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 7: for the government, okay, and one was furloughed and he's 330 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 7: been working and so that the government will make some 331 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 7: very important deadlines he's a litigator for a US government 332 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 7: on intellectual property. Ye, the bad things going on there 333 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 7: with security, things like that. And my sister is a 334 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 7: computer scientist, and so one of her business trips was 335 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 7: canceled to Boston. Everybody had to stay local. And I 336 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 7: know some people who rely on their snap benefits, some 337 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 7: people that had some trips planned for family reasons. It's 338 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 7: also the ripple effect on the businesses that rely on 339 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 7: airplane travelers, that rely on people coming into their coffee 340 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 7: shops or their lunch delis. 341 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 6: You know, for. 342 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 2: You're really great in terms of all of the impact 343 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 2: that the secondary and the tertiary impact that all of 344 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 2: this had, and a lot of those, you know, in 345 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 2: terms of the small shops, the cups of coffee that 346 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 2: people didn't buy, those are never going to be sold. 347 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 2: You're never going to catch up on those. You can 348 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 2: catch up, I guess. And part of this is that 349 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 2: the furlough workers will will be paid and the workers 350 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 2: who are fired will be rehired. 351 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 7: So yeah, that's what. Yeah, So they some of them 352 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 7: have to go in and get some work done, but 353 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 7: at least they will get paid. But the morale of people, 354 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 7: and some people were even saying that they might cancel 355 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 7: their Thanksgiving plans because they don't feel safe. They're not 356 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 7: sure if they feel safe flying on playing and the 357 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 7: ladies point about the tourists. That's really a shame because 358 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 7: Boston does get a lot of its income from the 359 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 7: tourism market. 360 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 8: Oh yeah, again, these these are as, I said, secondary 361 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 8: and tertiary ripple effects, as you said, and let's you know, 362 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 8: let's keep this conversation going because when the people are 363 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 8: angry now, they should stay angry, and they should hold 364 00:20:58,560 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 8: some of these folks accountable. 365 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 2: Maureen. 366 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 9: I loved your. 367 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 7: What I don't understand is like, how did some of 368 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 7: these people become so wealthy like Pelosi? And I'm going 369 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 7: to check out that duds the dub. 370 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 2: Yeah that was pretty good. Yeah. Well, the stats I 371 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 2: saw the other day was that she's now worth. 372 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 10: About one hundred and thirty million dollars and that she 373 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 10: started off in nineteen eighty seven. She and her husband 374 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 10: had a net worth of Again I don't know precisely 375 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 10: how accurate these these numbers are, but had about seven 376 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 10: hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which it was a good 377 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 10: amount of money. Don't get me wrong. 378 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 2: But you don't grow that it was, you know, you 379 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 2: don't grow it at that rate over that period of time. Yeah, 380 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 2: it's been thirty years, but who or forty years when 381 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 2: you think about it, well, I don't know what. Yeah, 382 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 2: would it be forty years? Yeah, twenty thirty Yeah, well 383 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 2: close to forty years. But still that's an incredible As 384 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 2: a speaker of the house, you have access Tip O'Neil 385 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 2: never increased his value, his net worth value. He was 386 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 2: speaker for ten years and there was no no hint 387 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 2: that he had done you know, anything of that of 388 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 2: that nature. Maureen, I loved your call. Please call more often. Okay, 389 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 2: you this was a really informative call. I thank you 390 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 2: so much. Okay, thanks Jan And watch out of those 391 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 2: bikes on Battle Street. Okay, thanks. 392 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 5: We have a great name. 393 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 2: I got to take a break. I'd love to get 394 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 2: some reaction to some of these comments, though they've had 395 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 2: two really good calls. Six one, seven, two, five, four 396 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 2: ten thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. 397 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 2: I hope you folks are not losing interest in what 398 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 2: we talk about here on Nightside, because these are critical 399 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 2: issues and if you don't think the issue of the 400 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 2: federal debt thirty seven to thirty eight trillion dollars is critical. 401 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 2: This is what you're going to leave to your kids 402 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 2: and grandkids. That's number one and number two. If you 403 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,360 Speaker 2: don't think makes the difference who's running the government. What's 404 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:06,959 Speaker 2: happened the last well, the last six weeks, to air travelers, uh, 405 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 2: to the people who rely on the government for some help. 406 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 2: It could be you or me. I'm not talking about 407 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 2: the people who were were engaging in fraud. No. I 408 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 2: wanted I wanted the money to be taken from those people. 409 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 2: But we're gonna have some debates, and I think it's important. Again, 410 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 2: don't get lost in the Patriots or the Red Sox 411 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 2: or the Bruins. Enjoy that stuff, but realize this is 412 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 2: what's important. Six one seven two four thirty six one 413 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 2: seven n I'll be right back on night Side. 414 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: It's Night Side with Boston's news radio. 415 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 2: Okay, let's keep you only here, going to go to 416 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 2: CG in Cambridge. CG, you were next door Nightside. 417 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 4: Welcome, Welcome, thank you. I uh dislike you. Agree with 418 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 4: the woman that was on the last call. She was 419 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 4: really good, she was excellent, probably eighty center of what 420 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 4: she said, I got a couple of twists that I 421 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 4: think would work. Sure that when they have this, well 422 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 4: they have the continuing resolution, Yep, it should be automatic 423 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 4: automatic continuing resolution, no vote on it. It's ridiculous that 424 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 4: was put in there to keep the government open. And 425 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 4: why can't they follow their own laws? 426 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 2: Okay, that's a legitimate question. Again, I just think that 427 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 2: that either you if you're able to pass that, that's great, 428 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 2: or the problem is that, you know, Congress has become 429 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 2: so unwieldy. Look, I keep exciting this number, and I 430 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 2: know you understand it, but we're we're in debt. We 431 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 2: owe thirty seven. 432 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 9: To threety eight trillion. 433 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 2: Dollars that death. That debt is going to have to 434 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 2: be paid at some point. 435 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 4: Well, I retired eighteen years ago from one job. Good 436 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 4: for you, and I retired eight years ago and money 437 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 4: is getting very tight. Now. Sure I have pension, social Security, 438 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 4: but I'm really tight on money, and I'm looking for 439 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 4: other avenues to get money. 440 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 2: How old are you? If I could ask CJ, I'm 441 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 2: eighty one. Well you sound like you're about thirty one. 442 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 2: You have fifty one? 443 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 4: Oh, thank you, thank you. 444 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,679 Speaker 2: Young sounding voice. Well, what happens is with all of 445 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 2: the pensions. Look, the reality is you get locked in 446 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 2: at a at a pension or or at a Social 447 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 2: Security payment and the cost of everything goes up. It's 448 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 2: gone up a lot in the last few years. So yeah, 449 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 2: money does get tight. And the older you get, the 450 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 2: less active you're you're going to be, and you want 451 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 2: to live out whatever time you have in some relative comfort. 452 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 2: So I'm I wish I had a solution for you. 453 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,959 Speaker 2: You know. So Security gives you a colon increase every year. 454 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 2: I think the latest colon increase was something like two 455 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 2: point nine percent. That's not a lot of money, you know, 456 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:18,479 Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, but there's other things. If if you 457 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 2: own your own home, uh, you your real estate tax 458 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 2: are going up. I found out today that there's ae 459 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 2: and we're going to talk about this tomorrow night. Did 460 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 2: you know there's a piece of legislation up on Beacon 461 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 2: Hill which, if passed, would give cities and towns the 462 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 2: choice of increasing Do you have an Do you have 463 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 2: a car? Do you drive? 464 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 5: Yes? 465 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 7: I do? 466 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, I don't know what you pay for your 467 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 2: excise tax, because obviously the newer your car is, the 468 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 2: more you pay. If you buy a new car, you 469 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 2: get whacked the first few years pretty good on the 470 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 2: excise tax. But this piece of legislation would increase give 471 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 2: towns the right to increase taxes by three times. So 472 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 2: it was if you're picked five hundred dollars in an 473 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 2: excise tax on a car, which wouldn't be a big 474 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 2: car or expensive car, they could triple that. 475 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 4: You know, that's ridiculous, ridiculous. 476 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 2: Well, we're going to talk about that tomorrow at nine o'clock. 477 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 2: That's my intention. 478 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 4: So at least I'll be calling to them. And that's 479 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 4: almost like you because. 480 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 2: Well what I try to tell people on that is 481 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 2: get to your state repids just say you vote for 482 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 2: something like this, pal, that's a poison pill. Never never 483 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,879 Speaker 2: going to vote for you again. That's the only thing 484 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 2: these state reps will understand. 485 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, well I think I have one of the things 486 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 4: that they could have. These guys are dot going to work, 487 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 4: they're not getting their pay, but they do get it retroactive. 488 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 4: I don't think when they changed Social Security back about 489 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 4: thirty years ago, it went retroactive. The bill went retroactive 490 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 4: to cut people out of Social Security and went retroactive 491 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 4: by a year they think what happens with the Congress, 492 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 4: we have to get them forced into working. If they're 493 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 4: not working, they're not getting paid. And then they're a little. 494 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 2: Different with Social Security in the sense what they said 495 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 2: was correct me if I'm wrong, is that you can 496 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 2: maximize your retirement aims. They moved it up from whatever 497 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 2: was to sixty eight to sixty nine when people are 498 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 2: living longer. So, I don't know if that impacted you. 499 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 2: I hope it. 500 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 4: Didn't, but it did not paid. I've paid Social Security now. 501 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 4: I think for like forty eight years happened. 502 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 2: I will bet you at this point, Okay, when did 503 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 2: you start taking your SOI scurity benefits? 504 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 4: When I was sixty seven? 505 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 2: Okay, so that's fourteen years ago, you told me, right, Okay, 506 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 2: I would guarant I think that the break even point 507 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 2: is about twelve years. If if whatever you put in, 508 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 2: I'll bet you if you checked out what you put 509 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 2: in versus what you've taken out, you're ahead of the game. 510 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 4: Oh, I'm ahead of the game even on my attentions. 511 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 2: Right and what? And now the problem is that somebody 512 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 2: who's who is so security, who works until say seventy 513 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 2: and they die when they're seventy and a half that person. 514 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 2: You know, it's it's figured out so that, you know, 515 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 2: some people will the wins, the people who what's so 516 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 2: scuredy is what the people who live longer will in 517 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 2: total get more money and allow them to continue to live, 518 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 2: you know, decently while they're alive. And a lot of 519 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 2: that is calculated that not everybody's going to live to 520 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 2: lady five. Some people are going to die at sixty 521 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 2: seven and never never get a penny. Oh. 522 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 4: I looked at my family health and my grandparents on 523 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 4: the Irish side lived till the late eighties and on 524 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 4: the Italian side they lived into the mid nineties. 525 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 2: You got some gutines there, good jeans, it was the 526 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 2: good food is the Mediterranean diet right in the glass 527 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 2: of wine. 528 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 4: Oh no, I have I eat every diet. 529 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 2: All right, CJ CJ CG. I should say thank you 530 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 2: so much for calling in. I appreciate you taking the 531 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 2: time tonight. Have a great one. 532 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,239 Speaker 4: Be thank you also, bye right good night. 533 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 2: Let me get real quickly in here. I got Tim 534 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 2: in Woolburn. Tim, I want to get you in before 535 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 2: the break and give some other folks a chance to 536 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 2: join us after the break, go ahead. 537 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 5: Tim any tomorroways, remembering today. World War one, that's what 538 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 5: I call it. World War two, it's veterans today. Anyhow, 539 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 5: I'm standing at the front of my total Toyota and 540 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 5: this is what I have on the on the on 541 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 5: the hoods right it says the United States of America 542 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 5: seventeen seventy six two twenty six Wounded Wire Project. I'm 543 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 5: one of them. I'm one of the twenty nine bucks. 544 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 5: A month, I got a letter from General Piat was 545 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 5: in charge, retired anyhow, uh and he said, man, you 546 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 5: are quite the guy, but I don't care about that. 547 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 5: A little paragraph right before he said that, I said this, 548 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 5: I'm Michael Dawson. I lost my arm my leg in Afghanistan. 549 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 5: Thank you, Timmy for giving me a chance of knife. 550 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 5: Isn't that something. 551 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 2: That's that means a lot, That means a lot. I think. 552 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 2: I think Wounded Warrior has a very good reputation with 553 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 2: Charity Navigator and all of that. 554 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 5: But everyone on move and seized this on the hood. 555 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 5: Everyone really. 556 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 9: The whole moving crops. 557 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 5: Everyone comes by and just stops, gives me the thumbs up. Anyhow, 558 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 5: I have in front of me right our Pitcher at 559 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 5: Anoi Restaurant. All right, I have on my nice side 560 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 5: T shirt. I had the only nice side mug. Anyhow 561 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:02,719 Speaker 5: uh what I picture you and me? You got me 562 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 5: right beside me, and I broke my mug. Well your 563 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 5: birthday present? Last time I told you it was my birthday. 564 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 5: I'd love another mug if you could do it. I 565 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 5: have on my T shirt and my mug's broken. 566 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 2: Uh. Let me keep that in mind. Okay, so we'll 567 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 2: uh maybe we'll uh we'll be able to do something 568 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 2: for you there. I'll put it on my two do list. Okay, 569 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:26,719 Speaker 2: get a right. 570 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 5: I'm gonna leave you with this. God bless American, God 571 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 5: bless the veteran, and God bless all over and always 572 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 5: no uh, I mean all the Rays and especially Sharlie Ray. 573 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 2: Thank you very much, thanks to a. 574 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 5: Fine you have a fine man. Thank you. 575 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 2: Back at you. Thanks Tim, Talk to you soon, good night. 576 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 2: Six one seven, two, five, four thirty. I got lines there, 577 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 2: Susan and Salem. You stay right there, Susan. We're gonna 578 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 2: talk to you in a moment. 579 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 3: Uh. 580 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 2: I got lines at six one, seven, two, four, ten 581 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 2: thirty and lines at six one seven nine thirty. Come on, folks, 582 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 2: this is important stuff. Wake up, wake up America. As 583 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 2: simple as that. We'll be back on Nightside right after this. 584 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: It's night Side with Boston's News Radio. 585 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 2: Back to the phones we go, and I do have 586 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:16,920 Speaker 2: a couple of lines if you want to get last 587 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 2: word in Susan and Salem. Hi, Susan, welcome back. How 588 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 2: are you tonight? 589 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 6: I'm great, thank you. But that couple of callers ago, 590 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 6: that woman, I think that's a great idea. 591 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, well it is Maureen from Winchester. Yeah, perfect, perfect idea. 592 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 6: It is perfect. 593 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 2: It's changed dot org. But the other thing is we 594 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:45,440 Speaker 2: as individuals have to be smarter, and all too often 595 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,880 Speaker 2: you go and you just vote for whoever's in the ballot, 596 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 2: who's an incumbent. I always refuse to vote. I voted 597 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 2: last Tuesday, and there were some people on the ballot, 598 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 2: you know, city council and school committee. And got to 599 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 2: give them credit for putting their names out there. But 600 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 2: if they guaranteed election or guaranteed reelection, if I really 601 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 2: don't know them, I just blank the ballot. 602 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:17,840 Speaker 6: I would do that too myself, right, And we do 603 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 6: the same thing. 604 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 2: We continue to re elect people, re elect people re 605 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:25,320 Speaker 2: elect people, and there are some people who deserve re election. 606 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,279 Speaker 2: There are members of Congress who I've felt you hate 607 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 2: to see them leave. I hated to see Tip O'Neill 608 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 2: leave when he was a speaker. But you know, everybody, 609 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 2: everybody at some point has to has to step off 610 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 2: the stage. Well was that Shakespeare said? All the world's 611 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 2: a stage, and all of us play a role, and 612 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:46,919 Speaker 2: then it's time to leave. 613 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 6: But they're the one saying that would prevent Trump from 614 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 6: causing such chaos a second time. Well, it's probably more 615 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 6: than a second time. But and that would be impeachment. 616 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 6: Just get him out of there. 617 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,279 Speaker 2: Well, how are you going to do that at this point? 618 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 2: I mean, the American public voted a year ago to 619 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 2: put him back to your office warts and all. What 620 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 2: what I mean? They tried to impeach him twice. Bill, 621 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 2: They tried to impeach Bill Clinton. Uh, it's the will 622 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 2: of the American people. May not be your cup of tea, 623 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 2: may not be my cup of tea, but you know 624 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 2: what would you impeach him on? 625 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 6: Well, there's probably a list of things. 626 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 2: But in order to we found out with Bill Clinton, 627 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,240 Speaker 2: we found out with Donald Trump that you just can't 628 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 2: impeach somebody for the sake of impeaching him. I mean, 629 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 2: you vote, you know, I have to respect your vote. 630 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 2: You have to respect my vote, or else democracy doesn't 631 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 2: work well. 632 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 6: The fact that he refuses to turn over his tax information. 633 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 6: I thought that was something that was required, but apparently 634 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 6: it is. 635 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,280 Speaker 2: It's not yea. 636 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 6: A red flag. 637 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 2: There's a million red flee. He has more red flags 638 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:23,400 Speaker 2: than a NASCAR race. But what I'm trying to get at, Susan, 639 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 2: and you're a rational person, Okay, he ran. The Democrats 640 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:32,360 Speaker 2: messed up. Uh, they should have sat with Joe Biden 641 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 2: a year ago or more than a year ago, you know, 642 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 2: a year before the election, said you know, we're going 643 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 2: to move past you. Please don't take this personally, but whatever, 644 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 2: we think you've lost a lot off the fastball. But 645 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 2: the Democrats, Oh, he's great, everything's fine. And then we 646 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 2: saw that debate where oh yeah, he couldn't put a 647 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:57,480 Speaker 2: sentence together. Now, at some point you got to say 648 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 2: that the Democrats, hey, yeah, he beat Donald Trump in 649 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 2: twenty twenty. You believe it. I believe it. Some people didn't, 650 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 2: but that's the reality. They have to deal with reality. 651 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 2: And we got to deal with reality. In my opinion, Yeah, 652 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:18,279 Speaker 2: that's true. He's there, and you know, I'm just my 653 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,799 Speaker 2: view is what I'm going to do is when he 654 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,759 Speaker 2: does something good, I'm going to give him credit for it. 655 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,879 Speaker 2: And he does something dumb, I'm going to call him 656 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:29,640 Speaker 2: on it. It's as simple as that. Well we should, yeah, 657 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 2: no question, no question. And that's my free speech rights, 658 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 2: and that's your free speech rights. But we also have 659 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,439 Speaker 2: to respect the majority of Americans. And there were seven 660 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 2: battleground states. He won them all. Bill. I mean, I 661 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 2: guess what three years, well whatever, three years and three 662 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:52,520 Speaker 2: months from now, he will be a former president, and 663 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,239 Speaker 2: I would hope that we can at some point get 664 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:58,319 Speaker 2: to get back together as a country where we can 665 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,400 Speaker 2: start to talk. You know, you and I may disagree 666 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 2: on a bunch of things, but we always have pretty 667 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,719 Speaker 2: pretty positive conversations. That's what I'm trying to do here 668 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,359 Speaker 2: on Night Side. 669 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, and you're doing a good. 670 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:13,600 Speaker 2: Job, sometimes with more success than others, though, Susan. Depending 671 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 2: about the callers, Hey, Susan, thanks so much. We'll talk 672 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:17,240 Speaker 2: to call more often. 673 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 6: Okay, Thank you, Dan, Bye bye, talk to you, Sue. 674 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,239 Speaker 2: Good I, John and Boston. John, you may wrap it 675 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:23,759 Speaker 2: up for us. 676 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,879 Speaker 9: Go ahead, John, Thanks Dan, I just wanted to say 677 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,360 Speaker 9: that Nancy Pooles he didn't turn over her tax returns. 678 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,880 Speaker 9: I needed to Chuck Schumer. No American has to do it. 679 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,719 Speaker 9: That's why they have They have the I R S 680 00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 9: if there's a problems. 681 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 2: But but Susan, Susan has a right, and you and 682 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 2: I have a right if some candidate who we don't 683 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,480 Speaker 2: like chooses not to turn over the tax returns, that 684 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,640 Speaker 2: can be the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back, 685 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:53,400 Speaker 2: and you're going to vote for the other person. 686 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:56,600 Speaker 9: Oh yeah, I agree, But they did leave John Trump's returns. 687 00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 9: But just I just wanted to leave this fact your listens, den. 688 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,120 Speaker 9: Fifty percent of Congress, fifty percent a millionaires. Only one 689 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:09,200 Speaker 9: percent of the public is millionaires. And they're making decisions. 690 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 9: They made decisions to shut down the government to withhold 691 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 9: payment to people so that one point five trillion dollars 692 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,239 Speaker 9: can go to people for healthcare who aren't our citizens. 693 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,280 Speaker 9: This is what these people are doing. 694 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 2: Well, here's what we gotta do. John, let me just 695 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 2: jump in for one second. I'm not going to catch 696 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 2: you off. Here's what we gotta do. Let's let that 697 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:34,719 Speaker 2: debate go forward. Let's get the statistics. Let's find out 698 00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:38,640 Speaker 2: how many people are, you know, on Medicare or whatever. 699 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,160 Speaker 2: We have a policy in this country which I think 700 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,920 Speaker 2: was passed under the Reagan administration that you probably know 701 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,000 Speaker 2: is that anybody can go to an emergency room and 702 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,720 Speaker 2: present themselves and say, hey, I'm here, I'm a human 703 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,200 Speaker 2: being and I need help. 704 00:39:54,040 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 9: Now. But they open the borders in and let millions 705 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:02,480 Speaker 9: how much? 706 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,600 Speaker 2: Look did I you know that I criticize that. I'm 707 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:09,280 Speaker 2: not in favor of that. We got to somehow say, 708 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,920 Speaker 2: we got to come up with some solution which is 709 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,880 Speaker 2: reasonable and rational and the majority of the American people 710 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,080 Speaker 2: can uh. And I might agree with you, by the way, 711 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:24,239 Speaker 2: that if you're here illegally that we don't you know, 712 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:29,319 Speaker 2: if you came here for for for government healthcare, don't 713 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,720 Speaker 2: hang around. As simple as that, John, We may open 714 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,040 Speaker 2: up this topic. I know we'll open it up in 715 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,399 Speaker 2: the next couple of weeks for certain, And I want 716 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 2: you to be listening. I want and I want you 717 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 2: to take the lead as a caller. 718 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:44,120 Speaker 9: Okay, Dad, I just don't think that they shoudn't be 719 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,920 Speaker 9: able to tap into the social security that you all listening. 720 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,000 Speaker 2: I got you, John. I'm now flat out of time, 721 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 2: so I got to let you go, but let's continue 722 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,720 Speaker 2: this conversation. Thanks John, rob Brooks. A great job, Marita, 723 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,120 Speaker 2: A great job is always. I want to thank the 724 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 2: Deans of Admission, Bill Fitzsimmons from Harvard and Grant Concelin 725 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:04,960 Speaker 2: from BC. I want to thank all of you, particularly 726 00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,440 Speaker 2: the callers. Done for the night. I am going to 727 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,080 Speaker 2: do a nightside postgame real quickly. All dogs, all cats, 728 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 2: all pets go to heaven. That's Mi Palt Charlie Rays, 729 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,400 Speaker 2: who passed fifteen years ago in February. That's why your 730 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,359 Speaker 2: pets are who passed. They love you, you love them. 731 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:18,919 Speaker 2: I do believe you'll see them begin to see again 732 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,440 Speaker 2: to more. On Tuesday, state warm everybody, he's going to 733 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:21,919 Speaker 2: get cold.