1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: So Michael, you're going to have to have a whole 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: new set of rules of engagement. You might want to 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: start soliciting bids on that, because I'm sure there might 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: be a few that. 5 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: Will want to do new rules of engagement story. 6 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,319 Speaker 3: Ah a mission, great, Count me in. 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: I'll be there when you move. 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 4: Good, good, real quick about the rules of engagements. Yeah, 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 4: I know how you guys think, because we are one 10 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 4: of you, do not do not wait until the last minute, seriously, 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 4: because I need to record them and put them into 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 4: the system and create all new rotational carts and all 13 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 4: that kind of stuff, which takes a lot of time 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 4: for me. So if you're doing this on Sunday the ninth, 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 4: they will not air. 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: He's gonna do a little work, shoato. 17 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 4: I'm happy to do the work. I'm just not going 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 4: to do it last minute because you've failed to plan. 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: And you think keep playing that promo about how I 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: love we love you guys. Of all the things they 21 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: could have picked out, they picked that out. Yep. So 22 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: they got us lying already. 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 4: Well, you know, it's some corporate sumbo, some mumbo jumbo 24 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 4: guy that put that together. It's not we have somebody 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:22,919 Speaker 4: in house to do that. 26 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: Well, AJ may have done it. AJ's busy with the Broncos. 27 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: He also does the Broncos. What do you mean we're 28 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: not the priority? 29 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 4: What what do you even think we'll be the priority 30 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 4: once we move over the hall? 31 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: No? Do I think I've been the priority for the 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: past twenty years? No? No? Okay, all right, So as 33 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: I say, as I say, nothing is changing. We're just 34 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: you know, I told my mom. I was told I 35 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: couldn't tell anybody except Tamar, but I did tell my mother. 36 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: I thought that was kind of safe, and she went 37 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: to know where Tamar I were moving to. You guys 38 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: are moving closer to home. 39 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 4: It'd be great to have you guys so close. 40 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: I actually I had a friend asked me the same thing, 41 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: but they didn't think it was necessarily like out of town. 42 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: It was just like somewhere else in town. How many 43 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: feet do you think it is over there? Thirty I'm 44 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: gonna say thirty or forty feet? Yeah, so, yeah, we're moving, 45 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: but we'll need a moving van. We'll need volunteers to 46 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: come in and do all the move for us. 47 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 4: So really you want to bring some of this crap 48 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 4: over there. They've got new crap over there. 49 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: Let me look. Hey, there's only see one thing in 50 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: here that I'd like to take over there. 51 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 4: There's no exposed drywall over there. Wait, nope, there is 52 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 4: like a four x four square never mind, what's that for? 53 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 4: It's still got the old wrap on it. 54 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: Oh really, I'll bring you can't sprawl. I'll go to 55 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: home deepo and get some spray paint. I think it's 56 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: some you know, valve or pipe or something. Walls. Yeah, 57 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: there is. There is just one thing in here I'd 58 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: like to take over there. 59 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, that that's you can ask. Feel free to ask. 60 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 4: It's not gonna happen, but go ahead and ask. 61 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: I can't believe there's not too. First of all, they 62 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: have the space for two monitors. Yeah, so why aren't 63 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: there two monitors? Reason I need? I need a monitor 64 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: for next Gen? I need a monitor for Do they 65 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: have the same version of I assume they have the 66 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: same version of Adobe Audition. 67 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 4: They even have cool Edit over there because one of 68 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 4: the other guys couldn't work auditions, so they. 69 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: Put cool Edit on it too. Really, okay, so we 70 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: got so I'll need I'll need next GM available. I 71 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: need over here for Adobe audition and the breaking news 72 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: websites that I keep up, and they also have my laptop. 73 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll just maybe I'll bring in two laptops. 74 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 4: And I'm sure they've got tons of room for you 75 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 4: to put your laptop in front of those screens. 76 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,559 Speaker 1: I'm wondering how I want to see through the microphone 77 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: to see my laptop. That'll be interesting too, are you. 78 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: I think Saturday, while I'm in here, I should go 79 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: sit down and actually kind of figure out movement emplacement. Yeah, 80 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: that'll be helpful. I think that would as opposed to 81 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: come in that Monday morning. I never forget it. 82 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 4: Just do it live on the air at ten at 83 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 4: nine oh one. 84 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: It's right, you have the great first impression. Yeah, where 85 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: are the buttons? Where's the button? Is this microphone on? Okay? 86 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: Back to Snap because I think you're going to be 87 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: And again, I'm not trying to infuriate. I'm just trying 88 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: to inform you about the truth, because nobody's telling you 89 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: the facts about Snap. Instead, it's children are going to 90 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: die on the streets, Mothers are going to starve, families 91 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: will fall all apart, the world is coming to an end. 92 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 2: Well, I just want to marinate on what you said, 93 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 2: that building the ballroom is the number one priority. 94 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: Let's just sit with that for a minute. 95 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 2: How is that possible that that is the number one 96 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 2: priority with everything that is going on right now. 97 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: One, they make the same mistake of taking Trump literally 98 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: as opposed to taking Trump seriously. You like, you should 99 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: not take me literally. If you do, you're missing out 100 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: on one, you're missing out and have the fun, and 101 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: two you're missing out on the truth. 102 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 2: And five American children rely on SAT benefits. 103 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: Did you hear that? Now? How many times do we 104 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: hear Bernie Sanders or somebody else talk about where the 105 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: wealthiest nation on the planet. You know, we should have 106 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: free this and free that and free everything else. 107 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 2: Already, with everything that is going on right now, one 108 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 2: in five American children. 109 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 1: One in five. You know, not very good at math, 110 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: but that's twenty percent. Twenty percent. Twenty percent of kids 111 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: on food stamps rely on SNAT benefits. One in five. 112 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: That's a huge number. And while the administration tries to 113 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: pretend that SNAP benefits gobble. 114 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: Up a ship. Well, we'll get dragon whispers in my ear. 115 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: Maybe it was o. 116 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 4: Rare now it's just in your ear. But I'm just curious, 117 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 4: is that an accurate number hang tight huge. 118 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: Portion of the American budget. That's just simply not true. 119 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 2: There are reserves that they could reach to. They could 120 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: extend those benefits in November if they wanted to. 121 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: They're just wait a minute. If there are reserves, let's 122 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: just say generically, there are reserves somewhere, so their priority 123 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: would be to feed the children. Oh wait a minute. 124 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: When I say feed the children, that reminds me. In 125 00:06:55,839 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: Chicago there is an organization called Feed the Children. Huh, 126 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 1: So there's a private sector, charitable organization that could feed 127 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: the children. But don't miss the point. If she's going 128 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: to claim that there is a reserve somewhere, don't you 129 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: think instead that we ought to be paying air traffic 130 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: controllers now? Newark Airport already sucks. I read a great 131 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: story about Newark Airport recently about how it's poor design 132 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: and its location within that New York metropolitan area, the 133 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: Tri state area makes it one of the worst airports 134 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: in the world for on time departures and arrivals because 135 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: of the layout, and now because of air traffic control shortages, 136 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: it's they're suffering even worse. Well, why don't we take 137 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: those reserves and do that because that's essential to the economy, 138 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: or pay the military because that's essential to national defense 139 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: and national security. You see, they just want to use 140 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: so called reasons deserves for their pet projects. 141 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 2: Choosing not to On the question of this being a 142 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 2: partisan matter, I agree with Charlie. I think that we 143 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: are at a hinge point right now. The pain is 144 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: going to be real for Americans very soon. Not just abstract. 145 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 2: It's going to be real. 146 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: I want you to think about that, because you hear 147 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: that a lot that pretty soon people are going to 148 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: start suffering. Now. Other than as far as I know, 149 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: I don't have any trips planned in the near future. 150 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean that something won't come up that I 151 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: don't need to run out to Dia and jump on 152 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: a plane and go somewhere. But honestly, this is not 153 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,439 Speaker 1: going This government shut down is not going to affect 154 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: my life. If we've reached the point in the country 155 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: where the now if we get invaded, you know, if 156 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: if Maduro or Putin or she decided that they want 157 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: to invade the United States, you know, read down, Well, 158 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: I want those troops paid. I don't want to have 159 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: to pull out all of my guns and run to 160 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: the undisclosed location and start protecting myself from invading marauders. Otherwise, 161 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: this government shut down doesn't truly affect me, at least 162 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: in a negative way that I can think of. If 163 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: we're so dependent upon the federal government that everyone's claiming 164 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: that we're all going to start suffering pain, then I 165 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: would say the government's too big, and I would say 166 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: we've gotten way too dependent upon the federal government. So 167 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: rather than talk about how do we figure our way 168 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: out of this situation and how do we resolve this 169 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: problem of a government that's too big and too powerful 170 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: and too controlling, instead what they want to do, Oh, 171 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: they just want to find reserves so they can continue 172 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: to grow and grow and grow this government. We're going 173 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: to grow ourselves if we're not already part way there 174 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: into a socialist, fascist, Marxist communist government, and in many 175 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: ways we already have. 176 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 2: They're going to fill it in their health care prices. 177 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 2: They're going to fill it in their food prices. They're 178 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 2: going to see it. 179 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: Food and healthcare two very important things. I want good 180 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: quality healthcare and I like to eat. Why should the 181 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: government have an impact on either one of those things. Why, 182 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 1: you know, God rest his soul. But John McCain can 183 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: bite my ass because but for him, we could have 184 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: repealed Obamacare and we could have been on the road 185 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: to getting the government out of the healthcare business. But 186 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: John McCain, ostensibly a republic stuck his scraggly little thumb 187 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: down and said no. So everything that she lists, I'm thinking, 188 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: wait a minute, We've got government involved in some of 189 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: the very essential aspects of people's lives, and it shouldn't be. 190 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 2: In a very visible way. And you know you talked 191 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 2: about the farmers and the ranchers. Beef prices are up 192 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 2: right now. 193 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:31,319 Speaker 1: Yes, why because the government has failed to enforce the 194 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: anti trust laws. And as I explained you the last 195 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: week or week before, the meat packing cartel is the 196 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: problem with high beef prices. It's not the poor farmers 197 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: and ranchers. I understand that they've got a problem with 198 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: some of the things that Trump is doing. I totally 199 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: understand that. In fact, I haven't agree with some of that. 200 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: But their real problem is not Trump. Their real problem 201 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: is the meat packing cartels. But this one is too 202 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: dumb to know that, or maybe she's not dumb. She 203 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: knows precisely what she's doing, and that's just playing to 204 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:02,719 Speaker 1: people's emotions. 205 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 2: We're going into Thanksgiving, Turkey prizes are up by almost 206 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 2: forty percent and many of the people. 207 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: That's interesting because we played the SoundBite from the chief 208 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: executive officer of Walmart that says you can actually go 209 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:22,239 Speaker 1: buy a complete turkey dinner, a complete Thanksgiving dinner at Walmart. 210 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: And it was what was it twenty percent lower than 211 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: it was last year or something. Yes, So this is 212 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: just MSNBC doing nothing more than just playing on people's fears. 213 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: So let's talk about SNAP for a moment. Used to 214 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: be known as food stamps, but we can't say that anymore. 215 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: That's plically incorrect. Now we just call it SNAP the 216 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: supplement and I want you to think about this language supplemental. 217 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: That's interesting. So it shouldn't be the primary supplemental nutrition. 218 00:12:54,520 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 1: How much of the SNAP money goes to nutritionally high 219 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: nutritional valued meals assistance program. It's an assistance program. You 220 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: should not be dependent upon it. It is something to 221 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: assist you. Formally known as food stamps, it is the 222 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: largest food assistance initiative. It supports more than forty one 223 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: million Americans every single month. Forty one million Americans. That 224 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: is despicable. Now, some people truly do need it. As 225 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: I've always said, we need to have a basic social 226 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: safety net. But that social safety net, which should be 227 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: down here about where my ankles are, instead is here 228 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: above my above my nose. I can't breathe because that 229 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: social safety net is so freaking high. It costs taxpayers 230 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: and average of about one hundred billion dollars annually as 231 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 1: of last fiscal year. So you got forty one point 232 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: seven million people, which is what twelve point three percent 233 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: or so of the American population, more than ten percent, 234 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: more than ten percent of the American population gets SNAP 235 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: benefits every single month, at least for the fiscal year 236 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty four. Now, participation varies by state. It's 237 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: not every it's not equally distributed. New Mexico has a 238 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: participation rate that exceeds twenty one percent. So almost a 239 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: quarter of the people where my undisclosed location is more 240 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: than almost a quarter of the people twenty one percent 241 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: depend upon food stamps. Yeah, I call them food stamps. 242 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: We need to be we need to be real in 243 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: our language, Utah's participation rate is under five percent. I 244 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: make fun of Mormons, but maybe Mormons are doing something right. 245 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: That's pretty shocking there. 246 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 4: When you think the average Mormon family has like four 247 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 4: or five kids, I mean, you would think they would 248 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 4: be a much off the system, more so than the 249 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 4: than anybody else. 250 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: But oddly enough, not oddly enough not and oddly enough, 251 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: when Mormons have a family in one of their churches, 252 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: in one of their I forget what they call them, 253 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: but when they when they have somebody that's hungry, oh, 254 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: they take care of themselves. Now, the majority of people 255 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: are participating in SNAP are low income individuals or family 256 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: about thirty nine percent of that forty one point seven 257 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: million people being children. Forty two percent are adults between 258 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: the ages of eighteen and fifty nine. The total federal 259 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: spending reached ninety eight ninety nine point eight to one 260 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: hundred point three billion in twenty twenty four. Do you 261 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: know that that is almost sivey more than one point 262 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: five percent of all federal spending. We have a multi 263 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: trillion dollar budget, and we spend almost two percent of 264 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: that on doing nothing but feeding American citizens. Ah, let 265 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: me rephrase it. We do nothing, But we spend almost 266 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: two percent of a multi trillion budget feeding people in 267 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: this country. Yeah, because they're not all American citizens. The 268 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: bulk of that ninety four billion is spent on direct benefits. Well, 269 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: where does the other six billion dollars go? Oh, administrative 270 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: costs and support programs. The average monthly benefit per person 271 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: was about per person, not per family, not per household. 272 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: Per person is about one hundred and eighty eight dollars, 273 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: translating into more than two thy two hundred dollars annually 274 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: per per participant. So you got approximately twelve point three 275 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: percent of the population the reiland SNAP at some point 276 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: last year. Now, participation rates are marketingly higher among certain groups, 277 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: particularly households with children that's over nineteen vers almost twenty percent, 278 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: especially single parent households. The program serves as a critical 279 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: safety net, for safety net for families that experience what 280 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: they call food in security. This is now, that's according 281 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: to the USDA. That's what they call it food in security. Now. 282 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: The vast majority of SNAP participants are indeed US born citizens. 283 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:36,120 Speaker 1: They are American citizens. Now. This is according to USDA 284 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: and to the policy experts that I could I can 285 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: find online what percent of recipients are US born citizens. 286 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: Do you have any guests? Eighty nine percent? Yes, eighty 287 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: nine percent. That's less than one hundred percent. What makes 288 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: up the rest of participation? Recipient? 289 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 5: Good morning, fellas, did my earballs here correctly that you're 290 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 5: disrupting all of our mornings so that you get to 291 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 5: sleep in. I guess we'll enjoy you on our drives 292 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,199 Speaker 5: into work while we can, and then we'll follow you 293 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 5: somewhere else, because you know we'd follow you to the 294 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 5: end of the world. 295 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: Have a good morning, Michael Dragon. 296 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 2: At least you'll be thirty or forty feet closer to 297 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 2: the bathrooms now. 298 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 4: First thing, Absolutely love that earballs is still catching on 299 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 4: you to going I do fantastic. Bring your earballs over 300 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 4: with us to Koe on the on the tenth Yeah, great, 301 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 4: really appreciate that thirty or forty feet closer to the 302 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 4: bathroom doesn't help if we still have to go down 303 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 4: to the third floor. 304 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: It just seems to have come to a halt. It's 305 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 1: kind of like, you know, the government shut down. We 306 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: just you know, we just need like we don't we 307 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: don't even need five senators. We just need Richard Nixon 308 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: just like one watergate plumber, if we just get one 309 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: watergate plumber to go finish. 310 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 4: What I'm a firm believer is that it's just how 311 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,719 Speaker 4: things are here in iHeart, because we've we've did construction 312 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 4: here in the building six years ago, seven years ago. 313 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 4: Is it done. No, there's still ceiling tiles missing, there's 314 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 4: still electrical wires coming out of the walls. But no, 315 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 4: it's it's good enough. Just like the bathroom, it's good enough. 316 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 4: The urinals don't work, the toilets are a little questionable, 317 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 4: but the sinks work. 318 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: To your point of bet, it's just good enough. That's 319 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: why we have such a crappy attitude about trying to 320 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: produce a quality product. Why why should we, you know, 321 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 1: do anything exceptionally well. When they put the clock up, 322 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: they go to all the trouble to put that digital 323 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: clock up on that wall, and they don't connect it. 324 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 4: Yep, I firmly believe they don't know that it's not finished. 325 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 4: The sign has been taken down that you know, please 326 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 4: use the third floor, although that sign has been moved 327 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 4: to where the urinals. 328 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: Are, because the urinals are just because I've tried to 329 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: just check the urinals and work, and they just they've 330 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: cut the water off. 331 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 4: Well, the toilets will make noise, But whether or not 332 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 4: the water actually flows out and fills back up, I 333 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 4: don't know about it. 334 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 1: Dust because I've checked that. The question I have is 335 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: where does it go? That's what I wonder, Where does 336 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: it go? 337 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 4: The sinks work, and they look great, and they're soap 338 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 4: and they're funny. 339 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: How they put the little basket there with this thing. 340 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: I feel, Oh, I feel so I feel so at 341 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: home because I've got a basket with soaps in it. 342 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: Oh except what the soap smells like, Oh, absolutely, it's awful. Off. 343 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: I want to make something abundantly clear. I'm not trying 344 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: to be an a hole when it comes to hungry 345 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 1: kids or poor families that need help with food. What 346 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: I am upset about is that we have absolutely, unequivocally 347 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: abandoned our individual responsibility as just human beings to care 348 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: for one another, and instead we just, oh, we just 349 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: want the government to do it. And that's the way 350 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: it starts out. And then it grows and it grows, 351 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: and it grows and it grows, and pretty soon, you know, why, 352 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: think when I think my taxes were not done until 353 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, because I have to wait for 354 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: one K or whatever it is to to get done 355 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: by a company that I have some interest in. So 356 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: I finally get it done and I get it back, 357 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: and I look at how much money I pay in taxes. 358 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: It is the equivalent. Let's just say it's a boatload 359 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: of money. It's a boatload of money. I could take 360 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:31,719 Speaker 1: that money, and I would be more than happy to 361 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: take my pro rate a share to fund the military, 362 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 1: and of course to fund you know, whatever my income 363 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: taxes go to fund that I think is necessary, the military, 364 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: air traffic controllers. Well beyond that, I'm not really sure, 365 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: the FBI, the Department of Justice, ICE. I'm not going 366 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: to fund TSA. That's a joke. Airlines can pay for that, 367 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: which I'd pay for in the ticket anyway. But I 368 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: think about the amount of money that I could contribute 369 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 1: to feed the children. I think it's actually called Feeding 370 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: America now, the group in Chicago, I just because I 371 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: know somebody that used to work there Feeding America, I 372 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,160 Speaker 1: could write them a check for I don't know, ten 373 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: fifteen thousand dollars. A lot of people could write a 374 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: check for one hundred dollars five hundred dollars, and they 375 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: could feed children. Churches, people could give more to their 376 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: churches and feed children. It's not that I don't want 377 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: to feed the children. I don't want the government doing it. 378 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: Because once you put a family on that, you tell 379 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: me what the incentive is to get them off that. 380 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: And in fact, the bureaucrats, if you understand how the 381 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 1: bureaucracy works, they have an incentive to grow that program 382 00:23:54,960 --> 00:24:00,479 Speaker 1: even larger. And the unions which represent those bureaucrats have 383 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: a reason to grow that program even larger because that 384 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: means more bureaucrats, that means more members. It is a 385 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: self fulfilling circle of evil. In my opinion, it's awful. 386 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: So back to some of the data about SNAP. The 387 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: vast majority are US citizens, and as I said, eighty 388 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: nine percent are US born citizens. Less than eleven percent, 389 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: I'd say it's like ten point nine. Let's just say 390 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: eleven percent are foreign born, including naturalized citizens, refugees, legally 391 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: present non citizens, so illegal aliens, non citizens, which before 392 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: I tell you the number, let me tell you this 393 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:59,360 Speaker 1: eligibility for illegal aliens. Federal law bars undocumented immigrants illegal 394 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: aliens from SNAP it bars them from it. Yet non 395 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: citizens make up almost five percent of SNAP recipients as 396 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty two. I couldn't yet find the number 397 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 1: four twenty twenty four. I'll keep looking. That's roughly as 398 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty two one point seven million people, with 399 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: the cost of those benefits around five point seven billion 400 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: dollars for fiscal year twenty twenty two. So you know 401 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:37,959 Speaker 1: it's more than that now. So despite federal law prohibiting 402 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 1: illegal aliens from receiving SNAP benefits, oh, there's still about 403 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: eleven percent that do. I'm sorry, four percent that do 404 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: one point seven million, and you know it's actually more 405 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,719 Speaker 1: than that now. There is an exception in a mixed 406 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: status household families with some members legally present others here illegally. 407 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: Only theligible members of the family can receive the benefits, 408 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 1: but not the undocumented individuals themselves. Okay, how many of 409 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: you believe that's what really happens, because if you do, 410 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: you might be some kind of dumbass. There was one 411 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: article I found that said, quote, fear of repercussions or 412 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 1: impact immigration cases often deters undocumented individuals from even applying 413 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 1: for SNAP, even when their US born children are eligible. 414 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: And I thought long and hard about that sentence, and 415 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: I thought, okay, well, good, good, because then if they 416 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 1: want to feed their kids, even if they are undocumented 417 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 1: and here illegally, that family is still going to try 418 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: to figure a way to feed those kids. But if 419 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: they receive them, they'll just use that money to feed 420 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: me the kids, but the children are going to die. 421 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: Trying to find precise country of origin data for non 422 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: citizen recipients is not released by the USDA. I dug 423 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: and I dug and I dug and I could not 424 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 1: find the countries of origin for non citizen recipients. Now 425 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: I think there might be a reason for that, because 426 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: that would be an admission that you're violating federal law. 427 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: So trying to find those stats, and I've seen it 428 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: on X and I've seen, you know, different places where 429 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: people have claimed that, oh, here are all the different 430 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: countries of origin where people are receiving SNAP benefits who 431 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: are here illegally. I question those because when I go 432 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 1: to the source, I don't seem to be able to 433 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: find any source, original source material. Let's break it down ethnically. 434 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: Among all SNAP recipients, Caucasians account for between thirty five 435 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: and thirty seven percent, Wax account for twenty five to 436 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: twenty six percent, Hispanic, fifteen to sixteen percent Asian, three 437 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: to four percent Native American, Indian, about one percent. Mixed 438 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: status immigrant families are common among non citizen recipients, most 439 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: often including US born children. So you know that the 440 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: US born children are therefore eligible, but their families are not. 441 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: Can you have you ever thought about how this program 442 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: actually works, because all the federal government does is just 443 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: to pass through. I'll explain that next. 444 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 3: From Fort Smith, Montana. Good morning, congratulations guys on your 445 00:28:55,440 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 3: move over the KOA blow Torch eight fifty eight week Mike, 446 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 3: find it rather ironic that the political party it is 447 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 3: all in our abortion is now complaining that not seeing. 448 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: Children might kill them. Is that the definition of irony? 449 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: I don't know, or cognitive dissonance one or the other. 450 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: So here are a couple of noteworthy details I want 451 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: you to know about this. First, this is a federally 452 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: funded but the state's administer of the program. So you 453 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: got a double bureaucracy. You got the bureaucracy in DC 454 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: that you know takes in the money from the Internal 455 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: Revenue Service collects the money, Congress appropriates that, it goes 456 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: to omb and then it finally gets down to the 457 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: Department of Agriculture, which administers this program. So that one 458 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: dollar in taxes that you spend gets eaten up to 459 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: you know, about five or ten cents whatever it might 460 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: be in the federal bureaucracy, and then it gets transferred 461 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: to the state. And then the state has its own 462 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: bureaucracy that disperses the So now that dollar that's been 463 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: reduced to, say ninety cents, gets reduced to say eighty 464 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: five cents. So your dollar that goes to food Stamp, 465 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: which is not really a dollar. The overwhelming majority of 466 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: the funding, somewhere between ninety three and ninety five percent, 467 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: comes from the FEDS, which pays directly for the benefit amounts, 468 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: but shares in some of the administrative costs. So now 469 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: all of that dollar gets shrunk even further. Now, the 470 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: states generally contribute only to the cost of administering the program, 471 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: not to the benefits themselves. In this current fiscal year, 472 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: federal funding for state administrative costs was a half a 473 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: billion dollars. We spent a hat with five hundred and 474 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: thirty six million dollars to administer this program. If you've 475 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:56,960 Speaker 1: ever wondered about the size of government, you think about 476 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: a business, a five hundred thirty six million dollar business. 477 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: How many employees would that be, how many distribution offices 478 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: would they have across the country, what kind of regional 479 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: structure would they have in terms of you know, a 480 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: CEO the C suite, and then regional vice presidents everywhere, 481 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: and then worker bees across all fifty seven states. That's 482 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: a five hundred and thirty six million dollar business just 483 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 1: to administer this program. And of course they get the 484 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: recipients to get it via the EBT cards and the 485 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: monthly allotments are calculated based on the size of the household, 486 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: your income, certain expenses, and all the federal guidelines which 487 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: vary based upon the geography. Now, the core I haven't 488 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 1: done the math on this. I should have. I'm sorry 489 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: I didn't do it. But the core eligibility requires a 490 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: house Now this is household, not individual. Requires a household 491 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: income at or below one hundred thirty percent of the 492 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: federal poverty line adjusted for deductions and expenses, and your 493 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: legal residency status, which I keep thinking to myself, no 494 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: way now, that's according to the Food Service UH the 495 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: food Stamp program on the USDA website. So why is 496 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: it that it's the core eligibility requires a household income 497 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: added below one hundred and thirty percent of the federal 498 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 1: poverty line adjusted for deductions and expenses, and legal residency status. Well, 499 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: if you if you're not a legal resident, if you're 500 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: an illegal alien, and by federal law you are barred 501 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: from it, why would that go into the calculation? You see, 502 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: nobody knows the f what's really going on here? Now? 503 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: Since since this year this the Republican Congress has further 504 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: restricted eligibility for non citizens. I guess that it wasn't 505 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: good enough to begin with. They've limited SNAP primarily to 506 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: Green card holders and certain protected groups. And there's a 507 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: work requirement mandatory work participation up to age sixty four 508 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: used to be fifty four for able body adults without dependents. 509 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: There is a requirement. I don't know how effective it is, 510 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: but there is a requirement for data sharing on citizenship 511 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: and immigration status to try to prevent fraud. I don't 512 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: obviously that's not working when I can show you that 513 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: eleven percent of illegal aliens I shouldn't say eleven percent, 514 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: but eleven percent of participants in the program are illegal aliens. Well, 515 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: I'd say the fraud enforcements not doing very good then, 516 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: or are we just willing to accept ten percent fraud 517 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: as just part of doing business. I don't want kids 518 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: to argus, but this doesn't work. 519 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:07,360 Speaker 2: Mhm.