WEBVTT - 10-29-25 Willie with Warren Davidson

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Cunningham, the great American, welcome this Wednesday after in

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<v Speaker 1>the tries date a little bit of rainy. We need

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of Wednesday and Thursday. Things are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be clear on Friday for Halloween. But until then

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<v Speaker 1>all hell's breaking loose. Of course, I monitor all the

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<v Speaker 1>shows so you don't have to. MSNBC is blaming the Republicans,

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<v Speaker 1>mainly Congressman Warren Davidson, of everything happening bad in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>You watch the other shows, and basically it's the idea

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<v Speaker 1>that the Congress has voted to fund food stamps that

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<v Speaker 1>went down the tubes. Then the Congress voted to fund

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<v Speaker 1>the military. Democrats didn't like that. And Republicans have offered

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<v Speaker 1>a one year continuance of the Biden budget and the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats don't want that. So what the hell do they want?

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<v Speaker 1>As Charlie Kirk often said, when the talking ends, that's

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<v Speaker 1>when violence begins. Janan, you and I now is Congressman

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<v Speaker 1>Warren Davidson. I think of the eighth Congressional District and

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<v Speaker 1>Congressman Davidson welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show. So

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<v Speaker 1>what does the congressman do when nothing's going on? You're

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<v Speaker 1>out of session, not much happening, and Mike Johnson's called

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<v Speaker 1>your backs and not called you back. So what do

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<v Speaker 1>you do if anything, Well.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always an honor to join you and your listeners,

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<v Speaker 2>Willie and look, it's pretty similar to normal, except you've

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<v Speaker 2>got less structure to your time. I mean, I'm working

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<v Speaker 2>on bills with colleagues, working in particular on an outbound

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<v Speaker 2>investment bill this morning, back and forth with several colleagues

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<v Speaker 2>and staff.

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<v Speaker 3>I was out in DC last week.

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<v Speaker 2>Met with White House on that and a couple other bills,

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<v Speaker 2>met with Senators on some of these things. And so

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<v Speaker 2>you're still doing some of the same kinds of collaboration.

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<v Speaker 2>In a way, it's you get bigger blocks of time

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<v Speaker 2>to focus on other bills. So you're trying to make

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<v Speaker 2>lemonade out of limits I mean, and the limits are

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<v Speaker 2>handed out by Democrats.

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<v Speaker 3>We've called the votes. The House of Representatives.

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<v Speaker 2>Has voted to fund the government, yes, which is why

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<v Speaker 2>we're not in session. We're waiting on the Senate and

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<v Speaker 2>we can't really proceed until they decide how they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to proceed. And they've offered everything in the world to Democrats.

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<v Speaker 2>But look, to be fair, Democrats have said, here's our

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<v Speaker 2>list of demands. It's one and a half trillion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>worth of stuff they know they're not getting. No, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't accidentally defund Usaid. We didn't accidentally turn off

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<v Speaker 2>their ability to take credit for funding with state dollars

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<v Speaker 2>but get reimbursed from the federal dollars for funding illegals

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<v Speaker 2>with Medicaid money. We didn't accidentally. We didn't accidentally do

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<v Speaker 2>these things. And frankly, they didn't accidentally set expiration dates

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<v Speaker 2>for the COVID funding on Obamacare. You know, it was

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<v Speaker 2>a bill that passed with one hundred percent Democrat votes,

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<v Speaker 2>just like Obamacare did in the first way. And they're

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to continue the subsidies because Obamacare failed. It

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<v Speaker 2>isn't affordable, and it doesn't work. It works in fact

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<v Speaker 2>the way that we've said that it was designed to,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a poisoned pill to destroy American healthcare and

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<v Speaker 2>deliver what they want, which is single payer communist healthcare.

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<v Speaker 1>All let's talk about. First of all, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>have out his issue number two. It Issue number one

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<v Speaker 1>is snap what's our food stamps? In twenty nineteen, which

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't exactly. The dark age is twenty nineteen. US government's

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<v Speaker 1>spend fifty six billion dollars on food stamps in twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the number is one hundred and two billion. It

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<v Speaker 1>is more than doubled in the last five years. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I did a little research from the US Budget Office

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<v Speaker 1>about who gets food stamps.

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<v Speaker 3>How about this one?

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<v Speaker 1>Food stamps by ethnicity. Afghans forty five percent, Somali's forty

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<v Speaker 1>three percent, iraqis thirty five percent, Dominican Caribbean Islanders twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight percent, the Native Americans is twenty five percent, Puerto

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<v Speaker 1>Ricans twenty seven percent, Cubans twenty five percent, Cambodians twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three percent. Can you smell when I'm cooking? Essentially, may

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<v Speaker 1>I've raised my hand in the.

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<v Speaker 3>Back of the room.

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<v Speaker 1>The cost of food stamps have more than doubled, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's the ethnicity of those receiving it. Many here illegally

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<v Speaker 1>be waiting for a hearing has increased greatly. So when

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<v Speaker 1>you show up somewhere and you can say I claim

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<v Speaker 1>refugee status, I want a hearing, the officer will say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>are you available in the year twenty five two? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I am available. In the meantime, here's your list, your

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<v Speaker 1>menu of government benefits. We are funding the world. Plus

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<v Speaker 1>there's a twenty percent factor of waste, fraud and abuse.

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<v Speaker 1>So if we go back to twenty nineteen levels along

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<v Speaker 1>with the rate of inflation, we should spend about sixty

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollars. Instead we spend double that.

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<v Speaker 3>Why is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean these are things that Democrats designed, and frankly,

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<v Speaker 2>the unfortunate part is a lot of this is embedded

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<v Speaker 2>in status quot funding. So this is why Republicans are

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<v Speaker 2>compromising with status quot funding, because the real policy is

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<v Speaker 2>we want to go way different than that.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, the big thing that we did.

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<v Speaker 2>Back in the summer was we said, look, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>able bodied, working age adult, you don't have dependent kids

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<v Speaker 2>at home, well then you got to go to work eventually,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you got to get a job, go to school, volunteer,

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<v Speaker 2>do something that used to be bipartisan. And frankly, when

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<v Speaker 2>I pull it in the eighth district, it is bipartisan.

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<v Speaker 2>But nationally Democrats say, oh, you know, we can't expect

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<v Speaker 2>that that's totally unreasonable. But knowing full well that exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what they would do for a friend and family member.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know the ethnic breakdown on everybody, but the

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<v Speaker 2>troubling numbers. I think it's about fifty three percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the food stafe dollars are going to non citizens, correct,

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<v Speaker 2>which is crazy, correct, it's crazy correct. So our compassion

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<v Speaker 2>is bankrupt in our country. And it's to the Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>that designed this. It's a feature, not a bug. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they designed the invasion of our country and they're mad

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<v Speaker 2>that we're trying to turn it off. So that's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of what this fight is about. And I think, look,

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<v Speaker 2>in the meantime, there are Americans who need food stamps.

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<v Speaker 2>They do need the assistance, and it's designed to be

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<v Speaker 2>there as a safety net because you know, God forbid,

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<v Speaker 2>anyone could run into a time of trouble or need

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<v Speaker 2>and then your friends and family are there, of course directly,

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<v Speaker 2>but you've got a government program that says, yeah, your

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<v Speaker 2>whole community is there. We don't want you to stay

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<v Speaker 2>that way. But it's meant to be a hand up,

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<v Speaker 2>not a snare to trap you in a system of dependence.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we need to make it work better. But

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<v Speaker 2>in the meantime, it isn't going to work at all

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<v Speaker 2>if we don't get the.

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<v Speaker 3>Votes, so you bring it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifty three percent of food stamps go to non citizens,

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<v Speaker 1>and a good chunk of those. I know for my

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<v Speaker 1>years working in the Public Defender's office here in Hamilton

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<v Speaker 1>County that these things are also currency. So if you're

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<v Speaker 1>issued your EBT card, you issued your so called food stamps,

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<v Speaker 1>you sell them for fifty cents on the dollar to

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<v Speaker 1>make money, to make cash. And if it's a ten

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<v Speaker 1>to twenty percent factor, the cost of foodstamp should be

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<v Speaker 1>less than half of what it is today. But the media,

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<v Speaker 1>what doesn't the media cover this the way you and

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<v Speaker 1>I just did.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's rare.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you'd see like John Stossel or somebody like

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<v Speaker 2>that would occasionally get the truth out on one of

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<v Speaker 2>these programming things. But those kind of spots are rare

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<v Speaker 2>at this point. Main when they did food stamp reform

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<v Speaker 2>back years ago. Of course, it's been undone since then

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<v Speaker 2>because the Democrats got in control of their state and

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<v Speaker 2>undid it. But they put a photo id on food stamps,

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<v Speaker 2>and they started cracking down on the places that we're

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<v Speaker 2>doing just what you say. They'll have a conne store

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<v Speaker 2>or something out there and there'll be you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of groceries on the store, but the store

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<v Speaker 2>isn't designed to sell groceries. It's designed to process EVT

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<v Speaker 2>cards and fifty cents on the dollar sometimes is optimistic.

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever the I don't know what the black market.

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<v Speaker 2>Rate today is, but I'll bet you Keith favor our

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<v Speaker 2>auditor is because those are the kinds of things that

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<v Speaker 2>our auditor goes after in our attorney general in our state. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>I think our state does a better job than most,

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<v Speaker 2>but the fraud's real. There's a real black market out there.

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<v Speaker 2>People are selling them for money. Yeah, and the big

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<v Speaker 2>big thing is all this inflates grocery prices. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's fair to say grocery prices are higher. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to help somebody, it probably takes more to

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<v Speaker 2>help them, you know, this year than it did in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nineteen. But if you look, you know, specific programs

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<v Speaker 2>like that where you might have to make some changes.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you look holistically, if the federal government spent

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<v Speaker 2>the same money that we spent before COVID, we'd have

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<v Speaker 2>a balanced budget. We wouldn't even have deficits. And people go, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we can't do that because inflation. You're like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go back to what causes inflation. When you do

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<v Speaker 2>this massive government spending, it's injecting extra money into the economy.

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<v Speaker 2>And the food stamps is exactly a way. If the

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<v Speaker 2>market price had to cover the forty one million people

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<v Speaker 2>what they can afford to pay for groceries, how would

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<v Speaker 2>groceries not be lower?

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<v Speaker 3>They would be lower.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, an important factor is this that, whether it's food

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<v Speaker 1>stamps or Obamacare, whatever it might be, when the federal

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<v Speaker 1>government gets involved, I can guarantee you that the subsidies

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<v Speaker 1>increase the demand, they raise the prices, causing more inflation.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a less deductibility and more waste, fraud, abuse,

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<v Speaker 1>and increase spending that area. It is guaranteed that's going

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<v Speaker 1>to result. So food stamps will be resolved. So I'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to ask you this question, since if we took

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<v Speaker 1>the budget from twenty twenty increased it by inflation, we'd

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<v Speaker 1>have a balanced budget today. But we're spending about i

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<v Speaker 1>don't know about forty percent more forty five percent more

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<v Speaker 1>in the federal government than we spend in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>with less results. And so instead of reforming the system,

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<v Speaker 1>even you Republicans keep saying, well, let's keep the same system.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll kick the can down the road for another year.

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<v Speaker 1>Well we'll give you the same Biden budget, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats do won't even vote for that. And so make

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<v Speaker 1>clear this point. If we spent justin for inflation, the

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<v Speaker 1>same amount of money we spent in the twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty cycle, we'd have a balanced budget today, not

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<v Speaker 1>having to borrow two trillion dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that correct, That's accurate, and that's the kind of

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<v Speaker 2>agenda that we want to get on. And that's where

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<v Speaker 2>Russ voted at omb put out the president's budget. And

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<v Speaker 2>look in the meantime without us taking action, you look

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<v Speaker 2>at what russ vote is pairing back and what he's saying, Look,

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<v Speaker 2>we need to furlow these people, and these people need

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<v Speaker 2>to be at work today. It's going to line up

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<v Speaker 2>with what the president's budget is. This is the priority,

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<v Speaker 2>this isn't the priority. And so in a way they've

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<v Speaker 2>got an open hand. But in the long run, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the people that are at work today will eventually get paid,

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<v Speaker 2>but but they should get paid today. And that's a

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<v Speaker 2>bill that we put on the floor in the Senate.

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans put on the floor in the Senate just to

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<v Speaker 2>try to break the logjam in the Senate to get

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<v Speaker 2>to sixty votes, and of course then it would have

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<v Speaker 2>to come back to the House because it'd be changed,

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<v Speaker 2>but we would pass it easily. And this is if

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<v Speaker 2>you're essential enough to be at work this week. Surely

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<v Speaker 2>the payroll clerk is essential enough to be at work

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<v Speaker 2>and you can get paid on time. But Democrats voted

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<v Speaker 2>that down, and you know they don't want to fund

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<v Speaker 2>the whole government, and then they don't want to park

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<v Speaker 2>the fund. The paired down quote posential part and the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that people run into suffering, whether it's because they

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<v Speaker 2>don't get their paycheck on time, or the food stamps

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<v Speaker 2>aren't mailed, or contracts aren't being let all these kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of things that we need for the federal government to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Catherine Clark, who's the Democrat Whip, one of the senior

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<v Speaker 2>leaders for Democrats in the House, she says this suffering

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<v Speaker 2>is part of their leverage, so they know that these

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<v Speaker 2>are going to be consequences, and they're counting on this

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<v Speaker 2>in their mind. It's going to make people want to

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<v Speaker 2>pressure Republicans to fold and concede to this one and

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<v Speaker 2>a half trillion dollars wish list that isn't going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're going to fold. The matter is how long,

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<v Speaker 2>and so we've offered some alternatives where we could just

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<v Speaker 2>try to do it purely with Republicans, but this is

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<v Speaker 2>part of what they want too. They wanted to break

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<v Speaker 2>the filibuster rule but for Joe Mansion and Kristen Cinemon

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<v Speaker 2>they would have broken it in the Senate now, and

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans feel like that's a decent safeguard to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>that there is some sort of bipartisan consensus in governing

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<v Speaker 2>the country. Democrats are ready to abandon it, and they

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<v Speaker 2>want to take They want Republicans to take the blame

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<v Speaker 2>for breaking it, but they want it broken.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the Democrats want chaos. Now next year they'll run

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<v Speaker 1>on a campaign slogan of chaos and democratic behavior calls

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<v Speaker 1>to chaos, and I think many Americans don't understand that fact.

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<v Speaker 1>A little bit of statistics indicate that one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>sixty million Americans rely upon employee are sponsored insurance you

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<v Speaker 1>have medical care. And according to that number, on hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and six million Americans like here here at the Death Star. iHeartMedia.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of our employees are on employer sponsored plans, and

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<v Speaker 1>those on employer sponsored plans say seventy five percent of

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<v Speaker 1>Americans say their coverage they receive through their employer is acceptable.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the best, not the worst, but it's acceptable.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty two million Americans are on Obamacare, and those individuals

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<v Speaker 1>get subsidies in the government directly and indirectly. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about Marjorie Taylor Green, MTG. She makes about

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars a year. The

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<v Speaker 1>great bulk of that income comes through her job as

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<v Speaker 1>a US congressman in Georgia, about twenty five thousand. She

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<v Speaker 1>has three children. She gets Obamacare subsidies. Can you tell

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<v Speaker 1>me why someone making about a quarter million dollars a

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<v Speaker 1>year has the federal government paying part of their premium?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you tell me that? Well, here's the thing. They

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<v Speaker 3>don't ever publish it.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone says Republicans should or Congress should have the same

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<v Speaker 2>healthcare as everyone else. Well, if we did that, we'd

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<v Speaker 2>have employer sponsored care, and that's used to be how

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<v Speaker 2>Congress work. We had the same health care plan that

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<v Speaker 2>federal employees do you know you're employer. Federal government employees,

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<v Speaker 2>not just Congress had essentially the same benefits plan. But

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<v Speaker 2>back when they were pushing Obamacare through, they said, oh well,

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<v Speaker 2>then Congress should have Obamacare. So we are on the

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<v Speaker 2>DC Health Exchange. And I will tell you, look, I

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<v Speaker 2>had better health care at the small business in manufacturing,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was a pain in the butt. The health

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<v Speaker 2>care system is broken, but Obamacare is breaking it worse

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<v Speaker 2>because it was designed to do that. And yes, Congress

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<v Speaker 2>is suffering under Obamacare. It isn't the greatest. We got

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<v Speaker 2>a high deductible plan six thousand dollars on top of

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<v Speaker 2>premiums that are on average about four or five hundred

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<v Speaker 2>dollars a month more than what we would be paying

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<v Speaker 2>for the same kind of plan as a federal employee.

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<v Speaker 2>Make it make sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, according to the study, I see that if you're

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<v Speaker 1>a family of four. Hardly anybody's a family of four anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're a family of four, you have to

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<v Speaker 1>spend approximately twenty seven thousand dollars a year with deductibilities

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<v Speaker 1>before you get any coverage at all. Twenty seven thousand

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<v Speaker 1>is five or six thousand dollars per person. A family

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<v Speaker 1>of four indicates about twenty twenty five twenty six thousand

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<v Speaker 1>before anything kicks in. How's that a good plan?

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<v Speaker 3>It's not.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a good plan. It's not a good plan.

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<v Speaker 2>And look, I was talking with a financial advisor back

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<v Speaker 2>years ago and it was probably I don't know, four

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<v Speaker 2>or five years after Obamacare passed, and he goes, why

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<v Speaker 2>don't you have why don't you have health insurance companies

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<v Speaker 2>as an ETF? And I go, I really don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't really looked at this closely. And he goes,

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<v Speaker 2>he goes, well, you need to add that, because here's

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<v Speaker 2>how they're going and if you look at their share price,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been almost vertical, just like health insurance costs.

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<v Speaker 3>So the health.

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<v Speaker 2>Insurance companies are making amend and that's who these subsidies

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<v Speaker 2>are going to in their COVID subsidies. So the plus

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<v Speaker 2>up the Democrats. They couldn't make them permanent. They didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have the votes to do it on a party line

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<v Speaker 2>basis when they did it back in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>So they made them so they expire, and because they

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't even get it across the finish line, so now

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<v Speaker 2>they want Republicans to deliver what they failed to do

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<v Speaker 2>in their own right.

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<v Speaker 3>But this was for a pandemic.

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<v Speaker 2>Press release wise, but on the back end, it was

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<v Speaker 2>just basically the extortion money to pis say to the

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<v Speaker 2>health insurance companies, hey, if we give you this straight

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<v Speaker 2>pipe of extra cash, will you hold the.

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<v Speaker 3>Premiums down a little bit?

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<v Speaker 2>And that's essentially the play now, and the insurance companies

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<v Speaker 2>are cooperating with it. They're starting to mail out notices

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<v Speaker 2>to say, oh, you know, if you don't pay the

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<v Speaker 2>protection money, your premiums are going to double.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is money directly from the taxpayer into the

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<v Speaker 1>pockets of Obamacare insurance companies. We all know the big

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<v Speaker 1>three or four names, and they get a direct pipeline

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<v Speaker 1>of money from the Congress every year in order to

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<v Speaker 1>encourage the insurance companies to hold down the premium increases

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<v Speaker 1>that Tony Bender pays for as a taxpayer.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the plan that you're starting to catch on to

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<v Speaker 2>what Obamacare is about and what these.

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<v Speaker 3>Subsidies are for.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's just absolutely crazy, and so Republicans aren't going

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<v Speaker 2>to go along with it. And in part to make

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<v Speaker 2>sure that Republicans don't go along with it. Speaker Johnsonson,

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<v Speaker 2>just stay out of town. Don't be compromising with these guys,

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<v Speaker 2>because we usually have you know, maybe what President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is called pannikins that will run to the mics and

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<v Speaker 2>be ready to compromise with Democrats at a whim and

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<v Speaker 2>say no, no, we're not for this. Don't change your

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<v Speaker 2>principles here. There are things that we do agree on

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<v Speaker 2>and we can work together, but we're not gonna work.

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<v Speaker 2>There's never been a Republican vote for Obamacare. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>McCain famously failed to get rid of it right, but

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't vote for it. And now they want, for

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<v Speaker 2>the first time ever, Republicans to run out and say, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>we can't wait to do more obamacareh the crazy position.

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<v Speaker 3>It's crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>The great majority of us receive healthcare through our employers,

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<v Speaker 1>and most of us like it. Government controlled healthcare means

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<v Speaker 1>less choice, high deductibilities, less comp petition, and lower quality,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the heart and soul of the democratic approach

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<v Speaker 1>to legislation. Write those four things down. So many other issues,

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<v Speaker 1>so little time. By Warren Davidson, Congressman. Thanks for coming

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<v Speaker 1>on the Bill Cunningham Show, and we'll see what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>But don't cave, don't give in, don't listen to Marjorie

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor Green. Let's have assystem based upon laws of supply

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<v Speaker 1>and demand. Got lower premiums, better quality, Get rid of Obamacare.

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<v Speaker 3>It stinks.

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<v Speaker 1>Congressman, once again, thanks for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're a great American.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you always an honor. GeV bless you and all

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<v Speaker 2>your listeners.

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