1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 2: Blue Penrose with you till ten o'clock. Thank you for 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 2: tuning in. Good to have you along with us on 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: a Monday. It's always something. Now thirty one thousand Kaiser 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 2: Permanente healthcare workers are on strike. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 3: More than thirty one thousand Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers are 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 3: now on strike. 8 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: KTLA's Frank Buckley. What's interesting about this, and we knew 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: the strike was coming, is when any industry goes on strike, 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: what is it? It's always a wage dispute. They want 11 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: four hours an hour, management wants to give them a 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: buck seventy five and they can't find the middle. This time, 13 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 2: there really isn't a whole lot of mention about the paycheck. 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 3: Union leaders claim Kaiser is refusing to bargain in good 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 3: faith and failing to address staffing shortages and workloads standards. 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: So it's the staffing shortages. So this is an interesting 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 2: one to me. I think that nurses particularly, but Kaiser 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 2: healthcare workers are constantly fighting and they're not the only one. 19 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: They're just high profile because Kaiser has a pretty big 20 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 2: footprint here in southern California. I don't have Kaiser now. 21 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: I had Kaiser most of my adult life. I have 22 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: something else now, just because I had a switch. Anyway, 23 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 2: they're always behind the eight ball and they always have 24 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 2: to strike. And I really do feel bad for these 25 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 2: nurses because they go in and they try and get 26 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 2: a decent pay, and it's hard work. You need a degree, 27 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: there's all kinds of hours. It's just a lot of work. 28 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: And they're constantly getting more and more people signed up. 29 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 2: Like Kaiser's out there selling healthcare insurance to people, trying 30 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: to get as many people on Kaiser as possible, and 31 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: the nurses are like, hey, I can only see so 32 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: many people a day. And what happens is they every 33 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 2: three years they have to fight and fight and fight 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: for two buck increase an hour over three years. And 35 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 2: then the company, you know, they settle for some kind 36 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: of money and everybody agrees, all right, it's as good 37 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: as we're gonna get, so let's just take the money 38 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 2: and run. And then the next thing is they don't 39 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: have enough staff. So the nurses that are there are 40 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: just overwhelmed, absolutely overwhelmed, and they I just I feel 41 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: for these workers, I really do. I'm a free market guy, 42 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: and I believe in the marketplace finding the right balance. 43 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: But I am as a Republican, I am in favor 44 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: of collective bargaining rights. Unions do have a role and 45 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: there is that's all there is to advocate on behalf 46 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: of a lot of these nurses. 47 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 4: Labor management partnership is not what it was years ago, 48 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 4: and we've been trying to fight for a fair contract, 49 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 4: which is why we're here today. 50 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, I could do it out the whistles. Don't need 51 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: to be doing the whistles, so they're out there. I 52 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: saw this as in Anaheim, which is a huge Kaiser facility, 53 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 2: and I used to go there, and I drove by. 54 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 2: My son's high school is near a smaller Kaiser facility, 55 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: and they're outside there too, and they got the scrubs on. 56 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 2: And I don't know how you feel or where you 57 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 2: come down if you work for Kaiser, if you're on 58 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 2: the side of management, if you're on the side of 59 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: the nurses. But you know, thirty one thousand is not 60 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 2: a small number in southern California. That's going to impact 61 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: if you had to go get blood work done, or 62 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 2: maybe you're out sick. Like half the staff of KFI 63 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 2: and all of a sudden, you're not feeling well and 64 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 2: you want to go in and there's nobody there. Like 65 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: this is really disruptive. And I know a lot of 66 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 2: these healthcare professionals. The last thing they want to do 67 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: is go on strike because they know their patients and 68 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: they know their customers and they don't want to make 69 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 2: things inconvenient for them. But it's the only tool they 70 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: have left in the tool box. And what they're saying is, look, 71 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 2: we're not belly aching about pay, although we would all 72 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 2: like more money, but management solution is to work us 73 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: to death, and that's not good for us. It's really 74 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 2: not good for our patients. And what happens is patients 75 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: get frustrated. And I see this happen. Patients get frustrated, 76 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 2: including me. I'm like, why do I make an appointment 77 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 2: and then sit here and wait? Like why ye plus 78 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 2: or minus five minutes I get, But like, why am 79 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: I in the lobby this long? Like what's going on? 80 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 2: And it's because they're seeing so many people. They're ramming 81 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: so many people. I have a friend who is an 82 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 2: RN and like she was telling me that she could 83 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: see thirty people a day, like every fifteen minutes, they're 84 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 2: seeing a new pay and she's like an obgyn RN. 85 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 2: So it's all women, and you know, women I have 86 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 2: to get undressed, more complicated clothes than us men. It 87 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 2: just takes time, and women have quite If you have 88 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 2: any follow up questions, forget it. You got to get 89 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: those in because they got another person waiting out there, 90 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 2: and that person's getting irritated because they had an appointment 91 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: for ten fifteen and now it's ten twenty two and 92 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: they got to get back to work. So the nurses 93 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 2: bear the brunt of the fact that there's so many 94 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 2: people in the lobby, and I gotta be honest, I 95 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 2: kind of feel for them. 96 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 5: Well, for us therapists, it's just ridiculous how long the 97 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 5: patient waits for coming into therapy. 98 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 6: They wait four to six weeks before they get to therapy. 99 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 5: Once they get into therapy, they wait another four to 100 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 5: six weeks before. 101 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 2: Imagine like breaking your hand or my son had to 102 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: do this freshman football, like first couple of practices, boom 103 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 2: fractured his finger immediately, and you know, you got to 104 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: get patched up, and then they wanted him to do 105 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 2: a couple of days of therapy. I'm like, all right, 106 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 2: schedule it. When is it going to be like half 107 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 2: the season is over before he gets in for his 108 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 2: first therapy appointment. And that's not because there aren't a 109 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 2: lot of options. There are a lot of options you 110 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 2: could I'm like, all right, well let's go for another place. 111 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 2: Let's go for another place. How far do I have 112 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: to drive to get a therapy appointment at a reasonable time? 113 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 2: And that's my son and his finger. Imagine if you 114 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 2: got you know, had a fall or something and your 115 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 2: mobility was in question and you need. 116 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 6: A therapy four to six weeks before they get up 117 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 6: to therapy. 118 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: Four to six weeks before your first therapy appointment after surgery, 119 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 2: after they patch you up, or after they fix whatever 120 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 2: the problem was, and then you can't get it. There's 121 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 2: cancelations take place, or you can't get on a regular schedule, 122 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 2: or the therapist is out, or the therapist is sick. 123 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: I mean, there's all kinds of things that can happen. 124 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 2: And now you're looking at, you know, an appointment in April. 125 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 5: Once they get into therapy, they wait another four to 126 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 5: six weeks before coming back for a follow up, which 127 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 5: is not very therapeutic at all, so it doesn't benefit 128 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 5: our patients to be waiting for so long. 129 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: Right, twelve weeks in between two therapy appointments is not 130 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,239 Speaker 2: very therapeutic. I think the therapist is quite correct. These 131 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: are Kaiser workers out on the picket line this morning. 132 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 2: This is all courtesy of KTLA. Let's see, they sent 133 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 2: a Jacqueline Sarcasian was out there this morning talking with. 134 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 5: These and just in general waiting for like two months 135 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 5: to see primary care specialty care. And it's ridiculous because 136 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 5: Kaiser would always say that we have enough staffing for that, 137 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 5: but our resources are really not there. 138 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, So she does not sound argumentative. She's not part 139 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 2: of the problem. She's just telling you like it is 140 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 2: from their point of view, and that's why they're striking. 141 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: And I'm kind of on their side, and I'm not 142 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 2: exactly sure what has to happen. If premiums have to 143 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: go up, then premiums have to go up. They seem 144 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: to go up no matter what. Like, if the nurses 145 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 2: are paid well, the premiums go up. If the nurses 146 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 2: are striking because they're not being paid well, my premium 147 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 2: still goes up. If I can get an appointment, this week, 148 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: my premium goes up. If I have to wait six 149 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 2: months to get an appointment and then the next appointment 150 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 2: will be six months, my premiums go up. So it's 151 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 2: they're not running it well. And I'm not picking on Kaiser, 152 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 2: but you guys are not running it well because your 153 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: staff are saying so right there, and they sound like 154 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: they are good people who want to serve, but they're 155 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: just overwhelmed with the amount of people that are going 156 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: in and out and the amount of people in the lobby. 157 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: And I'm with them. 158 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 159 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: Blue Penrose with you until ten o'clock. Hey, mister Penrose 160 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 2: is justinent from Wescovina. 161 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 7: Love your show. 162 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 2: So when's the last time you heard Kaiser's commercial? We care? 163 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 2: I appreciate the call. Look, I'm not going to pick 164 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 2: on Kaiser. It's not working. When you have thirty one 165 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 2: thousand nurses or healthcare professionals all on strike in LA 166 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 2: and Orange County, it's bad, like something is falling apart. 167 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 2: And like the strikes in other industries are interesting to follow. 168 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: Back in the day, there used to be big strikes 169 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 2: in the automotive industry. Right. Auto workers wanted four hours 170 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 2: more an hour. Management wanted to give them two dollars 171 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 2: an hour. But it was easy to understand, right the 172 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 2: automotive the automobile industry was making profits, and the auto 173 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 2: workers were working harder and longer shifts making the cars, 174 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 2: and they were quality and people were selling them, and 175 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 2: the autoworkers wanted a little more money. So it made sense. 176 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 2: These strikes that go on in the healthcare industry don't 177 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 2: make sense. They really don't, because the premiums are going up. 178 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 2: You know, there's a maximum that premiums can go up. 179 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 2: In the state of Califal, we actually have an insurance commissioner. 180 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 2: We have a guy a constitutional office. I don't know 181 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 2: how many states have this, but I know California has it. 182 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 2: It's amazing to me. We actually have an attorney general. 183 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 2: We have a lieutenant governor. You got an attorney general, 184 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 2: you got a secretary of State, you've got a state treasurer. 185 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 2: You have these constitutional offices. These are directly elected officers 186 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 2: in Sacramento, like the governor, you have a guy called 187 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 2: an insurance commissioner. And every single year insurance goes up 188 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: eighteen percent, which is the maximum it's allowed to go 189 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,959 Speaker 2: up every single year. Like what who is he advocating for? 190 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 2: What is Ricardo Laura doing? I mean, what is it? 191 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 2: But it's not just him. Every insurance commissioner has just Garamendi, 192 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 2: same thing. They just they just rubber stamp the maximum amount. 193 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 2: And people say, well, health health and you know health 194 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: care is expensive. Okay, that's kind of an expensive clip 195 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 2: eighteen percent year of a year of a year. But 196 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 2: I guess I guess that's what it is. I want 197 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 2: the very best, so I want to go to good doctors. 198 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 2: I want the doctors pay. I want the nurses paid. 199 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,719 Speaker 2: I want clean stuff, you know, good needles, all that. 200 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 2: So I guess you just pay it all right. Well, 201 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 2: then every couple of months there is a strike, whether 202 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 2: it's in this case nurses, I mean there's always a 203 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 2: healthcare provider strike, and it's either they're not getting paid enough, 204 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 2: or they're getting overstaffed, or are they're understaff they're getting overbooked, 205 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 2: and that's pretty much what it is this time. 206 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 6: Well, for us therapists, it's just ridiculous. 207 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 5: How long the patient waits for coming into therapy. 208 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 6: They wait four to six weeks before they get to therapy. 209 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 2: Right, and that we can all relate to that that's 210 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 2: happening to all of us. My mother in law, my 211 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 2: wife's mom is in great shape. She went through like 212 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 2: the whole cancer thing, and every one of you know 213 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 2: somebody that went through it all and you know, went 214 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 2: got cancer and was diagnosed and had a plan and 215 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 2: the whole family got behind and and write chemotherapy, loss 216 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 2: of hair, can't drink alcohol, waiting for the clean bill 217 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: of health, get the test done. It's all good, big party, 218 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 2: and everybody's happy because it's the first Christmas and many 219 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 2: Christmases that everybody is completely happy, all right, right, But 220 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 2: during the process, I was amazed with how long it 221 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 2: took to get appointments and how far she had to drive. 222 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 2: Like we're driving by other hospitals. We're driving by other 223 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 2: medical centers to go to the only medical center that 224 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 2: could take disappointment in the timeframe, because depending on what 225 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 2: kind of cancer you have and how you're being treated, 226 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 2: Like you can't wait, you can't well, we can't get 227 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 2: you in, all right, Well, I'll just wait for this 228 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 2: an opening. No, like you have to take the medicine, 229 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 2: like you have to do it in certain timeframes if 230 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 2: you're trying to be on top of things in your recovery. 231 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 2: And I was amazed because she had very good health 232 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 2: insurance like the rest of us. If you have any 233 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 2: of the health insurance that's offered by your job, right 234 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 2: if you're out, if you're an independent contractor, if you're 235 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 2: a small business owner or self employed, you have different 236 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 2: kinds of options available to you. But if you have 237 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 2: like a job, job, and when you get hired, you 238 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 2: fill out you know your W four and you go 239 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: talk to the HR lady and she hands you to 240 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 2: booklet and you choose your health insurance policy, and everyone 241 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: in that book is fine. Everything that's blue, blue Cross, 242 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 2: blue Shield, Kaiser's good. I've had Kaiser, I've had Blue 243 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 2: Cross when I work for the federal government. Like, all 244 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 2: of them are good. And you know, you make certain 245 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 2: decisions based on where you are in life. When I 246 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 2: was single, I just bought the cheapest premium every month, 247 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 2: never going to the doctor. Now that I'm married and 248 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 2: I have children, I want the one that works out 249 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 2: because my children seem to always be at the doctor, 250 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 2: so whatever. But otherwise it's all pretty much the same, 251 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 2: except that it always goes up over year. The care 252 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 2: is good, but it's always going up. So the industry 253 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 2: just seems to be out of control and there should 254 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 2: be enough money. I don't know why there isn't enough 255 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 2: money to put more therapists inside that Kaiser building or 256 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 2: not have the nurses. Sound like this. 257 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 4: Labor management partnership is not what it was years ago, 258 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 4: and we've been trying to fight for a fair contract, 259 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 4: which is why we're here today. 260 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, that doesn't make me happy to hear that, because 261 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 2: my check cashed. Well, you know, I see the deduction 262 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 2: out of my paycheck, so they're getting their money month 263 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 2: over month over month. And to make the decision to 264 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 2: strike is not an easy one, right because there's a 265 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: lot of blowback that can happen depending on what's going on. 266 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 2: We're in the cold and flu season. I understand some 267 00:14:54,840 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 2: of these winter colds this year are real, really a wallap. Obviously, 268 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 2: there's a number of people here on KFI that are 269 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 2: out sick, and I know that just the people that 270 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 2: I know anecdotally that got a really bad case of 271 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 2: the flu or whatever, they're getting a cold. I told 272 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 2: you my twelve year old son, he was home for 273 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 2: a week and they couldn't even diagnose what he had. 274 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 2: He sounded like hell, and I my wife took you know, 275 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 2: you have to wait three days the way that works, 276 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 2: and doesn't matter if it's Kaiser Blue Cross, doesn't matter 277 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 2: what it is. They won't they won't let you come 278 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 2: in until he's had a fever for like two straight days. 279 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 2: And so then on the third day you take him in. 280 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: And then they determined that it was really nothing wrong 281 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 2: and to go manage the fever with time and hall 282 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 2: and motrin. And we did that, and I'm like, okay, well, 283 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 2: what's the plan? Nothing? Well, what does he have? He 284 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: has some kind of virus, Like, well, what's it called? 285 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 2: I mean, managing his fever is not like medicine. I 286 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 2: could have managed the fever without you. What are we doing? 287 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: And after a week of the fever not going anywhere 288 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 2: and there missing a whole week of school, which is 289 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 2: kind of a deal by the time you're in sixth grade, 290 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 2: not kindergarten. And it turned out they finally didn't an 291 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 2: x rain. He had pneumonia, and so of course they 292 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 2: gave him Z pack and he knocked out the pneumonia 293 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 2: in the next day like you could driving home from CBS. 294 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 2: You pop that Z pack in and you're well before 295 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 2: you get home. But then you got to go through 296 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 2: five more days of doses, and so he missed like 297 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 2: another three four days of school, and I thought this 298 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 2: is terrible medicine, Like why didn't And then of course 299 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 2: a couple of his other chums on the football field, 300 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 2: some of his buddies all then got pneumonia and they 301 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 2: had to be treated. So it was just a It 302 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: doesn't seem like it's under control. It seems like it's 303 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 2: spinning out of control. And I think these nurses are 304 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 2: in front of it, trying to warn the rest of us, 305 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 2: and I frankly appreciate them. 306 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 307 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 2: Thirty one thousand Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers are on strike. 308 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,239 Speaker 2: It's not so much about money, it's about staffing and 309 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 2: wait times for you and me. They're looking out for you, Lou. 310 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 2: If this sickness is keeping you and Chris on the radio, 311 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 2: I'm cool with it, man. The two of you have 312 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 2: been great. Chris Marril and I have a hearty constitution. 313 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 7: Lou Ricardo Laura is a thief, just like every other 314 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 7: politician in the city, in this county, in this state. 315 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 7: But the thing is is that not only Kaiser, but 316 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 7: Blue Cross, all of those medical management companies are charging 317 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,479 Speaker 7: more and giving less and raising your premiums just like 318 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 7: you said. So you know what, leave Californ everybody. 319 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 2: I don't want to leave. I want to fix There's 320 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 2: nothing wrong with California that cannot be remedied by what 321 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 2: is right about California. And it's snowing everywhere, like everywhere. 322 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 2: That's good. It's really coming down. No power, no roads, 323 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 2: I'm sure, no internet, no Wi Fi. Couldn't watch you know, 324 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 2: the football games, actually, like that's just it does not 325 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 2: sound fun for me. And I know there's some video 326 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 2: out there of kids playing in the snow, but you 327 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 2: can go to Big Bear and play in the snow. 328 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 2: I do go to Big Bear and play in the snow. 329 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 2: And that's enough for me, right, Just drive two hour 330 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 2: drive up the Big Bear Park in the driveway, snow 331 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 2: comes down, kids take the lids of the garbage cans, 332 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 2: go down the driveway. Whoo so much fun. And then 333 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 2: you know what I do on Sunday afternoon, I wait 334 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 2: until about noon because that's when the snow melts off 335 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 2: the driveway and drive home back down here with you, 336 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 2: and it's gorgeous, like it's too good to leave, and 337 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 2: everyone that's left has left, like everyone that's going to 338 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 2: leave has left, so we should see fewer people in 339 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 2: the waiting room. That's been the mystery to me. I've 340 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 2: not been able to figure this part out. I'm going 341 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 2: to keep my eye on it because I did work 342 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 2: in politics, so I do understand what losing a member 343 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 2: of Congress means, just arithmetically, so the way this works. 344 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 2: When they say that California is set to lose a 345 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 2: number of congressional seats because everybody's leaving California for Texas 346 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 2: and Florida, this is what they're saying. And I'm always 347 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 2: very curious about this because those are real numbers. That's 348 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 2: not an illusion. That's not something the governor can spin away. 349 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 2: People are certainly leaving California for other states. Okay, they 350 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 2: always have and always will. Plus people have always moved 351 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 2: to California from other states. That ebb and flow has 352 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 2: always happened, but it always traditionally has happened to the 353 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 2: net positive for California population. So California grew post World 354 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 2: War Two, and now California is shrinking post Gaven Newsom. 355 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 2: And the numbers are are are unmistakable because if you 356 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 2: lose a congressional seat, then you definitely lost seven hundred 357 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 2: and seventy thousand people. That's what a congress that's what 358 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 2: a member of Congress represents. There are four hundred and 359 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 2: thirty five members of the House of Representatives. Each one 360 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 2: of them represents seven hundred and seventy thousand Americans, and 361 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 2: that number changes every ten years when they do the census. 362 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 2: When I started working in Congress in the year two thousand, 363 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 2: we did the census, and you do the census in 364 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 2: the zero and you get the numbers in the two. 365 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 2: So we did the census in the zero, and by 366 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 2: two thousand and two the number went from six hundred 367 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 2: forty thousand people to like six seventy five. And then 368 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 2: we did the census again in twenty ten, and then 369 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 2: twenty twelve the number changed again, and it changed it 370 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 2: again in twenty twenty two to seven seventy I don't 371 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 2: know what it's going to be in twenty thirty two, 372 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 2: but it'll be a new number depending on how many 373 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 2: Americans there are. But you divide up California to take 374 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 2: California's population, and you see how many sets of seven 375 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 2: hundred and seventy people, seven hundred and seventy thousand people 376 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 2: there are, and then that's how many members of Congress 377 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 2: you get. And there just aren't as many sets of 378 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,719 Speaker 2: seven hundred and seventy thousand people. So we lost two 379 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 2: members of Congress and they are projecting to lose two more. 380 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 2: So people are leaving. Why traffic is the same, I'll 381 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: never know. And why the waittime at least a kaiser, 382 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 2: according to these nurses is the same, I'll uh. I'll 383 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 2: never know that either, But I appreciate at the call. 384 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 2: I think those of us that are hanging back in 385 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 2: California are digging in, and I think we plan to 386 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 2: fix things, change things, change leadership. There's a change of coming. 387 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 2: You can certainly see it in Los Angeles in this 388 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 2: mayoral race. I don't think every candidate has yet thrown 389 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 2: their hat in, but I think we're going to see 390 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: and the candidates that have their hat in the ring, 391 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 2: I think are interesting and are getting attention just by 392 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,639 Speaker 2: virtue of the fact that leadership in Los Angeles is 393 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 2: so bad. Same goes for the governor. The two leading 394 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 2: candidates right now for governor of California are the two 395 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 2: Republicans in a state where they say Republicans, you know, 396 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 2: can't get the time of day from the voter. So 397 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 2: because leadership has been so bad, voters are like, you know, 398 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 2: I've been told that Republicans are bad, But let me 399 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 2: talk to this Chad Bianco guy, right, let me talk 400 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 2: to the Steve Hilton. Let mean, let me hear from him. 401 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 2: Let me hear from Steve Hilton. And that's what's happening. 402 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 2: Voters are shopping, shopping for new ideas, new vision, and 403 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 2: a new California because they have decided that they don't 404 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 2: want to move to Tennessee. They don't want to move 405 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 2: to Florida, and they don't want to move to Texas. 406 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 2: And I think after this winner, people are gonna think 407 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 2: twice about planning on moving because it's way nicer here 408 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 2: than it is in some of those states. I've been 409 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 2: to a lot of the states. I've visited friends that 410 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 2: have moved, and it's like hot and muggy and sticky, 411 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 2: and they have big bugs. And don't forget that the 412 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 2: women in California are beautiful. The women in California are 413 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 2: so beautiful. They write songs about it. 414 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 415 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 2: Foush. When was the last time you got a piece 416 00:23:55,160 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 2: of mail in your mailbox that was actually mail for you? Uh, 417 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: like including check mail? No, No, not like actual something 418 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 2: that you're supposed to have that you're waiting for, that 419 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 2: you needed. Probably I would say maybe a week ago. 420 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 2: Get rid. Yeah, I can't think of the last time 421 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 2: I was like checking my mailbox for something that I needed. 422 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 2: It's always full, there's always mail in there. But I mean, 423 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 2: my bank statements are emailed while they're on the website, 424 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 2: so there's no bank statement. All the bills are electronic, 425 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 2: even iHeart my tax form came electronic. I gotta print 426 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 2: it out myself, like I actually need a paper copy 427 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 2: of that, and so they but they won't mail it 428 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 2: to you. You have to they email it to you. 429 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 2: Then you gotta go to the website and download it 430 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 2: for my tax lady. But there's like like nothing, like 431 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 2: not a single utility bill. Like I can't I can't 432 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 2: remember the last time I actually needed something in that mail. 433 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 2: What did you get that you needed h same thing. 434 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 8: I think it was oh something for my car because 435 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 8: I just got a new one, so I needed the 436 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 8: actual title, so I had to have that. 437 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I mean it's like legit. Yeah right, They 438 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 2: many need the title DMB documents. Yeah. Well, because of 439 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 2: the snow, the mail is going to be late, which 440 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 2: is It's curious, right, because that's the one government agency 441 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 2: that has a slogan that includes snow. It says, regardless 442 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: of snow, we will get the mail through. But this 443 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 2: was one hell of a snowstore. 444 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 9: The Postal Workers Creed says, neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, 445 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 9: nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift 446 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 9: completion of their appointed rounds. 447 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 2: I always liked the gloom of night because my mailman, 448 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 2: who's a lady, she comes at ten in the morning, 449 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 2: so there's never it's not gloomy at all. Uh And 450 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 2: I don't know anybody that had gloom of night. 451 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 9: Stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, 452 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 9: except maybe for this weekend. The Postal Service is warning 453 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 9: that mail delivery could be disrupted from now through Monday. 454 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 9: It's looking at possible impacts in almost every part of 455 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 9: the country through Monday. 456 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 2: Today's Monday, so the mail won't catch if you're waiting 457 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 2: for something, good thing, you got your DMV docs. If 458 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 2: you're waiting for something, it'll be delayed for a week. 459 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 2: Even the airlines are only looking at delays I think 460 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 2: until Wednesday. I think I heard Sean Duffy, who's the 461 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 2: director of the Transportation Secretary, say that all the flights 462 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 2: will be caught up by Wednesday. I thought that sounds 463 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 2: about right. It takes a while for all the planes 464 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 2: to get to where they need to be and then 465 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 2: people need to get home, so that should be about 466 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 2: seventy two hours because the people are flying all day. 467 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 2: Like the snow has stopped, but it's just really cold, 468 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 2: and all the power lines are down, so they got 469 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,719 Speaker 2: to put the power lines back up. But they can 470 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 2: snow blow the runway and everybody can just get on 471 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 2: a plane and get home. But it'll take a while, 472 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 2: like Wednesday. But if it's mail, it's not gonna happen 473 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 2: until a week. So we have to have to begin 474 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 2: to reassess this whole male situation we got going on 475 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 2: here in the United States. I know it's Saker sank. 476 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,199 Speaker 2: I know we're not allowed to talk about it. I 477 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 2: know that the mailman is an American institution, and you 478 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 2: know he has his own character on mister Rogers and 479 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 2: like it's a big thing. I get it. I get it. 480 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 2: You cannot find a child's toy, like a toddler's toy 481 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 2: that does not include a policeman, a fireman, and a mailman. 482 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 2: But we'll always need policemen and firemen. I think we 483 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 2: can begin to, you know, move out the man. We're 484 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 2: always gonna need mail. But I just like, we need 485 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 2: so less mail now, but we have this entire agency 486 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 2: and the stamps and all that, And I don't know, 487 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 2: I think that ron Er, you think we're getting close 488 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 2: to phasing out the mailman in American culture? Or is 489 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 2: it just too precious Scott. 490 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 8: It's one of the couple of occupations called out in 491 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 8: the Constitution, along with the free press. 492 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 2: No, we need mail. 493 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 8: We need people in remote locations rely on it to 494 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 8: get really important stuff, including medication. I'm pro mailman, pro 495 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 8: post office, and nothing exhausts my patients more than I'm 496 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 8: not talking about you, Lou, I'm talking about people who 497 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 8: talk about the mail service as if it's a money 498 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 8: losing business instead of a service guaranteed to our citizens. 499 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 2: Oh for sure, No, I'm with you on that. I 500 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 2: think the US Postal service is phenomenal for a stamp. 501 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 2: I could get something from Alaska and it'll get there, like, 502 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 2: it's absolutely amazing. No, I'm not in favor of having 503 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 2: no US Postal service. I it's it's it's about making 504 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 2: it a little bit more efficient. I don't know, they 505 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 2: have to come every day and they should only come 506 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 2: when they're delivering something. And I don't know, I just 507 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 2: I feel like the mailbox is just filled with so 508 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 2: much junk that they shouldn't have to carry. 509 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 8: I would like to be relieved of the burden of 510 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 8: junk mail that but that to me seems like almost 511 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 8: a separate issue because that's not really the letters, right, 512 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 8: I mean, what what would I do about eBay if 513 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 8: it weren't for my friendly neighborhood postman? 514 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 2: Come on, yeah, I think I think I think you're right. 515 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 2: I think it's a it's it's a kind of a 516 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 2: touchy subject as people do like it, and I do 517 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 2: think it was. It was miraculous idea, but truly an 518 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 2: American institution right, the idea that no matter where you 519 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 2: are in the United States or its territories, we're gonna 520 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 2: you can you can count on the mail. We don't 521 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 2: have mail fraud in this country like they do in 522 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 2: other nations. I did learn this lesson when I was 523 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 2: working on a pro in the Dominican Republic. If you've 524 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 2: ever worked on projects in other countries and you in 525 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 2: your brain kind of map out how it's all gonna happen, 526 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 2: you're like, all right, well, when I get back to 527 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 2: the States, I'll just ship a bunch of stuff, you 528 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 2: know here to the work site because it's hard to 529 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 2: get stuff in other nations. And then you realize, wait 530 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 2: a minute, that other countries don't have the United States 531 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 2: Postal Service. So what do you mean ship it? 532 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 8: Like? 533 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,719 Speaker 2: You can't just you can't just mail stuff to other countries. Uh, 534 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 2: It'll get stolen immediately, especially if it has value. So 535 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 2: you begin to really appreciate that I can. I can 536 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 2: buy something that has value, put it in a box, 537 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 2: tape it up, put my brother's name and address on 538 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 2: it in Charlotte, North Carolina, like a Christmas gift or something, 539 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 2: and it's gonna get there. There's no question it's not 540 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 2: going to get there. I can put a check in 541 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 2: an envelope and mail it to my niece's house for 542 00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 2: you know, her birthday or something. 543 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 8: And it's gonna get Yeah, you were you were talking 544 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 8: about how terrible our healthcare system is, and no argument 545 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 8: on that. It's we have an indefensibly bad healthcare system, 546 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 8: especially compared to otherstrialized countries. But our postal service is 547 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,479 Speaker 8: one of the things the United States does right. And 548 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 8: we've had for years to listen to vultures talk about 549 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 8: wanting to privatize it, and we know for a fact 550 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 8: that when that happens, things get more expensive and less efficient, 551 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 8: and we're the ones who get screwed, all. 552 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 2: Right with her? That was Look, you're right when you 553 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: said it. It's not supposed to be a business. It's 554 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 2: a service, and it's supposed to be an inexpensive service 555 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 2: so that we can all stay connected and people that 556 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 2: live in rural parts of the country and there's still 557 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 2: are rural parts of the country can be assured to 558 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,479 Speaker 2: get some It's called a United States post office. And 559 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 2: if you think historically what that meant, that meant that 560 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 2: we were all you know, we were all guaranteed that 561 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 2: there would be a presence of the United States Government 562 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 2: in every nook and cranny of the country, even out 563 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 2: in the frontier. So yeah, I don't want to do 564 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 2: away with it. I just I don't know that they 565 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 2: need to be coming every day now. 566 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 8: If we could just do away with government offices only 567 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 8: taking things by facts, that would be a huge step forward. 568 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, they still do that over at Social Security. 569 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 7: Huh. 570 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness, you're right. Louke Penrose on KFI AM 571 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 2: six forty Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app