1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Congress has until midnight on Friday to pass their omnibus 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: package or we end up with another shutdown. It's the 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: shutdown standoff, or the shutdown shuffle, as we like to 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: call it. And every year we tend to go through 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: this exact same dance. Joining me right now is our 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: ABC's correspondent in Washington, Andy Field is with us, and 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: Andy always great to hear from you. First of all, Mary, Christmas, 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: Happy holidays. I hope everything's going great with you and 9 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: in the fan, and same with you and your listeners here. Yeah, 10 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: we've the government turns into a pumpkin at midnight on Friday. 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 1: If we don't, we don't do something, and that we 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: use the world We meaning Congress, the Senate, two retiring senators, 13 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: a Democrat and Republican hamered out a deal that's a 14 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: fairly good compromise that gives each side a little of 15 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: what they wanted. It's one point seven trillion. There's no 16 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: way you can wrap your head around how much money 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: that is. Giant, giant number, and more than half of 18 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: that is going to the military. And you're probably going, 19 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: wait a minute, didn't they just pass a military spending bill? 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: YEA and I would say, yes they did, but even 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: that's not enough to contain the military budget, because they 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 1: had another eight hundred billion in this one. In fact, 23 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: it's more money than goes into all what they call 24 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: the non military discretionary spending, for foodstamps, for child education, 25 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: for college aid for veterans, help for funding the Capitol 26 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: Hill Police, for all the things that they actually need 27 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: to do to make government or to help people at 28 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: the lower ends of society not starved to death. All 29 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: that stuff in there too. The child tax the child 30 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: tax credit that helps so many middle income and lower 31 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: income families get through the pandemic with enough money to 32 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: pay for childcare so they could actually go to work. 33 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: That's not in this bill. There are other big tax 34 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: breaks that they wanted in there that are not in 35 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: this bill because something's going to pay for this thing. 36 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: So now it's up to the Senate to vote on 37 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: this thing, and it looks like they're close, but get 38 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: ready to throw a monkey wrench into the works, because 39 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,679 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy, the man who wants to be Speaker of 40 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: the House, and many of the Republicans of the House 41 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: are now threatening their fellow Republicans of the Senate, saying, 42 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: if you vote for this thing, you're not going to 43 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: get what you want when we're in the House and 44 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: we start passing bills, a little like the twelve year 45 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: old schoolyard bully say, I'm gonna take my ball and 46 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: go home if you don't play by my rules. Now, 47 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: the reason they're saying this to the Senate is because 48 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: the Senate. If the Senate passes this, it's almost certainly 49 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: passing the House because you need that sixty vote supermajority 50 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: in the Senate, which means you need at least ten 51 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: or Republicans have joined all all the Democrats. So Andy Field, 52 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: our ab sens corresponded, washing to help me understand this. Uh, 53 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy is not happy with the with the bill, 54 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: find whatever. The minority party is never happy with the 55 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: spending bill. So it's just just part for the course. 56 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: But the threat is that if the Republicans in the 57 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 1: Senate pass this bill, then McCarthy will not will not 58 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: pass a Republican friendly bill in the future. That doesn't 59 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: make any sense to me. Sounds like he's cutting off 60 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: his nose but his face. He won't. He won't pass 61 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: a bill that many Republican senators may want to pass 62 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: or pass their pet projects. It is the most childish 63 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: thing I've ever seen, Incongress saying don't vote your conscience, 64 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: vote with the party, and march and lockstep with me, 65 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: because he wants to basically get one of these continuing 66 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: resolutions to pass so that in a week or so, 67 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: when the Republicans they control of the House by about 68 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: four votes, they can now start throwing monkey wrenches and 69 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: they're enforce all these changes because the House will now 70 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: have the power if everyone votes and locks up in 71 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: the House and the Republican Party to get rid of 72 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: all this terrible spending for child education and low income 73 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: families and food stamps and things that for some reason 74 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: Republicans don't seem to like, or at least the majority 75 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: of the House. Yeah, and I'm sure it cut taxes, 76 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: but certainly not cut the spending on the military. It 77 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: seems to me like this is a pretty good bill 78 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: from a bipartisan standpoint, right. I mean, it's not cutting 79 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: the taxes, but there's also plenty of military spending in there. 80 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: I would think that both parties are sacrificing and both 81 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: parties are getting a little bit uh, certainly both parties 82 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: are like more of one side or the other. But 83 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: that's kind of what compromises about. What are the Republicans 84 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: in the Senate saying, I mean, are they listening to 85 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: Tim McCarthy or are they Are they ready to press 86 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: for a lot of them was spoken out against them, 87 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: basically saying the response that I just articulated, which sounds 88 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: like a childish schoolyard bully. And we're going to vote 89 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: our conscience, not what Kevin McCarthy tells us to do, 90 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: right right, Yeah, yeah, well, hopefully we get that that pass. 91 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: How what's our timeline this week? Expecting you to see 92 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: this wrap up here Before we thought there might be 93 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: some votes tonight, But in about fifteen minutes, we're going 94 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: to hear from Vlodamer Zelinski, the President of Ukraine, in 95 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: a special joint meeting of Congress. And by the way, 96 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: there's a very big distinction. It's not a joint session. 97 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: It's a joint meeting of Congress. The joint session is 98 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: reserved for presidential speeches. And you know it's semantics, but 99 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: apparently it's a big deal on Capitol ILU phil could 100 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: be votes tonight, There could be votes tomorrow. There there 101 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: have to be votes before midnight on Friday or else. 102 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: As I mentioned, government turns into a pumpkin the lights 103 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: turn off for Christmas. Oh, then it turns into such 104 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: a mess. And you and I have both seen that 105 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: happen before, where it's like, Okay, well some people are 106 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: not going to get paid and some parks are not 107 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: going to open, but then we are going to figure 108 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: this out after two days, three days, three weeks, whatever 109 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: it might be. And then everyone that didn't work and 110 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: wasn't getting paid, we'll be getting back pay for the 111 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: three weeks that they didn't work. We've seen that playout 112 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: time and time again, courtesy of your tax dollars one 113 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: hundred percent. The way it works out, and all it 114 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: does to just create havoc for those people for that 115 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: three weeks, even though they're on this, you know they're 116 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: going to get paid, it's going to be a vacation. 117 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: If they don't have an emergency fund, it turns into 118 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: a real mess. And he always great to hear from you, 119 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: Always great to hear from you. Thank you so much, 120 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: youtub Bud. Yeah, I want to talk a little bit 121 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: more about the one of the other things that's in 122 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: this bill is the Electoral Count Act. And I don't 123 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: think this is what Kevin McCarthy is going to get 124 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: hung up over. But they threw this Electoral Count Act 125 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: into the omnibus package to try to get a push through. 126 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: And as McCarthy was talking about pet projects and things 127 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: like that, this has been a pet project for some 128 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: members of Congress and for the Senate that want to 129 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: see an update to the Electoral Count Act of eighteen 130 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: eighty seven. So the Electoral Count Reform Act, the EKRA 131 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: is part of the omnibus bill, doesn't have a whole 132 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: lot of it was spending, but it's been thrown in 133 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: with the Omnibus bill. Basically, what it does here is 134 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: it takes a look at what happened in twenty twenty 135 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: and it says, well, that was a mess. And then 136 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: it takes a look at the January sixth of twenty 137 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: twenty one events and it goes, well, that was a 138 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: bigger mess. And it sort of tweaks the rules a 139 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: little bit. So Susan Collins from Maine, a Republican from 140 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: Maine who many Republicans says like a Democrat, and Joe Mansion, 141 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: who's a Democrat from West Virginia who many Democrats say 142 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: is like a Republican, got together and they led negotiations 143 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: on this summer, and they pushed for it in the fall. 144 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: They got Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell to wake up 145 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: from their pleasant slumbers, to set aside their tapioca pudding 146 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: and to come together on this Electoral College Reform Act, 147 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: and they both agree on it. It makes a few modifications, 148 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: simple modifications, and that instead of having one person from 149 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: the House and one person from the Senate who want 150 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: to argue with the results of the electoral College, it's 151 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: going to take twenty percent from the House and from 152 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: the Senate. So it raises the threshold. But it doesn't 153 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: even raise the threshold beyond fifty percent to oppose, just 154 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: raises it to twenty percent to even raise a flag. 155 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: This way, you don't have one or two rogue representatives 156 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: and senators. You can't have a Marjorie Taylor Green get 157 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: together with a Ted Cruise or a Lauren Boberg get 158 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: together with the Madison Cawthorne at the time he's gone 159 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: now and then and then throw a fit over what's happening. 160 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: Right it's it says, let's have let's make sure that 161 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: this is something that's got some significance and that it's 162 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: not some rabble rousers who are trying to make a mess. 163 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: So it also does something else in authorizing funds to 164 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: the presidential transition teams. So suppose that the election is 165 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: not necessarily decided after what is it five days? I 166 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: think uh, it allows for the transition uh to issue 167 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: funds to both parties if one party doesn't concede in 168 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: the in the election is close, it would allow for 169 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: that that that transition team to allocate funds to both 170 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 1: parties to prepare should they be victorious and whatever the 171 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: court challenges or the recounts or whatever else that might be. 172 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: There were some issues in the in the twenty twenty 173 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: election where President Trump said that he's got enough, um, 174 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: he's got enough steam, he's got enough evidence that that 175 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: there shouldn't be money released to President Biden. This would 176 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: have allowed for President Trump to receive some of those 177 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 1: funds during the transition period until it was decided and 178 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: you know, eventually Congress would vote on it. I thought 179 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: that was kind of an interesting twist on that. All right, 180 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: we'll talk more about much ado in LA in just 181 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: a few including the COVID vaccinations still a sticking point. 182 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: Next Chris Maryland for Johnican k IF I am six 183 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: forty more stimulating talk. Steve Gregory in the CAFI news room. 184 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: Steve big Day today. You know, I talked with the 185 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: Blake in the last hour about the homelessness in LA 186 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: and I we've got some some beds that are opening up, 187 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: some of the homeless added to motels. Well, yeah, you know, 188 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: Blake was covering a different angle. What I've been working 189 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: on is this little known committee. They call it the 190 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: Homeless Strategy Committee, and the city has had this committee 191 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: in place since twenty eighteen, and they are bound by 192 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: state law to report the number of open beds every year. 193 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,839 Speaker 1: I just happened to get in on one of their 194 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 1: conference calls the other day in which they were giving 195 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: their report to their commission and their committee. And it's 196 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: very interesting because we find out that in the last 197 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: fiscal year, there are sixteen thousand, six hundred and forty 198 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: open beds in Los Angeles, or let me put it 199 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: this way, that's how many beds are allocated for the homeless. 200 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: Of those twelve thousand and seventy seven are filled. And 201 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: it's that's about twenty five hundred more beds this year 202 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: than last year, all right, is that for the whole year. 203 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: That's that's every night there's that many beds available and 204 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: that many filled on average. In total, as of last week, 205 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: there are twelve thousand and seventy seven people in beds 206 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: and of that, you know, so there's roughly close to 207 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: four thousand open beds as we speak, Yeah, twenty five percent, 208 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: whatever it might be. So there's there's lots of beds 209 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: out there. Why are people not using those beds? Well, 210 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, having covered this topic for many years and 211 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: interviewed many homeless people about it, really what it boils 212 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: down to is homeless people do not want to be restrained. 213 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: They don't want to follow rules. They don't want to 214 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 1: be told when to go to bed, when to get up. 215 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 1: They don't want to be told when they can drink, 216 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 1: when they can smoke, they don't want to be told 217 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: if they can bring their pets in. They want to 218 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: be able to have all their stuff with it with them, 219 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: not just fifty pounds of it, but all of it. 220 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: During the eviction at Echo Park Lake, Echo Park, earlier 221 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: this year in March, part of the sticking point for 222 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: a lot of those homeless people that were living in there. 223 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: There were two hundred tenths by the way in that 224 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: park in downtown Los Angeles, and they had built themselves 225 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: a commune there. They had a kitchen, they had showers, 226 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: they had the whole nine yards. And when they were 227 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: told we're going to have to get into some sort 228 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: of housing, they said, okay, fine, and they're like, well, 229 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: you'll only be able to bring fifty pounds of stuff. 230 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: Your clothes, whatever belongings you have, You're limited to fifty 231 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: pounds because what they do is they put them in 232 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: those trash dumpsters, those portable ones you pull out to 233 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,839 Speaker 1: you the into your cycle of really cards or really ones, right, 234 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: and so basically whatever fits into that it is the 235 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: only is all that you're allowed to take. Well, some 236 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: of these people had, you know, tents and tents filled 237 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: with just stuff from clothing to bicycle parts to electronics, 238 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: so whatever, you know. So a lot of people don't 239 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: want to go into those houses. And then no drugs, 240 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: no alcohol, Doors close at ten, doors reopen at six am. 241 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: And so a lot of them we're like we're not 242 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: going to do that. We're better off on the streets 243 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: on our own being our own people, feeling free, right, 244 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: some autonomy exactly street Yeah, yeah, their own agency, so 245 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: to speak. Okay, so that's interesting. So what is the 246 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: city going to do anything about that. Is this going 247 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: to be moot after Mayor Bass's grandiose plans come to 248 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: come to fruition, or is this going to be an 249 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: ongoing issue? As you know, and you've been covering issues 250 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: like this for many years, you know, Chris, that talk 251 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: is cheap and you're going to see you know, you 252 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 1: can make all kinds of grandiose promises. I'm wondering how 253 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: long it's going to be before they quit blaming the 254 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: pandemic for everything, because that was one of the things 255 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: that came up in this meeting. I sat in on 256 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: about the fact that everything's been screwed up because of 257 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: the pandemic, But in reality, during the pandemics, when you 258 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 1: had operation room key and home key hitting its fever pitch, 259 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: so you had a record number of beds available. And 260 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: I remember speaking with hotel owners in the San Fernando 261 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: Valley who had one guy in particular, in a motel 262 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: he only had I think twelve or thirteen rooms and 263 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: they were all open and he was getting paid two 264 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: hundred dollars per room per night to have them available. 265 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: And he went as when I spoke with him, he 266 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: went six months without filling a bed wow, and he 267 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: was getting paid that money for project room key through 268 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: all of that grant money. That was during the height 269 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: of COVID, so people, but people were not going into 270 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: those beds. And do you still have to clean the rooms? 271 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: I mean you're being paid at the same time, they're 272 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: not really being used well any long term housing because 273 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: I asked about that long term housing, if they've got 274 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: housekeeping services, any long term housing like that, it's automatic 275 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: after three days and then there's a complete cleansing after 276 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: seven days, so like carpets and all that if you're 277 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: in a long term housing scenario. But an issue with 278 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: that too again they have rules. You can't go in 279 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: there and start hanging stuff on the walls and putting 280 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: up shelves and you know, ripping up the carpet and 281 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: putting down tile. You know, you can't do stuff like that. 282 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: So hotel owners were very skittish about that. But then 283 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: when they started seeing that money coming in because they 284 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: weren't those rooms weren't being used because of the pandemic, 285 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: so they were getting paid to keep these rooms empty 286 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: and available for homeless people. And some of these were 287 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: pretty upscale hotels, you know, you had holiday ends, you 288 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: had there were a couple kind of quasi Hilton properties, 289 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: so you had something that were some pretty high end 290 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: hotels that were making themselves available. And then it was 291 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: also causing a of a cultural problem because you had 292 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: some hotel properties that had homeless people in the lobbies, 293 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: and you had other people that were like gold numbers 294 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: and you know, standing a line over here, and then 295 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: you got the homeless people over here. So you had 296 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: some interesting dynamics there. But this is going to be 297 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: very interesting as I watched these these numbers here. So 298 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: in the last fiscal year, out of all of these houses, 299 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: all these shelter beds, all these beds that are available, 300 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: three hundred and twenty two people were able to exit 301 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: the system altogether and become self sufficient out of the 302 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: twelve thousand that were Oh, that's not a good statistic. 303 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: We want to see that number much higher than that, right, 304 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: I mean, don't isn't that the whole point is that, Yeah, 305 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: we're going to help you get through things. We'd like 306 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: to see of the twelve thousand beds that are being 307 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: occupied on average, we'd like to see at least nine 308 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: thousand of those people kind of moving through the system. 309 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: But I was not able to ask the question as 310 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: to how many people have been in these beds for 311 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: how long? Now are we talking, you know, are we 312 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: talking what's the average length of day? And that's not 313 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: that's not something I was able to ask. It was 314 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: in a listen only mode. But um, but you've got 315 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: this issue that's very pervasive. And they said there's construction 316 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: underway of more shelters which will add another twenty five 317 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: hundred more beds in the coming fiscal year. Um. And 318 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 1: they credit tiny home villages and project room key as 319 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: to ask to why those numbers are starting to increase. 320 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: So um. But right, Yeah, back to that question you asked, 321 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: presumably with Governor Newsom's Care Court that's supposed to help 322 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: maybe get people into housing. But then you've got temporary housing, 323 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: then you've got what they call provisional housing, uh, and 324 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: and semi permantent housing. There's all kinds of different levels 325 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: of housing because some people need mental health treatment while 326 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: they're in this housing. Others are just families who are 327 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: down on their luck. You've got all kinds of different 328 00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: tiers of homelessness, and that's also a big challenge. Man, 329 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: Steve Gregory from the KFI News. From Steven is always 330 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: great talking with you. I love not only that we're 331 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: getting the information, but some perspective and some contexts around 332 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: it as well. Always good to have you on. Thank 333 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: you so much, Steve. Yeah, we'll talk to you soon there. Friend, 334 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: Let's check our news. Chris Meryl in for John a 335 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: km caf I EM six forty. We're live everywhere and 336 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: here a radio app day in day out. You work 337 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: for every paycheck, you take pride in your job, and 338 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: you do it well. You're not just part of the 339 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: Golden State's economy. You are essential for all you give. 340 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: It's time to get something back. Put money in your 341 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: pocket by filling your taxes and claiming the California Earned 342 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: Income Tax Credit. It's yours, you earned it. Find out 343 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: if you qualify at cal e i TC for me 344 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: dot org. That's cal e I TC the number four 345 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: me dot org sharing the program. I always, I always 346 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: keep an eye on what's uh, what's trending and things 347 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 1: like that, and I just saw always just disappeared high 348 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: and just saw something it was trending. I think it 349 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: was doms. Doms was trending, as in Dominatrix. I know 350 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: why I didn't. I didn't even have to follow up. 351 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: I know why Dominatrix is trending. And it's all thanks 352 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: to Florida. I've got that story. I'll share that with 353 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: you here coming up at about four fifty ish for 354 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: fifty two ish whatever it might be. Big story that 355 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: came out yesterday or I guess late last night and 356 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: then was the you know, top story this morning had 357 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: to do with the release of Donald Trump's tax returns. 358 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: The House Ways and Means Committee got together and they 359 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: hashed out whether or not the tax return should be 360 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: released to the public, and on a party line vote, 361 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: they decided yes. The Democrats said no, it's in the 362 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: best interest of the American people to see what's in 363 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: the in the tax returns. And the Republicans said, if 364 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,479 Speaker 1: you do this, it's all political and we'll get even 365 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: so just politics as usual on Capitol Hill. And that 366 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: was the that was their big thing. So they voted 367 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 1: to release Trump's tax returns to the public, and then 368 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: blah blah blah, the s gnashing of teeth, and then 369 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: there were excuses and excuses, and then the world stopped spinning, 370 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: and then we all died. And here we are good 371 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 1: and nobody cares. I just don't care. This is just fodder, 372 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: and far be it from me to dismiss that fodder. 373 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: So here's a Representative Richard neil Um, in the most 374 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: bland terms possible, eric of being played that the Trump 375 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: tax returns cut. Here he is. This is the big 376 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: announcement that the committee voted in favor of releasing them. 377 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: Go ahead, fanfare, mister Chamman on this vote, I have 378 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: twenty four yays. Sixteen knows they're being twenty four eyes, 379 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: and sixteen knows. The motions to submit the committee report 380 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: to the House has agreed to, and the documents are 381 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: ordered reported to the House were suant to Clause two 382 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: l A Rule eleven without objection. Members will have two 383 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: days to file with the Committee Clerk supplemental dissenting or 384 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 1: minority views without objection. The staff is authorized to make 385 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: technical corrections to the report and to redact sensitive personal 386 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: identifiable information such as social security numbers, street addresses, personal 387 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: identification numbers, and banking information. WHOA nailed it, Yeah, stick 388 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: down in your pipe and smoke it exited. WHOA yeah, 389 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 1: woo God. Sometimes Congress is the most boring place on Earth. 390 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: In fact, I would say that ninety eight percent of 391 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: the time, Congress is the most boring place on Earth. 392 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: When something that these big news can be reduced to 393 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: something so boring just outstanding. Really, it's amazing that eighty 394 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: five percent of the country doesn't pay attention to what 395 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: Washington does because it's so ba rang all right, So 396 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: what did we find out from the tax returns being released? 397 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: Not a whole lot. The committee released twenty nine page 398 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: reports summarizing the investigation into the IRS policy that mandates 399 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: audits of returns filed by presidents and vice president. So 400 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,959 Speaker 1: the IRS, and maybe you didn't even know this, the 401 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: IRS is required to audit the president vice president for 402 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 1: their taxes. And what did we find out for the 403 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: first two years that he was in office, the IRS 404 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: did not audit President Trump. The IRS didn't do it. 405 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: The IRS broke the IRS rules. Can you imagine if 406 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: you and I broke IRS rules? It beheld a pay 407 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: What happens when the IRS breaks IRS rules? Nick, I 408 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: don't care. What's gonna come of this, Nick, not the 409 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: the Democrats are gonna try to make hay of this. 410 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: They're gonna I can't, but the IRS is in the bag. 411 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 1: Why didn't the IRS do it? They're gonna want to 412 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: launch this big investigation, but they only have It was 413 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: the twenty first day. I'll have ten days left and 414 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: I don't know like six of those days or holidays 415 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: and weekends, so they're not going to be able to 416 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: do squat. The Republicans certainly aren't going to launch an 417 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: investigation into why the IRS didn't audit from a President Trump, 418 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 1: so that's not gonna happen. So basically nothing, nothing will 419 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 1: come of it. The Senate could probably try to do 420 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 1: something if they wanted to, but I don't think the 421 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: Senate's gonna. At some point they have to move on 422 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: from former President Trump in the same way. I used 423 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: to listening to Rush Limbaugh back in the early two thousands, 424 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: and I just remember thinking, as I was listening to Rush, 425 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: I was just getting into radio at the time. I 426 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: wasn't doing talk radio, but I would listen to Rushi 427 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: was on the station that my my radio group at 428 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 1: the time owned, and he was on here at KFI 429 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: as well at the same time. And and I just 430 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: remember listening to Rush and he kept talking about Clinton's, Clintons, Clintons, Clintons. 431 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: It's like two thousand and two, two thousand and three, 432 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: he's still talking about the Clintons, the Clintons, the Clinton's. 433 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: I just thought, boy, at some point, he's gonna have 434 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: to move on. Likewise, it's some point both the Republicans 435 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: and the Democrats are gonna have to move on from Trump. 436 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: They're just gonna have to just put it in the past. No. 437 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: Part of the reason it's not is because the former 438 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: president Trump likes to keep himself in the in the spotlight, 439 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: and so as long as he is up for the game, 440 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 1: everybody else is happy to oblige. So what did we 441 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: find out? We found out that he didn't pay any 442 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 1: income tax In twenty twenty. He claimed a bunch of 443 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: losses over four million dollars in losses, paid zero in 444 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: income tax. Not really surprising since in twenty twenty a 445 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: lot of people lost money because of the pandemic. In 446 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, he made four million dollars and paid him 447 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty three thousand in taxes. I know 448 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: that doesn't sound like a twenty or twenty five percent 449 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: or even eighteen percent or whatever. They lowered the tax 450 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: rate too, he didn't even pay that. In eighteen he 451 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 1: claimed twenty four million dollars in income and paid just 452 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: shy of a million dollars. So that's one twenty fourth 453 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: of his income, which seems a lot less than whatever 454 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: the current tax rate is. Whatever. So we release the 455 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: tax returns, and what do we find out? Rich people 456 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: have really good accountants and they know how to hide money. 457 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 1: I'm stunned. I'm as shocked as anybody. How does how 458 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: is that even possible? What? More detailed returns are likely 459 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: to be made public later this week, according to Representative 460 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: Brendan Boiled, Democrat from Pennsylvania, saying the actual returns themselves 461 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,439 Speaker 1: would be transmitted to the full House and become public. 462 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: But I was told it we'll take a few days 463 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 1: to a week in order to redact some of the 464 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: info that needs to be redacted. I bet it takes 465 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: longer than that, because remember when former President Trump tried 466 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: out those tax returns and it was, you know, it 467 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: was stacked up to your shoulders, and piles that were 468 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: I don't know, three or four boxes deep and in 469 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 1: six or seven boxes high. Yeah, it's going to take 470 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: a little more than than a day or two to 471 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 1: redact any personal information out of those. But just the same, 472 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: here's my gut from everything about the taxes. Nobody cares. 473 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: Nobody cares. He's not the president anymore. We're not finding 474 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: anything groundbreaking. We find out he didn't pay as much 475 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 1: in taxes is what he probably should have or the 476 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: rest of America would have paid. Yep, that's how it works. 477 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,479 Speaker 1: When you're rich, you get to do that. You wrote 478 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: the rules. You wrote the rules in your own favor. 479 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: Did the wealthy not him specifically? And low and behold, 480 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: they take advantage of the rules that they wrote. Shocker, 481 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 1: I are we are? We upset, just as upset as 482 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 1: we've always been that those who are rich and famous 483 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: find loopholes in their own laws. And what's our biggest problem? 484 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: We're jealous. I wish I were rich and famous and 485 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: could pull that off, but I can't. I can't even 486 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 1: afford my accountant, who's gonna screw me over every year? 487 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna tell you why. Dominatrix or DOMS 488 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: was trending on Twitter this afternoon. That is next Chris 489 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: merrill in for John and Ken. Okay, if I am 490 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: six Sporting, We're live everywhere in your eyheart radio apps 491 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: was trending on Twitter earlier. DOMS short for dominatrix. Not 492 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: exactly sure what prompted this visit from futuristic dominatrix, dominatrixes, 493 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: dominic trix. What is plural of dominatrix? Mark? Do you 494 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: know what is plural of domin I assume it would 495 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: be dominate for seas, just like other words that end 496 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: with that, dominatrises. Okay, not really sure why the city 497 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: council visit from the dominatris ces was going on. But 498 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,719 Speaker 1: in Florida, do we really need a reason for it 499 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: to happen? No, In Fort Lauderdale, the city commission meeting 500 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: was open to public comment, and that is when three 501 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: three we assume women. They were in full shiny leather 502 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: outfits like they're in a costume from a nineteen seventies 503 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: sci fi B movie. I believe that the hold on, 504 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: I've got the Miami, the Miami New Times described them thus, 505 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: Lee a shiny silver suit, futuristic mono block glasses, and 506 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: candy apple red lipstick on the speaker, as well as 507 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: her daft punk doppelgang or cohorts, were there to propose 508 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: that the City Commission set aside at a chunk of 509 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: the one million dollars at the allotted in a recently 510 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: approved yard waste processing plan. For what did they want 511 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: this money set aside? Well, I've got the audio, Eric, 512 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: go ahead and play that good evening, Good evening. M Yes, 513 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: go ahead, good evening. Council. People's ye call me mistress right, 514 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,479 Speaker 1: I am here standing neutral to the motion approving an 515 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: agreement for the proprietary purchase of yard waste processing and disposal. 516 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: I do, however, find it interesting that you will spend 517 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: almost one million dollars to hide your secrets down the drain, 518 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: hiding that condom I know you used to cheat on 519 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: your spouse with. So I propose that you use a 520 00:29:55,120 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: quarter of that mill to support doms and subs in 521 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: Broward County to build a dungeon created for us by us, 522 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: the taxpayers and voting citizens. And closing, do not let 523 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: this glamorous look distract you from doing your duty to 524 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: take my demand. I look forward to spanking each and 525 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: every single one of you at the new esteemed dungeon. 526 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: You are dismissed. Okay, thank you, thank you, our happy 527 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: holidays to you. Anyone else wished to speak, they're being 528 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: none of city manager. Are there any districts that have 529 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: a dungeon? No? No, please? I know there were a 530 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: couple of proposed clubs of a variety of natures from 531 00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. I thought they were mostly 532 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: in Hotly. We have a lot of things going on 533 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: in district too, but I don't think we have any dungeons. 534 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: But that's fantastic. So then the council members just start 535 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: throwing barbs at each other's districts. That's great. You know, 536 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: we don't how many how many dungeons don't don't you 537 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: have some dungeons over in your side there, Eddie? Oh, 538 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: you know, I don't think we have any dungeons. I'll 539 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: check into that. It's great, so Florida, God bless Florida. 540 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 1: We're just a run of the mill city council meeting. 541 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: It turns into women in full full shiny I don't know, 542 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: vinyl of some sort. I don't know what it was? 543 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: Who are demanding dungeons? Love it? God bless the New 544 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: Times too, because they did the important groundwork and tried 545 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: to understand what the hell just happened. It appears, according 546 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: to the New Times, the women were not there for 547 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: their own pleasure, but as part of a marketing stent 548 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: for a new fetish nightclub opening in Miami. Don't know 549 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: which district that's in. Uh. The women were spotted handing 550 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 1: out business cards for the kravex Miami nightclub near Miami 551 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: International Airport. Crave also posted a clip from the commission 552 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: presentation on their Instagram account. Other clips at the Instagram 553 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: show a woman whip in hand, inquiring of a gas 554 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: station employee whether the quick shop Purvey's twenty inch dildos. 555 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: Another features an amply endowed women's breasts propelling a man 556 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: in a wheelchair through a Walmart. I would like to 557 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: just real quick, as we wrap up twenty twenty two 558 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 1: and we look forward to twenty twenty three, I just 559 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: I want to say that in twenty twenty three, we 560 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: need more Florida, not necessarily their politics, because they're just 561 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: they're just you're just off kilter in Florida. But we 562 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: just need more Florida du in general, it's just a 563 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: just a wealth of of entertaining events happening there in Florida. 564 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: So a New Year's resolution twenty twenty three more Florida. 565 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: All right. It is wild how much we know that 566 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: we should be better stewards of the environment, and yet 567 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: we really don't do a very good job. And the 568 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,719 Speaker 1: bad news is, as a result, your side salad may 569 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: be tainted. That's next. Chris Maryland for John n ca 570 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: IF I am six forty live everywhere on your iHeartRadio app.