WEBVTT - Senator Kennedy Unfiltered - October 3rd, Hour 2 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:03.080 All right, thanks scotch Han An Hour two Sean Hannity Show. 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:05.080 Here's our toll free telephone number if you want to 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:06.880 be a part of the programs eight hundred and ninety 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:10.280 four one Sean if you want to join us. Obviously, 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:15.239 the government shut down is now front and center. The 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.040 big lie has been exposed, and that is the Democrats. 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:21.880 Oh no, we don't want to fund health care for 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:25.800 illegal immigrants. They've all been lying. They know they've been lying. 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:29.880 We've gone over it exhaustively on the program. The fact 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:34.040 that the leaders in name only Chucky Schumer in the 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:37.280 House and Hakeem Jeffries I'm sorry, Chucky Schumer in the Senate, 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:41.000 Hakiem Jeffries in the House are so beholden to the 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:45.400 radical left of their party they are afraid, scared to 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:47.680 death to ever take them on and do the right 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:51.879 thing or stand by their very publicly stated positions. In 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.240 the case of Schumer, that's gone on for decades, So 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:58.480 the Schumer shut down continues. I can't think of any 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:02.160 person better to talk of this and much more is 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:05.679 our friend Louisiana Senator John Kennedy. By the way, he 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:09.480 has a new book out next week. This book is hilarious. 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.959 You're gonna love this book. He's probably one of the 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:17.160 funniest guys I've ever met. And it's how to test 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:22.960 negative for stupid. You know, always be yourself unless you suck. 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.720 I say this gently. This is why the aliens won't 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:31.360 talk to us. If you trust government, you obviously failed 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:36.680 history class. I believe that our country was founded by geniuses, 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:41.920 but it's being run by idiots. Always follow your heart, 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.680 but take your brain with you. And I'm going to 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:47.080 go through some more in a minute. But our friend, 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.960 Senator John Kennedy is with us. Senator, how are you, 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:50.480 my friend? 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:54.680 I'm well, Sean. Thanks for missing my book. It'll be 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:58.680 out tuesday. It's it's not a policy book, per se. 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:02.800 It's a story book, and I talk about policy through 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:06.440 the stories. Many of them are funny, some of bizare 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:08.079 and all of them are true. 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.200 And that's the best part. 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:17.800 Look, the meta drama continues on the shut down. I 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:21.480 think it was Mama Gump who said stupid is as 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:26.440 stupid does. This has also pointless. We have asked where 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:31.000 the Republicans have asked to extend the status quo the 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:35.560 current budget for seven more weeks. So we can continue 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:40.000 to talk about a permanent no strings attached, no conditions, 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:44.400 just give us seven more weeks to continue to negotiate. 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.840 And it's called a cr and that it is you 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:52.880 fund the government at current levels. And Democrats, you know, 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:57.440 for years, have always pushed that and now and tried 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:01.720 to blame Republicans, and now their demanding one point five trillion, 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.600 including moneys for health care for illegals, for a seven 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.080 week extension. 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:13.040 In return for them agree to just to our at request, 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:16.840 we just extend the status quote status quo for seven weeks. 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.840 They are demanding that we agree to make the federal 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:26.639 government one point five trillion dollars. Figure, give them one 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:30.079 point five trillion dollars. Now, I'm not going to vote 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:33.960 for that. My mother didn't raise the food and if 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.680 she did, it was one of my brothers. There's no 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:41.280 way if they cut it in half, I wouldn't vote 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:45.760 for that. Uh. They're just not serious, and we're going 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:49.640 to sit here until until they come to their census. 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.280 I don't want it. But in the meantime, President Trump 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.360 and rust Vote are just going to continue to reduce 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:57.600 the size of government. 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:03.400 Senator I could play every prominent Democrat. But more importantly, 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:07.440 the person I can play the most over the years, 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:13.960 you know, speaking out so passionately against government shutdowns, is 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:20.080 the minority leader from New York, Chucky Schumer. And I 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:24.640 think there's a very logical reason why Chuck Schumer has 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:28.520 turned on a dime. I think Chuck Schumer sees that 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:33.440 his political grip on power is evaporating, and if he 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.000 doesn't give into this radical wing of his party, your 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.599 friend AOC and others that he is going to be out. 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:41.960 And he's likely going to be out as leader of 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:45.440 the Democrats anyway. But if she runs against him, she's 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.120 going to clopper him in New York. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:52.640 Well, some shutdowns are policy based. This is not one 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:58.000 of them. This is based on politics. The loon wang, 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:03.320 the Bolshevik wing, moss wing, the socialist wing, whatever you 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:07.480 want to call it of the Republican Party is an ascendency. 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:12.400 They're now in charge, Chuck. Senator Schumer wants them to 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:17.320 love him, are at least like him. They don't, and 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:21.640 they never will. And the person really in charge is 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:27.480 congress forman Oko Cortes. She's about to elect a safe 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:32.120 socialist mayor of New York mister mom, Donnie's going to 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:36.279 win that race, and her wing of the party is 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:41.400 clearly calling the shots. And all Chuck's doing is trying 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:43.599 to make them love him, and they will never love 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.400 him unless he just does everything they want. 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.440 Well, you know, it's kind of you know, I love 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.400 having you on both radio and TV because and I 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:55.200 don't know if you plan out a lot of the 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:59.840 comments that you make, but you you have this this folks, 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:04.159 the Louisiana down home way of just kind of laying 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:08.160 people out with simple, basic, fundamental truth. And as Ben 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:11.280 Franklin once said, the sting in any rebuke is the truth. 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.760 And you seem to get under the skin pretty well, 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.400 but you expose the truth. And that's a big part 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.840 of your book. I mean, if you trust government, you 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.760 failed history class. I love it. I believe our country 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.919 was founded by geniuses, but it's being run by idiots. 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:29.320 I mean, you put all of this in a book 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:33.680 and it's not fiction. This is real life. Explain the 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:35.680 daily experiences that you have there. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:39.919 The book is called Hali Test negative for stupid. It 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:44.279 shows that ender is mighty weapon. I do say what. 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:47.440 I think that's my right as in America, I don't 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:51.160 get nearly enough credit shown for the things I don't say. 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:57.000 I do buite my tongue sometimes, but I hope if 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:58.760 you know what, I want to know what the Senate 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.560 is ruling on on the inside. If you know what, 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.520 I want to know what President Trump is really like 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:10.400 to work with President Biden, Chuck Grassley, Bernie Sanders, President 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.800 she I talk about my meeting with President c in China. 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.280 I hope you'll take a look at the book How 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:22.440 to Test Negative for Stupid. It comes out Tuesday. Hopefully 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.560 we'll be out of the shutdown then. But I'm not 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:27.960 going to give in. I don't care what the others do. 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.160 I'm just like a Missouri mule on this. I'm sitting 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.280 my butt down in the mud and I'm not budgeting. 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.880 If the Democrats want to come to their senses, they can. 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:43.080 If they don't, then I'm happy as a clam at 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:46.560 high tide. They can just keep this thing shut down. 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.240 Let me talk a little bit. I've never asked you 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:54.080 this question, and I find you fascinating because you come 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:56.520 on the program and I asked you one time. I said, 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.480 is this all? Is this all extemporaneous? So do you 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.200 think these things out ahead of time, like comments that 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:05.240 you make and comments now that you put in your 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.720 book How to Test Negative or Stupid. And by the way, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.080 it's on Amazon dot com, Hannity dot com as of Tuesday, 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:17.080 and bookstores all around the country. Does this come out 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.840 in the moment? Is this extemporaneus or do you spend 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.200 a lot of time thinking about it? 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:26.200 Five minutes before an interview, I stopped, and I really 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:30.160 start thinking about how I'm going to answer the questions, 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:34.760 whatever they mighty like they may I might be. Look, 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.319 I wrote this book at my dining room table with 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:41.440 a handheld its phone in al a blue pant And 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.720 this is the way I talk in public and the 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.120 way I talk in private. This is the way I think. 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.200 Writing is painful for me, but God blessed me with 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:56.240 a good memory, and when I read a clever turn 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:59.560 of phrase, I will remember it. I don't know why 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:03.360 that's way. He's the good Lord made. And I don't 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.880 have a joke writer. I don't have anybody who writes 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:09.360 my speeches, so I can't blame the stuff on anybody else. 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.480 It is what name I'd want all the credit in 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:16.080 the world. I wish my brain worked like yours. I 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:16.480 love it. 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:23.280 Well. Not everybody agrees with Sean on the social media, 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:25.840 he said, Kennedy, I hate you. You remind me of 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.120 my second wife. I thought that was. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.160 I thought, let me go over a couple of more 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:32.959 of your sayings. 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:33.240 Here. 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:36.920 You said, always follow your heart, but take your brain 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.840 with you. I'm not going to bubble wrap it. The 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:44.040 water in Washington, DC won't clear up until you get 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.719 the pigs out of the creek. I have the right 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.199 to remain silent, but not the ability. Common sense is 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:53.840 illegal in Washington, d C. I know, I've seen it firsthand. 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.880 I'll get one more. I believe that we're going to have. 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:01.080 You know, we're going to get some new conc inspiracy theories. 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.920 All the old ones have turned out to be true. Wow, 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:05.840 very funny. 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:09.400 I'll tell you a fifteen second story. I almost got 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.520 the sent to reform school. One time I was asked 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:16.600 about to compare Schumer and McConnell, and I said, here's 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:18.640 what you need to know. They have a lot in common. 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:23.360 Each are smart, each is tenacious, and each could probably 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:28.839 lose his place during sex to reform school with that one. 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.720 You know, this is what makes you special in the 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:36.720 unique you know, usually in the upper Chamber, most senators 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:38.560 don't have the courage to speak their mind. I do 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:42.760 have a question, though, can you talk to your Democratic colleagues? 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.760 What are those conversations like? I mean, are there's some 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:49.120 that you get along with, some that you have fun with, 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:51.480 some that you go out to dinner with, some that 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.640 you argue with. I mean, what are those relationships? 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:59.200 Like I get along with all of them, probably maybe 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.080 a third of them, where their politics on the sleeve. 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:05.960 In words, they're just self righteous. They know they're right, 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:10.160 and they're angry to varying degrees if you don't agree 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:15.120 with them. Another of them, another group you know they're 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.959 willing to missen. And then you've got another group to 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.200 say they're willing to listen. But they're going to do 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:23.679 it they're told and right now what they're told to 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:28.400 do is being dictated by the socialist wing of the party. 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:32.320 They're scared, they really are, you sense they're scared. Quick 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:35.679 freak right back more with our favorite senator from Louisiana, 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:39.480 John Kennedy, is with us Harby continue Senator John Kennedy 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.680 of the Great State of Louisiana. Here's a new book out. 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:46.760 It's called How to Test Negative for Stupid Anyways on 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.679 Hannity dot com, Amazon dot com. It'll be in bookstores 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.840 all around the country on Tuesday. You want to get 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.200 a copy. It's a great book. It's funny. You're gonna 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.240 laugh and you're gonna ask you So, why didn't I 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:57.719 think of that? 0:11:57.920 --> 0:11:58.079 Well? 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.400 Do Democrats realize this is going going very badly for them, 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.840 that there's a backlash against this Schumer shutdown? 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:08.280 Oh, they do know. But but as long as their 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.920 base is satisfied for the moment, and by the base, 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:16.319 I mean the socialist wing of the party, they feel 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.840 like they can take the pain to hell with the 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:22.200 country and the American people. I mean, I'm sorry, that's 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:26.520 what this is all about. It's not about policy, and 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.920 they're going to destroy I believe in the two party system. 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:34.240 They're going to destroy the Democratic Party if someone doesn't 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:38.520 stand up to these folks and say, all of you 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:41.280 people on the left who took a hard left and 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.880 kept driving, you folks are crazy as a bid bug, 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.800 and we're not going to follow you anymore. 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:49.800 The only one that seems to be willing to do 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:53.440 that is John Fetterman, and a poll came out today 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.640 that shows Democrats in Pennsylvania don't like them, like sixty 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:57.720 percent against them. 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.760 Yeah, but if you look at Fetterman's poll numbers overall, with. 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.000 All the voters he's got, that's true. 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:05.040 It's approval rating. 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.880 Yeah, you're right, you're right. But Democrats, you know, they 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.400 seem to be embracing crazy. I mean, look at Zoron Kami, 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:14.719 Marxist Mundani. It looks like he's gonna win. 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:19.360 I mean, I mean, did you ever think that we 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.400 would elect a mayor of New York City, which has 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:26.880 the largest Jewish population in the United States, one of 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:30.320 the largest in the world, who who does not like 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:34.079 Jewish people? He sided with Hamas and. 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.520 The global Enta fight. I wouldn't condemn it forever. 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:43.280 Yeah, I mean, I'm like, you know, I'm like, gosh, 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.360 what has happened to our country? What's happened in New 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.400 York City? But it's true, and that's what's that's what's 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:50.760 driving this training shot. 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.080 Well, I got to tell you, it's been a pleasure 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:56.360 to get to know you. The book is phenomenal. I'm 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.480 telling you, you're gonna laugh. You're gonna wish you thought 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:02.920 of everything that he wrote in this book. It's called 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:06.040 How to Test Negative for Stupid. We have a link 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:09.280 on Hannity dot com. It's on Amazon dot com as 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.600 of Tuesday, is going to be in bookstores all around 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:15.480 the country. The one and only Senator John Kennedy from 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:19.000 the great State of Louisiana. Senator, we appreciate you, thanks 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.760 for fighting the good fight every day, and good luck 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:23.120 with the book. We appreciate your time. 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:25.480 Thank you, Sean, thanks so much. 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:27.720 By twenty five now till the top of the hour, 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:29.800 eight hundred and nine four one, Shawn, if you want 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:31.800 to be a part of the program, you know, thanks 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:35.800 to your generosity and you're caring the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.560 you can partner with us and them and you can 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:43.120 honor the courage the sacrifices of our nation's greatest heroes. 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:47.640 That means heroes like United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Christy 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:52.520 Rae Bitz. 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How are you hello? 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:15.200 Sean. I'm doing well, second second generation listener here and 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:19.760 Tennessee Conservatives, and I was hoping you could clarify some 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:23.000 things for me regarding the healthcare marketplace and some concerns 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:23.320 I have. 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.400 You bet, I'm glad to I love our friends in that. 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.000 Nashville is a cool city. Do you go to Music 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:29.760 Row much or no? 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:30.880 Ah? 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.400 Well, it's a crazy place down there, and I think 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.880 the locals find themselves down there more often when visitors 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:39.160 are in town, right. 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.200 Yeah, because you got to take you know, when your 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:45.880 friends come, Oh, let's go to music Row. Let's go 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.280 to Music Row. It's sort of like if you live 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:50.560 in Orlando, let's go to Disney. You want to you 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.000 want to shoot yourself exactly. 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.120 And nash is such a great place as a killer town. 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:57.960 We've got so much going on here that you know, 0:16:58.040 --> 0:16:59.400 Broadway is just a part of it. 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:01.200 So for us locals, there's. 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:02.840 A lot of other good things to do and see, 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.679 so just a percentage of the good stuff. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.639 Well, I love it in Nashville. I lived ninety miles 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:13.719 south of you in Huntsville, Alabama. Actually it was Athens, Alabama, 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:16.760 just down Highway sixty five, and used to go up 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:20.120 to Nashville, gay Lord all the time. I actually once 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.760 even got to host the Grand Old Opry. How cool 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:23.080 is that? 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:24.080 Oh? 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:26.800 Wonderful? Yeah, I've heard you and your show mentioned that 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:28.680 in the past. Of course, you know, Huntsville is quite 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:31.000 a city now up and coming now as well, especially 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:34.320 with the NASA stuff, more stuff heading there and whatnot. 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:36.920 But yeah, you definitely were here at a different day 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.360 and age. But to have that opportunity is a wonderful thing. 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.399 So tudos to you on that. 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:45.800 Well, thank you. So what's on your mind today this Friday? 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.000 Yeah, so bear with me them from kind of and 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:52.000 you're on this. My time to take an information and 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.480 discern what's going on in the world is usually a 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:57.120 much hour traffic listening to Falk radio, you know, coming 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:00.639 back and forth to work. So if I misrepresent information, 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:04.080 you know, you will certainly not offend my sensibilities clarifying 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:06.440 some things for me, But I just want to I 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:06.840 don't mind. 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:08.960 By the way, I want to add one thing. It 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:11.960 was a great friend of mine who's a talk show host, 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.639 Bill Valentine, who I missed dearly, and I do stay 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.840 in touch with his brother and get updates on his family. 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:20.080 He was a great guy. I don't know if you 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:20.840 remember Phil. 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.280 I remember him well and that was quite a tragedy, 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:25.000 but yes I do. 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:28.920 Anyway, I didn't mean to interrupt, go ahead. 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:32.520 No, no worries so quickly, briefly, I know you've got 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:36.359 plenty of other callers. My scenario is twenty twenty. I 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:38.960 had a business to twenty years. Unfortunately I had to 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.080 make the tough decision to close the door, sold off 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:43.760 what I could, and moved on to bigger, better things 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:45.720 in my life. And at that time, I found myself 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:49.840 without health insurance for myself and my two children, single parent, 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:53.600 So I found myself on the marketplace and not knowing 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.080 what was what I you know, just put my head 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.119 down and eat through it. And it turned out to be, 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:02.480 I hate to say, a good experience. I saved considerable 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:05.879 amount of money on what I was accustomed to paying monthly, 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:09.080 and I loved the leverage I had and getting onto it, 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:13.320 I thought seemed like a simple platform and my collective experience. 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.880 Get on there and identify, you know, what plans are 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:18.880 best suited to my children and what our needs are 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:21.520 so we can refine. You know what I'm shopping for 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:25.600 and ultimately get the best the best health insurance or 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:27.359 health care for my children. And I had the best 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.680 cost and it felt like I had a little leverage 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:31.960 over health insurance that I don't normally have, you know, 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:35.400 a mother experience through business vicariously or through an employer. 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:39.600 So got on then and understood how how the program 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:41.320 was intended to work. And until I kind of got 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:43.840 on my feet and moved forward, I had tax credits, 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:47.760 and then as my salary would increase, respectfully, those tax 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:51.639 credits would decrease, which certainly sounds more than fair. And 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:53.919 then ultimately, you know, you can phase out of that. 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.320 So as time has gone by, I was blessed to 0:19:56.320 --> 0:20:00.080 get a job with a previous customer of mine that 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:01.760 have been with them for four years. Now, as my 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:05.479 salary has grown, I've seen the corresponding tax credits decrease, 0:20:05.520 --> 0:20:08.440 which is great, all good, on board with that. And 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:12.040 then now kind of on the cusp where I really 0:20:12.080 --> 0:20:15.399 necessarily like this last year, I actually contributed more above 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:19.000 and beyond my tax and sent more moneys in the 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:21.639 for the disparity and making up tax credits that because 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:24.879 my earns were increased. So my findings so far have 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:27.760 been wonderful. The business I'm with, the small business i'm with, 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:30.679 I guess that's an important thing to signify small business, 0:20:30.720 --> 0:20:33.400 as we all know, it's much more difficult to acquire, 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:38.040 you know, price breaks. You know at all smaller company 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:41.120 is a larger company. But for me and my children, 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:45.560 if I went through viciously to the company, my couts 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:49.879 was I mean significant, almost eighty percent higher. So if 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:52.760 the health place marketplace goes away, you know, obviously I 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:56.119 have some severe concerns. I've tried to educate myself a 0:20:56.119 --> 0:20:58.639 little bit lately on this and reading what I could, 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:01.960 and I've saw that people that are making the income 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:05.720 I'm making on the platform, if this goes away, you know, 0:21:06.080 --> 0:21:08.760 our policies will about one hundred and four percent, it says, 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:12.280 our equivalent of around seventy five eleven five hundred a year. 0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:18.040 So you know, the single parent that's concerning right So. 0:21:17.680 --> 0:21:20.560 You know what's frustrating to me because you're describing a 0:21:20.640 --> 0:21:23.920 dilemma that many, many people listening to us right now 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:27.719 are going through. And like you, I went through a 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:30.359 long period of my early adult life I didn't have 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:33.080 health insurance. I couldn't afford health insurance. It was not 0:21:33.119 --> 0:21:37.680 a priority of my life. There are so many new innovative, 0:21:38.000 --> 0:21:43.720 creative ways that people can get covered and do it 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:47.480 way more cheaply, like We have our friend doctor Josh 0:21:47.600 --> 0:21:51.640 umber At was MD. It's now national and you know, 0:21:51.920 --> 0:21:54.520 and that's a healthcare cooperative. And when he started this 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:58.440 in Wichita, you paid fifty bucks a month unlimited appointments 0:21:58.480 --> 0:22:02.520 with doctors. They took care of everything except major issues 0:22:02.600 --> 0:22:06.919 like cancer, heart attack, stroke, things like that. Although they 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:09.080 would start, you know, if you went into the office, 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:13.520 they would offer emergency care immediately, unlimited visits. Fifty bucks 0:22:13.560 --> 0:22:15.240 for an adult, ten bucks for a kid per month. 0:22:15.280 --> 0:22:17.960 That's how they started. And then you'd leave. He would 0:22:18.000 --> 0:22:21.400 negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and you'd pay ninety ninety five 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:25.359 percent less than others, and it was just brilliant. Now 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:29.680 he incorporates telemedicine in this, then we that's all. You 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:34.040