1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: So I know that every generation is either getting dumber 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: or as we get older, we just think everyone else 3 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: is dumber. Truth be told. When it comes to that, 4 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: it's usually that the younger generations aren't as experienced and 5 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: they have a different perspective on life than what we 6 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: do who have experienced some things. So we just always 7 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: assumed that they're dumb, but they're not. We were just 8 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: that dumb too, except for Mark. Mark was never a 9 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: dumb kid. Thank you for that. I know you're very welcome, 10 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: You're very well. It was why you are in the newsroom. 11 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: You see, if you were if you were a smart, 12 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: studious person who really had to perceptive skills and knew 13 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: how to analyze things, they put you in the newsroom. 14 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: If you were a dummy who made a lot of 15 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: mistakes and learned life through making those mistakes, and then 16 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: they make you a talk show host, And that's exactly 17 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: what happened here. However, was running across an article that 18 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 1: the La Times is running, and come to find out, 19 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: grades in the LA school district are going up, but 20 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: test scores are going down. How is this possible? It 21 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: would seem through basic analysis it's possible because kids are 22 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: cheating on their homework. That seems obvious to me. Come 23 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: to find out, that doesn't seem to be the explanation 24 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: everyone believes is the case. LA Times article. After falling 25 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: in the early semesters of the pandemic, by spring of 26 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, high school in middle school math and 27 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: English grades in LA Unified School District not only rebounded, 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: they went up, according to an LA Times analysis. At 29 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: the same time, math and English proficiency rates on the 30 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: States Standardized test fell to their lowest level in five years. 31 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: All right, well this, okay, wait a minute, is there 32 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: a reasonable explanation for this that doesn't leave us pointing 33 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: fingers at somebody and saying, well, this is their fault. No, 34 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: we do talk radio, so we're gonna blame it on somebody. 35 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: But if we were to suppose that there were a 36 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: reasonable explanation, we would say, well, that's because the kids 37 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: had a tough time in twenty twenty and maybe even 38 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: early twenty twenty one with schools, you know, being closed 39 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: and trying to get restarted and this sort of thing. 40 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: We all right, well, that would that would explain why 41 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: there's why things are tough. So the kids are getting 42 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: good grades, but they're just behind, and so it would 43 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: make sense that their grades are good as they're trying 44 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: to catch up. But when you take a standardized test, 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: they're they're not at the level they should be, simply 46 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: because we had the COVID year. Basically, Now, that may 47 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: seem like a reasonable explanation, but frankly, I still got 48 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: six more minutes to kill in this segment, So let's 49 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: go ahead and point some fingers on this. The vast 50 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: majority of students whose teachers follow revised grading guidelines put 51 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: in place amid the pandemic received a's, bs and cs 52 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: in the classes, but the good report cards may not 53 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: reflect the students' ability to meet the California's grade level standards, 54 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: even though a district policy calls for a se to 55 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: mean that a student understands the material. That's a newspaper 56 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: way of saying what I just did, and that is 57 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: that they're aids are good, but everyone's basically half a 58 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: year to a year behind where they should be because 59 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: of the pandemic year. All right, but there's more to this. 60 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: Remember this, Remember this key sentence. The teachers are following 61 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: revised grading guidelines. Yeah, revised grading guidelines there, that's the 62 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: hang up here. In math, seventy three percent of eleventh 63 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: graders earned a's, b's, and c's. Test scores, however, showed 64 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: only nineteen percent met grade level standards. In other words, 65 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: little Susie's coming home and she's got a bee in 66 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: her algebra class, and yet when she takes her test, 67 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: she is she's pulling a an F minus. Is there 68 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: enough minus? I don't think there is enough minus. There 69 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: should be Let's call it a double. She's got an 70 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: f F. Little Jimmy is an eighth grade and maybe 71 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: he's pulling an A. Seventy nine percent of eighth graders 72 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: we're getting a's, bs and season math. However, test scores 73 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: showed that fewer than one quarter met grade level standards. 74 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: In other words, little Jimmy, he's got an A in 75 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: his pre algebra which I took in eighth grade and 76 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: hated it. But his test scores show that little Jimmy 77 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: should probably be in remedial math. How is this even possible? Again, 78 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: let's come back to this little sentence here that I 79 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: want to focus in on the revised grading guidelines. We 80 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: have revised the grading guidelines. Pandemic hardships led again from 81 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: the only times pandemic hardships led LA unified in other 82 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: California districts to ease grading requirements as students experienced unprecedented 83 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: disruption to their lives and education. When campus is closed, 84 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: the most vulnerable students lacked basic resources and support at 85 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: home to continue learning all of It's true, a lot 86 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: of the kids didn't have the opportunities at home. Maybe 87 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: maybe mom and dad are still trying to work through 88 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: the pandemic, you know, maybe they weren't sent home. Maybe 89 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: they were essential workers. Maybe they were just essential to 90 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: whatever the business was that they were in. Maybe they 91 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: were working from home, but they didn't have time to 92 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: sit there and basically homeschool their kids, and they made 93 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: it tough. Or maybe he ran into a situation where 94 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: the kid is not from an affluent family and doesn't 95 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: have the ability or the resources, I should say, in 96 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: order to be able to keep up with the class. 97 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: Maybe a little Tim doesn't have the new laptop. Maybe 98 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: a little Tim is trying to get by with what 99 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: he can get by on. Maybe they're still running an 100 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: old computer in the family room, but he has to 101 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: share with two or three other siblings totally possible. When 102 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: long existing disparities became starkly evident, educators moved toward compassionate 103 00:05:55,839 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: grading that did not penalize children for the unfoldings. In 104 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,119 Speaker 1: the spring of twenty twenty, when the school's first closed, 105 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: the district eliminated f's entirely. In other words, Susie, who 106 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: should be getting an F minus or FF? She doesn't 107 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: get that now, we're just getting a need to work 108 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: a little harder, Susie. The following academic year, which largely 109 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: unfolded online, the district saw a flood of d's and 110 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: f's and quickly moved to change grading guidelines, giving students 111 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: additional time to make up work and retake tests. A 112 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,799 Speaker 1: D is considered a passing grade for graduation, but college 113 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: readiness requirements call for a C or better. I don't 114 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: know it was when you were growing up. For me, 115 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: a D met you passed. You were below average, but 116 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: you passed a D. Me met. The school wanted you 117 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: to not be their problem any longer. A D met, Congratulations, 118 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: We're going to say that the teacher did their job 119 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: and you can move on. And a college says you're 120 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: not good enough for us. That's how it was when 121 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: I was growing up, guessing that's how it was for 122 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: you growing up Alifornia, and we decided that was good 123 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: enough for us. That's the way it should be going forward. 124 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: The problem, however, is that for you and I getting 125 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,559 Speaker 1: a D when we were younger was harder than somebody 126 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: getting a D after the pandemic. This is probably our 127 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: biggest failing when it comes to handling the pandemic. Not 128 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: just the students and the kids in the school, but 129 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: we really lowered the standards for everything, and we didn't 130 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: bring the standards back up. There's one thing to say 131 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: that we understand that there are additional hardships happening right now. 132 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: COVID hits, everything shuts down, businesses are closed, people are 133 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: out of work. So we say, well, let's put in 134 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: let's put in an eviction moratorium to make sure that 135 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: people who through no fault of their own, are unable 136 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: to make their rent payments. Let's make sure that they 137 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: don't get thrown out in the street. It's compassionate, and 138 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:03,239 Speaker 1: it's reasonable for it to continue on for the last 139 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: two years. Is unreasonable when the students miss time in 140 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: school and then we go to the online learning, which 141 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: is which proved to be challenging. I'm not saying it 142 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: was the wrong choice, and a lot of people are 143 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: going to scream that it was the wrong choice. I 144 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: will not say that it was the wrong choice. I 145 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: fully understand why that choice was made, and I don't 146 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: disagree with the choice. However, by installing compassionate grading and 147 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: then sticking with compassionate grading, we've given a pass to 148 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: an entire I don't want to say a generation, but 149 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: we've given a path. Well, it really is a generation. 150 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: It's like an entire generation just missed a year of school. 151 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: That's not fair to them going forward. We didn't help 152 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: them catch up. Instead, what we did is we said, Wow, 153 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: things were really hard, let's just lower the standards. We 154 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: lowered the bar. We lowered the bar for evictions. I 155 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: guess we raise the bar for your evictions. We lowered 156 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: the bar for making your rent payments. We lowered the 157 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: bar for achieving success in school. We can't keep lowering 158 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: the bar and then expecting people to outperform previous bars. 159 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: It doesn't work that way, and it's not fair to 160 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: the students. And what happens is the students think they're 161 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: doing great. The parents believe students, hey, my kids are 162 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: getting ais and bees, that must be fantastic. Unfortunately, they 163 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: go and take those tests, those standardized tests, and those 164 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 1: a's and bees proved to be garbage because the students 165 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: test scores, which is a real measurement of how the 166 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: students should be performing based on their grades, just aren't there. 167 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: And then, not to be too curmudgeonly, here, schools get 168 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: rid of SATs and ACT requirements and so they're using GPAs, 169 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: which we know are artificially inflated because schools have used 170 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 1: these compassionate grading systems, and kids get to college and 171 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: professors at college aren't nearly is forgiving, and suddenly you've 172 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: got a crisis of education on your hands where kids 173 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 1: are going into college woefully unprepared, and so the compassionate 174 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: grading ends up creating more of a class divide between 175 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: the kids who were able to keep up with their 176 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: studies because their parents had the wherewithal, and the kids 177 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: who are trying to break through suddenly are way underprepared 178 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: for getting to college. And you have the haves and 179 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: the have nuts, and it's our fault for allowing it 180 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: to go on as long as it has. I got 181 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: to talk about getting fat on the holidays. I just 182 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: jump around all over the place, don't I From dumb 183 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: kids to fat me. I'm gonna tell you why fat 184 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: shaming is good. It's next Chris Maryland for John A. 185 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: Ken k If. I am six forty live everywhere in 186 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 1: your eyheart radio app. Holidays are here. I'm looking forward 187 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: to eating a bunch of crap I am. My wife says, 188 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: what do you want for Christmas? I said, whatever's in 189 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: front of me. I'm all about it, love it. And 190 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: the thing is is that I know I'm putting on weight. Right. 191 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: I gained my my COVID thirty five, and I was like, WHOA, 192 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: sky's a limit. We can keep going. It's got a 193 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: change though. It's the COVID thirty five. I thought it 194 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: was the COVID twenty. That's what my doctor told me. Oh, 195 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: your doctor was lying, he was low balling it. I 196 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: guess COVID thirty five. And the thing is is that 197 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: I know it's because of what I eat, because I 198 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: you know, I I walk my dogs every day, right, 199 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: we get a couple of miles in every day. Granted 200 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: it's not like it's a high pace or anything, and 201 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: we do stop to pick up poop periodically. Sometimes there's 202 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: but I feel like the weight should be coming off 203 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: because I am exercising and my Apple watch tells me, congratulations, 204 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: you've burned an extra nine hundred calories today, And yet 205 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: the scale doesn't seem to show that I'm burning an 206 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: extra nine hundred calories a day. The scale says, hey, fats, Oh, 207 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: how are you doing that? And I think it's because 208 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: I just eat too much garbage. The Wall Street Journal 209 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: was talking about how holiday weight gain. Why does it matter? 210 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: Why would the Wall Street Journal talk about this? It's 211 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: because you've got a number of companies that are paying 212 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: attention to how fat you are. I love this company. 213 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: Weight management challenges have long been a feature of the 214 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: office life during the holidays, encouraging staffers to avoid gaining 215 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: between November and January. The challenges often carry the model 216 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: maintain don't gain, offering incentives such as rebates on insurance 217 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: premiums to employees who track their weight and stay in 218 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: a particular range through the holiday season. That seems like 219 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: a nice incentive, doesn't it. Hey, we can lower your 220 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: insurance premium if you don't gain weight during the holiday season, 221 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: but the only way to prove that is if you 222 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: tell them how fat you are, you jump on the scale, 223 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: and you weigh in periodically. It motivates some people, the 224 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: programs and their messaging aggravate other people. However, according to 225 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: The Wall Street Journal, they say companies shouldn't monitor workers, 226 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: wait and rankle at notes like one sent to employees 227 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: of a Knocka County, Minnesota, noting that this holiday the 228 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: only thing that should be stuck is the turkey. Evidently 229 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: they feel like you shouldn't be stuff in your belly 230 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: full or whatever it is that you're eating. They say. 231 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: Challenges are ill time for a moment when the body 232 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: acceptance is gaining traction. Some workers and clinicians say, and 233 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: a recent research links weight stigma with poor mental health 234 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: outcomes for unhealthy eating habits. Obesity is on the rise 235 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: in the United States, which raises the risk for health 236 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: issues like type two diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sleep, at neumuscular 237 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: skeletal injuries. The number of states with obesity rates is 238 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: now over thirty five percent, more than doubled according to 239 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: these Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data in other words, 240 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: we're getting fatter, and our response is to say, that's cool. 241 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: We don't want you to feel bad about getting fatter. 242 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: And I gotta tell you, there's this big part of 243 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: me that says, that's great. Don't feel bad about who 244 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: you are, because, truth be told, I'm not really judging you. 245 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: I have to tell my self that too, because I'm 246 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: not happy with the person I see in the mirror. 247 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 1: I'm disgusted by who I look like in the mirror. 248 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: And as I'm getting older, all of a sudden, skin 249 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: doesn't spring back the way it used to. I don't 250 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: like it at all. And frankly, I like intofacy with 251 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: my wife. I don't like that because I don't want 252 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: her to see the fat guy that's lying on top 253 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: of her although she knows she can't breathe. I don't 254 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: like who I see in the mirror physically. But I 255 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: also have to remind myself I'm not judging the person 256 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: I see on the street. When I meet somebody that 257 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: shake their hand if they're overweight, I don't think, oh, 258 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: that's a fatty I just think, hey, how you doing. 259 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: You seem like a nice person, So I'm not worried 260 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: about about their weight. Are they worried about my weight? 261 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: Probably not, But I'm kind of over this whole body, 262 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: excepting stuff I know from my own mental health. I 263 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: should look at the mirror and be happy with the 264 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: person I see, but I'm not at all. I don't 265 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: judge somebody else based on their weight. I don't think 266 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: somebody else should judge me based on my weight. But 267 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: if I'm simply accepting that, well, hey I'm overweight, aren't 268 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: I kind of trading my physical health for my mental health. 269 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: And if I'm saying, hey, I'm overweight and that's great, 270 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: and I know there's gonna be a clinician, this is Oh. No. 271 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: You should be accepting of who you are but also 272 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: want to change. You can't have it both ways. You 273 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: can't be accepting but want to change, because if you 274 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: want to change, it means you don't accept who you are. 275 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: Right now, what we're saying is it's mentally unhealthy to 276 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: have the stigma around your weight, and yet it's physically 277 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: unhealthy to be overweight. So I'm not happy with the 278 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: person I see in the mirror, and yeah, my mental 279 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: health probably suffers as a result of it. But I 280 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: also think that's normal, And by normal I mean natural, 281 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: Like this is my brain's weight of saying, you've got 282 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: to be healthier. And so when we all keep saying, oh, 283 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: it's great, be happy with who you are, that's fine. 284 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: I'm happy with who you are. And if you're happy 285 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: with who you are, that's great. But the fact is 286 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna have issues because of it. So aren't we 287 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: trading our physical health for our mental health? And if 288 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: we don't have physical health, isn't that ultimately going to 289 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: drag down our mental health In the end. We're just 290 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: we think we're trading one for the other, but we're not. 291 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: It's all just unhealthy. So I guess that means I 292 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: need to walk my dogs a little bit more and 293 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: probably start paying attention when I'm putting into my body too. Right, 294 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: maybe I'll be happy with the person who's staring back 295 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: at me in the mirror. I'll do that after the 296 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: first of the year, for sure. I'll just enjoy life 297 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: until then. All right, from my fat belly to the 298 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: pork in Washington, it's next Chris Maryland for John A 299 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: Ken Cafe. 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We have been watching 309 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: what's going on in DC as Congress has been bickering 310 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: about the Omnibus bill. That's the spending bill, that's the 311 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: budget basically, right, and we have this annual tradition in 312 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: America where we get to the end of the year 313 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: and we start talking about spending starts in October and 314 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: inevitably we run out of money, and then they do 315 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: a continuation package. That package is then usually set out 316 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 1: a continuing resolution they call that. That package is then 317 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: set up to expire sometime around Thanksgiving. Nothing is ever 318 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: done by then, especially in an elect year like we 319 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: saw this year. In many cases, that's for political reasons. 320 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 1: They don't want to spend. The Republicans don't want to 321 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: sign off on anything before they might gain control of Congress. 322 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: The Democrats don't want to, don't want to compromise with 323 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: the Republicans in case they hang on to Congress or 324 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: vice versa in other years. So they kick the can 325 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: down the road. To the other cliche here all the time. 326 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: They usually kick that down into the middle of November, 327 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: right around Thanksgiving. Nothing ever comes of that. The politicians 328 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: are looking forward to their their breaks, so they do 329 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: another continuing Resolution, which puts us right around Christmas. And 330 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: so we end up with this annual tradition of are 331 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: we going to close the government? It looks like we're 332 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: not going to shut the government down. Looks like we 333 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: made this happen. And Andy Fields, our abcents corresponding to Washington. Andy, 334 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: you and I were talking about this yesterday. They had 335 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 1: they have until tomorrow at midnight, right that they had 336 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: to get this past and for the President to sign 337 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 1: its one point seven trillion dollars spending package. Right, Yeah, 338 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 1: you know trillion. Here's trillion there. You start to talk 339 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: about some serious money. Yeah. The Senate passed it overwhelmingly today, 340 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: I think only twenty eight Republicans voted against it, A 341 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: significant number of Republicans in the Senate voted for it. 342 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: It was a giant compromise. Publicans didn't get all the 343 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,719 Speaker 1: tax breaks they wanted for various corporations and wealthy folks. 344 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 1: Democrats didn't get all the social programs that they wanted. 345 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: But it was a pretty good split the baby down 346 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: the middle compromise, and it's going over to the Senate. Now. 347 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: Republicans in the House do not like this at all, 348 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: and there's only one reason, because they're going to be 349 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: in the majority in two weeks and they want to 350 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: get their fingerprints all over this budget bill and make 351 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,959 Speaker 1: all kinds of cuts and put all kinds of goodies 352 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: in for what Republicans want. The In fact, they even 353 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: threatened the Republicans in the Senate saying, if you guys 354 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: don't play ball with us and vote against this thing 355 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: and let us have some saying it and they congress, 356 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: then we're not gonna play ball with you when we 357 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: get the majority, and some of the priorities you want 358 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 1: won't be in our bills. It's kind of the equivalent 359 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: of a twelve year old holding his breath or taking 360 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: the ball when you don't play by his rules in 361 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: the in the playground. Right, that didn't work out. In fact, 362 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: it mostly angered Senate Resublicans had probably drolled them to 363 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: vote for the bill. Nancy Pelosi says that tomorrow morning 364 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: they will vote on this thing. It will likely pass 365 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: and everyone will go home for Christmas if they can 366 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: move the store, and then they have to get it 367 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 1: to the President's asking then he's going to sign it 368 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: and everything should be wrapped up in time, just in 369 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: the nick of time, an eleventh hour save again. Right. Well, 370 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: fortunately it's a very short drive from the US capitals 371 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 1: of the White House, so yeah, they'll they'll manage to 372 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: get it somewhere well before midnight tomorrow. Yeah. Well there's 373 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: a blizzard coming, so who knows, you know, maybe maybe 374 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: we'll get stuff move. Have to email it over presidential 375 00:20:55,240 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 1: snowplow snowplow one. You're brill my friend. So Andy, uh, 376 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm struck by the Congressional Republicans threatening the 377 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: Senate Republicans. I know, there's there's always been sort of 378 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: a little bit of I don't want to say animosity, 379 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: that's not the right word, but let's just say competitive 380 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: spirit between the House and the Senate. Oftentimes, the Senate 381 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: is considered sort of the superior of the two um, 382 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: the two units of congress Um. It seems strange that 383 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 1: McCarthy would would threaten Senate Republicans. It'd be one thing 384 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: if he said, listen, Democrats, if you pass this, we're 385 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: not gonna We're not gonna do anything for you in 386 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: the future, because who cares. They all say that to 387 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: each other every chance they get. They say, we're not 388 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: going to listen to you if you do this to us, 389 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: and there's it's always idle threats. It just seems really 390 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: odd to me that you would have the potential speaker 391 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: in the House, uh, Kevin McCarthy saying to uh, to 392 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in the Senate, we're gonna 393 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: show you this is This is kind of like the 394 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: brother saying I'm going to take my ball and go 395 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: home when he's already home and playing in the backyard 396 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: with his other brother, who can just go get the 397 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: ball and play again whenever he wants. It's bizarre to me. Well, 398 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: it makes more sense when you realize that Kevin McCarthy 399 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 1: still has man have the votes to become Speaker of 400 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: the House, and he's playing to the very tiny minority 401 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: of folks like Matt Gates and Lauren Bobert and some 402 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: of these some have being really to further right members 403 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: of the Republican Caucus who do not want him to 404 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: be House Speaker, and without their votes, he will not 405 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 1: be House Speaker. So he's doing this tough guyak in 406 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: large part to assuage them and press them to say, Hey, 407 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: I'm on your side, guys. I'm gonna be a bigger, 408 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: you know, a bigger fiscal conservative than you guys are, 409 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: and he's hoping that that may sway them at their vote. 410 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: I mean, that's the only exclamation behind those Does it 411 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 1: almost backfire on him? Then, Andy Fielder, Aby SENS correspondent 412 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: in Washington. Does it backfire McCarthy if he's ineffective in 413 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: his posturing, Well, he has no control over the Senate. 414 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean, the Senate can do what it wants, but 415 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: if he appears to be on their side. Look, Kevin 416 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: McCarthy is going to have to make some super big 417 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: deals with the devil in order to get this job. 418 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: He's going to have to give the Marjorie Marjorie Taylor 419 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: Green's already supporting him, in large part because I'm sure 420 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy has offered her some plumb spots on committee. Remember, 421 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: Marjorie Green was a freshman two years ago and immediately 422 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: got kicked out of every committee she was in because 423 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: she was posting white supremacist themes and all kinds of 424 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: other stuff. They cut the entire house to basically make 425 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: her a Twitter feed person because she did nothing in 426 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: the House for two years, and then she got reelected. 427 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: And now that the House has the Republican majority in January, 428 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: she's going to have some power and she's using it 429 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: to as leverage to give her vote to Kevin McCarthy. 430 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: There are other Republicans doing the same thing, and it's 431 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: going to be very interesting because Republicans, just as the 432 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: Democrats have for the last couple of years, have the 433 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: slimmest of slim majorities in the House. I think it's 434 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: four votes, maybe a four vote majority, and maybe wrong 435 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: about that, and that's a real problem. It was less 436 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: of a problem for the Democrats because they tended to 437 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: vote in lockstep, but this Republican caucus is pretty fractured. 438 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: There's some pretty far right folks that are very far 439 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 1: right of Kevin McCarthy, even though you know he talks 440 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: a game or he ignores some of some of that 441 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: far right what Democrats call ultramaga rhetoric. But at the 442 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: same time he has to play kated to get that job. Yeah, 443 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: it just seems really strange to me. Um, it's not strange. 444 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: I guess it's almost a precarious position where he needs 445 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: their votes. But I mean most of us kind of 446 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: expect and once she gets these plumb committee positions, she's 447 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: going to do some nutty stuff and make the Republican 448 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: Party not look good. I mean, it's well, here her history, 449 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: Jewish space lasers are going to come up in committee meetings. 450 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: Beat's sake, Well those are real. But um, the I 451 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 1: love you. There was a ballot of facetious, is there? 452 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: Uh Yeah, I mean it's it's bizarre some of the 453 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 1: stuff that she has posted online. Uh. And now she's 454 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: got a feud with Lauren Boubert, the other person who 455 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: is often mentioned in the same breath as she. Uh, 456 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: they're yelling at me. In fact, Lauren Boubert actually brought 457 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 1: up the Jewish space lasers mocking Marjorie Taylor Green, So 458 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: expect to see some fireworks flying between the two of 459 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:08,679 Speaker 1: them and in the same political party. Yeah, well, the 460 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: Washington gossip will be interesting. Hey, what was the deal 461 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 1: I saw Mike Lee who was making a big deal 462 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: out of the Title forty two? Was that part? Did 463 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: that end up being part of the spending bill or 464 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: is that going to go to the wayside? He was 465 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: arguing about keeping Title forty two. Yeah. He also an 466 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: amendment which everyone thought was going to basically derail this 467 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: entire bill. Mafe. We wanted to put Title forty two 468 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: the rule that courts have thrown out. Now the Supreme 469 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: Courts kind of put a stay on it, so it's 470 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 1: still in effect. But he wanted to make that a 471 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: federal law and put that into this budget bill so 472 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: that it would for much longer keep asylum seeking migrants 473 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: out because of the pandemic, despite the fact that almost 474 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: no one in the country's wearing a mask anymore, and 475 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: you know, we have vaccines and it's fairly controlled, but 476 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: not in a way that we'd like. That should not passed. 477 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: That amendment did not pass, and if it had, it 478 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: would have been stripped out of the bill in the 479 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: House because Democrats in the House don't want it, and 480 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: that may have derailed the whole thing. Fortunately it did not, 481 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: and I think we're on track to have this thing 482 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: passed and everyone's going to be home and ty Tim 483 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 1: will get his Christmas ham and everyone will be happy. 484 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: God bless us everyone. Thank goodness. It looks like we're 485 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: gonna figure this thing out. Andy. Love talking to you. 486 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: Thanks for your hard work all year long. Man, It's 487 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: it's always you're talking with you, and I admire your work. 488 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: Thank you too. Takes care, thank you? Yea. All right, 489 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: one of the things that's in that bill may change 490 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 1: the way you plan your retirement. Then the cynic in 491 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: me says, maybe Washington is preparing to end one of 492 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: the biggest social safety nets that we've had in this 493 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: country for the last eighty years. I'll tell you what 494 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: that's about. Next Chris Maryland for John and Ken cam 495 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: If I am six four, we're live everywhere in your 496 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: Heart radio app I we'll talk about the bomb cyclone 497 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 1: here in the next and the next segment is I'm 498 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 1: I'm watching some of the I got a message from Pops. 499 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: He's watching the the U the weather. He's in that 500 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: blizzard warning area up in northern Michigan. I'm watching the 501 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 1: He says, well, you know, dem ain't gonna be so bad. 502 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: He says, well, okay, everything we're hearing is gonna be bad. 503 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: But he says, well, you know what them and he's 504 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: got proof it's not gonna be so bad. They say, 505 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what that update is here in just 506 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: a few moments. I still think that your travel is 507 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: probably gonna be pretty horrible. Just the same as we 508 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: talked with our correspondent from Washington there, Andy Field, who 509 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: is just a great dude, by the way, just in 510 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: a side he is genuinely a good dude. I love 511 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: talking with Andy. Some of the stuff that's in this 512 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: omnibus bill is somewhat unique. We know that we've got 513 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: defense spending. We know that we've got some other social 514 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: programs spendings that are in there. We know that tax 515 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: reform is not a major component of this bill, and 516 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: so it's a big spend bill. And half of that 517 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: spending goes to the military. Other stuff goes to other 518 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: national parks and monuments and all the other stuff that 519 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: we spend money on here in this country. But there 520 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: are other aspects of this bill that are a little 521 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: more unique, including one provision in there that modifies retirement plans. 522 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: And this is really interesting to me. Part of this 523 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: omnimous package is the Secure Act two point zero, and 524 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: this is aimed at low and middle income workers, those 525 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: strapped with student debt, and people who may not yet 526 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: have long term have a long term retirement account. And 527 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: I think this is a good thing that Congress has addressed. 528 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: I'm skeptical as to why they did it. I'd like 529 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: to think it's for purely benevolent reasons, but perhaps not. 530 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: Starting in twenty twenty five, most businesses would be required 531 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 1: to automatically enroll employees in a four and one K plan. 532 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: Employees would contribute three to ten percent of their wages 533 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: every year. The contribution would increase by one percent until 534 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: it reaches at least ten percent, though not more than 535 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: fifteen percent. Businesses with ten or fewer employees and businesses 536 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: that have been open for less than three years would 537 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: be exempt, along with church and government plan so most 538 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: companies out there, not super small businesses and not to churches, 539 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: and of course those that have government plans, which would 540 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: be like a pension on its own would be involved 541 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: in this. In this overhaul, it means that when you 542 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 1: start a new job, they're going to take three percent, 543 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna start putting it in a retirement account for you. 544 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: This is great. Too many people opt not to put 545 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: money in their retirement accounts. And I try to tell 546 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: my kids, and I up. I pulled up those retirement 547 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: savings calculators. And in fact, I had this conversation with 548 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,959 Speaker 1: my oldest who's twenty seven now, but at the time 549 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 1: I had this conversation with him, he would have been, oh, 550 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: twenty one, maybe twenty two. And I said, look, if 551 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: you put away, if you put aside two hundred dollars 552 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: out of every paycheck, And I started doing the math, right, 553 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: I said, it's twenty six hundred dollars a year, right, 554 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: fifty two weeks, basically twenty dollars out of it, It'd 555 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: be fiftywo hundred dollars, two hundred dollars out of every 556 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: paycheck he gets paid by weekly. It's one hundred dollars 557 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: a week, fifty two hundred dollars a year. And I said, 558 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: look at this, by the time you retire, by only 559 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: making this donation, you're gonna have over two million dollars, 560 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: And his mind was blown. He's like two million dollars. 561 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: The problem is, when he's twenty two, he has no 562 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: concept of what two million dollars is. He just knows 563 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: it's a lot, but he can't it's not tangible to him. 564 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 1: He doesn't know what that means. So I was trying 565 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: to convince him. Putting aside a little bit now, it 566 00:31:55,880 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: can make a huge difference in the future. Three percent 567 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: for somebody who's nineteen entering the workforce would be fantastic, 568 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: especially if they don't withdraw that money, and especially if 569 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: you know when they leave their job, they're not giving 570 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: a check. That happened to me. One job I had 571 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: where I didn't have that much in there. I think 572 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: twenty five hundred dollars or something, not twenty five hundred 573 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: was to pay out after taxes. But I left a 574 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: job when I was young and they said, well, you know, 575 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: here's your retirement, and I ended up paying taxes on 576 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: it and they cut me a check. I didn't want 577 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: to do that. It's a mess. So I love this idea. 578 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: This means that people aren't so dependent on social Security 579 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: when they get to retirement age. Because when you start 580 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: doing the math, you start seeing how many people don't 581 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: have any savings for retirement. It's terrifying. They're relying on 582 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: Social Security, and as we all know, we keep we've 583 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,719 Speaker 1: been hearing this for years, social Security may not be 584 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: around for some of us. I got another twenty years 585 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: to me before I retire. I don't know that I'm 586 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 1: gonna have Social Security available. And so the cynic in 587 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,800 Speaker 1: me says, maybe Congress is doing this right now because 588 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 1: they know Social Security will not be there, and they're 589 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: trying to replace social Security with an automatic enrollment into 590 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: the market. Right, We're gonna put all of our eggs 591 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: in the capitalistic basket and we're gonna get away from 592 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: the social safety net. And maybe it's because they know 593 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:19,360 Speaker 1: the social safety net is gonna go broke. That's entirely possible. 594 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: If you earn less than seventy one thousand dollars a year, 595 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: the federal government it's going to provide a fifty percent 596 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: match up to two thousand dollars and employee cash contributions. 597 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: I hate it when they do this. They say, we're 598 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna include a fifty percent match up to 599 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: two thousand dollars. What what it means is you're gonna 600 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: get a grand if you make less than seventy one 601 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: thousand dollars a year and you invest two thousand dollars 602 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: or more in your retirement account, roughly three percent, they're 603 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: gonna match. They're gonna give you a thousand dollars to 604 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 1: go with it. That's cool. There'll be some other provisions 605 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 1: that go in there, including emergency savings. Part timers would 606 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: be enrolled in such a thing as well. Mandatory distributions 607 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,719 Speaker 1: would change so that that would rise up to like 608 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: seventy age seventy five by the year twenty thirty three. 609 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: So people are living longer, but right now they have 610 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 1: to take their money out starting at age seventy two. 611 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:18,320 Speaker 1: Now they'll be able to leave it in there a 612 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 1: little bit longer, which is all great. One of the 613 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: other aspects, because we know college keeps getting more and 614 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: more expensive, and this is part of the omnibus package. 615 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 1: This is part of the spending bill, but this is 616 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: actually a savings Act that's part of the spending bill, 617 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,400 Speaker 1: which is crazy. We know college keeps getting more and 618 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,320 Speaker 1: more expensive. It's an argument that we have year in 619 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,320 Speaker 1: and year out, and colleges keep raising tuition. People strapped 620 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: with student debt may not be able to afford to 621 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,359 Speaker 1: put money into retirement accounts, causing them to miss out 622 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 1: on employers matching contributions. Under the proposed law, which is 623 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: likely to be passed, employers could choose to make contributions 624 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: to retirement accounts based on an employee's student loan payments. 625 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 1: In other words, there's a priv you in there that 626 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: allows for you to be able to make your student 627 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:08,839 Speaker 1: loan payment and still save for retirement. That's huge. How 628 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 1: many people do you know that are making their minimum 629 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: student loan payments and that student loan total amount isn't 630 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: really going anywhere. It's devastating to be out of college 631 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: for ten years and still oh almost as much as 632 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: you did when you first left college. It's crippling, and 633 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 1: that debt hurts. Getting out of debt should be your 634 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,799 Speaker 1: biggest priority once you're out of college. Absolutely should be. 635 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:35,920 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna talk about this bomb cyclone of 636 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,879 Speaker 1: the country, all except California, which is like Mack, we're good. 637 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: But it is going to impact a lot of us here, 638 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 1: whether you know it or not, it's likely to impact you. 639 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: I'll tell you how in just a moment. Chris Meryland 640 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,439 Speaker 1: for John and Ken. It's k if I AM six 641 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: forty live everywhere on your iHeartRadio app