1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: Hello, Nuts Wild Family. Ben Carson here, and I'm delighted 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: to join you as Nuts guest hosts for these couple 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: of episodes while he's on vacation. And you know, I'd 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: like to talk today about why America matters. What is 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 1: it that's different about America and why is it so 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: important that we are of, by and for the people. Well, 7 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,319 Speaker 1: you know, when you go back and you look at 8 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: societies throughout history, you find that there is always a 9 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: tendency for the governing bodies to want to dominate the people. 10 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: That's why America was going to be different. It was 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: going to be run by the will of the people. 12 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: The government was going to work for the people, and 13 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: it was an there's no question about that. Now, a 14 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: lot of people were really interested. How long is that 15 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: going to last before the government just wants to take 16 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: over and control everything, because that's a natural human tendency. Well, 17 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: it did last for a long time. We find ourselves 18 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: in some difficulty right now with those who want to 19 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: just expand that government beyond belief and control every aspect 20 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: of our lives and tell us what we should be doing. 21 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: So this is where the rubber hits the ruder. This 22 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: is where the people will have to decide. Is it 23 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: easier just to capitulate and surrender and let the government 24 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: control your life, or do you want that control in 25 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: your own life. Do you think you know better how 26 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: to manage your life and how to manage your resources 27 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: than the quote experts unquote in governing? This is what 28 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: we're going to be talking about today. When I think 29 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: about what the world was like before America became a 30 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: great power, it's not a pretty picture. You had all 31 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: these despotic leaders and they would do whatever they could 32 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: get away with. If there was a weaker country to 33 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: their southful to their north, they would invade them, They 34 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: would capture the people, enslave people, take all the resources, 35 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: and they just sort of assumed that that was their 36 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: right because they were bigger and more powerful. And then 37 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: along came the concept of America. And you know, it 38 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: was not easy because it was originally an English colony 39 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: and there was a saying the sun never set on 40 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: the British Empire. They had their footprint everywhere, including here, 41 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: and they intended for it to stay that way. But 42 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: it was extraordinarily brave patriots who said, no, we want 43 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: our own nation and we want it to be a 44 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: free nation, a nation of the people. Just think about 45 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: our Declaration of Independence. It's really a very inspiring document 46 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: when you think about it. And I'll read a little 47 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: portion of it right here. We hold these truths to 48 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: be self evident, that all men are created equal, that 49 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: they are endowed by their create a tour with certain 50 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: unamiable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the 51 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are 52 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent 53 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: of the governor. Think about that government is posed to 54 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: work according to our Decoration of Independence, by the consent 55 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: of the people. All men are created equal. Now there 56 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 1: are those who say, yeah, but the United States, I mean, 57 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: they didn't really mean that because they had slaves. Well, remember, 58 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: slavery has been a part of human society since there 59 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: was human society. There are actually more slaves right now 60 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: in the world than there were in eighteen sixty three 61 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: when the Emancipatient Proclamation was put forth. And remember, not 62 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:34,799 Speaker 1: everybody in the United States was agreeable with the concept 63 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: of slavery. In fact, there were a lot of anti 64 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: slavery individuals and the abolitionists fought vigorously and eventually this country, 65 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: unlike many others in the world where slavery existed, fought 66 00:05:54,400 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: a civil war, a bloody civil war, losing hundred thousand 67 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: men at a time when we only had thirty million people. 68 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: That was a huge portion of our population. It would 69 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: be like losing six to seven million people today over 70 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: an issue. So to characterize the country as one where 71 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: we embrace the concept of slavery, it's a mischaracterization. But 72 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: battle was fought. And think about our constitution and think 73 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: about the Bill of Rights, think about such things as 74 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: the First Amendment that proclaim freedom of speech and freedom 75 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: of religion. That's why America was such a beacon. That's 76 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: why so many people wanted to come here from all 77 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: over the world. And that's why even today you see 78 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: people seeing the United States of America as the beacon 79 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: of freedom, the place where they would like to come. 80 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: During my time in the administration, it became even clearer 81 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: to me how much America matters, and we were able 82 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: to get a lot of things accomplished for the people. 83 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: We were able to establish, for instance, the opportunity zones, 84 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: and they're just what that sounds like opportunity zones, places 85 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: to give people the chance to be successful in their lives. 86 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: Created five hundred thousand jobs. It was thought that it 87 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: would attract about one hundred billion dollars of capital in 88 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: a ten year period. In the first two years before 89 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: COVID hit, it had already attracted seventy five billion dollars. 90 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: Think about that. That's amazing. And you'd think about the 91 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: economy that was created by getting rid of so many 92 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: regulations and lurering the taxes, allowing Americans to prosper, particularly 93 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: the minority communities because the rising tide floats all boats. 94 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: And think about the economy that occurred under the previous 95 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: administration and a relatively short period of time, the very 96 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: lethargic economy turned very quickly to a vibrant economy. There 97 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: were lots of jobs, wages were going up. There was 98 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: a sense of well being that the surveys demonstrated among 99 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: the American people. With the administration that we have now, 100 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: all of that has been reversed. And some people say, oh, 101 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: it's just coincidence. You know, these things just happened. It's 102 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: a natural modulation. The economy goes out, economy goes down, wrong. 103 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: It responds to what you do. And you know, if 104 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: you have massive taxation and massive regulations creating situations that 105 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: distance innovilize people to work, guess what happens the economy 106 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: goes down. Happens every single time. And what happens when 107 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: you allow people the discretion to spend their money as 108 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: they see fit, as opposed to just taking it from them? 109 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: What happens when you remove the regulations that keep people 110 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: from exercising their innovative abilities and using the talents that 111 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: God gave them. Things become stale and sluggish. And it 112 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: happens every single time. There's no mystery about this. You know, 113 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: in the previous administration, the unemployment rate in the history 114 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: for the black community, higher wages in the black and 115 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: Latino community, lowest unemployment in the Latino community. It was 116 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: offering a hand up rather than a handout. And what 117 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: a stark difference from what we're seeing today, and happening 118 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: so quickly. In a way, it's kind of good that, 119 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: you know, these things happened back to back so quickly, 120 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: so that the people could actually see and maybe they 121 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: won't be quite so easy to deceive in the future. 122 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 1: Having seen things just supposed right next to each other. 123 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 1: And also, you know, during the previous administration, we didn't 124 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 1: engage in any new form wars, and we started focusing 125 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: on the things that were relevant to our country first. 126 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: Now that doesn't mean that we didn't care about anybody else, 127 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: that we weren't willing to help anybody else. But like 128 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: when you get on the airplane and they say, in 129 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: the case of emergency, the oxygen masks will drop from 130 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: the ceiling, put yours on first before you render aid 131 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: to your neighbor. Why because if you can't breathe, if 132 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: you're not any oxygen, you're not going to be able 133 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: to help yourself or your neighbor. And that's basically what 134 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: the America First policy was about. Let's get our house 135 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: in order. Look at how successful the previous administration was 136 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: in securing the border, which led to improved enhanced safety 137 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: for Americans here at home. What is happening at the 138 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: border now, it's a complete disaster, and there are many 139 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: who won't even acknowledge that there's a problem there and 140 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: COVID is coming across that border. A lot of the 141 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: border agents are being in fact that they don't have 142 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: the option of working from home. They have to be 143 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: there facing things every single day. Their heroic figures, and 144 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: we owe them a great deal. And how we had 145 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: an opportunity to create a lot of programs like the 146 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: Foster Youth to Independence program which housed youth who are 147 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: aging out of foster characters, about twenty thousand of them 148 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: every single year, and Envision centers that took some of 149 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: the federal programs and mixed them with state programs, with 150 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: local programs, brought them all under the same ruth along 151 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: with nonprofits, charities, churches and work together to give people 152 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: a real opportunity so that they could received the kind 153 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: of services that would actually allow them to escape from poverty. 154 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: You know, the way the system exists now, it's pretty difficult. Really, 155 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: That's what America was about. That's why it was so 156 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: attractive to so many people being because they saw a 157 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: place where their talents, their skills, their willingness to work 158 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: hard made all the difference for them. You know, I 159 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: was talking to a young man in the airport from 160 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: Nigeria and you know, we got to talking about success 161 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: in America and of course Nigerians, Ghanaians and a lot 162 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: of people who come from Africa and the Caribbean do 163 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: extremely well in America even though they have black skin, 164 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 1: which kind of belies the whole allegation that we're systemically 165 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 1: racist country. But I was talking to him about what 166 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: was really important in the Nigerian American community, and of 167 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 1: course he talked about education. You know, a bachelor's degree 168 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: is a baseline for a Nigerian family, and also the 169 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: concept of family, intact families and that support system makes 170 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: a huge difference. I really think, you know, one of 171 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: the things that I worked on was trying to get 172 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: members of both parties, quite frankly, to understand that some 173 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: of the policies that we had in place that penalize 174 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: family formation were not good for us as a nation, 175 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: and that we really needed to sit down and think 176 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: about how do we get people to want to form 177 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: strong familial relationships. There are multitudinous studies that show that 178 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: children who grow up in a tradition two parent homes 179 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: have much better outcomes than others. This is not to 180 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: say that single parents can't do a good job. My 181 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: mother certainly did a good job. But you know, we're 182 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: looking at statistical analysis. We're looking at the data here, 183 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: and the data shows that the intent supportive families provide 184 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: a tremendous advantage for young people. We need to think 185 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: about that. I was telling you about the foster used 186 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: the Independence program, which takes these children who've aged out 187 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: of foster care, gives them an actual place where they 188 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: can live, gives them an actual place where they can 189 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: be connected with individuals who are interested in their welfare, 190 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: and provide the wraparound services that are so important when 191 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: you're trying to establish yourself as an adult and become 192 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: a dependent in this world. And we were able also 193 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: to get the Envisioned Centers to amalgamate the services at federal, state, 194 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: and local level, as well as charities and faith based 195 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: organizations all working together to achieve the same kind of goal. 196 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's things like that, those kinds of policies 197 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: that Americans really appreciate. It. That's why more than seventy 198 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: million Americans went to the polls for President Trump. A 199 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: lot of those people didn't like him as a person, 200 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: because you know, he sometimes says some things that rub 201 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: people the wrong way, but they loved the policies. They 202 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: loved the impact of those policies. And it could be 203 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: that those same people now realize that it's not really 204 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: so much about the person and the presidency. It's really 205 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: more about the philosophy and the policies, and how does 206 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: that person feel about America and about the things that 207 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,719 Speaker 1: you think are important. As long as we run it 208 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 1: as a popularity contest and we vote on the basis 209 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: of popularity, we will be facing certain doom, and we 210 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: really need to start thinking about that as a nation, 211 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: Particularly conservatives. I think I have got to have a 212 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 1: wake up call right now and realize that if we 213 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: don't put a little pet thieves aside, all we're doing 214 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: is empowering the left who want to fundamentally change our nation. 215 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: What you are doing is making it possible for your 216 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: children and your grandchildren and all of those who come 217 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: after them to live in a place that doesn't look 218 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: anything like the place we're living today. All you have 219 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: to do is look at the place like Cuba. You know, 220 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: it was supposed to be a wonderful place where the 221 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: people were put on the forefront and human rights were 222 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: looked out for. So how did that work out? Here? 223 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: We are sixty years later, the people riding in the 224 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: streets and waving American plaques because their rights have all 225 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: been taken away from them. That's not a story that's 226 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: unique to Cuba. You find that all over the world, 227 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: and that again is a reason that America was so 228 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: appealing to so many people, and that's one of the 229 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: reasons that we have to fight to maintain America as 230 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: a place that is of by and for the people. 231 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: We also have been working very hard at American Cornerstone 232 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: to make sure that we have a civil society, a 233 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: place where people can disagree but still be agreeable, still 234 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: sit down and have a mill together, still be friends, 235 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: still engage in sporting activities together. We're all Americans, and 236 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: we cannot allow the agents of patriot and division to prevail, 237 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: because if they prevail, we will destroy our union and 238 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: we will destroy this country. There is no question that 239 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 1: that is what's going to happen, and it's going to 240 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: be up to you and me to work effectively in 241 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: our spheres of influence as examples of real adults, not 242 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: third graders who call each other names and jump up 243 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: and down and have a hissy fit, but people who 244 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: actually care about each other, will help each other and 245 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: will engage in conversation together to come up with solutions 246 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: that are mutually agreeable. That's what you have to be 247 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: able to do in a society that is not completely 248 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: homogeneous and thought, Nor should we try to be homogeneous 249 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: and thought. I always say, if two people think the 250 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: same about everything, one of them is not necessary, and 251 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 1: I think everybody is necessary, and we all have these 252 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: complex brains so that we can develop those thoughts on 253 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: our own. You know, when I got to HUT, I 254 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: discovered what so many people would expect from a federal 255 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: government agency, just a financial and organizational mess. There had 256 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: not been an effective CFO office for many years. It 257 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 1: wasn't possible to do an audit because there were so 258 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: many aerial defects. It was absurd. And we were able 259 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:09,479 Speaker 1: to hire Herb Denis. He was a thirty seven year 260 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: veteran partner at Ernstein Young. With much cajoling, he agreed, 261 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: instead of retiring and enjoying life, to come and delve 262 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: into this incredible mess. And he put together a great 263 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: team which worked across all the offices at HUD and 264 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: transformed it into a magnificent organization, and the organization that 265 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: is exemplary and perhaps the best of the federal agencies 266 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: at this point finally able to actually have an audit. 267 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: But also we were able to upgrade the IT system, 268 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: which was so old we didn't have to worry about 269 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: hacking because no one could figure out how to hack 270 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: something at all. Martin I has given us the ability 271 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 1: to provide much more freedom to the grant whole because 272 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: now we have the ability to keep track of the funding, 273 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: to remind people when various deadlines are approaching, etc. That 274 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: makes a very very big difference. So it's people like 275 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: that which are very very encouraging. There are people like 276 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,959 Speaker 1: that all over this country, and I encourage good people 277 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 1: to get involved with your local, state or federal government 278 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: because there's so many people say I don't want to 279 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: do it. I can't put myself through that, I can't 280 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: put my family through that. What if all the good 281 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: people say that, what will be left? What kinds of 282 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: people will be left? People who don't actually believe in 283 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: our constitution, people who don't believe in our declaration of independence, 284 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: people who don't believe in liberty and justice. For awe, Well, 285 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: we need to take a short to support the sponsors 286 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: who make mutes will possible. But when we come back, 287 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: I want to talk a little bit about the American 288 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: Cornerstone Institute, what it is, what it's doing to unite 289 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: the country, and how you the listener can get involved. 290 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 1: Ben Carson Hair substituting for New English and talking about 291 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: why America matters. You know. The Declaration of Independence such 292 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: a wonderful document, and one of the things that's most 293 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: important to me about it is it says that those 294 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: in anable rights that we have life, liberty, and the 295 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: pursuit of happiness, they come from God, not from government, 296 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: and government cannot take those from us. We cannot allow 297 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: government to seize our liberty. You know, you think about 298 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 1: something like liberty, freedom, freedom of speech. One of the 299 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: cornerstone principles that American Cornerstone is uplifting is liberty. And 300 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: a lot of people say, well, we have complete freedom 301 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 1: of speech in this nation. We don't have a government 302 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: that's trying to restrict their speech. Is that true? If 303 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: the government's complicit while big tech and the media take 304 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: away our freedom of speech, penalize us, cancel us to 305 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: all manner of evil things against us, is not that 306 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: the same as the government taking your rights. When the 307 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: government is in bed with Facebook and other big tech 308 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: deciding what things are misinformation, and they get to decide 309 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: what's misinformation and what's not. Is that not a major 310 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: infraction upon freedom of speech? Folks? We have to wake up. 311 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: We have to recognize what is going on in our 312 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: country right now today, and if we don't do something 313 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: about it, we're going to lose those freedoms. The land 314 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: of the free can only remain the land of the 315 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: free if it's the home of the brave. People must 316 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: be willing to stand up. And sometimes it causes you 317 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: some inconvenience. People may call you as you may lose 318 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: your job, you may miss out on some financial opportunities. 319 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 1: But what about your children? What about your grandchildren? What's 320 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: going to happen to them if we're not willing to 321 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: stand up for those principles that provide it liberty and 322 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: justice for all? Do think about that, You know, the 323 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: four cornerstone principles our faith, liberty, community, and life. And 324 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: that's why we launched the Cornerstone Institute. We had, thankfully 325 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: a lot of very good advice from new Gangridge, who 326 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: I think is an incredible patriot. And let me just 327 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 1: tell you a little bit about he joined those Cornerstone 328 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 1: principles faith. You know, our nation has a Judeo Christian foundation. 329 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 1: We believe and right and wrong, we believe immorality, and 330 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: that was something that Alexis that Tookbelle spoke about eloquently 331 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: and his two volumes set democracy in America, and he 332 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: talked about the uplifting sermons that came from the pulpits 333 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: of America and how that encouraged us and strengthened the 334 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: people to be able to overcome overwhelming arts against the 335 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: most powerful military force on earth, the British Army, and 336 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 1: to defeat them that required incredible fortitude. And he said 337 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: that came from our pulpits, from our desire to do 338 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 1: what is right. And he concluded by saying, America is 339 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: great because America is good, and if America ever ceases 340 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 1: to be good, she will cease to be great. Now, 341 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: isn't it interesting as we look around the world today 342 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: and we see the respect that America is rapidly losing. 343 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: During a United Nations session a few months ago, the 344 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: Chinese basically said, America, you're not big stuff anymore. We 345 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: don't really need to listen to you. This happened pretty quickly, 346 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: just in the last few months that we've lost a 347 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: lot of respect in the eyes of the rest of 348 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: the world. I think probably the rest of the world 349 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: is sitting back and laughing. They can't believe what's going 350 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 1: on in this country. We're the ones who are going 351 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: to have to make the changes that faith also teaches 352 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: us how to relate to our fellow man, to be 353 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: kind to one another, to look out for the needs 354 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: of the poor. You know what are we saying as 355 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: we replace that faith with something else? You see people 356 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: riding in the streets, destroying other people's businesses, destroying other 357 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: people's lives, not caring as they shoot wildly in the street. 358 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: Who is hit? Little children being killed, people being canceled, 359 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 1: their livelihoods being destroyed. Can you think of anything other 360 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: than pure, unadulterated evil that motivates this kind of behavior 361 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: in our country? And we must be willing to stand 362 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: up against it. And that's why faith, it's such an 363 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: important cornerstone liberty. We've talked about community. One of the 364 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: other cornerstones our ability to work together, to function together. 365 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: And it's the reason that we became so strong so quickly. 366 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: And then life from the womb to the tomb when 367 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: we got to a place where we just said we 368 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: don't care about little babies in the womb. We can 369 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: kill them, we can get rid of them, we can 370 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: get rid of the people that they're going to become. 371 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: You know, you look at the organizational Planned Parenthood, which 372 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 1: founded by a woman who was a hero in Nazi 373 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: Germany and was a hero to Hillary Clinton, even though 374 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: she believed in eugenics, getting rid of the people who 375 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: you thought were a detriment to society. Think about that. 376 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: We obviously need to protect all human life, including babies 377 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: that are in the safest place where they can possibly be, 378 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: and that's their mother's womb. And you know, I'm pleased 379 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: to see that more and more Americans are advocating that 380 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: we don't kill those babies, because as technology has improved, 381 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: we've been able to see that little face with those 382 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: little eyes, and those of the lips and fingers and toes, 383 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: and that heart beating, and we know in our heart 384 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: of hearts that that's a human being. Some will try 385 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: to deny it and say it's just a meaningless a 386 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 1: bunch of self, but it's not true. It's one of 387 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: the reasons in abortion clinics they don't want the women 388 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: to see the ultrasound. And if you've ever seen an 389 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: ultrasound of an abortion, it is very hard to watch. 390 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: You see this tube introduced into the uters and the fetus, 391 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 1: it actually moves away from it is trying to get 392 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: away from it as it approaches, and just sucks the 393 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: fetus up, grinds them up. And is it any wonder 394 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: that so many women who have abortions have emotional problems 395 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: for the rest of their life after that. We can 396 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: do better than this, people, And you know we call 397 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: some of the ancient societies heathen because they sacrifice children. 398 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: Are we any better? Really? These are things that we 399 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: need to be thinking about well. Faith, liberty, community, and life. 400 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: Those are the cornerstones that made America to a great nation. 401 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: And I'd like you to get involved. Go to American 402 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,960 Speaker 1: Cornerstone dot org and sign up for our newsletter. Like 403 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram and Twitter, and 404 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: donate if you feel compelled to join us. I don't 405 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: consider the donation. I consider it an investment, an investment 406 00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: in our nation. What's going to happen which your parents 407 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 1: and grandparents and citizens do to ensure that America remains 408 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: a beacon of hope. You can read all about it 409 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: right there at the American Cornatone, and you can also 410 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,719 Speaker 1: read about more Perfect Union project, where we're trying to 411 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: get the American people to be more familiar with our 412 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 1: founding documents, with the Declaration of Independence, with the Constitution, 413 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 1: with some of the other beautiful documents that were created 414 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: for this nation. And we also have a very aggressive 415 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: media strategy. You'll see many of the conversations that we've 416 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 1: had about relevant topics, and you'll see many of our 417 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 1: op eds and television appearances because we need to make 418 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: sure that the American people know what's going on. There's 419 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:59,280 Speaker 1: such an effort by many in the media two limit 420 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 1: people here to give them only one side of the story, 421 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,839 Speaker 1: as if they're not smart enough to figure out what 422 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: they believe if they hear both sides of the story. 423 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 1: It really is quite abominable. Well, it's time for another 424 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 1: break from news wonderful sponsors, but we will be right 425 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: back and we will have an opportunity to answer some 426 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:44,759 Speaker 1: of your questions. Welcome back to New Twirl and I'm 427 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,280 Speaker 1: doctor Ben Carson, filling in for the vacationing New Ridge. 428 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 1: I hope he's having a good time and he'll be 429 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: reinvigorated when he gets back here. We thought we tried 430 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: something fun today. We sent out a request for questions 431 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,880 Speaker 1: that you'd like me to answer, and we received some 432 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,280 Speaker 1: really great ones. To help me, I want to introduce 433 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 1: you to Debbie Myers, who is a fantastic person and 434 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: the president of Gangwidge three sixty as well as the 435 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,879 Speaker 1: executive producer of News. Well, hey, Debbie, how's it going. 436 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: It is going great, and you're doing a fantastic job 437 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,919 Speaker 1: filling in for Nude. I know he's gonna just love 438 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: these shows. So thank you so much. Absolutely a pleasure. 439 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,359 Speaker 1: So great questions today, and I want to kick this 440 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 1: one off with a wonderful question from Arthur. Arthur wants 441 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 1: to know what are your ideas for healthcare reforms? How 442 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:43,840 Speaker 1: can we provide as a country an affordable, inclusive private system. 443 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 1: Well that's a great question, Arthur. You know we've been 444 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:55,319 Speaker 1: engaged in this argument about whether healthcare is a right. No, 445 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 1: it's not a right, but I think it is a 446 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: responsibility for a compassionate society. And we are a compassionate society, 447 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:09,280 Speaker 1: and interestingly enough, we spend an enormous amount of money 448 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 1: on healthcare, plenty of money enough for everybody to have 449 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 1: quite good healthcare, but we have so much bureaucracy and 450 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:26,520 Speaker 1: waste and fraud and abuse that will never get there 451 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 1: unless we change the system. What I would advocate for 452 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,319 Speaker 1: is something where people actually have some real responsibility for 453 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:41,359 Speaker 1: their own healthcare. And the best system seems to be 454 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 1: one in which people have healthcare savings account. That account 455 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:52,680 Speaker 1: can be replenished from the very moneies that are already 456 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:58,320 Speaker 1: being spent, but you have say over how it is utilized, 457 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:03,440 Speaker 1: and when that happens, you're much more interested and what 458 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,720 Speaker 1: care you're getting and how that care is being administered. 459 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,640 Speaker 1: And if you have a health savings account, you're not 460 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 1: going to just sit quietly by while somebody orders five 461 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,319 Speaker 1: cat scams. You're going to say, why do you need 462 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: another cat scam? We just had one last month? Right now? 463 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: You don't care right now. The way the system is designed, 464 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,440 Speaker 1: it's sort of like you go to the hotel and 465 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,879 Speaker 1: you give me your credit card and they say, oh, 466 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,319 Speaker 1: you don't need this all your expenses to take care of. 467 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: Oh well, in that case, it can be the room 468 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: service menu and everything else you got whereas if you've 469 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: got to pay for it, you're saying, is there a 470 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,440 Speaker 1: Chick fil A or something nearby? So we want to 471 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 1: bring that kind of responsibility to healthcare as well, and 472 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:57,520 Speaker 1: we need to provide flexibility with those healthcare savings accounts 473 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,279 Speaker 1: so that within a family, money can be transferred. Let's 474 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:06,399 Speaker 1: say the husband's five hundred dollars short, his wife can 475 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,960 Speaker 1: give it to him out of her account, or his 476 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 1: daughter or a son, or an uncle or a cousin. 477 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: And it makes families their own health insurance company. They're 478 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,480 Speaker 1: concerned about each other. If Uncle Joe is smoking two 479 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,880 Speaker 1: packs of cigarettes today, everybody wants to hide his cigarettes, 480 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,279 Speaker 1: you know, they want to encourage him to do what's right. 481 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:31,319 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, those kinds of things would make 482 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 1: an enormous change. And then you also have a provision 483 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:40,800 Speaker 1: where when you die, your healthcare savings account, the moneys 484 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:44,360 Speaker 1: that are in it can be transferred to your family. 485 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 1: And can you imagine during your last six months of life, 486 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:54,320 Speaker 1: if you've got some terminal illness, instead of spending forty 487 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 1: of all healthcare dollars on that last six months, you're 488 00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,279 Speaker 1: probably going to say, let's just keep me very comfortable, 489 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,200 Speaker 1: and I'm very happy for that money to go to 490 00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:09,439 Speaker 1: my daughter or my son. And you know, these are 491 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 1: the kinds of things that really would make a difference 492 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: because we get the people involved, and when we get 493 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 1: the people involved, it's going to be much more effective 494 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:23,759 Speaker 1: when it is just the government that's involved. And you know, 495 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: I'm not a government bacher. You know, I've worked in 496 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:30,160 Speaker 1: the government, but you know, just kind of look at 497 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: what's going on with government and medicine these days. And 498 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,440 Speaker 1: one of the reasons that people have so little faith 499 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:43,360 Speaker 1: is because we tend not to be transparent. We tend 500 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:48,080 Speaker 1: to think that the people don't really know what to 501 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: do with this information, so let's not give it to them. 502 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 1: They're too stupid to figure out what should be done 503 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 1: with their own health and their own health care. And 504 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,440 Speaker 1: it's completely not true. American people are a lot smarter 505 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 1: than give them credit for. But you got to give 506 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,000 Speaker 1: them the information, you got to let them work with it, 507 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,880 Speaker 1: and then you know, for those who perhaps are somewhat 508 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,720 Speaker 1: lacking and intellect there are plenty of other people around 509 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: to help them. That's why we have the societies, that's 510 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,759 Speaker 1: why we have our families, that's why we have our 511 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:25,400 Speaker 1: church groups, and we need to start depending on some 512 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 1: of those more than we depend on the government. Because 513 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,360 Speaker 1: when you depend on the government too much, the government 514 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: just gets bigger and bigger, begins to think of itself 515 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:43,440 Speaker 1: as more important, as indispensable, and as the ruler of 516 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:49,719 Speaker 1: our lives. That is exactly what America was not supposed 517 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,799 Speaker 1: to be. And it's going to take you and me 518 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:57,120 Speaker 1: to make sure that it never becomes that. This next 519 00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,880 Speaker 1: question is from Sandra. What is the name of your 520 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:04,560 Speaker 1: brain booster and is it widely available? Well, you can 521 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 1: certainly see a lot of commercials about it. I have 522 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 1: nothing to do with it. I don't know who those 523 00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:14,800 Speaker 1: people are. We've sent them letters asking them to desist. 524 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 1: They continue to do it because I'm a public figure. 525 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:23,040 Speaker 1: I can't sue them, which is just craziness to me. 526 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,640 Speaker 1: It makes no sense whatsoever. So they can use my name. 527 00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:30,080 Speaker 1: Doctor Odds tells me he has the same issue, and 528 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,920 Speaker 1: some others have it too. You know, why don't we 529 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,200 Speaker 1: have a mechanism to protect people just because they have 530 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:41,080 Speaker 1: a widely recognized name. They shouldn't lose their rights. But 531 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:46,320 Speaker 1: more importantly, this is a scam, So please don't waste 532 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:50,120 Speaker 1: your money trying to buy a brain booster. But if 533 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:51,960 Speaker 1: you really do want to boost your brain, let me 534 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,560 Speaker 1: tell you what to do. What you need to do 535 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,080 Speaker 1: is make sure you drink plenty of water, six to 536 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:01,080 Speaker 1: eight glasses of water every day, eat a well balanced 537 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:07,279 Speaker 1: three miles. Don't put harmful substances in your body, you know, 538 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:12,480 Speaker 1: and I'm talking about illicit drugs and a lot of alcohol. 539 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:18,640 Speaker 1: Don't smoke because that impedes blood flow through some of 540 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:23,080 Speaker 1: your small vessels and many people. And exercise on a 541 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:29,440 Speaker 1: regular basis and get regular full night of sleep. But 542 00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: that will boost your brain function a lot more than 543 00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:37,719 Speaker 1: any little silly tablet that you might take. Thank you 544 00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 1: and Sandra, thank you for asking that question so we 545 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,960 Speaker 1: can clarify that. But that it is a scam bill us. 546 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,520 Speaker 1: The socialists and the communists have been part of our 547 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:50,360 Speaker 1: higher education in America since the nineteen fifties. How do 548 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,840 Speaker 1: we reverse this criminal brainwashing of our youth or is 549 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,799 Speaker 1: it already too late? And what can patriots do to 550 00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:01,799 Speaker 1: take control of the thought process permeating our universities. It 551 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,520 Speaker 1: is no accident that the socialists and the communists have 552 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,680 Speaker 1: gotten into our educational system. They recognize that that is 553 00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:13,879 Speaker 1: a central part of fundamentally changing our nation and achieving 554 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:17,680 Speaker 1: what Khrushchow said, a nation that is communists and they 555 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:21,719 Speaker 1: would never have to fire a shot. Is it too late, 556 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:26,080 Speaker 1: Absolutely not. You can already see the impact that a 557 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:29,080 Speaker 1: lot of the parents are having, the parent groups are having. 558 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,880 Speaker 1: We have to be persistent, and we have to recognize 559 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:36,560 Speaker 1: that this is not just a short term thing. These 560 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:38,880 Speaker 1: people have been at it for a long time, even 561 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:40,759 Speaker 1: before the fifties. You can go all the way back 562 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,279 Speaker 1: to the twenties and thirties when you had the Fabians 563 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:48,479 Speaker 1: and all these people have always known that they need 564 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:52,120 Speaker 1: to change the way that our young people think in 565 00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:56,800 Speaker 1: order to change the way that our nation functions. And 566 00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:03,360 Speaker 1: I would ask patriots to our website, American Cornerstone dot 567 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,040 Speaker 1: org and read some of our commentaries, and read some 568 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:10,280 Speaker 1: of the op edge, look at some of the conversations. 569 00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:15,200 Speaker 1: We want, just like with this podcast, to get to 570 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,880 Speaker 1: people with the facts, and I want you to share 571 00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:22,480 Speaker 1: those facts with the people in your sphere of influence. 572 00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:29,720 Speaker 1: You know, America is of by and for the people. 573 00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:33,680 Speaker 1: It's not of by and for the government. And yet 574 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:38,280 Speaker 1: you see the government encroaching on every aspect of our lives. 575 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:41,160 Speaker 1: They will continue to do so as long as we 576 00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:47,080 Speaker 1: remain silent. We must speak up. Patriots, take this as 577 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:52,560 Speaker 1: your call to arms. We are the owners of America, 578 00:45:52,800 --> 00:46:00,279 Speaker 1: but we are also responsible for its freedom. Well, I 579 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:03,680 Speaker 1: had a great time hosting Newts World today, and I 580 00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:09,080 Speaker 1: hope you enjoyed our time together. It's been absolutely fabulous 581 00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:12,480 Speaker 1: being with you. I'm sure I'll get a chance to 582 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:16,160 Speaker 1: talk to you some more in the future. Dates and 583 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:22,000 Speaker 1: keep the faith and keep praying for our nation. Thank you.