1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: There's a word that a lot of you may have heard, affordability. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: That is the obsession word of the Democratic Party right now, 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: something they never mentioned when Joe Biden was President of 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: the United States of America. Instead, they lied to you 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: and said that there was no such thing as inflation, 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: that it was transitory, and that things were quote getting better, 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: and gas prices really weren't that bad. 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 2: Well, now they're wanting. 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: Americans to believe that the economy is a disaster, and 10 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: they're trying to blame Donald Trump for everything. 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: So let's talk about the facts. 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: Of where we were a year ago compared to now, 13 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: specifically around Black Friday and holiday travel. For Thanksgiving travelers, 14 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: there's a bit of good news. Let me say that again, 15 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: a bit of good news for you at the pump. 16 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: Gas prices are holding steady, a far crime from the 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: sticker shock of recent years. Gas Buddy is now forecasting 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: a national average three dollars and two cents per gallon 19 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: over the holiday, matching, Yes, a low price that we 20 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: needed desperately to help Americans, And we also now know 21 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: that there's other things that are really exciting. Thanksgiving gas prices. 22 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: This is the lowest we've had since the pandemic, when 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: the national average hit three dollars and thirty nine cents 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: a gallon in twenty twenty one and three dollars and 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: fifty six cents a gallon in twenty twenty two. Gas 26 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: prices are coming down and for many drivers, and national 27 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: stability is showing up locally as well. Nearly thirty states 28 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: now boast average prices of under three dollars a gallon, 29 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: from Colorado to New Hampshire to Georgia. According to Triple A, 30 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: Oklahoma tops the list with an average of just two 31 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: dollars and fifty cents a gallon. That is a welcome 32 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: number on many gas station signs for consumers. Now at 33 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: the other end of the spectrum, where liberals are in charge, 34 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: you've still got pain at the pump with overregulation and taxation. 35 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: Let me give you an example of that. 36 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: California is now topping the list as the most expensive 37 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: state when it comes to buying a gallon of gasoline. 38 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: When you look at Oklahoma, a conservative state with not 39 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: a lot of regulation to make prices skyrocket, and certain 40 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: blends a demand to protect the environment right because of 41 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: global warming, well, compare it to what they're paying in California, 42 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: it is four dollars and sixty three cents per gallon 43 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: compared to just two fifty a gallon in Oklahoma. Hawaii 44 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: is actually cheaper, and that's not something you hear about 45 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: very often, as Hawaii is one of the most expensive 46 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: places to just get gasoline, too, it is now less 47 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: expensive to buy a gallon of gas in Hawaii than 48 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: it is with all the regulations on gasoline in California. 49 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: Hawaii at four dollars and forty seven cents a gallon 50 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: compared to four to sixty three in California. Washington State, 51 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:13,119 Speaker 1: another liberal bastion of well socialism, they now are at 52 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: four dollars and eighteen cents a gallon, and rounding out 53 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: the top ten are Nevada at three eighty four a gallon, 54 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: Alaska at three seventy five a gallon, Arizona at three 55 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: thirty seven a gallon, and three states tied at three 56 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: twenty nine Pennsylvania. 57 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: Idaho, and Illinois. 58 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, the most affordable gas can be found in conservative 59 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: states Oklahoma at two dollars and fifty seven cents a gallon, 60 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,119 Speaker 1: Mississippi at two sixty one a gallon, and Louisiana two 61 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: sixty five a gallon. Those states in follow other conservative 62 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: states Tennessee at two sixty six a gallon, Arkansas at 63 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: two sixty seven a gallon, Texas at two seventy a gallon, 64 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: Kansas at two seventy one, Zuri at two seventy three, 65 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: Alabama two seventy three, in Kentucky at two seventy four 66 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: a gallon. You notice the trend here. Where there are 67 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: conservative states, there are lower prices. And when you have 68 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: the most radical liberals at what are their prices almost 69 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: double what is being paid in conservative states. TRIPLEA anticipates 70 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:26,239 Speaker 1: that nearly eighty two million Americans will journey at least 71 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: fifty miles from home over the Thanksgiving holiday, one point 72 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: six million more than last year, marking a record high 73 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: for Thanksgiving travel. Now the revelation comes to the Trump 74 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: administration is pushing ahead on energy, dominance independence. It's a 75 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: key pillar President Donald Trump's economic and national security agenda. 76 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: And while Thanksgiving marks the year's busiest travel stretch, it 77 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: isn't the only time drivers have caught a break. This 78 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: Labor Day, motorists saw the lowest gas prices in a 79 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: half a decade. This is not just one blip on 80 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: the map. It's a clear trend because of the President 81 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: of the United States America putting Americans first, which also 82 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: brings us to what's about to happen with US holiday spending. 83 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: How do Americans actually feel about the economy and where 84 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: we are right now? US holidays spending, we're now being 85 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: told is expected to top one. 86 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: Trillion dollars for the first time ever. 87 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: I want you to take a listen to what they 88 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: had to say about the holidays and shopping patterns this 89 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: year on Fox Business Channel. Despite concerns about the economy, 90 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: people are still looking to spend. 91 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 2: Jerry Willis has the numbers. She joins us Now, hey. 92 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 3: Jerry, Yeah, you know, it's interesting everybody asking just how 93 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 3: generous American consumers will be this holiday season. It's the 94 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: question still under debate. Both Price Waterhouse and Deloitte surveys 95 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 3: of consumer showing Americans tightening their purse strings with declines 96 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 3: of anywhere from five to ten percent. Gen Z the 97 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 3: most cautious, saying they plan to spend twenty three percent 98 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,559 Speaker 3: less than last year, but the National Retail Federation sees 99 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 3: sales rising two point nine to three point four percent, 100 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 3: breaking through the one trillion mark for the first time. 101 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 4: Matter now. 102 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 3: Meanwhile, the big discounters like Walmart, TJ Max showing strong 103 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 3: early results. But what can consumers expect is they hit 104 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 3: them all. Some fire up their web browsers this holiday season. 105 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 3: One retail consultant says potential price hikes loom with the 106 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 3: elimination of the Dominimu's tariff, which allowed goods under one 107 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 3: thousand from offshore to enter the US duty free. She 108 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 3: says it could cost sticker shock for some consumers. Listen, 109 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 3: you need to buy now because we don't know what's 110 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 3: going to happen. 111 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 5: Tariffs could go up at any point, in which case 112 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 5: those prices will get passed on. The price increase will 113 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 5: immediately get passed on to the consumer now. 114 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: Travel snaffoos could also make it difficult to get your 115 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 3: presence delivered on time, so Herzog is also recommending shipping 116 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 3: presents early by December seventeenth at the least. Plus the 117 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 3: big the best prices that is on big ticket electronics 118 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 3: will be available after the holiday season January fifth and later. 119 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 3: Bottom line, if you want to save money this holiday season, 120 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 3: make a list, stick to it. And start early. 121 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: Now this is also happening as we're seeing something else 122 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: that's going to make you very happy, and that is 123 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Meil costs have declined to the lowest level in 124 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: four years, another example of affordability the Democrats are trying 125 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: to say is terrible, and actually it's running yet again 126 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: in the right direction. The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving 127 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: meal down sharply, following to the lowest price since twenty 128 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: twenty one, according to the American Farm Bureau. The Farm 129 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: Bureau's fortieth Anniel survey found that a classic Thanksgiving dinner 130 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: for ten people will cost fifty five to eighteen that 131 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: is down five percent from last year. Since nineteen eighty six, 132 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: volunteers across all fifty states in Puerto Rico have been 133 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: organized by the American Farm Bureau to record local prices 134 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: for turkey, cube stuffing, sweet potatoes, dinner rolls, frozen peas, 135 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: fresh cranberry, salery, carrots, pumpkin pie mix and crust, whipping cream, 136 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: and whole milk. Price is soared during the presidency of 137 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, with inflation rising to the. 138 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: Worst pace in forty years. 139 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: The price of a classic Thanksgiving meal searched fourteen percent 140 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one alone, Biden's first year in office, 141 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: then hitting a record high of fifty three to thirty one, 142 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: despite the administration's insistence that the price increases were transitory 143 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: or the result of a temporary supply shock. The following year, 144 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: what came to be called Biden inflation was even worse. 145 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: The price of a Thanksgiving meal jumped another twenty percent 146 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: to a skyrocketing sixty four five. By Biden's final Thanksgiving, 147 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: the price of a traditional family holiday meal was twenty 148 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: four percent higher than it was when he took office, Yes, 149 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: almost a twenty five percent increase. 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Why because Tommy Tuverville is using logic and 199 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 1: common sense on something that is actually pretty important, transportation center. 200 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: Tommy Teverville is now pushing an Uber Act that would 201 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: require English proficiency for ride shared drivers. Now, if you've 202 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: ever been picked up by an Uber driver, who doesn't 203 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: speak any English. You understand just how frustrating it can be, 204 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: especially if it's the airport. You're in another city and 205 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: you don't know what's happening, and then you have someone 206 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: you cannot communicate with. I travel constantly and it is 207 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: one of the biggest frustrations that I've had, either not 208 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: being able to find me or not being able to 209 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: get me to where I need to go and then 210 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: saying sorry, no English. So Tommy Teverville isn't the only 211 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: one that is paying attention to this. Constituents are as well, 212 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: and that's why he's coming out and saying it is 213 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: essential to ensure that ride shared drivers speak English. He 214 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: said this during an appearance on a Bright Martin News 215 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: Daily discussing is Understanding of Basic English Requirements Act or 216 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: the UBER Act. When asked abad's proposal, Tallbvill said it 217 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: covers any kind of delivery driving, pointing to the importance 218 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: of doing this for truck drivers as well. First of all, 219 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: we got the CDL done. The big truckers, you know 220 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: you got to speak English, he said. Here's more of 221 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: that conversation he had take a listen. 222 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 4: The UBER Act. Understanding Basic English requirements for ride share drivers. 223 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 4: So I'm assuming this also means like a door dash 224 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 4: and stuff like that. 225 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 6: So what's the deal here, anything Walmart delivery, anything to 226 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 6: do with people driving. Okay, first of all, we got 227 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 6: the CDL done. The big truckers. You know, you got 228 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 6: to speak English and read English to drive. You can't 229 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 6: read the signs, you're going to hurt somebody. And we've 230 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 6: had minia wrecks because of people that Gavin Newsom in 231 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 6: California has given his hand out these truck licenses and 232 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 6: kill people because those things are weapons if you don't 233 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 6: know what you're doing. Now, here's what's happening in Uber 234 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 6: and Lyft. We have in a lot of areas in 235 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 6: Alabama and in the South, in peak times for beaches 236 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 6: and all those things, you're having an influx of people 237 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 6: coming from other countries, and a lot of them Muslim 238 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 6: that come in. Sixty seventy of them live in four 239 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 6: or five houses. They pass their visas around to each 240 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 6: one of them, and they pass their driver's license around. 241 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 6: They can't speak English and they drive uber and Lyft 242 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 6: and folks, we got to stop it because you know, 243 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 6: if you can't communicate with somebody. I've had Walmart people 244 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 6: delivering to my house that they'll call I can't what 245 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 6: are you talking about? I mean they're lost, they can't 246 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 6: read the signs. We have got to protect the citizens 247 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 6: of this country. And that's what this bill is about. 248 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 6: If you can't speak English and take an English driving test, 249 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 6: you do not get a driver's license. You do not 250 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 6: drive people around for left and Uber doesn't happen, or Walmart. 251 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 4: The So it's the danger issue. But it seems like 252 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 4: it seems like if you're an illegal alien, the easiest 253 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 4: job or the quickest job that you can get is 254 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 4: to work for door dash or whatever. So we got 255 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 4: to stop that, right is that is that one of 256 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 4: the motives too, is to just turn off a bit 257 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 4: of a magnet for illegals. 258 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 6: You give people jobs that live in this country, because 259 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 6: now you'll have a lot of people come from other 260 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 6: countries that are they're illegal here and they're doing door 261 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 6: dash and all that because it's the only thing they 262 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 6: can get a job doing. But it again, it takes 263 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 6: away from people in this country that are citizens that 264 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 6: can make a living. And you know it's they make 265 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 6: penies on the dollar. And these people love it this 266 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 6: cheap labor. But that's part of our problem with immigration 267 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 6: in this country. 268 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: You hear what Tommy Tuberville is saying here, and part 269 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: of it, I want to go back to you, says. 270 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: We have a lot of areas in Alabama that's where 271 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: he's a center of in the South, and peak times 272 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: for beaches and all these things. We're having an influx 273 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: people coming from other countries, and a lot of people 274 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: that are coming in, he said, a lot of them Musslim. 275 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: They come in, sixty seventy of them live in four 276 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: or five houses. They pass their visas around to each other, 277 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: each one of them, and they pass their driver's licenses around. 278 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: They can't speak English, and they drive uber and lyft, 279 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: so they're basically one person gets in and then they 280 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: just basically fake it. He said, we got to stop 281 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: it because if you can't communicate with somebody, and he 282 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: goes back to what he said about Walmart, I got 283 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: people delivering to my house and they're loss they can't 284 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: read the signs. We've got to protect the citizens of 285 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: this country, and that's what this bill is about. If 286 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: you can't speak English and you and take an English 287 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: driving test, you do not get a driver's license, and 288 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: you do not drive people around for Lyft and Uber. 289 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: This all goes back to by the way of the CDL. 290 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: You got big truckers. 291 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 2: They can't speak English, they can't read the English signs. 292 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: How is that safe? If you can't read the signs, 293 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna hurt somebody. We've seen people die because of this, 294 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: and we've had a lot of racks, a lot of 295 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: this because of California Gavin Newsom given handing out these 296 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: these CDLs to people. 297 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 2: They're killing people on our roadways. We know this. 298 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: These eighteen wheelers, these rigs are weapons. They will take 299 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: your life if you don't know what you're doing, and 300 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: if you can't speak English, it is a problem. This 301 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: is also and I go back to exploiting. Why is 302 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: it that Uber and Lyft and door dash have so 303 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: many illegal immigrant drivers. It's the easiest way to get 304 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: a job. You can lie about it. We see people 305 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: that lie about it, and they and not the person 306 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: that you think is picking you up, is picking you up. 307 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: They share these cars and these licenses and they're there 308 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: just to get, you know, exploit the system any way 309 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: they possibly can. 310 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 2: I think this is for me a no brainer. 311 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 1: I think for me, this is just straight up common sense. 312 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: For me, this is one of those where it's like, 313 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: I want people to be safe. If you are taking 314 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: an uber and a lift, I believe that you should 315 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 1: be able to feel safe. And what does it mean 316 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: to feel safe? Means the person that's picking up you 317 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: can communicate with, like, I think that's really, really, really, 318 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: really incredibly important. I think it's for others around you 319 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: that maybe even don't know. 320 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 2: Who you are, feel safe as well. 321 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: Knowing that there are people on the roadways that are 322 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: not going to make a mistake because they cannot speak English, 323 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: because they cannot read the signs, there is a reckoning 324 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: is maybe the best way that I can describe it 325 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: that I think is happening right now where we are 326 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: genuinely going back to common sense instead of this insanity. 327 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: I think people now care more about safety than they 328 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: have in a very long time. 329 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 2: I'll give you another example of this. 330 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: The FAA says it's launching one of the biggest air 331 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: traffic controller hiring pushes in decades, aiming to bring on 332 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: about eight thousand, nine hundred new controllers by twenty twenty eight. 333 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: As part of a supercharge effort back by Sean Daffy, 334 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: the Transition Secretary. The agency hired twenty twenty six controllers 335 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: in the fiscal year twenty twenty five, beating its goal 336 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: of two thousand after bringing in eighteen hundred the year before. 337 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,679 Speaker 1: They have plans to hire more than twenty two hundred 338 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: next year. They're trying to fill every seat at its 339 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 1: training academy in Oklahoma City, and they say even with 340 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: a searche the system will still fill tight. FA workforce 341 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: plans and outside analysis say the agency is roughly three 342 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: thousand and thirty five one hundred controllers short of where 343 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: it wants to be, with many facilities relying on mandatory 344 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,239 Speaker 1: overtime in six to eight weeks work weeks to keep 345 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: scheduling running, retirements, early exits, and high wash out rates 346 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: in training mean that even hiring the nearly nine thousand 347 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: new controllers by the end of twenty twenty eight would 348 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: result in a net gain of only about one thousand 349 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: additional certified controllers in the FA ranks, according to the 350 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 1: agency's own forecasts. They're trying to get ahead of it here, 351 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: and this is again about safety for travelers. They say 352 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 1: this is a backstory behind a lot of staffing delay messages. 353 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: When there's not enough controllers on a shift, the FA 354 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 1: slows the rate of arrivals and departures. 355 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 2: Many of you have been affected by that. 356 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: I have during travel recently outside the government shut down 357 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 1: by the way, which can back up flights for hours. 358 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: And the new hiring push is meant to chip away 359 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: at that problem, they say, while the agency also modernize 360 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: old computer systems, and officials admit it will take years 361 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 1: before passengers really feel the difference because they're so far 362 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: behind now. For now, they say, the US is trying 363 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: to rebuild a controller workforce that was allowed to shrink 364 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: for far too long, certainly under the Biden administration, but 365 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: even before that, there were warning signs, and people didn't 366 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: pay attention to those warning signs. So if you look 367 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 1: at these two issues, one of the things I'll say 368 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: is when the president is clearly focused on what he 369 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: can do now to help you, but also what he 370 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 1: can do to make you safer, and he's inherited a 371 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: lot of problems and he's doing everything he can to 372 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: fix those problems. 373 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,199 Speaker 2: I love where we're headed with this. I hate that 374 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 2: we're there. 375 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: I hate that this is the reality of the situation, 376 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: but I love where we are headed. 377 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 2: It is big news. 378 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: The White House is unveiling a new healthcare framework. They say, 379 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: we'll lower costs for all Americans. This after the debacle 380 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: that was exposed during the government shutdown of just how 381 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: much money we are spending to subsidize the Affordable Care Act, 382 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: which is anything but adable. The Trump White House, were 383 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: now being told, is expected to unveil a healthcare policy 384 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: framework that not only wou lower costs, but also extend 385 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: expiring Obamacare subsidies while they figure out how to move forward. 386 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: Ms Now and Politico reported both that the healthcare policy 387 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 1: framework would include a two year extension of the expiring 388 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: Enhanced Premium tax credits. Those are the subsidies that you're 389 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: paying for yees. So Obamacare is not cheap at all. 390 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: It did not make things more affordable at all. In fact, 391 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: it made the healthcare insurance providers rich at the expense 392 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: of you, the tax payer. We also know that there'll 393 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 1: be enhanced Obamacare's subsidies, which would otherwise expire at the 394 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: end of the year. The proposal could be unveiled as 395 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: early as this coming Monday. A White House spokesman declined 396 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: to confirm the details of the plan, stating, quote, until 397 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: President Trump makes an announcement himself, any reporting about the 398 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: administration's healthcare positions is mere speculation. But here's what we 399 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 1: are learning through background. The plan apparently with lower limits 400 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: on income eligibility for credits, and that would save American 401 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: taxpayers a significant amount of money. It would also, I'm 402 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 1: being told, set minimum premium payments as well. 403 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 2: According to multiple reports. 404 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: The proposed eligibility cap would set the subsidies to seven 405 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: hundred percent of the federal poverty line. Republicans have complained 406 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 1: that with the Colone Obama here in hands subsison scheme, 407 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 1: wealthy Americans would benefit from the subseason what was meant 408 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: to be only temporary. 409 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 2: Why were they temporary? 410 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: It was during the COVID nineteen coronavirus outbreak when they 411 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: had these extra benefits. That now did Democrats want to 412 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: make well lasts forever? Which is insane. The White House 413 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:12,119 Speaker 1: plan also would urge Congress to fund cost sharing reductions 414 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: and plans, which Republicans pushed for in the Big Beautiful Bill, 415 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: but were next after Senate Democrats objected to its inclusion 416 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: in Trump's landmark legislation, believing it violated rules on budgetary reconciliation. 417 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: They claimed, Now here's the other part that's very interesting 418 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: about this. The Congressional Budget Office found that these healthcare 419 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: reforms would have lowered healthcare premiums by twelve point seven 420 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: percent and reduce costs by decreasing the need for Obamacare 421 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: and the welfare of the government for the epcts known 422 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: as the subsidies for Obamacare. The plans would have also 423 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: lowered the costs if this CRS plan would have been 424 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: put into effect by thirty point eight billion dollars. Now 425 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 1: that's literally thirty point eight billion dollars. It would have 426 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: saved you the tax payer, and that is exactly why 427 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: Democrats were against it. Now, the Trump proposal would also 428 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: have part of their tax credits goes straight to Americans 429 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: via tax advantage savings accounts instead of the checks going 430 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: directly to healthcare insurance companies that are getting rich. To 431 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: lower America's premium indirectly, the President probably would like to 432 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: go bigger. Then the Hill has the appetite for. So 433 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,959 Speaker 1: we'll have to see how that. You know, how it 434 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: works out, is what the White House WI Chief of 435 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: Staff James Blair said last week talking about the reforms 436 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: that need to be made, what we also know is 437 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 1: the White House Fichief of Staff says that President Trump 438 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: would love to push for healthcare reform in a way 439 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: that would be meaningful, saying, quote, we're going to have 440 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: to have the healthcare conversation. 441 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 2: We're going to put some legislation forward. 442 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: The debut chiefs said there could be interest in bi 443 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: Parson reform. However, he said if that path is foreclosed, 444 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: there is the Parson path of reconciliation as well. The 445 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: President probably would like to go big, because there needs 446 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: to be big reforms. Republican lawmakers have said they believe 447 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 1: the right House will release a framework to lower health 448 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: insurance costs, expand health savings accounts, and scrap parts of 449 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: the Affordable Care Act that are just flat out unsustainable. 450 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: In fact, much of the Obamacare program is unsustainable without 451 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 1: record tax dollars going to prop it up. As I 452 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, there's nothing affordable about the Affordable Care Act now. 453 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 1: The White House also signaled that the President's interest in 454 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,360 Speaker 1: healthcare reform is something he believes could be a massive 455 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,719 Speaker 1: change for the mare and people. A slide deck shared 456 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: by the House Majority leaders Stieve Scalise this last week 457 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: made it clear that House GOP leadership also falls in 458 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: the overhaul camp. One slide that was viewed by Politico 459 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: was titled the Unaffordable Care Act and highlighted statistics that 460 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: show the premiums have increased by eighty percent since the 461 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: ACA passage aka since Obamacare became law. It also claimed 462 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: that more than fifty percent of Obamacare and rollees did 463 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: not file a single claim this year. Walking into the meeting, 464 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 1: Scalise said in a brief interview that he planned to 465 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: keep talking with the chairs of three key committees of 466 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 1: jurisdiction over health policy. That would be Ways and Means, 467 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: Energy and Commerce, Education, and the workforce. Now, healthcare became 468 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: a focal point in the national politics as Democrats shut 469 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: the government down, as I mentioned earlier for weeks over 470 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: what they described as mandatory Obamacare subsidies. They were not mandatory. 471 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: They were enhanced during COVID, and they will expire on purpose. 472 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: The Democrats planned this way. At the end of the year. 473 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,919 Speaker 1: Democrats first enhanced these substies through one point nine trillion. 474 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: Let me say that again, one point nine trillion in 475 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: coronavirus era stimulus plans, including the American Rescue Plan. They 476 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: continue the subsease through the end of twenty twenty five 477 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: with the so called Inflation Reduction Act that did anything 478 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: but that. Trump weighed in on the issue, stating that 479 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: healthcare dollars should go directly to the American people instead 480 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,959 Speaker 1: of through subsidies to health insurance companies, saying it this 481 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: way on social media quote, the only healthcare I will 482 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: support or approve is sending the money directly back to 483 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: the people, with nothing going to the big, fat rich 484 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: insurance companies who have made trillions and ripped off America. 485 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 1: Long enough, the people will be allowed to negotiate and 486 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: by their own much better insurance. Power to the people. Congress, 487 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: do not waste your time and energy on anything else. 488 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: This is the only way to have great healthcare in America. 489 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,719 Speaker 1: The Republican Set of Community chairman said that a second 490 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: reconciliation bill should address affordability, which should include healthcare reform, 491 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: saying the Democrats are incapable of coming up with a 492 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: plan that is competitive, transparent, and actually reduces costs wine 493 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: because they're lining the pockets of their friends in the 494 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: healthcare provider industry, and they know that as long as 495 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: the government's willing to send them the check, they get 496 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: rich every single time the money comes into their accounts. 497 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: This also just goes back to consumer choice and freedom. 498 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: The President believes that you, as an American, deserve to 499 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: have your money and then you can put it to 500 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: work the way that you decide to do it, in 501 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: a more responsible manner than the corruption of the government. 502 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: Doctor Mark Siegel on Fox News Channel talking about exactly this, 503 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: and here is what he had to say on Fox 504 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: News Sunday. 505 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 7: But I can't get your treatments. 506 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 5: What about this idea that the President has floated about 507 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 5: the money that flows into a lot of these subsidies, 508 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 5: instead of paying the insurance companies, going direct to the 509 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 5: consumer and letting them take the money with them where 510 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 5: they choose. 511 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 7: He's gotten a lot of criticism for that, but he's 512 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 7: on the right track because it would give the consumer 513 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 7: more control of the situation. Health Savings Accouncil part of 514 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 7: this being able to buy your own insurance, making it 515 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 7: affordable and you choose a marketplace idea more. It's not 516 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 7: quite that simple. That's a huge step in the right direction, well. 517 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: What are your odds do you so at the end 518 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,239 Speaker 1: of the day, there are two options. Either you as 519 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: an American, say no, no, no government, just be in charge 520 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: of my life, doesn't matter how much it costs. 521 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 2: Just you be in charge of my healthcare. 522 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: Or there's the Donald Trump plan, which is he believes 523 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: that you, as an American, should decide what is best 524 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: for you, that you should spend your money in a 525 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: way that is well more responsible than what the government 526 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: does each and every day, and he believes that prices 527 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: will lower significantly if you do it that way. I 528 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: think many Americans have made it clear that they like 529 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: the way the President is describing this and the amount 530 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: of corruption that we are witnessing from those in the 531 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: Democratic Party and in government who are overspending your tax 532 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: dollars and what are you actually getting in return, Not 533 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: a lot for your money. 534 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 2: And that's where we are today. 535 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: Don't forget to share this podcast, by the way, with 536 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: your family and your friends on social media wherever you 537 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: can hit that subscribe or auto download button and I'll 538 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: talk to you again tomorrow.