1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: And I was saying before, with a Party of common sense, 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: you know, we don't want to have men playing in 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: women's sports. And I'm going to work it out that 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: there's no tax on social security for seniors, no tax 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: on tips. 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 3: Good Wednesday morning, Ben Ferguson with you, and it's nice 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 3: to have you on the forty seven Morning Update. We've 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 3: got three big stories for you this morning, including Donald 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 3: Trump pledges to end taxes on overtime tips and social 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 3: Security benefits. I'll explain the breakdown for you in a moment. Also, 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 3: in a major victory for children, Donald Trump has signed 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: an executive order protecting children from gender mutilation. And finally, 14 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 3: Trump holts three trillion in federal grants pending review of 15 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 3: compliance with his executive orders. Democrats are fighting back with 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 3: many lies about what this actually does. Forty seven Morning Update, 17 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 3: and it starts right now. 18 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: Story number one. 19 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 3: It was a campaign promise that very well may have 20 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 3: won several different swing states for Donald Trump. The promise 21 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 3: he made on the campaign was this, they're. 22 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: Going to destroy social security. I am going to leave 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: social Security. I'm not raising the years. I'm not raising 24 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: the age. I will be saving social Security and I'm 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: going to work it out that there's no tax on 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: Social Security for seniors. I'm also doing no tax on tips, 27 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: no tax on tips. So waiters, waitresses, caddies, people that 28 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: drive cars, people that get tips, who have been harassed 29 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: by this government, We're gonna have no tax on tips. 30 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: That's a big thing. 31 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 3: It is a big thing, and it was a big 32 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 3: thing that may have catapulted him to the White House. Well, 33 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: now the president is moving forward working with Congress to 34 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 3: make all of these promises, including no taxes on overtime. 35 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 3: You can add that to the list of promises and 36 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 3: what he's trying to pay off on. So let's go 37 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 3: through these so you understand exactly what is happening. The 38 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 3: taxes on tips and overtime. The proposal that Trump has 39 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 3: now come up with aims to work with Congress to 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,399 Speaker 3: now pass legislation that would exclude workers' tips and overtime 41 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 3: earnings from federal taxation. Now, what is the impact, Well, 42 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 3: this would increase take home pay for workers in industries 43 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 3: like hospitality. Critics are warning that this quote might lead 44 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 3: to employers reducing base wages, even though there's absolutely no 45 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 3: evidence of that. That is what Democrats are fighting back with. 46 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 3: Let's move to Social Security. The goal of this for 47 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 3: Donald Trump is to simply have more money for retirees. 48 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 3: Seniors would receive their full Social Security benefits without reductions 49 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 3: due to taxation, improving their financial well being, in essence, 50 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 3: giving a cost of living increase a raise to every 51 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 3: single recipient of SECURE. This would also allow, as Donald 52 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 3: Trump has argued this week, for better retirement security. Retirees 53 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 3: living on a fixed income would have more funds available 54 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 3: for necesses like healthcare, housing, and daily expenses that have 55 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 3: skyrocketed because of Biden inflation. And it would also help 56 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 3: stimulate the economy, President Trump says as well, increasing consumer spending. 57 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 3: With more money in their pockets, seniors could contribute more 58 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 3: to the economy by spending on goods and services. Now, 59 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 3: both of these proposals aim to put more money directly 60 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 3: into the hands of workers and retirees, which could improve 61 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 3: financial stability and also stimulate economic growth. So of course, 62 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 3: you know now why so many Democrats are coming out 63 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 3: and saying they're against this proposal because they're against Americans 64 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 3: actually being able to take care of themselves and enjoy. 65 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: Life now story number two. 66 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 3: Donald Trump made two promises to the American people during 67 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 3: the campaign. One of them was the issue of transgender 68 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 3: surgeries against miners, saying it's time for us to get 69 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 3: rid of that in the United States of America. No 70 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 3: miner should be mutilated, especially to a young age when 71 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 3: they are a minor. He also made it clear that 72 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 3: he wanted to protect women's sports, getting men transgenders out 73 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 3: of women's locker rooms. How important is this subject to 74 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,799 Speaker 3: the president. Well, on the day he was inaugurated, at 75 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 3: one of the inaugural balls that night, President Trump said 76 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: this to the crowd. 77 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: And I was saying, before, with a party of common sense, 78 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: you know, we don't want to have men playing in 79 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: women's sports. We don't want to have transgender operations for everyone. 80 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,559 Speaker 3: Well, Donald Trump, just one week later, has made part 81 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 3: of what he just talked about become a reality. President 82 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 3: Trump has signed an executive order prohibiting sex reassignment surgeries 83 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 3: for miners. Supporter of the decision are saying thank you 84 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 3: to the present because of how the order was written 85 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: a protection of minors. The order aims to quote safeguard 86 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: children from making irreversible medical decisions at a young age, 87 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 3: ensuring they reach maturity before considering such procedures. It also 88 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 3: goes into the health and safety aspects of these surgeries. 89 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 3: By delaying these surgeries into adulthood, the policy seeks to 90 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: prevent potential medical complications and psychological impacts associated with early 91 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 3: gender transition. And then, parental involvement was part of the 92 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 3: executive order, emphasizing the importance of parental guidance in significant 93 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 3: medical decisions, promoting family involvement in a child's well being, 94 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 3: something that many medical professionals have not wanted to be 95 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 3: a part of the decision making process, and at many 96 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 3: schools they also were doing everything they could hide from 97 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 3: parents a child's decision to quote be transgender. Advocates are 98 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 3: now saying this measure, which has now become an executive order, 99 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 3: will prioritize the long term health and safety of minors, 100 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 3: allowing them to make fully informed decisions about their bodies, 101 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 3: not as children, but as adults. This is another common 102 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 3: sense approach where Donald Trumps said after eighteen, you can 103 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: do what you want to do, but when you are 104 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 3: a child, it is my job to protect you from 105 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 3: the radical leftists out there that are trying to indoctrinate 106 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 3: your children into a radical alternative lifestyle. 107 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 2: And lastly, story number three. 108 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 3: Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the federal government today as 109 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 3: he halted three trillion in federal grants pending review of 110 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 3: compliance with his executive orders. President Trump ordering the suspension 111 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 3: of all federal grantsants, loans, and other financial programs pending 112 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 3: what they described as a thorough agency review. The decision 113 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: was announced in a two page memo from the Office 114 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 3: of Management and Budget titled Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, 115 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: loan and other financial assistance Programs. According to the memo, 116 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 3: it affects at least three trillion and federal outlays. 117 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: Now. 118 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: Democrats immediately seized on this to say that Donald Trump 119 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 3: was going to stop giving food stamps to Americans and 120 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 3: he was going to stop sending out SOCID security checks. 121 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 3: That is a lie on both of those issues. The 122 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 3: White House was quick to respond and correct the issue, 123 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 3: calling out Democrats for causing panic among seniors and mothers 124 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 3: who are just trying to feed their kids. So let 125 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 3: me tell you what exactly is in this freeze. Number one, 126 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 3: The goal is to enhance fiscal responsibility, how are they 127 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: going to do it? Through a thorough review of expenditure, 128 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 3: the pause will allow for a comprehensive assessment of federal 129 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 3: programs to determine their necessity efficiency, potentially identifying and eliminating 130 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 3: wasteful spending. This is something that every American should be 131 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 3: in favor of. Number two inflation mitigation, control of excessive spending. 132 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 3: By scrutinizing and potentially reducing unnecessary expenditures, The initiative aims 133 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 3: to address unchecked spending that can contribute to inflation, thereby 134 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 3: protecting the American economy. And number three alignment with policy objectives. 135 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 3: Focusing on core priorities, The freeze seeks to redirect funds 136 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 3: towards programs that directly support the administration's goals, such as 137 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 3: promoting efficiency in government operations and ending initiatives deemed misaligned 138 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 3: with current policy directions of the Trump administration. And finally, 139 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 3: number four, potential long term saving reduction of federal bloat. 140 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 3: By evaluating in justifying each program's expenditures, the government could 141 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 3: achieve significant savings, white House says, potentially amounting to hundreds 142 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: of billions of dollars benefiting taxpayers. Yet again in the 143 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 3: long run. Bottom line, the Trump administration is making it 144 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 3: clear that this is a strategic pause and a prudent 145 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 3: measure to ensure that taxpayer dollars are utilized effectively, fostering 146 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,479 Speaker 3: a more accountable and efficient federal government for the workers 147 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 3: the taxpayers in America. 148 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 149 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 150 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more 151 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 2: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 152 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 2: and we will see you back here tomorrow.