1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Democrats ring in the new year with a new idea, 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: less transparency and fewer rights for you as adults. Welcome 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: to America in twenty twenty two. There are two major 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: stories today that I'm going to talk about. One of 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: them deals with lack of transparency in the classroom. Democrats 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: are freaking out now over a bill that should be 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: filed in every state, that has been filed in Florida 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: that would allow video and audio recordings in the classroom. 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: We're going to deal with that, and why are they 10 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: fighting transparency? Number one? There's another news story that's important. 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: That is this The average American now in this country 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: cannot even afford to buy a used car. Why use 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: car prices of skyrocketed to twenty nine thousand dollars. That 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: is the average cost of a used car now. And 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: how much is a new car average price? I'm going 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: to tell you in a moment this as the media 17 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: tries to mind trick you into believing that everything is 18 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: going amazingly well with the economy. Now, before we get 19 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: into these stories, I want to remind you I need 20 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: your help. 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And this is a bill that every 30 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: single person listening should be advocating for in your state. Now. 31 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: When I tell you to advocate for it, that means 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: more than just saying I like it. You need to 33 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: be calling your local state representative, and you need to 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: be calling your local state senator. Forget calling the governor, Okay, 35 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: start with your local lawmakers. You're local state rep and 36 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: your local state senator. Because what they're trying to do 37 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: in Florida right now, and this is unbelievably brilliant, and 38 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: it's also being met with a massive amount of opposition 39 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: from the teachers unions and the left because they don't 40 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: want you to see what's going on in your child's classroom, 41 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: and they sure as hell don't want you to hear 42 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: what's going on in your child's classroom. Now, how do 43 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 1: I know that? Because of their response, there are Democrats. 44 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: Now they're saying, fine, we'll allow you to put a 45 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: camera in the classroom, but we do not want you 46 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: to have audio of what's coming out of the mouths 47 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: of teachers to your children's ears, because that's where they 48 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: know they're going to get in trouble. I am going 49 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: to play for you a local newscast from WFLA Channel 50 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: eight in Florida, and I want you to hear how 51 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: they describe this bill. There's been filed to seek to 52 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: allow not just video but also audio recordings in every 53 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: school classroom in the States. Public schools and every state 54 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: in America that believes in freedom should be doing. This 55 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: bill in the state legislature would allow schools to install 56 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: cameras in classrooms to record classroom instruction and let parents 57 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: review the footage if there is ever an incidence. A 58 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: bill would force certain classroom teachers to wear a microphone 59 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: and require a written explanation if that recording is interrupted. 60 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: Political reporter and Madonovan joins us from the newsroom with 61 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: the details. The bill would attempt to protect student privacy 62 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: by forcing the images of other students to be blurred, 63 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: and schools would be required to hold onto the recordings 64 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: for at least three months. The bill is sponsored by 65 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: state Representative Bob Rommel of Naples. It would allow school 66 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: districts to install video cameras in classrooms for the purposes 67 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: of recording an incident, which it defines as abuse or 68 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: neglect of a student by an employee or another student. 69 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: Parents of a child involved in an incident must be 70 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: allowed to review the video within a week, but the 71 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: identity of other students who aren't involved must be blurred. 72 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: Teachers must wear microphones, and the camera has to be 73 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,119 Speaker 1: at the front of the classroom, capable of monitoring video 74 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: and audio from all areas except a restroom or other 75 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: changing area. Parents, students, and employees must be notified before 76 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: cameras are installed, and principles would be in charge of 77 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: all recordings, which must be kept for three months or 78 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: until the conclusion of any investigation or any administrative or 79 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: legal proceedings. After that, the video must be destroyed. The 80 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: cameras cannot be live streamed or continually monitored, and videos 81 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: cannot be used for teacher evaluations. The law would require. 82 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: By the way, I just got to stop here. Why 83 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: shouldn't you be able to live stream this, at least 84 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: the audio at the bare men? Why should you have to, 85 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: you know, go in there and request to see video 86 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: and have to do all this paperwork. Why shouldn't parents 87 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: be able to see And I'm asked this question because 88 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: I already know why they're doing it this way, because 89 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: this is like the only possible compromise you can make 90 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: with the Left. And they're also saying, well, this is privacy. 91 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: You're right, you shouldn't be able to spy on other 92 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: kids that aren't your kid. Well, we're not saying the 93 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: whole world should be able to see it, But if 94 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: your child is in a classroom, should you be able 95 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: to log into that classroom and be able to monitor 96 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: your kid in that classroom? There are cameras, by the way, 97 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: and people, there's all these privacy people that say, well, 98 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: there's privacy, this, privacy that, And I understand privacy, and 99 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: I'm an advocate for privacy, but let's be very honest, 100 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: I should have the right to see what they're teaching 101 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: my kid, and it shouldn't be that hard for me 102 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: to see it. Or to hear it, because I know 103 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: the teachers lie, and I know the teachers unionize. I 104 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: know they lie about the curriculum, and I know they 105 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: lie about critical race theory, and I know they lie 106 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: about politics, and I know they lie about about students 107 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: that have been bullied because they are conservative. And if 108 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: we really want transparency in the classroom, then this is 109 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: I would argue, how we get that transparency. This is 110 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: what we do if we want transparency. And if you're 111 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: genuinely teaching a kid reading, writing, an arithmetic, history, math, 112 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: all of these things, then as a teacher, you should 113 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: care less if there is a camera in the classroom. 114 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: In fact, I would even make it go a step 115 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: further in this argument. Right now, if it's all about 116 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: privacy and it's all about you know, concealing the students, 117 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: then how are we doing distance learning the way we're 118 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 1: doing distance learning, because any parent can take a video 119 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: of any kid's screen, or they can literally record a 120 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: kid's class right now, when we're doing distance learning and 121 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: have been over the over the last year, all over 122 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: the country, like it's obvious, it's very obvious, folks, it's 123 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: a it's abundantly clear that this is anyone that's fighting 124 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: against this. You have to ask the question, why why 125 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: are they fighting against it? What is the point of 126 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: fighting against it? You're doing it right now in a 127 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: way that clearly has been done for quite some time. 128 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: The idea that you got to blur out the kids. 129 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: They're not blurring out faces when they have the classes 130 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: that are social right now. No one was arguing over this. 131 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: No one was fighting over this. Now they are. We 132 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: should have transparency in the classroom. We should be able 133 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: to see what the teachers are teaching, and you shouldn't 134 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: have to jump through a bunch of few hoops to 135 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: actually see it. They're all school districts to complete and 136 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: vote on whether to implement classroom cameras by January first, 137 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. The bill was just filed this week, 138 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: so it has not yet been heard by committee. That 139 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: could happen as soon as the legislative session starts, which 140 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: will begin January eleventh. And now. I believe that every 141 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: parent should be allowed to see video and audio. I 142 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: actually believe it should be streamed. I don't think you 143 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: should have to go in and I don't think you 144 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: have to you che have to do any of this. 145 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: Now in addition, they say it would require teachers to 146 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: wear these microphones. I think that's brilliant. And if they 147 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: don't like it, then again, go back to the teachers 148 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: unions and say, you're the ones that allowed for microphone 149 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: and videos to be staring at a teacher's face all 150 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: day long while she was teaching kids, because you guys 151 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: shut down the schools. They all say it would permit 152 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: parents to review video of incidents. Why should it just 153 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: be incidents. Why shouldn't it be what they're teaching their 154 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: kids or maybe what they're not teaching their kids, Because 155 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: it's not for me about the instance, it's about the transparency. 156 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: For me, it's about what are you teaching my kids 157 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: or maybe better way of putting us, what are you 158 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: indoctrinating our kids with. I don't want to see an 159 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: incident there's a fight. I mean I do, yes, don't 160 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: get wrong, but I want to see what you're actually 161 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: telling my kids. I want to see what you're if 162 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: they're learning. I want to see how the teacher acts 163 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,599 Speaker 1: when no one else is around. I think this is 164 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: an amazing idea. Now they say, well, this is helicopter parents, 165 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: and then you're gonna have parents that are too involved. 166 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: You gonna have parents constantly questioning teachers and nagging teachers, 167 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: and you're gonna have parents are gonna say, see, you're 168 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: not teaching my kid, you're not giving my kid the 169 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: attention they deserve with all due respect, just being totally honest. 170 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: Here in the public schools, that's usually not the problem. 171 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: The problems usually parents totally uninvolved in their kids' lives. Now, 172 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: the real problem we have in this country is that 173 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: usually parents are totally uninvolved in their kids' lives in 174 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: the public school I argue that, if anything, if you 175 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: put these cameras in kids classrooms, you might actually have 176 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: parents that are uninvolved in their kids education start to 177 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: become involved in their kids education. They may realize just 178 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: how broken their failing schools are. Because it's one thing 179 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: to read a stat it's another thing to understand it 180 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: and to believe it. I'll equate this real quick with 181 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: your bank account. Are you really broke until you pull 182 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: out your debit card and it doesn't work a lot 183 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: of people don't realize they're broken. They don't have that 184 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, freak out moment until they get declined 185 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: that's when that moment usually happens. Usually that's that second 186 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: in time where that you know what hits the fan 187 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: and people actually freak out. That's when people literally usually 188 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: lose their minds, and they lose their minds because that's 189 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: the moment that they had not planned whatever happened. They've 190 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: been close to rock bottom before, but never had they 191 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: actually had that moment happened. Same thing can happen with 192 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: parents and watching what's happening in their kids. They may 193 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: not realize how bad it is until they actually see 194 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: how bad it is untill they witness it firsthand. And 195 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 1: if parents get more involved because of that, then great, 196 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: that's not a bad thing. That's a good thing. And 197 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: if the teachers, unions, and parents are afraid of parents 198 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: involvement in their kids' schools to the point where they're 199 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 1: willing to fight this, then imagine what you're not seeing, 200 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: or imagine what they don't want you to see. Transparency, 201 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: especially with children, right now, I would argue as more 202 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: important than it's ever been. Unfortunately, le you live in 203 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: a really, really tough society. We live in a world 204 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: right now where there's so much transparency and everything you 205 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: do except in the most important areas, specifically, when it 206 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: comes to children, I think there should be putting cameras 207 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: basically everywhere, childcare centers, after school care centers. I think 208 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: they should be doing this in private schools. I think 209 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: this is something that people should be able to see 210 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: because not only would it help you as a parent, 211 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: parent your child, I would argue, have a big camera 212 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: on the classroom so you can see if your kid's 213 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: not paying attention right it, See if your kid's sleeping 214 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: in class, see if your kid's not taking notes. In 215 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: a private school, oh, I would love this. I would 216 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: love it because then if my son comes home it's like, oh, 217 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: the teacher's not teaching well and I don't understand the subject, 218 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: I can go look at the tape, and I can 219 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: go see if my kids actually even trying. Imagine the 220 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: amount of bass you can get rid of. And for parents, 221 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: or excuse me, for teachers, I would assume you would 222 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: be in favor of this, not against it. And here's why, 223 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: because then you can tell parents, go look at the tape. 224 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 1: If you don't believe I'm doing a good job, go 225 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: look at your kid. If you don't want to believe me. 226 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: When I tell your kids not paying attention, your kids, 227 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: not engage, your kids, not involved in the classroom. Go 228 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: look at the tape, Go look at everything, look at 229 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: what I'm doing, and then look at your child's lack 230 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: of interaction, lack of care, lack of desire. Go look 231 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: at that and then talk to me. Go look in 232 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: that and then explain to me. In fact, I would 233 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: argue it could be great for teachers to actually pull 234 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: tape and say, look, I'm worried about your kid, and 235 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 1: here's why. You can see that they're totally unengaged. They're 236 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: not trying, they're not getting involved, they're not involved in 237 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 1: the class discussions. They're completely disengaged. They're coasting. They don't 238 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: care if you can show that video for narcissisic parents 239 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: who don't want to believe their kids might not be perfect, right, 240 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: because there's too many parents. They believe their kids can 241 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: do no wrong and that their kids are perfect and 242 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,719 Speaker 1: their kids always do everything right, and they and unfortunately, 243 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: what do they do. They blame other people for their problems. 244 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: They blame the private schools, they blame the teachers, they 245 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: blame everything on somebody else. And a lot of the 246 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: kids know also how to manipulate their parents in school. 247 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: I think this could make a lot of that go away. 248 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: So if you're against this, I gotta wonder why. If 249 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: you're the teachers union, I get why you're against us. 250 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: This would mean that you would lose the ability to 251 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: indoctrinate children the way that you've been doing it. This 252 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: would mean that your curriculum would actually be monitored. The 253 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: indoctrination of children to become hardcore leftists or those that 254 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: are anti America. That would be exposed on a new 255 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: level that we'd never seen before. That for me, is 256 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: good news. We should go back to just teaching kids reading, writing, arithmetic. 257 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: We should not be indoctrinating children. We shouldn't be indoctrinating 258 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: them to be conservative, and we shouldn't be indoctrinating them 259 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: to be liberal. I want to make that very very clear. 260 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: Schools should not be a place of politics. In fact, schools, 261 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: I would argue, should be absent of politics if there's 262 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: any And I don't believe it's political, by the way, 263 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: to teach a kid to have pride in his country. 264 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: Some people now see that as a political thing. I don't. 265 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: I don't think the pledge of allegiance is political. I 266 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: don't think loving America is political, and I don't think 267 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: we should be raising a group of society that should 268 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: be ashamed of being an American, or embarrassed of America, 269 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: or feel like America is the worst country in the world. 270 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: And we would get to see some of that. We 271 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: would get to see just how corrupt and just how 272 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: political the classrooms are. So I go back to what 273 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: I said earlier. If you are a parent and you 274 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: are hearing this today, and you like this idea, and 275 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: I hope that you do, it's an idea that I 276 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: think most people should be really excited about it. If 277 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: you like this idea, if you support the idea of transparency, 278 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: then don't just nod your head and agree with me. 279 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: This is one of those moments where you can have 280 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: a real impact on your children's education and their future. 281 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: What you should do is you should advocate for transparency. 282 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: You should call your state rep. You should call your 283 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: state senator, and you should advocate for the bill that 284 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: they're doing that's just been introduced in Florida. This shouldn't 285 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: just be a Florida thing. When other states do things 286 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: that are really brilliant and smart. We need to make 287 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: sure everybody else that doesn't live in Florida sees it 288 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: and hears it and understands it and knows how to 289 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: move forward with it. That's what I'm advocating for. This 290 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: could fundamentally change public school education in this country. It 291 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: could fundamentally change a broken system where there are so 292 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: many kids that are being failed right now in failing schools. 293 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: This could change it in a major way. That's why 294 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: I saw this story and I want to take time 295 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: to advocate for it and to tell you how we 296 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: need to move forward and how we need to support it. 297 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: And this is how we do it, all right, I 298 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: want to switch gears to the other story that told 299 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: you that I wanted to make sure I hit today, 300 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: and it deals with the economy. There is shocking new 301 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: news out right now that the majority of Americans in 302 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: this country, for the first time in my lifetime, which 303 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: is forty years, cannot afford to even buy a used car. 304 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: The average new vehicle Edmunds dot Com says is edging 305 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: towards fifty thousand dollars tax, title and all the fees 306 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: forty six thousand if you take all that out. Even 307 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: so price of used cars are like it edged closer 308 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: to new ones. Since the pandemic started, use vehicle prices 309 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: have now jumped forty two percent, more than double the 310 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: increase for new ones. Last month, the average use vehicle 311 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: price was sixty three percent of the average new vehicle costs. 312 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: For the pandemic, it was fifty four percent. At this point, 313 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: dealers say they look the lower income buyers. There's very 314 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: few vehicles for them to even look at. What used 315 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: to be a five thousand dollar car is now an 316 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: eight thousand dollar car. Our car's eleven thousand or twelve 317 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: thousand dollar car. You include taxes, fees, a ten percent 318 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: down payment, and an interest rate of around seven point 319 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: five percent. The average use vehicle now costs five hundred 320 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: twenty dollars a month, even when financed for the average 321 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: of nearly six years. Edmonds has just reported, Oh, but 322 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: the economy is doing fine. Don't worry America. Nothing's wrong. 323 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: Everything's great. The White House said so, and the media 324 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: propagandas put it out there. To make the payment, To 325 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: make that payment and afford such other necessities as housing, food, 326 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: and utilities, a household would have to take calm about 327 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 1: sixty thousand dollars a year, or seventy five thousand dollars 328 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: before taxes. That's what Kimberly Palmer, a personal finance specialist 329 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 1: at nerd Wallet, said. In twenty twenty, the US median 330 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: pre tax household income was sixty seven thousand. Census Bureau says, 331 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: quote the average person, Palmer said, can't afford the average 332 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: used car right now. Okay, somebody in the media, do 333 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: your damn job and ask the question of Joe Biden 334 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: or his press secretary Jen Saki. Quote the average person 335 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: can't afford the average used car. Now, knew used car? 336 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: Right now? How is the economy in great shape? If 337 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,719 Speaker 1: that's the reality, it's the first time, by the way, 338 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: in my entire lifetime the data has shown that to 339 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: be true. And I'm forty. I've In Dury, a senior 340 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: manager at Edmond, said that while he doesn't track use 341 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: vehicle prices relative to home household income, he thinks November 342 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: marked a record in the worst way possible for quote affordability. 343 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: Monthly payments for average use vehicles, he noted, were four 344 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: hundred and thirteen dollars two years ago, three hundred and 345 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: fifty and she excuse me, three hundred and eighty two 346 00:19:56,280 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 1: dollars five years ago and three hundred and sixty five 347 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: dollars a decade ago. And now I think about that. 348 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: Ten years ago the average monthly payment for used car 349 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: was three hundred sixty five dollars. That was a decade ago. 350 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: Just five years ago that number had only gone up 351 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: eighteen dollars, no, sixteen dollars, excuse me, So in a 352 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: five year period, the average used car monthly payment had 353 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: gone up sixteen bucks. The November average payment of five 354 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 1: hundred dollars plus for US vehicle is a new average. 355 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: Put that in perspective, how bad it is. Five hundred 356 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: dollars was the average car payment needed five years ago 357 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: for a brand new vehicle. Quote. People are going to 358 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: have to make hard decisions, maybe cut back in other areas, 359 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: Palmer said. It means that it's stressful time for a 360 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: lot of families, hard working families. Right now, use vehicle 361 00:20:55,320 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: prices are so high that Carl Hogan of Can's Cannon's Burg, Pennsylvania, 362 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: near Pittsburgh, was able last month to quickly sell his 363 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven to Tacoma, a small pickup truck 364 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: with more than thousand miles on it. Even with the 365 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: vehicle's age and mileage. A man from Ohio forked over 366 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: six thousand, five hundred dollars for it. Hogan didn't have 367 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: to budge from the asking price. When some would be 368 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: buyers offered him less money, he told them, I've got 369 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: twelve other guys behind you. A week before the sale, 370 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: he bought a new Tacoma. Hogan had been on the 371 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 1: other side of the equation. The dealer wouldn't budge from 372 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: the thirty eight thousand dollars sticker price quote. If I 373 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 1: didn't take it. There were three people waiting. I couldn't 374 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: get any off, but I wanted a new truck. David Paris, 375 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: senior manager at Jiddy Power, noted that the used vehicle 376 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: prices are directly tied to the cost of new ones, 377 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: though some automakers report the computer chips supply is gradually improving, 378 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: Prices paid by dealers that use vehicle auctions kept a 379 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: rise through November. We've not seen any softening in prices, 380 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: which is extremely rare for this time of year, he said. 381 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 1: New vehicle dealers have about one one million vehicles available nationwide. 382 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: That's about one third of the normal supply chain. The 383 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: vast majority have already been sold. Given pin up demand 384 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: from consumer, prices for nuhicles are expected to remain historically 385 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: high until the supply returns to around two million to 386 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: two point five million, and automakers resume discounting, which could 387 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: which could take us well into twenty twenty three one 388 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: new vehicle. Once new vehicle prices at least stop increasing, 389 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: doesn't mean they're even going to come down, by the way, 390 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: they say, by twenty twenty four. They do believe used 391 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: vehicle prices could eventually follow, so two years from any 392 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: relief from this, and even after that, the availability vehicles 393 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 1: will be tight, they say, because the traditional sources of 394 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 1: US vehicles autos turned in from least and trade ins 395 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: or sold by rental companies, have essentially dried up altogether 396 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: for the past decade. Cars returning from two and three 397 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: year leases or a leading source of almost all new 398 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: used vehicles hitting the market. But that was when more 399 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: than one third of US new vehicles sales were actually leases, 400 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: a new figure now down to twenty two percent, said Edmonds. 401 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: Because there aren't any or excuse me, because there aren't 402 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: many new autos people are expiring with expiring leases are 403 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: often buying those cars once their leases in because they 404 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: can't get a new one. Rental companies, another key source 405 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: of late model used cars, can't buy new ones now 406 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: and are holding the ones they have for longer. Summnal 407 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: companies are even buying used vehicles now for the first 408 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: time in decades. Given all those factors, PAIRS expects the 409 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: storage of use cars to worsen through twenty twenty four. 410 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: Let me see it again. Given all those factors, the 411 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: shortage of use vehicles they believe will worsen through twenty 412 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: twenty two, twenty twenty three, and through twenty twenty four 413 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 1: three years. Among the few consumers who stand up benefit 414 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: are those who want to sell a use car and 415 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: don't necessarily need to replace it. The average trade in 416 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: October Pair said was nine thousand dollars, twice what it 417 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: was a year earlier, twice what it was a year earlier. 418 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: But for people who have no vehicles to trade in 419 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: and only modest incomes, the options are few to none. 420 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 1: Palmer said. Lower income people may simply have to pay 421 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: for repairs to keep a current vehicle running as long 422 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: as possible. Even that option, though, can become expensive. JD. 423 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: Power said that many can't afford it. Many buyers, they're 424 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 1: actually now telling you should probably look past a used 425 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: car and just go straight for a new one if 426 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: you can afford it. One man said he recently managed 427 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: to get a couple of thousand dollars whacked off a 428 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: sticker price on a new Ram pickup, though he had 429 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: to travel from washing in DC area to Philadelphia to 430 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: reach a willing dealer he had located by searching internet forums. 431 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: If you look hard enough and are willing to wait 432 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: and travel, you can find deals across most brands. But 433 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: if you want to instant gratification in your market, good luck. 434 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: Twenty nine thousand dollars for an average used car now 435 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 1: in America and fifty thousand dollars for an average new 436 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: car in America. But the economy's fine, the White House said, 437 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: no problems with the economy. Everything's perfect. The average medium 438 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: income household family cannot afford a used car right now 439 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: because of inflation. Say it again, cannot afford cannot afford 440 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: a used car? What is new? What is a new 441 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: car cost? Right now? It's even more shocking fifty thousands. 442 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: The average for a new car right now. But remember, 443 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: everything is totally fine. Okay, you have nothing to worry about. 444 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 1: Everything's good, folks. There are no problems in the economy. 445 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: Things are amazing. If you don't believe me, I have 446 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 1: proof how great things are, and things are incredible. Propaganda 447 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: headline News HLN, CNN. They put out this talking about 448 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: how amazing the economy is right now. It's booming, folks. 449 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: Everything is fine. Yes, if you made fifty thousand last year, 450 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: it's worth about forty four thousand now. And buying power yes. 451 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: And the majority of Americans now for the first time 452 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: a lifetime can't afford a used car. But everything's fine 453 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,360 Speaker 1: because we put out the propaganda of the government. Oh 454 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,040 Speaker 1: really good for your money, Jen, I'm gonna say, it 455 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: depends on who you ask, right well, overall, I mean, 456 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: the economy did amazing as we wrap up twenty amazing. 457 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: I love this. Even the host is like introducing their 458 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: money expert because she knows what they're going to try 459 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: to sell you on real quick. Even the host is like, 460 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: the economy is doing amazing. It depends on who you ask. 461 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: It really depends on who you ask. And then you 462 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: hear the chuckle. That's like, okay, I've said it, so 463 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: I don't look like a moron before she tells you 464 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: and gives you all this propaganda. Right, Like, I've done 465 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: my part. I'm going to get out of the way. 466 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: Now Here is the Biden liberal propaganda. We are nothing 467 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: but state sponsored media, and I'm going to tell you 468 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: how amazing things are. The economy is on fire overall, 469 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: I mean, the economy did amazing as we wrap up 470 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, year two of the pandemic. I mean, 471 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 1: economy for the most part was on fire. The job 472 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: market is at its strongest levels in decades. Look, I 473 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: love this, by the way, the job markets at its 474 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 1: strongest level in decades. So let's be clear what that means. 475 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: There are millions and millions of people that our businesses 476 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 1: and small businesses that desperately need work. Right, the desperately 477 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: need work. Workers can't find them, so that means that 478 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: things are good way through the roof. People can't even 479 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: fire bad employees. People are having to close down certain 480 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: days because they can't find enough employees to even operate. 481 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: People have had to change the hours in which they 482 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: open and ham work a week. Small businesses are failing 483 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: at a rate that we haven't seen in decades. But 484 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: you want me to believe that things are amazing, and 485 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: they're gonna tell you, Oh, it's because we added some jobs. 486 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: We had six point one million jobs. Well, we did, 487 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: but how many jobs are still left unfilled because of 488 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: an economy that's been destroyed by the federal government giving 489 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: people money and making them lazy. It is twenty twenty one. 490 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: Six point one million jobs were created, that's the law, 491 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: just amount of jobs going all the way back to 492 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: nineteen forty and we're not even counting December yet. We 493 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: don't have the numbers in for that part. The American 494 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: Rescue Plan cut child poverty in half by fifty percent, 495 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: and it was just as juicy on Wall Street and 496 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: in corporate boardrooms. Stock market measured by the S and 497 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: P five hundred up nearly thirty percent for this year. 498 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: Corporate profits at their best since nineteen fifty. So despite 499 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: the pandemic, it's been quite amazing. And holiday shopping sales 500 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: up eight and a half percent as people tried to 501 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: get back to a sense of holiday normalcy. Now there 502 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: have been some higher prices. You see them for basics 503 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: like food, shelter, and gas, and I love this. Now 504 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: there have been some higher price like food, shelter and gas, 505 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: basically everything you need to survive. But we're going to 506 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: quickly boot past that. I'm going to tell you that 507 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: everything's fine. But the cost of good for the basics 508 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: of food, shelter, and the sense, they've skyrocketed. But don't worry. 509 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: Everything's fine, folks. How many of you can have forty 510 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,719 Speaker 1: used car right now? Less than half of Americans can 511 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: afford a used car right now. But everything's fine, folks. 512 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: Everything is a okay. You don't need to worry. We 513 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: got this. Everything is super Everything is great. Everybody should 514 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: be excited because everything's good. You have nothing to worry about. 515 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: Everything's fine, there are no issues. Our economy is wonderful, 516 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: our economy is amazing. Everything is perfect, and our economy 517 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: is perfect, and you don't need to worry. There's nothing 518 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: to worry about. Granted, food and shelter and water and 519 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: those things, yeah they kind of suck, but everything else 520 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: is good. Research firm I RII predicts as another five 521 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: percent just in the first six months of the new 522 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: year for items like mac and cheese and steak and potatoes, 523 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: chicken breasts, and wine. But costs are going up too, 524 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,239 Speaker 1: so that's part of the reason. Now, but costs are 525 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: going up too, so that's part of the reason. So 526 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: you just told me that you're dealing with massive inflation 527 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: without saying the word inflation. This is what state sponsored 528 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: media sounds like. This is nothing but propaganda from HLN 529 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: Headline News owned by CNN, owned by AT and T. 530 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: That is what this is. Okay, that is what this is. 531 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: That's all it is, folks. Economists say that the wild 532 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: card for twenty twenty two is going to be this 533 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: new omicron variant that fast spread has led to the 534 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: partial shutdown of the New York City Subway, Cincinnati's mayor 535 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: declaring a state of emergency because firefighters are sick, and 536 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: thousands of canceled flights. As you know now, Jet Blue 537 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 1: says they're going to preemptively cancel thirteen hundred flights in 538 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: just the next two weeks. That's only ten percent of 539 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: their schedule because they are expecting so many of their 540 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: workers to call out sick. They said that this week 541 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: has been one of the worst weeks of the entire pandemic. 542 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: We know so many airlines have been hit with all 543 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: these cancelations. It's been pretty miserable for travelers too. But Cheyenne, 544 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: despite Omicron throwing things into disarray at the very end 545 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: of the year, overall it was gangbusters. Overall, it's gangbusters. 546 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 1: I know a lot of you are suffering, but overall, 547 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna tell you it's gangbusters, because that's what we're 548 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: gonna tell you. It is all right. 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