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<v Speaker 1>zero three for complete details. We got a new favorite

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<v Speaker 1>around here, David Harsani, because we've we've like quoted liberally

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<v Speaker 1>from a couple of his articles recently liberally on different topics.

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<v Speaker 1>The other day, it was his going through the different

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<v Speaker 1>kind of fake fact checking that I really enjoyed. That

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<v Speaker 1>was a terrific David Harsani is the senior editor of

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<v Speaker 1>The Federalist. He's also the author of a new book

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<v Speaker 1>which I am looking forward to reading, First Freedom Ride

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<v Speaker 1>through America's enduring history with the gun. David, how are you, sir?

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for having me again. Oh, it's our pleasure. That

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<v Speaker 1>peace Jack just referenced was absolutely great. I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 1>How fact checking is just completely degenerated. Happy Valentine's Day,

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<v Speaker 1>but will stop it, so thank you very much. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I've never I've never felt Mr Harsani's skull, but I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think he's such a soft end that he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about that. So hey, listen, it's funny. And

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<v Speaker 1>scanning the many many headlines this morning, I've become aware

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<v Speaker 1>that more and more people on the left, more and

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<v Speaker 1>more pro environmental quote unquote, people are are saying to

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<v Speaker 1>AOC and the Green New Dealers, hey, thanks for making

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<v Speaker 1>us look like idiots. So so the criticism is starting

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<v Speaker 1>to come from those quarters as well. Well. I think

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<v Speaker 1>what they really mean is why were you so honest

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<v Speaker 1>about what we want to do in the long run? Right? Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you jumped the gun here, you know. Um, obviously they

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to tell you what they you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>things that they want to engage and to get this

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<v Speaker 1>project if there is done. But the fact is that

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<v Speaker 1>AOC is right. If you if you want to eliminate

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<v Speaker 1>fossil fuels in ten years, you're gonna have to do

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<v Speaker 1>something author of terror, and you're gonna have to tell

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<v Speaker 1>people how to live their lives are gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>coerce them, and you're gonna have to get rid of

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<v Speaker 1>the energy datus. That's the only way to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Otherwise you're not being serious. And when you say that

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<v Speaker 1>you're not going to use any nuclear energy, you're probably

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<v Speaker 1>not being very serious anyway. Well, so do you think

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<v Speaker 1>they believe that we're trying to figure out what's going

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<v Speaker 1>on here in and a lot of our theory is

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<v Speaker 1>that it was simple. Is similar to Trump going around

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<v Speaker 1>saying We're gonna build a giant wall in Mexico. Is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna pay for it? And very few people Trump. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I listened to that, and I thought, Mexico is not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna pay for the wall. But but I understood that

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<v Speaker 1>he is. He cared about this issue more than most

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<v Speaker 1>people have in the past. Is that what AOC is

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do just go so far over the top.

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<v Speaker 1>She's the leader of this issue because they can't actually

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<v Speaker 1>believe this stuff. It's hard for it's hard to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that they actually believe or they actually believe that we

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<v Speaker 1>can do that stuff. But I think that their belief

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<v Speaker 1>socialistic or even environmentalistic beliefs are kind of like how

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<v Speaker 1>people believe in religion. I'm not saying religion is not true.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying that you have to have some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>blind faith to do it, and that you just assume

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<v Speaker 1>that because you believe these things so strongly that anything

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<v Speaker 1>can be done. You know that that that your faith

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<v Speaker 1>can do anything, inclusion getting rid of all our energy sources. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>my opinion on this sort of thing is usually there's

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<v Speaker 1>a coalition of different sorts of people, including the true believers,

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<v Speaker 1>the the dewey eyed pie in the sky twenty something

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<v Speaker 1>bartenders of the world who actually believe that that we

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<v Speaker 1>can eliminate all fossil fuels in a very very short

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<v Speaker 1>time just because they have no patience for actually doing mathematics.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you have the strivers who think, okay, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a little out there, but you know, I'm in favor

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<v Speaker 1>of the stuff generally speaking, so what the heck I'll

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<v Speaker 1>be I'll go along. That's your Amy Klobuchars, who knows better,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, um. But then then there are the cynics

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<v Speaker 1>who understand, Okay, this is a great political hammer I

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<v Speaker 1>can hit my opponents in the forehead with, and if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm al Gore, I can make sillions of dollars based

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<v Speaker 1>the duly eid dopes of the world. And so I

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<v Speaker 1>just think those people come together and that's how you

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<v Speaker 1>get a political movement going yeah, no, I think you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>And the populism in the sense is telling people what

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<v Speaker 1>they want to hear. There's no way Kamala Harris thinks

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to get rid of all our fossil fuels

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<v Speaker 1>and ten years, I don't believe that. You believe that,

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<v Speaker 1>And and there are others. But there's one other group,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, is like Nancy Pelosi, who immediately realized

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<v Speaker 1>this was going to be politically problematic and sort of

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<v Speaker 1>ripped it. She knows that some of this sounds completely crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>What I think happened was all these coalitions came together

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<v Speaker 1>against Trump, you know, the sort of more stride you

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<v Speaker 1>were about it, the more popular you've got. And then

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<v Speaker 1>one day we had to hear what these people, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the ideas these people are, and then you're like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, they're crazy, you know. And um, I think

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<v Speaker 1>that that Democrats are gonna have to work that out.

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<v Speaker 1>What other interesting angle of this to me is um

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<v Speaker 1>and and Trump did this by tweeting he could bypass

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party or a lot of the power brokers

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<v Speaker 1>and and reach people and and get his own power base.

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<v Speaker 1>And AOC has done that. Also, we're into a new era.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you don't have to wait your turn to get

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<v Speaker 1>on the right committees and wait till the party is

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<v Speaker 1>behind you to become a star. AOC being in Congress

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<v Speaker 1>for a couple of months has had the conversation dominating

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<v Speaker 1>UM story for for a couple of weeks. Now. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I would say that she's actually, at least from

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<v Speaker 1>my point of view, a likable person who touches on

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<v Speaker 1>certain things that are actually people views as problems, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with you know, the same sort of things actually the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump did about how you know, the system is rigged

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<v Speaker 1>and it's unfair for a lot of people and so on.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't think we should underestimate her. She's obviously

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<v Speaker 1>she has she has a great reach. But um, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that what happens is within the Democratic Party there

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<v Speaker 1>are people who have been around a long time and

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<v Speaker 1>they understand and in the end, you have to make

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<v Speaker 1>something work for the American people or they turn on you.

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<v Speaker 1>And Trump has sort of done that. You know, AOC

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<v Speaker 1>is long far away from from really getting anything done yet. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but she's not the last person that's going to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out that that the you know, social media fall bowing

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<v Speaker 1>in in Twitter or however you're going to go about it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's the way politics is gonna work, and isn't

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<v Speaker 1>Populism is gonna go into like hyper speed. Now it's

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<v Speaker 1>in hyper speed. Also, I just want to say, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just her. She was sort of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they put on the cover of fashion magazines and put

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<v Speaker 1>her in CNN all the time, and a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people lifted her up as a sort of spokesman for

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<v Speaker 1>for this move for spokesperson for this movement. So she

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<v Speaker 1>she had some help. And obviously that has to do

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<v Speaker 1>with her. You know that how hot she is. We think,

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<v Speaker 1>we think two thirds of her popularities are being hot.

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<v Speaker 1>I think if she was a short, fat, bald guy

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<v Speaker 1>with exactly the same ideas, the same theory, except there's

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<v Speaker 1>Bernie Sanders. Why is he so good? Point point? Why

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<v Speaker 1>don't you shut up over there? Uh? That was sexist,

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<v Speaker 1>what I said, Yes, it was. It was horrifying and

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<v Speaker 1>the antibald David Harsani is the senior editor for the

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<v Speaker 1>General don't believe it's sexist to say that someone's attractive.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it doesn't. That just seems like a compliment

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<v Speaker 1>to me. So yeah, I agree with both of you, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're entering what's going to be an incredibly parapatetic,

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<v Speaker 1>frantic giant personality coming to the fore and commanding all

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<v Speaker 1>of our attention and mobilizing the marchers. And three weeks later,

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<v Speaker 1>said Chris rock said in a Day Gone to date. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>but well, I guess we'll live through it. Hey, David, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>because we're stubborn and and bitter and boring. We won't

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<v Speaker 1>let people forget that the one existential threat against the

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<v Speaker 1>United States of America is our own irresponsible spending in

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<v Speaker 1>our national debt. Any thoughts on the debt passing twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two mill alright, I'm sorry trillion? Um please? Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's horrified. I mean, it's out of control. No one

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<v Speaker 1>is serious about it. No one's ever been really serious

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<v Speaker 1>about it. Um. No one wants to do the work.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously the work of trying to stop that trend

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<v Speaker 1>is to let you do things that healthy economy grow

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<v Speaker 1>and also reform, reform, social Security, medicare you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>welfare program. Nobody on either side. Nobody on either side.

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<v Speaker 1>When Rand Paul brought it up on the debate, Stay

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<v Speaker 1>Your Chris Christie touched on it, nobody care. Theoretically, everyone's

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<v Speaker 1>into it until you touch something they want and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>government basically touches, you know, people in some way, so

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want to cut their own spending. Um, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just it's at one point it will be a disaster.

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<v Speaker 1>The one did anything about it. One of my favorite

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<v Speaker 1>quotes is I think it was from a Mark steinbook.

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<v Speaker 1>If if something can't continue, it will end. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>it seems very childlike, but it is true. He can't

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<v Speaker 1>continue like this to what's going to end. So how

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<v Speaker 1>about we think about what that's gonna look. Lease, you're

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<v Speaker 1>boring me. No voter wants to hear that. You're you're

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<v Speaker 1>at a party in the nineties and everybody's doing blow

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<v Speaker 1>and you're standing up and saying cocaine it's bad for

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<v Speaker 1>your health, and I don't think we should buy anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you just shut up. Yeah, I mean, the

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<v Speaker 1>disaster is always far off, and then people sort of

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<v Speaker 1>the debt is a far more serious problem than climate change,

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<v Speaker 1>in my opinion at least, and we do nothing about it.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't even pretend anymore to want to do anything

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<v Speaker 1>about it. Every reprogram that people, even Trump in some sense,

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<v Speaker 1>and every program that liberals want, will cost trillions of

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<v Speaker 1>more dollars. And and there's no way to pay for it,

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<v Speaker 1>because no one's going to raise taxes on most people,

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<v Speaker 1>even if you raise taxes on the rich. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>that it's a piddling a man compared to what you're spending.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so many things I'd like to ask you about.

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<v Speaker 1>We got to bring this up because we've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>it so much this week. The most depressing thing we've

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<v Speaker 1>seen in the news this week. We're on from angry

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<v Speaker 1>to depressing. This is the proof that democracy will not work.

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<v Speaker 1>That so many people that liked the Trump's big tax

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<v Speaker 1>cut now because the refunds are smaller, are turning on

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<v Speaker 1>Trump because they don't understand the difference between tax rates

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<v Speaker 1>and refunds. That is proof that democracy will not work,

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<v Speaker 1>is it not? It is? I once wrote a book

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<v Speaker 1>against democracy. Democracy is that disaster people are terrible. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the thing we now, Harris actually tweets out right.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe yeah, we're screwed. But you know, um, in the end,

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<v Speaker 1>people don't feel a tax if they are not writing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if they're not getting refund checks, which is

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<v Speaker 1>the problem of the taxation system, where everyone should write

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<v Speaker 1>out a check to begin with, and then they'd understand

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<v Speaker 1>what was going on. Are you a fair tax guy, David?

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<v Speaker 1>If you could waive your magic wand and just completely

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<v Speaker 1>reform the utter nightmare that is the United States tax code,

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<v Speaker 1>which way would you go? Um? I probably just I'd

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<v Speaker 1>probably just want to maybe a slightly progressive, straightforward taxation

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<v Speaker 1>cutting most most uh, most of the study. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the postcard thing that Ted Cruz was for. I'm fine

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<v Speaker 1>with that. I mean, listen, it's still out. It's an

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<v Speaker 1>outlandish to believe that we're ever going to reform the

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<v Speaker 1>tax system that I don't even you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know if I'm for the fair tax anymore. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember not loving it for certain reasons, but I don't

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<v Speaker 1>exactly remember why. Well, you know, we've said many times

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<v Speaker 1>that if you were to propose the current tax system, um,

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<v Speaker 1>the response would be negative. I mean, how could it

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<v Speaker 1>be anything? But it is. It is theft. It is

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<v Speaker 1>ray Pine. It is bizarre, it is mobbed up, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's a hundred kinds of bad, and yet every proposal

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<v Speaker 1>to do anything serious about it is graded with oh, no,

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<v Speaker 1>we better not that might have a downside, which again

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<v Speaker 1>is another example of why democracy. Yeah, I mean, who

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's it's it's it's racketeering. Basically, you're you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're paying yourself and then you're proposing more policies that

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<v Speaker 1>bring in more money or spend more money, and you

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<v Speaker 1>have there's no responsibility to balance it out. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not for a balanced budget amendment for a few reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>but the idea that you don't even have to worry

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<v Speaker 1>about balancing anything out, it's crazy. No one lives their

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<v Speaker 1>lives like that. Final topic, because I know you're writing

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<v Speaker 1>about it, is Mitch McConnell's maneuver to get a vote

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<v Speaker 1>on the Green New Deal. Um, it's it's snark delicious.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a feeling I know exactly what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 1>But what's his point? His point is that he wants

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<v Speaker 1>these guys, you know, he this is a show bill

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<v Speaker 1>to begin with. The bill is you know, the resolution

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<v Speaker 1>itself on the Green New Deal so why not vote

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<v Speaker 1>on it? Um, you know, he's pouncing on them by

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<v Speaker 1>allowing them to vote, He's seizing on their actual beliefs

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<v Speaker 1>to make them look bad at etcetera, etcetera. Um, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just an assertion of intent. It's a resolution. Why wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>they want to vote on it? It makes zero sense.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean obviously I know where they don't because of

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<v Speaker 1>the AOC fact sheet, But um, I think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>great move and let them vote on it. And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what's been done before Democrats due to it's

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<v Speaker 1>not new in d C. But I mean why not?

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<v Speaker 1>Well yeah, and it's funny they responsible from the left

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<v Speaker 1>at McConnell's a cynic and this is a maneuver and everything.

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<v Speaker 1>Having a vote on what we're proposing, I mean, do

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<v Speaker 1>you think itself as a resolution? Right? So it's not

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<v Speaker 1>even like a bill that's percolating or something. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>the resolution thing that you want to move forward on

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<v Speaker 1>this idea. Why wouldn't they want to vote to move

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<v Speaker 1>forward on the idea that they put forward? They filed

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<v Speaker 1>this resolution themselves, well, right, well, because they understand it's

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<v Speaker 1>completely ridiculous, but they're afraid of that outer ten percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the coalition that's madly in love with the whole things. So,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, presidential candidates who are in the Senate

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<v Speaker 1>have endorsed it, why shouldn't they be able to vote

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<v Speaker 1>on it? In for real? It doesn't make any sense.

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