1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Native Land Pod is a production of iHeartRadio and partnership 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: with Reason Choice Media. What's up, everybody, This is Andrew Gillum. 3 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: I am coming to you live this what morning from Tallahassee, Florida, 4 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: And unfortunately I have not great news, which is some 5 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 1: of the things you don't consider when you're planning a 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: mayor's town hall is that a storm will hit and 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: take about half your panel out of mayors. Our mayors 8 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: who we were speaking to today are all currently holding office, 9 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: as well as a lieutenant governor, and are currently being 10 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 1: impacted by this storm. Folks got lights out and hopefully 11 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: no lives lost, but the storm is still coming across. 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: In fact, right here in Tallahassee where I am, we 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: are under hurricane warning. I got a text a few 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: moments ago We're under a hurricane mornings. I'm not a 15 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: tornado warning, forgive me. So just first heads up is 16 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: that we have we scheduled our conversation with the mayors 17 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: and you will not want to miss it. It's gonna 18 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: be a really good, I think important conversation. Will revisit 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: some of the ice stuff that is still ravaging communities 20 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: here firsthand from the elected officials. I got to deal 21 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: with this in Minnesota, Chicago, Los Angeles and other places. 22 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: For those who are trying to figure out what do 23 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: we do, what powers the locals have, how do we 24 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: protect ourselves? We want to get underneath all of that 25 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: and offer some real saying advice for not just elected officials, 26 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: but members of our community who can help your elected 27 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: officials plan members of our community who quite frankly, I 28 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: think and you'll hear it directly from them. But if 29 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: the folks who were to tell a story of how 30 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: they won or push back the federal government, the mighty 31 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: might of the federal government and Trump's gustapo, they would 32 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: say it was the people showing up. Basically, they were 33 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: first aid, they were triaging, they were they drew together 34 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: as a community and and helped. Uh. The least of 35 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: these help those who were targets and and so doing 36 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: made themselves targets. Uh. We also want to look ahead 37 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: toward the election. What kind of shenanigans can we expect 38 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: and what sort of security might you know? We all 39 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: have that the elections one will occur, and two, when 40 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: they occur, will take place in a fair and honest 41 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: and dignified manner where every vote legally cast is legally counted, 42 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: and I think you all will be surprised to learn 43 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 1: how much power does exist at a local level to 44 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: to hopefully ensure to UH an uninterrupted federal state local 45 00:02:54,639 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: election coming up soon. The date for if, if Nick, 46 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: you could just throw that up for our reschedule Mayor's 47 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,399 Speaker 1: Roundtable will be March thirtieth. Please, please please, you will 48 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: not want to miss this again. You don't have to 49 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: be an elected official, you don't have to like politics. 50 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: We want to make sure you get equipped with the 51 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: knowledge and the tools that you need so that none 52 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: of us are caught unawares. This last week, during our show, 53 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: our regular Thursday show, I had mentioned that I had 54 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: heard feedback from people that when we talk about the 55 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: kinds of shenanigans that can take place at the ballot box, 56 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: are we doing the job of the opposition for them 57 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: by basically broadcasting all of the red alerts such that 58 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: people say, you know what, I don't think I want 59 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: to do that, no voting for me this time. And 60 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: the truth is that I actually think that's the strategy. 61 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: I think that's where they want us to believe that 62 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: the barriers are going to be so great, so insurmountable, 63 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: that people just make the decision to sit it out, 64 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: stay home. I take a different position. I think by 65 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: talking about this that we can walk in through them 66 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: at the same time, where complex people get on with 67 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: complex stuff every day of the week, multiple times a day. 68 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: If you, if you're like me, and and we can 69 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: hear truths and then uh, you know, think through them, 70 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: plan through them, and come up with a strategy for 71 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: how we overcome with that is the people who are 72 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: gonna announce that now I've just sit it out, you know, 73 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: won't deal with the hassle. I question whether or not 74 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: they're for planning to truly really vote in the first place. 75 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: And that's not what we want. We want all of 76 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: our family members, all of our friends, all of the 77 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: people of like mind and heart, uh making their way 78 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: to the polls. It is. The threat is existential, and 79 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: I don't think you need me to explain it anymore 80 00:04:54,120 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: than uh than that frightful word. I'm not gonna hold 81 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: you long today. And I want to invite lolo. If 82 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: there are things that any folks have questions about or 83 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: want to toss out there, get me thinking about it. 84 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: If you've got questions directly from me for a few moments, 85 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: I don't mind responding. But the other point I wanted 86 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: to make was around oftentimes, when we hear about this 87 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: war incursion, ex. Whatever it is that Trump and HEXTFF 88 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: believe they're doing in Iran, that we are somehow not 89 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: connected to it that's happening over there, And I just 90 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 1: want to focus our attention more on the fact that 91 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: we're all about to be feeling, if we haven't begun 92 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: feeling already. The news has focused a whole lot on 93 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: the straight of her moves and the fact that twenty 94 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: percent of the world's oil flows through that very narrow 95 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: straight and it's effectually closed, holding up the ability for 96 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: ships to make uh uh uh see transit to get 97 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: that oil into critical places. Mostly people have been talking 98 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: about in terms of gas prices, but I want us 99 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: to just think about the fact that petroleum is practically 100 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: in everything we use. I mean, I don't mean that literally, 101 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: but almost literally. When fuel and petroleum, natural gas, when 102 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: those kinds of things are held up, don't make it 103 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: to market, don't well before market to the to the suppliers, 104 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: can't get it to those who are in need of 105 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: it to make the products, produce the products. They end 106 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: up on the shelves when we think about things like, uh, fertilizer, Like, 107 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: what do you call it? Seeds? No fertilizer helps to 108 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: see you grow? Huge, huge, huge impact on US agriculture, 109 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 1: world agriculture for that matter. Much of that produced from 110 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: I ran from, transited through the strait of her moves, 111 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: and it ends up on our shelves when we need it. 112 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: If this thing were to end tomorrow, the disruption that 113 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: has taking place just over these you know, two weeks 114 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: of Trump's showboating, which has cost lives, numerous American lives, 115 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,559 Speaker 1: of course, but also the lives of innocent children and people. 116 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: But there's another toll, and that is going to be 117 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: the financial toll, and I just want to get us 118 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: ready for it. So I pulled the list here of 119 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: what are some of the products that are likely to 120 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: be financially impactful in your life. Obviously energy and fuel. 121 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: I think oil is already over one hundred dollars a barrel, 122 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: was reading this morning. Some estimates believe that will reach 123 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: over two hundred dollars a barrel before this is done. 124 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: Liqu petroleum, or natural gas. I'll just admit I live 125 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: in a city. I led a city as a mayor 126 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: that was over ninety percent dependent on natural gas. It 127 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: was a great asset for us. It probably still is. 128 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: But the fact that almost all the natural gas comes 129 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: through this region, we're going to be seeing higher energy bills. 130 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: And my guess is is probably many of us going 131 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: to sk higher energy bills. Petro Chemicals and plastics I 132 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: mentioned that sort of at the top, fertilizer, agriculture, manufacturing 133 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: inputs like aluminium, rubber, chemical components essential to automotive and aerospace. 134 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: I got to get some work done on my car now, 135 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: and I better do it like today before the sticker 136 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: shock hits and those parts become unavailable or just too expensive. 137 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: That's not worth doing at the moment. Consumer shipping and 138 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: consumer goods, just general maritime freight again, the straight up 139 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: her Moods is a very very active shipping lane, very 140 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: narrow lane. It is rather that opens obviously up into 141 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: the greater ocean. But tons of materials that I can't 142 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: even name come through that strait that again will be impacted. 143 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: Industrial gases like helium. It's largely exported from Qatar, but 144 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: again the strait becomes critical for the passage of those goods. 145 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: So I just wanted to mention that in the context 146 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: of really everything is everything we think because you have 147 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: a military and you're the most powerful, mightiest, the truth 148 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: is is that there are things that it can't quite fix. 149 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: You can cause a lot of damage, but that damage, 150 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: when the whole toll is taken, is damage not just 151 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: done to the place that you might be targeting, but 152 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: really it is a hex on the on the rest 153 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: of the world. And I think that's what's coming to 154 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: fruition here, that every action has a reaction, and we're 155 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: not the only ones with tools in our pocket. There 156 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: are other people with tools, and I think we're about 157 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: to see a lot of that being flexed. I'm looking 158 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: at your note here, Lo Lo to prepare, how to 159 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: prepare for the financial impact well planning, and I know 160 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: we don't have a lot of it, but as I 161 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: read through some of the materials that will be impacted, 162 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: you have to make the decision because already prices are 163 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: are showing up on shelves, and certainly our gas stations, 164 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: refueling stations, I think, in utility bills, but those will 165 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: get worse. If you've got an automotive prepare that is 166 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: of crises, you probably need to handle that asap. Otherwise, 167 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: as this war continues on those automotive parts, those materials, 168 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: aluminiums will become harder to access and more costly. They'll 169 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: be accessible, but accessible to those who supply and demand. Basically, 170 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: who can pay the most get it, and those who 171 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: can't just have to wait their turner. So be be 172 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: aware of that, and then just you know, look up 173 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: for yourselves. Materials that flow through the straight of her news, 174 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: and I'm sure it will produce, you know, Google gobs 175 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: of things that I haven't even mentioned, and I have 176 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: been thinking about, and I just think we all have 177 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: to individually make the decisions around can I say this 178 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: for later or is it something I got to do now? 179 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: Should I sit on that purchase, or should I go 180 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: out and splurge. I trust all of us, hopefully, and 181 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: I right mind, as we know what we supposed to do, 182 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: and then there's then what we do, So hopefully those 183 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: things come to marry a little bit a little bit more. 184 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: I'm here, but this is going to be my only comment. 185 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: I'm done with American politics from here. On and I 186 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: will vote if we still get to vote. But I'm 187 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: only caring about building a foundation for my community. I 188 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: hear you that that messages from tyrone, Nor would I 189 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: appreciate the comment Tyrone, And really just to say, in 190 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: the spirit of everything being everything, take for instances, war 191 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: not a war of our choosing, but of Donald Trump's choosing. 192 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: And even though I didn't choose it, we're in it now. 193 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: That means sons, daughters, uncles, cousins, relatives, you know, are 194 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: at his whim and obviously at the reflexes of those 195 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: who are at war. With any loss taken there is 196 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: not Frankly, I can't tell that it impacts the president 197 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: yet right his the way he showed up to uh 198 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: see the soldiers as they return, the final return, I 199 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: mean it was. It was despicable, and I think it's 200 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: just an illustration his presentation, his outward presentation. I think 201 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: it's just an illustration of his inward. I think la 202 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: a care, concern, disdain. So just know that there is 203 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: the front line, and of course that impacts that's not 204 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: by our choice, but there's also think about the financial 205 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: impacts of that choice, of of of of of aggression 206 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: and and the fact that it's going weigh on all 207 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: of us. So in the I feel the need because 208 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: I'm very much so resolute about taking care of my household, 209 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: my family, and the people who are closest around to me. 210 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: But I also know, with both eyes wide open that 211 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: the thing that happens over there, while it may not 212 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: be caused by me, I didn't ask for it, that 213 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: it has ripples. You know, the old story of the 214 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: pedal thrown in the water and the ways in which 215 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: it ripples heavily up front and as it goes further 216 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: and further out a little less. Well, this is a 217 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: pretty big pebble and it will have large ripples. So 218 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: I wish it well, taking care of you, your family 219 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: and and and so on, But also recognize that, man, 220 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: everything is everything. What happens there and heavily be impacts us. 221 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: What do we do as black people to secure our 222 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: finances with a high unemployment rate among us that is 223 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: so real, you know, the black unemployment is now three 224 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: times that I think of white folks. We all experience 225 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: live through the trauma of watching Trump lay off black 226 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: people and droves at the federal government level, which was 227 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: you know the toll of its impact will not be 228 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: fully felt in the moment. I know it's tough being 229 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: without a job and having to really resituate yourself and 230 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: your life unexpectedly. But the I think the real toll 231 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: of that loss of middle class black incomes will have 232 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: a generational impact. I hate to say it, and I 233 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: don't want to carry on too long about it because 234 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: I don't want to sow bad seeds, but I really 235 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: believe that they're going to be They're going to be 236 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: generational ripples to the kinds of actions that this administration 237 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: took that they've been you know, conservatives have been wanting 238 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: to take for a long time to push us out 239 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: of the workforce, you know, the hard working, qualified, experienced 240 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: ones for the underqualified, unqualified frankly ridiculous by every by 241 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: every corner and definition of that word, people who could 242 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: not qualify for their jobs. And so they had to 243 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: get waivers from the President of the United States to 244 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: assume some of the highest uh and most influential roles 245 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: in the United States government. And we'll see how that's going, right, 246 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: not well served. Yet they were real free to let 247 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: us go. And so in the weak of the financial 248 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: impacts that it's obviously harvesting in so many households. I 249 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: think we all just have to be a lot more 250 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: stratinct one. Let's find new strands of independent income. Might 251 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: be a good opportunity to flex your legs on your 252 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: own entrepreneur entrepreneurism by seeing what the need is and 253 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: figuring out if you have an idea something you can provide. 254 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: Then always have to be a widget. It could be 255 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: in your own thinking, your strategic thinking that can be 256 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: offered up to help people navigate things that quite frankly, 257 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: you could do in your sleep based off your experience. 258 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: There's always, you know, there's always a market out there. 259 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: We just have to go real hard in the paint 260 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: scratching for it. And I don't have a doubt my body. 261 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: Corporate America understands what our community has brought to them 262 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: and continues to bring to them, and our absence is noticed, 263 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: so you know, and those are the folks who are very, 264 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: very much so particular about the bottom line. The politics 265 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: be damn it's about how do I, you know, keep 266 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: keep the money coming. So of course I encourage people 267 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: on the independent strands of income. I think there are 268 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 1: markets out there, still open and available to us. These 269 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: are also good times when economics for us don't look 270 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: on the upswing to deepen into our education, whether that 271 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: be through university system, community college system, or through trades 272 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: apprenticeships skills building in the artificial intelligence field where there 273 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: obviously appears to be a lot of deep pocketed investment. 274 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: Hope it didn't balloon on them. But the thing is here, right, 275 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: we can't fight that. The thing is here, and now 276 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: we got to get our fingernails, you know, dirty, and 277 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: get up under it so we know how to not 278 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: just survive in it, but how we how we use 279 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: it to our advantage to thrive. Y'all, I've gone too long. 280 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 1: I've so suggest announced that we're going to be talking 281 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: with mayors in just a few days. But I thank 282 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:18,199 Speaker 1: you all always for your It has never lost on 283 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: me how you spend your time as a choice, and 284 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: we are honored every week when you tune into Native 285 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: lampod it is it is, yes, work for us, but 286 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: it is ministry. It is also a catharsis, you know, 287 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: being in fellowship with our community, hearing from you, you 288 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: all participating us, giving feedback. We appreciate you choosing us 289 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: obviously many solo pods, all that stuff to go along 290 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: with it. I don't do these on the regular because 291 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: y'all already tell me I'm verbos. I need to shut 292 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: up so you'll hear from me when I have something 293 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: to say. Aside from that, I'll just say, please, please 294 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: please throw the flyer up one more time. Join us 295 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: for our March thirtieth Mayor's round Table. We will cover 296 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: turf that you will want to hear, you will want 297 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: to know. In fact, while watching the federal government is 298 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: distressing right now, locals is where it's at, and so 299 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: I want to invite you back to be part of that. 300 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: On March thirtieth, there'll be an updated flyer that will 301 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: come out with greater specifics RSVP and we'll see you them. 302 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: And until then, thank you to Nick and Lolo and 303 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 1: the team for your help with this broadcast, and to 304 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: all of you who are listening, watching, hearing. Welcome Home. 305 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: Native Lampard is a production of iHeartRadio and partnership with 306 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: Reisent Choice Media. 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