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Hey, pleasure to 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: be back with you. Chris merrill in four, John and 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: Ken k If. I am six forty and I had 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: to come in off the beach today, so that sucks. 14 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: I was just talking to the guys that go, hey, man, 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: it's been a long time, and yeah, I've been hanging 16 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: out of the beach and I had come in. Ah 17 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: ah good. I just had a creddy day. I start 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: coming in from the water and it starts getting hotter 19 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: and hotter and hotter, and I don't like that at all. 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: I'm just not a fan. I don't do well with 21 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: the heat. I don't do well all, and I am 22 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: the biggest winer. I'm such a whiner and it's hard 23 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: for me. My wife is doing business right now in Phoenix. 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: We lived over there. She started a business. She's got. 25 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: It's crazy. She runs a business from Phoenix and her 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: clients are in San Diego County. So I don't know 27 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: why she doesn't come over here, but she goes over 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: there to run her business. And she's got some employees 29 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: over there that she has to train. So I can't 30 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: even complain to her because I'll say, I'll say, man, 31 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: we hit ninety to day at the station, and she'll say, so, 32 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,199 Speaker 1: that's just say how's the fires? Other fires stink? Fires 33 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: are no good. And it worries me when I you know, 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: it's ninety to day, it's May. I don't like ninety 35 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: in May. I don't like that at all. I don't 36 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: like that we have massive wildfires in May. We don't 37 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: you know, we're not seeing the big wins. We don't have. 38 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: We don't have the the the other conditions that we 39 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: get later in the summer, and already we've got big 40 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: wildfires that are burning down multimillion dollar mansions. I don't 41 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: like to see any of that. And then I was 42 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: I was thinking about the drought conditions that we're already facing, 43 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: and I was looking up, you know, how bad is 44 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: the fire season going to be? And it is no bueno, friends, 45 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,559 Speaker 1: to see the massive fire that we saw in Lugunnigel, 46 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: and then to follow that up with we're expecting another, 47 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: you know, more drought conditions. It's going to be even worse. 48 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: The reservoirs, they're going to get down even further. For 49 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: a lot of people in southern California. The water supply 50 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: for some of us is from the Colorado River has 51 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: to come all the way across the state. And then 52 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: I was reading a story about Lake Mead, which is 53 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: one of the reservoirs, and that's the one that Hoover 54 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: da Amazon is Lake Mead, and and that's so bad. 55 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: The last time I was out there was last fall, 56 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: and as I drove past Lake Mead, I was going 57 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: up from Phoenix into Las Vegas, and I happened to 58 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: be out there and you look out on Lake Mead 59 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: and you can see the dock and it goes out. 60 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know how long that is, probably 61 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: what one hundred and fifty feet, maybe maybe two hundred feet. 62 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: It's pretty long dock, and then the dock ends and 63 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: then probably another three hundred yards before the water begins. 64 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: And that's how that's how far it continues to go down. 65 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: And they keep finding things in Lake Mead, which again 66 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: part of the Colorado River, part of the water supply 67 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: for much of southern California. And they found another body 68 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: last week. I don't know if you saw the story. 69 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: That's the second one that they found since the water 70 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: level started dropping. This one was in a soon. It 71 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: was in a barrel. They're suspecting it might have been 72 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: mob related, which intrigues me and grosses me out all 73 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: at the same time. I'm so fascinated by mob life. 74 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to get anywhere close to it. But 75 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: I'm so fascinated by everybody involved in mob life. You 76 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: put out a mob movie, I'm going to see it. 77 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: Good Fellas, Casino, Godfather Alist, I love it. I'm just 78 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: fascinated by it. I don't I getywhere close to it. 79 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: First time I ever had anybody swear on one of 80 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: my radio shows on the air, it was Henry Hill 81 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: from Remember good Fellas. It was real. The real. Yeah, 82 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: good fellas. It was the real character that Rayleiota was playing. 83 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: The first time I read somebody swear on the air 84 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: and I got in trouble for it. I just love 85 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: the mob stuff, love it. And they found this body 86 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: in a barrel and they think maybe it was mob related, 87 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: and I'm so fascinated by it and grossed out because 88 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: I know that that body was in the water that 89 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: then is later pumped to make for drinking water in 90 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: southern California, and that freaks me out. And I thought, 91 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: how many dead bodies are in the drinking water. And 92 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: as the drought gets worse and worse and the reservoirs dropped, 93 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: we find more and more bodies in these different reservoirs 94 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: and lakes and things like that, and uh, and I'm 95 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: kind of creeped out by it. But then I have 96 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: to start thinking. I was talking to my wife about this, 97 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: and I said, oh, my gosh, they found a body 98 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: in like me, that's part of the Colorado River and 99 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: that's that's that's where that's where the drink water comes from. 100 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: And I said, it's so gross. There people were drinking 101 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: water that was flowing right by a dead guy and 102 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: She says, what body of water doesn't have dead bodies 103 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: in it? And I said, come on, not every body 104 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: of water has a dead body. She says, Oh, there's 105 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,119 Speaker 1: dead bodies of some sort. Could be a deer, could 106 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: be a great big fish or bear or something. There's 107 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: dead bodies in all the water. Thanks, honey. I appreciate that. 108 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: It'd be nice of the drought would ease up, and 109 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: then I wouldn't have to look at it anymore, right, 110 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even have to think about it, and just say, 111 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: look at all that beautiful clear water. Surely there are 112 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: no dead bodies in that water, and it would make 113 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: me feel better about things. But now we come up 114 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: with the drought and the drought getting worse, and we 115 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: see that the fires are going to get worse and worse, worse, 116 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: and one of the things is making the fires worse. 117 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,239 Speaker 1: But or not, we don't have enough people in prison. 118 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: Isn't that weird? We don't have enough people in prison, 119 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: and that may make firefighting harder. Channel seven was talking 120 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: about that. Firefighters have been saying for years that fire 121 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: season in southern California seems to last all year long 122 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: and with a devastating blaze destroying at least twenty homes 123 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: in Laguna Niguel in relatively cool weather with no red 124 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: flag warning and no Santa Anna winds. CalFire Captain Neil 125 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: Japinski says it's a good example of what a severe 126 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: drought can do to the vegetation. Everything's prime and ready 127 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: to go. It's very cyclical, and the rest grows back 128 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: really quick. That it's just how it's designed here in 129 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: this chaparral that we have down here in San Diego 130 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: and most in southern California. Yeah, Japinski says, in some places, 131 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: all right, so the brush grows up and then it dies, 132 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: and then it turns into basically kindling. And then even 133 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: if there is a fire and it wipes out all 134 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: that fuel, it grows back real fast the next year 135 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: and creates more fuel. Chaparral is so dry it won't 136 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: take much wind to cause problems. Once something's established like that, 137 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: and it's even if it's just a topography influenced you know, obviously, 138 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: if someone starts at the bottom of the hill, it's 139 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 1: gonna want to know the rate radiate in the convection. 140 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: Heat's going to go up, and that's going to translate 141 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: to you know, fire burning uphill unless there's an ad 142 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: condition to pushing downhill. And it's not just weather conditions. 143 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: Firefighters are having a tough time with what is it? Oh, 144 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: finally my intro is going to pay off here. I 145 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: think we're gonna find out about inmates. But right now 146 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,119 Speaker 1: there are fewer inmate hand crews available than in years past, 147 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: not only because of prison realignment, but the COVID nineteen pandemic, 148 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: because gascones not locking enough people up. We had to 149 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: come up with other ways to be able to fight 150 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: fire as we have in the past. So with the 151 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: inmate decline, with COVID kind of stopping stopping that that 152 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: process of getting more inmates through the system as well 153 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: as them being let out, we've we've got the approval 154 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: to be able to have hire permanent firefight one hand crews. 155 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: We've bolstered some of the seasonal tripleC hand crews now 156 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: to permanent funding and staffing so those would be around 157 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: and year around, as well as well as the National 158 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: Guard all right. So basically the fire stink there aren't 159 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: enough inmates that we can put on the fire crews, 160 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: which are always the low l offenders, and and why 161 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: is that? Because you got prison overcrowding and you had 162 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: the COVID releases and this sort of thing which is 163 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: now coming back to bite us. And what does that mean? 164 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,239 Speaker 1: Is going to cost more money to fight the fires, 165 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to hire professional firefighters and pay 166 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: them more than whatever they make when they have the 167 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: inmates do it. I don't know what the inmates made, 168 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: like three bucks an hour or something. So now you're 169 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: gonna have to pay people more money and we're gonna 170 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: have more fires and everything's gonna suck. That's it. There's 171 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: your future. Doesn't that make you feel good? Yeah? I 172 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: mean either mean either, but but it could be worse. 173 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: You could be a baby hoping to eat. You got 174 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: to talk about that formula shortage in just a second. 175 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: Here it's Chris merrill In for John and Ken on 176 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: k IF I am six forty live everywhere in your 177 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 1: right heart radio app. Hey there, it's Chris Merrilyn for 178 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,719 Speaker 1: John and Ken k if I am six forties more 179 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: stimulating talk. And baby needs a new bottle. Sadly babies 180 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: not getting a new bottle because we have a massive 181 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: baby formula shortage. Massive The photographs that I've seen on 182 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: the Twitter machine are pretty alarming. I'm not talking about 183 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: the ones where people are claiming that all the baby 184 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: formulas being shuttled to the border. That's that has been 185 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: debunked one hundred times over. But the baby formula going 186 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: to the border, incidentally, and I know some people are 187 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: gonna scream about this and you're gonna get angry with me, 188 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: when that's fine. The baby formula going to the border 189 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: is either a necessary because it's required by law that 190 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: food and water be supplied to people who are being 191 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: held near the border, and or be What you're seeing 192 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: is formula that's that's going to the border, and there 193 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: are still you're just not seeing the replacement formula that's 194 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: going back onto the shelves. There may not be any 195 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: other replacement formula, but believe me, the border is also 196 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: having a shortage. I know you're seeing cherry picked photographs 197 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: to try to make an argument, but it's just not 198 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: the case. The baby formula sit is a tricky one 199 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: because people aren't having enough babies. Frankly, I know it's weird, right, 200 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: but the demand for baby formula actually fluctuates very little, 201 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: very very little, and as the demand fluctuates very little, 202 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: there's really no reason for these companies that make baby 203 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: formula to have production facilities larger than they need for 204 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: their predicted amounts. Now, so why are we having issues 205 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: with it right now? Some of it has to do 206 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: with this recall that happened. The recall happened a few 207 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: months ago because one of the baby formulas may have 208 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: been contaminated and three infants got sick. Two of those 209 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: infants died, and they are trying to determine whether or 210 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: not the formula was the reason for that. All right, 211 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: that's problematic. And as a result, they had they had 212 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 1: to take what four hundred thousand bottles of baby formula 213 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: off the shelves or something like that. So that puts 214 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: pressure on all of the other manufact acturers, and then 215 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: you end up with the shortage because demand doesn't fluctuate. 216 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: So if there is a change in supply and demand 217 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: is not fluctuating, then suddenly you've got a shortage. And 218 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: ramping that back up is challenging, there's no doubt. It's 219 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: it's a challenge to everybody that's involved in that. Let 220 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: me see, I think I think we had Yeah, here 221 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: we go Channel seven. I think had had a bit 222 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:31,359 Speaker 1: of an explainer on this, and let me let them 223 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: get into it a bit. This morning. With pressure mounting, 224 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: the White House is taking action to try and address 225 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: the baby formula crisis. Oh good, the White House is 226 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,839 Speaker 1: going to fix this. Good. Joe Biden's gonna get out 227 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: there and pump for all the mothers, urging states to 228 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: allow families to use federal aid to buy more brands. 229 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: But what if the baby doesn't like the brands? That's 230 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: when Joe Biden pumps taking steps to import more formula 231 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 1: and cracking down on price gouging. But the White House 232 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: unable to say when the shortages will end. If you are, 233 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: you know, that's the stinky part two. So they mentioned 234 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: price gouging. That stinks. It's just irritating. Look. I understand 235 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: that we've got supply and demand, and if demand is 236 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: level but supply drops, then the value is inherently more, 237 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: and so companies are trying to accommodate that. And if 238 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: they charge more, maybe people will buy less, which evens 239 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: out supplying demand. I understand the economics behind it, but 240 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: for the people that are charging three four times the amount, 241 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 1: what is the justification other than well, we can get it. Okay, 242 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: I guess you can immoral a whole, Yeah, you can 243 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: get it. You are a parent who's looking for formula 244 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: right now, struggling to find what you need. You have 245 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: an even a rough guess of how long these shortages 246 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: are going to last? What should parents be bracing for? Here? 247 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: Good question? All right, what are we getting ready for? 248 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: How long is this going to last? What's the deal? 249 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: Jen Saki, who's got one foot out the door? What 250 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: say you? Well, we've already seen an increase in supply 251 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: over the past couple of weeks. We're taking every step 252 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: to increase that. So our message to parents is we 253 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: hear you, we want to do everything we can. Now 254 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: Congress is that was not an answer? Right? What is 255 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: that like? Oh, well, we know that it's a problem. 256 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: We hear you, we do. We're taking every step to 257 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: increase that. What is every step? We're taking every step 258 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: to increase that, to increase supply? What does that mean? 259 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: We're taking every step? There's no there's no weird taking 260 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: every step. Somebody's calling a CEO at a baby formula 261 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: company and going, hey, you guys making formula and the 262 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: CEO goes, yeah, we're taking every step, and the White 263 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: House goes, all sounds good to us, and then they 264 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: hand over. They hand Jensaki a piece of paper that 265 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: says taking every step, and they go, see, right there, 266 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: we're taking every step. You can even call the CEO 267 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: and verify. We told him, are you taking every step? 268 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: And they said yes, done. What does any don't mean? 269 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: We're taking every step doesn't mean anything. It's just made 270 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: up works. So our message to parents is, we hear you. 271 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: We want to do everything we can. We hear you, 272 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: we want to do everything we can. You know, we 273 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: feel really bad. Maybe this is a good time to 274 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: try the fasting diet with your baby. We feel like 275 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: this is probably a very good way for you and 276 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: your baby to to really learn about food oases, shortages, 277 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: diet plans. We hear you, No, you don't. When you 278 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: have the White House that says, oh, your baby's hungry, 279 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: we hear you, No, you don't, because you're not there 280 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: at two o'clock in the morning, when that kid is screaming, 281 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: We hear you. Now you do send them all MP 282 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: if you've got a kid that's screaming looking for formula 283 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: at two o'clock in the morning, record it, Send that 284 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: MP three to the White House and say now you 285 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: hear me. Now, Congress is demanding answers. ABC News learning 286 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: EXCLUSI of leeve that the House Oversight Committee is launching 287 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: an investigation. Oh good, this will fix the problem. We've 288 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: called in a group of twenty steptogenarians, mostly white men, 289 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: to discuss baby formula. They are all experts in baby 290 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: formula and baby formula supply chains. They're going to get 291 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: to the bottom of this. You know what set them out? 292 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: Just get them out of there. They don't have any idea. 293 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even let those guys babysit my kid let 294 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: alone try to fix the problem with their diets. It's 295 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: a crisis. We are taking steps to correct it, and 296 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: we will make sure that it does not happen again. 297 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: I don't even know we're taking steps to get this. 298 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: We're taking steps now, we're taking what steps? There are 299 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: no steps across the country. Parents worried, frustrated, scrambling to 300 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: find formula. What happens when we can't find it? Does 301 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: your baby just starve? We hear you, and we're taking 302 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: every step we can. Yeah, Oh, what's that again, what 303 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: happens when we can't find it? Does your baby just starve? 304 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: We hear you, and we're taking every step that we can, 305 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: and we're going to get to the bottom of it. 306 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: That doesn't feed my baby. In stores, the shelves empty 307 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: and estimated forty percent of brands out of stock. Not 308 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: only can we not find it, but when we do 309 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: find it, it's there's always a twenty percent markup on it. 310 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: On eBay, one specialty formula for infants with a milk 311 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: allergy now selling more than double its normal price. Hoarding 312 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: is also a big concern, companies like CBS and Walgreens 313 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: now limiting purchases to three per customer. Do you blame 314 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: anybody for hoarding? I don't. If you can find it, 315 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: you stock up on it because you don't know if 316 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: the next time you're out, if they've taken every step 317 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: and listened and gotten to the bottom of it. So 318 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: you go buy your baby formula in the middle of June. 319 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: You need some more, Oh sorry, we were busy holding 320 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: congressional hearings, not actually manufacturing more formula. Oh the baby's hungry. 321 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: Oh sorry, really sorry about that. Maybe take your baby 322 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: to McDonald see if your baby legs McDonald's food, that 323 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: would be good, that would help stimulate the economy. Give 324 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: that baby a burger. Doesn't work like that. Now. Critics 325 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: say the White House dropped the baller, that they should 326 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: have acted sooner and summer calling for the President to 327 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: invoke the Defense Production Acts to try and boost manufacturing. 328 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: The White House isn't ruling it out, but they aren't 329 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: taking that step just yet. But bottom line, this is 330 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: a very real problem. I can attest to this. I 331 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: myself went to seven stores yesterday before I was able 332 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: to find formula for my own daughter. And Washington just 333 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: can't say right now with any certainty when this crisis 334 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: is going to end. Oh, stop looking at Washington to 335 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: end the crisis. There's the first thing. We ought to 336 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: stop looking at Washington to end it. I'm gonna tell 337 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: you if you the more I look at it, the 338 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: more I think, you know what, those doomsday preppers are 339 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: onto something. Yeah, I always thought the doomsday preppers were nutty, 340 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: but now I'm starting to think they're onto something. You know, 341 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: the doomsday prepper. Oh, they're still they're still bat spit crazy, 342 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 1: but at least they got a basement full of crap 343 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: they can use. Yeah, doomsday preppers. They have the diapers 344 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: in the in the in the in the razors and 345 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: the and the formulas and everything else that you might need. 346 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: They've got all the soap and powdered milk and everything else. 347 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: Those doomsday preppers there on top of something. I thought 348 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: they were just nuts and throwing their money away on 349 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: five gallon buckets of ready to eat meals. But now 350 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, why not? Blows my mind? All right, Chris 351 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 1: Merrill in fort John and Ken gotta be fired up here. 352 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, it's k IF. I am six 353 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 1: forty live everywhere in your iHeart Radio AB. Chris Merrill 354 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: in for John and Ken. K IF I am six 355 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 1: forty Debra. I don't know your situation. You have issues 356 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: where you're talking to family members and they start telling 357 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: you about how why don't you do life like this 358 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: those today? Yeah? Absolutely, yeah you did. I talking. I 359 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: was talking to Pops and I got the you're you're 360 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: throwing your life away speech today? What are you doing, Chris, 361 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: that you're throwing your life away? Well, I'm working in 362 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: radio and it's it's only doing some fill in works. 363 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,479 Speaker 1: Say there yeah, I know. I got yeah. Yeah. So 364 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: it's like, oh, well, you know you're only doing fill 365 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 1: in work. I mean, you're just where you're throwing your 366 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: life away. It's settle down to get a real job. Yeah, 367 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: why don't you. You should get into mechanical engineering like 368 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: I did, Like I'm too old, you need a degree 369 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: and oh, come on, stop with that, and uh he 370 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: got mad at me too. He says, he says, you 371 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: know when you do this fill in work, you're working 372 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: for a base rate and I said, yeah, right, I 373 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: mean we get paid per show, right, so yeah, okay, great, 374 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: and he says, but now the minimum wage is going 375 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: to go up. He says, all right. So he says, 376 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: so you're making less money And I said, how am 377 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 1: I making less money? Because other people are making more 378 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 1: more money? And I said, you mean because of inflation. No, 379 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: they're getting raises and you're not. So I'm happy with 380 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: the wage that I make. Why do I? Why am I? 381 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: Because you're not making this you're losing money, But I 382 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: haven't lost any money. I'm just what are you talking about? Oh? 383 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,959 Speaker 1: So this is that was a circular argument that lasted 384 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: way too long, and it's my father. So I can't 385 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: just go. Your mind is melted into mush. And I 386 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: don't really care if you know, if if my wage 387 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: through inflation isn't keeping up with the cost of living. 388 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: To your degree, I'm I'm fine, My life is fine. 389 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,479 Speaker 1: I don't care. I don't not just foolish. Oh God, 390 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: so that happened. Yeah, yeah, he's it's your life. I'm 391 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: not going to tell you what to do. But well, 392 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: he's just looking after you. Chris. You know, I mean, 393 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 1: I get it. You know you're a parent too. I am. 394 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: And I look at my kids and I don't know 395 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,479 Speaker 1: why my why can't my pops be like I am 396 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 1: with my kids? Right? But that's a whole nother that's 397 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: I hear you because I have that same situation. Okay, Right, 398 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: My son is twenty seven, right, my oldest son is 399 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: twenty seven and uh and so, and he's he's a 400 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: total dumpster fire. And so I don't tell him you're 401 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: throwing your life away. I sit back like normal people, 402 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,239 Speaker 1: and I tell him I love you, son. And as 403 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: soon as I hang up the phone, I look at 404 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: his mother and I say, where do we go wrong? 405 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: What a total dumpster fire? He is? Why I can't really. 406 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: But and I so, I don't understand why my father 407 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: can't just say to my mom, what a loser we have. 408 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: Why Why is he such a goober? He's he's he's 409 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: such a moron, he's throwing his life away. Why does 410 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: he have to tell me to my face? Why can't 411 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: he just be normal and gossip about me behind my 412 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: back like every other family does. Okay, I'm gonna stop 413 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 1: you there. I would rather somebody tell me to my 414 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: face how they thought, then then do that. I mean, 415 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: that's just me. I just I don't like sugarcoating. I 416 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 1: don't like when people tell me things because they think 417 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 1: that's what I want to hear. Be truthful. Hey, maybe 418 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: it will hurt, The truth will hurt, but I I'd 419 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: rather know that. Don't stuck up to me. Just lay 420 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: it on the line. Okay, but what if it's just 421 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: completely unsolicited advice? Well, I mean I say to my dad, 422 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: I mean I I get in his face, and I 423 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: my dad is very My dad's a very quiet, gentle guy, 424 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: and I'm just like boom boom boom, and I give 425 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: it to So maybe that's what you need to do. 426 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: You need to give your dad you know you gotta oh, 427 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: it's gotta be tough. No, no, he'll he'll just go 428 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: into passive aggressive mode. I don't need to do that stuff. 429 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: And I was, you know, this inflation keeps going up, 430 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: and he keeps saying, you shout, inflation wouldn't be that bad. 431 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: But now look at it now. You had the story 432 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: right about the inflation wages going up. Now because inflation 433 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: so much, all of a sudden, minimum wage triggers yes 434 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 1: and goes up another fifty cents. Yeah. I think that's 435 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 1: a good thing that they put that in the bill. Yeah, 436 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: because I the one of the areas. In fact, I'm 437 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 1: kind of bothered that they didn't write the whole bill 438 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: this way. But I'm always irritated by For instance, we 439 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: just saw this with the criminal justices, right, the medical 440 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: malpractice bill that was just they just the Assembly just 441 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: passed at what was it yesterday or the day before 442 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: or whatever, where they upped the amount that you could 443 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: get in a medical malpractice lawsuit if somebody dies, you 444 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: could up that. I think it's five hundred thousand dollars 445 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: or something of the sort. The original was two hundred 446 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand dollars. Was the cap. Now, this all 447 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: started back in the seventies because somebody came along and said, oh, 448 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: there's so many frevolous lawsuits and all these doctors are 449 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: just getting screwed. And and you know, in my mind, 450 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, you mean doctors that screw up and kill people. Oh, 451 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: it's terrible, or tort reform everywhere. How dare we prosecute 452 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: doctors who failed and to kill somebody? We're not talking 453 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: about somebody that just made an earnest mistake or just 454 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: as that, we're talking about somebody that really screwed things 455 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: up here, right sou So they set the limit at 456 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, but that was in 457 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: the seventies. So as we have inflation, as we're seeing 458 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: right now, all of a sudden, that two hundred and 459 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars doesn't seem so all inspire is what 460 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: it maybe did in nineteen seventy. Now it would be 461 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: closer to a million dollars. So we're always playing catch 462 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: up with the laws unless we start indexing things. And 463 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: so when they passed the minimum wage law, what did that? 464 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: What did that go through? Kit fourteen fifteen? You know, 465 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: it started, it bumped things up to I think twelve 466 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: dollars an hour, and then it was thirteen fifty, and 467 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: then it finally went up to fifteen dollars an hour. 468 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:45,239 Speaker 1: I think was it this year that it finally hit 469 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: fifteen dollars Now, yeah, I believe, so I have to 470 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: check on that for sure. Yeah, my kids were making 471 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 1: so yeah, my kids were making minimum wage when it 472 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: was like twelve bucks an hour. You know, my daughter 473 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 1: was like a barista and was making twelve bucks. But 474 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: since then she's become like a crew leader barista, so 475 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,479 Speaker 1: you know, she's rolling in it now. And so I 476 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: see this. I saw it slowly climb. But my contention 477 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: at that time was why are we indexing this. We 478 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: always look back and we go the minimum wage is this, 479 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 1: but compared to the cost of living increases since nineteen 480 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: eighty one, if we were at the same level as 481 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,360 Speaker 1: it was in nineteen eighty one, we should be at 482 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,479 Speaker 1: this number. And it just bugs me. We need to 483 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 1: index the minimum wage index. It put that on the 484 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: consumer price index, and you make the minimum wage correspond 485 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: with whatever the consumer price index is done. Now, minimum 486 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: wage is always the same ratio of the cost of living. 487 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: But no, we don't want to do that because we 488 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: always want to leave some sort of a political argument 489 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: that we can raise money on in the future. What 490 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: a splendid way to do things. You take school funding, 491 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: index that school. I love it. School's always come back, 492 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: and they're like, it's for the children, we need more money. 493 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 1: And so then you have politicians that go, oh, they 494 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: don't need any more money, and you always see the 495 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: same lame arguments like, oh, teachers have summers off, why 496 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: should we pay them more? And I hate that argument. 497 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: But then you always have the same arguments that come 498 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: up when we talk about funding the schools and capital 499 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: improvements and teacher wages and education spending in general and 500 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,679 Speaker 1: all these other things. If you index it, then we 501 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: can say you have the same amount of money in 502 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two is what you had in nineteen eighty nine. 503 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: But nobody wants to do that. Nobody wants to index 504 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: this stuff, which is why when Debra has the story 505 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: about inflation going up over seven percent or it's estimated 506 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: to go up over seven percent here for the last 507 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: year whatever, whatever that the threshold is, we've hit it, 508 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: and the estimation is that the minimum wage is going 509 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,120 Speaker 1: to rise to fifteen fifty for large companies. And then 510 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: again there's a different tiered system that they have in there, 511 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: and I think, good, good, you know good. You put 512 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: it vision in there to to at least help people 513 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: out if inflation starts going bonkers, which it's doing now. 514 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 1: Nobody anticipated this when that law was past six, seven 515 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 1: years ago, whatever it was, I don't remember the exact date, 516 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: but good, you're doing it now. Just imagine somebody that 517 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: was working that's working for fifteen bucks an hour, now 518 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: they're gonna make fifteen fifty an hour. Great, that might 519 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: help them top off their gas tank. It's not a 520 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: huge raise, it might help them actually put enough fuel 521 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 1: in the tank to get to the job that's paying 522 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: the minimum wage. What would you say the gas was 523 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: five eighty seven? Now? Is that you ever get going 524 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 1: and then realize that you need gas, but then the 525 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 1: only stations that are near you are six bucks or more? 526 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: Alogist that, Yeah, that stinks. I'm a planner, So I 527 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: don't do that anymore. I go to the same place 528 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: because it's really cheap. You're smart. You're smart. I'm not. 529 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: Sometimes I'll leave this nation. I'll look down at that 530 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: little gaslight will pop on and I'll freak out, and 531 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,239 Speaker 1: then I always end up at the station. It's like, 532 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 1: oh gus, here's seven ten a gallon. Something ridiculous, right, 533 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: I don't blame right, you say, no way, but then 534 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: I go, yeah, I'll just fill it up. It's right 535 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: if it's sick. But my wife voiceays, why don't you 536 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: just put in a couple of gallons to get you 537 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: down the road. It's not worth my time. I don't care. Okay, Look, 538 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: if the average is five eighty seven and I gotta 539 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: pay seven bucks a gallon, I will go down the road, right, 540 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: I mean, we're talking about them. But if the average 541 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: is five eighty seven in the in the it's six 542 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: oh five or something, I go, I'm only it's gonna 543 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: cost me a couple of bucks more. It's the principle 544 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: of it. Chris as No. See, this is when you 545 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: get too emotionally attached to pennies, and that is more 546 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: harmful than spending the pennies themselves. Now, if you're smart, 547 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: you do like Debora, doesn't you plan ahead so you 548 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: don't run into this situation, so you don't have this 549 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: inner conflict. Oh am, I so principled that I won't 550 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: pay the extra four dollars that it might cost me, 551 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: or am I just going to suck it up and go. 552 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: It's just not worth my time or effort to worry 553 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: about it. I want to get stuck on the road, 554 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: So I mean, sometimes I'll fill my tank when I 555 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: when it's half empty. Usually when when I have a 556 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: quarter left. I'm more concerned about getting stuck on the 557 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: road than I am the gas prices. But they go 558 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: handed that. That's true. You're smart. You're smart because otherwise 559 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: you get going down the road and then all of 560 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: a sudden you find out that there's a traffic jam 561 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: where you've never run into a traffic jam before. Absolutely, 562 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: it's gonna last an hour. Yeah, that has happened. Want 563 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: to do that? You don't want to do that. While 564 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 1: we're all trying to find money to buy baby formula 565 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: or gas or whatever else it is, the US Senate 566 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: is trying to spend money. One senator stopping them from 567 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: spending money. I'll tell you where they want to send 568 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: that money in just a minute. Chris Merrill in for 569 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: John and Ken Care. If I am six forty, it's 570 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,479 Speaker 1: live everywhere and you're right heart ready way Chris Maryland 571 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: for John Ken if I am six forty more stimulating talk. 572 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,719 Speaker 1: Rand Paul blocked the Senate vote to advance the Ukraine 573 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: War Aid bill yesterday. This is a big deal. The 574 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: President once forty billion dollars in economic, humanitarian and defense 575 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: aid to Ukraine thirty nine point eight billion to be 576 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: specific for you engineers out there. So this passed in 577 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: the House, and it passed overwhelmingly in the House, and 578 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: then it heads to the Senate and there is bipartisan 579 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: support to pass this thing. Right, So Schumer and McConnell 580 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: are actually working together on this. It was strange bedfellows, 581 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: and we're not used to seeing them working together. Although 582 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: I think they probably do more than we recognize. It's 583 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,479 Speaker 1: only on those divisive issues that we see them out 584 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: lashing at one another. So, anyway, they wanted to get 585 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: this thing passed, and it didn't pass. It didn't pass 586 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: because Rand Paul decided he was gonna he was gonna 587 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: block it. He's gonna he's gonna filibuster this thing in 588 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: order to get this thing pushed through it. Now it's 589 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: not a filibuster in order to get this thing pushed through. 590 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: They try to get it through on unanimous consent, which 591 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: is a pretty simple method, and many many senators would 592 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: would say, Okay, you know, yeah, pass it. That's fine, 593 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: We're all in agreement. It's bipartisan leadership has told us this. 594 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: We do what we're told. Always trust party leadership. Yes, 595 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: do as we're told. But it did not get through 596 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: an unanimous consent, and rand Paul said, no, I have 597 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: problems with the bill. Ram Paul's problems with the bill 598 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 1: aren't that bad. Now, there are times that Rampaul drives 599 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: me nuts, but this is not really one of those times. 600 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: And the reason is, he claims anyway, his big issue 601 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: is that there's no watchdog associated with this, so he 602 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: wants the watchdog. He wants some sort of some sort 603 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: of accountability for the spending. Now, the forty billion dollars 604 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: in is it's not as though we're just sending a 605 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: check for forty billion dollars to Ukraine. It's forty billion 606 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: dollars that we would be using at the president's discretion 607 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: or at the discretion of the smart people in charge 608 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: of getting supplies and such to Ukraine, and then they 609 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: can sort of dip into it. Think of it. Think 610 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,480 Speaker 1: of it like a credit that they have, and they 611 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: can kind of dip into that as they need to. 612 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: So President Biden so that he wanted it on his 613 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: desk by the end of this week. This from the 614 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: Washington Post. Now, why is that because the current funding 615 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: that we have for any of our aid to Ukraine 616 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: ends next week. So he says, I want it on 617 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: my desk by the end of this week. The idea 618 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: is he can sign it, he can send that off 619 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: to the people that need to get or done, and 620 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: they can then go ahead and allocate resources as necessary. Right, 621 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: so it takes a few days to get the wheels 622 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: churning here. So the idea was, get this thing through 623 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: the House, get it to the Senate, send it unanimous consent, 624 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: and along. It should only take a day or two 625 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: to get the bills to the President's desk. The President 626 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: signs it, takes another couple of days take it to 627 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: the people that need that allocation to be able to 628 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 1: move forward on their plans. If the timeline works out, 629 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: it means the funds go to Ukraine, or the funds 630 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: go to the right places, and Ukraine can get some 631 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 1: of our old missiles or our old equipment or whatever 632 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: else it is that we're shipping to Ukraine, or it 633 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: could be humanitarian aid. We can allocate the funds and 634 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: we can get the humanitarian aid to the people in 635 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: Ukraine as needed. Right, and so the idea was get 636 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: this on the President's desk by the end of the 637 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,000 Speaker 1: week and there won't be any interruptions in the assistance 638 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: that we're offering. Rand Paul said, I want accountability on this. 639 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with rand Paul wanting accountability. 640 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: My big issue is that why didn't we write into 641 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: the forty billion dollars humanitarian aid package or economic aid package, 642 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: defense aid package, it's all three combined to Ukraine. Why 643 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: didn't we write in a watchdog or some sort of 644 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: an audit, some sort of accountability to begin with? Does 645 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 1: anybody have a problem with making sure we know where 646 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 1: the money goes. I don't have any issue with that 647 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,360 Speaker 1: at all. I don't think Ran Paul is off base. 648 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,239 Speaker 1: What strikes me is odd is that you've got politicians 649 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 1: on both sides of the aisle that didn't care about 650 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,479 Speaker 1: the accountability. Now, normally, if you've got a Democrat in office, 651 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: your Republicans all care about accountability if you have a 652 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: Republican in office. The Democrats all want to have transparency 653 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: and accountability. In this case, they just said push your through, 654 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: which means that either there is overwhelming trust that this 655 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,799 Speaker 1: money is these are by our elected leaders, that our 656 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 1: money is not going to be wasted in any way, 657 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: shape or form, or everybody's getting something out of it. 658 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 1: Now I haven't seen anything pop up that says somebody 659 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: is getting something out of this other than Ukraine. I 660 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: don't put it past them to sneak that through, but 661 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,240 Speaker 1: nothing strikes me as being odd. Normally, if you've got 662 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: to if you've got additional spending that's gonna benefit one 663 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,920 Speaker 1: person's district, then somebody is throwing the right flag and 664 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 1: throwing a conniption about it. Doesn't seem to be the 665 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: case this time. So Rand Paul requested that an Inspector 666 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 1: General will be appointed to oversee the funding. He rejected 667 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: an offer from Senate leaders to hold an amendment vote 668 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: on his provision. Now this is where Rand Paul's being 669 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: a little bit cheeky about it. So you had other 670 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: politicians and went, oh, okay, Rand, we hear you. You 671 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,240 Speaker 1: want you want okay, in this case the inspector general. 672 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,400 Speaker 1: But you want to watch dog on this. Okay, Well, 673 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: we'll just throw an amendment on there and we'll vote 674 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 1: that through and we'll get it done. Rand Paul goes, No, no, no, 675 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 1: that's not what I want. I want it written into 676 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: the original bill. Why. Well, because I don't want anybody 677 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: to vote differently in the amendment. It's note I can't 678 00:35:54,520 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: do that. M So, while I don't dislike what Rand 679 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:07,719 Speaker 1: Paul is saying, I'm a little confused as to why 680 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: he's not taking what he wants. You want someone to 681 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: oversee it. They're willing to amend the bill to say 682 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: yes to you, and you're not going to take yes 683 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:17,840 Speaker 1: for an answer. He says, No, I want it in 684 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,440 Speaker 1: the original bill. Part of what Rand Paul did yesterday 685 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 1: with this vote stiming this forty billion dollars aid package 686 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 1: for Ukraine had people scrambling to find a quote that 687 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 1: John McCain had five years ago about Rand Paul when 688 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: it came to trying to allocate money for I believe 689 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 1: it was Montenegro at the time. Excuse me, it wasn't 690 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 1: even not money. It was about adding Montenegro to NATO, 691 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: and Rand Paul just said no and walked away. John 692 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: McCain took the floor immediately after and made a pretty 693 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 1: damning accusation. Here's what he had to say, Mission I 694 00:36:54,800 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: note from Kentucky leaving the floor without justification or or 695 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:04,280 Speaker 1: any rationale for the action that he has just taken. 696 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: That is really remarkable that a senator blocking a treaty 697 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 1: that is supported by the overwhelming number perhaps ninety eight 698 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 1: at least of his colleagues would come to the floor 699 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:26,399 Speaker 1: and object and walk away and walk away. The only 700 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: conclusion you can draw when he walks away is he 701 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: has no argument to be made. He has no justification 702 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:40,439 Speaker 1: for his objection to having a small nation be part 703 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: of NATO that is under assault from the Russians. So 704 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:48,040 Speaker 1: I repeat again, the senator from Kentucky is now working 705 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:52,719 Speaker 1: for Vladimir Putin. Well, okay, all right, John, you may 706 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 1: have wow, that's a stretch. I don't about working for 707 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 1: Vladimir Putin. But McCain was never shy a to say 708 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,799 Speaker 1: what he felt or at least get people fired up 709 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 1: a bit. 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