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And we are back. Hour number three, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Brendan Steinhauser joining us now, CEO of the Alliance for Secure AI. Welcome back, Brendan. How are you? I’m doing well. It’s good to be back, John. I appreciate it. Okay, talk to us about right now, I know there’s a push federally to preempt some of the laws that some states have enacted, Colorado being one of those. I can see both sides of the aisle, by the way. I’m a states’ rights guy through and through. I believe states should have the ability to do all sorts of things outside of the federal government, although I will also tell you that when it comes to AI being so overreaching, it’s sort of like… Okay, can the states manage their own Internet, or is that something that should happen federally? And I look at AI kind of the same way.
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Yeah, I think that’s a reasonable position to have, and I’ve got friends and allies who kind of come down on this in different ways. But I think from a principle standpoint, I think you’re exactly right. We want states to be the laboratories of democracy. We want them to be able to protect their citizens when and where they can within their rights constitutionally. States have done important work already in protecting kids online and working on things like deep fakes, preventing the use of AI-generated child pornography and all sorts of other things that I think they have a role in doing. But there’s definitely a role for the federal government here, especially for the executive branch as it relates to national security and foreign policy. And so I think there’s a role for both, and I think that, again, people can kind of view this a couple different ways.
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Okay. And by the way, I thought maybe we might be a little bit different on our opinions here based on my notes. But no, I think you and I are very much the same when it comes to that. I do think there are certain things that states need to be regulating and looking at on their own based upon their state and what they think their constituents want and what their citizens want. On the same token, to your point, not only national security, but maybe even one step further with that, Brennan, it would be even – Okay. At what, you know, by the way, there’s a huge race going on. We’ll talk about that. But you look at what China’s doing with their AI and the fact that it’s sort of a no holes barred. I mean, they want this thing to basically infiltrate everything. And I’ve watched all sorts of videos where there are certain individuals even testing things. the China AI trying to see exactly what threshold will they cross over, by the way. So I do think there’s a role for the Feds along that line of things. And again, this is tough because this is sort of like that great frontier or the Industrial Revolution. We’ve never been here before, so it’s kind of hard to tell exactly what do we do next.
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Yeah, I think it is difficult to predict the future, of course. We can see some trend lines. I think we want to put some policies in place that that give us confidence that we are going to lead on AI development, but also that we protect our citizens along the way. So it’s difficult to get right. But I know one thing we definitely want to do is make sure that we lead and that China doesn’t. But one thing that we can’t allow is for our companies to be able to sell or smuggle chips into China. And that is now kind of the policy of this executive branch right now is to allow the Chinese Communist Party to have these H200 chips, some of the most powerful chips that are used in Military applications, among other things. So that’s a concern that we have. So we want to see better export controls. And that’s, again, a federal government response there. No one would argue that states have a role in that. But then there’s plenty of other things that states can do on the protecting kids online, looking at the jobs impact. I think that’s a state and a federal policy issue there. But I think just using some common sense and also looking at things we’ve done in the past, whether it’s things like airline safety or even the regulation of nuclear weapons, for example, versus nuclear power. I think there are some analogs there that we can look at.
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You know what? And again, I can’t argue any of that. I think, again, you and I are very much aligned more so than I thought we would be along these lines, and I do think there’s a role for both. Here’s my biggest fear, and I think you and I would agree on this one. My biggest fear is… we’re going to have a bunch of politicians who, frankly, have far less knowledge on AI than even you and I do. And I’m by no means an expert, Brandon, at all. I mean, I know enough to get in trouble, let me say it that way. I am by no means smart enough to write policy, and yet we’re going to have politicians who, by the way, have a hard time even resetting their cell phone and making policy on AI. That’s my fear.
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Yeah, I think it’s a valid concern. There’s a huge disconnect between the people in the Bay Area that are developing this technology and the politicians in D.C. I mean, I think, you know, whatever your opinion on the matter, I think that that’s pretty clear. And so we do want to make sure that the people that are building the technology, the people that are researching the technology every day are able to express their views to Congress. And again, some of those people disagree vehemently on different things, but I think that’s important to connect, you know, the people that are closest to the technology to policymakers. At the same time, I think there’s a role for think tanks to play, people that sort of specialize in national security, for example, or specialize in the potential for weaponization of AI. They need to be having those conversations as well, talking to the White House and Congress. And then also, look, every American has a right and a duty to pay attention to this, to care about this, and to kind of vote on this as it relates to elected officials, but also to have their voice heard. You don’t have to be a PhD in machine learning to to be able to exercise your constitutional right to voice your opinions because AI is going to impact all of us.
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Yeah, no, you’re exactly right. And by the way, as you know, too, this is something for everybody listening that you know this as well. Man, this stuff is coming along at light speed. And I’m not one either, Brandon. The reason why I think we need to get a handle on this is I don’t see, like a lot of people do, any kind of a bubble popping. I don’t see that with AI. This stuff is here. It is here to stay. This is not like the dot com, which, by the way, I lived through and even had businesses go through. This is not that. I’m sorry to say for a lot of people that think that’s going to be happening. it’s not. This thing’s here, here to stay, and we’ve got to get a handle on it.
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I think that’s right. There is talk of an AI bubble. I think there could be a slight market correction, if you will, on the value of some of these companies. I think there might be a build-out that’s bigger than we’re ready for, but I think that, to your point, the capabilities of these models is increasing. The advancement of the technology is pretty exponential now we’re sort of on this exponential growth curve that’s right on the technology side so even if there’s a bit of a you know financial setback in a short term there’s going to be a tremendous impact by ai in the mid and long term and so you know i think we have to really be paying close attention to this right now we have to be having these discussions and these debates right now because it’s going to impact our entire world i agree i by the way thank you i agree we’re very much on the same page all right how do folks find you at the alliance for secure ai Our website is secureainow.org, secureainow.org, and you can follow us on all the usual platforms. Our handle is secureainow.
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This is Rush to Reason on KLZ 560. All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thanks for tuning in. All right, somebody sent me an ex-post and wanted to know if I would actually delve into this a little bit because it fits into some of the things that I talk about on a routine basis. And by the way, this does kind of tie in a little bit with also our AI topic a moment ago in a little different slant. And probably before I say much more, let me just play. This is a four-minute clip. I won’t play all four minutes because you’ll get the gist of what’s going on here and what this particular gentleman. This is Peter St. Onge. I’m not sure how to pronounce that last name. Onge? Onge? I don’t know how to pronounce his last name. I’m sorry. Okay. And I’ve seen him before, and I’ll say this straight up. I like Peter. I think in a lot of cases he has a lot of great information. I think sometimes, like a lot of other influencers and folks that are on social media, he tends to overhype some things because that drives views and clicks and so on. So I’m not discounting everything he says, but he is a guy that, quite frankly, there’s been some things in the past that I have watched that he was dead wrong on. Now, in this particular case, he’s not. He is spot on and everything he says, I am pretty much in agreement with. I don’t think there’s anything here that he said that I listened to that I’m in disagreement with. But let me just play this for a moment and then we can come back and I’ll talk about this. Here we go.
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America’s blue collar renaissance is running into the wood chipper. of a failed progressive education system that’s left tens of millions of Americans with zero skills. Turns out government schools and progressive universities can’t teach. Last week, Ford CEO Jim Farley warned he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs, paying $120,000 a year, adding that right now there’s over a million unfilled skilled jobs across the country, including 400,000 high-skill manufacturing jobs. And it’ll get worse as Trump strong-arms trillions of manufacturing investment in his trade deals. Meanwhile, a study by Deloitte found more than half of manufacturing firms say finding and keeping skilled workers is their top struggle. Worse than sales, worse than competition, even worse than regulation. What’s in particular short supply is the trades. Farley noted it takes five years to get good at fixing trucks, while America currently graduates 96,000 apprentices compared to $2 million. increasingly useless college degrees.
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All right, I’m going to stop it there because, again, he continues on for about another three minutes, and it’s really a continuation of what he’s talking about, and I can cover a lot of this on our own because we talk about this on a pretty routine basis. Bottom line is we for decades now, and I’m not talking years, decades, have pushed kids, got to go to college, got to go to college, got to go to college. If you want a good job, got to go to college. If you want a good job, go to college. If you don’t want to be like me, go to college. In fact, that’s what a lot of parents have said. Don’t be like me, go to college. Which, frankly, was it a disservice to the kids. In a lot of ways. Because in a lot of cases, these kids went and got degrees in things that, frankly, and he goes on to talk about the stats, that aren’t being used. There’s a boatload of money that was spent on said degree, and they’re not utilizing it at all. And by the way, that’s the majority of kids that come out of college. Yeah, there are some kids that’ll go for engineering degrees and things like that, and they come out and they use those skills and so on. And the problem is that’s a small fraction of kids that actually come out of college, a lot of them come out with everything from, you know, marketing degrees to this, that and the other and, you know, psychology degrees and and and we go and at the end of the day, they don’t use any of those. And they’re working at Starbucks. And I’m not exaggerating. And they’re not in the trades. And I’m not the only one that’s ever talked about this. It’s becoming a bigger and bigger thing, a bigger and bigger subject, I should say, ongoing because it’s affecting prices. So as I’ve said numerous times, said this on the podcast this morning that you’ll hear a little bit later this week, tomorrow to be exact, the Fed in and of itself creates inflation through high interest rates. Now, I will also tell you that the lack of highly skilled workers in the trades also drives inflation. And some of you would say, well, wait a minute. How is that? How can that be? Because when you have to start paying the trades a higher per hour wage, then you have to charge a higher per hour charge to the customer so that you can absorb that cost of that higher paid worker. In the case of the automotive world, for example, here in this particular area, it is not uncommon for a seasoned technician to make $60 an hour or more. In some cases, they might make $75 an hour. Now, remember, it wasn’t that long ago that most shops were charging $75 to $80 an hour for their shop rate, period. The technician is now making what just a couple of decades ago we were charging. Because at that point, they were in the low 20s. So when you go to get your car fixed and you wonder why the labor rate’s $200 an hour, well, when you’re paying a technician $60 to $75 an hour, $200 is not even enough. It has to be $2.25 or more. And some of you are asking, well, how do you know all this? Because it’s what I do, folks. I coach businesses specifically or started with, I should say, automotive shops because that’s what I ran for years and years and years, and I know what the margins have to be. You can’t keep the doors open if you don’t do what I just said. You’ll go broke. And the same is true whether it be plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and on down the line we go. And the reason for this is there’s no competition for the worker. They can name their price. When you put an ad out as a business and you get little to no response over a period of time, and even the ones that you do get that respond are not even of the apprentice level, they’re not even in the industry. They have just heard that it’s a good thing to get into, and they might have a carry toolbox where they think they’ve got some tools to get started, and it’s frankly laughable. I mean, give them an A for effort, but it’s laughable. But they’re applying for these jobs because that’s the only buddy out there that’ll do it. And as Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford, said, this is a five-year track to even get these folks up to halfway decent speed to where they can even work on these vehicles. And by the way, he’s not wrong. There’s a few exceptions to that. There’s some kids that are really smart that can pick things up quicker than that. But I’ll just tell you straight up, even me, when I was a young kid and I was a sharp technician, not bragging, but I picked things up very quickly. I’m the type of individual where you can show me once how to do something and I’m good. I don’t need a second time. That’s how I learn. Now, I’m different. Most are not that way. Most people learn through repetition. I don’t. I can watch you do it one time, and I’m good to go. So meaning my five years, even at that, it probably still took me four to five years of being around individuals, teaching me what to do and watching what they did and learning to be a halfway decent technician. So five years is really minimal. It’s probably more like 10 to be a really good, solid, seasoned automotive technician. And frankly, I don’t think it’s too far off when you come to some of the other trades. electricians, plumbers, HVAC, and so on. Now, it may not be a full 10, but it’s a solid five, like what Jim Farley was talking about. So the point of this particular article is the reason why some of these prices are going up and the reason why we have some inflation, not all, but some inflation, especially when it comes to trades and getting basic things fixed, is because we’ve designed it that way. We’ve told every kid, go to college. Don’t go to the trades. That’s a rotten job. Don’t do what I did. Go to college. And we have literally deceived a couple of generations of kids now into thinking that they were going to make a lot of money coming out of college, and they’re not. Sad, they’re not. In some cases, they’re not making enough to even pay back their student loans. And, folks, I’m not exaggerating in what I’m saying. You guys know it. You see it. Some of you that are in business like me, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I’ll get text messages on this verifying the very thing I’m talking about. So how do we reverse this trend? I think some of it’s starting to reverse now. Some of these kids are even coming out of high school right now or in high school, I should say, are looking at, gosh, I can go be an automotive technician and with five years make, you know, 120 grand or above. Yeah, you can. If you’re smart, you work hard, you put in the effort, you learn. Yeah, you can. Now, I will tell you this. There’s not a lot of college degrees that will allow you in five years to make 150 grand. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that. And keep in mind, in five years, the 150 will be 175. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that because it’s going to keep going up because there’s not enough of them and there’s not enough competition. And quite frankly, there still isn’t enough going into the trades to make much of a difference. And remember, too, this is something that doesn’t get talked about much. It does some. I’ve read some articles on it, but it’s not talked about enough. Old guys are leaving. You take a technician that’s getting to be in his late 50s, early 60s, well, guess what? They’re done. In fact, I tell all of my shops, hiring a technician, whether it be an electrician, whether it be HVAC, whether it be an automotive technician, it’s a lot like professional sports. Their season, their prime, is from about age 20 to 40. Because once you hit 40, you start slowing down. Sorry, but you do. Can you work as a technician until you’re 50? Sure, you can. But I’ll tell you straight up, did I start slowing down at 40? Yeah, we all do. your body physically is incapable of doing the things that it did at 20. So there’s about a 20-year time span for people that go into the trades in that area. Now, what I tell every person that I’ve ever mentored that’s in the trades along those lines is, what’s your next step going to be? So in other words, while you’re Turn in a wrench. While you’re doing HVAC work, while you’re doing electrical work or plumbing work, you should be taking some other classes and doing some different things to learn how to be more of the manager end of things so that you’ve got a future because you may end up being a foreman or a manager because you won’t be able to do what these guys are doing today. Which, by the way, is fine. Do that progression. There’s still solid money to be made doing that and save the money while you’re making good money. So any of you that are listening that have young kids, that’s my advice would be to get into the trades, save some of that money, do the third principle, save a third, live on a third. If you can donate a third, great, most can’t, but you get where I’m going with this. Split it up, but save a bunch of money if you possibly can. And if you make enough money, you can do that. Because there will be that time, especially as an automotive technician, where you won’t be able to turn a wrench any longer because it’s physically too demanding. Now, that’s another thing. As time goes by, things will start to change. It’s easier. I say this a lot. It’s easier to be a technician today than it was when I was doing it. You know, 40 years ago, way easier. The tooling that we have today is far better than it was 40 years ago. So the things that you actually have to help fix cars and help you fix cars is better today than it was 40 years ago. But it’s still physically demanding. So that’s my point. So I think there’s a lot of reason why some folks don’t get into the trades is because it is a physically demanding thing to do. But there’s also a lot of mental work that goes into it, and at the end of the day, is it very rewarding? Absolutely. So thank you for sending me this particular clip. By the way, this particular individual is spot on. We have spent generations now, a couple of, teaching kids not to go to the trades and go to college instead. We’ve got to reverse that, or we’re going to continue to have – inflation, by the way, that we really can’t control in these particular areas because what I just said, it has a huge effect on it. Roof Savers of Colorado, another trade, by the way. Speaking of, Dave Hart, he wants to help you extend the life of your roof. 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All right, we are back. There’s an article, by the way, that ties into this last segment that I had a moment ago, and this is coming out of Denver7.com. One in three adults, 18 to 33 years of age, living with parents because of high rent and inadequate income, resume building company Zeddy says. So tight finances are forcing more young adults to move back in with their parents. One in three adults between 18 and 33 are currently living with their parents because of high rent and inequity income, according to new numbers from the resume building company Zeti. Mile High United Way of Denver says it’s also seeing 51 percent of renters in Colorado are cost burdened. Denver 7 spoke with a woman involved in the research who said it’s not only having financial impacts, but emotional ones as well. Yeah, of course it is. When you can’t pay the bills, it’s emotional. Now, I probably should put a disclaimer out here. This doesn’t apply to everyone, but I’m going to probably say some things that step on toes. I usually do. You guys know me. I don’t mince too many words. One in three. So a third of adults 18 to 33 have to go live with their parents because they don’t have enough income to pay the bills. Now, I get it. Denver is an expensive place to live. This front range, you know, the whole front range area is expensive to live in. I get that. Which, no offense, if you’re 18 to 33, especially if you’re on the upper end of things, maybe you should think about moving. I get it. Mom, dad, whoever’s here. But, you know, there’s other places that are cheaper than here. And depending upon your skill set, going back to the conversation we were having a moment ago, if you don’t have a skill set or you have a worthless degree, honestly, you can go work wherever you want to because you’re going to have the same job. And maybe you should think about adding some skills to what you have with that degree so that you’re more valuable in the workplace. Now, here’s my gut feeling. These are most likely, and I don’t know this, so again, put a disclaimer here, I don’t know this for sure, but my gut feeling is, because I’ve met people this way, when somebody gets a degree, they’re very proud of it. I have a degree in such and such. And I get that, by the way. A lot of cases, they worked really hard, borrowed a lot of money, spent a lot of money, paid to school a lot of money. I get it. They’re proud of said degree. I get that. Not taking anything away from that, by the way. But if that degree… doesn’t have a market value, it’s useless. And you probably should think about what can I add to the degree that I have so that I can actually become worth more in the marketplace, so I can make more money. And I’m afraid that especially this one in three crowd probably has the attitude of, you know what, I’m waiting until I can find a job that fits my degree, period. Otherwise, I’m out. I’ll just live with mom and dad. I could be wrong. I can’t say that as a blanket statement because every person in that category probably doesn’t fit what I just said. But I’m guessing there’s probably more than we think. And that’s not in this article, by the way, because they’re not going to ask those questions because it doesn’t fit the mantra. Now, keep in mind, these are pieces designed to tell you how bad the economy is and how high prices are. And, oh, big government needs to come along and have affordable housing and, and, and, and, and, and. In other words, let’s take from the rich and give to the poor. That’s what this article is about, by the way. That’s the number one reason of this article. This isn’t about one in three having to live with mom and dad. This is about how can we fleece those that have and give it to those that have not. Let’s make sure we’re clear on this, crystal clear. That’s what this article is about. That’s what the left wants to do. Take from those that have, give to those that don’t have. Keep in mind, some that have, like myself, worked really hard to get here. And no, I didn’t go to college. Wasn’t for me. Didn’t want to go. So I didn’t. I learned by the school of hard knocks. That was my education. And there’s others like me as well. And I went to the trades. It’s what I wanted to do. So in turn, the left wants to take from those like me and give to somebody else that didn’t do what I’ve done or doesn’t even want to do what I’ve done. And there’s a lot of you listening that can relate to what I’m saying, by the way, because you’re in the same boat. You’re looking at it exactly the same way. You’ve done things to get ahead. You’ve made it, quote, unquote. By the way, I never look at it as being, you know, making anything. I’ve been blessed. I’m fortunate to be where I’m at. I don’t owe it to myself at all. There’s lots of individuals, family members involved. friends and so on, the Lord himself that helped me get where I’m at. It is not by me alone. I can tell you that right now. I am not talented or smart enough to do that on my own. I’ve had a lot of other help, I guess you could say, along the way, but I also know how to work, and you guys know that. There may not be a lot of things I know, but I know how to work. I’ve said this before, and I mean it, and I’ve tried to teach my kids this. I will not be, guaranteed, will not be the smartest guy in any room. But I can outwork any guy in the room, any person in the room. And I’ve taught my kids that if they do that, they’ll always have a job. Frankly, that’s something we haven’t taught these particular individuals. This one out of three, frankly, we haven’t taught that. That hasn’t been something that we’ve ingrained into them. Dave, you’re next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, John, to expand a little bit on what you were talking about over the last 30, 40 years when we’ve been pushing people more towards college and away from the trades, what also fed into that, another aspect of it, you know, something else to throw into the mix would be, you know, we’d also been telling a lot of people for so long, well, you don’t want to do that job. It’s beneath you. And those suddenly became the jobs that Americans won’t do.
SPEAKER 13 :
Right. Good point.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. Obviously, there was a time when Americans did do those jobs. And so starting in the early 90s, you know, with NAFTA, we started importing that cheap labor. And a lot of times, that cheap illegal alien labor. Because, hey, we’re going to be able to make that money. They’ll do the jobs that suddenly these kids who suddenly realize or believe that it’s beneath them. I need to go to college to get a worthless degree. They come in and start doing those jobs. Well, they came in and maybe they were working out on the farms and doing farm work. And maybe they were out there digging ditches. But they’re not doing that no more. California just recently got busted for giving out 75,000 CDLs to illegal aliens.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 15 :
That’s right. Well, there was a time when being a truck driver, I could remember, back in the 90s, was paying $120,000 a year. If you’re willing to do the work, you know, do the over-the-roads kind of stuff. But even in town, a lot of truck drivers are making good money.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right.
SPEAKER 15 :
So the thing is, those aliens that were doing that, they’re not going to stay. They’re like anybody else. They’re hungry to move up in life. They’re not going to stay out in the farms. They’re not going to stay out digging the ditches. They’re going to become the carpenters. They’re going to become the dryworms. They’re going to become the bloopers. They’re going to become the people who start their own landscaping company. And within 5, 10 years, they’ve expanded. Now they’re the entrepreneurs, right?
SPEAKER 14 :
You’re right.
SPEAKER 15 :
And we’ve handicapped ourselves and we’ve handicapped generations of young folks to suddenly believe that. And, you know, you hear this racist mantra from the Democrats saying, well, if we get rid of the illegal aliens, who’s going to mow my lawn? Who’s going to pick my fruit? Who’s going to do this? Well, since when did we become a landed gentry that work is beneath us?
SPEAKER 13 :
Good point.
SPEAKER 15 :
And that was a terrible thing, because that’s not upon which we were built. I was just watching the stuff on the greatest American inventors, and what struck me was that what you’re talking about was this hunger that people had coming out from other countries at that time, realizing that this is truly the land of opportunity. If I just work and work and work, and maybe do some more work, I’m going to get whatever I want, I can become great. And even if I don’t, like a lot of us who have been out there realize, you can fail two and three times before you finally make it. But you will make it if you just keep going. And we’ve brought up generations of kids to believe that it’s got to be now and it’s got to be quick.
SPEAKER 13 :
And to your point, Dave, never failed. I mean, we’ve brought up a generation or two now of kids that have never had A failure. Yeah, it’s no wonder that there’s one in three still living with mom and dad who had a text message come in and basically said, these are parents that are enablers. And by the way, that’s a true statement. I can’t argue with that at all. These are parents that are enablers because they’re not helping their kids grow up at the end of the day. So, no, Dave, you’re spot on, 100% correct, absolutely.
SPEAKER 15 :
You know, and that’s one of the things that I was taught early on, you know. You’re not… you know, uh, strong and fast. You’re not going to be an athlete. You’re not pretty. You’re not going to be a movie star. You can’t sing. So you’d better be smart and you’d better learn how to use your hands. And so, so that’s what I had to learn to figure out, Hey, you know what, this is where I fit in this world. And guess what? Life isn’t easy. And which, which you’re talking about earlier, you know, to expand on that a little bit, you know, Who guaranteed anybody a rose garden? You know, life is difficult. And for us to be telling our kids that, no, don’t worry about it. This is going to be the easy way. And now they’ve come out of school, high school or college, with this expectation that That I’m owed this because I was told this for so many years.
SPEAKER 13 :
Good point. Yeah, and the other question, Dave, that I would have for some of these individuals, you know, this one in three where it’s, you know, this quote-unquote affordability end of things. I can’t afford rent. I can’t afford this. I can’t afford that. And one thing that’s not in this article that I find fascinating is how many jobs – Do you have? I mean, I’ve done the math, Dave. I’ve done it many times on this program as to how many hours a week they are from Monday through Saturday, taking Sundays completely out of the equation. And the reality is most people could hold two full-time jobs if they wanted to. So the question that I’ve got for some of these individuals is, are you not making it because you’re working one 35-hour-a-week job?
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, exactly. And they’re expecting to make it on that. I can remember back, and this was back in the recession of the 70s, Colorado wasn’t a place to – there wasn’t a whole lot of work going on. So what did my family end up doing? We moved to where the work was.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, good point.
SPEAKER 15 :
We eventually moved back, but you did what you did. This was just the times. Do you think that the folks during the Depression just decided to just sit in one place and hope that something was going to fall from heaven?
SPEAKER 13 :
No, they went where the work was.
SPEAKER 15 :
You know, man of protection. They went where the work was. And like you’re saying, we’ve got these kids who are too afraid to walk out the front door and say, okay, it’s a big, ugly world. Let me see how I’m going to make it. Let me see where I’m going to fit into it. And it is hard, but the thing is that that ultimately is what develops that character and helps develop you into a functioning adult is that when you finally get out there, it’s like riding that bike or – learning any kind of skill, once you learn it and you realize, well, hey, you know what? I can make it. I can do it because I know how to do this. And then I can get up and I can go anywhere and do it anywhere. And after a while, like you said, once you develop that skill set. you might actually get to a point where you can name your price. You’ve got that kind of reputation.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, and Dave, the one thing I always remind people of, I guess as an employer, I’ve always seen it this way, the more valuable you make yourself, the more money you will make. And I had a text message coming in where, in this particular case, the daughter is a geologist, went into the rare earth metal end of things, has done very well, has a fantastic job, is willing to work in conditions that, by the way, a lot of other men won’t even work in. Congratulations to her.
SPEAKER 15 :
by the way dave and she’s making really solid money and doing really well proving dave you can still do it in today’s world absolutely absolutely it’s one of those things that you you know they’re not doing enough of it in high schools and even in colleges where they’re bringing these these kids and part of that also has to do with when the government took over um Financing college education. That’s right. That’s when colleges dropped their bar so that they could let even more people in because they knew the taxpayer was going to be on the hook for the bill. So guess what? Now kids coming in, of course, before they would have said, no, you don’t have the grades or no, that’s not going to get you where you want to get. Now they’re saying, well, sure, you don’t have the best of grades, but we’re going to let you in anyway. And sure, you know, underwater basket weaving and, you know, transgender whale studies is going to be something you should study because nobody’s there to tell them, what are you going to do with that? How are you going to make a living with that, you know?
SPEAKER 13 :
Mm-hmm. No, you’re exactly right. I was trying to look up really quick to see, and it’s hard for me to do. I have to do this probably offline and check this out. I really want to know, and maybe I should do a deep dive into this, Dave, as to when did we transition from banks and financial institutions handling student loans into government-funded loans? And I’d like to know who was the sponsor or who was the main person that pushed that. And I would venture to guess it was probably somebody from the left. Maybe I’m wrong, but I would venture to guess that’s the case.
SPEAKER 15 :
I believe it was. I believe that from what I recall, I could be wrong, but it was in the early 90s. So that would have put it right around in Clinton’s wheelhouse.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, I think you’re right.
SPEAKER 15 :
And so that was one of those things. And so, of course, now, of course, you’ve got a lot of people who should never have gone to college going into college and getting these degrees that maybe are interesting, but.
SPEAKER 13 :
1992. 1992 became the year for them to try direct lending to students. In 1993, the Student Loan Reform Act furthered the conversation to a direct lending program with the goal of converting 60% of all loans into direct loans within five years. So you are 100% correct, Dave. Spot on. Good job.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. And so that’s one of those terrible things where we’ve got this whole generation of people who – That’s right. That’s right.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, it was. No, you’re exactly right. I mean, I graduated high school in the early 80s, Dave, and even then it was starting to be phased out at that point.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, yeah. And where the thing was that, you know what, we just accept the fact that, you know, not everybody is a rocket scientist. Not everybody is a brain surgeon.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 15 :
Not everybody is an electrical engineer. We all have those gifts that God gave us.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 15 :
And we’ve got to capitalize on what we have and accept it right that’s right everybody can go play in the nfl you’re right you might be able to love football but guess what just because you love football so much doesn’t mean you’re entitled to a position on the denver broncos no you got to be able to prove that you can play football yeah you can’t just identify as a pro player you have to prove you are one dave exactly exactly but that that was just my point no good stuff no and you’re and by the way your dates you’re spot on good job dave you you great memory good job
SPEAKER 13 :
Have a great night, Dave. Appreciate you very much. Great caller, by the way. No, he was right on the money. That pilot program was initiated under Bush, and then Clinton came along, they solidified it, and we’ve had really this rampant runaway, high-end student loan, how should I say it, debacle. since then, and frankly, never should have ran down that path. It was a big mistake. It has done nothing but, in my opinion, ruin college education. And at the end of the day, I believe, by the way, it was by design, because that, again, would go back to the whole Marxist movement that I talk about continually. All right, up next, Golden Eagle Financial. Speaking of finances, loans, all that kind of stuff, make sure that you’re financially sound, that you’re on track for retirement. Talk to Al Smith today. Find him at klzradio.com.
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SPEAKER 13 :
All right. Normally, I agree with the majority of folks that we have in the Trump administration. In this case, Marco Rubio, who I like Marco and one of Andy’s favorites, by the way. And I like Marco. But this one, I’m going to have to disagree with him on. So he has issued an order. to diplomats to use Times New Roman font, ditching the woke Biden era Calibri. How do I say that? Calibri? Calibri? Calibri? Calibri font. which I don’t use, but I hate, I’m just going to say straight up, I hate Times New Roman. For me personally, it’s one of the hardest fonts to read. Maybe it’s me and my eyesight and whatever, but I hate that font. I will not use that font. If I get certain documents and things sent to me, I’ll be straight up honest with you guys. I will take that particular document and convert it to a font that I can actually read. My favorite, by the way, is Tahoma. It’s the cleanest, and oddly enough, you look at the description of Tahoma font, it was basically designed for the computer. It was designed in 1994 by Matthew Carter for Microsoft. It is known for its excellent on-screen readability, especially at small sizes, making it a popular choice for user interfaces, menus, body text, and so on. It’s the font that I use for almost everything that I do because of that. It’s easy to read. So I’m going to—granted, Marco’s younger than I, but this is an area where I’ll have to disagree with Marco. And I know it’s kind of a funny thing, but I can’t stand Times New Roman. And it’s the default font in a lot of cases when you get a computer, a word processing, you know, Word, whatever. It typically is that font by default. In my case, it’s never the default because I change it immediately because I hate it. So again, this is one where Marco and I will just have to agree and disagree. I don’t know where the, you know, he calls it the woke leaning adoption of Calibri and wasteful diversity initiative. And it may be that’s where it came from. I have no idea. Calibri is not bad, although I still don’t think it’s as readable as Tahoma. But I’ll just say straight up, Times New Roman is one of the hardest, in my opinion, one of the hardest fonts to read, especially electronically speaking. And that’s why you see very few websites and news organizations and so on actually use it because it’s extremely difficult, in my opinion, difficult font to read electronically. So anyways. I don’t disagree much with folks in the White House, especially in this case, Marco, because I like Marco. Truthfully, this is another one of those areas where, honestly, I don’t care. This is a nada to me. I don’t care one way or the other. As long as it’s clean and readable and it says what it needs to say, I honestly don’t really care one way or the other. So that’s just me speaking. All right, one other thing. that is interesting and i talked about this with a a client of mine today and that is the cash or the clash i should say that’s happening right now between uh am i saying that right uh the supreme court justice and kavanaugh katanji thank you charlie katanji i knew i was going to say that wrong There’s kind of a riff going on because there’s a court case or there’s a Supreme Court case right now having to do with Trump firing three-letter agency folk. So anybody that would be in the EPA, FCC, FTC, and so on. And so there’s a particular case where Trump actually did, and this case is now in front of the Supreme Court. And Kavanaugh is basically saying, wait a minute, timeout. You know, this is a situation to where, you know what, I think Donald Trump does have the right to actually do what he’s doing. Because if you stack, in this case, we’ve now Republicans, we have control of the House, the Senate and the presidency, and we can put people in places that the next president, administration may not want. And frankly, it should be up to the next administration whether they want those particular people running the FTC, the Federal Reserve, the SEC, and so on. So reality is I think the president should have the ability to put the people that he wants in those particular agencies. Of course, she’s a staunch Marxist on the left Supreme Court justice. So, of course, she’s going to disagree with that because she doesn’t want Trump having any power at all. She wants all of these to go through Congress. And her and Kavanaugh basically are fighting back and forth because Kavanaugh, much like me, feels like, no, this is definitely within the executive branch’s authority to be able to do. These are unelected officials. He has the ability to fire said individuals if he likes. And frankly, we’ll see how this all turns out. But I’m guessing that’s what the Supreme Court will rule, which, by the way, is going to be a huge advantage to Donald Trump along those lines. We’ll see how it all plays out. That’s it for today, guys, though. Don’t forget, we’ll be back tomorrow, same time, same place. Have a great evening. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
