Join John Rush in “Rush to Reason,” where timely discussions unfold about some of today’s most pressing issues. In this episode, we delve into the evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence, shedding light on the ongoing technological rivalry between China and the United States. Learn about the potential impact that this powerful technology could impose on industries, economies, and our very way of life. Alongside compelling discussions on AI, the episode also assesses the social implications of innovation, debating the merits and pitfalls of a Universal Basic Income in a rapidly automating world. We explore the nuances of work as
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All right, we are back. Hour number three, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Appreciate you all joining us today. Been a great day so far. Thank you for all the text messages and things that have come in as well. I appreciate each and every one of those. I do read them. I don’t get a chance to personally reply to every single one of those, especially when we’re on air, but I do my very best to at least give you some sort of an acknowledgement that I was able to read that. I’ve got a guest joining us. Looks like we’ve got about one minute out. that we’re going to talk about AI. Now, I’ve talked a lot about that lately, so we’ll get into that right now. And Brendan joining us now. Brendan, and is it Steinhauser? Am I saying that right, Brendan? That’s right. All right. Appreciate you joining us. Talk to us about this meeting that Trump’s going to have with President Xi and AI and all the things involving that.
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Yeah, you know, it’s an ongoing conversation that the president has had with Xi Jinping and the head of the Communist Party in China, head of that country. And there’s a lot going on there. They’ve been talking about agriculture. They’ve been talking about technology and, of course, tariffs related to all sorts of products moving back and forth. But the thing we’re most concerned about and most interested in is, of course, AI, because it’s going to be the most powerful technology perhaps ever, but certainly the most powerful technology that we’ll see in the next decade. few decades. And there is a bit of a competition going on between China and the United States, broadly speaking, but especially as it relates to AI. And so we’re really tracking the back and forth there as to whether we should allow the Chinese Communist Party to have our most powerful technology.
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Yeah, and thank you. And by the way, there’s different schools of thought along those lines. Some would say, well, if they have it, at least you can track what they’re doing, and we’d have that ability, and this, that, and the other. On the same token, I guess I kind of look at it as – We have the ability to really do what we need to do, AI speaking, really no need to have them as advanced as we are. I’m kind of of the schooling, and you tell me if I’m right or wrong, but I’m of the schooling of I don’t think they should have that same ability that we have. If they want that same ability, go develop it on your own.
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I 100% agree with that, and I think there are many members of Congress and people in the White House who agree with that as well. We need to be the leaders in AI. We cannot allow the Chinese Communist Party to either steal our technology, which they want to do, or we can’t allow companies like NVIDIA just to send them the chips, basically just… Hand over. Hand them over.
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Right. Well, because as you know, they are the masters at, and I’m going to, you don’t know this, but I was talking about this earlier in the last hour. So our big automotive trade show, I’m a big automotive guy. I have another show that I do along those lines. And the big automotive trade show in the whole world is in Vegas. It’s starting, actually started today, but it’ll really gear up tomorrow. It’s SEMA, you know, the Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Association. Really everything automotive related is there. And I can remember back in the day, where, Brendan, at one time, none of the Asian countries, China especially, were allowed in the show at all, period. They were not allowed because everybody knew that they would be there. They’d take pictures. They would reverse engineer all the different things. And stupidly – and I’m going to say it straight up – stupidly, our industry – figured, okay, well, you know, I guess if you can’t beat them, join them. They started letting them in. A lot of stuff started to get reversed engineered. Now there’s entire, I’m not exaggerating, there’ll be an entire section of those particular type of displays there where you can literally go to China and basically get anything you want while the rest of the hall is filled with things that we as Americans are actually making and designing. And at the same time, they’ll be running around trying to figure out what they can copy at that particular show because I’ve said it for years and I’ll continue to say it, because they’re not capitalistic, there’s no innovation. They only copy what they find.
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I think that’s exactly right. Very well said. And you laid out a case of what they’ve already done in the past, and they’ve done that across industries. And what really concerns me about AI is that they very well could weaponize AI against us. And so this is a very, very powerful tool. And I think that we have to be paying very close attention to this. And that’s why our organization is working with folks. within the administration, within Congress to try and get some export controls, some serious export controls on these chips because that is the key to the AI race, if you will. So, yeah, it’s a real problem, and I think we need to make sure that we have a good lid on it because you’re exactly right. Thousands and thousands of Chinese intelligence agents and collectors who are working for those agents are operating already in America.
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And again, I apologize. I should have mentioned earlier, CEO of the Alliance for Secure AI. Talk about what you guys do.
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We’re an organization that started basically to make sure that AI goes well for America, goes well for humanity. We want it to be a tool that empowers human beings. We don’t want it to be something that replaces us or replaces the dignity of work. We certainly don’t want to lose control over AI. We have to develop it safely and responsibly. That’s what we work hard to do every day. Some of that is through public awareness campaigns, and then some of that is also through working on legislation, whether at the state level or on the federal level.
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Gotcha. Well, by the way, thank you for what you’re doing, and I like you. And I’m one where, probably even different than a lot of folks in my camp, you know, the conservative side of the camp, there’s no denying that’s where I’m at. And there’s a lot of folks on my side that really just kind of want to, you know, poo-poo AI. We shouldn’t be a part of it. It’s the devil. It’s evil. And I am of a different approach, Brendan. I’m one of those where we need to be involved in this. We need to help with the development of. We need to keep it in check. We need to be part of the gatekeepers of it, if you would. I mean, there’s a lot of things that I feel like we need to be doing to make it an effective tool at the end of the day. I look at it strictly as a tool. I don’t look at it as anything bad. Anything out there, a hammer can be used for good to build a house and build things with, or it can be used to hit somebody over the head and kill them at the end of the I look at this the same exact way. It’s a tool, but yet it’s got to be an effective tool. The only way it becomes effective is by us keeping it in check.
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We absolutely have to do that. That’s why we’re calling for things like testing and evaluation of these frontier models, these next-level, next-generation models. That’s where the real risk comes in for me. Everybody’s used to using different chatbots for different things. They’re used to having it do work for you or making you more efficient. AI is going to be integrated into almost everything that we do. It should be something that amplifies what we’re doing. I know a lot of people are very concerned about this idea of loss of control. if we don’t have eyes on what’s going on at the Frontier Labs in Silicon Valley, then they’re going to be doing this race. They’re going to cut corners as it relates to safety. So we do need to have some eyes on that. We need to make sure that all Americans, all human beings, have a bit of a check on what they’re building because they’re going very fast. And we want to make sure it works for us. So I understand those fears and those concerns. I share a lot of those concerns as well. And we’ve got some great colleagues that are working to try and find, okay, what is the best way to ensure that AI goes well for humanity.
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Yeah, and by the way, this is not an easy thing. I mean, I’ve said it this way, Brandon, I don’t know what you guys’ thoughts are, but I look at AI as being very much like the Industrial Revolution was back in the day. This is not like the dot-com, dot-bomb end of things. People compare it to that, and it is not anywhere as close to being comparable. That was more of what companies could do to get their messages out, talk, network, things like that. This is on a whole different level than that was. And again, this is much like the Industrial Revolution, because it’s going to change the lives of people if they’re not ready.
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Yes, it’s going to come very fast. And again, some people think that we could have almost total disruption of our economy within two or three years. I think it might take longer than that. But People can debate how long it will take, but I think very few people deny that AI is going to radically transform our society and our economy. In some ways, it can be good. In other ways, it could be very bad. It depends on the policies we put in place and what we do in terms of how human beings are taken care of, how our workers are taken care of or not. I don’t know your opinion about this, but one thing I am concerned about is an idea of a universal basic income, which is Many people have put out there the idea that basically either the government or someone in big tech would just pay us not to work. So I’m a little concerned about that.
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Yeah, I’m a workaholic, so that ain’t going to fly with me at all because there’s no – that’s the end of society as we know it if we get to that point because we are meant to work. There is gratification in working, especially for men. It’s not always the case for women because women are homemakers and they – They get gratification out of how well their house is and the nesting end of things and so on. And that’s not to be sexist at all. That’s just the way we’re made at the end of the day, Brendan. But, yeah, for us, men especially, but human beings in general, we need to work to feel satisfied.
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Yeah, I agree with that. I think that’s really important as we go forward because, look, AI potentially could replace computers. tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of jobs, depending on who you believe and the reports that are out there. So it is really important we maintain our human dignity and our purpose. And there are a lot of other issues where this is going to impact the world. We’re really concerned as well about just, you know, children using AI, especially the AI companions, if you’re familiar with that. So that’s a place where we need some safeguards to make sure that, again, we’re using this as a tool to enhance our lives and make it better. That’s right. How do we find you? What’s the website? Our website is secureainow.org, secureainow.org.
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Awesome. Appreciate it, Brent. Have a great rest of your day, please. Thank you. Thank you, John. You bet. Have a great night. Golden Eagle Financial did a great interview of late. Hang tight. We’ll be right back after that. Find Al at klzradio.com.
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This is TJ with KLZ Radio. And once again, we have Al Smith with us from Golden Eagle Financial. And Al, we’re coming up on the end of the year, and I figure there’s probably quite a few things that a retirement planner has to do to prepare for the new year, yes?
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Well, there are a couple of things that have a just 31st deadline that we talk to some of our clients about. If people are thinking about converting part of their traditional IRA to Roth, That needs to be done before December 31st. And we don’t usually wait till the last week in December because the financial companies get really busy. So it’s a good idea to address that in November. And usually by then people have a pretty good idea how much money they have earned, and we can guesstimate their tax bracket.
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So you’re just basically helping them reach out to figure out what sort of distribution they should get from an investment.
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Well, not so much distribution, but if they’re younger people, they may have a longer-term strategy to convert traditional IRA to Roth. And that will add income to their income tax they pay each year. And we usually wait till near the end of the year because by then people know what tax bracket they will be in. But it has to be done before December 31st.
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Excellent. And that’s why we trust you, Al. How can people get in touch with you if they want to start their retirement planning adventure with you?
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That’s a good way to describe it as an adventure. You can reach me at 303-744-1128. And if you’re driving when you hear this, contact KLZ and they’ll put me in contact with you. All right. Thanks for joining us today, Al. Thank you for having me.
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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. Mark Mix joining us now. Mark, how are you this afternoon? I know you’re catching a plane. I’ll make sure I don’t hold you too long because I want you to be on time.
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That’s all right, John. It’s good to hear your voice. Good to talk with you.
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Likewise.
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Thanks for the opportunity.
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All right, so number one, how’s everything going? Give us an update on national right to work and what you guys have going on in regards to some of the elections we’re encountering right now.
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Yeah, obviously the most important one to us right now is in Virginia, where we have a governor’s race. We’re coming off a four-year term of Governor Glenn Youngkin, who was a strong advocate for right to work, using it effectively to draw industry, draw investment, draw new jobs to Virginia, to the Commonwealth. But unfortunately, John, because we can never rest in this business, the Democrats have now got their sights on the right to work law, including the Democrat candidate for governor. Abigail Spanberger, who has not only voted once but twice to repeal all right to work laws in the country, is a member of Congress. Her opponent, Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, has come out and said she supports right to work strongly. So we’ve got a massive mobilization campaign and information campaign underway right now. Obviously, if it isn’t done now, it’s probably too late because Election Day is tomorrow. The polls don’t look absolutely great. But I think some of the turnout models from early voting have given an indication there might be some success here. It’s going to be close, I think, one way or the other.
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And just for everybody listening, I’ve talked about this race before. So has Bob Duco from Detroit on his program. This is one of those situations where you’ve got the Democrat basically saying, you know, go go. Sorry to go down this path, but, you know, go vote for the the white woman. Forget about the black woman that’s running because she’s evil.
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Yeah, it is really an interesting time. I think President Obama came in and endorsed the white woman after shaming people for not supporting the candidate in the presidential race. Go figure. That was a little different than the white woman.
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Yeah, I mean, no offense is just hypocritical. But to your point, I mean, this really comes down to not a matter of what the color of their skin is, but the values and the things that each one of them believe in.
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Yeah, absolutely. And the idea of individual freedom and liberty is one thing that’s very, very important as it relates to this issue, but also the economic vitality of the Commonwealth. You know, for the last three of, I think, the last six years, Virginia’s then voted the number one state for business. by CNBC, and there’s no secret to that. They’ve got good policies, good tax policy. Their energy costs are getting a little crazy, but they also use the right-to-work law as a draw for companies looking to expand and relocate and create opportunities for my children that are here in Virginia that are looking for work. A couple of them have work. The others are still being educated at this point. But it’s a very simple issue, John, and unfortunately, it gets kind of topically attractive to folks that say, well, you know, the union does all this good. Well, that’s not necessarily true, especially when it comes to politics and forcing their ideology on those workers that are forced to pay dues to keep their jobs.
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Well, and you and I have had this discussion many times in the past. The reality is we’ve got so many other laws on the books now, federally speaking, statewide, even in some cities where at the end of the day, and I’ll just be the first to say it, the unions are a dinosaur. They are a money-sucking entity. They typically become nothing more than a political action committee for a particular party. And I’m not overstating that at all, Mark, because all they do is suck money out of everybody because they don’t have any choice but to pay in whether they want to or not. And then that money gets funneled into their favorite political campaign.
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Yeah, that’s right. And that’s the reality. But, you know, John, it manifests itself all the time. But one place where it’s manifesting itself really amazing is in New York City’s mayor’s race. Several of the unions, the International Union, UAW, others, local unions there, some of the unions have come out in full-throated support for this guy for an ideology that is completely foreign to the American experiment in self-government. And using that money you’re talking about, extracted from workers that are forced to pay to keep their jobs, and then playing politics with it in a situation that’s going to be untenable if this guy, even half of what he says comes true in New York. That’s the end of New York City.
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It is. No, I had a conversation in the 3 o’clock hour about that very thing. And, no, you are not exaggerating what you’re saying. And as I stated in the 3 o’clock hour, the bad thing about all of that is then it’s you and I as a taxpayer to the rescue when they can’t pay their bills when it’s all said and done because they won’t under that leadership.
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Yeah, we’ve been there and done that before under different circumstances, I think, in the 1970s. But this one, with free stuff for all and running grocery stores, I mean, I think the UFCW, United Food and Commercial Workers in Denver, at King Soopers, ought to have something to say about this.
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Yeah, no comment. That’s absolutely crazy.
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Absolutely. Yeah, exactly. I think we’re still representing a few of the workers that have been fined by the union for going to work and doing their jobs. So, anyway.
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National right to work. Mark, how do folks find you?
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Yeah, they can find us on that amazing Internet at nrtwc.org, nrtwc.org.
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I’ll let you go early, Mark. I know you’re catching a flight. Thanks for changing up for us and being with us. I appreciate it greatly.
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John, thanks. It’s good to hear your voice, and let’s do it again.
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We’ll do it. Thank you very much, Mark. Appreciate it very much. Mark Mix, again, National Right to Work. Up next, Geno’s Auto Service. And no matter what you need for your vehicle, they are there for you. Geno starts with a J at genosautoservice.com.
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I’m sorry, I’ve got to just add this in. Richard had sent me this particular post on X earlier today, and I didn’t pre-play this, although it’s on the regular news, so I would assume a 47-second clip coming out of a… news source charlie would probably be okay to play um i’m sorry i didn’t get a chance to actually look through this let me make sure that my sound is set here correctly and again i hate to keep you know keep this story going but i think to a lot of people it’s it’s uh it’s very disconcerting where we’re at with things so let me get my sound up charlie and start this over and here we go
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The first thing I did was grab my phone and call, and when I heard zero dollars, my chest went into my throat.
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Maggie Aragon has been a SNAP recipient for more than three decades.
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Okay, got to stop it there. She’s been on SNAP for 30-plus years. That’s what she just said.
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Three decades, that’s 30 years. Even with these benefits, she says she also relies on food banks to get enough food.
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I have depended on those benefits since the 1990s, and it’s detrimental to my life if I don’t get them.
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There are more than 460,000 New Mexicans using snap benefits. Tonight, some of them telling us they don’t have those right now. Friday, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced $30 million in state funds would be used to supply snap users starting November 1st.
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We’re going to choose feeding families over politics in New Mexico. We’re going to do that right now.
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What you should say is, as a part of the Marxist ideology, we’re going to go ahead and continue what is not being funded right now through your federal dollars. You guys know what I was talking about during the first hour. So, again, yeah, do I feel bad for some people? A small s. Some people. Not all. And again, I don’t know in this particular interview, of course, they pick and choose the interviewers, I understand, or, you know, the interviewees, I should say, I get that. I don’t know what this particular person’s background is like, I don’t know her mental state, I don’t know anything along those lines, but Wow. You even hear some of the ads. We played a PSA. I think it was, I want to say it was either Friday or Saturday, Charlie, that we played a PSA talking about how there’s a PSA going on right now. Hire those that are disabled. It’s a big ad for the disabled community whereby they have a purpose. They can serve others. There’s all sorts of things that they can do in the job community. Basically, I’m summing it up, but basically the ad is give them a chance. Am I saying that right, Charlie? That’s pretty much the PSA. Give them a chance. Okay. Which, by the way, I’m all for. I think that’s a fabulous ad. I have nothing against that whatsoever. Yes, give them a chance. And I’ve had individuals work for me in the past that were disabled. I have no problem with that. So here’s my point. If they can work, and they have some sort of a disability, and in some cases, severe disabilities, but they still perform a job, why can’t this lady that’s been on SNAP for 30 years do the same? I’m confused. Really, I am confused. And again, I don’t know this lady, and my heart goes out to her. I understand she’s struggling and going to really struggle now because her SNAP benefits have quote-unquote ended, but why is it my job This is what I’m asking all of you. Why is it my job as a taxpayer to fund these individuals’ lives? And you guys have all seen the videos. I’ve seen them. If I’ve seen them, I know you have because you guys see way more than I do because you send me stuff constantly. We’ve all seen the videos of the individuals walking through the supermarkets, throwing everything into their grocery cart, which, by the way, throwing things in that I don’t think are even edible, but they’re still throwing them in, and buying T-bone steaks and all sorts of other stuff, all on my dime. Now, I know this is going to sound really harsh. Somebody texted me this earlier, and I agree with him wholeheartedly. First of all, I think every SNAP benefit, every receiver of SNAP, so every beneficiary, SNAP and whatever else we provide, all the other programs, Section 8, et cetera, ought to all be drug tested on a regular basis. Maybe not weekly, but at least monthly. And frankly, I think it should be more than that. But anyways, at least once a month. And by the way, they don’t pass a drug test, they’re done. No more benefits, you’re finished, you’re done. We’re not going to supply you with all of the other necessities of life when you can afford drugs. So yeah, whoever texted me that, I’m in. I don’t know how we get that done, but that’s something that we should all look at because there’s no reason why drug users should get these benefits. I’m sorry. That’s my point on this. And then on top of that, I think there ought to be other tests that they have to go through to be approved for these particular benefits. And I think they should all be time-based. I don’t think they should be on SNAP for 30 years, for decades. There needs to be other accountability things that come into play here, whereby are you looking for a job? Are you pursuing this? Are you doing that? So on and so forth. The amount of money that we’re spending to prop up these individuals is absolutely ridiculous. And it’s my money and yours. Those of you that are positive taxpayers, we’re the ones flipping the bill. John, go ahead.
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Hey, how are you today, John?
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I’m good.
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How are you? Quick thing on the snap. It’s supposedly state-run programs that are federally funded. This is a perfect time for the states to clear their roles. True. And say, no, we’re not giving out any more money. You need to come in and re-qualify before we give you another dime. Yeah. I’ll go back to New York. Remember the Clinton welfare reform?
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Oh, yeah. What do you limit it? Two years?
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Yeah. Giuliani made them show up for their 20 hours, and more than a third of the people dropped off the rolls. because they found out they were working under the table and off the books.
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Right, right. Full-time. Great point. Great point, John. Sorry, are you bringing up something that I hadn’t even mentioned yet? How many people receive benefits still have cash income coming in someplace else?
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Oh, under the table, and that’s where we have the part of the issue. Now, going back to New York and growing up there, I’ve seen it. This happens about every other… Every other generation, what’s happening right now, you can go back and look from the time I was born in 1961. Yeah, I’m an old man.
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Right there with you, so don’t feel bad.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I know. And the liberal mayors get worse and worse and worse until it reaches a tipping point. The people in the city finally have enough, and they get rid of them, and you get a Giuliani. then New York got lucky in a way. Bloomberg was a conservative, not a conservative, a Republican and then an independent, but he didn’t believe in all these big government handout programs, and he kept the police doing what Giuliani did, and then you got de Blasio, you got Adams, and now you’re going to have Mondavi, or whatever his name is.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, you’re right, Mondavi.
SPEAKER 08 :
They’re going to have him, and The city will go worse and worse into the hole, and maybe a Republican, and you can’t be a conservative. It’s like when you talk about you’ll never get a conservative Republican governor in Colorado again. You might get a moderate or what Rhino Watch calls a rhino because they’d be far enough to the middle. That would happen again in New York. You’d get somebody towards the middle, a little on the conservative side, to just straighten it out. They would straighten it out 10, 12 years, the people will forget, and it’ll go through the same cycle again. Here’s the other issue people don’t realize. Mondani has no control over the city subways and buses. That’s part of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. They are controlled by the state of New York.
SPEAKER 03 :
Gotcha. So he can’t just say free buses because he’s got to go through that process. Gotcha.
SPEAKER 08 :
He can’t. He has… control over the police department in the point that he could appoint a police commissioner that agrees with them. The problem is, if it gets too bad, the governor, who’s not a great governor either, can step in and take command of the police department and say, you’re out.
SPEAKER 03 :
Gotcha.
SPEAKER 08 :
You know, if it gets too far. So a lot of people that are thinking it’s going to go totally socialist, they don’t realize that he doesn’t have the power he thinks he does. He doesn’t have the power to tax. He could add fees, city fees and stuff, but he can’t add, like he was saying, he was going to tax the white neighborhoods. He was going to tax the people that made over $2 million a year. He doesn’t have the power to do that.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, and you and I both know if and when that were to start, the amount of lawsuits that would then be coming out of that, good luck with that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I don’t know if I mentioned it to you last week. I read an article on X that the Palm Beach, Florida realtors are just getting so many hits. From people from New York.
SPEAKER 03 :
Charlie was telling me that earlier. He’s like the real estate man of the year.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, yeah, for them. So I talked to my sister. She’s probably not going anywhere. She’s in Staten Island, which is the conservative borough. But her son, who’s NYPD, he’s a little concerned. You know, are they going to let the police department go further down, which happened under the last term of conscience, Dinkins, to where then they’re going to have to have somebody come in and fix it up. I keep sending him things. I’m like, come out here. The city of Cheyenne is always hiring police officers. And with your training, you wouldn’t even have to go to a couple-week school and you’d be on the force. And he’s not ready to go yet, but I think he’s leaning more towards getting out of the city. And that’s what will happen. The people who pay the taxes will leave again, and it’ll just get worse before it’ll get better.
SPEAKER 03 :
I can’t deny that.
SPEAKER 08 :
But for my… brother from another mother, the other John from Cheyenne, it’s not going to be as bad as you thought.
SPEAKER 03 :
Because he doesn’t have the power he’s claiming to have.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. And here’s the other thing. Not saying I endorse him or anything, but he ran a brilliant social media campaign. And that’s how he won the primary over Cuomo. Gotcha. And that’s how he’s going to win. Because the people, it’s not him. He’s a good order. He’s kind of like Obama in a way.
SPEAKER 03 :
He’s the puppet.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, he gives a great speech if it’s on the teleprompter.
SPEAKER 23 :
Right, right.
SPEAKER 08 :
The people that are running his social media campaign are brilliant.
SPEAKER 23 :
Good to know.
SPEAKER 08 :
You know, and that’s those are the ones that we have to be careful for, because if they’re this good.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
In a shitty.
SPEAKER 03 :
Great point. Well, and like I was telling the other John, that’s that’s the issue that we’ve got with all of this is, you know, we get one loss here. And that’s where I’m I’m I’m a fan of the Republican should have just dropped out, you know, resign, throw his, you know, throw his hat in the ring for Cuomo. And at least you’d have a Democrat there instead of this knuckle or not a Democrat. You’d have an independent because that’s how Cuomo is running. But at the end of the day, you’d at least had somebody there. that not saying he’s a total nice guy, but man alive, on a scale of 1 to 10, Cuomo’s a 10 compared to this guy.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, well, Cuomo’s a hardcore Democrat. He is. Just like his father was before him, who was a governor in New York for, I think, 12 years. He was a hardcore Democrat, too. So that, you know…
SPEAKER 03 :
But at least Cuomo understands economics, and there’s no way he would be presenting the kind of taxes and things that Mamdami wants.
SPEAKER 08 :
And that’s why he lost the primary.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep, he wasn’t promising enough.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep, he wasn’t saying, I got free everything for you, because you know, Sean— When it’s free, you know, nobody has to pay for it. It just magically comes off the tree in the backyard, right?
SPEAKER 03 :
So they think, that money tree.
SPEAKER 08 :
Have a good day, John.
SPEAKER 03 :
John, I appreciate it very much. No, thank you. And again, I didn’t want to get off track on all of that. But, you know, as I was playing that clip earlier, again, some of these individuals, and several of you have texted in, and a couple of you, it was a three-word answer, literally, for this particular lady that I played, get a job. Is a word in that case, get a job? Is that three words or two at that point? Anyways, it is still three, Charlie says, get a job. At the end of the day, I am flat. And I think this has been a wake up call. And again, I was talking earlier in the three o’clock hour how there’s a poll out talking about, you know, Donald Trump having low numbers, you know, low approval numbers because people are mad about the economy and so on. Yeah, I don’t know that that one’s completely true. Possibly, although there’s been a huge wake-up call for a lot of individuals realizing that, well, wait a minute, I’m working hard. I’m doing everything I possibly can. I’m trying to feed my family. I’m just working stiff, and my tax dollars are going to support 40 million people that aren’t.
SPEAKER 1 :
10%?
SPEAKER 03 :
Over 10%, by the way. It’s over 10%. We’re a nation of about, what, 340 million or so? Charlie, I want to say I haven’t looked the numbers up here of late, but I think we’re a nation of about 340 million. I can look up really quick U.S. population, and I will tell you, 340 million. I was right on target. 340.1 million, to be exact. So if 40 million are on some sort of assistance, that’s over 10%. That’s outrageous. Like I said in the 3 o’clock hour, that number, in my opinion, should be 1 or 2 percent, not 10. One out of 10 should be getting assistance, not four out of 10. Think of that number, four out of 10 people getting assistance. Folks, that’s ridiculous. That’s far too much. A nation can’t sustain itself doing that. It’s too much. It’s too high of a burden. And the amount of people that are actually working to support those that are not working, it can’t keep going. To John from Cheyenne’s point a moment ago, we need to do some house cleaning. Some of that needs to happen now. I go back to some of the requirements that I feel should be had when it comes to these people receiving benefits. Drug testing, number one. I like John’s idea of what Clinton did, put a limit on it. They can only have it for so many years. So in other words, you’ve got a time limit. We’re going to start you today, but it is now the 3rd of November of 2025. You have until November 2nd, not the 3rd, you have until November 2nd of 2027, and then you’re done. That’s it. No more. If by then, if you haven’t got it figured out by November of 2027, you’re done. You’re not going to have any assistance. That would incentivize people, by the way, to get back out and work. This whole idea, and we talked to our guest at the top of the hour, this whole idea that some big tech company should just write everybody a check to stay at home, no, that’s not going to fly. That would be the worst thing we could ever do as a country. no incentive to work. We then become, one of my favorite movies is WALL-E. I talk about it with Andy on Fridays. And, you know, WALL-E is basically a movie about this robot who’s a cleanup robot who is looking for life and basically finds life and gets back to, you know, the, you know, He and Eve, they go back to the main mothership and the mothership has gotten so overrun with just people that have everything done for them. They’re all fat and they can’t move around and they can’t do anything because they’ve just gotten fat and happy the entire time they’ve been living on the mothership that none of them really even know what to do to go back to Earth. And most of them don’t want to. And anyways, it’s a very interesting story. By the way, it’s done by a Christian who I think did a really good job of what happens when we lose that ability to work, by the way. That’s what that movie is all about, essentially. The worst thing that could ever happen to a nation is to lose that. And frankly, folks, we’re doing it. Four out of ten right now. Think about that. Four out of ten. All of you guys that are out there working. Some of you driving home right now, or maybe you are home by now. You’ve put in a hard day’s work on this Monday. Those of you that are business owners and so on, you, you and I are supporting those four out of 10. That’s how this works. No one, by the way, in media is talking about it in the way I just explained. I’ve not heard it anyways. I know there’s a lot of people that are upset, but nobody’s explaining that. Look around you and count. 4 out of 10, 4 out of 10, 4 out of 10. Now, I get it. You might be in a room where it’s 10 out of 10 that are working, and there’s nobody there that’s on assistance, but the average is 4 out of 10 are. So think about that. 4 out of 10. You’re working hard so you can support 4 out of 10 that aren’t. It’s lopsided. We can’t do that, folks. At some point, it’s got to stop, or it’ll kill us as a country. It’s partly why we’re, you know, the trillions, you know, 30, you know, what is it, almost $40 trillion in debt now. It’s ridiculous. And it will keep climbing if we don’t get a fix to this. All right, I’ll take a break. We’ll come back. Cub Creek Heat and Air Conditioning. If you’ve got any issues at all with the weather getting a little bit colder this week, please give Cub Creek a call. Find them at klzradio.com.
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SPEAKER 03 :
All right. I talked about Canada during the first part of the show today when we were talking about the Dodgers winning and so on. And… Trump got an apology, by the way, from the Canadian prime minister after his anti-tariff Reagan ad backfired. And you heard Bob Duco talk about this in depth last week. Basically what Canada did was they took clips of Ronald Reagan talking about tariffs. And by the way, they were not accurate clips. In other words, just like a lot of media does, they took the bits and pieces out that fit their narrative just the way they wanted it to, and they ran ads in Canada talking about tariffs. tariffs being negative. That’s it in a nutshell. Am I explaining that correctly, Charlie? That’s exactly what they did. They basically tailored an ad using Ronald Reagan as kind of the backdrop or the spokesperson for that. And it was wrong. And by the way, Donald Trump and others called him out on that. And Mark Carney, the prime minister, actually Called and apologized to Donald Trump for doing so. Now, again, this is again, I keep saying Canadians and I have to be careful on the podcast. I don’t have to hear. We have a lot of Canadian listeners to the podcast. We don’t hear because we don’t. We’re far enough down that we don’t have a ton of Canadian listeners, but we do on the podcast and we’re sensitive to those listeners and so on. But man alive, you talk about a bunch of thick skinned individuals or thin skinned individuals. I mean, holy cow. Wow. They get offended at anything. And I’m one where, I mean, I have some Canadian friends and so on, and I love Canadians in that way. And for the most part, they’re pretty solid people. Man alive, are they thin-skinned. To the point where, man, you can’t say anything about them without having a major backlash. even listenership-wise. It’s ridiculous. Now, I’m one where it’s like, I really don’t care. Get over it. We’re not wrong. The tariffs and the way things have worked in trade with Canada, it’s been lopsided. You guys have been running, Canada, I should say, has been running on our coattails for years. And they need us more than we need them, as has been proven through the trade negotiations that Trump has made. In fact, I think that’s pretty much true across the board. It’s why you’re not seeing some of the exorbitant inflation that everybody predicted. All of the experts, quote unquote, predicted when it came to tariffs. Now, that’s come true. I was reading that in the Wall Street Journal this morning. It hasn’t come true. Now, it’s interesting. You’ll get a lot of people that will sidestep that and they’ll say, well, you know, a lot of the exporters have figured out ways around it and they have found some of the loopholes and they have done this and they have done that. And, you know, bottom line is. In some ways, yes, they may have done that. But in a lot of ways, what’s happened is the manufacturer from whatever country it is has figured out how to lower their prices to absorb some of the tariffs that are actually going to be coming in. Now, that does lower, by the way, because this article was talking about, well, the tariffs aren’t coming in as strongly as they were once predicted. Well, that’s because of what I’m just going to explain next. When they lower the export price, therefore absorbing some of that head tax in the way of tariffs, Of course they’re not going to pay as much because they lowered their price that’s coming out of the country coming into this country. So of course the dollar amount that would be paid is less because they lowered the price. Duh. Why somebody at the Wall Street Journal can’t figure out and explain what I just did is beyond me. It’s not that complicated. When they lower their price going out, they don’t have to pay as much in tariff. And in some cases, they could lower the price considerably because they had a lot of They had a lot of profit there to do that with. And then the reason why tariffs haven’t been as big of a negative inflation-wise is because the same thing is happening on the other end. We’ll use Nike as an example, where they may be, and this is not an exaggeration, these are pretty true numbers, where they may have been paying $10 for a tennis shoe. They now make a deal where that tennis shoe is now $6 instead of $10. The tariff now being paid isn’t on the 10. It’s on the 6. The 6 comes in. Yes, there’s a tariff on it. And maybe it makes it 11 or 12. And at the end of the day, Nike’s still retailing that out at their stores for $150. I’m not exaggerating in the numbers I’m giving you guys, by the way. Not at all. Now, depending upon where that shoe is sold, if it’s a direct store from Nike, then they’re making the majority of the profit. If it’s going through a couple of middlemen or one warehouse in between, then, of course, it’s not that much for the retail person. But by the way, folks, this is why when you go to some of the discount places and you see shoes that are $75 and they’re half off, They’re still making solid money on that, by the way, because of the example I just gave you. Now, that’s not true for every single good that comes in that’s exported, but I’m here to tell you it’s a lot of them. Something that most people never want to talk about. It is the case for a lot. of products, there’s a lot of margin in these products that are coming in. And the reason for that is because their costs of producing over there is way less than ours here is. So they’re able to do that. I mean, to the tunes of billions of dollars a year. It’s that much different. That’s why the trade imbalance is as it is. What Trump’s doing, of course, is trying to level the playing field so that some of those goods and services, goods especially, but there’s services involved in making the good, some of that can be made back here again and put our people back to work. So that’s a lot of what Donald Trump has done with tariffs. And again, the press is giving him zero, I mean absolutely zero credit for the things that he has done to make that happen. And I predict he’s not going to get any credit for that from the press, period, because if it does work, they’ll – just like the Wall Street Journal article I read this morning, they’ll figure out other ways around that. Instead of giving Trump some credit, they’re going to say, well, you know, the tariff numbers aren’t as high as what they once predicted. You know, Besant said they would be this and they’re only this. They’re off like $100 million. You know, it was supposed to be a lot higher – sorry, $100 billion. It was supposed to be a lot higher than that. And again – All they have to do is look at what I just gave as an explanation a moment ago, and that’s why they’re lower. It will increase as more goods continue to come into the country that get tariffed. Yes, it will continue to go up, providing the left doesn’t get involved, judicially speaking, and screw all of that up. We’ll see how that ends up coming out. But we did get an apology. The point of this article is we got an apology from the Canadians because of the ad that they actually ran, which was completely false. And they were, by the way, they were running this prior to the Asia Pacific summit in South Korea. They were doing some of this on purpose to try to, you know, muddy the waters, I guess you could say. And some of you that are listening that are Canadians, shame on you. Shame on your country for doing so. You’re not being honest. And it’s interesting when it comes – and again, I know that not every Canadian believes all of that and believes in that. There’s a lot of Canadians that very much believe in what we’re doing and know that we’re right. And some Canadians would love to actually secede and even have part of Canada become the U.S. I understand all that. It’s not all Canadians. And make sure I say that right out in the open. I get it. It’s not all of you up there in Canada that believe that way. But there’s a large portion that does because there’s a lot of lefties in Canada. I mean, there’s a ton. They love the handouts. And that’s where I’m so against the handouts because if you do too many of them, you become that. And I don’t want that for us as a country. I don’t want to become what Canada is when it comes to their socialist end of things and their handouts and so on. You know, when I had kids living up there, at that point in time, their taxes were close to 50% across the board. Meaning, every dollar you earned, you gave 50% to the government. That’s high, folks. And in a lot of ways, no means to get around that. That’s what the taxes were. So everybody thinks that socialism is great until it starts costing them money out of their own pocket to pay for somebody else that’s not taking any out of their pocket. And that’s what’s happening in this country when it comes to Snap and some of the things that I talked about for the last couple of hours, by the way. So one last reminder, I will be at SEMA here the next few days. Andy’s going to fill in tomorrow. And some of you that are car people or in the industry or whatever, and you’re thinking I’ve got a couple of text messages today even on, hey, if you’re by such and such, would you take a peek, take some pictures, get some information on such and such? I absolutely can do that. I’d be more than happy to do those things, bring those back. I’ll talk about some of those things on Saturday. And then again, through the week next week, we’ll be putting some pictures up on Drive Radio’s website and so on of the show itself. Some of you are not able to attend, but you’re in the industry. So I’ll kind of be your eyes and ears and do what I can on that end of things. So if there’s anything that you’d like me to do, Do see, visit, bring some information back. I’m more than willing to do that. Just let me know. And even during the show, you’re able to do that as well. Just use the text line, the 307-200-8222, and I’ll do my best to bring some stuff back as well. All right, veteran windows and doors coming up next. Cut out that middleman when it comes to windows and doors today. Talk to Dave and find out what he can do for you. It’s direct from the source to you. That way it saves you a bunch of money when it comes to windows and doors. Talk to Dave today. Find him at klzradio.com.
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All right, I’ll close with this just because it’s sort of fitting with where I’m going tomorrow. And that is, and you guys know my feelings on this, passenger dead, drunk driver arrested after overnight street racing crash in Aurora. Now, I don’t have to say much about that because you guys already know my feelings on, you know, street racing and all that goes on along those lines. And yes, it’s a travesty that, you know, Bandimere is no longer up. on the hill, and hopefully we’ll see them again. I’ve been through all of that as far as those decisions and all of that, and I am not faulting anybody, nor am I mad at anybody, but there was a hole that was left, and in turn, a lot of these kids, especially kids, are now taking to the streets to do the things that they couldn’t do up on the hill. Now, there were people doing that prior to that anyways. Bandimere didn’t create all of that by any stretch of the imagination. Some of these kids were doing it even prior to that. Bottom line, If you know anybody doing it, please get them to stop. Absolute knucklehead moves, and people die, as in the case in this situation. And lives are ruined in the process. So, all right, I’ll be back on Saturday for Drive Radio. In the meantime, you guys enjoy your week. And, again, if you need something when I’m out at SEMA, please let me know, and I’ll be happy to see what I can round up for you. In the meantime, have a great night. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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