WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:03.600 It's table Talk Monday on the Corell Cast. We're in a talk turkey at 2 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:06.599 my table, like why is everything so expensive? And who's to blame? 3 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:11.119 Trump was in Las Vegas on Sunday. What does that mean? And why 4 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:19.199 is he connecting? And are you done with QR codes? Uncensored, unfiltered, 5 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:25.000 fun hinged. E's the corel Cast. Listen daily on your favorite streaming 6 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:32.719 service. It is the crowd Cast. I am Correl and welcome to my 7 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:35.159 table talk. You know I did this a couple of times and you all 8 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:39.200 really liked it. I think it's because I'm more conversational when I'm sitting at 9 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:41.799 the table. We've got a lot to talk about today. You know, 10 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:45.880 Donald Trump was in my fair city of Las Vegas yesterday. He held a 11 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:50.240 rally at twelve noon in Sunset Park where it was one hundred and one degrees. 12 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:55.119 They say three thousand people showed up. He says thirty thousand. Well 13 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:57.600 I don't know that he says that, but you know how he always exaggerates 14 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:03.640 everything. And you got to remember several bus loads of people were brought in 15 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:10.040 from Arizona and other places, so you know, the organic turnout versus you 16 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:14.959 know, contrived. They also pay fifty bucks to go to a Trump rally. 17 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.200 You can literally get paid fifty dollars to go to a Trump rally, 18 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:23.000 although you couldn't pay me to go to a Trump rally. But he was 19 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:30.560 here yesterday, and I started thinking about why Biden is so close with Donald 20 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.480 Trump and the polls. You know, what is it that's not connecting? 21 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:42.159 Okay? And because look the guy, Donald Trump thirty four fell a account. 22 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.760 Several more trials today Monday, he meets with his parole officer. Virtually. 23 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:51.959 We're going to talk about that a little later. But I wondered why, 24 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:56.200 you know, Biden isn't just I mean, I don't care who's running 25 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:00.319 on the other side, Joe Biden or a dead you know, a fifty 26 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:07.640 year old corpse, anything running. A dolphin running against you know, a 27 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:14.639 killer whale running against Donald Trump should actually be scoring higher in the polls than 28 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:19.080 Donald Trump, because the man is truly the worst humanity has to offer, 29 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:22.759 just like Hitler. You know, they're of the same cloth, and Donald 30 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:25.840 Trump is proud of that. I'm not you know, I'm not insulting him 31 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:30.479 by saying and comparing him to Hitler. He likes it because he idolizes Hitler, 32 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:35.960 which is scary. But also I watch a lot of world news, 33 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.280 and in the world news, for instance, in the EU, they're voting 34 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.719 and far right candidates are picking up a lot of votes, and they're wondering, 35 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:50.520 you know, is this they're Donald Trump moment. They're even saying that 36 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:54.919 in the news and they're wondering, you know why. And when you go 37 00:02:55.000 --> 00:03:00.199 on and you listen to what the people are saying, it echoes the exact 38 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:05.599 same thing that people are saying here in the United States. And it's stuff 39 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:09.960 that you and I talk about right here at our dining table, or I 40 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:16.000 fully believe that our home desk has now replaced sort of the dining table as 41 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:21.280 for where we look at issues, or where we talk about our family, 42 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:25.039 where we lay out our budget, you know that sort of thing. So 43 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:31.560 I thought to myself, you know, why isn't Biden connecting? And it 44 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:38.919 really is because of and I don't want to say the economy, because what 45 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:43.919 I'm going to talk about is not the economy. You see, we we 46 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:49.520 have this idea of inflation and the economy and everything's so expensive, so there 47 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:54.879 must be high inflation. That's just it's not true. The thing to blame 48 00:03:55.400 --> 00:04:01.879 for Joe Biden not being further ahead from Donald Trump, the one thing is 49 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:11.159 capitalism. Capitalism is destroying Biden. And let me tell you why. And 50 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.759 the rest of the world, by the way, not just Joe Biden, 51 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:23.000 but left leaning candidates are losing in places where they should be winning because a 52 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.959 lot of right wingers are saying, well, yeah, but look now, 53 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:30.800 two years later, four years later, everything's so much more expensive. You're 54 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.360 not better off than you were. And even though Biden and his acolytes will 55 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:41.199 come out and across the globe, the acolytes from Macron, or the acolytes 56 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:45.720 for the chancellor in Germany or whatever it may be, they will come out 57 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.560 and they will tell you, no, that's not true. The economy is 58 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.879 great. We've added two hundred five thousand jobs. You know, the Wall 59 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:58.240 Street is this, and blah blah blah that. And that's the problem. 60 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:04.680 You see, they're not speaking our language. They're not talking directly to you 61 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:11.720 and to me. And let me tell you why. Right now today, 62 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:16.439 financially, I am not better off than I was four years ago. And 63 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:23.360 that's because gas is over four dollars a gallon here in Las Vegas, groceries 64 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:29.160 are out of frickin control. You're paying two dollars for a head of lettuce, 65 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:32.959 a dollar fifty for a tomato, bananas fifty cents each. I mean, 66 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:38.519 just on down the line, all groceries have gone way up and eating 67 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:44.399 out I mean. And the weird thing is fast food is now as expensive. 68 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:46.920 Not that I eat it, but I look at the prices, and 69 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:49.639 a meal at a fast food restaurant is now the same price as a meal 70 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:53.800 at a non fast food restaurant. I just stayed at Garden Grill. It's 71 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:57.759 a vegan restaurant here in Las Vegas, and I don't want to tell you 72 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.240 what I had. I don't want to tell you what I had yesterday yesterday. 73 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:04.319 I okay, So we're going to talk about later what I did yesterday 74 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:11.319 making a video for Daniel's memorial which is Wednesday. So I'm pretty depressed this 75 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:16.120 week, but I needed comfort food. I was like just so depressed. 76 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:21.000 So I went to Garden Grill and I had a vegan fried chicken and waffle, 77 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:27.639 which is a vegan waffle with a deep fried fake chicken breast on top 78 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:31.560 a scoop of mashed potatoes and gravy with mushrooms. Oh my god. Oh 79 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.240 Ember loved it. I loved it. And I'm not going to go off 80 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:39.160 about how Ember has a cough and she sees the vet this evening and I 81 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.439 have to leave tomorrow, and I hope she doesn't have kennel cough. It 82 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:46.879 could be allergies causing the cough. We're going to see. I'm very worried. 83 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:51.759 I'm very worried. But anyway, so I went to Garden Grill and 84 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:58.040 it was twenty two dollars for lunch. So that was for the chicken and 85 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:01.879 waffle and a drink. And it's twenty two dollars and the tip thing it 86 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:05.639 started at eighteen percent. I hate when they do that, eighteen twenty or 87 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:11.959 twenty two. I hate that fifteen When did fifteen percent not become acceptable? 88 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:15.040 When did fifteen percent become like? When does servers say, nah, we 89 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.399 don't want fifteen percent anymore, we want twenty You know, that's a whole 90 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:21.160 other topic. But and I've done it here on the show that you know, 91 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:27.279 tipping is just it's getting crazy. So it's twenty two bucks, and 92 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:34.000 you know that it should have been eleven twelve probably. But now when you 93 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:39.240 go to like a McDonald's or a Carls Junior or what's the other place, 94 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:43.279 Jack in the Box, you're paying twenty bucks for a meal. For the 95 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.120 burger, fries, your beverage, or whatever side dish you get, you're 96 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:50.680 paying twenty bucks. So it's basically twenty bucks to eat out. Now you 97 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:58.040 can find some cheaper, but it's basically twenty bucks to eat out and groceries. 98 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:01.000 It's almost twenty bucks to make dinner, you know, for two people. 99 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:05.040 It literally and you're gonna say, no, Curl, I could do 100 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:07.839 it much cheaper, but you really can't. You know, it literally is 101 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:13.399 now twenty bucks a day because you can have leftovers, you know, minimum 102 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:16.959 to eat, So minimum for one person six to seven hundred dollars a month. 103 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.000 And by the way, i'd like your comments down below. How much 104 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.959 do you give me the number? How much do you spend a month on 105 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:28.720 food, on groceries, on eating out everything? What is your total monthly 106 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:37.879 expenditure for food? Mine's running between seven hundred and nine hundred dollars yep, 107 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:43.480 And so that's a lot. It shouldn't be running that much. Gas expensive 108 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.200 now, you know, I own my house, and the only payment I 109 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:50.919 have is on the loan I got for the the what is that thing, 110 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.480 water heater, you know, air conditioner, dishwasher, refrigerator, stove. 111 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.799 I didn't have enough leftover from the sale of my head for all of that, 112 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:03.440 and it ended up being like thirty eight thousand dollars. So I just 113 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:07.639 check out an equity line. I pay seven hundred a month on that, 114 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:11.559 and I'll probably pay for it until I sell the house. But that's the 115 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:16.399 only expense. I guess you could look at that as a mortgage. So 116 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:20.919 we have all of that going on. Rents are out of control, out 117 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:24.840 of control all over the country, all over the world, and everybody in 118 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:30.759 every country is saying the same things. Life has gotten too expensive, and 119 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:35.720 they blame the leaders. But that's not who they should blame. Well, 120 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:41.519 yes, and no, they shouldn't blame the leaders because leaders don't set pricing. 121 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:50.320 Corporations do. And the corporations have used COVID and supply chain issues and 122 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:56.440 all these little catchphrases to charge exponentially more than they need to. Okay, 123 00:09:56.480 --> 00:10:03.240 they don't need to be charging all this money, but they are because they 124 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:09.080 can get it. And so corporate greed. You know, McDonald's just threatened 125 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:11.480 to leave California because of the twenty dollars minimum wage. They say, oh, 126 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:16.440 it's just too expensive. They've been doing business in Europe forever, where 127 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:20.360 there is the same minimum wage. Okay, they even pay their workers more 128 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:26.000 in Europe, and yet they've been just fine. That's just a corporation that's 129 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:30.799 greedy as all that is. And I think California and the country would be 130 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:33.360 great if McDonald's shut down. It would be one of the best things ever. 131 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:39.200 But we've got, you know, restaurants threatening to leave because you're paying 132 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:43.720 people the wage to keep them in poverty eight hundred dollars a week, which 133 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.639 very few workers at fast food get. You know, forty hours let's say 134 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:52.399 thirty hours six hundred dollars a week is only twenty four hundred a month. 135 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:56.960 That's not even thirty thousand dollars a year. So if you're making twenty bucks 136 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:01.240 an hour at a fast food restaurant, you're working another job. And that's 137 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:07.120 a shame. They're screaming about paying twenty bucks an hour, but they it 138 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:13.240 really should be thirty. To survive in today's world, you need seventy k 139 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:18.879 a year to just get by. And some of you are going to disagree, 140 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:20.840 Oh no, carell I'll get by on the you know what, I'm 141 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.080 living in the real world. You're not. You have found a way to 142 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:28.039 scrimp and save and do this and do that, and deprive yourself and not 143 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:33.759 enjoy your life, you know, meaning not going out to eat. You 144 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.000 know, okay, and great and good for you. And I know some 145 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:39.200 of you are on very fixed incomes two grand a month if that, so 146 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.759 you know you can't go out. I get it, I get it. 147 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:48.879 I'm talking about the average American, the average European, the forty five or 148 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:52.960 fifty year old or thirty or thirty five year old average person in America or 149 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.759 Europe. They're blaming the leaders because they're not doing better right now. But 150 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:05.840 it's not their fault. Okay, it's corporate greed. And the only thing 151 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:11.600 that is their fault is that they won't rein in the corporate greed. But 152 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:16.120 we won't either. If a politician came up with some very real solutions. 153 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:26.000 For instance, essential food should be a nonprofit organ business period end. Anyone 154 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:31.759 that supplies fruits, vegetables, beans, you know, the basics that you 155 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:37.600 have to eat, not the frilly food okay, not the package processed you 156 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:43.919 know all that I'm talking about basic food. Those organizations should be not for 157 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:48.720 profit. Healthcare should not be a profit industry, okay, No, No 158 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:54.799 one should get mega rich off of sick people, not drug companies, not. 159 00:12:54.399 --> 00:13:00.360 The government should say no, these are not for profit industries in our 160 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:05.919 country. But what president's going to do that? What President's going to go 161 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.600 up against the billionaires that run the seven food companies that sell you all the 162 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:15.960 food, the oil companies oil if it is essential to everyday life, If 163 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:20.159 transportation is that crucial, the government should run it. After all, the 164 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:26.279 oil comes from under our property, from the land of the free, So 165 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:31.120 why we don't own the oil company and subsidize it to get cheap fuel to 166 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:35.159 you. You know, there are solutions that government could take, but they're 167 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:39.559 not gonna and so we blame Biden because the economies quote bad. Well, 168 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:45.039 the economy is good if you're rich, and all the indicators of whether the 169 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.440 economy is good or bad are based on the wealthy. Whether Wall Street's doing 170 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.919 okay, how many jobs employers are adding. That doesn't tell you that the 171 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:56.519 people getting those jobs are getting them because they got to work three jobs now, 172 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:05.360 and so people are angry and they're mad at how much life, medical 173 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:09.679 care, how you know, food, gas, housing, the basics of 174 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:15.960 life. Fucking cable. I downgraded my plan and it's ninety bucks still. 175 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:24.639 So we blame the politicians, We blame them for corporate greed, but are 176 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:28.080 they responsible? Don't forget to put down below how much a month you're spending 177 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.960 on food? I really want to hear from you. We'll be right back. 178 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:33.559 How much are you spending on food? I need to know. Hey 179 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.759 Corel here and I'd like to take a moment to thank all the patrons at 180 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.120 Patreon. Your support means the absolute world to me and the show. If 181 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:45.399 you'd like to show your support for the crazy endeavors of the Corel Cast, 182 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:50.679 then please go to patreon dot com forward slash really Corell. 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So please 189 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.759 listen on all streaming services, watch and subscribe on YouTube, and support the 190 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:26.159 show through Patreon at Patreon dot com, forward slash really Correl Thanks from thirty 191 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:28.480 years of support for the loudest, craziest, most unhinged gay guy and his 192 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.519 little dog. And let's keep the party going as long as we can. 193 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:50.759 So we have a lot of unhappy people because of the price of everything, 194 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.919 and they're blaming the politicians because that's what you know who's gonna blame, and 195 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.399 it's really the corporation. There's no reason cars are as expensive as they are. 196 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:06.360 There's no reason. Insurance. That's another thing that people are screaming about 197 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:10.480 their my car, insurance, your car. I pay one hundred and seventy 198 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:15.159 dollars a month for a car that's worth two thousand dollars. I pay two 199 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:19.240 thousand dollars a year to insure a car that's worth two thousand dollars. Of 200 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:22.919 course, I pay for the liability, meaning I'm paying for if I get 201 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:26.120 in a wreck and the other car you know, and the other car is 202 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:30.320 not it's gonna be worth more than two thousand. So once again, so 203 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:34.840 what could President Biden do? Leave your comments down below. What could he 204 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:41.919 do? Because in Biden's world, the economy's great. Job creation is up, 205 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:47.279 you know, everything's up. All the indicators are up. The economy 206 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:53.720 is good, but good for whom. No one I know says that they're 207 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:57.759 doing okay right now. And that's why Biden is so neck and neck with 208 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:02.919 Trump because Trump's I'm going to lower your cost of living. Yesterday in Las 209 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:07.359 Vegas, he said he wants to make tips non taxable. By the way, 210 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:12.200 tips should not be taxable. But you know that's just and neither should 211 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:18.240 patreon or subscription things like this. I have to pay taxes on the Patreon. 212 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:23.279 You shouldn't. If someone's donating to your cause, it's your income should 213 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:27.000 be that shouldn't be taxed. But whatever, you know. So Trump's out 214 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:32.119 there saying, oh, because we have a large service work in service workers 215 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:36.200 union here and saying, oh, we're not going to tax your tips, 216 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:40.880 Well that would give them, you know, a lot more money. So 217 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:47.599 people are not feeling like they're getting ahead or even like they're treading water. 218 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.920 Most people feel like they're sinking. And so we hear, on one hand, 219 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.880 in this year, we hear from the Democrats, how great the American 220 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:59.920 economy is doing, and how everything you know is going well. And over 221 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:04.599 here we've got nothing but bill collectors screaming at us. Interest rates for credit 222 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:11.640 cards literally thirty percent. Now I don't I pay twenty one. Well, 223 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.799 I don't really have a lot of credit card debt. I have some, 224 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:17.079 but I don't have a ton. I don't have like twenty thirty thousand dollars. 225 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:18.880 And you know, but people that do, they're paying twenty to thirty 226 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:23.000 percent. Of course, they're never going to get ahead. Food prices out 227 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:27.279 of control, gas prices out of control. Tell me down below how much 228 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:34.400 you're paying for food every month. And so when you have those two opposing 229 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:38.880 forces in this year, you have Joe Biden's administration saying and they act like 230 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:44.160 they don't understand that we're struggling. They act like they don't get it, 231 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:47.359 like, well, why are you struggling? The economy's great, And every 232 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:51.119 time we bring up things like high food prices, high insurance prices, high 233 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:53.519 gas prices, they say, yeah, but the economy. And see that's 234 00:18:53.599 --> 00:19:00.000 the disconnect. Joe Biden should be out there saying he's going to go out 235 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:04.599 after all seven major food companies and he is going to make sure that their 236 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:11.920 profits are not in excess, because if they are, he will I will 237 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:17.160 find them, I will start I will levy a wealth tax against every one 238 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:22.599 of the seven food companies for anything over a billion dollars. No food companies 239 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:26.319 should make more than a billion dollars a year in profit. That means they're 240 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:32.440 making it off of doing the very basic thing of feeding people. So there 241 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:36.720 are things government could do to lower the prices, but they'd have to go 242 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:40.519 up against the very people that donate to their campaigns to keep them in office. 243 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:45.400 Who's going to go up against Shell and Chevron and all of them. 244 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:51.160 Who's going to go up against ConAgra and all the food companies. You know, 245 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:56.680 Who's who's going to bite the hands that literally feeds them. And so 246 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:03.079 that's why Trump makes these basically claims that he could never do, nor would 247 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.680 he ever. I'm gonna lower food prices, I'm gonna lower gas prices. 248 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:11.720 And people hear that, and whether they you know, whether he can do 249 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:17.240 it or not. It doesn't matter because they're hearing Suddenly the noise in their 250 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:21.559 head is being balanced because over here you got Biden, No, it's all 251 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:23.440 great, and then you've got reality, No, it's not all great, 252 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:30.200 and that causes like a cacophony of noise in your head. They've got things 253 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:33.759 are terrible over here, and I'm gonna make it better over here. Joe 254 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:40.720 Biden's not talking about making the economy better because he's touting how great it is. 255 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.720 So he's not out on the campaign trail saying I'm gonna lower gas prices, 256 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:49.079 I'm gonna lower your cost of living. I'm gonna get food prices down, 257 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:53.920 I'm gonna get restaurant prices down. He's not out there saying that Trump 258 00:20:55.039 --> 00:21:00.000 is. And it's one of the reasons that he's ahead when he shouldn't be 259 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.920 or not ahead. But you know why they're neck and neck, and he 260 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:07.319 shouldn't be. He's a convicted felon, he's a sexual offender. He should 261 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:11.480 not be even in the race, but he is, and he's doing okay 262 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:18.839 because there's this disconnect between the Democrats and reality. And I don't know if 263 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:22.160 it's because most Democrats are rich. I don't know. You know, I've 264 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:26.119 been I've voted democratic my whole life, but I don't understand the disconnect. 265 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:30.400 It's like Pride. It's it's June is Pride month, and you have all 266 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:36.200 these Pride festivals out there, and yet there are five hundred and fifteen anti 267 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:41.680 gay pieces of legislation being monitored by the ACLU right now. Trans people are 268 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:45.799 constantly under attack. The Supreme Court is going to take up a case next 269 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:49.440 year that could reverse same sex marriage. This is not the month to be 270 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:55.720 out there dancing with Mariah Carey, singing along with Ekstina and saying, oh 271 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:57.799 but we got at least party. No, this is not the month. 272 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:04.240 Every day that Pride organizations are spending on big name talent should be good being 273 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:11.039 donated to politicians campaigns that are going to protect our rights. Instead of giving 274 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.839 Kylie Minoud fifty thousand dollars to perform in LA, they should have given a 275 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:21.519 gay group fifty thousand dollars, a group that's going to help fight and get 276 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:26.079 people elected to support our rights. Zero money should have gone for talent this 277 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:32.279 year at any Pride event. The acts should have donated their time for expenses. 278 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:34.440 You know, like pay for the hotel, pay for the airfare, 279 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:38.720 but I'll waive my fee. Give that money to a group that's going to 280 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:42.680 help get politicians elected, that are going to protect our rights because they are 281 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:47.119 under attack. But do you think any gay organization would do that? Oh 282 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:49.400 no, they'll say, well, we still give to those organizations. We'll 283 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:56.680 give more. Why are you paying big name artists and God bless them? 284 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.680 I love Billy Porter held. This last weekend, he was in a DC 285 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.519 with a lot of other big acts. I love that they're getting big acts 286 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:10.079 now, you know Orville Peck and Kylie Mino and Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera. 287 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:12.200 I love that. I love that those people are now doing Pride, 288 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:17.200 although that means that smaller dance acts, like my friend Thea, who has 289 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:22.240 every year done just umpteen Prides, she's not getting very many bookings. And 290 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.000 it's not because her music isn't popular. Rhythm the Dancer is still charting and 291 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:30.759 many of her other songs. It's because A they're hiring drag queens and B 292 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:33.319 they're hiring much bigger acts, so they don't have as much money to spend. 293 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:38.920 And it's like all acts this year should have waived their fees. Now, 294 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:41.680 I note that, and I mean the big ones, not the small 295 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:48.880 ones. Any act under five thousand dollars should get paid, period, And 296 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.680 that's most people, like thea like the drag queens. If your fee is 297 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:56.160 under five grand for Pride, you should get paid. If your fee is 298 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:00.839 over five grand, you should donate and tell them to give that money back. 299 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:04.799 Ricky Martin just did La Pride? How much did he get paid? 300 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:11.400 A lot? And yet that money could have gone to a candidate in the 301 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:21.960 Los Angeles district that is going to fight for LGBTQ rights, you see. 302 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:25.160 I don't know. Maybe it's because the memorial is Wednesday, and I've been 303 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:30.240 thinking a lot about legacy, a lot about death, a lot about what 304 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:33.920 we're really here for, Like what really is our purpose. It's not to 305 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:40.079 work and earn money and spend money with corporate That's not our purpose. Our 306 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:44.200 purpose is to love, to take care of the planet, to help one 307 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:48.839 another, to empower each other, to make each other laugh and smile, 308 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:56.039 to entertain each other. That's why we're here working for ge or you know 309 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:03.920 whoever, Amazon, That's not why we're here, and that's all our focus 310 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:10.359 is nowadays making money to pay the exorbitant price it costs to live. I 311 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:14.559 can see why young people are mad, I really can. I'm mad. 312 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:19.039 I can see why the younger generation is mad because they're right. All they 313 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:23.480 do is work and spend money with corporations. That's all they and then bitch 314 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:26.759 about it on social media and blame boomers. But you know, that's all 315 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:32.000 they do. So I'd like to hear from you on a couple things. 316 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:36.200 How much money do you spend every month on food? Number one? Number 317 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:40.119 two, why do you think Biden is still neck and neck with Trump? 318 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:42.400 And don't say because there's a whole lot of idiots out there, that's the 319 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:48.160 easy way. Why do you think his message isn't connecting with more people? 320 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:52.160 You know, Donald Trump, no one should be voting for him, And 321 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:57.079 if Biden were this force of nature, he'd be pulling more voters away. 322 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:03.400 But he's just out there telling everyone how wonderful things are and they're not. 323 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:10.759 Now it's not his fault that they're not, but he's not having I've had 324 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:15.960 more of a conversation about that today than Joe Biden has. I've told you 325 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:19.720 more about why things are expensive than what Joe Biden has not come out and 326 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:23.880 said, Look, the economy's great. I know you're paying more for food. 327 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:30.119 But the seven companies that run the food industry who and then call them 328 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:33.519 out. Nesley made four hundred percent more profit this year. ConAgra made six 329 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:37.640 hundred. I'm not making these numbers up. By the way, ConAgra made 330 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:41.440 more than six hundred percent profit this year. The seven food companies that control 331 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:47.359 your food, every one of them made three to seven hundred percent more profits 332 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:52.160 in the last year. And yet they're screaming they have to charge these prices 333 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:56.000 because of oh, our cost or way up. If you're cost or way 334 00:26:56.079 --> 00:27:00.559 up, how are you making four hundred percent more profit? This is what 335 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:06.359 Joe Biden should be talking about, and he should be talking about. I 336 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:08.680 don't want to see Joe Biden debate Donald Trump. I want to see Joe 337 00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:12.160 Biden debate the heads of all the food companies. I want to see Joe 338 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:15.640 Biden debate the head of all the oil companies. I want to see Joe 339 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:22.839 Biden sit down with people on television and talk about how private equity firms are 340 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:27.400 now the only ones that can afford to buy housing, and so private equity 341 00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:33.480 firms are buying up the limited number of housing for sale in America and then 342 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:40.039 turning around and renting it at exorbitant prices. Look at Red Lobster. They 343 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:45.599 sold the land under Red Lobsters to an equity firm who then charged them so 344 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:51.480 much rent they're going bankrupt. That's why rents are high. Why doesn't Joe 345 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:55.599 Biden sit down and have that conversation with the American people. Your rent is 346 00:27:55.759 --> 00:28:00.640 high because equity firms and investment groups are buying up all the properties and then 347 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:04.599 turning around and renting them for a huge price. So you can't even compete 348 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:10.279 to buy them because you can't compete with their wallets. So I'm going to 349 00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:15.240 say a moratorium. I am going to say that in every community only ten 350 00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:21.759 percent of property can be owned by investment companies or equity firms. Ninety percent 351 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:27.160 must be private, individually owned. He could do that, Why don't they? 352 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:30.920 You know, here in my condo complex, the HOA has a rule 353 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:36.200 you can't rent the property. You have to move in and be the owner 354 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:41.359 occupied. Because they were getting too many renters to be FAHA qualified. So 355 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:45.359 they said no, if you buy, you you know these are the conversations 356 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:48.920 they should be having, they're not. I am Corey. I'll be who 357 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:52.480 you want to be, so to hurt anybody. We'll see you on Wednesday. 358 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:56.039 I will be at the memorial on Wednesday as well. It's a busy 359 00:28:56.119 --> 00:29:02.200 day Wednesday. Let's hope I can speak Okay, then say safe and talk 360 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:04.839 to me down below. What do you think about today's show? What? 361 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:10.839 What you know? 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