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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Dan ray I WBZY Costins News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much. Dan Watkin's My next guest really

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<v Speaker 2>needs no introduction, so I'm just gonna say, welcome back,

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<v Speaker 2>Ernie Bark Junior. Ernie, how are you tonight?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing well, Dan, Thanks for having me on.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh absolutely, there's so much to talk about. People of

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<v Speaker 2>course know the back family name. They know Ernie. He

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<v Speaker 2>is a businessman, a philanthropist, a musician or renaissance man.

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<v Speaker 2>He also knows a lot about Donald Trump taxes and tariffs.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me first start Ernie with an important event that's

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<v Speaker 2>going to result in about sixty thousand dollars worth of

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<v Speaker 2>music equipment. This is an extraordinary story that maybe most

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<v Speaker 2>people won't see. But there's a Medford Elementary school, Roberts

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<v Speaker 2>Elementary School in Medford will receive this donation this week

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<v Speaker 2>from your charity, Music Drives Us obviously a play on

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<v Speaker 2>words there for sure, and you basically are providing your

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<v Speaker 2>charities providing these kids with performance risers, ukuleles, violins, and

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<v Speaker 2>musical instruments to the tune of sixty thousand dollars. What

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<v Speaker 2>a gift to a bunch of kids in Midford. How

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<v Speaker 2>did it happen? Was this school? How did this school

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<v Speaker 2>become solucky? I want to talk about the serious stuff later,

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<v Speaker 2>but this is.

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<v Speaker 3>Up sure so sure. Well my foundation Music drives Us,

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<v Speaker 3>which is at Music drives Us dot org. We have grants.

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<v Speaker 3>You can apply for a grant if there's a situation

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<v Speaker 3>like that school where instruments are old or they need

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<v Speaker 3>instruments or anything. And it's not just schools, it's the

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<v Speaker 3>public and private sector trying to keep music alive in

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<v Speaker 3>public and private situations. That this particular school is a

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<v Speaker 3>great school because they are in incredible need for instruments.

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<v Speaker 3>So isn't like so many schools. I mean, it's kind

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<v Speaker 3>of like you would never be done really almost no

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<v Speaker 3>matter how much money you had. There's always a situation

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<v Speaker 3>where people need money, instruments, whatever to keep music programs going.

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<v Speaker 3>I love it. I think it's fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>Well it's again you've been doing this for how many

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<v Speaker 2>years now, Music Drives This.

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<v Speaker 3>Has been almost twenty almost twenty years.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. Wow, that's it's such a great, a great effort.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is the Roberts Elementary School in Midford. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>this Thursday, December fifth, and do these kids know that

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<v Speaker 2>you guys are going to show up.

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<v Speaker 3>They with these yeah, oh yeah, they know where we're coming.

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<v Speaker 3>With all the instruments and everything we do it. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I go to ninety nine percent of what we call

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<v Speaker 3>this funding. I go to nine to nine percent of

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<v Speaker 3>the fundings. I like it, Dan, I've actually broken down

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<v Speaker 3>like a little baby crying when you see when you

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<v Speaker 3>see what happens with the instruments, with the kids and

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<v Speaker 3>how we change lives, it's it's amazing. And if you

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<v Speaker 3>want to get involved at all, you can go to

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<v Speaker 3>music drives us dot org see what we're doing and

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<v Speaker 3>get involved.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's interesting. I think it's so important that it's funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I never learned a musical instrument as a kid.

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<v Speaker 3>That's okay, that's all right, And I.

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<v Speaker 2>Wish in retrospect we have a piano and I have

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<v Speaker 2>no idea what I'm doing or anything. But it's just

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<v Speaker 2>that the idea that there's that point in time in

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<v Speaker 2>a child's life, whatever their age is, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

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<v Speaker 2>when it's like taking up a sport. I mean, if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't learn to ice skate by time I'm your fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>pretty tough, tough to make the National Hockey League. If

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<v Speaker 2>you don't learn, you know, how to play a musical instrument,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an opportunity. The window closes early, and this basically

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<v Speaker 2>gets kids inside that window. That's what's great about.

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<v Speaker 3>This, right. You know, I wouldn't necessarily agree that the

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<v Speaker 3>that the window closes early. You know, you had the

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<v Speaker 3>kids early to get the kids early with music. Many, many,

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<v Speaker 3>many studies have been done and agree that music is

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<v Speaker 3>it's more than just producing music. It's jumping jacks for

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<v Speaker 3>the brain. The statistics are if the if the kid

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<v Speaker 3>plays music, he's he's a higher percentage of graduation, less

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<v Speaker 3>problems in school. It's just it's it's music can literally

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<v Speaker 3>rewire the brain. It's wiful thing. And hey, if you're

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<v Speaker 3>fifty and you want to play something that you should

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<v Speaker 3>be able to, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Well past fifty or I'm on the wrong side of fifty,

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<v Speaker 2>but we'll believe that. We'll leave that go. Look, I

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<v Speaker 2>also want to pick your brain a little bit. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>besides music, you know a lot about the car industry,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know a lot about the president who will

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<v Speaker 2>take the oath of office as the forty seventh president.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's talking about taxes and rev tariffs and things

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<v Speaker 2>like that. So what I'd like to do is just

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<v Speaker 2>take a quick break and we come back talk about this,

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<v Speaker 2>because I think a lot of my listeners when they

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<v Speaker 2>hear the concept of tariffs, they probably go back to

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<v Speaker 2>like their their history's classes when they were in the

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<v Speaker 2>seventh or eighth grade, and some teacher didn't describe to

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<v Speaker 2>them pretty much there was some tariff that we put

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<v Speaker 2>on Britain or Britain put on France, right, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is going to have impact and hopefully a positive impact,

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<v Speaker 2>but it could have a negative imok and you in

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<v Speaker 2>the car industry, you above all have to be aware

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<v Speaker 2>of this. So we'll take a break. We've talked about music,

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<v Speaker 2>but I want to talk about tariffs and in taxes

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<v Speaker 2>and Donald Trump. Uh. You know, I I don't know if, if,

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<v Speaker 2>how you feel towards him at this point. And I'll

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<v Speaker 2>give you an opportunity to say whatever whatever you want

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<v Speaker 2>to say, and we'll give the with the audience an

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity to give us a call and talk about some

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<v Speaker 2>of this, because I think our economic structure is going

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<v Speaker 2>to have some impact. It's going to be impacted by

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<v Speaker 2>the Trump presidency. This is what it's going to be different.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have to we'll talk about it with Erdiebak Junior.

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<v Speaker 2>If you'd like to join the conversation, feel free to

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<v Speaker 2>jump on board six one, seven, two, five, four ten

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<v Speaker 2>thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. Some

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<v Speaker 2>days I feel this way, other the ways I feel.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll bet you Ernie probably has some very specific thoughts

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll get to him and to phone calls. Here

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<v Speaker 2>at Nightside. I'm back after a week off, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>ready and we're to go back on Nightside right after

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of quick messages.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>Nightside Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>My guess is Ernie Buck needs really no introduction if

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<v Speaker 2>you're from New England, that's for sure. Bock Automotive, Ernie,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, are you the largest car dealer in New

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<v Speaker 2>England with all the brands that?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, not even I think the largest car brand

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<v Speaker 3>in New England is mister Herb Chambers. No, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 3>by I used to have. I used to have two

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<v Speaker 3>big Honda stores, number one Honda store in the world,

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<v Speaker 3>one of them, and two giant Toyota stores number two

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<v Speaker 3>in the world at my big Toyota store, and I

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<v Speaker 3>ended up selling all my retail stuff, my body shot,

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<v Speaker 3>my rented car, everything like that. But I maintained and

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<v Speaker 3>kept Ferrari Maserati, so I have So my retail right

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<v Speaker 3>now is Ferrari Maserati too fairly small stores. But I

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<v Speaker 3>distribute super Roos throughout New England. I'll do sixty thousand

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<v Speaker 3>subar Roos this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's that's pretty good. Okay, that's that's sixty thousand

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<v Speaker 2>SuPAR Us. Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So therefore, I assume you have looked at the issue

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<v Speaker 2>of a tariffs, yes, and so give us a thumbnail

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<v Speaker 2>sketch of what do you think the impact of some

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<v Speaker 2>of the Trump tariffs might be for good or for work,

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<v Speaker 2>for good or for bad. What's your take on this?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean tariffs are more of a carry a

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<v Speaker 3>big stick, and if you recall in May of twenty nineteen,

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<v Speaker 3>Trump threatened Mexico with a five percent tariff, with a

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<v Speaker 3>five percent tariff if Mexico doesn't do this, this or that,

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<v Speaker 3>and within ten days Mexico acquiesced. I mean, he is

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<v Speaker 3>he is. World leaders are falling in line with what

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<v Speaker 3>he wants, which is, you know, making the economy of

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<v Speaker 2>So his goal is to stop the bleeding. First, I

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<v Speaker 2>assume to stop automobile manufacturers from leaving America. And I

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<v Speaker 2>believe that there's some companies that have recently built plants

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<v Speaker 2>in Mexico. If I'm wrong, correct me if I'm not.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, not recently. They've They've been building or assembling

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<v Speaker 3>cars in Mexico for a long long time. Also in

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<v Speaker 3>also in Canada. General Motors has manufacturing facilities in Canada.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the idea, the idea that that the US auto

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<v Speaker 3>industry is in a little bit of trouble. It is

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<v Speaker 3>in a little bit of trouble. The tarifs don't necessarily

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<v Speaker 3>just for automobiles, but but the the the electrification or

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<v Speaker 3>the the the prior administration that that tried to, in

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<v Speaker 3>my view, force electrification on the people. Then, in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 3>the government should not tell us what we should drive.

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<v Speaker 3>If you want to buy an ice car, an internal

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<v Speaker 3>combustion engine car, you should be able to buy it.

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<v Speaker 3>If you want to buy an electric car, some electric

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<v Speaker 3>cars feed fit people's needs, buy it. If you want

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<v Speaker 3>to buy a hybrid. Buy whatever you want, but I

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<v Speaker 3>don't believe the government should force you to purchase a

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<v Speaker 3>certain vehicle. I just don't. And some manufacturers have literally

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<v Speaker 3>spent and lost billions of dollars trying to keep up

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<v Speaker 3>with the fantasy goals that the lost administration had. It's

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<v Speaker 3>crazy what they're trying to do so quickly with electric vehicles.

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<v Speaker 3>Right now, about seven percent of all cars on the

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<v Speaker 3>road are electric vehicles, so you know, it's it's a

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<v Speaker 3>small amount of cars. Are electric vehicles good? Yeah, they're

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<v Speaker 3>great if they fit your needs in Tesla and Tesla

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<v Speaker 3>last year had sixty percent share of the electric vehicles

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<v Speaker 3>in the United States. Now they're down to forty eight

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<v Speaker 3>because so many people are getting to the game. We

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<v Speaker 3>have we have we have some some problems in the

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<v Speaker 3>in the auto industry. One of them is is this

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<v Speaker 3>whole electrification and then of course pricing the Although the

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<v Speaker 3>average car over the last couple of years new car

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<v Speaker 3>was forty seven thousand dollars, it's now forty five thousand dollars,

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<v Speaker 3>so that's that's that's a little better. But there are

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<v Speaker 3>there are one million more cars in inventory and dealers

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<v Speaker 3>lots across the United States than there was a year ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that will push the price down. Mind is standing Earnie,

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<v Speaker 2>And again you're the expert here. I'm just asking a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of questions. My understanding. One of the concerns that

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<v Speaker 2>the automotive industry has in America is that China leads

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<v Speaker 2>the world in producing electric vehicles and somehow very upset that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>as you say the electric vehicle mandate that by twenty

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<v Speaker 2>thirty or by twenty thirty five percentage of the cars

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<v Speaker 2>in America have to be evs, all.

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<v Speaker 3>Those mandates will not come true because it is impossible

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<v Speaker 3>to do. The people just aren't buying them.

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<v Speaker 2>Free market, in a free market system. But is China

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<v Speaker 2>a big player here in electric vehicles? And is there?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, here's the situation with China. For the last ten years,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe fifteen years, the storyline or everybody thought that the

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<v Speaker 3>Chinese vehicles were not ready for prime time. The quality

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't there. They made some starts and stops over the

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<v Speaker 3>And it wasn't because we were afraid of them. It

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<v Speaker 3>was because they couldn't put it together. They didn't have

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<v Speaker 3>Now they are so ready for prime time that they

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<v Speaker 2>And so I'm assuming that the Trump administration sees this

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<v Speaker 3>Correct, yes, but it's it's you can't you can't stop

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<v Speaker 3>Some countries through that candidate is famous for that. That's

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<v Speaker 3>the tariffs are the tariffs are for automobiles in for

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so come back, come back if you will to China.

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<v Speaker 2>So if he, if he is, if Donald Trump is

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to throw a tariff on them, which is

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<v Speaker 2>Is that represents nonetheless a threat to our automotive industry.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I assume that's why he wants to at

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, it's they are a threat, just like just

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<v Speaker 3>United States super low volume right now, but vehicles are

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<v Speaker 2>wait a second, we got to protect tariffs of protection,

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<v Speaker 2>we have to protect our automotive industry because if if look,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean the the the auto workers didn't follow the leadership,

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<v Speaker 2>And is that where the tariffs come in? Is what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to figure out. Particularly, No, I think you're right.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I think you're right. They will put tarris on

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<v Speaker 3>the Chinese vehicles. And and yes we should protect the

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<v Speaker 3>US market. You can't protect it forever, but you can

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<v Speaker 2>It, and and and and the impact is going to

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<v Speaker 2>are necessary, you know, to to at least stem the

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<v Speaker 3>Well? I think I think tariffs are again shaking a

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<v Speaker 3>there there there are Travis now on on a on

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<v Speaker 3>they get in line and do what the US wants,

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<v Speaker 3>then maybe the tariffs won't be won't be that bad.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think I think you had mentioned that that

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<v Speaker 3>Trump wants to help get the economy back on and

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<v Speaker 3>and and I agree. I think I think he does,

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<v Speaker 3>and the and the tariffs are a part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Ernie, let's take a break. I want to invite

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<v Speaker 2>callers to call in and uh and I also like

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<v Speaker 2>to uh, you know, like to talk to you a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit about what you're feeling is towards the second

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<v Speaker 2>administration and and what you expect as a businessman and

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<v Speaker 2>whether or not there's something that we need to be

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<v Speaker 2>concerned about or something we need to give it, give

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<v Speaker 2>it a chance to work. My guest is Ernie Bach.

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<v Speaker 2>He is not only a great businessman, he's a philanthropist.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about music drives us, but we're talking right

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<v Speaker 2>now taxes and tariffs and Trump T, T and T,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's going to be a lot of that's going

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<v Speaker 2>certainly in the months ahead. And who better to start

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<v Speaker 2>off with that Ernie Bark will take some phone calls

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<v Speaker 2>if you'd like to join the conversation six one seven, two, five,

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<v Speaker 2>on night Side right after the news at the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>It's night Side with Dan Ray on Way Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>With us Ernie Bak Ernie before we get the phone calls,

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<v Speaker 2>and we got phone calls. Who I want to get

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<v Speaker 2>to if anyone else that wants to try to join us?

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<v Speaker 2>Six one seven, two, five, four, ten thirty. What does

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<v Speaker 2>your take? You hosted Donald Trump back and I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was toowenty fifteen when he was running the first time.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you kept in contact with him?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's funny he called me the other day. Really yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I you know my experience with Trump I in the eighties.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I was a big fan. I mean everybody

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<v Speaker 3>before the whole political thing happened, the Art of the Deal.

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<v Speaker 3>One of the richest guys around, flamboyant, just just like

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<v Speaker 3>just a very very popular guy. And then then you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I always I always like what he did. And you

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<v Speaker 3>know this, I'm a conservative you know in up here

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<v Speaker 3>is mostly blue. I'm a I'm a conservative, so I

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<v Speaker 3>believe in I believe in in paying for what we

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<v Speaker 3>with me, Dan, who's ever like. I didn't vote for

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<v Speaker 3>Joe Biden. I didn't vote for Joe Biden the first time,

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<v Speaker 3>and I didn't vote vote for Joe Biden the second time.

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<v Speaker 3>But when he won, he he's my president. That's how

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<v Speaker 3>I do. I when you know, we vote, we do

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<v Speaker 3>whatever we want. We want whoever to win to win.

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<v Speaker 3>But but then whoever wins, it's my He's my president.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's just how I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I only have one at a time, Aready, And by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, I'm the same as you are philosophically, and

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<v Speaker 2>I had that same attitude. Go right ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm right. I think he's going to do I think

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<v Speaker 3>he's going to do great things with with the economy.

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<v Speaker 3>I I A lot of the stuff that happened during

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<v Speaker 3>for the four years, for some reason, a a minority

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<v Speaker 3>part of the population that you did not like what

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<v Speaker 3>he did. But as we see now that that everybody

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<v Speaker 3>voted and and he's the popular guy, he's the one

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<v Speaker 3>that won. So let's give him a shot. Let's stand

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<v Speaker 2>Is there anything I know when you have a conversation

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<v Speaker 2>with the president you'd like to sort of keep that

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<v Speaker 2>somewhat private. Anything that he said to you that surprised.

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<v Speaker 3>You, Well, I you know, I'm not Here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's the thing. I'm not like. I'm not on me.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not in the inner circle of all of all this.

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<v Speaker 3>You know. I know a couple of the right hand

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<v Speaker 3>the courtesy phone call just because he was calling a

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<v Speaker 3>for any you know my opinion of anything. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>a list of people they like to call. I'll tell

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<v Speaker 3>you one thing about President Trump. Uh, you know what

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<v Speaker 3>to him is say, you don't talk to mister Trump.

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<v Speaker 3>Trump talks to you.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>That's that's just how it is.

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<v Speaker 2>There. Enough, let's get some phoe calls for Ernie back here.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a very app description description. Let me go first

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<v Speaker 2>off to Donna in North bro Donnie, you have been

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<v Speaker 2>holding on for a little bit. Appreciate your patience. You're

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<v Speaker 2>all with Ernie buck Go.

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<v Speaker 4>Right ahead, Donna, y'all worth the wait. I sure appreciate it. Hi, Dane,

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<v Speaker 4>Hi Ernie. How are you tonight?

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<v Speaker 3>Hello Donna, I'm very well.

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<v Speaker 4>Excellent, thanks, wonderful.

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<v Speaker 5>Well.

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<v Speaker 4>I love what you both do. Ernie. I want to

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<v Speaker 4>speak to the fact that you do this music charity because,

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<v Speaker 4>as a professional in the industry of engineering, one of

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<v Speaker 3>So that's funny. That's funny when they're young.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, absolutely, So that's a that's a wonderful, wonderful thing

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<v Speaker 4>that you're doing. And as far as your Honder dealership goes,

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<v Speaker 4>your dealer, it was the best in service for my

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, incredibly professional in every way and very capable at

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<v Speaker 4>Trump's using these Some people are calling them threats. I

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<v Speaker 3>I agree with you.

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<v Speaker 4>They absolutely need it in order to make people understand that,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, we want to operate and support our own

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<v Speaker 4>country as well. So thank you for for all that

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<v Speaker 4>you're contributing to all of this. And Dan, I want

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<v Speaker 4>to ask you, do you have great pool parties tooties

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<v Speaker 4>anywhere near?

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<v Speaker 2>What?

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<v Speaker 4>Does he know anything about your pool parties?

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<v Speaker 6>Ernie?

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<v Speaker 3>They used to be a little wild, but you know

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<v Speaker 3>they've they've calmed down.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Donna, sounds like there's an inside joke here, but

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<v Speaker 2>we're not going to touch it, that's for sure. Donna.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much for Gaul.

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<v Speaker 4>Yep, take care everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Very Christmas.

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<v Speaker 4>Donna, yep, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me go to Mark and Muber and Mark Ernie

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<v Speaker 2>buck right ahead.

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<v Speaker 6>Mark, I just think I was listening to the discussion

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<v Speaker 6>and I just thought it was kind of ironic that

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<v Speaker 6>we don't want government regulation to tell us to buy

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<v Speaker 6>electric vehicles.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct, well, we don't want really the government to tell

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<v Speaker 3>us to buy anything. I mean, we should be able

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<v Speaker 3>to decide on our own.

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<v Speaker 6>So why should we then have the current government tell

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<v Speaker 6>us what we can't buy? Isn't that just as much

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<v Speaker 6>socialist overreach?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't I don't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>And what specific items, Mark, if you could be a

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<v Speaker 2>little more less philosophical and more specific, what the Chinese?

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<v Speaker 6>The Chinese electric vehicles, they don't want us to buy

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<v Speaker 6>them because they're putting tariffs on that. What if those

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<v Speaker 6>vehicles in an open market can compete with American electric vehicles?

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<v Speaker 5>Are we not.

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<v Speaker 6>Depriving the American consumer the ability to vote with their

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<v Speaker 6>dollar and giving them the freedom to choose rather than

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<v Speaker 6>restricting them.

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<v Speaker 2>You've established a counter argument. Very well, go ahead, Ernie.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I agree with you. I agree with you. You notice

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<v Speaker 3>I took a soft stance on that, yes, they eventually

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<v Speaker 3>will be here. The eventually will be here. In nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>seventy one, the number one import to the United States

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<v Speaker 3>was Volkswagen, number one import, and they were they were

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<v Speaker 3>I remember this like it was yesterday, around nineteen seventy two,

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen seventy three. They're going, hey, wait a minute, these

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<v Speaker 3>Japanese cars, and everybody's like, gap, but you'll never be

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<v Speaker 3>Vokswagen never and boom, you know, Japans the number one,

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<v Speaker 3>number one import, and yeah, there has to be competition,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's got to be. You don't want to just

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<v Speaker 3>you know, open the gates and have them come in

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<v Speaker 3>and slaughter rush. You don't want that, you want to

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<v Speaker 3>want it.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, that's but that that's capitalism. You're arguing for socialism

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<v Speaker 6>short term social nis.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I'm not. I am absolutely not arguing for socialism.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm arguing you're wondering about a true or false You're

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<v Speaker 3>using the I'm with the intelligent of an intelligent way

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<v Speaker 3>to let him in, an intelligent way to let him in.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean you have you have Jim Farley over there

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<v Speaker 3>right now or he was over there recently from Ford,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, because Ford Ford wants to wants to check

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<v Speaker 3>out this this Chinese technology. They're fascinated with it. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it may come in, you know, the Chinese technology may

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<v Speaker 3>come in via a domestic brand or or something like that.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, I just don't think you should just

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<v Speaker 3>open the gates and let him in. I just don't

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<v Speaker 3>think that.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me jump in here for a second. If I

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<v Speaker 2>can market mar let me jump in, Mark, if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't mind, let me jump in for a second. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that tariffs are able to do.

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<v Speaker 2>If all of a sudden, someone is bringing into this

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<v Speaker 2>country automobiles which are competing and taking a part of

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<v Speaker 2>the American market, the domestic market, and they're being produced

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<v Speaker 2>in you know, whether it's shirts or automobiles in cheap

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<v Speaker 2>labor countries which we cannot compete against that they can

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<v Speaker 2>actually produce the car and ship the car here less

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<v Speaker 2>expensively than can be produced. It will destroy the American

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<v Speaker 2>automotive market. It will adversely dramatically impact our economy. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of fellow Americans like you and me going to

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<v Speaker 2>find themselves out of a job after having worked for

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<v Speaker 2>thirty or forty years in an industry. And yeah, tariffs

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<v Speaker 2>are protectionism, and I'm a conservative, but I think we

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<v Speaker 2>need to protect our economy and protect our American workers.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my position. I'm probably a little bit more.

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<v Speaker 6>That's a very socialist way to look at.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not a socialist way. That's not a social way

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<v Speaker 2>at all. You can you can characterize it anything you want,

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<v Speaker 2>the communist way if you.

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<v Speaker 6>Want, it's communists. It's a payer list.

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<v Speaker 3>No, hey, Mark, do you remember do you remember in

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<v Speaker 3>the market. Do you remember in the eighties when when

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<v Speaker 3>we accuse the Japanese of dumping? Do you remember that?

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<v Speaker 6>Is this not market manipulation though, that's the fundamentals. It's

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<v Speaker 6>market manipulation. Whatever you want to call it, it's market

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<v Speaker 6>manipulation to get people to keep their jobs. Correct.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, yes, yes, in a broad stroke, Mark, Yes, okay.

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<v Speaker 6>So all I'm saying is, let's call it what it is, and.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not socialism. If you call it anything, market, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not socialism. It's us not what is it. It's acting

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<v Speaker 2>in our own best predicular, it's in our own best

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<v Speaker 2>economic interest when.

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<v Speaker 6>We ending that, I'm agreeing with you wholeheartedly, but I'm

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<v Speaker 6>just saying it's a mechanism used by the government to

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<v Speaker 6>interfere with the freemall.

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<v Speaker 2>This also, by the way, that there's no there's also

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<v Speaker 2>a mechanism used by the government when we uh send

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<v Speaker 2>US military troops to protect our economic interest. If all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, if all of a sudden, an if

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden, if all of a sudden, a

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<v Speaker 2>school of medical students in a in a small country

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<v Speaker 2>like Grenada is taken over and the lives of those

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<v Speaker 2>American students medical students are being threatened by the Grenadian government.

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<v Speaker 2>You're damn right. I want the eighty second Airborne Division

534
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<v Speaker 2>to go in there and protect American lives. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's a different form of protectionism. But it's sure as

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<v Speaker 2>hell not socialism. Mark.

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<v Speaker 6>You make great points market manipulation though.

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<v Speaker 2>Well look this all sorts of taxes of market manipulation. Mark,

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<v Speaker 2>taxes of market manipulation. If the government takes enough to.

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<v Speaker 6>Taxly out of you.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't participate as fully as like in the market.

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<v Speaker 2>You're playing games with us. It's an interesting call, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm past my break and I got to let you go.

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<v Speaker 2>You felt you had a call, Mark, good call, thanks, Mark, Ernie.

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<v Speaker 2>I got great calls. We'll be back with a couple

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<v Speaker 2>more with Ernie Bach right after this at night Side.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Ernie Bach is my guest. Let's keep rolling here, going

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<v Speaker 2>to go to Bill and Norfolk. Bill, we'll getting a

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<v Speaker 2>little tight on time. Got you in with Ernie. Go

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<v Speaker 2>right ahead.

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<v Speaker 5>Bill, great, and thanks for taking my call. And Ernie,

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<v Speaker 5>thank you for what you do for music drives us.

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<v Speaker 5>You have a lot of schools, a lot of school systems.

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<v Speaker 5>You get them a lot of gear that they can't

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<v Speaker 5>get normally. So I appreciate you doing that because you

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<v Speaker 5>don't have to thank you. And I bought three crvs

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<v Speaker 5>from you guys, another CRV from the New Guys, and

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<v Speaker 5>it's not the same. I'll tell you that man, Dan

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<v Speaker 5>and Dan and I both went to the same high school.

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<v Speaker 5>And you and I both wanted same college. And I

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<v Speaker 5>think I was a senior, you were a junior. We

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<v Speaker 5>both had Jim Anderson as a guitar team.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh wow, that's funny. I haven't heard that name in

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<v Speaker 3>a long time. I love that guy. That guy was

567
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<v Speaker 3>a cool guy.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, he was kind of a hipper kind of a teacher.

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<v Speaker 5>But my question is are you playing and what are

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<v Speaker 5>you doing musically these days?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, I I play every day for myself.

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<v Speaker 3>But what I do do when not many people know this,

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<v Speaker 3>and I don't really say it that often, but all

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<v Speaker 3>the cool Subaru jingles you hear on TV for New

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<v Speaker 3>England Subaru, those are all original compositions and I play

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<v Speaker 3>on a lot of them. Cool cool, Yeah, don't. We

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<v Speaker 3>don't pay publishing. We write the song, record the song,

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<v Speaker 3>and I have I have seventeen jingles that that that

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<v Speaker 3>I can draw from that we've written. And we used

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<v Speaker 3>to go and it's funny. Back in the day, we

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<v Speaker 3>used to go into a proper recording studio, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>with the buttons and the thing and the microphone, the

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<v Speaker 3>isolation boost is all that stuff. And now with the tech,

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<v Speaker 3>I just do it at my house.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's the way things have done these days.

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<v Speaker 3>That's cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I want to get one more if I can. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>go right ahead, man, Thanks, Bill appreciate it of course.

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<v Speaker 2>And Nie ernie Bach and his bandmates have opened for

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<v Speaker 2>some big acts on the road. By the way, we've

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<v Speaker 2>talked about that before. Let me go to Sandra in Carver. Sandra,

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<v Speaker 2>I got you in here real real late, but you

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<v Speaker 2>go right ahead. You're own with her.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, had a few things I was going to talk about,

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<v Speaker 7>but I'll just single in on one thing and.

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<v Speaker 3>Hello both he is, yeah, hello, taking my call.

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<v Speaker 7>And I just want to say that I did take

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<v Speaker 7>care of your father at Beth Israel Hospital in the

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<v Speaker 7>nineteen sixties.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh well, thank you.

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<v Speaker 7>Hating myself at that point, he said, come on down,

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<v Speaker 7>I'll give you a deal on a car. But I

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<v Speaker 7>didn't even drive till I was in my thirties. So

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<v Speaker 7>I just wanted to share that with you.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you. I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 7>And I don't know if I have any more time

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<v Speaker 7>to talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Or well, if you got if you want to ask

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<v Speaker 2>a quick question, try a quick question, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 7>Well I'll just say I believe strongly in music, and

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<v Speaker 7>I you know, I was an individual that I was

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<v Speaker 7>told I couldn't be taught piano and was going to

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<v Speaker 7>get free lessons and I ended up playing the piano

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<v Speaker 7>for the Sunday school and I played the piano for

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<v Speaker 7>the capping exercises and nurses training. So if a kid

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<v Speaker 7>can't learn that, I always find a way, and I

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<v Speaker 7>did it, and I taught myself guitar later, so that's so.

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<v Speaker 7>And I thought my kids would be musical, but I

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<v Speaker 7>bought all kinds of instruments and nobody played anything. So

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<v Speaker 7>I'll let you call somebody out talking. Okay, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Your career in nursing, so Erdiebach. If folks want to

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<v Speaker 2>support Music Drives us, let's let's go to that website

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<v Speaker 2>one more time. Here.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure you can go to music drives dot org. We

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<v Speaker 3>have a lot of we have a lot of events

627
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<v Speaker 3>coming up, we have a lot of funding, and the

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00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:10.440
<v Speaker 3>grant cycle is open all the time. Now. You can

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<v Speaker 3>follow me on Instagram at Ernie Bock Junior. On Instagram.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm on Facebook, but I'm not on Facebook that much anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm kind of weaning off of Facebook and more staying

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<v Speaker 3>just on X and Instagram.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Ernie Bock Junior, always great, uh to chat.

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<v Speaker 2>You are a renaissance man, businessman and philanthropist. You do

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of good and you have the coverage of

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<v Speaker 2>your convictions. I really appreciate you taking the time. You

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<v Speaker 2>are welcome here any night or do you know that?

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<v Speaker 3>Well? Thank you, Dan, I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, my friend, we'll talk soon. Have great holiday Christmas,

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks very much. We get back going to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the story of the day, which is Joe Biden's pardon

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<v Speaker 2>for his son Hunter. Biden said he wouldn't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he's doing it. What would have you done. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>be back on Nightside right after the ten o'clock news

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<v Speaker 2>here on a Monday night, December second,