WEBVTT 1 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:20.519 Seven oh five here fifty five PARC DE Talk Station Friday. 2 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:23.199 Always enjoy when to come into the studio in the 3 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:26.000 morning and see on the rundown Dave Williams from the 4 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:29.600 Taxpayer Protection Alliance, holding government accountables what they do each 5 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.679 and every day. Find them online Protecting Taxpayers dot org. 6 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:36.439 Dave Williams, Welcome back to the Morning show, my friend. 7 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:38.000 It's always a pleasure to having you on the show. 8 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.320 Good morning, Brian, and I have a question for you 9 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:45.719 to start off the show. The Washington commanders are looking 10 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.880 for subsidy to build a new stadium, right yep. So 11 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.359 in Washington, d C. We have now a stadium, subsidy 12 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.039 and a street car. So I'm trying to think of 13 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:58.640 the trifecta here. What would be the third thing to 14 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:03.079 make this just the trifecta of wasteful and unnecessary spending, 15 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.920 Because I know Cincinnati has the same right, they have subsidies, 16 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:07.799 they had the streetcar, and I can't think of the 17 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:09.359 third one to make it a trifecta. 18 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.799 Oh, I don't know, how about some green energy project? 19 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.920 There you go, bingo, you got it. Okay, we had 20 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.200 the trifecta of government waste stupid. 21 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:21.760 Yeah, and I'm glad you chose you one of our 22 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:24.959 favorite subjects street car. You Aubity already mentioned that we 23 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:26.680 always managed to get the street car in there, even 24 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:30.439 with the only passing reference stadium deals. You and I 25 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:32.599 talk about that a lot over the years. And you know, 26 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:36.359 our Ohio budget has six hundred million dollars going directly 27 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:38.599 to the Cleveland Browns for the purpose of building their 28 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.439 two point plus whatever billion dollar projects. So how that 29 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:45.079 ended up in the Ohio taxpayer's budget is beyond me. 30 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.840 It really irks me, But there it is governed. He 31 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:50.840 is a lineight in Veto, and what he did was 32 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:55.280 line it in Veto's three or four issues that it 33 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:57.480 would have been baby steps in the right direction to 34 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.760 providing the Ohio property owners with some measure of relief 35 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:05.079 for property taxes. He struck all those out of the bill, 36 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:07.439 and yet he stilled allowed six hundred million dollars to 37 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:09.000 go to the Cleveland Browns. There, I got it out 38 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:14.360 of my system, Dave. So but moving over top top 39 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.599 five anyway, list of our favorite topics over the years. 40 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:22.719 The post office. So let's let's talk about the post office. 41 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:25.759 That's an efficient, well oiled business over there isn't it? 42 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:31.000 Oh, which sure is sarcasm. Noted they just raised the 43 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:35.199 cost of first class mail again, went from seventy three 44 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:37.599 cents to seventy eight cents. And I mean, I'm going 45 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:39.240 to sound like, you know, one of those old guys, 46 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:41.319 but I remember when it was fifty five cents. It 47 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:43.639 doesn't seem like it was too long ago that was 48 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.080 fifty five cents. And here's here's the kicker is that 49 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:50.319 they're not making money. Is that they keep on losing. 50 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:52.120 And we're not talking about a little bit of money. 51 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.039 We're talking about billions of dollars a year, and they 52 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:58.680 keep on raising prices and it's not working. The Aaron 53 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:00.759 lines of problem is that they raise the prices and 54 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:04.400 it's not working because the rest of the system is 55 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:08.520 so messed up. They are spending eighty thousand dollars per 56 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:11.000 truck for electric vehicles. 57 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.639 Oh yeah, see you brought I had a separate article 58 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:17.360 that was Olivia Murray over an American thinker did the numbers 59 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:21.439 crunching on this one, and part of the Inflation Reduction 60 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.560 Act allocated money to go to the Post Office for 61 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:27.280 the purpose of transforming their feet into a fleet into 62 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:32.680 electric vehicles. Right, Apparently they want forty five thousand electric 63 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:37.719 battery powered postal service vehicles in this in this Grand Plan, 64 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:41.439 vehicles were supposed to be This acquisition supposed to be 65 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:45.680 completed by September of twenty twenty eight, funded by in part, 66 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:49.120 is a ten billion dollar total overall cost project. Three 67 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:52.719 billion of that comes from the so called Inflation Reduction Act, 68 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.919 the Green New Deal Bill right President Biden signed in 69 00:03:55.960 --> 00:04:00.319 twenty twenty two. So from that three billion dollars, currently 70 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:05.560 one point seven billion has been distributed. It's out the door. 71 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:11.120 They have acquired two hundred and fifty total trucks, meaning 72 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:13.360 if you do the proper division or math on that, 73 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:16.680 it comes out to six point eight million dollars per truck. 74 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.040 And since they've only acquired a small number, they said 75 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:23.639 at this current rate eighty three vehicles per year, it 76 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:26.240 would take the government another five hundred and thirty nine 77 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:30.519 years to finalize the plan. It's supposed to be completed 78 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:31.600 by twenty twenty eight. 79 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:33.360 They can't do anything, right. 80 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:37.600 No, they absolutely can't. And the Inspector General at the 81 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:41.079 Post Office has been warning about this for years and 82 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:44.439 telling them not to do this. Not to buy electric 83 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:49.160 vehicles because of the maintenance cost, because of downtime, you know, 84 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:53.639 just charging these vehicles. It takes time to charge the vehicles, 85 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:57.000 so they aren't listening. And when you talk about the 86 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:59.360 number of vehicles that have already been purchased, I mean, 87 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.439 this is just embarrassing, to say the least. And there 88 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:06.160 is a new Postmaster General and hopefully you know he 89 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:09.600 and he just started I think last week. So yeah, 90 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:11.319 let's see what this guy can do. And so his 91 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:13.079 first name is David, So I have a lot of faith, 92 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:17.240 you know. I don't know if that's something that well, 93 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.720 we'll see. But there's there's management problems. There's so many deep, 94 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.879 deep problems at the post Office. And obviously the glaring 95 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:26.360 one is spending all this money on electric vehicles. 96 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:31.879 I mean, it really is. But it's just one additional expenditure, 97 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:34.879 you know. I mean, if they're they're looking, you have 98 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:36.920 an imagery reported and you know the numbers on this. 99 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.319 The United States Postal Service has lost more than one 100 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:43.000 hundred billion dollars over the past fifteen years, and they're 101 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.360 continuing down that road currently. I guess how many billions 102 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.800 of dollars have they left had lost so far this year. 103 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:52.160 It's like three billion dollars, three billion dollars. 104 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.759 And if they would end Saturday delivery, they could save 105 00:05:55.959 --> 00:06:01.680 two point six billion dollars a year just ending Saturday delivery. 106 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.920 That is an incredible number to think that it could 107 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:07.079 be saved easily. 108 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.680 Well, but that wouldn't even solve the problem. It's a 109 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.480 great step in the right direction. Dave Williams tax Favoritextion Alliance. 110 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:16.879 But apparently they lost nine point five billion dollars collectively 111 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:21.079 last year alone. So yeah, save two point five billion dollars. 112 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.160 Let's get that figure down to seven billion dollars in loss. 113 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.560 That'd be a notable improvement. But that's still seven billion 114 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.399 dollars in loss. This is a business model. This isn't 115 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:31.439 even a business model. 116 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:35.360 No, it's not a business model. You look at seasonal 117 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:37.759 hiring and we're going to hear about the Post Office 118 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:41.240 hiring people for Christmas. Well, what happens with the Post 119 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:44.800 Office is when they hire someone for a seasonal work, 120 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:49.319 they offered them a full time job afterwards. FedEx and 121 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:53.639 ups hire seasonally and they don't hire them full time 122 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:58.000 afterwards because it's seasonal. It's only for a few months. 123 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:01.000 But because of what the unions have done inside the 124 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:04.639 Postal service is that they're required to offer them a 125 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:08.360 full time job after Christmas. And again you said it, 126 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.920 it's not a business. They don't have any business sense whatsoever. 127 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:15.600 Well, how is it the American tax payer dollars are 128 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:16.560 supporting all of this. 129 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.839 I'll tell you what it is. There's a nostalgia about 130 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:24.040 the post office, and rightly so, because you know, you 131 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:28.360 meet your mail deliverer and he's a nice guy, she's 132 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:31.519 a nice woman, right, and you have that bond. But 133 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:35.360 people don't see the bigger picture. Nostalgia overtakes business sense, 134 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:37.519 and I think if people really saw the numbers and 135 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:40.600 understood just how much of a mess the post Office is, 136 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.199 they would really, I think, change their view. And you know, 137 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:46.319 this is an entity that tried to get into banking. 138 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:48.920 Elizabeth warrens, Oh my god, try to get the post 139 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:53.560 Office into the banking. I mean, that doesn't send a 140 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:56.000 shiver down your spine. Nothing ever will. 141 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:58.920 Well, I guess I'm wondering. 142 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:02.959 I mean, who's going to be responsible for initiating some reform? 143 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.439 I mean, if the union contract requires these part time 144 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:08.160 employees to be offered full time jobs. That's got to 145 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:11.079 stop right away. That had to stop years ago. Why 146 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.600 isn't that element being addressed. That's clearly a problem, Dave. 147 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.279 I hate to say this, but this is up to Congress. 148 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.560 And Congress did the Postal Reform Act a few years ago, 149 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:26.560 and their big savings was taking the healthcare costs of 150 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.199 postal employees and shifting it over to Medicare. Well, it's 151 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:34.240 still a taxpayer cost. They thought that they were doing 152 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:37.639 the post Office and taxpayers a wonderful thing by doing this, 153 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:40.919 but that's just shifting the burden from one part of 154 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.600 the government to another. This is what Congress did, and 155 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.240 but Congress needs to do this. They need to go 156 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:50.600 inside the post Office and completely reorganize it. And I 157 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.399 know when you talk about privatization, people you know, lose 158 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.879 their minds. And I'm not saying privatize it, but I 159 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:59.320 gotta tell you, we may have to start to look 160 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:01.879 at that and maybe privatizing certain parts of it because 161 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.120 it just isn't working. And they get a bailout every 162 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.960 time they get a bailout from taxpayers. So that's why 163 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:10.720 they don't have the pressure to make money. Is they 164 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:14.480 know that Uncle Sam and uncle taxpayer is right there 165 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:15.519 to bail them out. 166 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:20.799 Going back to your comment about nostalgia, maybe I'm just 167 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:23.279 a cold and callous guy day, but I don't have 168 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.159 that nostalgia. Every time I go to the mailbox, I 169 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:29.159 retrieve usually what amounts about three or four pieces of 170 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:33.200 junk mail. Maybe three times a week I get some 171 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:37.200 sort of mail that actually is important in some way, 172 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:40.200 shape or form. Now I could go electronic billing. When 173 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.399 it comes to say, my cell phone, I like getting 174 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:44.639 the hard copy of the bill. My wife has paperwork 175 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:47.240 to do for reimbursement from work, so you know, but 176 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.639 I don't really even need that delivered. I could have 177 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:51.799 it go to my email. I could pay it online, 178 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:53.879 and I do pay the bill online. I don't stick 179 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:56.399 a stamp on an envelope and send Verizon a check. 180 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:58.919 So I've cut out half of the mail needed for 181 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:02.000 that transaction. But in the final analysis, you know, if 182 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:04.120 the mail showed up one day a week, that will 183 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:06.200 be a Okay. I get all my junk mail. I 184 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:08.200 can sort through a throw it away because it goes 185 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.200 directly into the garbage, can recycle and pull out the 186 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:15.200 stuff that really is important. I mean, the times have 187 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:19.120 obviously changed so dramatically. The need for the Post Office, 188 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:22.679 well of its current size anyway, has gone the way 189 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:23.279 of the DODO. 190 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.080 It has. And when you see other companies that go 191 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:29.679 through and I said other companies, you know my mistake. 192 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.519 But when you see companies go through this, they downsize, 193 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:35.440 they change their business model exactly. The Post Office has 194 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.039 not done that. They do the same thing over and 195 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.360 over again, expecting a different result. 196 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:42.679 All right, which is why they lost one hundred billion 197 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:45.639 dollars in the past fifteen years. We'll continue with taxpayer 198 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:50.519 protection lines. Dave Williams got well, the energy industry. Apparently 199 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:53.240 the Grand Ole Party has forgotten what the free market is. 200 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:54.919 They tend to do that from time to time. We'll 201 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:57.919 get that information from Dave seven to fifteen. Right now, 202 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.600 Get Affordable Imaging Services now open in New Richmond, and 203 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.600 they got more than one office now right at the 204 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:07.960 Ohio Indiana border. Get X rays X rays from Affordable 205 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:10.159 Imaging Service. You know what they cost, seventy five bucks. 206 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.960 I'll go back to that CT scans my favorite illustration 207 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:18.159 because five thousand dollars at a hospital. 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This is fifty five 221 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:04.840 KRC and I Heart Radio Station our IHEARTREO seven twenty 222 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.799 On a Thursday, Brian Thomas with Dave Williams from the 223 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:11.840 Taxpayer Protect Alliance again online at Protecting Taxpayers dot org. 224 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:13.559 Worthwhile bookmark right there. 225 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:14.440 All right? 226 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:18.759 See you address this political article political reporting that the 227 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.360 Department of Interior says the agency's going to subject wind 228 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:25.720 and this is their words, wind and solar projects to 229 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:31.840 heightened scrutiny potentially slowing approvals and construction across vast swaths 230 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.000 of some of the most sun and wind rich portions 231 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:38.559 of the country. Now that sounds typical Politico. They're obviously 232 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:41.080 on the green side of the ledge. You're rather left 233 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:45.679 leaning rags that website is, and I consolt political all 234 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:47.360 the time in order to get some balance in my 235 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:50.639 consumption of news. Dave, So, I'm no no stranger. They're 236 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:52.840 reporting on political but I know where they're where the 237 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.799 wind's blowing from Politico, no pun intended, right, But apparently 238 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.039 what they say is in order to proceed on lands 239 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:05.000 managed by the Department of Interior, they have to have 240 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:08.840 the personal assent of the Interior Secretary, who is currently 241 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:12.679 Doug Bergham. So they're placing the authority to thumb up 242 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:16.320 or thumb down any given project on Department of Interior 243 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:17.759 lands to one man. 244 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:22.120 Yeah, So read between the lines and read the lines 245 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:25.159 on this one. And this is very disturbing because listen, 246 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:29.440 i'mno fan of green energy, especially the subsidies. But you know, 247 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:31.679 as a country, this is all of the above. If 248 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.080 you want to invest in green energy, if you want 249 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.879 to develop green energy, without my money without tax payer money. 250 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.759 You should have the ability to do that. And what 251 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:45.159 this is is the government picking winners and losers. And 252 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:47.679 this is something that Trump administration has done a lot 253 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:50.960 of actually picking winners and losers in the economy. And 254 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:53.200 this is not going to help. Now. Listen, if they 255 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:58.759 said that we're not going to subsidize any of these projects, amen, brother, Yes, 256 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:01.320 do not subsidize, But that's not what they're saying. They're 257 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:03.320 saying is that we are not going to allow this 258 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:07.559 because we don't like these particular forms of energy. That 259 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.639 really bothers me. It's just weaponization of government. 260 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:14.440 Yeah, and you know, Dave, I think everybody has to 261 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:17.559 bear in mind that we do have changes of administrations. 262 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:19.240 And while we're all seen to be quite pleased and 263 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:21.320 happy with the way things are going into the Trump administration, 264 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.679 there could be a Democrat elect in an office and 265 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:25.919 the Department of Interior may no longer be run by 266 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.480 Interior Secretary Doug bergerm He could be run by Interior 267 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.240 Secretary or I don't know, Pete, but a judge. So 268 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.200 they would be inclined to approve any wind in solar 269 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:37.960 projects without any additional scrutiny. I suppose and say no 270 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:40.879 to perhaps oil or fracking projects that are done in 271 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.320 that land. 272 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.279 And Brian Darren lines the problem because at the Federal 273 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:50.679 Communications Commission we have them approving or disapproving of mergers 274 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:55.799 and acquisitions based upon DEI. Again no fan of DEI. 275 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:59.080 I think it has no place in business. But if 276 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:02.639 a business will us to do that, that is their business. 277 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:06.159 The problem is that you were having the government is 278 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:09.039 saying you have to get rid of your DEI policies 279 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.120 or I'm not going to allow you to merge with 280 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:15.000 these two companies. Well again, what happens in the next 281 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:17.679 administration if it's a Democrat and they say, well, you 282 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:21.639 have to have DEE policies in order to acquire this. 283 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:24.759 So this is going to bite them in the back 284 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.960 end at some point. Yeah, this weaponization and it really 285 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:30.799 bothers me that they're doing this. And you know, Brendan Carr, 286 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:33.440 who's the chairman of the SEC, has done a really 287 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.200 good job deregulating. But this is very troublesome. 288 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.039 It is, and I understand all day along the points 289 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:44.360 you're springing from here, Dave, but it and just to 290 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:48.679 hammer the point home, if private business a wants to 291 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:52.720 merge with private business b then my belief is the 292 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.120 federal government shouldn't have anything to say about the terms 293 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:57.559 of conditions of what that agreement is. I mean, unless 294 00:15:57.559 --> 00:16:01.720 it falls into perhaps Sherman antitrust or something along those lines. 295 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:05.440 What's the problem with letting them merge. Why would you 296 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:08.080 have to say you can't do this or you must 297 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.000 do this in order for us, the federal government to 298 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:13.440 put a stamp of approval on the merger. It's a 299 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:17.000 shocking illustration of how much power and control the federal 300 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:20.519 government has over completely private business. 301 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:25.159 Yeah. I mean, when you're talking about two wireless companies merging, 302 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:26.759 we're not talking about standard oil. 303 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.159 Yeah, they're not subsidized. 304 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:31.320 This isn't They're not getting federal dollars to run their business. 305 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:33.799 I mean, they're just they're just running their businesses. 306 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:37.000 Yeah, And that's why, you know, I would love to 307 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:40.200 see the old Republican Party take hold as you know, 308 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:44.519 limited government, you know, and really, you know, merging and 309 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:47.759 acquisitions I think are a really good indication of just 310 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:50.759 how activist a government is. And unfortunately we see a 311 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:55.000 disturbing trend in the Trump administration. But again, you know, listen, 312 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.759 that's you know, prefaces by saying that it's a heck 313 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:00.440 of a lot better than it would be under iris. 314 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:03.000 Richie, gotta put a positive spin on that. 315 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:05.880 Dave, you got to Let's do one more with Dave 316 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:08.319 Williams and taxpayer protection lines. We'll talk about some new 317 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:13.160 recycling regulations, more regulations, Oh goodie. First words, my friends 318 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:15.279 at Colin Electric, the folks with the right connections, they 319 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.920 will treat you great. They pride themselves on their honest reputation. 320 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:23.119 They pride themselves on the efficiency of their licensed certified electricians, 321 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:24.759 and they are good at what they do. 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Call them up directly and then say Brian 332 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:56.839 said Hi please five one three two two seven four 333 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.880 one one two. That's five one three two two seven four. 334 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:06.000 One fifty five KRC heart He's eight. 335 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:08.599 Here fifty five KIRR C DE Talk Station. Spend some 336 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:12.000 time with Dave Williams from the Taxpayer Protection Alliance. Always 337 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:15.480 enjoy our conversation Dave. Even though they involve important issues, 338 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:19.160 usually big, big money and how it's misspent. We at 339 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:21.119 least try to keep things a little light when talking 340 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:24.319 about it. And now we're pivoting over to recycling. What's 341 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:27.599 going on more regulations, you know. 342 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:31.039 So recycling has really come a long way over the 343 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:34.799 past ten, fifteen, twenty years, and we see just really 344 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.119 a renaissance in how they're able to deal with plastics, 345 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:41.559 and of course the government doesn't recognize that, and of 346 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:45.599 course the companies are bad. They're trying to pollute the planet, 347 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:47.599 which you know, I never understood. Why would you want 348 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:50.359 to pollute and kill the people that you're selling your 349 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.079 product to. I don't, you know, understand the logic. But 350 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:58.119 there the EPA is refusing to acknowledge new ways to 351 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:02.160 recycle plastics. And yeah, part of the problem is is 352 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:05.440 that a lot of blame gets placed on the US 353 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.599 for other countries that are doing the biggest damage. And 354 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:12.319 we've seen these you know, flotilla's of plastic emotion, and 355 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:14.519 I think it's like one or two percent of that 356 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.119 actually comes from the US, and it you know, the 357 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.960 bulk of that comes from other countries. 358 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.079 Because we have a good sanitation system. We have garbage 359 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:26.000 cans literally everywhere, they're ubiquitous. We have recycling programs. I 360 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:29.880 even have a separate recycling garbage can that Rumpky comes 361 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.000 and picks up. We have trash, and we have recycling. 362 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:33.920 Now I don't believe it for a minute that those 363 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:37.319 recyclables we put in that can Dave are actually getting recycled, 364 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:41.000 but I try. I do my best to separate them, 365 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:43.960 and we endeavor to conform and try to keep that 366 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:46.200 stuff because I don't believe in throwing something away that 367 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.880 has a useful life. Now, what Rumkey ultimately does with 368 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.079 it outside of my realm of knowledge, but you know, 369 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:54.200 there it is. It's easy to do. That's why we 370 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:56.559 don't pollute as much as other countries. Other countries don't 371 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.920 even have sewage systems. 372 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:02.920 And if these companies can take plastic or aluminum or 373 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:06.559 whatever and turn it into something else. They're going to 374 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:09.519 make money off of that. Dumping it into a landfill 375 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:12.839 does not make money for a company. Recycling does and 376 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:16.000 producing something else. And you know, one thing we haven't 377 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:18.960 talked about our you know, plastic bags versus paper bags. 378 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:22.599 There is a lot of scientific evidence that says that 379 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.559 paper bags take more energy to produce and are actually 380 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:31.359 worse for the environment than plastic bags, and yet plastic 381 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:35.279 bags are the ones that are taxed. And yeah, it's 382 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:38.400 it's incredible the lack of knowledge of science that the 383 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:40.559 government has and I think people in general have at 384 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:42.000 this point, well you. 385 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.039 Know, and craming if I'm wrong, But I've read so 386 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:48.880 many articles over the year's dave that recycling doesn't work. 387 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:52.920 That if there was money to be made in recycling, 388 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:55.720 then there'll be clamoring out there to you know, collect 389 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:58.039 all the recyclables out there and make money off of them. 390 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:03.119 But I I I've consistently read though, that that's not 391 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:05.079 going on. And it was a period of time where 392 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:08.319 weren't we sending a lot of our plastics for recycling 393 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:10.359 to China and then China said no, we don't want them. 394 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:11.559 We can't do anything with them. 395 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:16.039 Yeah, there was, and you know, and really China is 396 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:18.799 such a problem with a lot of things. But when 397 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:22.000 we talk about recycling or the environment, you know, they're 398 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:24.319 the ones that are never going to conform to a treaty. 399 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:27.279 They're the ones that are going to you know, be 400 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:30.440 the big polluters. And again, you know, there's a lot 401 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:34.039