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<v Speaker 1>Hello America, Mark Levin and this is Life Liberty and

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<v Speaker 1>Levin Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for being here. I want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Really delve deeply into this issue of communism and Slamism

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<v Speaker 1>and affordability and capitalism and Americanism, because it's very annoying,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very frustrating, and it's spreading like a very bad virus.

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<v Speaker 1>That is communism, communism of all things. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting most people talk about communism and they don't know

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing about it, the Communist manifest To look.

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<v Speaker 2>At this, it's not much of a book. It was

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<v Speaker 2>written to great revolution all over the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Marx and Engels wrote it, and if you read it

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<v Speaker 1>from beginning to end.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>It's basically a man who's very angry, angry with his

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<v Speaker 1>own circumstance, lashing out. It's a very destructive ideology. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>else needs to be destroyed. The field needs to be

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<v Speaker 1>cleared so we can try this ideology. Here's the problem

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<v Speaker 1>with the ideology.

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<v Speaker 2>You're ready. It doesn't make any sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Marx died in eighteen eighty three. The Second American Industrial

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<v Speaker 1>Revolution started really eighteen seventy or the mid eighteen seventies.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a book that's really written or an essay

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<v Speaker 1>that's really written to deal with feudalism.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he talks about capitalism.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, he coined the word capitalism, but capitalism is

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<v Speaker 1>nothing like he describes it in his book. And to

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<v Speaker 1>prove the point, the great proletariat that's going to rise

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<v Speaker 1>up and overthrow everything is the great middle class.

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<v Speaker 2>They're the ones that use the uniform and go to

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<v Speaker 2>war to.

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<v Speaker 1>Defend what America, including our economic system, in our way

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<v Speaker 1>of life. So that ideology Marx and Engels had it

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<v Speaker 1>all wrong. And so this effort to impose communism or

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<v Speaker 1>through the back door economic socialism on the greatest economic

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<v Speaker 1>power mankind has ever created, that creates more wealth for

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<v Speaker 1>more people than any other economic system ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Is an absurdity.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why you need a police state because people

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<v Speaker 1>resist it. That's why you need to put people in

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<v Speaker 1>concentration camps and in tournament hips because people don't want it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why you have to eliminate people. This isn't a

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<v Speaker 1>book the Communist manifest or anything else that Marx and

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<v Speaker 1>Engels wrote about prosperity, about creating wealth, about entrepreneurship, about

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<v Speaker 1>individual free will. It's a book about class structure. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a book about oppressor and oppressed. It's a book about

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<v Speaker 1>putting people into groups who may.

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<v Speaker 2>Not be in those groups.

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<v Speaker 1>Capitalism is a self creating free market.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody invented it.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no book of the first capitalists who figured out

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<v Speaker 1>how to create wealth through Capitalism is commerce. It is

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<v Speaker 1>something that human beings, human beings mankind created really spontaneously.

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<v Speaker 1>It's trade. It's trade, it's production. And so along comes

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<v Speaker 1>of Bernie Sanders type. And you'll know, most of these

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<v Speaker 1>people aren't very bright. Fact they're quite stupid, and most

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<v Speaker 1>of them haven't achieved very much, and some of them

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<v Speaker 1>are flunkies from college, and some of them are non

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<v Speaker 1>productive politicians.

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<v Speaker 2>But man, they are leading the charge for communism. And

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<v Speaker 2>why is that? Because they have this false.

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<v Speaker 1>Ideology, this ideology that doesn't make any sense when you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the most prosperous country with the most prosperous

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<v Speaker 1>people in the history of human beings.

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<v Speaker 2>It makes no sense. So they are slogan ears.

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<v Speaker 1>And what they try to do is exploit imperfection because

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<v Speaker 1>man's imperfect economic systems are imperfect, countries are imperfect, but

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<v Speaker 1>we're the most perfect of any economic system. We're the

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<v Speaker 1>most perfect of any country, and we're number one.

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<v Speaker 2>So why would we Why would we regress?

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<v Speaker 1>Why would we resort to centralize authoritarian power dressed up

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<v Speaker 1>as some kind of a democratic revolution. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>get into this more, particularly on the internet. Something very

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<v Speaker 1>weird happened last week and I was watching this The price.

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<v Speaker 2>Of a burrito. Now, I'm not really into burritos.

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<v Speaker 1>Every now and then I'll go to Taco Bell and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have one or two pretty cheap.

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<v Speaker 2>If you ask me, that is the price. Now, all

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<v Speaker 2>that said, this debate was about affordability. No, he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to.

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<v Speaker 1>Pay twenty dollars for a burrito. You can make it

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<v Speaker 1>for a lot less. But I'm thinking, what the hell

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<v Speaker 1>has happened to our society? Where is our can do it? Mentality?

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<v Speaker 1>Where is our you know, we can do whatever we

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<v Speaker 1>put our mind to do. And we need to work hard,

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<v Speaker 1>we need to think, we need to we need to

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<v Speaker 1>be Americans.

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<v Speaker 2>We're losing it.

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<v Speaker 1>We're losing it because of our pathetic educational system, which

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<v Speaker 1>is more of a brainwashing system. The unions are radical

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<v Speaker 1>left wing because of our pathetic Marxist Islamist faculty in

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<v Speaker 1>our colleges and universities.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me something.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there a school district in America that has one

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<v Speaker 1>course called The Wonders of Capitalism that actually teaches capitalism?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not aware of one.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe there's one out of fifteen thousand, but you better

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<v Speaker 1>believe they're pushing communism, and they're pushing all these other isms,

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<v Speaker 1>but not capitalism.

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<v Speaker 2>Not capitalism.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to talk about the Greatest Generation versus today's

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<v Speaker 1>young people.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to thinking about this over this taco debate

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<v Speaker 1>on the internet. That's how pathetic things have become. The

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<v Speaker 1>Greatest Generation endured the severe economic scarcity of the Great

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<v Speaker 1>Depression during their youth, followed by massive global combat and

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<v Speaker 1>home front mobilization.

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<v Speaker 2>During World War Two.

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<v Speaker 1>Over sixteen million Americans served in the military, facing intense

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<v Speaker 1>physical days and share hundreds of thousands of casualties, strict

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<v Speaker 1>civilian rationing of food, gas, and clothing. We sit here

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<v Speaker 1>with a war in Iran against an enemy that has

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<v Speaker 1>killed thousands of Americans, name thousands of Americans. I remember

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<v Speaker 1>a time when America would say, let's go, let's destroy

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<v Speaker 1>that country, destroy that government.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't get to.

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<v Speaker 1>Kill thousands of our fellow citizens, military or civilians. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't get to try to assassinate our president. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>get to threaten us with potential nuclear weapons either.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's a debate, should we take them out? Shouldn't we?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you a neo Khan or warmonger?

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<v Speaker 2>Is this a war of choice? We don't even have

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<v Speaker 2>a draft. But did draft even work with young people? Today?

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder could we even fight World War two? Today?

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<v Speaker 1>We're whining about a dollar a gasoline? Well, it went

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<v Speaker 1>up sixty cents? Are we going to do, Mildred?

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<v Speaker 2>What are we going to do?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, Frank, it went up at I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know affordability.

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<v Speaker 2>Over sixteen million citizens.

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<v Speaker 1>Served through both the draft and voluntary enlistment, leaving their homes, jobs,

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<v Speaker 1>families for years at a time. One hell hole they

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<v Speaker 1>went into after another, including members of my family. Troops

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<v Speaker 1>face brutal conditions across global fronts, resulting in more than

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred and seventy thousand American casualties and hundreds of

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of deaths. Families lived with constant anxiety, receiving telegrams

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<v Speaker 1>reporting wounded, missing, or killed loved ones. The vast majority

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<v Speaker 1>of US are utterly unaffected personally our families by what's

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<v Speaker 1>going on in around with our troops.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going on way too long, way too long.

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<v Speaker 1>You know the price of gasoline and the price of

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<v Speaker 1>a taco Now it's just crazy. You know this has

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<v Speaker 1>gone on long enough? Are we going to the movies tonight?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, should we see a play? I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know is football on TV? Yet? I don't know that

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<v Speaker 1>this has gone on wait too long? You understand the

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<v Speaker 1>government limited access to everyday goods like meat, sugar, coffee, shoes, gazoline,

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<v Speaker 1>and tires. Using ration books and points systems, Citizens routinely

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<v Speaker 1>collected scrap metal, rubber, illuminum paper to read direct raw

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<v Speaker 1>materials into the military manufacturing and supply. I can't even

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<v Speaker 1>imagine our young people doing this today. I can't imagine

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<v Speaker 1>most people doing this today.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you? That's why it's the greatest generation? What is

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<v Speaker 2>our generation?

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<v Speaker 1>Millions of civilians, including women, entering the workforce and heavy

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<v Speaker 1>manufacturing and defense plants, work long, grueling shifts under high

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<v Speaker 1>pressure conditions. Having grown up during the nineteen thirties financial collapse,

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<v Speaker 1>Americans learned extreme frugality, self reliance, and deferred personal dreams

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<v Speaker 1>to survive deep poverty.

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<v Speaker 2>Before being into global war, affordability wasn't even an issue.

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<v Speaker 1>Victory was the issue. Unity against an enemy was the issue.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think they were debating the price of a

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<v Speaker 1>burrito or.

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<v Speaker 2>Taco today as opposed to back then.

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<v Speaker 1>Point four percent or one point three million Americans serve

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<v Speaker 1>on active duty, making up roughly point four percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the country. Including the National Guard and reserve components, the

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<v Speaker 1>shares roughly point eight percent to point nine percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the total population. It's under one percent of nearly three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty million people.

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<v Speaker 2>Twelve percent of.

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<v Speaker 1>The United States population served in the military. During World

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<v Speaker 1>War Two, over sixteen million Americans joined the armed forces

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<v Speaker 1>out of a total national population of about one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty million people, roughly one out of every eight

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<v Speaker 1>Americans war uniform. We don't have that today, and people

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<v Speaker 1>are still whining and complaining.

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<v Speaker 2>It's getting embarrassing.

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<v Speaker 1>To be perfectly honest with you, Americans are much better

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<v Speaker 1>off today than during World War Two due to massive

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<v Speaker 1>gains in civil rights, a vastly higher standard of living today,

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<v Speaker 1>an abundance of goods, advanced modern healthcare, and higher average

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<v Speaker 1>education levels. JET cargo and modern global shipping mean fresh berries, mangoes,

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<v Speaker 1>and asparagus stocked grocery store shelves year round. Nutrition is

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<v Speaker 1>safer and more abundant. Modern vaccines, powerful antibiotics, advanced treatments

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<v Speaker 1>for heart disease and cancer greatly reduced infant mortality rates.

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<v Speaker 1>As I mentioned, medical cures for many diseases that were

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<v Speaker 1>fatal in the nineteen forties. Major medical breakthroughs achieved since

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<v Speaker 1>then include widespread eradication or cures for a long list

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<v Speaker 2>Let's pat ourselves on the back.

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<v Speaker 1>Capitalism, Americanism, freedom works, communism, economic socialism, police states don't work.

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<v Speaker 1>Real median family income in the US has roughly tripled

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<v Speaker 1>since nineteen forty seven, climbing to about thirty four thousand

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to over one hundred and five thousand dollars in

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<v Speaker 1>today's money. Families own more goods, larger homes, more modern

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<v Speaker 1>technology like computers and smartphones.

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<v Speaker 2>That obviously didn't even exist.

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<v Speaker 1>Economic growth and technological advances and productivity gains have significantly

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<v Speaker 1>raised a baseline standard of living across the board. Across

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<v Speaker 1>the board. Where As I've said before, working people live

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<v Speaker 1>better in the United States than kings and queens lived

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<v Speaker 1>in Europe in the eighteen eighties, eighteen nineties, nineteen hundreds,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen twenties.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about it the next time you walk into a

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<v Speaker 1>large supermarket and you look around and go, wow, well.

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<v Speaker 2>How did that all get there?

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<v Speaker 1>As much talk today about the price of gas the

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<v Speaker 1>working classes suffering from unaffordability despite the huge income increases

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<v Speaker 1>and availability of products and goods to all Americans, the

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<v Speaker 1>truth is the inflation adjusted prices listen, for a gallon

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<v Speaker 1>of gasoline in nineteen forty seven, immediately after World War

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<v Speaker 1>Two I did my homework, was roughly three dollars to

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<v Speaker 1>dollars and twenty nine cents to three dollars and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>is similar to what it was in nineteen forty seven,

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<v Speaker 1>except it took a greater percentage of the American income

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<v Speaker 1>back then. Their pay for gasoline and food and housing

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<v Speaker 1>and clothing and basic staples back then is compared to

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<v Speaker 1>today the Center for Economic and Policy Research found that

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<v Speaker 1>Americans disposable income going to food close household furnishings was

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<v Speaker 1>significantly higher back then than it is today. In nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>forty seven, we spent nearly a quarter of everything we earned,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three percent of our income on store bought food.

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<v Speaker 1>This has fallen in twenty twenty two, the latest number

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<v Speaker 1>to just seven point one percent, twenty three percent to

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<v Speaker 1>seven point one percent. The share of income going to

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<v Speaker 1>buy clothes fell from ten point three percent nineteen forty

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<v Speaker 1>seven to two point six percent today. The shaf for

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<v Speaker 1>buying household furnishing drop from five point five percent to

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<v Speaker 1>two point five percent today. As you can see, the

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<v Speaker 1>working class is significantly better off today than during the

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<v Speaker 1>great the Greatest Generation years the mid nineteen forties or so.

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<v Speaker 1>We enjoy a vastly higher living standard, safer working conditions,

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<v Speaker 1>access to modern technology. You never imagine access to a

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<v Speaker 1>pl thora of medcence and medical technology that prolonged and

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<v Speaker 1>increased the quality of life, and an abundance of food

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<v Speaker 1>of all varieties, and so forth.

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<v Speaker 2>Capitalism did all this.

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<v Speaker 1>Capital You did all this, not some government bureaucrat, not

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<v Speaker 1>some ideologue like Bernie Sanders or Mondamie or the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of them. American markets provide vast access to verse goods, services,

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<v Speaker 1>property ownership opportunities driven by competitive, free market enterprise.

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<v Speaker 2>What about Medicare for All? I want to pull this

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<v Speaker 2>one out out of all the propaganda. Medicare for All.

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<v Speaker 1>That sounds sweet, a great SoundBite, but what does it mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Means that all money that you paid insurance into Medicare

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<v Speaker 1>for medical insurance is meaningless because everyone, including people who

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<v Speaker 1>never paid one penny into Medicare as well as a

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<v Speaker 1>legal allience, would all be using Medicare.

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<v Speaker 2>So what would happen to your healthcare? You know?

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<v Speaker 1>According to the latest twenty twenty six Medica Care Trustees report,

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<v Speaker 1>the Medicare fund that pays for inpatient hospital stays and

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<v Speaker 1>hospice care will deplete all of its reserves by the

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<v Speaker 1>second quarter of twenty thirty three very soon. This is

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<v Speaker 1>three months earlier than previously expected. In other words, it

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<v Speaker 1>is currently going broke without adding or expanding coverage. Over

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<v Speaker 1>half of all current Medicare beneficiaries choose Medicare Advantage Parts

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<v Speaker 1>C Part C that's plans offered by private insurers.

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<v Speaker 2>Medicare for All would eliminate it.

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<v Speaker 1>It would ban all commercial insurance companies from selling duplicate coverage,

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<v Speaker 1>completely eliminating these popular private options. Most single payer proposals

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<v Speaker 1>fund the system by reducing provider payment rates down to

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<v Speaker 1>standard government Medicare levels.

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<v Speaker 2>What does that mean? They're going to slash what they.

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<v Speaker 1>Pay to hospitals, to doctors, all medical providers.

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<v Speaker 2>So what's going to happen. Some will go broke and bankrupt,

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<v Speaker 2>some will choose to do something else.

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<v Speaker 1>You will have shortages of doctors, you will have less hospitals.

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<v Speaker 1>You will have longer lines, which means more deaths. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what you will have. I've got more. I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>time to get to all of it. I looked at

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<v Speaker 1>the British system, I looked at the Canadian system. These

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<v Speaker 1>are quote unquote democracies. These are quote unquote modern industrial societies,

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<v Speaker 1>and they have government runs, centralized healthcare of the kind

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<v Speaker 1>that the Democrat Socialists of America commis and the Democrat

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<v Speaker 1>Party more and more Commis and the others want to

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<v Speaker 1>impose in our country. The fact of the matter is,

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<v Speaker 1>you have long lines, you're not getting medical care and time.

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<v Speaker 1>They have high death rates. You can't even get a

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<v Speaker 1>dentist in Britain.

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<v Speaker 2>Chee.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you notice you can't even get a dentist in Britain.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of them are unionized, they go on strike. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a disaster and utter disaster.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's free. Free. Yeah, free, I want it. It's free.

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<v Speaker 2>It should be for everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't want the oligarchs and the billionaires taking everything

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<v Speaker 1>duey of course not.

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<v Speaker 2>Bottom line communism sucks. I'll be right back. Be sure

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