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So it's all just a cramnibus or cramdibusted. 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,240 We're just gonna keep adding prefixes and suffixes or suffices 13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,880 onto the word, and sooner or later it'll become as 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:54,840 long as anti disestablishmentarianism, Hellyan says. UH speaker Mike Johnson 15 00:00:55,240 --> 00:01:00,679 also said that this is not a continuing resolution. Johnson 16 00:01:00,759 --> 00:01:04,000 is a worm. Why can't we find another gingridge? I 17 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,480 would love Chip Roy. I've seen I got a message 18 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:13,079 or a tweet here from the carnivore Kurmudgeon. It's a 19 00:01:13,079 --> 00:01:14,959 pee tweet, he says, Pete. Let's just cut out the 20 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,280 mintal Man I suggest they choose Elon Musk for Speaker 21 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:18,840 of the House. 22 00:01:19,719 --> 00:01:23,719 Speaker 1: I don't now, I think yeah. 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 2: I think Elon is well positioned to do what he 24 00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:32,599 is doing right by being outside of the government, he 25 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,920 doesn't have to give up his holdings, he doesn't have 26 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,760 to stop doing the business and stuff that he does, like, 27 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:40,400 he can still do all of that stuff that he 28 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,000 needs to be doing. That's why they did not make 29 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,519 the Department of Government Efficiency DOGE. That's why they did 30 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:52,959 not make it an actual government agency, because if you 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,280 do that, then he's got to go through confirmation, he's 32 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,480 got to have all of the disclosures, he's got to 33 00:01:57,519 --> 00:02:00,280 divest himself of all sorts of his investments and just 34 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,760 this is now just like purely advisory. But he's got 35 00:02:05,799 --> 00:02:09,199 a pretty big stick, you know, with being a multi 36 00:02:09,319 --> 00:02:13,719 billionaire and all and able to fund campaigns against people. 37 00:02:13,759 --> 00:02:16,280 And by the way, I do note the irony that 38 00:02:16,599 --> 00:02:21,759 people on the left are now super concerned about billionaires. 39 00:02:21,879 --> 00:02:25,879 I saw Bernie Sanders, of course, the millionaire Bernie Sanders, 40 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,960 from one of his million dollar mansions, probably tweeting out 41 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,719 stuff about and all of Glaukey and how Elon Musk 42 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,560 is now running the government and all of that. Meanwhile, 43 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:42,639 you had Alex Sorows, son of George Sorows, posting pictures 44 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:49,000 of all of the trophies from his you know, multimillion 45 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,159 dollar penthouse where he had all of these democrats come in, 46 00:02:52,719 --> 00:02:55,840 kiss the ring, take pictures and then he would post 47 00:02:55,879 --> 00:02:59,919 them like trophies on a wall of all like the 48 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,960 governor Tim Wallas, he had, Chuck Schumer, he had, I 49 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,520 mean everybody, I think Harris went to bit like all 50 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:08,759 these people went to go visit him, and then he 51 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,680 would post pictures of their meetings. And I'm supposed to 52 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,639 believe that he has no influence over Democrats spending priorities. 53 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:20,360 And the kicker on this is is that what is 54 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,520 it that Elon Musk is actually advocating? 55 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: What is he trying to actually do? Well? 56 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 2: Glad you asked, I have two clips. He made himself 57 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,919 very clear in appearances way before the cram nebusted came 58 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:39,639 down the line. 59 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 3: There's certainly a lot of work for a Department of 60 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:47,000 Governor efficiency, and there will be immense opposition obviously to 61 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,360 making government efficient from entrenched interests that currently benefit from 62 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:57,039 you know, sucking away vast amounts of taxpayer money. They 63 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,560 will not like the fact that I'm not getting it anymore. 64 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,560 They will fight tooth and nail. So but it's got 65 00:04:03,599 --> 00:04:08,120 to be done. And like I said, we're gonna aim to, 66 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,520 you know, reduce government spending, get government out of people's 67 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,520 lives as much as possible, and restore freedom and liberty. 68 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:20,439 Speaker 1: My god, he's a tyrant. Holy cow. Wait wait, hang 69 00:04:20,439 --> 00:04:21,759 on a second. Did he just say he's. 70 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,759 Speaker 2: Going to get government out of our lives and let 71 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,040 us keep all of our money or more of our money? 72 00:04:26,079 --> 00:04:28,720 That well, wait a minute, that that doesn't sound very 73 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,519 tyrannical at all. At another appearance, he made the point 74 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:37,519 that a lot of people refuse to accept as true. 75 00:04:37,879 --> 00:04:40,639 Speaker 3: We have to reduce federal spending. There's no way to 76 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,879 make up for it other than reducing the federal spending. 77 00:04:45,079 --> 00:04:47,319 And as I mentioned earlier, like a very important point 78 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,399 that I think is important for people to understand is 79 00:04:49,399 --> 00:04:55,079 that all federal spending is taxation. Because what is not 80 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,519 what they don't receive, what federal compan doesn't receive in 81 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,959 direct revenue, they make up for in inflation. They just 82 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:05,959 print money. So old federal spending is taxation. Very important principle. 83 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,040 Almost nobody, very few people seem taught even like, you know, 84 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,319 somebody's like spend their life in economics. I'll mention to them, hey, 85 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,439 all spending, old federal spending is taxation. They're like, first 86 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,199 they'll argue with me, and they're like, then they will 87 00:05:18,199 --> 00:05:22,600 agree it is because it is either direct tax revenue 88 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,360 or it is inflation. Old federal spending is taxation. So 89 00:05:27,759 --> 00:05:30,000 we must reduce federal spending or we will go bankrupt 90 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:30,639 as a country. 91 00:05:30,759 --> 00:05:32,759 Speaker 1: That's it very clear. 92 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 2: Welcome Elon Musk to the fight that I have been 93 00:05:39,199 --> 00:05:44,600 waging for twenty years, albeit with far less money and influence. 94 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:50,199 But yeah, this is the number one issue, but nobody 95 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:54,639 knows or wants to deal with it. No one knows 96 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,519 how to deal with it. And he's He's like, it's 97 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,199 very simple. We have to reduce the federal spending or 98 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,360 we go bankrupt as a country. That's the path we're on. 99 00:06:05,199 --> 00:06:11,639 You increase revenue or decrease spending, and we can't increase 100 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,160 revenue quote unquote without taxation. 101 00:06:17,079 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: Like that's it. 102 00:06:19,759 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 2: I don't understand why this is such a difficult concept 103 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:26,000 for people to understand. Let me get over to John Hello, John, 104 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,079 Welcome to the program. 105 00:06:27,519 --> 00:06:28,759 Speaker 4: Hi Pete, how are you doing today? 106 00:06:28,759 --> 00:06:29,759 Speaker 1: Hey, I'm good. What's up? 107 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 5: Well? 108 00:06:30,879 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 4: I had two provisions of that bill that I've actually 109 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:37,680 looked at, kind of screened. We have actually a department 110 00:06:37,759 --> 00:06:42,319 that's called the Secondary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, 111 00:06:43,399 --> 00:06:46,319 and they have money in this bill, but I couldn't 112 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:49,959 find out how much. But their specific goal is to 113 00:06:50,079 --> 00:06:55,519 identify locations and events in the US important to music tourism, 114 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,120 and to facilitate and promote domestic travel and tourism in 115 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,920 these locations and events. I didn't even know we had 116 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:04,720 such a deal. 117 00:07:04,959 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 2: Do you remember that movie Dave with Kevin Klein, right 118 00:07:09,839 --> 00:07:12,160 where he's the look alike for the president and the 119 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:15,879 real president has a stroke, is incapacitated, so they swamp 120 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:18,360 them out, right. So do you remember where he's sitting 121 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:21,319 around with his cabinet members and they're going over the 122 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,639 programs to look for funding. And there was the one thing. 123 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,319 It was like a promotional ad campaign for I think 124 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,120 it was car manufacturers. 125 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: And he's like, so, let me get it straight, Like we're. 126 00:07:31,959 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 2: Spending money on a on a marketing campaign to make 127 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,920 people feel good about the cars they've already bought. 128 00:07:41,519 --> 00:07:45,639 Speaker 5: Yeah, well that's kind of along the lines of this. 129 00:07:45,839 --> 00:07:48,839 And one other provision I saw in there was that 130 00:07:48,839 --> 00:07:54,040 they're putting in more money for farmers to promote ethanol production. 131 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 6: Right. 132 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 5: That sounds like a. 133 00:07:56,279 --> 00:07:59,279 Speaker 2: Little well look no, that's a come on man. That's 134 00:07:59,319 --> 00:08:04,839 rule number one in government lobbying. The ethanol lobbyists always 135 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,879 get paid, They always make their money. 136 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,879 Speaker 1: Ethanol is always in the mix. 137 00:08:10,959 --> 00:08:15,639 Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, well again, I stand over most of the document. 138 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,319 Speaker 7: Those are a couple of things I've picked up. 139 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,839 Speaker 5: On, and I hope that you keep exposing all the 140 00:08:20,839 --> 00:08:22,399 stuff that's going on in there. 141 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,279 Speaker 7: That's crazy. 142 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:24,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's well. 143 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:26,759 Speaker 2: And here's the thing too, I don't know if it's 144 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,319 now worth the effort to keep going through the bill 145 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:35,159 because the it it is apparently now dead. I don't 146 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,879 know what form it's going to take if they try 147 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:42,000 to run something through before tomorrow. Hopefully it's just a 148 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:45,519 clean CR a continuing resolution that just says what we're 149 00:08:45,519 --> 00:08:48,720 spending now, We're going to keep spending through March and 150 00:08:48,759 --> 00:08:52,279 then come back and do the budget appropriations correctly. I 151 00:08:52,279 --> 00:08:54,360 don't know, we'll see, but you'll see. 152 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:55,799 Speaker 4: Okay, Well, thanks for your time. 153 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 8: Being Yeah, great day YouTube. 154 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:00,039 Speaker 2: John appreciate the call. Yeah, John is exactly right on 155 00:09:00,159 --> 00:09:06,320 those two different provisions. One was for the music tourism. Okay, 156 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,440 we're gonna spend money to tell people that there's American 157 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:15,159 music and you should go visit places and listen to music, 158 00:09:15,399 --> 00:09:19,000 or something like to go visit the country music Hall 159 00:09:19,039 --> 00:09:19,399 of Fame. 160 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:21,919 Speaker 1: Why is that on the. 161 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 2: Federal tax payers to promote your industry. That should be 162 00:09:26,799 --> 00:09:30,840 something that the industry is promoting. Right, you're gonna go 163 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,679 and open the country music Hall of Fame or a 164 00:09:34,799 --> 00:09:37,600 bluegrass Hall of Fame, or an R and B Hall 165 00:09:37,639 --> 00:09:39,480 of Fame. I mean, I could really do this all 166 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,519 day with all the different musical genres. But like you're 167 00:09:41,519 --> 00:09:43,720 gonna go you want to set up one of these 168 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:46,639 halls of fame, then that's on you to market that 169 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:49,440 and maybe you get some states to help you out, 170 00:09:49,759 --> 00:09:52,320 because of course states will do that to increase tourism. 171 00:09:52,399 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: They've got tourism funds. That that's a different question. 172 00:09:55,639 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 2: The federal government should not be doing this why because 173 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,080 that means the federal government is picking winners and losers, 174 00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:06,039 not just states where these halls of fame may be located. 175 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,759 But also types of music. 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One of the writers over at RedState 201 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,840 dot com, fellow by the name of Bonci, says, the 202 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,879 thing with passing a clean CR is that it's likely 203 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,799 to pass the Senate as well. Mansion and Cinema and 204 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,440 maybe even Fetterman would likely vote for it. This is 205 00:11:52,519 --> 00:11:56,080 a wide open three pointer, staring the GOP in the face. 206 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:01,960 Take the shot right, Just pass a clean continuing resolution, 207 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,639 which doesn't have to even be that that long, like 208 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,480 a page a paragraph. I got a message here from 209 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,799 Russ who says it feels silly, but in my naivete 210 00:12:14,399 --> 00:12:17,080 I don't understand why a CR can't be a single 211 00:12:17,159 --> 00:12:20,559 sentence saying like, we will continue current funding levels until 212 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:26,039 whatever date, right, Like, That's that's how simple this can be. 213 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,919 And if you want to do a disaster relief bill, 214 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,519 then run that as a separate bill also, or even 215 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:39,279 just tack that on and then make Democrats vote against it. 216 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:44,639 Speaker 1: So first hour, I walk. 217 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,399 Speaker 2: Through how we got here where it started. On Tuesday, 218 00:12:47,799 --> 00:12:53,639 late afternoon fifteen hundred page bill gets dropped and they're like, 219 00:12:53,639 --> 00:12:56,440 all right, everybody, don't read it, and we're going to vote. 220 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,399 And then of course Republicans start reading through they're like, 221 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,600 what the heck is all of this stuff in here? 222 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,559 And media starts reporting on the provisions. There's a whole 223 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:13,039 bunch of stupid stuff in there, and the backlash begins 224 00:13:13,919 --> 00:13:21,559 an all day yesterday on Twitter, you can see the 225 00:13:21,879 --> 00:13:28,159 anger building and building. At about one point fifteen yesterday, 226 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:33,440 Elon Musk tweets out, any member of the House or 227 00:13:33,639 --> 00:13:37,720 Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to 228 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,960 be voted out in two years. About an hour and 229 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,240 a half later, he says, in response to a tweet 230 00:13:47,279 --> 00:13:52,200 from Thomas Massey agreeing with him, that all government spending 231 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:57,080 is taxation. The government either taxes you directly or by 232 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,720 increasing the money supply, taxes you through an inflation. That 233 00:14:00,919 --> 00:14:05,080 means the spending bill is the taxation bill. Very important 234 00:14:05,159 --> 00:14:13,480 concept to understand. All government spending is taxation. And then 235 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,039 less than an hour after that tweet, he says, unless 236 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:25,559 DOGE the Department of Government Efficiency, unless DOGE ends the 237 00:14:25,759 --> 00:14:31,960 careers of deceitful pork barrel politicians. The waste and corruption 238 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,320 will never stop. Therefore, there is no choice but to 239 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,600 do so. I wish there was another way, but there 240 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,639 is not. So what is that that is a direct 241 00:14:43,759 --> 00:14:49,240 threat against members of Congress that sign on to this, 242 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,480 that Elon Musk, with his hundreds of billions of dollars, 243 00:14:55,879 --> 00:15:00,759 will go after lawmakers who do not rain in federal 244 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:06,639 spending by voting for this. That's the line in the 245 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,879 sand that was drawn at three point thirty. He waited 246 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,559 until I got off air, so I couldn't read it 247 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:17,399 yesterday on the show. I'm not taking it personally. I'm 248 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,720 sure he doesn't even know I exist, but if he did, 249 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,240 I would feel pretty hurt. Then he waited till three thirty, 250 00:15:23,919 --> 00:15:28,919 and then about ninety minutes later a statement from Trump 251 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,600 and Vance, and that put the nail in the coffin. 252 00:15:34,279 --> 00:15:36,200 All right, hey, real quick, if you would like to 253 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,080 get your product or service in front of about ten 254 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,000 thousand people multiple times a day, send me an email 255 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,279 at Pete at thepeteclendershow dot com and ask me about advertising. 256 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,039 It's super affordable, it's baked into this podcast forever, and 257 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,879 podcasts have a higher conversion rate than other social media 258 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:55,600 platforms making it the best bang for your buck. Send 259 00:15:55,639 --> 00:15:58,919 me a message Pete at thepetecalnarshow dot com and I 260 00:15:58,960 --> 00:15:59,879 can show you how it works. 261 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:00,799 Speaker 8: The numbers with you. 262 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:05,559 Speaker 2: Again, that's Pete at the Petecallanershow dot com Programming Note, 263 00:16:05,559 --> 00:16:07,399 I won't be here next week or the week after. 264 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,000 I'll be back on that first Monday of twenty twenty five, 265 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:17,200 so we'll talk to you next year. That joke never 266 00:16:17,279 --> 00:16:24,240 gets old, right anyway. Jeremy Kaufman posting up on Twitter 267 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:28,519 about the potential for the government shutdown. Jeremy Kaufman is 268 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:38,679 a self described temporary dictator of ririsstylists dot net, aristolus 269 00:16:38,879 --> 00:16:43,559 dot net. Anyway, he points out that, you know, people 270 00:16:43,679 --> 00:16:46,159 calling for the government to be shut down should think 271 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,600 about what they are saying, right, think about it. Do 272 00:16:49,679 --> 00:16:54,000 you really want local schools without oversight from Washington? Are 273 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,759 you actually comfortable owning guns without the ATF around? And 274 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,799 who will audit your taxes when you you know, to 275 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:03,480 make sure that you've paid enough. 276 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,559 Speaker 1: I mean, people need to think about this, you know. 277 00:17:07,519 --> 00:17:08,599 I think that's a fair point. 278 00:17:09,759 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 2: Donald Trump and jd Vance yesterday at about five thirteen 279 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,279 PM posted a statement onto the Twitter machine formerly known 280 00:17:20,279 --> 00:17:26,039 as x and this killed the Cramnibus. 281 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: Here's what they said. 282 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 2: The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional 283 00:17:34,759 --> 00:17:37,519 Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling 284 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,759 in twenty twenty five. It was a mistake and is 285 00:17:40,839 --> 00:17:43,799 now something that must be addressed. Okay, so now this 286 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,599 is a separate issue. This is the debt ceiling. We'll 287 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:50,119 come back to that. Meanwhile, Congress is considering a spending 288 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,680 bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and 289 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,480 for Liz Cheney. The bill would make it easier to 290 00:17:57,599 --> 00:18:01,079 hide the records of the corrupt January sixth Committee, which 291 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,440 accomplished nothing for the American people and hid security failures 292 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,319 that happened that day. This bill would also give Congress 293 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,279 a pay increase while many Americans are struggling this Christmas. 294 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,200 Increasing the debt ceiling is not great, but would rather 295 00:18:14,319 --> 00:18:18,799 do it on Biden's watch? If Democrats won't cooperate on 296 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,279 the debt ceiling, now, what makes anyone think that they 297 00:18:21,319 --> 00:18:24,559 would do it in June during our administration. Let's have 298 00:18:24,759 --> 00:18:28,519 this debate now, and we should pass a streamlined spending 299 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,599 bill that doesn't give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything 300 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,400 they want. Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for 301 00:18:35,559 --> 00:18:38,880 disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 302 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,119 twenty twenty five. The only way to do that is 303 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:46,440 with a temporary funding bill without Democrat giveaways, combined with 304 00:18:46,519 --> 00:18:49,839 an increase in the debt ceiling. Anything else is a 305 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,240 betrayal of our country. Okay, I disagree with that. I 306 00:18:53,319 --> 00:18:55,559 don't think you need to raise the debt ceiling. I 307 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:57,640 don't think you should do it right now. I think 308 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,880 you just do a clean cr But he's now both 309 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:04,880 the incoming president and VP are like, let's increase the 310 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,359 debt ceiling now. He says, Republicans must get smart and tough. 311 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,079 If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we 312 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:15,240 give them everything they want, then call their bluff. It 313 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,480 is Schumer and Biden who are holding up aid to 314 00:19:17,559 --> 00:19:20,920 our farmers and disaster relief. This chaos would not be 315 00:19:21,039 --> 00:19:24,119 happening if we had a real president. We will in 316 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:30,799 thirty two days. So about a half hour after that, 317 00:19:31,839 --> 00:19:34,880 Senator Tom Tillis from North Carolina here went on too 318 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,400 the Twitter machine and said, if congressional leaders intend to 319 00:19:38,519 --> 00:19:42,680 leave DC before the holidays without passing disaster recovery, they 320 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:48,160 should be prepared to spend Christmas in the Capitol. I'll 321 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:52,920 use every tool available to block a CR that fails 322 00:19:53,319 --> 00:19:56,599 western North Carolina communities in need of long term certainty. 323 00:19:57,559 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: Okay, So. 324 00:20:01,039 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 2: Tillis is demanding that the relief package be tacked onto 325 00:20:05,519 --> 00:20:09,559 a CR. He doesn't rule out a clean CR there, 326 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,839 but wants there to be disaster relief funds. Congressman Greg 327 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:20,279 Murphy from North Carolina said disaster aid and farm aid 328 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,359 is not pork. It's called governing. That's what we were 329 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,440 elected to do. 330 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:27,279 Speaker 6: Now. 331 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,079 Speaker 2: Greg Murphy also said something I got a message here 332 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:36,640 from Cormos. George Cormos, you should take a look at 333 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,039 Murphy's arrogance in doubling down and yelling at his constituents 334 00:20:40,079 --> 00:20:42,759 that he has to support the cram of us because 335 00:20:42,839 --> 00:20:45,799 that's what he was elected to do. So, yeah, so 336 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,680 there was that, and then hang on a second here, Yeah, 337 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:54,279 he said leadership is tough, especially in a divided Congress. 338 00:20:54,599 --> 00:20:57,799 What is tougher is those who complain from the sideline 339 00:20:58,039 --> 00:21:05,079 when they don't have to get the votes themselves. This 340 00:21:05,279 --> 00:21:08,400 is not a good look, Congressman, not a good look, 341 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,880 all right. Leadership is tough, especially in a divided Congress. 342 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:16,599 Totally agree with both of those statements. What is tougher 343 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:20,920 is those who complain. That's not actually, that's actually part 344 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,680 of the first thing that you said, that leadership is tough. 345 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,720 There are going to be people who complain about decisions 346 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:32,599 and about your position on a policy. Right, people are 347 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:37,400 going to complain. Leadership means addressing the complaints and either 348 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:44,079 addressing them and you know, working them into the final arrangement, 349 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:49,319 or it means moving through them, setting them aside, recognizing 350 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,440 those are not deal breakers. This is not important, that's 351 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:56,039 not our priority. But this is a This is one 352 00:21:56,079 --> 00:21:57,839 of those things like, well, if you're not you know, 353 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,920 you're not helping to craft this thing, saying then screw you. 354 00:22:01,079 --> 00:22:04,839 It's like, well, okay, first off, members of Congress weren't 355 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,200 even allowed in on these negotiations, let alone we the people. 356 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,000 And the backlash and the anger that got whipped up 357 00:22:13,079 --> 00:22:16,519 on Twitter yesterday that led to the phone calls that 358 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,759 basically shut down their switchboards, that prompted these Republicans to 359 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,839 grow the spine that we've demanded that they show. That's 360 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:29,680 what I what I dare dare call it democracy right, 361 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,119 That is elected representatives listening to their constituents. That's the 362 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,480 way it's always occurred. It's just now you have a 363 00:22:38,519 --> 00:22:42,200 lot of people on social media that are aware of 364 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:49,720 what's going on. And then there's Representative Don Bayer. He 365 00:22:49,839 --> 00:22:51,960 said the richest man in the world, says he wants 366 00:22:52,039 --> 00:22:54,839 to shut down the government, forcing millions of American workers, 367 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,319 including our troops, to go without pay through the holidays. 368 00:22:57,519 --> 00:23:02,559 Speaker 1: Republicans are following his orders. This is insane. Again, a 369 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,720 clean CR would fund. 370 00:23:04,599 --> 00:23:11,519 Speaker 2: All of the paychecks. Vote on that, Don, Are you 371 00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:16,359 opposed to that? So you're holding all of those paychecks hostage? 372 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,519 So you can protect the J six Select Committee from subpoena, 373 00:23:20,759 --> 00:23:22,319 I want to be clear about that. That's what you're 374 00:23:22,319 --> 00:23:25,400 trying to protect. You want to make sure that none 375 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:29,160 of your Democrats get subpoenaed to talk about how corrupt 376 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:34,920 their investigation was into J six. Mark Warner, Senator Democrat. 377 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,160 Hard to imagine anything more heartless than shutting down the 378 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,640 government and leaving disaster victims out in the cold. Okay, 379 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,720 do a clean CR and do a disaster bill. How 380 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:50,599 about that absolutely outrageous, this is even a possibility, And 381 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,720 an organization called the Virginia Project said, okay, so basically 382 00:23:54,799 --> 00:23:58,200 Democrats screwed over disaster victims on purpose so that they 383 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,440 could now hold relief hostage to far left agenda items 384 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,839 that got stuffed into the cr and they're not even 385 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,039 slightly ashamed of doing it. 386 00:24:05,279 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: See, this only works. 387 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,799 Speaker 2: This kind of messaging only works when you know the 388 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,799 media is not going to challenge you on it, and 389 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:17,279 that's why we're seeing it. Email is Pete atvpetekalnershow dot com. 390 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,319 Speaker 1: Brett says, I kinda like Elon Musk. 391 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 2: However, didn't he get like something like four hundred million 392 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,160 dollars from Obama to help start Tesla? 393 00:24:25,599 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: Or am I mistaken? It was a little bit more 394 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,480 than that. Actually in California gave him a bunch of money. 395 00:24:30,519 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 2: I think I thought he bought like a he may 396 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,400 have bought Tesla, or maybe it was a struggling plant 397 00:24:35,559 --> 00:24:37,319 or something. But yeah, he got a whole bunch of 398 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,200 government subsidies. So that's okay, right when it's him getting 399 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:45,200 the money but not the other slubs, it's not okay 400 00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:49,200 either way. So I've not read up on his explanations 401 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,079 as to why he took these government subsidies and why 402 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,920 those were okay versus what he's looking to do with Doge. 403 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,240 But that's a fair question. Let me jump up here 404 00:25:00,279 --> 00:25:02,440 and get Dave on. Hello, Dave, welcome to the show. 405 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 6: Hey, thanks the I just wanted to share a quote 406 00:25:07,279 --> 00:25:11,559 with you from Charlotte's favorite son, doctor Billy Graham. He said, 407 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,559 when a courageous man takes a stand, the spies of 408 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:20,880 others are often stiffened. And I am so thankful that 409 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 we've got a courageous man now finally back in the 410 00:25:24,079 --> 00:25:30,440 White House, long overdue. I am also extremely thankful that 411 00:25:30,559 --> 00:25:35,799 our dear friend, former Congressman now Dan Bishop is going 412 00:25:35,839 --> 00:25:38,720 to be in the Office of Management and Budget and Padna, 413 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,680 I think we're fiction to get some stuff turned around 414 00:25:41,759 --> 00:25:45,160 that's been long overdue. And I appreciate you. Pete. I 415 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:45,799 enjoy your show. 416 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,279 Speaker 1: Thanks Dave. I'm thanking the call, Yes, sir, Marry Christmas. 417 00:25:48,319 --> 00:25:49,119 I appreciate the call. 418 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, don't I mean? I think And Dan Bishop made 419 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,319 a comment about this on Twitter. I think yesterday or yeah, 420 00:25:56,319 --> 00:26:00,680 I think it was yesterday, maybe day before. He said, 421 00:26:01,279 --> 00:26:03,680 for the five years he was up in Congress. He 422 00:26:03,839 --> 00:26:07,559 was waiting for the you know, some sort of dynamic 423 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,799 to change because and that's remember we talked with him 424 00:26:10,839 --> 00:26:12,200 after he announced that he was going to run for 425 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,519 Attorney General and not go back to DC, and he said, like, 426 00:26:15,599 --> 00:26:17,480 you're one of four hundred and thirty five people up there, 427 00:26:17,559 --> 00:26:21,400 and just the way the system operates, you can't get 428 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,400 anything done. And that's so I don't attribute that to 429 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:30,440 Donald Trump. This deal getting mixed. I think this is 430 00:26:30,519 --> 00:26:35,440 all Elon Musk, I really do. I think this was 431 00:26:35,559 --> 00:26:39,319 Musk and to a lesser extent, Ramaswami. But Musk is 432 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:46,400 so wealthy and so influential on Twitter that he just 433 00:26:46,599 --> 00:26:53,119 swamped the swamp. And I think that's a good thing. 434 00:26:54,599 --> 00:26:57,319 And he's doing it out in the open. He's not hiding, right, 435 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,640 He's not. He's been very clear throughout the campaign when 436 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,799 he was like, this stuff needs to change. I played 437 00:27:04,839 --> 00:27:07,079 for you the sound bites. He's been very explicit. We 438 00:27:07,319 --> 00:27:09,640 have to rein in the spending. This is going to 439 00:27:09,799 --> 00:27:12,480 destroy the country. We have got to do it now. 440 00:27:13,839 --> 00:27:18,759 And kudos to Trump for giving him the position to 441 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,400 do this. And if this like this is their first scalp. 442 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,079 This cram to us, this is the Doge Committee or whatever, 443 00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:31,240 because it's not a department, it's not a government, it's 444 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,759 not officially anything. They're not even getting paid for it, right, 445 00:27:34,519 --> 00:27:37,720 So this is their first scalp and it's a pretty 446 00:27:37,759 --> 00:27:41,079 big one. And if it leads to a simple CR, 447 00:27:41,519 --> 00:27:46,519 a clean CR continuing resolution that gets us through the 448 00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:50,000 holiday I am not like Trump advance put at this 449 00:27:50,039 --> 00:27:52,960 statement saying, oh, we should do an increase on the 450 00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:57,720 debt ceiling. No, no, And you're not going to get 451 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,400 that done as part of a clean CR and hurricane 452 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,400 disaster relief unless you're going to say that you got 453 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,960 to lift the debt ceiling for the disaster relief. So 454 00:28:06,039 --> 00:28:08,440 we're going to take on debt in order to do 455 00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:13,880 the disaster relief, Like, we should not be raising the 456 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,079 debt limit, And especially I don't you do it? What 457 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,160 between now and midnight tomorrow you think that's going to happen, 458 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:23,279 because that's. 459 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: Where we're at. 460 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 2: We're on a deadline now, and so now you're into 461 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,279 the shutdown politics and the optics of a shutdown. In 462 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,599 all of that, Stan wants to know if you're not 463 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,240 an essential government employee why do you have the job 464 00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:39,720 in the first place, unless, of course it's some form 465 00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:43,200 of entitlement. Yeah, jobs programs. That's look, Milton Friedman talked 466 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:48,119 about this forty years ago, where the vast majority of 467 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,960 you know, government programs, almost all of them, he said, 468 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,480 the only one he could identify this was forty years ago. 469 00:28:53,519 --> 00:28:56,519 I'm sure it's gotten worse, but the only program he 470 00:28:56,559 --> 00:29:01,319 could identify back then that actually benefited the poor. Of 471 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,880 all the programs that were supposedly designed to help the poor, 472 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,359 the only one that actually benefits the poor more so 473 00:29:08,559 --> 00:29:15,119 than any other class food stamps, direct payment to the 474 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:21,319 person to go buy food. Everything else is essentially a 475 00:29:21,519 --> 00:29:23,279 jobs program for the middle class. 476 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: Think about it. 477 00:29:26,759 --> 00:29:29,799 Speaker 2: They have to administer the programs, so you get hired 478 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,640 to go to work for the government, where you get 479 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,599 a middle class salary to administer a program for the poor. 480 00:29:37,119 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 6: Right. 481 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,519 Speaker 2: See the problem there, The person who's administering the program 482 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,799 is getting more money to administer the program that a 483 00:29:45,839 --> 00:29:50,160 poor person gets through the program. I'm sure it's not 484 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,480 gotten any better. Let me get Spencer on before the break. 485 00:29:52,519 --> 00:29:54,799 Hey Spencer, I got about thirty seconds for you. 486 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: What's up? 487 00:29:56,279 --> 00:29:56,759 Speaker 6: What happened? 488 00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 7: To the twenty seventh Amendment. I mean, what it says 489 00:30:00,119 --> 00:30:03,920 is Congress can't give themselves a raise that goes into 490 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,880 effect before the next election. That's twenty twenty six. 491 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,599 Speaker 2: No law varying the compensation for services of the Senators 492 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:17,920 shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have intervened. 493 00:30:19,319 --> 00:30:23,799 Speaker 7: Yes, and the senators that's a staggered bunch because their 494 00:30:23,839 --> 00:30:26,759 elections are staggered. But the Congress, I mean, the next 495 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:28,559 election is twenty twenty six. 496 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 1: So that well by that. 497 00:30:30,039 --> 00:30:31,799 Speaker 2: But if you're thinking, but if that's the case, I 498 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,319 spent so they would never be able to do it. 499 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,759 An election just happened. This is the lame duck class, 500 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,559 so you can't vote yourself. You can't vote yourself the 501 00:30:40,599 --> 00:30:45,519 pay raise before the election. So they just had the election. 502 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,680 Now they're leaving, so anybody who got voted out wouldn't 503 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,839 get that pay raise that would start the next year. 504 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:56,960 So I think like the election intervened, so they would 505 00:30:57,039 --> 00:30:59,960 vote themselves a pay raise before the next class comes. 506 00:31:00,279 --> 00:31:01,079 Speaker 1: I think that's the point. 507 00:31:01,799 --> 00:31:04,599 Speaker 2: Good question though. All right, that'll do it for this episode. 508 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,680 Thank you so much for listening. I could not do 509 00:31:06,759 --> 00:31:08,880 the show without your support. 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