WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:04.200 Okay, let me ask all of you, is your life 2 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:11.039 better under Trump? Yes? Or no? I mean mostly obviously 3 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:16.359 economically financially, are you feeling better? Are you are cost 4 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.839 going down prices, going down food groceries when you go 5 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.440 out to eat your bills? Just overall, do you find 6 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:28.679 now that life is getting better for you, easier for you, 7 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:32.679 that you have more money in your pocket? Six one 8 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:37.000 seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight is the number. 9 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:40.039 Just I want to one quick point off of the 10 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:43.920 previous call. I try to take my kids when I 11 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:45.759 do I do the grocery for the most part, I 12 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.479 do the grocery shopping at our home, and I can't 13 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:51.600 get them every time I go, but I try to 14 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:55.320 always bring either Ashen or Ava with me. Why A, 15 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:00.240 It's spent time with my children, obviously, but to teach 16 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:05.640 them how to save money. He's completely right, really completely right. 17 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:10.239 The value of money. John was right. And so you 18 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.879 know I will go down the cereal aisle, for example, 19 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:16.840 and say, I don't know special k just as an example, 20 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:20.719 you know, buy one, get one free, and I'll explain 21 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:22.840 either to av or Ashton. Yeah, I get two of those, 22 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:25.400 and they're like, well, why Dad, why don't we get 23 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:28.840 the multi grain cherios. I'm like, take a look, son, 24 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.400 buy one, get one free. You've got to learn to 25 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:38.239 save money. And so and the kids catch on and 26 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.560 they they look at prices, they do, you know, they 27 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.359 start looking compare and contrast. And the other thing is 28 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:47.159 when you go to the checkout. When I go to 29 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:49.920 the checkout and say it's two hundred or two hundred 30 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:52.719 and fifty dollars for a week, you know, weeks groceries, 31 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.159 and you know, they'll go, wow, that's a lot of money. 32 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:01.400 And Daddy works very hard for it. I always tell 33 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:05.400 them that I work very hard, so you better appreciate it. 34 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.560 You know, Look, did daddy gets you meat? Did daddy 35 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.319 gets you all the fruits and vegetables? Did Dad? You know? 36 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:17.319 Ashton loves milk. He's a milkoholic, Ashton, and he's a 37 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:19.960 lactose intolerant. So I always get him to the special milk, 38 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:22.800 you know, lactate milk, and I get him like two 39 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:27.080 jugs because he'll go through that like in three days, Ashton. 40 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:31.560 Look it's seven bucks a bottle, Ashton. That's fourteen dollars 41 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:35.400 for two jugs of milk. That's for you son, don't 42 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.479 ever forget it. And you know, my father would do 43 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:41.159 this to me all the time, and Americans used to 44 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:46.000 do this as well. Remind their children not just how 45 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:51.319 much things cost, but how hard the parents work to 46 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:55.680 give the children the basics of life. Don't let them 47 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:59.319 assume it, take it for granted, as if they're somehowing 48 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:00.000 title to it. 49 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:00.599 Let them know. 50 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:04.319 No, just came off the sweat of my brow. Mommy 51 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:08.960 and daddy work really, really hard, so you better be grateful. 52 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:13.240 It's okay. They're not going to die. Remind them and 53 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:17.520 remind them and remind them and remind them, and then 54 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:21.719 it'll it'll get through. Eventually, it'll get through. Six one 55 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.840 seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight agree, disagree 56 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:32.560 Lisa in Belmont. Thanks for holding Lisa, and welcome. 57 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:37.080 I have to agree with Grace on this. I think 58 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:41.759 everything not. I went to my high school reunion last month. 59 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:44.319 One of the people in my class said, Lisa, would 60 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:46.439 you like a drink? He said, yeah, I have a 61 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:49.879 white Russian. I'm like Ashton, I love milk, milk, colure 62 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:50.639 and vodka. 63 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:52.280 It goes to the bar. 64 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:58.199 It's twenty dollars for a drink and the bartender wants 65 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:01.400 a five dollar tip. You had to come back and 66 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.919 get more money out of her pocketbook. I mean a 67 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:07.759 drink you go with your husband. That's fifty bucks for 68 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:12.919 two drinks. On the way home. I'm coming home. My neighbor, 69 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.120 said Lisa. There's a house for sale around the corner 70 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:22.240 the two point seven million. Get this, Jeff, there was 71 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:26.839 a bidding war. It's sold for three million. I mean, 72 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:31.160 is this crazier? What supply and demand? Okay, Belmont good 73 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:35.680 school system, near the hospital's good location. They don't want 74 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.079 to live in Tornado country. You can buy a house 75 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:41.759 sheep down there. But it's nuts. I don't see anything 76 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:46.439 going down maybe eggs and gas. Well, hello, everything else 77 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:47.319 is crazy. 78 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:52.199 What's the you Jeff's I mean, Lisa, I don't drink alcohol, 79 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:55.480 so you have me on that, you know, so I 80 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:57.639 don't know how much things cost. If you know, if 81 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.800 you buy a drink at a I mean, grace will 82 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:04.439 lord the occasional glass of wine here or there, but 83 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:08.319 you know that's about it. So, but that's that's outrageous. 84 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.439 I mean that's gouging. Really, come on, twenty bucks for 85 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:15.959 a cocktail plus oh so Mike. Okay, Mike will go 86 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.120 to the bar, you know, sports bar or whatever. He's 87 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:20.759 in my ear saying, Jeff, it's pretty much everywhere. Now, 88 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.120 these are the kinds of prices you're paying. I mean, 89 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:25.600 that's not rageous. But Lisa, I've got to ask you. 90 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:31.040 Is this more of a Massachusetts like northeast thing, or 91 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.360 is it around the country, you know, like New York 92 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:39.759 is insanely expensive, you know whatever, New Jersey, Massachusetts. You know, 93 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:45.839 we have such high taxes, regulations, you know whatever. Everything 94 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.759 in this in this part of the country is so expensive. 95 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.920 But I don't know if this is around the whole country, 96 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:55.199 Like I don't know, you think in Phoenix, Arizona, they're 97 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.079 paying twenty bucks for a drink. I mean, I'm just 98 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:01.000 you know, or Florida. We have a lot of people 99 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:07.600 in Florida who listen whatever, Tampa Bay, Palm Beach, you know, Daytona, wherever. 100 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:09.759 It's a lot of you know from you know that area. 101 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:14.240 Are you paying twenty bucks for a drink when you 102 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:16.680 go out, let's say, with your spouse or a friend. 103 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:22.160 But that's that's outrageous and the house prices, Lisa, I 104 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:25.480 don't get that. My house is not worth a million. 105 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.319 I'm telling you. Wow, Okay, I'm getting an education today. 106 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:32.959 You know, I don't know. Maybe my wife is right, 107 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:37.480 Maybe Grace is right. So talking to Mike first, talking 108 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:40.120 to Mike, and you know, Mike likes to go with 109 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:42.120 his friends, you know, once or twice a week whatever, 110 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:45.439 to a sports bar. He's into sports. And he says, Jeff, look, 111 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:47.759 I'm not a cocktail guy or whatever. You know, I 112 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:49.560 like to drink beer when I go out with my buddies. 113 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:53.240 He said, a Cores light or something, a bud light, 114 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:56.399 maybe five or six bucks. You can get away with that. 115 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.639 But he goes the more upscale beers. And there's something 116 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:04.199 called an ipa. Mike, what is that an Indian? What 117 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:09.600 is that called Indian? Okay, he's not totally positive it's 118 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:13.560 but it's called an ipa, right, Mike. All right, So 119 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.720 it's one of these, you know, like more upscale beers. 120 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:20.720 Mike says, you're looking at thirteen fourteen, fifteen bucks. I 121 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:26.439 go for a bottle of beer. He goes, yeah, okay, 122 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:30.319 uh geez, you know, look, you know that's the one 123 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:33.759 thing when you drink soda like I do. You know, 124 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:37.560 it's it's a diet coke. That's you know, my kids 125 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:41.000 have soda. I have soda. Well, actually they don't have soda. 126 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:44.680 Grace is cracking down on them. They drink water or juice. Okay, 127 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.600 but anyway, I have the soda. You know, it's two 128 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:52.319 fifty and it's unlimited refills. You know, if they're really 129 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:55.800 gouging you, it's three bucks. But it's all the you know, 130 00:07:55.920 --> 00:08:00.000 unlimited refills. So you know, I I don't feel it 131 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:01.600 what I call out to eat, you know what I mean. 132 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:03.480 I mean, I mean, I feel the meal, but I 133 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:06.240 don't feel in terms of price. But I don't feel that, 134 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:10.040 you know, the drinks Grayceel, maybe you know, have a 135 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:14.399 glass of wine once in a while. Now, Sandy is 136 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:20.560 weighing in, saying number one that she thinks Lisa is 137 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.240 underestimating that her friend may have wanted to be a 138 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:29.000 big tipper, because she says, no bartender is going to 139 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:32.799 demand a twenty five percent tip per drink, and then 140 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:37.039 she goes Jeff. A reunion is a supply and demand 141 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:41.360 situation where the venue is getting a percentage of the 142 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:47.559 bar bill, so the prices are inflated. But then because 143 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:49.360 I asked her. I said, well, Sandy, you know, when 144 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:51.879 you and your husband go out, like, you know, and 145 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:53.879 you know, you like a nice cocktail once in a while, 146 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:56.799 or a glass of wine or whatever. I mean, are 147 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:00.559 you paying fifteen twenty bucks? Here's here's what she tells me. 148 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:09.960 Cocktails when she goes out are fifteen to thirty bucks. Sandy, 149 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.559 what the hell are you drinking? Man? 150 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:12.399 Like? 151 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:16.080 So, what kind of a super cocktail? Oh, it's India 152 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:21.320 pale ale. Ah, that's what an ipa is, India pale ale. 153 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:24.840 Mike says, it's extremely good. Mike says, it's all the 154 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:27.960 rage right now. But anyway, I mean, what kind of 155 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:28.960 a super cocktail? 156 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:30.120 You know? 157 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:38.600 Is Sandy ordering? Anyway? Fifteen to thirty bucks? Wow? Sandy says, 158 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:42.159 beer and wine. You're looking at eight to twelve bucks? Easy? 159 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:47.240 She says, Look, the high end cocktails are an exception. 160 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.759 But she said, you know, look, most cocktails are about 161 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:59.279 sixteen to eighteen bucks. Holy SHAMOLEI you know, really, I mean, 162 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:02.759 how do people do it? Seriously? How do you do it? Especially? 163 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.720 You bring a couple of bambinos, You throw in a 164 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.440 few appetizers, you know, you have the main course. Everybody 165 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.919 know you know you have a cocktail, your spouse has 166 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.039 a cocktail, and if you go for the desserts, you're 167 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:20.320 looking at three four hundred dollars. Who can afford this? 168 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:23.879 Or This is from Maryanne and it was very interesting. 169 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:29.639 She lives in Florida, between Tampa Bay and Orlando. So 170 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:33.000 here's what she wrote, Jeff, It's a good thing I 171 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:36.960 don't drink much because I do like a good bloody Mary. 172 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:43.200 And I'm paying anywhere, wow, between fifteen and twenty five 173 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:49.200 dollars for a bloody Mary. I paid fifteen at the 174 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:52.720 local Mexican restaurant a mile from my house. And it's 175 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:57.000 not a fancy restaurant. It's a mom and pop restaurant. 176 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:00.120 She goes on to say, and as far as the 177 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:03.279 grocery prices, I'm with Grace. You know a lot of 178 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:07.159 you seem to be with Grace today. I'm with Grace. Yes, 179 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:12.080 eggs have come down. Gas is down at TAD, but 180 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:17.320 overall groceries are high. And you must allow for shrink 181 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:22.279 inflation that I've noticed. When I buy a bag of chips, 182 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:26.559 you know, a family sized bag of chips, that's like 183 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:30.679 a regular bag of chips. Now it's two thirds air 184 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:35.559 one third chips, Like I open it up, I'm like, hello, hello, hello, 185 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:40.519 Like you know, you know, are there any chips down there? Hello? 186 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:45.519 Hello Hello? Anyway, so she goes on to say it's 187 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:49.960 absolutely ridiculous. So, no, I'm not seeing much in the 188 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:56.039 line of lower prices. Interesting, Okay, So she says, I'm 189 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:59.840 not seeing much of a change at all. And she said, 190 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:02.399 you when you buy stuff, things are getting smaller all 191 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:07.519 the time that I've noticed. Even you know, we had 192 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:10.240 McDonald's last week. You know, the kids wanted McDonald's, so 193 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:14.360 we had McDonald's last week. They should rename the big 194 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:15.360 Mac the small Mac. 195 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:17.080 You know. 196 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:19.320 Ashton got me two big Macs, like I always have 197 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:22.080 large French fry and a die large die Coke because 198 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:23.879 you know, I'm watching my waistline, right, so I gotta 199 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:27.200 have the die Coke. I went through those two big 200 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:30.759 Macs like they were nothing. I mean, I'm like, look 201 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:34.320 like they're getting short, they're getting smaller, and it's like 202 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:39.559 the shrinking big Mac. It's a small Mac. Soon it's 203 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:42.960 gonna be no Mac. You know what that old Wendy's commercial, 204 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.159 where's the beef? Where's the beef? Like soon it's gonna 205 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.919 be like the buns. And okay, I see the pickles, 206 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:51.240 I see the lettuce, I see the cheese and the 207 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:57.240 big Max sauce. Where's the patty? Where's the beef? It's gone? 208 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.799 Six one seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight. 209 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:08.039 Are you seeing gas go down? Groceries go down? Am 210 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:11.039 I the only one that's seeing this go down? And 211 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.600 are you paying twenty bucks now for a drink at 212 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.919 a restaurant like a cocktail or a good glass of wine? 213 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:21.240 Six one seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight. 214 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:30.759 Mark in Medford, Thanks for holding Mark, and welcome. Good morning, Jeff. 215 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:32.080 Happy Friday to you, my. 216 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:34.559 Friend, Happy Friday to you, Mark. 217 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:37.519 Jeff, I just want to say one thing before I 218 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:40.279 get to my comments. I'm gonna say something that's probably 219 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:43.960 gonna make liberal moonbat's heads explode right now. You know 220 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:45.840 how they have no kings? 221 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:48.080 I'm sorry? What Mark? 222 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:54.799 The no kings rally? Yes, okay, well Trump is a king, 223 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.360 but you know what, he's not the king that they 224 00:13:57.440 --> 00:14:03.159 think we think he is. He's minas, Jeff, because everything 225 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:07.399 is turning to freaking gold. Okay, yes to me. Just 226 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:11.240 yesterday we were saying how his uh, his his base. 227 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:14.240 He's gonna lose some votes in his base today it 228 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:17.159 comes out that he's getting even more popular. Can this 229 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:20.480 guy do anything freaking wrong? Jeff, The answer is no, 230 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:24.440 absolutely not. And what I want to say about the 231 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:28.840 Big Beautiful Bill and the economy right now, I do 232 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:32.120 have a question before I get into my comments. In 233 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:34.480 the Big Beautiful Bill, Jeff, I don't know this, so 234 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:38.480 I'm asking you. Did he put in there that anyone 235 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:41.240 making under one hundred and fifty grand a year doesn't 236 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.679 have to pay income tax federal incompact? Is that in there? 237 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.000 It was in there and it was taken out? 238 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:53.039 Of course it was okay, Yeah, No, I mean to be. 239 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:56.279 Fair to Trump, he got Mike, I think somebody crunched 240 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:59.000 the like they actually looked at the bill compared it 241 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:03.440 to his campaignses. He got nearly eighty five percent of 242 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:08.519 his campaign promises in the bill. He wanted to have 243 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:11.519 no federal income tax for those making under one hundred 244 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:15.120 and fifty and the swamp took it out. And there 245 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:18.360 were other things as well. You know, they always weakened 246 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:22.159 the bill. Six one seven two sex six sixty eight, 247 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:26.440 sixty eight is the number Okay, just before we go 248 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:30.759 back to Mark in Medford. Yes, it is the IPA 249 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.919 that you order at at a restaurant or a bar whatever. 250 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:39.440 Is an India pale ale, and it is considered a 251 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:43.240 more high end, you know price heer, kind of an 252 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:48.639 elite beer and apparently the reason why according to many 253 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:50.879 of you, and you all seem to be experts on this, 254 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:54.000 so I take your word for it. It's got lots 255 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:57.279 of hops. Very happy is the way many of you 256 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:01.639 describe it. And it tends to have a higher alcohol content, 257 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:04.759 and all of you seem to be vouching that it's 258 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:09.879 phenomenal beer. And it's about fourteen to fifteen bucks a 259 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:11.879 bottle when you go out to a you know, a 260 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.200 restaurant or a bar. It's not cheap, it's not, but like, 261 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:19.120 let's put it that way, fourteen fifteen bucks for a 262 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:27.360 bottle of beer. A yea, yai man geez six one seven. 263 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:30.879 I mean Biden really screwed us. I really, he really 264 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:34.440 screwed us, because you know, it's hard to get prices down. 265 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:40.440 Six one seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight. Okay, 266 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:44.879 Mark in Medford, Mark, buddy, let me ask you, how 267 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:48.039 do you think the economy is doing overall, and are 268 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.200 you feeling it, my friend? 269 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:53.000 Well, I am feeling it, Jeff. And I'll tell you 270 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:57.159 where I'd like to buy, Like certain things at the supermarket. 271 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.000 I go to Stop and Shop, or I go to 272 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:02.399 mockt Basket, sometimes mostly Stop and Shop because it's closer 273 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.160 to my house. So I find like I like Romain lettuce. Now, 274 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.160 a few weeks ago, Romain lettuce was like almost five 275 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.599 dollars for three heads in a bag. Now it's not 276 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:15.720 the three ninety nine certain cereals that I like to 277 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:19.039 buy brand name cereals. They were five six dollars a box. 278 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:24.079 Now I'm getting two for five. The same exact brand watermelons, Jeff. 279 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:27.880 Two weeks ago, watermelons were eight dollars apiece. I just 280 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.480 paid three dollars and eighty eight cents for the same 281 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:33.599 size watermelons the other day. So yes, I am seeing 282 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:37.279 things come down. But Jeff, you know, once the drill, 283 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:42.480 baby drill goes into full swing, let me tell you something, Jeff, 284 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:46.079 it's it's game on. It's it's game over for the Democrats, 285 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:50.119 because there's no way they're gonna say that prices haven't 286 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:52.480 come down, and I'm gonna tell you right now, when 287 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:55.400 gas comes down to about two dollars and fifty cents, Jeff, 288 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:58.720 I'm gonna go online and I'm gonna go viral, and 289 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:01.640 you're not gonna believe what you're gonna see me say 290 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:05.119 on social media. They're gonna put it on the freaking news. 291 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:08.720 I'm telling you right now. So when you see people 292 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:12.640 like Maria Baromo come out on TV just two days 293 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:17.960 ago and say tariffs are working, and the only reason 294 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:22.519 why the interest rate is up is because j Powell 295 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.160 is handcuffing Donald Trump. But like you said, soon he'll 296 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:28.119 be gone and Trump will get somebody to do the 297 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:29.400 job the right way. 298 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:33.759 You know, Mark, It's funny, but I do go to 299 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.160 other places to shop. There's a big y that I 300 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:40.799 like good quality meats, and I like their fruits and vegetables. 301 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:43.119 But just like you, there's a stopping shop near our home, 302 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.279 so it's closer, it's more convenient. The kids like it, 303 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:50.160 so we'll go. And you laid it out really well. 304 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:54.400 Cereals that were like five six seven bucks, I'm buying 305 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:58.079 two for five. You know you mentioned Romaine Lettuce. Kids 306 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:59.920 love you know what, Grace and the kids love realm. 307 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:04.519 I ain't lettuce. I'm noticing romaine. Lettuce has gone down. Now, 308 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:07.400 you know, it's down a buck. You know, I'm not 309 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:10.559 gonna die on a dollar. But that's what I mean. Like, 310 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:15.119 I'm noticing it here there. It's not just eggs. I'm 311 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:19.599 noticing it. Peanut butters coming down a little bit, meats 312 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:24.000 coming down a little bit, fruits coming, bananas coming down 313 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:27.440 a little bit, blueberries. I'm like, it's not bad now. 314 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:30.799 It was more like five ninety nine, even six ninety 315 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.799 nine under Biden. I'm seeing it now four ninety nine, 316 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:37.480 you know, for a quarter of blueberries. So it's a 317 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.319 dollar here, it's seventy five cents here. It's but it 318 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:45.119 adds up. I mean it really. You know, my grocery bill, 319 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:49.480 which often would be three hundred, is now two twenty 320 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:55.839 five to forty five, two fifty, so, you know, fifty here, 321 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:59.759 sixty dollars there. I'm saving about twenty five dollars on 322 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:02.920 GA every week, and a little here, a little there, 323 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.200 and before you know it, it's hundreds of dollars a month, 324 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:10.279 and that's thousands of dollars a year. I mean, Mike agreed, disagree. 325 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:14.839 But Jeff, like I said, when like you said that, 326 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:18.920 when you have people like Maria Bartiromo on Fox saying that, 327 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:24.759 and even financial experts on this is CNN saying the 328 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:27.599 same thing, Trump is doing something right. 329 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:31.440 I agree, And I think a lot of it is drill, baby, drill, 330 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:33.400 and it's and you're gonna get more of that in 331 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:37.079 the big beautiful bill. And so as gas continues, I 332 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:39.559 think it's gonna hit two dollars a gallon. I agree 333 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:42.759 with you, Mike, Mark, forgive me, uh Mark. I think 334 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:46.680 it's gonna hit two dollars a gallon, and that's gonna 335 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:50.400 really drive down prices. Mark is always thank you very 336 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:53.880 much for that call. Six one seven two six six 337 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:58.960 sixty eight sixty eight is the number. Let me just 338 00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:02.839 ask all of you, okay, very quickly, because I'm getting 339 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:06.519 chastised by Sandy and by Mike, which is nothing new. 340 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:09.839 By the way, Why when I go out to eat, 341 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:14.160 let's say, you know, grace myself, the bambinos they go like, 342 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:17.079 you know, Jeff, you don't have to get an appetizer, 343 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:21.160 you don't have to get a dessert. You're the one 344 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:25.000 that's piling on the bill. No, let me be I 345 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:30.279 don't have an appetizer. Grace maybe occasionally or a dessert. 346 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:33.200 I don't have a dessert. I'm diabetic. I'm Type two diabetic. 347 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:37.759 I avoid desserts like the blade again, Grace, if she 348 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:44.559 feels like it. It's my kids. Whenever we go to 349 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:49.279 Applebee's or Chili's or you know wherever, my kids insist 350 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:51.799 on the chicken wings. If I don't get them the 351 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:55.519 chicken wings, it's like a revolt at the table. And 352 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:58.160 then they're getting a tad more health conscious, so they 353 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:01.279 like to have a salad, but they still have that 354 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:03.839 main course. I don't know how it fits in their stomachs, 355 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:06.359 but it does. And then they got to go for 356 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:11.119 the hole enchilada because we're quote unquote going out, So 357 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:15.160 they insist on a dessert, and yet they eat it all. 358 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.839 I don't know how they eat it all, but they 359 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:20.799 eat it all. I've got a fifteen year old teenage 360 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:25.200 son and thirteen she's gonna be thirteen teenage daughter, and 361 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:29.119 she's really getting into sports and athletics. They're eating me 362 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:33.799 out of house and home. So yeah, I mean, I 363 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:35.880 don't know if I'm the only one, but like, I 364 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:40.920 don't want a revolution at the dinner table, so you know, yeah, 365 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.599 they order the appetizers, they order the desserts, and before 366 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:48.640 you know it, the bill keeps going up and up 367 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:51.720 and up, and all I do is sit my diet coke. 368 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:54.920 That's it. That's all I do and eat the main course. 369 00:22:55.720 --> 00:23:00.240 Six one seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight. 370 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:05.640 George in New Hampshire. Thanks for holding George, and welcome. 371 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:11.200 Thanks for taking the call. I've been almost of my 372 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:13.440 thirtieth year for being a business. I'm in the homer 373 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:18.359 modeling and cabinet making business. So this is what I'm 374 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:22.400 seeing for my end. I think we're still in the 375 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:27.240 COVID thing. It's it's like you win, you win the war, 376 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:31.920 but there's there's aftermath after a war. And what I'm 377 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:34.640 trying to say is COVID's still not over. We're dealing 378 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:37.839 with the aftermath of COVID. So people are what I'm 379 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:40.759 seeing is people are locked into their houses at crazy 380 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:45.279 low light rates, you know, hundred to three percent, and 381 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:49.400 until you can get inventory under the real estate market, 382 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:52.440 you can't get a price correction. And that's what has 383 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:54.799 to happen for the housing market. There needs to be 384 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:58.640 a price correction because your scenario is similar to my 385 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:05.079 scenario in terms of ownership of a home. I'm you know, 386 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:08.640 my value of a home is outside bounds. I would 387 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:14.160 never pay that for that home. So by lowering rates, 388 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:18.559 that will entice people under three percent a list their 389 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:23.119 house to buy a new house. And you know, with 390 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:27.079 more inventory, we'll see the market have a price correction, 391 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.720 and that's really what needs to happen. So I mean, 392 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:31.480 it's like, you know, everybody's like, oh, it's old, his 393 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:35.839 it's old ancient history. COVID is over. It's not really over. 394 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:39.559 We're still dealing with COVID besides our federal budget and 395 00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:42.440 all the other issues that are associated with that. But 396 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:48.480 you know, and I just in people in socioeconomic areas 397 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.880 where you know, I wouldn't consider really viable for business 398 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:56.799 are now viable because people are moved to those those areas, 399 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:01.440 those communities, and they think that the home is two 400 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:03.960 times what I would pay for it, or someone from 401 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:06.440