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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Seven, twenty two is our time here on Houston's Morning News.
Were joined by doctor Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation.
Look at you getting all fancy now, doctor Roberts.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Jimmy, it's so great to be on with you. You
know that I listened to your show routinely when we
were in Central Texas and driving across the states.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
So I've been looking forward to talking to you. Well,
I've been looking forward to talking to you too. You've
got a new book out. It's all about saving the country.
Dawn Early like Dawns Early Lash. You say, taking back
Washington to save America. So I kind of want to
ask you about Doze. The Department of Government Efficiency? Is
this step one? Do you think in taking back Washington
(00:42):
d C taking back our government?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
It is, And it's really important that people remember an
important detail regarding the Department of Government Efficiency. It's not
an official government department at all. And while the leftist
regime media will say, well, therefore it's not going to
have any impact, in fact, have an even greater impact,
especially being driven by two great entrepreneurs, Elon Musk and
Vivek Ramaswami. And it's for this reason Jimmy, because they're
(01:09):
crowdsourcing from regular ordinary Americans ideas to eliminate the most
inefficient programs in government. And I think if you look
at the Heritage Foundation's budget blueprint, which we put out
each year, they probably can find at least a trillion
dollars in savings over a few years. And that's just
a conservative estimate. All of that to say, existing outside
(01:32):
the typical structure of the federal government will give them
more leeway in suggesting some changes that need to happen
on behalf of the American people.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, I think that one of the first things it
sounds like that Elon Musk wants to do Elon Vevegas
is to eliminate the ability at the federal government level
to work from home. Evidently, the majority of DC workers
don't even come into the office anymore, and if they
were to make it mandatory to come to the office,
you might have a whole bunch of people quitting.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I can tell you it's going to happen. You know,
we've lived up here in the DC area for three
years and in the Northern Virginia, and in my commute
into town, it's not bad at all. Monday Friday, for sure.
It seems as if Wednesday is the only day that
federal employees are going in. And there's one estimate here
from a local outlet that only seventeen percent of federal
(02:25):
workers who have offices in DC are reporting to work
in person. And look, these people, A lot of these people,
these federal bureaucrats, are just entitled spoiled brats. And the
way you treat entitled spoiled brats, whether they're federal employees
or whether they're you know, our own children when they're
young teenagers, is to remind them of what the rules
(02:46):
are and who's in charge. And I think that it's
going to be a massive savings by simply emphasizing that
you have to report to work. It's crazy that we
have to say this, because obviously you and your audience
are all every Americans and this makes no sense. But
I'm just letting you know DC is crazier than you
think it is.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
It's hard to imagine that it's crazier than we think
it is, but okay, I'll take your word for it.
What else do you cover in your book? What are
some of the other things that you proposed in your
book to save the country and to save DC. Actually,
this conversation thread about the administrative state is a perfect
context for my mentioning the central thesis of the book,
and it's this that the lesson from early American history,
(03:30):
whether it's the Revolution itself or as the title suggests
that talk a little bit about the War of eighteen
twelve and the National Anthem, is that ordinary Americans have
always stood up to the self appointed elites.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Very obvious that we did that in seventeen seventy six.
But the point that I try to drive home, Jimmy,
is that right now, in the twenty twenties, we have
the opportunity for a refounding of this country. In fact,
it's interesting to me that in the last week or
so people have been talking about that regarding from victory.
But the additional key point is that as important as
(04:04):
Washington politics and policy are, the most important thing we
can do if we want to refound this country is
to really lean into our local communities. Not just our
local politics and state politics, Jimmy, but even more important
than that, our local churches, our families, our neighborhood associations,
those things that actually make government less important than our
(04:27):
lives and What I conclude is that if we do this,
looking at the lessons from history, then we have every
reason in the world to be optimistic about the American future.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Terrific, Doctor Kevin Roberts, always a pleasure, sir. Again, the
name of the book is Dawn's Early Like Taking Back
Washington to Save America. Mike Kevin Roberts with the Heritage Foundation.
It's seven twenty seven.
Seven, twenty two is our time here on Houston's Morning News.
Were joined by doctor Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation.
Look at you getting all fancy now, doctor Roberts.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Jimmy, it's so great to be on with you. You
know that I listened to your show routinely when we
were in Central Texas and driving across the states.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
So I've been looking forward to talking to you. Well,
I've been looking forward to talking to you too. You've
got a new book out. It's all about saving the country.
Dawn Early like Dawns Early Lash. You say, taking back
Washington to save America. So I kind of want to
ask you about Doze. The Department of Government Efficiency? Is
this step one? Do you think in taking back Washington
(00:42):
d C taking back our government?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
It is, And it's really important that people remember an
important detail regarding the Department of Government Efficiency. It's not
an official government department at all. And while the leftist
regime media will say, well, therefore it's not going to
have any impact, in fact, have an even greater impact,
especially being driven by two great entrepreneurs, Elon Musk and
Vivek Ramaswami. And it's for this reason Jimmy, because they're
(01:09):
crowdsourcing from regular ordinary Americans ideas to eliminate the most
inefficient programs in government. And I think if you look
at the Heritage Foundation's budget blueprint, which we put out
each year, they probably can find at least a trillion
dollars in savings over a few years. And that's just
a conservative estimate. All of that to say, existing outside
(01:32):
the typical structure of the federal government will give them
more leeway in suggesting some changes that need to happen
on behalf of the American people.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, I think that one of the first things it
sounds like that Elon Musk wants to do Elon Vevegas
is to eliminate the ability at the federal government level
to work from home. Evidently, the majority of DC workers
don't even come into the office anymore, and if they
were to make it mandatory to come to the office,
you might have a whole bunch of people quitting.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I can tell you it's going to happen. You know,
we've lived up here in the DC area for three
years and in the Northern Virginia, and in my commute
into town, it's not bad at all. Monday Friday, for sure.
It seems as if Wednesday is the only day that
federal employees are going in. And there's one estimate here
from a local outlet that only seventeen percent of federal
(02:25):
workers who have offices in DC are reporting to work
in person. And look, these people, A lot of these people,
these federal bureaucrats, are just entitled spoiled brats. And the
way you treat entitled spoiled brats, whether they're federal employees
or whether they're you know, our own children when they're
young teenagers, is to remind them of what the rules
(02:46):
are and who's in charge. And I think that it's
going to be a massive savings by simply emphasizing that
you have to report to work. It's crazy that we
have to say this, because obviously you and your audience
are all every Americans and this makes no sense. But
I'm just letting you know DC is crazier than you
think it is.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
It's hard to imagine that it's crazier than we think
it is, but okay, I'll take your word for it.
What else do you cover in your book? What are
some of the other things that you proposed in your
book to save the country and to save DC. Actually,
this conversation thread about the administrative state is a perfect
context for my mentioning the central thesis of the book,
and it's this that the lesson from early American history,
(03:30):
whether it's the Revolution itself or as the title suggests
that talk a little bit about the War of eighteen
twelve and the National Anthem, is that ordinary Americans have
always stood up to the self appointed elites.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Very obvious that we did that in seventeen seventy six.
But the point that I try to drive home, Jimmy,
is that right now, in the twenty twenties, we have
the opportunity for a refounding of this country. In fact,
it's interesting to me that in the last week or
so people have been talking about that regarding from victory.
But the additional key point is that as important as
(04:04):
Washington politics and policy are, the most important thing we
can do if we want to refound this country is
to really lean into our local communities. Not just our
local politics and state politics, Jimmy, but even more important
than that, our local churches, our families, our neighborhood associations,
those things that actually make government less important than our
(04:27):
lives and What I conclude is that if we do this,
looking at the lessons from history, then we have every
reason in the world to be optimistic about the American future.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Terrific, Doctor Kevin Roberts, always a pleasure, sir. Again, the
name of the book is Dawn's Early Like Taking Back
Washington to Save America. Mike Kevin Roberts with the Heritage Foundation.
It's seven twenty seven.
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