December 12, 2025 • 36 mins
The final hour of the final Freedom Friday of 2025! Jon is joined in studio by MN Rep Max Rymer, Grace Keating, and AK Kamara where the convo is focused on the impending Paid Family Medical Leave. It's Sam's last show of the year so he gave his Christmas gift to Jon early.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
ELM, Minneapolis, Like, are we legally I don't.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
I shouldn't be asking this question live on the air,
But you think I've been doing this long enough I
would know.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
But I think we will legally allowed to drink alcohol
on the air.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Oh yeah, friend of the show Pat left cookies and
I didn't realize that.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
How would you know?
Speaker 4 (00:20):
Because I know, oh for sure, no guaranteed. Because when
you were telling me the story right about like there
was something that you did when you were a rock
chock right about drinking, and then it brought me to
another story of someone getting hammered. But you know what
the sister station right, they had like a contest and
(00:41):
they had a breathalyzer that they were disoweeded.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
That's what I did when I was a kid.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Yeah, so that's why I think it's legal unless you
have to get a specific license.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
Poll.
Speaker 6 (00:48):
Do you know the real reason why? It's because Ak
has been coming in with the bottle of lean every Friday.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
Even know, Man, of course you can do this.
Speaker 7 (00:55):
It's just all like a cover.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
But I mean you're at the energy drink man, I'm
on that lean dog.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Twin Cities News Talk sixty five one carpet plus next
day install studios. John Justice sam is in the master
control booth. We do have a k Kamara Grace Keating,
Max Rhymer in studio and friend of the show Pat
Is she does every year. She bought brought two big
tupperware containers filled with homemade cookies, so we have some
in studio.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I shared some of the breakroom and.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Then there was a little box and it had a tiny,
tiny like mason jar with with a with a brownish liquid.
I didn't know what it was, and I pulled it
out and Grace saw it. I didn't.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I didn't look at the time.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I was in the middle right before the show started,
and so I during the break I was like, oh,
it's roalm, It's really it's really different.
Speaker 8 (01:40):
It's that it was just the average water in Minnesota,
like one.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
We can metabolize that. We're going to be perfectly fun.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, this is it smelled. It smelled pretty strong. Just
I just smelled it.
Speaker 7 (01:54):
I wait, what is it?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Though? It's wrong?
Speaker 4 (01:58):
It is wrong.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Yeah, ziom little hair of the dog.
Speaker 7 (02:02):
There go there you go.
Speaker 9 (02:05):
This came in, Hey, John, Yeah, I tried your ding
Dong milk soap thing.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
You are a sick man.
Speaker 7 (02:18):
It's not like anything about that talking your ding dong
milk silk thing. I didn't know you were into that, John.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, So you take.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
You got your ding dongs, guys, ding dong dong.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
We don't have any milk.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
So you take your ding dong and it's covered in
that in that chocolate shell.
Speaker 7 (02:34):
Oh okay, not that one.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
So you bite a little bit off to you bite
a little bit off to expose the cake.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
You dunk it in a glass of milk.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
You wait for the cake to absorb the milk, and
then you take a bite out of it.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
I can see this, or let me ask you this.
Hit it in the mic for like ten seconds. Oh
that might be uh yeah a second, not too long,
you know, want to like boil it, but just nice
and soften it up.
Speaker 8 (03:04):
Man, there's so much preservatives in this thing that you
put in the microwave and epa real something grows out
of this, like a little human grows.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Listen, my wife was the one who provided us these
ding dongs, and I'm just gonna say up front, not
my wife not a fan of a melted ding dong.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I just want to keep it firm.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Shells on there for a reason, just want to just
want to keep it.
Speaker 9 (03:29):
Sam mack grays Ak Happy Freedom Friday. Yeah yeah, so
I thought the trans Thing was losing momentum, but I
keep hearing these ads for Trans Siberian Orchestra. Who's got
the time to teach gender confused huskies how to play spring?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Great dog.
Speaker 9 (03:50):
Kudos to those pooches though they sound pretty.
Speaker 7 (03:52):
Good, stunning and brave.
Speaker 8 (03:54):
We got to do something about the Trans Siberian Orchestra,
Like I feel.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Like you can start that spoof on mine and you
would fool so many boomers.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
You know, if if if they don't come out, like
if they don't come out on stage, you know, cross dressing,
they've really missed an opportunity. Yeah, yeah, I just I hadn't.
I didn't listen to the talkback. Would have been fine
at trans Thing. Trans Siberian Orchestra done, but like you're right,
he wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
He went he went all in on that.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
And I will say, like shout out to Transhaberian Orchestra.
They put on an amazing show. They got flames. Anytime
you have pyrotechnics mixed and anything automatic winner, it's 's incredible,
Like remember Game of Thrones when they're traveling and they
were doing like the theme song from Game of Thrones
and there was just fire like done. Sign me up?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
All right, let's go here.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
I got this email, Mindy writes in talking paid family
medical leaf, here's the situation in my area ISS, She writes,
there's a county worker that I know that is expecting
a new member into the family. Though I'm happy for them,
I am upset at how this is playing out. You see, first,
(05:01):
they saved all their sick and vacation days, so they've
been off the entire month of December. On January first,
the paid sick leave will start and we will not
see this staff member until late May.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
But wait, wow, there's more. Now.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
The employee that's been hired to cover the county position
that needs to be filled will be working until June first.
This employee has stated that they will then be taking
twenty weeks off before going back to their normal position
in the county. Two taxpayer county salaries ninety percent less work.
Speaker 8 (05:46):
So when you get your property tax bill, understand this
is what it is funding. It is not funding critical services,
It is not funding additional staff who actually.
Speaker 7 (05:57):
Are doing more work.
Speaker 8 (05:59):
Literally, the cost of running a city, a municipality, a
school is going up because of situations just like this.
This is one county. It's happening. I would contend in
every county in Minnesota.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Because listen, when these systems are created, and this is
one of the biggest critiques I have. It's fun sometimes
to dunk on the somalis like for real, it is
because especially like Ilhanomar getting so fired up or whatever.
But at the end of the day, it's incumbent upon
the Democrats that are in charge or whatever party is
in charge that crazy systems. To understand that you have
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to put in guardrails. But you're right, this is going
to be Hey, they created this system, and you're an
idiot if you don't take advantage of it. And I'm
not saying break the law, but I'm just saying, if
you just study what this program offers and you maximize
those efforts, you're dumb if you don't, because your taxpayer
dollars have to go to it. Anyways. So, like you said, Max,
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this is going to put so much additional on counties
all across the state. But it's by design, man, It
really honestly is, and I'm not even saying that the fraud.
I think that that's the second secondary conversation to have.
But it's designed for people to take advantage of and
you're kind of a sucker if you don't.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
And it's going to be paid for, you know, in
part by individuals. And I'll speak for me like myself,
like I can't opt out, but I would never take
this time off.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
No, the nature of what I do, it wouldn't be right.
Speaker 7 (07:27):
You wouldn't have a job at the end event.
Speaker 10 (07:28):
No.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Well, for first off, they wouldn't be able to fire
me right when I got back.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
If they did, you could write.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Then I could sue.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
But at the same time, I mean, what kind of
relationship does that you know, what kind of relationship stems
with iHeart?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
What does that do for you know, the listeners of
the show?
Speaker 3 (07:47):
So to your point, you know, I would never go
and take this, and yet I'm going to have to
pay for it. And if you make one hundred thousand
dollars a year, you're going to lose about eight hundred
dollars per year. Oh yeah, you can basically sort of
work around you work work around how much money you
make and based off of how much money you've got
to pay pay a year, I got another one for you.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Cicero, MN friend of the show head wrote.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
Great, great account. You definitely got to follow it.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Minnesota paid leave law was written by idiots. As a
one man LLC.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I could claim a back injury collected ninety percent of
my income up to four and thirty three dollars per week.
Then I can apply for a three thousand dollars state
grant and say that I'm using the money to learn
about the new law. Yeah, Minnesota Paid Lead Programs offers
small employers thirty or fewer employees a grant of up
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to three grand per employee to cover costs of hiring
tempts or paying extra staff, covering for someone on leave,
helping manage expenses like training, or increased wages for backfill
with applications managed through the deed grants management this it's
every single time you sort of unpack a new layer
(08:59):
on this it is I hope that this ends up
becoming like one of the number one conversations during the
legislative session. Max with whatever it can be done moving forward.
Once this thing is is in play and you guys
get back to work.
Speaker 7 (09:11):
And people need to know.
Speaker 8 (09:12):
During the Trifecta, which I was not a legislator during
the trifecta, but during the trifecta when this issue was
being debated, every single issue you are hearing about now,
every single situation, every single guardrail that could be put
in place during the time where the law crafting was
happening was discussed. Everything was brought up, Every situation was
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brought up, and the DFL ramrotted this thing. They've already
heard about these potential scenarios, and they still said, we
don't care. We don't care about small business, we don't
care about the people who are paying property taxes. We're
just going to do the stated goal of what we
set out to do, without any nuance, without any feedback.
(09:58):
I'm just telling you every issue that you've heard about
on this show and you'll continue to hear about into
the new year, it's already been brought up. They already
know about the potential pitfalls.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
And what's so crazy is that, you know, as this
national spotlight has been shown on Minnesota about the fraud,
it can be sometimes a little bit frustrating as someone
who has been having these conversations and creating content. But
I remember putting out a bunch of videos during the
trifecta from committee sessions talking about all of these different
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programs that we're going to be right for fraud. But
I'll take it a step further when it comes to
Cicero's account his post, you don't even have to fake
a back injury my knee, I write meniscus. If I
went right now to summon orthopedic, I could probably be
approved to have surgery. I just tough through it because
I'm a man and I'm you know whatever. But at
the end of the day, you don't even have to
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commit fraud. And that's the problem with this program is
you can just be like, oh, I've had this really
really nagging back injury called just being a human being.
But now I can just really lean into it, you
know what I'm saying. And I think that that is
how the program is designed. It's a redistribution of wealth.
And like I said, we got scruples on the right.
But part of me questions should I or am I
(11:13):
a sucker for not taking advantage of a program that's
going to be abused by people that have no scruples.
Speaker 11 (11:21):
It's all part of this diseased culture. We have now
of people putting themselves first in every situation and wanting
to milk every system for as much as they can
get out of it, with no thought of how it's
going to impact the people around you. Whether it's fair
it is, this is a cultural problem.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
The program itself is.
Speaker 11 (11:42):
Bad, but it speaks to just an absolute disease in
the way we as a society are functioning right now,
especially in Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
We're going to get to more on paid family leave.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
They got emails Rolling in Justice at iHeartRadio dot com
talkbacks as well, brought to you by Lyndall Realty from
iHeartRadio app and so we will do that next.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Do not go anywhere.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
We have Max a Ak and Grace joining me John
Justice here in the studio along with Sam in the
Master Control booth here on her Freedom Friday. It's Twin
Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh three
five FM.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Oh those poor people.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
You're starting your day with John Justice from the sixty
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Speaker 3 (12:33):
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Speaker 2 (12:40):
Catherine's here in spirit this morning.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
I as a heterosexual male like the smell.
Speaker 8 (12:46):
Of women, white liberal socialist crowd.
Speaker 11 (12:51):
I don't know how any of you guys reached adulthood.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Twin Cities News Talk.
Speaker 7 (12:55):
That's the greatest hits right there.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
I don't even I don't even guys here.
Speaker 8 (13:00):
Yeah, John's just going to talk to the robots here
from now on and even need you from the six
five one carpet plus next day install studios here on
Twin City's News Talk talking paid family medical leads.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Get to a field of your talkbacks. Have some amazing
emails that have rolled in as well.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Good morning, John, I just heard you say that that
statement about the one man LLC that would be me.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
So you're telling me that I could apply for this
and you.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
Get a three thousand dollars grant. Hmmm, Hawaii here we come.
Speaker 8 (13:32):
This is going to be He's going to go learn
about the program on the beach.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
Yeah, Kawaii is very very conducive to me learning. So
this is just it helps me to soak in more information.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
The lays do that, right, yeah. Yeah, they give them
to you right as you get off the plane. I
here question for.
Speaker 8 (13:49):
Max Rymer, how often do they re evaluate what the
payroll deduction.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Will need to because I have a feeling point eight
eight percent isn't going to last very long.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
No, so I don't quote me on this.
Speaker 8 (14:02):
I believe there's a statutory timeline for the point eight
eight to be there, and then they re evaluate I
believe on a yearly or a buy any basis after that.
So no, you're right, that is absolutely going to increase.
Speaker 12 (14:19):
Great show this morning. John paid family leave scenario. What
do you mine doesn't like his job January first, taking
paid family leave, twenty weeks off, then he comes back
to work, gets fired. It's considered fired without cause, twenty
six weeks of unemployment, almost a year off. Congratulations Walls
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and the Democratic Party.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
I got some emails that rolled and I want to
share with you guys here. Okay, these are incredible. So
I'm gonna leave the names anonymous, just because I don't
want to get anybody in trouble. And sometimes people let
me know and sometimes they don't beave. It hasn't man,
I've been listening to the show discussing the issues. Here's
my own experience. I'm a substitute teacher for a private
school and I was told I must participate in the
program and get zero point forty four percent withheld from
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every paycheck. The problem, though, is twofold, I can't possibly
acquire enough hours to qualify to take advantage of the program.
And more importantly, if subs are available to take advantage
of the program, who will replaced the teachers who are
also taking leave. Yeah, and I was talking about this yesterday, Max,
and I wanted to get your take on it. So
(15:26):
I was told, so you have a teacher, they make
a yearly salary. They get the summer off essentially, right.
I know this other teacher responsibilities, you know, and teachers
are always kind of doing stuff and don't want to
be fair, but they get summer off, but they still
have their salary. If you're a teacher and you take
paid family medical leave right at the end of the
school year, then you can then get paid twenty weeks
(15:47):
off during the summer, at which time you are already
off of work. So you're getting paid your salary and
you're being paid for that time when you're not actually working.
Speaker 8 (15:58):
At all, and then conceivably, you know that twenty twenty
weeks runs out, then you have the opportunity to apply
to apply for seasonal unemployment insurance, which also got passed
during the trifectas, so conceivably, Like when you and I
see conceivably, right, the nature of these programs, and especially
in Minnesota where we do have so much fraud that
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you want to almost maximize the benefit of the government
programs that you can take advantage of. And that's like
kind of baked into how a lot of people think.
So conceivably, Yeah, you could go from teaching to paid
family medical to then unemployment insurance when that runs out,
and still get a pretty significant portion of your paycheck
throughout that entire period of time.
Speaker 13 (16:44):
Hi, John, regarding the medical lead, Let's say I'm a
senior citizen and I'm at full retirement age. The bar
to get coverage is only thirty nine hundred dollars a year,
So that means I only have to work maybe five
weeks as a full time or ten weeks as a
part timer and get twenty weeks out. And that's not
even fraud, that's just gaming the system. Can imagine how
much money we're going to spend on the seniors and
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other people that are going to just go in and
gain the system aside from the fraud.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
If you're gonna leave a job, I mean, why wouldn't
you just use this to quit?
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Right? People are going to That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Like, so, I know I'm sort of landing all the revelation,
but I just now thought about it. I'm like, oh
my gosh, if you don't have if you don't have
any you know, any sort of pension or anything relating
to that, if you're gonna quit, and you know you're
gonna quit, just align it so you can take paid
family medical leave, get twenty weeks paid off to continue
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with your job as if you're employed, and then when
you get back just quit.
Speaker 8 (17:43):
We'll go for a job hunt during that period of time.
Twenty weeks is a long time to for a job
on top of that madness.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
So so, Grace, you were talking about how we have
this cultural kind of decay that's occurring, and I'll take
it a step further. It's actually acceleerate the decay. Because
if you're a hard nose with scruples individual that works hard,
and you just see story after story of people that
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are extracting value from all of your hard work. At
some point you will take the black pill and you
will say, you know what, I'm going to extract from
the system too, Because if everyone's extracting value and I'm
the sucker that's sitting here putting in all of my
effort and energy, I'm stupid for not extracting value. And
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so we've already had a quiet quitting phenomenon in this country,
especially with Gen z ers and millennials, where they just
like slowly decrease their work while they're doing other things
and they call it quiet quitting. Now this will be
quiet quitting on steroids because thanks to the Internet, I
could probably right now go to groc and ask it
to devise a legal loophole scenario for me to take
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advantage of this program without committing fraud. That doesn't even
touch all all of the fraud that's going to occur.
And that's why I'm saying, like, this system, here's what's
going to happen this market today. Put it in the
history books. The legislature is going to say this program
has been so successful they have drained the coffers. This
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is what Minnesotan's needed, so we must increase how much
we fund and the percentage. That's that's literally what they're
going to do, not realizing or probably realizing that they're
doing this on purpose. So everyone uses and takes advantage
of the system.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Well, and unfortunately, you know, you could you look at
it from an angle, I'm thinking, Okay, to the individuals
that don't go and take advantage of this, to the employer, right,
you become incredibly beneficial. All right, okay, you do right,
you're not taking advantage of the system. You value your job.
You're not putting strain on your boss. So that's you know,
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that's better for your longevity. But you're not going to
be able to take the typical advantage that you might
have wherein maybe they decide they're going to give you
more money to take on more of the workload because
the comp and he's not going to have more money
to give you to take on that further workload.
Speaker 4 (20:05):
Yeah, because productivity is going to be damaged. Like this
is the other nefarioest part about this is that economic
output has already been decreasing when they look at how
many hours work versus economic output and that's part of
the whole quiet quittings phenomena. But this is going to
exacerbate that even more.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
I want to get this talkback question answered, and then
we had to take a quick break here on Twin
City's News Talk on a Freedom Friday.
Speaker 7 (20:27):
Hey, John, you confused me.
Speaker 5 (20:29):
My understanding with paid leave is you do not get
your paid salary and the paid leave if you go
on leave, you only get up to ninety percent of
your pay.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Your employer is not paying you over those twenty weeks.
Speaker 8 (20:43):
Also, if I'm wrong, please.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Let me know. Well.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
No, but what I was referring to, given the dynamics
of a teacher, you have built in time off that
you were already taking. Therefore, typically you would have your salary,
then you have your summer time off before you go
back to work. In a teacher, because of that built
in time, that built in time that you already have
off with paid family medical leave, you will now get
paid on top of your salary even though you're already
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off of work.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
I'm correcting this.
Speaker 8 (21:11):
Yeah, it has less to do with getting net paid
more and more to do with times you're not working anyway.
But regardless, what stands with a teacher scenario is that
that unemployment insurance is another benefit that you will get
paid something that you would not have gotten paid otherwise.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
All right, we'll get to more of your talkbacks coming up.
We have your talk back of the day. I believe
we have Christmas gifts that we'll be joining us in studio.
I have no idea what they are from Sam, but
we will find out. Also in the time permitting, both
Grace and Aka had a chance to travel to what
Jesse Kelly previously refers to as the Imperial City.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
I smell the swamp still radiating Washington, DC. That's weed.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
That's weird.
Speaker 7 (21:54):
That was a smelly city.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
No, that was rum in the bag from that. There
was no marijuana as far as I as far as
I know, I need to go.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Look dark speaker.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
It's so festive. I look around the room. People are
just home bunching on oh, lunching on Christmas cookies. The
rum is not empty, by the way, I just want
to point that out, it is not. Unfortunately, taking that
home with me. Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty
one oh three five FM from the sixty five to
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(22:28):
Freedom Friday of twenty twenty five. I will be here
next week, but I am off next Friday. So here
for the Final Freedom Friday, we have representative Max Rymer,
we have ak Kamara, RNC Committeemen and business owner Grace
Keaty from American Experiment and an American Experiment podcast every Tuesday
with Catherine Johnson. I believe we have show Christmas gifts
(22:50):
from Sam and the Master Control Booth that we'll get
to here in just a moment.
Speaker 4 (22:55):
I'm excited.
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First off, though many people are discovering I'm so pleased
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And I'm sure you can be able to tell on
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Speaker 9 (23:16):
Good morning, John, Sam, Max Grays aka Happy Freedom Friday.
So I thought the trans thing was losing momentum. I
keep hearing these ads for Trans Siberian Orchestra. Who's got
the time to teach gender confused huskies?
Speaker 4 (23:33):
How to play stringed instruments. Come on, is Lee, thank
you behind this.
Speaker 9 (23:38):
Kudos to those pooches though they sound pretty good.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
There were layers, there were there were layer upon layers.
It's a work of art as a whole production.
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because they know how controlling I am on the show.
But of course it's a Christmas season. Apparently he has
a gift for me that is a gift for the
show that he's very excited to share. So with that,
I pass it to you, the man behind the glass
and studio next door, Sam, what is the what do
you have for us?
Speaker 2 (24:25):
As John?
Speaker 6 (24:27):
It was a little bit of a stretch to call
the gift for the show. I just knew you wouldn't
let me do it.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
For you if I told you.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
They know me.
Speaker 6 (24:34):
But I actually dropped it John on the button bar.
It's the red button see and I will let you
play your own Christmas gift.
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Okay, when you're ready, How you.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Doing the old Bard? So good to see it. Hi's
John Billed. It's an honor to be here from MC
gallex say far far away on behalf of Sam to
wish you and your wonderful family, Linda, Logan and Kyle
a very merry Chris. Sam tells me you're an avid
(25:03):
Star Wars fan and a big fan of mine in particular. Well,
let me tell you that feelings mutual, my friend. Anyone
holding down a political talk show in the Twin Cities
Galaxy has got to have some real Lando keilrithi in
charm and a whole lot of swagger. So this holiday season,
(25:28):
I want you and your family to fire up that hyperdrive,
gather around the Millennium falcon and let the forts bind
you all together in peace, laughter, and oh, merry Christmas
to you Belinda, Logan and Clid and may the Force
be with you all the way.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
How in the world did you get Billy d Williams.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
That was awesome man to record.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
That, Like I was telling Melinda last night.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
I had no idea what to expect, completely tempering my expectations.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
And never in a million years.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
No offense to you, but I believe that somebody could
deliver on that promise.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
That was spectacular. How in the world did you get
hooked up with Billy.
Speaker 6 (26:19):
Don't he's Santa? Santa came through pretty strong this year.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
It are you gonna tell you? Tell us?
Speaker 4 (26:31):
It was a cameo?
Speaker 7 (26:33):
I think, Wow, all I got was a ding dong
that was incredible.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
No, listen, I got absolutely gone and I got some
pretzel peppermint bark from Missus Justice. So thank you.
Speaker 6 (26:48):
By the way, Melinda did make these pretzels, their little
gingerbread man pretzels that are covered in a bunch of deliciousness.
So if any of you don't want them, I will
eat them because I'm almost through my entire bag.
Speaker 4 (26:59):
I've this whole thing to mine. Mine's peppermint and shout
out to Smoop because she loves peppermint. I'm not a
big mint fan, but uh I know the Schmoopy the
Vali view.
Speaker 7 (27:09):
So John, for our audience, who was that?
Speaker 3 (27:11):
So it was Billy Day, williams Lando Star Wars yea
Star Wars.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Yeah, I probably should have because I didn't know.
Speaker 7 (27:18):
You know, I quickly googled it.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Well, looking at the video right now, I'm.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Looking forward to to hanging on to this Sam. So
that was incredibly kind of you. That is that's truly awesome,
truly awesome.
Speaker 6 (27:29):
And I put I'll put the audio in there too,
So if you want to cut it up or anything, sure, I'll.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Let you do what you want with him. That is no,
that spectacular. Thank you so much, man, that's awesome. I
appreciate it. My wife is even like, oh my goodness.
If you spent any time on social media in November,
you may have noticed that Americans put up their Christmas
decorations early this year.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
This is article is a little bit old, but it
fits right now.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
First, Lady Malania Trump joined the ranks of these early decorators.
This was a couple of weeks back when she received
the White House Christmas tree in a festive celebration.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
However, while she was.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
Praised for her impeccable White House Christmas decorations and did
end up breaking a lot of individuals online who apparently
liked whatever the heck the Bidens were doing every single
year for Christmas the videos, the compilation videos online between
this year and last year, such a stark difference. But
both Grace and Ak you guys had traveled to Washington, DC. No, Grace,
(28:25):
why did you go again?
Speaker 11 (28:26):
I went to go see the National Christmas Tree Lighting
ceremony at the Ellipse in front of the White House
on a line, very beautiful, very cold, quite an array
of people. There's so President Trump spoke and Milania you know,
literally flipped the switch and lit up the tree.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
But Pete Hagseth was there.
Speaker 11 (28:46):
He got a big round of applause from the crowd,
and Vance was there.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
It was pretty.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Fund It meets your expectations. Have you been there before
and been in that to those types of festivities before?
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Is that your first time? I had never done something
like that.
Speaker 11 (28:57):
I had not even been to d C my eighth
grade class trips. So I got to, you know, actually
experience the museums and the monuments as an adult. So
that was very, very fun. I'd also just read Killing
Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly, so did the Ford's theater tour
and all that sort of thing, so it's very fun.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
It's as I know, there's a lot of people here
obviously in the room that have been to Washington, d C.
I don't know what it's like for you guys, but
it's always it's always a weird experience going there, especially
being individuals that cover what takes place there on a dayly,
on almost daily basis. Just being there where it happens,
the vibe is very different.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
It's very strange at least.
Speaker 7 (29:37):
Fue unique it is.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
It's just it has its own apart from the historical
nature of it, and it's just being Washington, d C.
The nature of what we do and knowing like this
is where so much of this happens, especially when you
get near the Capitol. It's always a surreal experience every
time I've I've been there. Now you got to go
even even deeper into the into d C.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
Yes, deeper into the belly of the beast, into the swamp.
Speaker 11 (30:01):
No.
Speaker 4 (30:01):
So, obviously I'm a Republican National Committee member, and every
year when the president is held by a Republican they
will have a Christmas party either at the White House.
Typically at the White House, but because of the construction
going on on the West Wing, there just really wasn't
enough room. So last night was the White House Christmas
party where all of the donors, beautiful people go and
then they squeeze US R and C members in because
(30:23):
they're like, you're not donors, you're not famous celebrities, but
to do a service to this country. But because of
that condensed space, they're like, what if we just throw
a Christmas party at the Vice president's residence, And thankfully
the RNC said, yeah, that sounds great. So it was
a pretty small gathering, like maybe three hundred people. But
the coolest part about it is that President Trump crashed
(30:44):
the party, so we had no idea it was going
to be there. It was an amazing event to be
able to just again you hear from Vice President Vans
and the first second lady, I should say Usha, but
she didn't really speak. She just kind of stood there.
And then President Trump came in, you know how he does,
and just riffed for like an hour and twenty minutes.
He was supposed to talk for like ten and then
(31:06):
we were gonna like take pictures with Vice President all that,
but he came in and he just was going hamm.
He was cracking jokes. Because in that area that's right
next to the Vice President's residence was basically set up
for us for this Christmas event, right, and so it
had a glass ceiling, and President Trump was like, I
was gonna put a glass ceiling in the in the ballroom,
(31:27):
and then I decided against it, but now I'm thinking
I'm gonna do it again. And then Marine one came
by because he had to go to Pennsylvania after and
when they were flying, he was looking around and I was like, oh,
maybe I don't like the glass ceiling so much, and
he's like starting to get this tingling sensation on the
right side of my head by my ear. So it
was just funny because he's like joking about his assassination
and having a glass ceiling.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
Man.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
But no, it was fantastic. I will say this though,
that the feeling that I get when I'm in DC,
it's like, this is where this country was birthed in
a certain way, shape and form, and I get that.
You know, when we were finding you know, the founding
of the Constitution didn't take place in DC, but specifically,
as you know, the First Continental Congress is getting together
(32:11):
and then as they started to build and layer out
all of these amazing monuments, like this is what we
have as a country. You go to Greece or you
go to England, you know they've got their thousands of
year old buildings and all that stuff. We don't have
any of that. So that's kind of their reverence that
I feel is like, oh yeah, man, this is where
where it all started. Plus I'm a freemason, and so
I'm always like looking for like the little like masonry
(32:34):
symbols on stuff, because now that I know that they're
all over the place, it's kind of cool too. So yeah,
that was awesome man, And shout out to the R
and C for putting on a great, great week.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
What a spike.
Speaker 3 (32:45):
In a couple of talkbacks questions, we were talking paid
timely medical leave and we have some time to answer these.
Speaker 10 (32:51):
Hey guys, good talking about this paid family leave question.
If I'm an employer, if I fire people on my
staff before the end of the year, can I avoid
them taking twenty weeks paid Uh, I'm just curious.
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Well, yeah, I mean I think you can, but you're
still gonna have to hire other employees.
Speaker 8 (33:08):
Yeah, And I guarantee you if they find out that's
the reason you did it, you're gonna get a call
from Keith Ellison.
Speaker 4 (33:13):
Actually yeah, and Secretary of State and uh yeah, defens So.
Speaker 3 (33:18):
Friend of the show, k W again, we disagree, you know,
a lot on politics, but he's rational in his commentary,
unlike other foes of the show.
Speaker 14 (33:27):
Good morning, this is kW Punt the Bay City of Minneapolis.
I'm hearing a lot of misinformation about Paid Lead. The
max salary from the paid Lead program is one thousand,
four hundred and twenty three per week. The maximum deduction
then employee can pay is fourteen thou ninety cents per week.
Once you go on paid Lead, your employer and a
long page you it's come from the Minister State of Minnesota.
(33:47):
Man plus does a vigorous application process, but.
Speaker 4 (33:51):
It is a benefit.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Man, it's going to be tough.
Speaker 4 (33:54):
It's going to be tough. Bye.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Rigorous, rigorous.
Speaker 8 (33:58):
Yeah, listen, what's been rigorous about any program that you
applied for in Minnesota?
Speaker 2 (34:02):
That was like, it's like a pinky promise.
Speaker 4 (34:06):
So so let me let me. Let me just explain
something to people during COVID. Okay, when they increase the
criteria for who could apply for unemployment, technically I could
have stayed on unemployment while I still was an insurance
agent because I didn't have to be an insurance agent
and I could still drive lift. And if again, without
(34:26):
breaking the law, I could have maximized an unemployment insurance
because I couldn't drive lift. Technically I qualified as saying like, hey,
because of COVID, I can't drive lyft, even though I
literally could have. But I could say this is what
my average earnings would be because I got all qualified
because I was like, you know what, maybe I might
(34:47):
need this. I never needed it, thankfully. But if again,
if I did not have scruples, I could have just
gained the system and not committed fraud.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
Speaking of fraud, as we mentioned, we'll talk about this
on the Monday Show ten thirty. This morning, Governor Tim
Walls is going to be holding his press conference wherein
he's announcing a new state wide fraud prevention program. Yeah,
I'm also here to announce even though nobody's heard this yet,
you're going to hear it here. First, the new director
(35:19):
of Program Integrity is none other than ak Kamaras everybody congratulates.
Speaker 7 (35:24):
Wow, add that to the resume.
Speaker 4 (35:27):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
That not true.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
That's not true at all, Soft business card, that's not true, and.
Speaker 4 (35:31):
I'm going to fix the frauds.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
In the in the slightest so we'll we'll certainly be
talking about whatever Governor Tim Walls is planning on announcing
this morning to take the attention off of the fraud
that's been dominating the headlines. It still dominates the headlines.
I don't know how many interviews you know you've done.
Speaker 4 (35:50):
I've done none. You haven't done anything. I think there's
something about me. I don't know what everyone in their
gramma is getting national interviews. I've gotten nothing thing.
Speaker 8 (36:00):
But I still love all of the supports because your
name is Abdulahamara.
Speaker 4 (36:04):
Every day listeners that I run through all the time.
All right.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
Representative Max Rymer, thank you, sir.
Speaker 8 (36:09):
Thank you everyone. Have a wonderful Christmas. We'll see you
after the new year.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Grace Kating, thank you for joining us on Fridays. We
really appreciate an American Experiment podcast every Tuesday. And I
hope you and everybody in American Experiment and you and
your family have yourself a fantastic Christmas.
Speaker 7 (36:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (36:26):
I enjoy the Christmas holiday festive season, the most wonderful
time of the year.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Businessman RNC Committee Man Ak Kamara. Where can people find
your musings online?
Speaker 4 (36:35):
My friend at real ak Kamara and you guys have
a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Speaker 3 (36:41):
Dam Merry Christmas. Thank you so much. It's really fantastic
working with you. That was an absolutely wonderful gift. I
know you're out next week, so I'll see you. See
you after the first of the year, See you next year. Man,
you missed any portion of the podcast, be sure to
get caught up on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (36:55):
Those be posted shortly.
Speaker 7 (36:56):
Talk to you Monday.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
Bye.
ELM, Minneapolis, Like, are we legally I don't.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
I shouldn't be asking this question live on the air,
But you think I've been doing this long enough I
would know.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
But I think we will legally allowed to drink alcohol
on the air.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Oh yeah, friend of the show Pat left cookies and
I didn't realize that.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
How would you know?
Speaker 4 (00:20):
Because I know, oh for sure, no guaranteed. Because when
you were telling me the story right about like there
was something that you did when you were a rock
chock right about drinking, and then it brought me to
another story of someone getting hammered. But you know what
the sister station right, they had like a contest and
(00:41):
they had a breathalyzer that they were disoweeded.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
That's what I did when I was a kid.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Yeah, so that's why I think it's legal unless you
have to get a specific license.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
Poll.
Speaker 6 (00:48):
Do you know the real reason why? It's because Ak
has been coming in with the bottle of lean every Friday.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
Even know, Man, of course you can do this.
Speaker 7 (00:55):
It's just all like a cover.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
But I mean you're at the energy drink man, I'm
on that lean dog.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Twin Cities News Talk sixty five one carpet plus next
day install studios. John Justice sam is in the master
control booth. We do have a k Kamara Grace Keating,
Max Rhymer in studio and friend of the show Pat
Is she does every year. She bought brought two big
tupperware containers filled with homemade cookies, so we have some
in studio.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I shared some of the breakroom and.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Then there was a little box and it had a tiny,
tiny like mason jar with with a with a brownish liquid.
I didn't know what it was, and I pulled it
out and Grace saw it. I didn't.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I didn't look at the time.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I was in the middle right before the show started,
and so I during the break I was like, oh,
it's roalm, It's really it's really different.
Speaker 8 (01:40):
It's that it was just the average water in Minnesota,
like one.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
We can metabolize that. We're going to be perfectly fun.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, this is it smelled. It smelled pretty strong. Just
I just smelled it.
Speaker 7 (01:54):
I wait, what is it?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Though? It's wrong?
Speaker 4 (01:58):
It is wrong.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Yeah, ziom little hair of the dog.
Speaker 7 (02:02):
There go there you go.
Speaker 9 (02:05):
This came in, Hey, John, Yeah, I tried your ding
Dong milk soap thing.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
You are a sick man.
Speaker 7 (02:18):
It's not like anything about that talking your ding dong
milk silk thing. I didn't know you were into that, John.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, So you take.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
You got your ding dongs, guys, ding dong dong.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
We don't have any milk.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
So you take your ding dong and it's covered in
that in that chocolate shell.
Speaker 7 (02:34):
Oh okay, not that one.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
So you bite a little bit off to you bite
a little bit off to expose the cake.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
You dunk it in a glass of milk.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
You wait for the cake to absorb the milk, and
then you take a bite out of it.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
I can see this, or let me ask you this.
Hit it in the mic for like ten seconds. Oh
that might be uh yeah a second, not too long,
you know, want to like boil it, but just nice
and soften it up.
Speaker 8 (03:04):
Man, there's so much preservatives in this thing that you
put in the microwave and epa real something grows out
of this, like a little human grows.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Listen, my wife was the one who provided us these
ding dongs, and I'm just gonna say up front, not
my wife not a fan of a melted ding dong.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I just want to keep it firm.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Shells on there for a reason, just want to just
want to keep it.
Speaker 9 (03:29):
Sam mack grays Ak Happy Freedom Friday. Yeah yeah, so
I thought the trans Thing was losing momentum, but I
keep hearing these ads for Trans Siberian Orchestra. Who's got
the time to teach gender confused huskies how to play spring?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Great dog.
Speaker 9 (03:50):
Kudos to those pooches though they sound pretty.
Speaker 7 (03:52):
Good, stunning and brave.
Speaker 8 (03:54):
We got to do something about the Trans Siberian Orchestra,
Like I feel.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Like you can start that spoof on mine and you
would fool so many boomers.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
You know, if if if they don't come out, like
if they don't come out on stage, you know, cross dressing,
they've really missed an opportunity. Yeah, yeah, I just I hadn't.
I didn't listen to the talkback. Would have been fine
at trans Thing. Trans Siberian Orchestra done, but like you're right,
he wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
He went he went all in on that.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
And I will say, like shout out to Transhaberian Orchestra.
They put on an amazing show. They got flames. Anytime
you have pyrotechnics mixed and anything automatic winner, it's 's incredible,
Like remember Game of Thrones when they're traveling and they
were doing like the theme song from Game of Thrones
and there was just fire like done. Sign me up?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
All right, let's go here.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
I got this email, Mindy writes in talking paid family
medical leaf, here's the situation in my area ISS, She writes,
there's a county worker that I know that is expecting
a new member into the family. Though I'm happy for them,
I am upset at how this is playing out. You see, first,
(05:01):
they saved all their sick and vacation days, so they've
been off the entire month of December. On January first,
the paid sick leave will start and we will not
see this staff member until late May.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
But wait, wow, there's more. Now.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
The employee that's been hired to cover the county position
that needs to be filled will be working until June first.
This employee has stated that they will then be taking
twenty weeks off before going back to their normal position
in the county. Two taxpayer county salaries ninety percent less work.
Speaker 8 (05:46):
So when you get your property tax bill, understand this
is what it is funding. It is not funding critical services,
It is not funding additional staff who actually.
Speaker 7 (05:57):
Are doing more work.
Speaker 8 (05:59):
Literally, the cost of running a city, a municipality, a
school is going up because of situations just like this.
This is one county. It's happening. I would contend in
every county in Minnesota.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Because listen, when these systems are created, and this is
one of the biggest critiques I have. It's fun sometimes
to dunk on the somalis like for real, it is
because especially like Ilhanomar getting so fired up or whatever.
But at the end of the day, it's incumbent upon
the Democrats that are in charge or whatever party is
in charge that crazy systems. To understand that you have
(06:35):
to put in guardrails. But you're right, this is going
to be Hey, they created this system, and you're an
idiot if you don't take advantage of it. And I'm
not saying break the law, but I'm just saying, if
you just study what this program offers and you maximize
those efforts, you're dumb if you don't, because your taxpayer
dollars have to go to it. Anyways. So, like you said, Max,
(06:57):
this is going to put so much additional on counties
all across the state. But it's by design, man, It
really honestly is, and I'm not even saying that the fraud.
I think that that's the second secondary conversation to have.
But it's designed for people to take advantage of and
you're kind of a sucker if you don't.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
And it's going to be paid for, you know, in
part by individuals. And I'll speak for me like myself,
like I can't opt out, but I would never take
this time off.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
No, the nature of what I do, it wouldn't be right.
Speaker 7 (07:27):
You wouldn't have a job at the end event.
Speaker 10 (07:28):
No.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Well, for first off, they wouldn't be able to fire
me right when I got back.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
If they did, you could write.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Then I could sue.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
But at the same time, I mean, what kind of
relationship does that you know, what kind of relationship stems
with iHeart?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
What does that do for you know, the listeners of
the show?
Speaker 3 (07:47):
So to your point, you know, I would never go
and take this, and yet I'm going to have to
pay for it. And if you make one hundred thousand
dollars a year, you're going to lose about eight hundred
dollars per year. Oh yeah, you can basically sort of
work around you work work around how much money you
make and based off of how much money you've got
to pay pay a year, I got another one for you.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Cicero, MN friend of the show head wrote.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
Great, great account. You definitely got to follow it.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Minnesota paid leave law was written by idiots. As a
one man LLC.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I could claim a back injury collected ninety percent of
my income up to four and thirty three dollars per week.
Then I can apply for a three thousand dollars state
grant and say that I'm using the money to learn
about the new law. Yeah, Minnesota Paid Lead Programs offers
small employers thirty or fewer employees a grant of up
(08:38):
to three grand per employee to cover costs of hiring
tempts or paying extra staff, covering for someone on leave,
helping manage expenses like training, or increased wages for backfill
with applications managed through the deed grants management this it's
every single time you sort of unpack a new layer
(08:59):
on this it is I hope that this ends up
becoming like one of the number one conversations during the
legislative session. Max with whatever it can be done moving forward.
Once this thing is is in play and you guys
get back to work.
Speaker 7 (09:11):
And people need to know.
Speaker 8 (09:12):
During the Trifecta, which I was not a legislator during
the trifecta, but during the trifecta when this issue was
being debated, every single issue you are hearing about now,
every single situation, every single guardrail that could be put
in place during the time where the law crafting was
happening was discussed. Everything was brought up, Every situation was
(09:37):
brought up, and the DFL ramrotted this thing. They've already
heard about these potential scenarios, and they still said, we
don't care. We don't care about small business, we don't
care about the people who are paying property taxes. We're
just going to do the stated goal of what we
set out to do, without any nuance, without any feedback.
(09:58):
I'm just telling you every issue that you've heard about
on this show and you'll continue to hear about into
the new year, it's already been brought up. They already
know about the potential pitfalls.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
And what's so crazy is that, you know, as this
national spotlight has been shown on Minnesota about the fraud,
it can be sometimes a little bit frustrating as someone
who has been having these conversations and creating content. But
I remember putting out a bunch of videos during the
trifecta from committee sessions talking about all of these different
(10:30):
programs that we're going to be right for fraud. But
I'll take it a step further when it comes to
Cicero's account his post, you don't even have to fake
a back injury my knee, I write meniscus. If I
went right now to summon orthopedic, I could probably be
approved to have surgery. I just tough through it because
I'm a man and I'm you know whatever. But at
the end of the day, you don't even have to
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commit fraud. And that's the problem with this program is
you can just be like, oh, I've had this really
really nagging back injury called just being a human being.
But now I can just really lean into it, you
know what I'm saying. And I think that that is
how the program is designed. It's a redistribution of wealth.
And like I said, we got scruples on the right.
But part of me questions should I or am I
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a sucker for not taking advantage of a program that's
going to be abused by people that have no scruples.
Speaker 11 (11:21):
It's all part of this diseased culture. We have now
of people putting themselves first in every situation and wanting
to milk every system for as much as they can
get out of it, with no thought of how it's
going to impact the people around you. Whether it's fair
it is, this is a cultural problem.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
The program itself is.
Speaker 11 (11:42):
Bad, but it speaks to just an absolute disease in
the way we as a society are functioning right now,
especially in Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
We're going to get to more on paid family leave.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
They got emails Rolling in Justice at iHeartRadio dot com
talkbacks as well, brought to you by Lyndall Realty from
iHeartRadio app and so we will do that next.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Do not go anywhere.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
We have Max a Ak and Grace joining me John
Justice here in the studio along with Sam in the
Master Control booth here on her Freedom Friday. It's Twin
Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh three
five FM.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Oh those poor people.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
You're starting your day with John Justice from the sixty
five to one Carpas plus Pome of the Next Day
Installs Studios on Twin Cities These Talk Am eleven thirty
FM one O three point five AD on the free
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Speaker 3 (12:33):
My happiness lives in an hoa run by a fascist.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Catherine's here in spirit this morning.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
I as a heterosexual male like the smell.
Speaker 8 (12:46):
Of women, white liberal socialist crowd.
Speaker 11 (12:51):
I don't know how any of you guys reached adulthood.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Twin Cities News Talk.
Speaker 7 (12:55):
That's the greatest hits right there.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
I don't even I don't even guys here.
Speaker 8 (13:00):
Yeah, John's just going to talk to the robots here
from now on and even need you from the six
five one carpet plus next day install studios here on
Twin City's News Talk talking paid family medical leads.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Get to a field of your talkbacks. Have some amazing
emails that have rolled in as well.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Good morning, John, I just heard you say that that
statement about the one man LLC that would be me.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
So you're telling me that I could apply for this
and you.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
Get a three thousand dollars grant. Hmmm, Hawaii here we come.
Speaker 8 (13:32):
This is going to be He's going to go learn
about the program on the beach.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
Yeah, Kawaii is very very conducive to me learning. So
this is just it helps me to soak in more information.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
The lays do that, right, yeah. Yeah, they give them
to you right as you get off the plane. I
here question for.
Speaker 8 (13:49):
Max Rymer, how often do they re evaluate what the
payroll deduction.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Will need to because I have a feeling point eight
eight percent isn't going to last very long.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
No, so I don't quote me on this.
Speaker 8 (14:02):
I believe there's a statutory timeline for the point eight
eight to be there, and then they re evaluate I
believe on a yearly or a buy any basis after that.
So no, you're right, that is absolutely going to increase.
Speaker 12 (14:19):
Great show this morning. John paid family leave scenario. What
do you mine doesn't like his job January first, taking
paid family leave, twenty weeks off, then he comes back
to work, gets fired. It's considered fired without cause, twenty
six weeks of unemployment, almost a year off. Congratulations Walls
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and the Democratic Party.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
I got some emails that rolled and I want to
share with you guys here. Okay, these are incredible. So
I'm gonna leave the names anonymous, just because I don't
want to get anybody in trouble. And sometimes people let
me know and sometimes they don't beave. It hasn't man,
I've been listening to the show discussing the issues. Here's
my own experience. I'm a substitute teacher for a private
school and I was told I must participate in the
program and get zero point forty four percent withheld from
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every paycheck. The problem, though, is twofold, I can't possibly
acquire enough hours to qualify to take advantage of the program.
And more importantly, if subs are available to take advantage
of the program, who will replaced the teachers who are
also taking leave. Yeah, and I was talking about this yesterday, Max,
and I wanted to get your take on it. So
(15:26):
I was told, so you have a teacher, they make
a yearly salary. They get the summer off essentially, right.
I know this other teacher responsibilities, you know, and teachers
are always kind of doing stuff and don't want to
be fair, but they get summer off, but they still
have their salary. If you're a teacher and you take
paid family medical leave right at the end of the
school year, then you can then get paid twenty weeks
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off during the summer, at which time you are already
off of work. So you're getting paid your salary and
you're being paid for that time when you're not actually working.
Speaker 8 (15:58):
At all, and then conceivably, you know that twenty twenty
weeks runs out, then you have the opportunity to apply
to apply for seasonal unemployment insurance, which also got passed
during the trifectas, so conceivably, Like when you and I
see conceivably, right, the nature of these programs, and especially
in Minnesota where we do have so much fraud that
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you want to almost maximize the benefit of the government
programs that you can take advantage of. And that's like
kind of baked into how a lot of people think.
So conceivably, Yeah, you could go from teaching to paid
family medical to then unemployment insurance when that runs out,
and still get a pretty significant portion of your paycheck
throughout that entire period of time.
Speaker 13 (16:44):
Hi, John, regarding the medical lead, Let's say I'm a
senior citizen and I'm at full retirement age. The bar
to get coverage is only thirty nine hundred dollars a year,
So that means I only have to work maybe five
weeks as a full time or ten weeks as a
part timer and get twenty weeks out. And that's not
even fraud, that's just gaming the system. Can imagine how
much money we're going to spend on the seniors and
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other people that are going to just go in and
gain the system aside from the fraud.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
If you're gonna leave a job, I mean, why wouldn't
you just use this to quit?
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Right? People are going to That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Like, so, I know I'm sort of landing all the revelation,
but I just now thought about it. I'm like, oh
my gosh, if you don't have if you don't have
any you know, any sort of pension or anything relating
to that, if you're gonna quit, and you know you're
gonna quit, just align it so you can take paid
family medical leave, get twenty weeks paid off to continue
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with your job as if you're employed, and then when
you get back just quit.
Speaker 8 (17:43):
We'll go for a job hunt during that period of time.
Twenty weeks is a long time to for a job
on top of that madness.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
So so, Grace, you were talking about how we have
this cultural kind of decay that's occurring, and I'll take
it a step further. It's actually acceleerate the decay. Because
if you're a hard nose with scruples individual that works hard,
and you just see story after story of people that
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are extracting value from all of your hard work. At
some point you will take the black pill and you
will say, you know what, I'm going to extract from
the system too, Because if everyone's extracting value and I'm
the sucker that's sitting here putting in all of my
effort and energy, I'm stupid for not extracting value. And
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so we've already had a quiet quitting phenomenon in this country,
especially with Gen z ers and millennials, where they just
like slowly decrease their work while they're doing other things
and they call it quiet quitting. Now this will be
quiet quitting on steroids because thanks to the Internet, I
could probably right now go to groc and ask it
to devise a legal loophole scenario for me to take
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advantage of this program without committing fraud. That doesn't even
touch all all of the fraud that's going to occur.
And that's why I'm saying, like, this system, here's what's
going to happen this market today. Put it in the
history books. The legislature is going to say this program
has been so successful they have drained the coffers. This
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is what Minnesotan's needed, so we must increase how much
we fund and the percentage. That's that's literally what they're
going to do, not realizing or probably realizing that they're
doing this on purpose. So everyone uses and takes advantage
of the system.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Well, and unfortunately, you know, you could you look at
it from an angle, I'm thinking, Okay, to the individuals
that don't go and take advantage of this, to the employer, right,
you become incredibly beneficial. All right, okay, you do right,
you're not taking advantage of the system. You value your job.
You're not putting strain on your boss. So that's you know,
(19:49):
that's better for your longevity. But you're not going to
be able to take the typical advantage that you might
have wherein maybe they decide they're going to give you
more money to take on more of the workload because
the comp and he's not going to have more money
to give you to take on that further workload.
Speaker 4 (20:05):
Yeah, because productivity is going to be damaged. Like this
is the other nefarioest part about this is that economic
output has already been decreasing when they look at how
many hours work versus economic output and that's part of
the whole quiet quittings phenomena. But this is going to
exacerbate that even more.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
I want to get this talkback question answered, and then
we had to take a quick break here on Twin
City's News Talk on a Freedom Friday.
Speaker 7 (20:27):
Hey, John, you confused me.
Speaker 5 (20:29):
My understanding with paid leave is you do not get
your paid salary and the paid leave if you go
on leave, you only get up to ninety percent of
your pay.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Your employer is not paying you over those twenty weeks.
Speaker 8 (20:43):
Also, if I'm wrong, please.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Let me know. Well.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
No, but what I was referring to, given the dynamics
of a teacher, you have built in time off that
you were already taking. Therefore, typically you would have your salary,
then you have your summer time off before you go
back to work. In a teacher, because of that built
in time, that built in time that you already have
off with paid family medical leave, you will now get
paid on top of your salary even though you're already
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off of work.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
I'm correcting this.
Speaker 8 (21:11):
Yeah, it has less to do with getting net paid
more and more to do with times you're not working anyway.
But regardless, what stands with a teacher scenario is that
that unemployment insurance is another benefit that you will get
paid something that you would not have gotten paid otherwise.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
All right, we'll get to more of your talkbacks coming up.
We have your talk back of the day. I believe
we have Christmas gifts that we'll be joining us in studio.
I have no idea what they are from Sam, but
we will find out. Also in the time permitting, both
Grace and Aka had a chance to travel to what
Jesse Kelly previously refers to as the Imperial City.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
I smell the swamp still radiating Washington, DC. That's weed.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
That's weird.
Speaker 7 (21:54):
That was a smelly city.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
No, that was rum in the bag from that. There
was no marijuana as far as I as far as
I know, I need to go.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Look dark speaker.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
It's so festive. I look around the room. People are
just home bunching on oh, lunching on Christmas cookies. The
rum is not empty, by the way, I just want
to point that out, it is not. Unfortunately, taking that
home with me. Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty
one oh three five FM from the sixty five to
one Carpet plus Next Day install Studios in the Final
(22:28):
Freedom Friday of twenty twenty five. I will be here
next week, but I am off next Friday. So here
for the Final Freedom Friday, we have representative Max Rymer,
we have ak Kamara, RNC Committeemen and business owner Grace
Keaty from American Experiment and an American Experiment podcast every Tuesday
with Catherine Johnson. I believe we have show Christmas gifts
(22:50):
from Sam and the Master Control Booth that we'll get
to here in just a moment.
Speaker 4 (22:55):
I'm excited.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
First off, though many people are discovering I'm so pleased
the many nightgummies. They've made all the difference in my sleep.
And I'm sure you can be able to tell on
the quality of the show that you listen every single
morning m I N N E L e a f
dot com. They also bring you your talk back of
the day and it was a pretty pretty easy win
this morning for Talkback of the Day.
Speaker 9 (23:16):
Good morning, John, Sam, Max Grays aka Happy Freedom Friday.
So I thought the trans thing was losing momentum. I
keep hearing these ads for Trans Siberian Orchestra. Who's got
the time to teach gender confused huskies?
Speaker 4 (23:33):
How to play stringed instruments. Come on, is Lee, thank
you behind this.
Speaker 9 (23:38):
Kudos to those pooches though they sound pretty good.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
There were layers, there were there were layer upon layers.
It's a work of art as a whole production.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
In that talk back of the day brought to you
by Minni Leaf, M I N N E L e
A f dot com. Now, those that assist me on
a daily basis here on the show, they know me
very well. Like Sam, for instance, me a text being like, look,
I got a big ask for you. I just need
a few minutes on the show Friday, right. If you
say no, that's okay. But I got a big ass
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because they know how controlling I am on the show.
But of course it's a Christmas season. Apparently he has
a gift for me that is a gift for the
show that he's very excited to share. So with that,
I pass it to you, the man behind the glass
and studio next door, Sam, what is the what do
you have for us?
Speaker 2 (24:25):
As John?
Speaker 6 (24:27):
It was a little bit of a stretch to call
the gift for the show. I just knew you wouldn't
let me do it.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
For you if I told you.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
They know me.
Speaker 6 (24:34):
But I actually dropped it John on the button bar.
It's the red button see and I will let you
play your own Christmas gift.
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Okay, when you're ready, How you.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Doing the old Bard? So good to see it. Hi's
John Billed. It's an honor to be here from MC
gallex say far far away on behalf of Sam to
wish you and your wonderful family, Linda, Logan and Kyle
a very merry Chris. Sam tells me you're an avid
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Star Wars fan and a big fan of mine in particular. Well,
let me tell you that feelings mutual, my friend. Anyone
holding down a political talk show in the Twin Cities
Galaxy has got to have some real Lando keilrithi in
charm and a whole lot of swagger. So this holiday season,
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I want you and your family to fire up that hyperdrive,
gather around the Millennium falcon and let the forts bind
you all together in peace, laughter, and oh, merry Christmas
to you Belinda, Logan and Clid and may the Force
be with you all the way.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
How in the world did you get Billy d Williams.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
That was awesome man to record.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
That, Like I was telling Melinda last night.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
I had no idea what to expect, completely tempering my expectations.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
And never in a million years.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
No offense to you, but I believe that somebody could
deliver on that promise.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
That was spectacular. How in the world did you get
hooked up with Billy.
Speaker 6 (26:19):
Don't he's Santa? Santa came through pretty strong this year.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
It are you gonna tell you? Tell us?
Speaker 4 (26:31):
It was a cameo?
Speaker 7 (26:33):
I think, Wow, all I got was a ding dong
that was incredible.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
No, listen, I got absolutely gone and I got some
pretzel peppermint bark from Missus Justice. So thank you.
Speaker 6 (26:48):
By the way, Melinda did make these pretzels, their little
gingerbread man pretzels that are covered in a bunch of deliciousness.
So if any of you don't want them, I will
eat them because I'm almost through my entire bag.
Speaker 4 (26:59):
I've this whole thing to mine. Mine's peppermint and shout
out to Smoop because she loves peppermint. I'm not a
big mint fan, but uh I know the Schmoopy the
Vali view.
Speaker 7 (27:09):
So John, for our audience, who was that?
Speaker 3 (27:11):
So it was Billy Day, williams Lando Star Wars yea
Star Wars.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Yeah, I probably should have because I didn't know.
Speaker 7 (27:18):
You know, I quickly googled it.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Well, looking at the video right now, I'm.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Looking forward to to hanging on to this Sam. So
that was incredibly kind of you. That is that's truly awesome,
truly awesome.
Speaker 6 (27:29):
And I put I'll put the audio in there too,
So if you want to cut it up or anything, sure, I'll.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Let you do what you want with him. That is no,
that spectacular. Thank you so much, man, that's awesome. I
appreciate it. My wife is even like, oh my goodness.
If you spent any time on social media in November,
you may have noticed that Americans put up their Christmas
decorations early this year.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
This is article is a little bit old, but it
fits right now.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
First, Lady Malania Trump joined the ranks of these early decorators.
This was a couple of weeks back when she received
the White House Christmas tree in a festive celebration.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
However, while she was.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
Praised for her impeccable White House Christmas decorations and did
end up breaking a lot of individuals online who apparently
liked whatever the heck the Bidens were doing every single
year for Christmas the videos, the compilation videos online between
this year and last year, such a stark difference. But
both Grace and Ak you guys had traveled to Washington, DC. No, Grace,
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why did you go again?
Speaker 11 (28:26):
I went to go see the National Christmas Tree Lighting
ceremony at the Ellipse in front of the White House
on a line, very beautiful, very cold, quite an array
of people. There's so President Trump spoke and Milania you know,
literally flipped the switch and lit up the tree.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
But Pete Hagseth was there.
Speaker 11 (28:46):
He got a big round of applause from the crowd,
and Vance was there.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
It was pretty.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Fund It meets your expectations. Have you been there before
and been in that to those types of festivities before?
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Is that your first time? I had never done something
like that.
Speaker 11 (28:57):
I had not even been to d C my eighth
grade class trips. So I got to, you know, actually
experience the museums and the monuments as an adult. So
that was very, very fun. I'd also just read Killing
Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly, so did the Ford's theater tour
and all that sort of thing, so it's very fun.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
It's as I know, there's a lot of people here
obviously in the room that have been to Washington, d C.
I don't know what it's like for you guys, but
it's always it's always a weird experience going there, especially
being individuals that cover what takes place there on a dayly,
on almost daily basis. Just being there where it happens,
the vibe is very different.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
It's very strange at least.
Speaker 7 (29:37):
Fue unique it is.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
It's just it has its own apart from the historical
nature of it, and it's just being Washington, d C.
The nature of what we do and knowing like this
is where so much of this happens, especially when you
get near the Capitol. It's always a surreal experience every
time I've I've been there. Now you got to go
even even deeper into the into d C.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
Yes, deeper into the belly of the beast, into the swamp.
Speaker 11 (30:01):
No.
Speaker 4 (30:01):
So, obviously I'm a Republican National Committee member, and every
year when the president is held by a Republican they
will have a Christmas party either at the White House.
Typically at the White House, but because of the construction
going on on the West Wing, there just really wasn't
enough room. So last night was the White House Christmas
party where all of the donors, beautiful people go and
then they squeeze US R and C members in because
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they're like, you're not donors, you're not famous celebrities, but
to do a service to this country. But because of
that condensed space, they're like, what if we just throw
a Christmas party at the Vice president's residence, And thankfully
the RNC said, yeah, that sounds great. So it was
a pretty small gathering, like maybe three hundred people. But
the coolest part about it is that President Trump crashed
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the party, so we had no idea it was going
to be there. It was an amazing event to be
able to just again you hear from Vice President Vans
and the first second lady, I should say Usha, but
she didn't really speak. She just kind of stood there.
And then President Trump came in, you know how he does,
and just riffed for like an hour and twenty minutes.
He was supposed to talk for like ten and then
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we were gonna like take pictures with Vice President all that,
but he came in and he just was going hamm.
He was cracking jokes. Because in that area that's right
next to the Vice President's residence was basically set up
for us for this Christmas event, right, and so it
had a glass ceiling, and President Trump was like, I
was gonna put a glass ceiling in the in the ballroom,
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and then I decided against it, but now I'm thinking
I'm gonna do it again. And then Marine one came
by because he had to go to Pennsylvania after and
when they were flying, he was looking around and I was like, oh,
maybe I don't like the glass ceiling so much, and
he's like starting to get this tingling sensation on the
right side of my head by my ear. So it
was just funny because he's like joking about his assassination
and having a glass ceiling.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
Man.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
But no, it was fantastic. I will say this though,
that the feeling that I get when I'm in DC,
it's like, this is where this country was birthed in
a certain way, shape and form, and I get that.
You know, when we were finding you know, the founding
of the Constitution didn't take place in DC, but specifically,
as you know, the First Continental Congress is getting together
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and then as they started to build and layer out
all of these amazing monuments, like this is what we
have as a country. You go to Greece or you
go to England, you know they've got their thousands of
year old buildings and all that stuff. We don't have
any of that. So that's kind of their reverence that
I feel is like, oh yeah, man, this is where
where it all started. Plus I'm a freemason, and so
I'm always like looking for like the little like masonry
(32:34):
symbols on stuff, because now that I know that they're
all over the place, it's kind of cool too. So yeah,
that was awesome man, And shout out to the R
and C for putting on a great, great week.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
What a spike.
Speaker 3 (32:45):
In a couple of talkbacks questions, we were talking paid
timely medical leave and we have some time to answer these.
Speaker 10 (32:51):
Hey guys, good talking about this paid family leave question.
If I'm an employer, if I fire people on my
staff before the end of the year, can I avoid
them taking twenty weeks paid Uh, I'm just curious.
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Well, yeah, I mean I think you can, but you're
still gonna have to hire other employees.
Speaker 8 (33:08):
Yeah, And I guarantee you if they find out that's
the reason you did it, you're gonna get a call
from Keith Ellison.
Speaker 4 (33:13):
Actually yeah, and Secretary of State and uh yeah, defens So.
Speaker 3 (33:18):
Friend of the show, k W again, we disagree, you know,
a lot on politics, but he's rational in his commentary,
unlike other foes of the show.
Speaker 14 (33:27):
Good morning, this is kW Punt the Bay City of Minneapolis.
I'm hearing a lot of misinformation about Paid Lead. The
max salary from the paid Lead program is one thousand,
four hundred and twenty three per week. The maximum deduction
then employee can pay is fourteen thou ninety cents per week.
Once you go on paid Lead, your employer and a
long page you it's come from the Minister State of Minnesota.
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Man plus does a vigorous application process, but.
Speaker 4 (33:51):
It is a benefit.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Man, it's going to be tough.
Speaker 4 (33:54):
It's going to be tough. Bye.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Rigorous, rigorous.
Speaker 8 (33:58):
Yeah, listen, what's been rigorous about any program that you
applied for in Minnesota?
Speaker 2 (34:02):
That was like, it's like a pinky promise.
Speaker 4 (34:06):
So so let me let me. Let me just explain
something to people during COVID. Okay, when they increase the
criteria for who could apply for unemployment, technically I could
have stayed on unemployment while I still was an insurance
agent because I didn't have to be an insurance agent
and I could still drive lift. And if again, without
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breaking the law, I could have maximized an unemployment insurance
because I couldn't drive lift. Technically I qualified as saying like, hey,
because of COVID, I can't drive lyft, even though I
literally could have. But I could say this is what
my average earnings would be because I got all qualified
because I was like, you know what, maybe I might
(34:47):
need this. I never needed it, thankfully. But if again,
if I did not have scruples, I could have just
gained the system and not committed fraud.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
Speaking of fraud, as we mentioned, we'll talk about this
on the Monday Show ten thirty. This morning, Governor Tim
Walls is going to be holding his press conference wherein
he's announcing a new state wide fraud prevention program. Yeah,
I'm also here to announce even though nobody's heard this yet,
you're going to hear it here. First, the new director
(35:19):
of Program Integrity is none other than ak Kamaras everybody congratulates.
Speaker 7 (35:24):
Wow, add that to the resume.
Speaker 4 (35:27):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
That not true.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
That's not true at all, Soft business card, that's not true, and.
Speaker 4 (35:31):
I'm going to fix the frauds.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
In the in the slightest so we'll we'll certainly be
talking about whatever Governor Tim Walls is planning on announcing
this morning to take the attention off of the fraud
that's been dominating the headlines. It still dominates the headlines.
I don't know how many interviews you know you've done.
Speaker 4 (35:50):
I've done none. You haven't done anything. I think there's
something about me. I don't know what everyone in their
gramma is getting national interviews. I've gotten nothing thing.
Speaker 8 (36:00):
But I still love all of the supports because your
name is Abdulahamara.
Speaker 4 (36:04):
Every day listeners that I run through all the time.
All right.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
Representative Max Rymer, thank you, sir.
Speaker 8 (36:09):
Thank you everyone. Have a wonderful Christmas. We'll see you
after the new year.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Grace Kating, thank you for joining us on Fridays. We
really appreciate an American Experiment podcast every Tuesday. And I
hope you and everybody in American Experiment and you and
your family have yourself a fantastic Christmas.
Speaker 7 (36:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (36:26):
I enjoy the Christmas holiday festive season, the most wonderful
time of the year.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Businessman RNC Committee Man Ak Kamara. Where can people find
your musings online?
Speaker 4 (36:35):
My friend at real ak Kamara and you guys have
a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Speaker 3 (36:41):
Dam Merry Christmas. Thank you so much. It's really fantastic
working with you. That was an absolutely wonderful gift. I
know you're out next week, so I'll see you. See
you after the first of the year, See you next year. Man,
you missed any portion of the podcast, be sure to
get caught up on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (36:55):
Those be posted shortly.
Speaker 7 (36:56):
Talk to you Monday.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
Bye.
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