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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
How can we help folks who are suffering to one
of the coldest winners in decades.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Get rid of the public benefits charge on our ever
source bills. No was he not asking, because if I
was at the State of the State, I would have
been like, I know, I know that public benefits charge.
You actually said too two years ago, you're going to
do away with that? Is that one of the ways.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Facing enormous heating bills, not to mention inflationary food and housing. Well,
thanks largely to seven very volatile AI artificial intelligence stocks,
the so called Magnificent Seven, our streaky capital gains revenue
is very strong for this year. That said, I propose

(00:50):
sending each and every one of you and energy rebate
two hundred dollars per person or four hundred dollars per
a family to help you and your face family managed
through these tough times.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
I pledged to buy your vote because this wasn't in
last year's State of the State, the one before or
the one before that also two hundred dollars eight four
four nine, sixty fourteen ten. What's your electricity bill? One
month you got your January electricity bill. I want to

(01:27):
hear what is it? Two hundred dollars or is it?
Holy col I'm gonna get into that a second. Let's
crab a quick phone call right now again. Eight four
four nine sixty fourteen ten. Good morning, Welcome to the show.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
Benny, Mike from Branford. How are you, my man?

Speaker 2 (01:42):
What's up?

Speaker 3 (01:43):
Not much? I gotta be honest with you, Ben, you
can't take very audacious? Audacious?

Speaker 2 (01:50):
What is the.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
Guy's been the guy team and he's been robbing off
for two years. Yeah, and he's gonna give me two
hundred dollars back? How much money have you spent in
the public tent? I didn't vote for that, Oh I could.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
I almost wish the guy who uncovered it didn't. I
almost wish I didn't know. I mean, it's right there.
We just were. You know, we're hustling, we're working, we're
paying our bills. I wish I didn't know about it.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
I don't know how anybody in this state, I don't
care whether you're a Republican or Democrat, can't feel as
though that every month when that thing appears on their
bill that nobody voted for. Yeah, okay, no one had
to say it. How are they not thinking that somebody's
robbing them. They're stealing money from you. They decided, the

(02:37):
governor decided during COVID that no one's you know what
it was. It was a state of emergency whatever whatever
it was that they did where nobody can turn no
one's electric it burned off. And then when it was
also they decided to do it. Then it was all
said and done. All right, now you guys are gonna
pay for it.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah, that's basically what it was. Yeah, that's it. Yeah,
we're gonna to help out those who couldn't afford their
utility bills. And we had no say and being the
generous folks, you.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
Know, we already I'm a sympathetic person. We already do
our tax dollars help people that can't affort stuff.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Sure, let me ask you where to do that, Mike,
let me ask you. It's February fifth, did you get
your January your electricity bill? And what was you know what?

Speaker 3 (03:25):
I might not have to be looked at the email.
I couldn't tell you and be honest what my public
benefit was.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
No, No, I want to know your actual bill for
you know what he's going to give us. He's giving you.
Mike from Branford two hundred dollars he's given.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
Well, my electric bill is going to be more than
two hundred dollars. I mean I have gas, I have
gas eat, so you know my gas bill offense at
this time of the year. Yeah. Yeah, But my on
a good month, my my electric bill now is two
hundred dollars on a good month. It used to be
one hundred dollars.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
Yes,