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Oh back damn all right, all right, good evening, America
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coming to you, streaming, not screaming, from San Bernardino, California.
This is the show where we talk, where we reason. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. Well,
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what a night tonight? In the news tonight, some fool
has gone ensued the biggest law firm in the United
States and accused them of collusion with the Trump administration.
Some darnfool has made a state bar complaint against Latham
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and Watkins. Lathan and wat Comes one of the biggest
law firms in America, with over five seven billion dollars
in gross revenue last year. Latham and Watkins that exists
in fourteen countries. In London, Leythan and Watkins has five
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hundred lawyers. Can you imagine five hundred wigs? My goodness
in New York where they don't wear wigs. Well, Rudy
Giuliani being the exception. In New York, Lathan Watkins has
four hundred and fifty lawyers. Together, Lathan and Watkins have
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three thousand, five hundred eighty four lawyers in fourteen countries,
and some darn fool has gone and filed a California
State Bar complaint against them for them being unethical and
entered into a collusive deal with the Trump administration to
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provide pro bono legal services. It's a wonder that they
have any service left to provide. Now. The background on
this at every lawyer in California is required to serve
the poor and deserving in this state, and we do
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it for nothing, for free. Many attorneys and many firms,
including Latham and Watkins, used to put in tens, hundreds
or even thousands of hours of pro bone and legal
services to defend the poor and defenseless in this country.
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But now Latham and Watkins seems to have filled up
their calendar with Trump clients. Gee, who could they be?
Maybe the January sixth defendants who have gotten out and
committed more violent crimes in our streets. Maybe some of
the violent bombers and assassins running around this country. With
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lists of Democrats in their pockets. Who does the Trump
administration want them to defend and who will they be
defending against the Trump Justice Department. Isn't that a collusion
when both sides are on the same side. Isn't that
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a trumped up, no pun intended lawsuit. So some fool
has gone and made a complaint against Latham and Watkins.
I guess we'll soon find out who that fool is,
and we'll see if the California State Bar has both
the integrity and the power to speak up. Speak up, California,
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Speak up, California State Bar. All right, tonight's show. As
you know, there's no ranting, there's no raving. I want
to hear reason from you tonight. I want to hear
your opinion, but I want to hear it in a
respectful way. I want to hear it in a decent way.
That's how we come together and reason and see if
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we don't have common ground. I recently traveled the length
and breadth of this country all the way up to
the Canadian border, and it's the first time I've been
through the great plains of this beautiful country on by car.
Have flown over it half a dozen times at least
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in my life and never realized how beautiful the great
plains of this country are. The Indian Country, the Gold Country,
the Black Hills of South Dakota. It's the cornfields, the sorghum,
the cattle ran, the tourist industry, Yellowstone, the Devil's Watchtower.
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This country is magnificent. But even more than the country,
I was impressed by the good people. I stopped in
one little town just for a drink. It's called Faith.
Faith as a population of six hundred people, I believe
it's in South Dakota. Six hundred people. Four churches, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist,
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and who was the other anyway, four churches, six hundred people,
and all the kids in the town were having a
four h rodeo out there. Those horses were looking fine.
Their tails were braided, their manes were braided. The girls
were out practicing. They're roping. The boys were running them
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up and down. The girl barrow racers were magnificent. That's Faith.
That's the heartland of America. And those people, when I
start at ask them about their town, they said, come
on to the radio and see come on over, have
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a drink of sweet tea with us. They didn't know
me from Adam, But I believe that there's more good
people in this world, even if they get lied to
and misguided by politicians, Even if we get fooled, they
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won't be fooled again. That's one thing I learned to
my trip across this country. Well, enough of my rant. Tonight,
our subject to the Big Beautiful Bill, as the administration
likes to call it, but as I call it, the
Big Billionaire's boondoggle. One big beautiful bill. It had to
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get jammed through the Senate, and then it had to
be reconciled over in the House, and they made so
many deals a plate. Houses of Congress looked like a
card room. It was frankly disgusting. It's it's fitting that
they passed it all in the middle of the night,
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when sunshine couldn't shine on it. But sunshine is shining
on it now. Here are some highlights from the Big
Billionaire Boondoggle. If you're on Medicaid, millions of you are
going to lose your coverage. Certain able bodied Americans able
ages nineteen to sixty four are enrolled in Medicaid expansion.
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You're now going to have to work volunteer attend school
or participate in job training at least eighty hours a month.
And that applies to parents of children fourteen and older.
So if you have teenagers at home, you're going to
just leave them unattended. And you know the fact is
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most people are already working and doing this, but now
they're going to have to report it twice a year
and they're going to have to pay up to thirty
five dollars more for certain care. So if you fail
to report that you've done everything right, you're going to
lose your Medicare health coverage. Many enrollees are going to
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face more paperwork and verification. It's going to make harder
to pay for and maintain their benefits. Nearly twelve million Americans,
that's you and me, my friend, will be uninsured in
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twenty thirty four because of these provisions in the bill.
And this is not according to me. This is by
the Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office is nonpartisan.
These people have been in there for years and they
know how to crunch the numbers, and that's what they
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told Congress. And you know, those gutless Republicans who voted
for this, so they wouldn't be attacked by little Donnie.
They said the Congressional Budget Office has been wrong before. Really,
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of course it has. We've all been wrong, but we
haven't been that wrong. We haven't been wrong on every
single aspect of an opinion. But that's their talking point.
That's what they want you to believe. You know, people
need still need help in this country affording food. More
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Americans who receive food stamps are going to have to
work to keep your benefits. That's going to make people
work until they're old age. Now. People enrolled in SNAP
are also going to face changes. Most states are going
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to have to pick up the costs, and many of
them are unable to do so. How do you like
your health adsurance coverage now? You like your Affordable Care Act,
you like your Obamacare, it's the same thing. Well, if
you're looking for coverage now, you're going to have to
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renew it every year or you're going to lose it.
Why do they want to do that? I'll tell you what.
Senators and Congressmen. Don't lose their health insurance if they
fail to renew it every year. I want all Americans
to have the same health plan that the Congress has,
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just because you're not on Medicaid, Obamacare or SNAP, you're
still going to feel some cuts. Hospitals are going to
have to start to close. They cannot plan to say
one day in Maine next year, we're going to close.
They have to phase it out. There our requirements that
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you give employees notice, there are union contracts that have
to be fulfilled. Hospitals are going to be closing very
quickly in most rural many rural areas. State governments are
going to have to pick up the slack right now.
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In California, we're having to slash our budget because we
have a balanced budget requirement. We don't have anymore. California
is lucky. We're a wealthy state. We can raise the revenue.
Others may not be so lucky. Mississippi, Alabama. Go down
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there sometimes, see how lovely it is, beautiful weather, terrible
living conditions. Now we're going to get a tax cut
from the big billionaire bill right well, depends on who
we are. You know, if you got the income tax
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in twenty seventeen that we're going to expire at the
end of the year, all those tax breaks are going
to be included and continued. Near doubling of the standard deduction,
but that's nothing that you're not already getting. So where's
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the increase for you? Well, there might be an income
a larger child tax credit, but the problem with that
is you may not be able to use all the credit.
It's not money put back in your pocket. It's a
credit against what you owe. Senior citizens are going to
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get a temporary tax break. You're going to get sick
one thousand dollars added to your standard deduction from twenty
five through twenty eight, and it's going to phase out
if you make more than seventy five thousand, or couples
with one hundred and fifty thousand. So the way that's
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going to work, if you're on Social Security and earning
another six thousand dollars, that'll be tax exempt. I don't
know many people on Social Security that are earning additional money,
but if you are, you're going to get a tax
break on that. And by the way, the tax break
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was Trump's campaign promise to us to eliminate taxes on
Social Security, eliminate them entirely. Promise is made. Promises shattered.
Thank you, Donnie. How about you with student loans out there,
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you get to see some big changes. There's gonna be
new caps placed on the amount students can borrow and
how much parents can borrow to help their kids. There's
going to be fewer opportunities for deferments or forbearans. There
also be limits on lending for part time students, and
a much more limited set of repayment options, veering away
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from the loan forgiveness programs of the Biden era. Hey,
how about your private colleges? How about Haavad, how about Yeah?
How about been Nah? How about USC? How about standfad
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tax cuts? But everyone who pays taxes will pay less. Generally,
universities in downs, that is, the money that they have
on hand to pay for tuition for eligible students is
tax exempt. But they do pay one point four percent
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from their endowments. This bill jacks up the endowment income
tax to a top rate of eight percent, a four
time at least increase, no, a six time increase eight
percent whose endowments exceed two million per enrolled student. Jihad
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Yale stan Fad Prince done well, I don't have one
of those ties. I didn't go there anyway. I just
had to study for a plain old state college here
in California. Hey, how about you buying a car out there?
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If you buy a new American made car with a loan,
you can get up to ten thousand dollars interest to
be detected from your taxable income, assuming you have ten
thousand dollars left after you buy that fifty eighty thousand
dollars car. Bad news for anybody wanting to buy an
electric vehicle. EV tax credits that used to be seventy
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five hundred dollars were lected by Democrats under President Biden.
That's going to be gone at the end of September.
They had been scheduled to last through twenty thirty two.
How come a new Congress gets to change what an
old Congress already voted in? What makes a new Congress
more powerful than the last Congress or more right? Maybe
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that'll be litigated. Parents, you can get a bigger tax
credit for each of your children, up to twenty two
hundred per kid, up from the t two thousand. Single
parents earning up to two hundred thousand and married couples
earning up to four hundred thousand would qualify. Their Credit's
going to phase out for those with the higher incomes,
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but other parents could lose out on government assistance, since
many of those with children fourteen and older would have
to work to can continue receiving their Medicaid and food stamps.
You know, give it to you with one hand and
take it away for the other. Like mid old Irish
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mother used to say, the rich get rich and the
purgate babies, oh babies, babies will get a net egg
from the government. There's some sort of a scheme out
there where you're going to get a Trump account. You
get a thousand dollars nest egg from the government to
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be invested in an index fund. That's a stock market fund,
so they're forcing you into the market, not necessarily a
good place to be, but then you can add up
to five thousand dollars each year to those accounts, watch
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the interest grow, and no deductions until the child turns eighteen.
Actually it's going to go up to twenty five. Trump
wanted it to be eighteen because basically what he wanted
to do was give everybody a big bonanza when they
turn eighteen and say there's your Trump money, go out
and buy yourself a car and wreck it. Workers who
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receive tips are overtime pair. You're going to get a
temporary tax break. You can deduct up to twenty five
thousand dollars an income from your federal income tax. I'll
tell you what, If you're earning twenty five thousand bucks
in tips, that's what two thousand a month? Roughly, that's
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twenty four two thousand and some change a month. I
guess that's yeah, that's plausible. A car hop in Vegas,
a waitress in Vegas, a good a good cocktail waitress
anywhere anywhere, A good food waitress, food and beverage good.
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Now it phases out with individuals above one hundred and
fifty thousand income and couples with three hundred thousand. But
that's not bad. Here's the problem with that. It's non
taxable income. So if you turn around then and want
to take that money and buy a house, qualify for
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a mortgage, you don't show the income that was disallowed
or that you didn't pay taxes on, So spend it
on dope? What the hell? People planning on solar and
wind tax credits will have to hurry. This speeds up
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the end of tax initiatives for renewable injury energy projects
to twenty twenty seven. Get those solar roofs on. Hey, immigrants,
this bill even picks on the immigrants, limits in eligibility
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for federal benefits, including food Stamp, Medicaid, Affordable Premiums, and
Medicare to a smaller set of non citizens. Yeah, what
the hell, Those Mexicans don't need to eat, they don't
need medical care. Let them die on the street. We
don't care if we catch a disease from them. Measles
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is up in this country like it hasn't been since
measles was eradicated America. Yeah, let them all have diseases.
That includes refugees. Well, Trump told us they're already eating pets.
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You know, victims of domestic violence. You're not gonna get it.
You're not going to qualify. You've been a victim of violence,
sex trafficking, Epstein no longer qualify for benefits, and fees
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are going to be up all over for immigrants, including
fees for asylum, work authorization, humanitarian parole, temporary protected status,
and most immigration court filings. Yeah, statue of liberty standing
there saying give me, you're tired, you're poor, your huddled
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masses yearning to breathe free. You know what she's doing.
She's dropped the book from her left hand. She's reaching
in her pocket, trying to find some change to help
these immigrants out. But the good news is the rich
get rich. Oh boy, they're gonna get richer. They're gonna
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get more and more and more. While most of us
going to see our taxes reduced, some sixty percent of
the benefits are going to go to those making two
hundred and seventeen thousand or more, the top twenty percent.
Is that you congresstulations, you're going to receive an average
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tax cut of twelve thousand, five hundred, or three point
four percent of your after tax income in twenty twenty six.
Good deal. But the lowest income houses that we're in,
about thirty five thousand or less, you can get an
average tax cut of one hundred and fifty bucks. Hey,
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you might be able to take one person to a
Dodger game with a good seat. That's less than one
percent of your after tax income. I'll come ninety percent
get one percent, and the sixty percent top twenty percent
get the rest. Huh, excuse me, I misspoke. Is going
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to be eighty percent of the lower millionaires who lose
your jobs? Terrible news. You'll no longer be able to
able to collect unemployment millionaires. Did you know that a
millionaire can collect unemployment? According to the Congressional Research Service,
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thousands of people who made a million dollars or more
claimed unemployment benefits in twenty one and twenty two, and
this bill puts an end to that.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Gee.
Speaker 9 (32:34):
So what's going to be the net effect of all this,
all these cuts? We ought to be saving money, right,
the country's going to be cheaper to run. There ought
to be prosperity. This ought to reduce the national debt? Right?
What is the national debt? Those are those treasury bills
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that we sell to other countries, and that's what makes
our country run. This bill's going to increase the deficit
by three point three trillion dollars in the next ten years.
It's already thirty six trillion dollars. And who owns the
national debt? Who buys these treasury bills? Well, mom and
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pop in the stock market, do you and I and
tbial funds due? But who's the largest holder of American debt?
Dump dump dump dump dump da da dump dumb dumb
dumb dumb da da Times up. China, Chinese nowhere to
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put their money in a good stable economy. But I'll
tell you what if the Chinese ever decided to sell
all those bonds at once, You're going to hear the
screams of Lady Liberty all the way to San Francisco Bay.
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So that's what's gonna happen with this bill. What's gonna
happen to you out there? What's gonna happen in your area?
What are you concerned about? Give us a call here
at nine oh nine three eight three one thousand and
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oh nine three eight three nine thousand. Let's share what
you have to say. This is case AA ten fifty
AM one oh six point five FM, broadcasting to you
from San Bernardino, California. Okay, we have a caller, we
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have uh uh, who do we have out there? We
have g from northern California, Gina. What's on your mind tonight?
Speaker 11 (35:05):
Well?
Speaker 12 (35:06):
I was certainly listening to what you were saying, and
it made me think that in Mexico, the citizens down
there can go to medical school and become a doctor
for free. So it looks like Mexico beat us on.
Speaker 9 (35:25):
That one, right, yeah, Well, Mexico is a semi socialist
society and they do have free public education. As long
as you keep your grades up and participate, you can
go to medical school, dental school. That's why there's so
many medical Americans go down there for medical care. You're
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absolutely right.
Speaker 12 (35:54):
And I was also thinking about the egg price fixing
that a jury found four main producers of egg companies
egg companies that produced eggs found them guilty for price
sixteen in twenty twenty three. And it was a suit
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brought on by Craft and Kellogg's company because they had
to pay more for eggs too, and so they won
fifty three million dollars and the price fixing was accused
of violating the antitrust laws.
Speaker 9 (36:39):
Where where did that find? Many go jets? Do you
have any idea?
Speaker 12 (36:44):
I think it was. It seemed to be that it
was going to go to those particular companies that made
that filed the suit, so basically Craft, Kellogg, they were
talking about, Nestley and General Mill.
Speaker 9 (37:01):
So none of that money was returned to the people
who got gouged for the price.
Speaker 12 (37:05):
Of eggs exactly, just that one company that sued.
Speaker 9 (37:08):
Them and their lawyers. Yes, yeah, yeah, well, there's part
of the problem with this country is I don't mind
these guys having a corporation. I don't mind that they
claim that a corporation is the same as a human
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being and has the rights of free speech. I can
hardly wait until it wants to get married. But what
bothers me is that when they commit the same crime
as a human being, human being goes to jail, these
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corporate officers they go home to their penthouses and their girlfriends.
Seem fair to you, Gina.
Speaker 12 (38:03):
No, certainly not. And I really feel sorry for the
people who, in the election of twenty twenty four voted
with her pocket book because the price of eggs were
too high.
Speaker 9 (38:18):
Yeah, how much did eggs get up to? You know,
I'm a bachelor. I can do or or not do
with eggs. How much were they running around here in
the Inland Empire? Do you know?
Speaker 12 (38:29):
I actually don't know, because I think the last time
I bottom it was.
Speaker 13 (38:33):
For six eggs.
Speaker 12 (38:34):
It was like about five dollars. But that was before
all of this mass happened.
Speaker 9 (38:39):
Wow, well that would make you one great omelet. Huh
m hm, Gina, thank you for calling in. We have
another caller online too. Who do we have online? Two?
What's on your mind tonight?
Speaker 13 (38:57):
Hello there Alan, this danceeor Will?
Speaker 9 (39:00):
Hey, Angela, thank you for calling it? Angela. What's on
your mind tonight? About the mind is.
Speaker 13 (39:07):
To cut the medicaid. I don't know if you've realized that.
Back in nineteen sixty five, on July thirtieth, Linda B.
Johnson signed the legislation to create Medicaid and Medicare. So
it was designed to provide medical assistance to those with
low incomes and limited resources to acting as a station
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net for vulnerable populations, which was a funded by the
federal and state government. So if they cut medicaid, people
need to realize that if they have loved ones, say
like an elderly person or someone who is disable as
a family member, or someone who is a caregiving to
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someone who is disable, what's going to happen to them?
I know I am concerned about, you know, families that
have children or siblings that are disabled and cannot work.
You know, so if you take that away from them,
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how are they going to pay for their medication? And
also what about for instance, the children hospitals like in Loma,
London or the Robin McDonald house. What about families who
are struggling right now for Medicaid and if they cut
back snap, how are they going to survive? Also, I
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read online today that the state of Kansas City, if
they count medicate, it will be a four billion dollars
cut for low income families. And that's not just Democrats,
it's also those who are low income as Republicans. So
what's your sile on it?
Speaker 9 (41:00):
Where was that Angelie that there's going to be that cut?
Speaker 13 (41:05):
They notify that that was in Kansas, the state of Kansas,
and you said that if Medicaid is cut and snapped,
it would be a four billion dollars cut and devastating
for those low income families.
Speaker 9 (41:20):
Just in the state of Kansas. Yes, Holy moly, with
a small, relatively small population.
Speaker 13 (41:29):
Yes, definitely.
Speaker 9 (41:33):
Do you recall what was your what was your source
of information for that?
Speaker 13 (41:38):
That came through on local news break this morning when
they were talking about the Republican House Republican passing they
kept for medicaid. So that's what I saw, you know,
on local news, breaking news on the app that I
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have and you know, continue to try to follow. But
it's not just you know, Democrats it's low income Republicans.
So I don't understand if you have a loved one
or an elderly person that you're taking care of, or
if you're an early person who just lost their loved one,
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how are they going to survive if that loved one
who passed away, health insurance does not cover for you,
how are you going to provide for your medication?
Speaker 9 (42:37):
Well, let them starve in the streets, Angela, what's wrong
with that? That's the way people used to traditionally die.
You know, the government has no duty to save people
that are lazy and can't afford to pay their own
bills and unfortunate enough to get sick. You know, that's
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the thought of these fascists that are in charge. You know,
I won't call Mega anything but what it is, it's
a fascist movement.
Speaker 13 (43:12):
Yes, I could tell you. I've s been a volunteer
for a food distivision and Colton and it's a magimm
steps beyond food Distivision. And we have over three hundred
and thirty six families every single Wednesday and the second
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Wednesday of the mother comes to get food. Majority of
them are elderly, they're veterans, they're trying to hold on
to their homes, or trying to hold on to their vehicles,
or trying to keep food in the house. And it's
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just not just them, but also people have who have
just recently retired, stay from a public employee, department, agencies, county,
or private you know, you know, the late bloomers and
the baby bloomers now were getting older. And for instance,
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for those who had medical coverage while they were working,
some of them can't afford this, so they have to
drop it. So, you know, so in other words, this
bill that was just passed, it has no concern whatsoever
of those who may have worked for over thirty or
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forty years or lost the loved ones and their The
love of intentions does not cover rents or food or
for for other bills. So in other words, we're going
to be the start. So but I can't tell you
for a fact, being a volunteer at a food distribution,
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the majority of those who come to get food are
elderly and veteran, and ayre not just coming from the
communities where we live. They're coming from places like in Pomona, Riverside, Fontana, Rialzo, Stanbardy,
you know, looking you know, to get food to support
at what they're trying to keep at. Everything so expensive.
Speaker 9 (45:23):
Now, Angela, I know exactly what you're talking about. I've
had the privilege of volunteering for an organization called Feeding America,
and basically, they bring us a huge truckload full of
boxes of food and the those eligible, which in our
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in the cases which I've been involved, are senior citizens
on Medicare and in public housing, and we hand them
out this box of food to get through the month.
And I look at the seniors that come through there
(46:10):
and my first word is thank you for coming. And
they're very thankful to us, but I make sure I
tell them thank you for coming and giving me the
opportunity to do this, because they're but for the grace
of God and good fortune go I And I see
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little ladies. I don't know if they're widows or not.
I guess maybe I'm making a presumption that they are.
But they can't be getting much of social security because
they're in public housing and that's not exactly cushy living.
You know. Those are studio apartments or one bedroom at best,
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and they're coming out there. And I decided one day,
I said, Hey, what's in this box that we're giving people.
So we opened one up. There was some corn flakes,
There were a few cans of vegetables. It seems to
me a can or two maybe have some fruit or
(47:17):
some other kind of staple food. I don't it certainly
wasn't the old government cheese back in the from back
in the sixties. But it was such a meager bunch
of provisions. And maybe because I'm a big guy and
(47:37):
I have a big appetite, it doesn't seem like a
lot to me. But man, if you're willing to stand
in line for on a hot summer morning, like some
of these ladies did, for that much food, I'm sure
you need it. And now it doesn't matter. Well, it
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doesn't matter now, Angela, because they're out of luck. Out
of luck. Mega says they don't need the food. Mega
says they don't need the housing. Magus says that they
should have saved more during their lives and they wouldn't
be in such a bad position.
Speaker 13 (48:17):
Right, Yeah, well I don't think they would, you know,
staying only if they if they didn't need it, or
drive up they start at three o'clock in the morning,
and a wrap around and much almost around the church.
But these people, especially the elderly, are very appreciative of
(48:40):
the food they get. But we have to realize too
a lot of them are you know, may not be
able to put that food. So, you know, I understand
what I was told that Meals and Wills is no longer,
you know, part of of the program around. These programs
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are being cut. So I mean, what was the point
in cutting Medicaid, you know, and Medicare and snap when
the people we love or we care for or are
either going to die or you know started it. You know,
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some of them can barely even walk, you know, they're sticks.
Speaker 9 (49:28):
Well let's get a wheelchair then, and plenty of secondhand
wheelchairs around. I'm reminded of all screwge you know from
a Christmas Carol. You know, are there no are there
no workhouses? You know, I know we're we're getting the
Christmas goose. At least we're getting with the goose is
(49:51):
filled with And I don't understand the cruelty of this
fascist Maga movement. I really don't understand why they do this.
Is this guy under some sort of orders to ruin
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our country? I mean not only in this budget, but
you know, you can look at what's happening in the
Department of State with the huge cuts and the cuts
to our FEMA and the cuts to our weather prediction.
You know, there's a meteor hurtling this way from another
(50:37):
solar system, from another star. It's only the third one
that we've spotted, and it's hurtling this way at hundreds
of thousands of miles an hour. But am I worried. Nope,
not one bit, because we have a scientific fit out
(51:00):
there that monisters these out of space visitors that are
coming through. This one's going to miss us by about
half the distance to the Sun. So I'm not worried
about it. But you know, what if Trump decided, what
if MAGA decides it wants to cut that, and maybe
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it has maybe you know, this bill was hundreds of
pages long. Maybe they are going to cut that. You know,
we have the ability to land on an asteroid now
and move it out of the way so it doesn't
strike the Earth, and maybe they're going to cut that. Angela,
(51:46):
I want to thank you for calling in and pointing
out what's going to happen here and what's going to
happen in our local area. Thank you very much.
Speaker 13 (51:56):
You're welcome.
Speaker 9 (51:58):
So this, ladies and gentleman, is what the Reformer is about.
And I think we've had a good dialogue with two
people tonight who have shown, you know, their own interest
and we're going to recognize our interests. Now was my
(52:19):
purpose in here, coming in here just to rant?
Speaker 12 (52:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (52:24):
You might think so, but there's a method to my madness?
What are we going to do about it? Right now?
There's not a whole lot can be done, is there?
Because this is a democracy and the majority rule. So
we're stuck with this budget. But just the same way
(52:50):
that fascist Maga has forced us to grovel, things can
be changed. I think to date is Tuesday, November two,
twenty twenty six. Mark that on your calendar, Tuesday November two,
(53:17):
twenty twenty six. Are you registered to vote? Are you
motivated to vote? Are you ready to vote? Are you
ready for change? If you voted for this fascist Maga
(53:39):
movement and now you see that you've been lied to,
are you ready to shake your head, dust off your
hands and say we won't be fooled again. Okay, I
admit I got conned. I won't be fooled again. Anybody's
(54:01):
entitled to a mistake, especially when you've got professional liars
lying to you. The biggest liar in the entire world
is sitting at the top of this country. Now, those
of you have never been exposed to a con man
should have a look at well. For a lightweight movie,
(54:24):
the Music Man is a good example of a con man.
If you want a more serious example, well, I can't
think of the name of the film, but there's plenty
of con men out there, and most of us aren't
exposed to them. So you know, we go through lives
(54:46):
and we expect everybody on television, on the news to
tell us the truth. Remember Uncle Walter Cronkit. Uncle Walter
would never lie to us. He could be mistaken some time.
The Vietnam Warshire shook him up. I know he stood
(55:06):
up there at Kaison with a microphone in his hand
and got the heck out of there faster than any
of us could see him. Go oh, Walter, Walter, Walter.
While you were telling my folks how terrible it was
at Quisan, I was telling them I was in the
rear area, trying to stay away from your cameras. But
(55:33):
they told us the truth, and that for the first
time opened people's eyes as to what was really going
on in the Vietnam War. And by the way, it
wasn't that bad. The thirty thousand troops that General Japp
brought down for the Tet offensive against US three thousand Marines,
(55:53):
we sent them back with their tails between their legs. Oh,
actually we won that Tet offensive there and in Ways City.
But nevertheless, it was merely a mistake, and we shouldn't
have been in that war in the first place. It
was the unwilling doing the unnecessary for the uncaring. And
(56:19):
now we have many happy Vietnamese settled in this country
and doing quite well, climbing up the social and political ladders,
and well integrated into our country. And many of them
are an asset to our country, and some are less
than an asset, half an asset at any rate. We're
(56:48):
not used to being lied to in an organized way
in this country. But a certain news channel run by
a certain British magnate decided that he was going to
bring that right wing garbage here to America and make
some money on it. So he hired a manager who
(57:10):
decided that the demographics of his new format was going
to be sixty five until dead, and this manager decided
that he was going to turn your grandpa into a Nazi.
Take your grandpa with a high school education who never
(57:32):
really thought seriously about politics, because everything was more or
less the same, regardless of whether you voted for a
Nixon or an Eisenhower, or a Kennedy or a Johnson.
This country ran along pretty well. But he's going to
take them and he's going to turn him into hateful people.
(57:55):
Just like Hitler blamed the Jews, these guys blame brown
skinned people or anybody who's from somewhere else because we
Americans are afraid of people from somewhere else, because the
vast majority of us have never been someplace else. The
vast majority of Americans have never traveled outside this country. So,
(58:22):
ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to do something about it?
Let's start to organize now. Don't wait until November two,
twenty twenty six. Let's get with it. I'm not backing down.
I'm not backing down a bit, and I know you
won't either. This has been The Reformer with Alan Bertleman.
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Thank you and we'll see you next Tuesday at seven
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This is the show where we talk, where we reason. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. Well,
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what a night tonight? In the news tonight, some fool
has gone ensued the biggest law firm in the United
States and accused them of collusion with the Trump administration.
Some darnfool has made a state bar complaint against Latham
(07:40):
and Watkins. Lathan and wat Comes one of the biggest
law firms in America, with over five seven billion dollars
in gross revenue last year. Latham and Watkins that exists
in fourteen countries. In London, Leythan and Watkins has five
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hundred lawyers. Can you imagine five hundred wigs? My goodness
in New York where they don't wear wigs. Well, Rudy
Giuliani being the exception. In New York, Lathan Watkins has
four hundred and fifty lawyers. Together, Lathan and Watkins have
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three thousand, five hundred eighty four lawyers in fourteen countries,
and some darn fool has gone and filed a California
State Bar complaint against them for them being unethical and
entered into a collusive deal with the Trump administration to
(08:49):
provide pro bono legal services. It's a wonder that they
have any service left to provide. Now. The background on
this at every lawyer in California is required to serve
the poor and deserving in this state, and we do
(09:13):
it for nothing, for free. Many attorneys and many firms,
including Latham and Watkins, used to put in tens, hundreds
or even thousands of hours of pro bone and legal
services to defend the poor and defenseless in this country.
(09:34):
But now Latham and Watkins seems to have filled up
their calendar with Trump clients. Gee, who could they be?
Maybe the January sixth defendants who have gotten out and
committed more violent crimes in our streets. Maybe some of
the violent bombers and assassins running around this country. With
(09:58):
lists of Democrats in their pockets. Who does the Trump
administration want them to defend and who will they be
defending against the Trump Justice Department. Isn't that a collusion
when both sides are on the same side. Isn't that
(10:22):
a trumped up, no pun intended lawsuit. So some fool
has gone and made a complaint against Latham and Watkins.
I guess we'll soon find out who that fool is,
and we'll see if the California State Bar has both
the integrity and the power to speak up. Speak up, California,
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Speak up, California State Bar. All right, tonight's show. As
you know, there's no ranting, there's no raving. I want
to hear reason from you tonight. I want to hear
your opinion, but I want to hear it in a
respectful way. I want to hear it in a decent way.
That's how we come together and reason and see if
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we don't have common ground. I recently traveled the length
and breadth of this country all the way up to
the Canadian border, and it's the first time I've been
through the great plains of this beautiful country on by car.
Have flown over it half a dozen times at least
(11:40):
in my life and never realized how beautiful the great
plains of this country are. The Indian Country, the Gold Country,
the Black Hills of South Dakota. It's the cornfields, the sorghum,
the cattle ran, the tourist industry, Yellowstone, the Devil's Watchtower.
(12:09):
This country is magnificent. But even more than the country,
I was impressed by the good people. I stopped in
one little town just for a drink. It's called Faith.
Faith as a population of six hundred people, I believe
it's in South Dakota. Six hundred people. Four churches, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist,
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and who was the other anyway, four churches, six hundred people,
and all the kids in the town were having a
four h rodeo out there. Those horses were looking fine.
Their tails were braided, their manes were braided. The girls
were out practicing. They're roping. The boys were running them
(13:05):
up and down. The girl barrow racers were magnificent. That's Faith.
That's the heartland of America. And those people, when I
start at ask them about their town, they said, come
on to the radio and see come on over, have
(13:26):
a drink of sweet tea with us. They didn't know
me from Adam, But I believe that there's more good
people in this world, even if they get lied to
and misguided by politicians, Even if we get fooled, they
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won't be fooled again. That's one thing I learned to
my trip across this country. Well, enough of my rant. Tonight,
our subject to the Big Beautiful Bill, as the administration
likes to call it, but as I call it, the
Big Billionaire's boondoggle. One big beautiful bill. It had to
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get jammed through the Senate, and then it had to
be reconciled over in the House, and they made so
many deals a plate. Houses of Congress looked like a
card room. It was frankly disgusting. It's it's fitting that
they passed it all in the middle of the night,
(14:43):
when sunshine couldn't shine on it. But sunshine is shining
on it now. Here are some highlights from the Big
Billionaire Boondoggle. If you're on Medicaid, millions of you are
going to lose your coverage. Certain able bodied Americans able
ages nineteen to sixty four are enrolled in Medicaid expansion.
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You're now going to have to work volunteer attend school
or participate in job training at least eighty hours a month.
And that applies to parents of children fourteen and older.
So if you have teenagers at home, you're going to
just leave them unattended. And you know the fact is
(15:34):
most people are already working and doing this, but now
they're going to have to report it twice a year
and they're going to have to pay up to thirty
five dollars more for certain care. So if you fail
to report that you've done everything right, you're going to
lose your Medicare health coverage. Many enrollees are going to
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face more paperwork and verification. It's going to make harder
to pay for and maintain their benefits. Nearly twelve million Americans,
that's you and me, my friend, will be uninsured in
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twenty thirty four because of these provisions in the bill.
And this is not according to me. This is by
the Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office is nonpartisan.
These people have been in there for years and they
know how to crunch the numbers, and that's what they
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told Congress. And you know, those gutless Republicans who voted
for this, so they wouldn't be attacked by little Donnie.
They said the Congressional Budget Office has been wrong before. Really,
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of course it has. We've all been wrong, but we
haven't been that wrong. We haven't been wrong on every
single aspect of an opinion. But that's their talking point.
That's what they want you to believe. You know, people
need still need help in this country affording food. More
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Americans who receive food stamps are going to have to
work to keep your benefits. That's going to make people
work until they're old age. Now. People enrolled in SNAP
are also going to face changes. Most states are going
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to have to pick up the costs, and many of
them are unable to do so. How do you like
your health adsurance coverage now? You like your Affordable Care Act,
you like your Obamacare, it's the same thing. Well, if
you're looking for coverage now, you're going to have to
(18:14):
renew it every year or you're going to lose it.
Why do they want to do that? I'll tell you what.
Senators and Congressmen. Don't lose their health insurance if they
fail to renew it every year. I want all Americans
to have the same health plan that the Congress has,
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just because you're not on Medicaid, Obamacare or SNAP, you're
still going to feel some cuts. Hospitals are going to
have to start to close. They cannot plan to say
one day in Maine next year, we're going to close.
They have to phase it out. There our requirements that
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you give employees notice, there are union contracts that have
to be fulfilled. Hospitals are going to be closing very
quickly in most rural many rural areas. State governments are
going to have to pick up the slack right now.
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In California, we're having to slash our budget because we
have a balanced budget requirement. We don't have anymore. California
is lucky. We're a wealthy state. We can raise the revenue.
Others may not be so lucky. Mississippi, Alabama. Go down
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there sometimes, see how lovely it is, beautiful weather, terrible
living conditions. Now we're going to get a tax cut
from the big billionaire bill right well, depends on who
we are. You know, if you got the income tax
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in twenty seventeen that we're going to expire at the
end of the year, all those tax breaks are going
to be included and continued. Near doubling of the standard deduction,
but that's nothing that you're not already getting. So where's
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the increase for you? Well, there might be an income
a larger child tax credit, but the problem with that
is you may not be able to use all the credit.
It's not money put back in your pocket. It's a
credit against what you owe. Senior citizens are going to
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get a temporary tax break. You're going to get sick
one thousand dollars added to your standard deduction from twenty
five through twenty eight, and it's going to phase out
if you make more than seventy five thousand, or couples
with one hundred and fifty thousand. So the way that's
(21:19):
going to work, if you're on Social Security and earning
another six thousand dollars, that'll be tax exempt. I don't
know many people on Social Security that are earning additional money,
but if you are, you're going to get a tax
break on that. And by the way, the tax break
(21:42):
was Trump's campaign promise to us to eliminate taxes on
Social Security, eliminate them entirely. Promise is made. Promises shattered.
Thank you, Donnie. How about you with student loans out there,
(22:07):
you get to see some big changes. There's gonna be
new caps placed on the amount students can borrow and
how much parents can borrow to help their kids. There's
going to be fewer opportunities for deferments or forbearans. There
also be limits on lending for part time students, and
a much more limited set of repayment options, veering away
(22:28):
from the loan forgiveness programs of the Biden era. Hey,
how about your private colleges? How about Haavad, how about Yeah?
How about been Nah? How about USC? How about standfad
(22:52):
tax cuts? But everyone who pays taxes will pay less. Generally,
universities in downs, that is, the money that they have
on hand to pay for tuition for eligible students is
tax exempt. But they do pay one point four percent
(23:16):
from their endowments. This bill jacks up the endowment income
tax to a top rate of eight percent, a four
time at least increase, no, a six time increase eight
percent whose endowments exceed two million per enrolled student. Jihad
(23:39):
Yale stan Fad Prince done well, I don't have one
of those ties. I didn't go there anyway. I just
had to study for a plain old state college here
in California. Hey, how about you buying a car out there?
(24:00):
If you buy a new American made car with a loan,
you can get up to ten thousand dollars interest to
be detected from your taxable income, assuming you have ten
thousand dollars left after you buy that fifty eighty thousand
dollars car. Bad news for anybody wanting to buy an
electric vehicle. EV tax credits that used to be seventy
(24:25):
five hundred dollars were lected by Democrats under President Biden.
That's going to be gone at the end of September.
They had been scheduled to last through twenty thirty two.
How come a new Congress gets to change what an
old Congress already voted in? What makes a new Congress
more powerful than the last Congress or more right? Maybe
(24:50):
that'll be litigated. Parents, you can get a bigger tax
credit for each of your children, up to twenty two
hundred per kid, up from the t two thousand. Single
parents earning up to two hundred thousand and married couples
earning up to four hundred thousand would qualify. Their Credit's
going to phase out for those with the higher incomes,
(25:17):
but other parents could lose out on government assistance, since
many of those with children fourteen and older would have
to work to can continue receiving their Medicaid and food stamps.
You know, give it to you with one hand and
take it away for the other. Like mid old Irish
(25:38):
mother used to say, the rich get rich and the
purgate babies, oh babies, babies will get a net egg
from the government. There's some sort of a scheme out
there where you're going to get a Trump account. You
get a thousand dollars nest egg from the government to
(25:59):
be invested in an index fund. That's a stock market fund,
so they're forcing you into the market, not necessarily a
good place to be, but then you can add up
to five thousand dollars each year to those accounts, watch
(26:20):
the interest grow, and no deductions until the child turns eighteen.
Actually it's going to go up to twenty five. Trump
wanted it to be eighteen because basically what he wanted
to do was give everybody a big bonanza when they
turn eighteen and say there's your Trump money, go out
and buy yourself a car and wreck it. Workers who
(26:46):
receive tips are overtime pair. You're going to get a
temporary tax break. You can deduct up to twenty five
thousand dollars an income from your federal income tax. I'll
tell you what, If you're earning twenty five thousand bucks
in tips, that's what two thousand a month? Roughly, that's
(27:10):
twenty four two thousand and some change a month. I
guess that's yeah, that's plausible. A car hop in Vegas,
a waitress in Vegas, a good a good cocktail waitress
anywhere anywhere, A good food waitress, food and beverage good.
(27:34):
Now it phases out with individuals above one hundred and
fifty thousand income and couples with three hundred thousand. But
that's not bad. Here's the problem with that. It's non
taxable income. So if you turn around then and want
to take that money and buy a house, qualify for
(27:58):
a mortgage, you don't show the income that was disallowed
or that you didn't pay taxes on, So spend it
on dope? What the hell? People planning on solar and
wind tax credits will have to hurry. This speeds up
(28:21):
the end of tax initiatives for renewable injury energy projects
to twenty twenty seven. Get those solar roofs on. Hey, immigrants,
this bill even picks on the immigrants, limits in eligibility
(28:43):
for federal benefits, including food Stamp, Medicaid, Affordable Premiums, and
Medicare to a smaller set of non citizens. Yeah, what
the hell, Those Mexicans don't need to eat, they don't
need medical care. Let them die on the street. We
don't care if we catch a disease from them. Measles
(29:05):
is up in this country like it hasn't been since
measles was eradicated America. Yeah, let them all have diseases.
That includes refugees. Well, Trump told us they're already eating pets.
(29:32):
You know, victims of domestic violence. You're not gonna get it.
You're not going to qualify. You've been a victim of violence,
sex trafficking, Epstein no longer qualify for benefits, and fees
(29:56):
are going to be up all over for immigrants, including
fees for asylum, work authorization, humanitarian parole, temporary protected status,
and most immigration court filings. Yeah, statue of liberty standing
there saying give me, you're tired, you're poor, your huddled
(30:19):
masses yearning to breathe free. You know what she's doing.
She's dropped the book from her left hand. She's reaching
in her pocket, trying to find some change to help
these immigrants out. But the good news is the rich
get rich. Oh boy, they're gonna get richer. They're gonna
(30:41):
get more and more and more. While most of us
going to see our taxes reduced, some sixty percent of
the benefits are going to go to those making two
hundred and seventeen thousand or more, the top twenty percent.
Is that you congresstulations, you're going to receive an average
(31:04):
tax cut of twelve thousand, five hundred, or three point
four percent of your after tax income in twenty twenty six.
Good deal. But the lowest income houses that we're in,
about thirty five thousand or less, you can get an
average tax cut of one hundred and fifty bucks. Hey,
(31:25):
you might be able to take one person to a
Dodger game with a good seat. That's less than one
percent of your after tax income. I'll come ninety percent
get one percent, and the sixty percent top twenty percent
get the rest. Huh, excuse me, I misspoke. Is going
(31:50):
to be eighty percent of the lower millionaires who lose
your jobs? Terrible news. You'll no longer be able to
able to collect unemployment millionaires. Did you know that a
millionaire can collect unemployment? According to the Congressional Research Service,
(32:15):
thousands of people who made a million dollars or more
claimed unemployment benefits in twenty one and twenty two, and
this bill puts an end to that.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Gee.
Speaker 9 (32:34):
So what's going to be the net effect of all this,
all these cuts? We ought to be saving money, right,
the country's going to be cheaper to run. There ought
to be prosperity. This ought to reduce the national debt? Right?
What is the national debt? Those are those treasury bills
(32:55):
that we sell to other countries, and that's what makes
our country run. This bill's going to increase the deficit
by three point three trillion dollars in the next ten years.
It's already thirty six trillion dollars. And who owns the
national debt? Who buys these treasury bills? Well, mom and
(33:20):
pop in the stock market, do you and I and
tbial funds due? But who's the largest holder of American debt?
Dump dump dump dump dump da da dump dumb dumb
dumb dumb da da Times up. China, Chinese nowhere to
(33:48):
put their money in a good stable economy. But I'll
tell you what if the Chinese ever decided to sell
all those bonds at once, You're going to hear the
screams of Lady Liberty all the way to San Francisco Bay.
(34:10):
So that's what's gonna happen with this bill. What's gonna
happen to you out there? What's gonna happen in your area?
What are you concerned about? Give us a call here
at nine oh nine three eight three one thousand and
nine oh nine three eight three eight thousand and nine
(34:33):
oh nine three eight three nine thousand. Let's share what
you have to say. This is case AA ten fifty
AM one oh six point five FM, broadcasting to you
from San Bernardino, California. Okay, we have a caller, we
(34:54):
have uh uh, who do we have out there? We
have g from northern California, Gina. What's on your mind tonight?
Speaker 11 (35:05):
Well?
Speaker 12 (35:06):
I was certainly listening to what you were saying, and
it made me think that in Mexico, the citizens down
there can go to medical school and become a doctor
for free. So it looks like Mexico beat us on.
Speaker 9 (35:25):
That one, right, yeah, Well, Mexico is a semi socialist
society and they do have free public education. As long
as you keep your grades up and participate, you can
go to medical school, dental school. That's why there's so
many medical Americans go down there for medical care. You're
(35:49):
absolutely right.
Speaker 12 (35:54):
And I was also thinking about the egg price fixing
that a jury found four main producers of egg companies
egg companies that produced eggs found them guilty for price
sixteen in twenty twenty three. And it was a suit
(36:19):
brought on by Craft and Kellogg's company because they had
to pay more for eggs too, and so they won
fifty three million dollars and the price fixing was accused
of violating the antitrust laws.
Speaker 9 (36:39):
Where where did that find? Many go jets? Do you
have any idea?
Speaker 12 (36:44):
I think it was. It seemed to be that it
was going to go to those particular companies that made
that filed the suit, so basically Craft, Kellogg, they were
talking about, Nestley and General Mill.
Speaker 9 (37:01):
So none of that money was returned to the people
who got gouged for the price.
Speaker 12 (37:05):
Of eggs exactly, just that one company that sued.
Speaker 9 (37:08):
Them and their lawyers. Yes, yeah, yeah, well, there's part
of the problem with this country is I don't mind
these guys having a corporation. I don't mind that they
claim that a corporation is the same as a human
(37:31):
being and has the rights of free speech. I can
hardly wait until it wants to get married. But what
bothers me is that when they commit the same crime
as a human being, human being goes to jail, these
(37:51):
corporate officers they go home to their penthouses and their girlfriends.
Seem fair to you, Gina.
Speaker 12 (38:03):
No, certainly not. And I really feel sorry for the
people who, in the election of twenty twenty four voted
with her pocket book because the price of eggs were
too high.
Speaker 9 (38:18):
Yeah, how much did eggs get up to? You know,
I'm a bachelor. I can do or or not do
with eggs. How much were they running around here in
the Inland Empire? Do you know?
Speaker 12 (38:29):
I actually don't know, because I think the last time
I bottom it was.
Speaker 13 (38:33):
For six eggs.
Speaker 12 (38:34):
It was like about five dollars. But that was before
all of this mass happened.
Speaker 9 (38:39):
Wow, well that would make you one great omelet. Huh
m hm, Gina, thank you for calling in. We have
another caller online too. Who do we have online? Two?
What's on your mind tonight?
Speaker 13 (38:57):
Hello there Alan, this danceeor Will?
Speaker 9 (39:00):
Hey, Angela, thank you for calling it? Angela. What's on
your mind tonight? About the mind is.
Speaker 13 (39:07):
To cut the medicaid. I don't know if you've realized that.
Back in nineteen sixty five, on July thirtieth, Linda B.
Johnson signed the legislation to create Medicaid and Medicare. So
it was designed to provide medical assistance to those with
low incomes and limited resources to acting as a station
(39:30):
net for vulnerable populations, which was a funded by the
federal and state government. So if they cut medicaid, people
need to realize that if they have loved ones, say
like an elderly person or someone who is disable as
a family member, or someone who is a caregiving to
(39:53):
someone who is disable, what's going to happen to them?
I know I am concerned about, you know, families that
have children or siblings that are disabled and cannot work.
You know, so if you take that away from them,
(40:14):
how are they going to pay for their medication? And
also what about for instance, the children hospitals like in Loma,
London or the Robin McDonald house. What about families who
are struggling right now for Medicaid and if they cut
back snap, how are they going to survive? Also, I
(40:39):
read online today that the state of Kansas City, if
they count medicate, it will be a four billion dollars
cut for low income families. And that's not just Democrats,
it's also those who are low income as Republicans. So
what's your sile on it?
Speaker 9 (41:00):
Where was that Angelie that there's going to be that cut?
Speaker 13 (41:05):
They notify that that was in Kansas, the state of Kansas,
and you said that if Medicaid is cut and snapped,
it would be a four billion dollars cut and devastating
for those low income families.
Speaker 9 (41:20):
Just in the state of Kansas. Yes, Holy moly, with
a small, relatively small population.
Speaker 13 (41:29):
Yes, definitely.
Speaker 9 (41:33):
Do you recall what was your what was your source
of information for that?
Speaker 13 (41:38):
That came through on local news break this morning when
they were talking about the Republican House Republican passing they
kept for medicaid. So that's what I saw, you know,
on local news, breaking news on the app that I
(42:02):
have and you know, continue to try to follow. But
it's not just you know, Democrats it's low income Republicans.
So I don't understand if you have a loved one
or an elderly person that you're taking care of, or
if you're an early person who just lost their loved one,
(42:23):
how are they going to survive if that loved one
who passed away, health insurance does not cover for you,
how are you going to provide for your medication?
Speaker 9 (42:37):
Well, let them starve in the streets, Angela, what's wrong
with that? That's the way people used to traditionally die.
You know, the government has no duty to save people
that are lazy and can't afford to pay their own
bills and unfortunate enough to get sick. You know, that's
(43:01):
the thought of these fascists that are in charge. You know,
I won't call Mega anything but what it is, it's
a fascist movement.
Speaker 13 (43:12):
Yes, I could tell you. I've s been a volunteer
for a food distivision and Colton and it's a magimm
steps beyond food Distivision. And we have over three hundred
and thirty six families every single Wednesday and the second
(43:33):
Wednesday of the mother comes to get food. Majority of
them are elderly, they're veterans, they're trying to hold on
to their homes, or trying to hold on to their vehicles,
or trying to keep food in the house. And it's
(43:54):
just not just them, but also people have who have
just recently retired, stay from a public employee, department, agencies, county,
or private you know, you know, the late bloomers and
the baby bloomers now were getting older. And for instance,
(44:20):
for those who had medical coverage while they were working,
some of them can't afford this, so they have to
drop it. So, you know, so in other words, this
bill that was just passed, it has no concern whatsoever
of those who may have worked for over thirty or
(44:41):
forty years or lost the loved ones and their The
love of intentions does not cover rents or food or
for for other bills. So in other words, we're going
to be the start. So but I can't tell you
for a fact, being a volunteer at a food distribution,
(45:02):
the majority of those who come to get food are
elderly and veteran, and ayre not just coming from the
communities where we live. They're coming from places like in Pomona, Riverside, Fontana, Rialzo, Stanbardy,
you know, looking you know, to get food to support
at what they're trying to keep at. Everything so expensive.
Speaker 9 (45:23):
Now, Angela, I know exactly what you're talking about. I've
had the privilege of volunteering for an organization called Feeding America,
and basically, they bring us a huge truckload full of
boxes of food and the those eligible, which in our
(45:49):
in the cases which I've been involved, are senior citizens
on Medicare and in public housing, and we hand them
out this box of food to get through the month.
And I look at the seniors that come through there
(46:10):
and my first word is thank you for coming. And
they're very thankful to us, but I make sure I
tell them thank you for coming and giving me the
opportunity to do this, because they're but for the grace
of God and good fortune go I And I see
(46:32):
little ladies. I don't know if they're widows or not.
I guess maybe I'm making a presumption that they are.
But they can't be getting much of social security because
they're in public housing and that's not exactly cushy living.
You know. Those are studio apartments or one bedroom at best,
(46:54):
and they're coming out there. And I decided one day,
I said, Hey, what's in this box that we're giving people.
So we opened one up. There was some corn flakes,
There were a few cans of vegetables. It seems to
me a can or two maybe have some fruit or
(47:17):
some other kind of staple food. I don't it certainly
wasn't the old government cheese back in the from back
in the sixties. But it was such a meager bunch
of provisions. And maybe because I'm a big guy and
(47:37):
I have a big appetite, it doesn't seem like a
lot to me. But man, if you're willing to stand
in line for on a hot summer morning, like some
of these ladies did, for that much food, I'm sure
you need it. And now it doesn't matter. Well, it
(48:01):
doesn't matter now, Angela, because they're out of luck. Out
of luck. Mega says they don't need the food. Mega
says they don't need the housing. Magus says that they
should have saved more during their lives and they wouldn't
be in such a bad position.
Speaker 13 (48:17):
Right, Yeah, well I don't think they would, you know,
staying only if they if they didn't need it, or
drive up they start at three o'clock in the morning,
and a wrap around and much almost around the church.
But these people, especially the elderly, are very appreciative of
(48:40):
the food they get. But we have to realize too
a lot of them are you know, may not be
able to put that food. So, you know, I understand
what I was told that Meals and Wills is no longer,
you know, part of of the program around. These programs
(49:01):
are being cut. So I mean, what was the point
in cutting Medicaid, you know, and Medicare and snap when
the people we love or we care for or are
either going to die or you know started it. You know,
(49:23):
some of them can barely even walk, you know, they're sticks.
Speaker 9 (49:28):
Well let's get a wheelchair then, and plenty of secondhand
wheelchairs around. I'm reminded of all screwge you know from
a Christmas Carol. You know, are there no are there
no workhouses? You know, I know we're we're getting the
Christmas goose. At least we're getting with the goose is
(49:51):
filled with And I don't understand the cruelty of this
fascist Maga movement. I really don't understand why they do this.
Is this guy under some sort of orders to ruin
(50:13):
our country? I mean not only in this budget, but
you know, you can look at what's happening in the
Department of State with the huge cuts and the cuts
to our FEMA and the cuts to our weather prediction.
You know, there's a meteor hurtling this way from another
(50:37):
solar system, from another star. It's only the third one
that we've spotted, and it's hurtling this way at hundreds
of thousands of miles an hour. But am I worried. Nope,
not one bit, because we have a scientific fit out
(51:00):
there that monisters these out of space visitors that are
coming through. This one's going to miss us by about
half the distance to the Sun. So I'm not worried
about it. But you know, what if Trump decided, what
if MAGA decides it wants to cut that, and maybe
(51:21):
it has maybe you know, this bill was hundreds of
pages long. Maybe they are going to cut that. You know,
we have the ability to land on an asteroid now
and move it out of the way so it doesn't
strike the Earth, and maybe they're going to cut that. Angela,
(51:46):
I want to thank you for calling in and pointing
out what's going to happen here and what's going to
happen in our local area. Thank you very much.
Speaker 13 (51:56):
You're welcome.
Speaker 9 (51:58):
So this, ladies and gentleman, is what the Reformer is about.
And I think we've had a good dialogue with two
people tonight who have shown, you know, their own interest
and we're going to recognize our interests. Now was my
(52:19):
purpose in here, coming in here just to rant?
Speaker 12 (52:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (52:24):
You might think so, but there's a method to my madness?
What are we going to do about it? Right now?
There's not a whole lot can be done, is there?
Because this is a democracy and the majority rule. So
we're stuck with this budget. But just the same way
(52:50):
that fascist Maga has forced us to grovel, things can
be changed. I think to date is Tuesday, November two,
twenty twenty six. Mark that on your calendar, Tuesday November two,
(53:17):
twenty twenty six. Are you registered to vote? Are you
motivated to vote? Are you ready to vote? Are you
ready for change? If you voted for this fascist Maga
(53:39):
movement and now you see that you've been lied to,
are you ready to shake your head, dust off your
hands and say we won't be fooled again. Okay, I
admit I got conned. I won't be fooled again. Anybody's
(54:01):
entitled to a mistake, especially when you've got professional liars
lying to you. The biggest liar in the entire world
is sitting at the top of this country. Now, those
of you have never been exposed to a con man
should have a look at well. For a lightweight movie,
(54:24):
the Music Man is a good example of a con man.
If you want a more serious example, well, I can't
think of the name of the film, but there's plenty
of con men out there, and most of us aren't
exposed to them. So you know, we go through lives
(54:46):
and we expect everybody on television, on the news to
tell us the truth. Remember Uncle Walter Cronkit. Uncle Walter
would never lie to us. He could be mistaken some time.
The Vietnam Warshire shook him up. I know he stood
(55:06):
up there at Kaison with a microphone in his hand
and got the heck out of there faster than any
of us could see him. Go oh, Walter, Walter, Walter.
While you were telling my folks how terrible it was
at Quisan, I was telling them I was in the
rear area, trying to stay away from your cameras. But
(55:33):
they told us the truth, and that for the first
time opened people's eyes as to what was really going
on in the Vietnam War. And by the way, it
wasn't that bad. The thirty thousand troops that General Japp
brought down for the Tet offensive against US three thousand Marines,
(55:53):
we sent them back with their tails between their legs. Oh,
actually we won that Tet offensive there and in Ways City.
But nevertheless, it was merely a mistake, and we shouldn't
have been in that war in the first place. It
was the unwilling doing the unnecessary for the uncaring. And
(56:19):
now we have many happy Vietnamese settled in this country
and doing quite well, climbing up the social and political ladders,
and well integrated into our country. And many of them
are an asset to our country, and some are less
than an asset, half an asset at any rate. We're
(56:48):
not used to being lied to in an organized way
in this country. But a certain news channel run by
a certain British magnate decided that he was going to
bring that right wing garbage here to America and make
some money on it. So he hired a manager who
(57:10):
decided that the demographics of his new format was going
to be sixty five until dead, and this manager decided
that he was going to turn your grandpa into a Nazi.
Take your grandpa with a high school education who never
(57:32):
really thought seriously about politics, because everything was more or
less the same, regardless of whether you voted for a
Nixon or an Eisenhower, or a Kennedy or a Johnson.
This country ran along pretty well. But he's going to
take them and he's going to turn him into hateful people.
(57:55):
Just like Hitler blamed the Jews, these guys blame brown
skinned people or anybody who's from somewhere else because we
Americans are afraid of people from somewhere else, because the
vast majority of us have never been someplace else. The
vast majority of Americans have never traveled outside this country. So,
(58:22):
ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to do something about it?
Let's start to organize now. Don't wait until November two,
twenty twenty six. Let's get with it. I'm not backing down.
I'm not backing down a bit, and I know you
won't either. This has been The Reformer with Alan Bertleman.
(58:44):
Thank you and we'll see you next Tuesday at seven
pm Pacific and podcast wherever you get your podcast material.
Speaker 11 (58:53):
We'll be turned in.
Speaker 3 (58:57):
Can keep this world?
Speaker 10 (59:00):
Well, I'm dragging me down, gonna stand my grand Hannah wah,
back down, baby.
Speaker 9 (59:15):
There aren't alwasy way.
Speaker 12 (59:23):
Stand man ground.
Speaker 10 (59:27):
And I won't back down.
Speaker 11 (59:31):
Well, what's right?
Speaker 9 (59:35):
I got just one line.
Speaker 11 (59:40):
In a world that keeps on pushing me around, but up.
Speaker 5 (59:45):
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