January 20, 2025 • 39 mins
In this episode of Motivation Zone, I share my thoughts on politicians and politics. I believe we need to analyze our political relationships just like we do with any other relationship. I think the only way working-class Americans can thrive in the future is by being serious about the states and cities we choose to settle in and invest in. Let's Talk About It!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, everyone, Welcome back to the Motivation Zone. It is
your host here, Monica Mace. Super excited to be with
you guys, and listen, we have a lot to dive into.
I'm gonna try to take my time, so you guys
kick back and let's talk about politics and bad relationships
and how the two parallel with each other. And I
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know you guys are like, uh, oh, where is she
going with this?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Well, I'll tell you.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
So I'm thinking, right, I'm looking at what's going on
here at the top of twenty twenty five, which really
got me thinking about this, and in particular what's happening
in California with all of these fires. I have been
seriously mind blown about it. When I first started hearing
about the fires, I was like, Okay, you know, I
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hope they get them put out, and I really wasn't
paying much attention to the situation. But then as days
went by and they were talking about how many homes
we're being lost in these fires, and then also how
many deaths were happening, I was like, Oh, this is
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really serious. People are dying and people are losing their homes.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Wow. So, as I'm.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Following the situation and I'm listening to the people who
should have been more responsible and proactive because they know
that California is prone to fires, especially in the past
few years. The reporters and individuals who are asking why
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hasn't something been done about this, and the answers that
have come back is just disheartening because no one wants
to take responsibility for it, and then everybody else is
just saying, well, we're doing this and we're doing that
to make sure we can build back better than ever.
And one of those individuals is Newsom hisself, who is
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the governor of California. And Newsome really irks me. And
this is where the parallel of bad relationships come in.
We have to start asking ourselves as Americans, and personally,
I've been very frustrated over this is where do we
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start families, businesses? Where do we work in twenty twenty five?
Is it something that we need to consider when it
comes down to relocating because we are in bad relationships
with politicians, people who are making laws that are working
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against the American citizens instead of with the American citizens.
And I'm talking about the working class Americans and as
you guys can see for yourself watching this situation with California.
These are people who didn't get the homes for free,
and these are in many cases, million dollar homes. And
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I don't know if you guys have been following real
estate in California, but I will never forget. Back in
the day, I was watching a I want to say,
like a home decor, home shopping type of network, and
there were these gentlemen who were renovating a house that
they had purchased in California, and you guys, it was
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a two bedroom, one bathroom house, very small, one level,
going for four hundred thousand dollars. I made it up
in my mind right then and there, California was too
expensive for me. And this this had to be over
ten years ago, and I was like, no, that is
not a state I would ever want to live. Because,
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of course, someone being used to living in the South,
I know that I can get a property and get
currently really state for four hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
That would crush that little house that they were selling.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Now, mind you, it's not about the size of the
home in the sense of I couldn't live in it.
That's not what I'm saying. It's how much am I
getting for my money. Is this a reasonable logical purchase?
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Does this make sense, you guys?
Speaker 1 (04:28):
So, as I'm looking at this years ago, I was like, no,
I can never get in a relationship with California.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
And the reason.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Why I'm using relationships as an example, you guys, is
because right now I'm seeing so many people get into
this discussion of politics and we're talking about who is
and isn't doing what. But it's almost as if Americas
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have completely detached themselves from the logic of thinking politicians as.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Being someone they're committing.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
To and looking at their personal relationships, jobs, family, ships,
whatever in a completely different light. But to me, I
see them as being very similar. I really do, because
when you live in a city, in state in America,
it is a commitment that you're making being there. Not
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only is it a commitment, it is also an investment. Seriously,
So right now in my state, I am paying income tax,
which includes both federal and state.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I am paying property.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Taxes, which this year was at thirty two hundred dollars,
which was a lot, and it's gone up tremendously, and then.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
We're also paying else tax. Right now, mind you, I'm
not too.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Sad about my city, I can honestly say that we
have pretty decent roads. The city, for the most part,
is usually really clean. But now I am very prompted
and I encourage you guys to do the same thing.
To start studying up on.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
The laws where you live.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
What are the laws, what are the rules, what are
the real estate laws, squad of laws, all of these things,
so that you know where you're investing your money, because
that relationship eventually can either be the best relationship you've
ever had in your life, which means that you feel
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pretty safe in your city. It means that your business
is thriving in your city and you didn't just open
up somewhere and you're finding that it's very hard to
sustain because the people in the city is not something
that you can connect with, or that there are rules,
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regulations and laws that are in place that it's so
expensive that you won't be able to maintain your business.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Right.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
So, a good, healthy relationship in your city is knowing
these things so that way you can decide if this
is where you want to invest, if this is where
you want to hang your coat and your hat, if
that makes sense. Also, another healthy relationship with a city
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in the government officials, or let's just say the state
is the school systems. How is that looking If you're
not a parent who's going to be homeschooling your kid
and you're gonna be sending your kid, kids children, whatever,
however you want to classify it to a public school,
what is those public.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Schools look like? Are the teachers.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Taken care of? And at this point, you guys with politics,
I'm at a point with the money that we're spending,
I'm at a point that there is no excuse for
teachers to not be taken care of in our cities especially,
And I would say it's okay to have a tiered program.
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Maybe the teachers who've only been there a year to
two years are not having and privilege to the same
benefits of a teacher who's been there three years or more. Right,
I'm okay with that. I feel like we've lost the
tiered incentives in a whole lot of areas where companies
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are trying to bring everyone at an equal playing field.
And the problem with that is if a company does
not want to pay out anything extra, everyone suffers for
that because they're trying to keep everyone on the same levels.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
And that is not good.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
We need to bring back the tiered incentives, and I
feel like teachers should definitely be getting paid more and
they should be taken care of. And for no reason
should a child have to go door to door in
twenty twenty five to sell any cookies to raise funds
for their schools, Especially when I look at my property
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taxes and saw that two thousand dollars was going toward
my school in my county, So that means every other
neighbor in my neighborhood is also paying similar taxes and
that same amount as going.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Towards that school.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
So there should be no reason why that school shouldn't
have what it needs.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Period.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
I really do believe that when it comes down to
being in a healthy city, and we need to look
out for these things. And so the parallel to the
healthy cities and a healthy relationship is very similar to
you guys, because in any personal relationship that is also
an investment, an investment of time. You all also know
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it's an investment of money if you're buying gifts or
supporting that spouse and whatever endeavors they're going into. It's
also an investment in whether or not you want to
build with that person, and building even includes starting a family.
So why is it, you guys, that we are moving
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about in America with politics as if it's just red
and blue, as if it's just Oh, I don't like
him because he did XYZ, and I don't like her
because she said that he said, And it's just so
much stupidity. And we're sitting in the middle of what's
going on. We can see literally by what we're having
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to do, how much money we're having to pay, what
things are looking like for us in the economy. We
can tell who's doing what. So why do we continue
in these relationships? We need to break up with Democrat
Republican period. And I'm someone who voted Donald Trump into
office twenty twenty four. I stand ten toes down on
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my vote. But at the same time, don't believe for
two minutes that I won't be watching what he's doing.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Seriously.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
And the reason why Trump got my vote twenty twenty
four is because I felt like apart from COVID, because
Trump and I, you know, I really disliked him by
the end of twenty twenty, No lies told I did
not vote twenty twenty I'm just gonna tell you guys
this straight up, because first of all, I didn't like
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at all, did not like Kamala at all, which is
why she didn't get my vote twenty twenty four, because
I felt like I never saw Kamala, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Who she is.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
And then any person who ever continues to change their
stances based on what they think people want to hear,
they don't have a clear stance themselves, which makes sure
an unstable individual. I don't like that at all, and
that is something too in my personal life, whether it
be friends, family, or otherwise. I need stable people who
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can make a decision and a choice without always flipping
on me because somebody else is saying something to them
about something. Can we just make a decision. So I
didn't vote for Biden Harris twenty twenty and I didn't
vote for Trump. I just said I'm sitting this one
out because this was a tough one. And what made
it tough for me with Trump was the way Trump
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dealt with COVID. I felt like Americans deserved a lot
more and we're gonna talk about.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
This health thing. Two.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
We deserved a lot more information in what we got
regarding COVID, and as you can see that it's something
that's still on the hush hush. Where did it come from?
Of course Trump says where he thinks it came from.
But can we get some actual answers on things as
to why we're going through this? Can we also get
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some accountability on it? And so I felt like in
twenty twenty, this situation with C nineteen became very political,
and it became blue versus red, and mass wearers versus
non mass wearers, and those who wanted to go out
and hang out and gathering crowds versus those who did it.
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It shouldn't have been that we should have picked one thing.
We should have picked safety over anything, and we should
have stuck with that.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
But we did it.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
And that was my problem with Trump twenty twenty and
v Republican most of the time, I have never voted Democrat,
and in the times where I felt like neither Democrat
or Republican were suitable for me, I just didn't vote
for him. I just didn't vote in that election at all.
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But I am more of someone who has conservative views,
if that's what you want to call it, right, So,
even in that though, my safety comes first, and I
believe in that, so I felt like Trump was compromising
my safety because he was running around here ating like
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COVID wasn't a big deal and then wanted to criticize
those who did not want to put themselves in harm
way by getting sick from a virus that was actually
killing people pretty rapidly.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
In the beginning.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
So with that being said, I could not see him
as someone who could protect me.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
So I didn't not vote for him.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
And that's really how I took it. And it took
these California fires for me to realize that I really
have been treating politics like a relationship in my mind,
and when I don't feel like I'm going into something healthy,
I just don't vote for these people. And it's unfortunate,
I know, because we do need to vote, and we
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need to work harder at it. We do need to
pay attention to what's going on in our politics. I
agree with that ten thousand percent, and I was paying attention,
but I just could not bring myself to vote for
either of those people twenty twenty. But what pulled me
back to Trump twenty twenty four was I knew the
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economy was better when Trump was running. I also knew
that Trump was actually working on this immigration issue. He
was adamant about He was adamant about protecting America. He
wanted to make sure that our borders were secure. And
it's that unreasonable for anyone who wants to protect their home.
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And then I go back to the parallel. Would you
want to be married to or in any type of
relationship with someone who would not be willing to protect you?
And I know with myself, and I was gonna speak
in general with women, but I'll just say with myself
as a woman, I am comfortable and I enjoy being
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with a man who is going to protect me. If
push come to shove and he knows that I'm in danger,
or he knows that I'm being open to something that
I shouldn't, will step me to the side and let
me know or shield me from anything that's come in
my way. And I would do the same for him.
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I think that goes both ways, right. So with that
Trump having that heart for America, as he has that
general talk of we just want these things to work out,
We want our country secure, we want more money in
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our pockets as a country because we're in so much
debt as Americans. We're also in debt. And that's another thing.
A lot of people, including women, are like, I don't
want no man who's broke. I don't want to date him,
marry him, be with him if he has bad credit.
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But yet we're living in a country with bad credit,
and we're not having these conversations when we talk politics
because we're just talking Republican Democrat. But what's actually happening
in America?
Speaker 2 (17:56):
You guys?
Speaker 1 (17:58):
So here we are out more money. We've watched family
members do this. We watched jobs cloth and go bankrupt
for doing this because they are already in debt. And
then they're constantly giving out more money to things that
are not suitable that we all should be on the
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board to vote against or four. And then we stay
in debt and we're even deeper in debt than what
we were before. And do you know now we're being
punished as the working class Americans because of the debt
that America has. This is why the recession is where
it is, or should I say the economy not the recession,
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excuse me. The economy is where it is. This is
why taxes are where they are. This is why Americans
feel like we can't catch a break because we're working
for the spouse who wants to go out and gamble
all our money. Have you guys ever had that experience
or do you know someone who's had that experience where
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the person they was in a relationship with was gambling
all of their money, putting it in odd things that
they never talked to the spouse about. And then the
spouse goes, hey, I thought we had all of this
money in the account. I thought this and this and
that was available. And I went into our account the
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other day and I see that we are at nineteen
dollars and fifty cent random number. I know, but I'm
just I'm just saying. And then that spouse is angry.
They have to go out and work to recover that money,
because how else are they going to recovery? Take the
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nineteen fifty nineteen dollars and fifty cent out and go
gamble it and hope they, you know, hit something from it.
I don't know, but it's hard work. So we're doing that.
But yet we wanted to put Kamala in office, seeing
that her administration has been really fumbling the bag for America,
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especially funding these wars. But we choose these people, We
keep voting for these people.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Right It just it's not making sense.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
So I'm talking about this because I want us to
start viewing politics, especially local guys, as a relationship. Is
it that this year it's time for some of us
to relocate, think about where we're living, Think about who
we're investing our time, money in, especially when it comes
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to your cities. Maybe maybe it's worth considering because we
do want to be in healthy locations. I know I do,
and I don't mind my city right now, but there
is always room for improvements. And like I said, I'm
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going to be studying up on some things just to
make sure I'm making the right decisions. So, in your
current city and state, how are the school systems? What
are the debts like for your city and state? Where
it comes down to what the working class Americans have
to contribute to keep things running and going?
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Is it getting more expensive for you?
Speaker 1 (21:31):
How are the squatter laws in your state? In your city,
will you invest in some type of real estate and
then the next thing you know, somebody can move into
your home and act like you gave them a rental agreement,
and next thing you know, you're having to spend more
money to get them out. It's insane the stories I've heard.
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Just in twenty twenty four alone, and there was a
young lady in a city closer to me, maybe about
an hour away, and she was arrested recently January of
twenty twenty five, arrested from her own home because the
squatters call the police on her for her trying to
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get them out of her house. How crazy is that?
And I'm thinking to myself, how is that even possible?
When a person sits down and goes through closing on
a home or a property, and they have to sign
all of this paperwork, which I would consider to be
a contract.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
And yet they have.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
No rights to that property after they sign all of that,
pay all the money they need to pay, and their
name is on the property taxes. I feel like this
you guys in any state that doesn't make this a law.
And I'm thinking about personally getting into politics myself seriously,
not because I want to be a politician, but I
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do want to be someone who's able to speak to
these politicians because I'm like they need some sense seriously
pass to them.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
They really do.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Because I feel like anyone whose name is on property
taxes and that bill is sent to me in my name.
I have something to say about who's in my house.
Whether I change my mind, you know, one day after
they move in two weeks, thirty days, I don't care.
If for any reason you're not suitable to live in
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my home and I'm paying the property taxes on it,
I should be able to get you out of my house.
And I'm okay with filing the thirty day notice.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
That's okay. It should be that easy.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
It's been some strange things going on. It has been strange.
So understanding your laws in your city is so very important.
And then the next thing, let's go back to the
California fires, is going to be what insurance companies are
ailable to you now in your city and state in California,
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even one of the cities that was on fire, there
were several residents there who were dropped by their insurance provider,
which was State Farm, and I'll talk about that.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
In a minute. I believe it was two cities.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
That were on fire, if I'm not mistaken, but they
were not able to get new policies, which also makes
it an area that's not good to move into because
you can't even cover me. So if I do buy
a property, maybe there are other insurance providers out there,
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but I haven't heard that those individuals picked up insurance
for someone else. Sometimes in those cities and states, that
may be the only provider out there, right, So if
that's the case, we need to be mindful too of.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
What coverage we have.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
And unfortunately, a sh insurance is a big thing in
America because when you are entering in two loans, especially,
the lenders want to make sure that they can secure
the loan that they're giving you, and in order to
be able to secure it, to make sure that they
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can recover any money if something was to happen to
your house, you have to get homeowners insurance. The same
thing with a car, right, and so usually after you
pay the house off, you can decide whether you want
to keep a policy or not. The same thing with
a car. Well, actually, in some states that's incorrect because
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in many states you are required by law to have
drivers insurance or car insurance. So I just say drivers insurance, Okay,
I'm having a slow moment, but car insurance you are
required to have that, right. So with that being said,
you want to make sure that you are insured in
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whatever city that you're in. If you find that insurance
companies are starting to drop policies in your city, you
may want to get up and figure out why and
decide where you want to go from there, because staying
in these cities just because you've been there for a
long time. I also hear a lot of people saying
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they can't afford to move. I don't know how true
that is, because a lot of research needs to be done.
I would love to know income ratio to debt ratio,
all of these things. I can't say whether a person
just can't afford to move or not right, But I
feel like it's very important to be making a conscious
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effort to not stay in bad areas and bad relationships
with these bad politicians and these lawmakers who are doing
things that are against us. There are laws we do need,
good laws. There's a necessity for them, there is a
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reason to have them, but not all of them are
suitable for those of us who are working and living
in America. So many things are working against.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Us right now.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
So going back to Trump and me voting for him
in twenty twenty four, I started to weigh how I
felt my experience as an American was when he was
the president, and I can honestly say all the way
up until twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
I was straight with Trump. I had no problems with Trump.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
He was making some strides when it came down to
the income taxes, especially the federal tax, he lowered that,
which was amazing. So there were things that Trump was
doing that was helping America. And I loved that he
was talking about bringing more companies back to America as
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far as making products.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
And he also would find certain companies if they were
doing more business outside of America, including you know, production
and all of that or should say manufactory in other countries,
they were getting fines and that was beautiful because that
means that America is able to keep more money in
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our pockets. And that is very important. Why because that
tends to lower the cost for us over time. People
are wondering why rent's going up, They're wondering why their
everyday expenses are so high, They're wondering why utilities are
so high. And that is because the more America spends,
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the more we owe, the more we're gonna have to
work to pay that back. So I like trunk ideas
of not allowing people to come over here in this
country and use up all of our resources illegally. I
love the idea of American companies hiring and working and
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building businesses in America and manufacturing in America.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
And I love the fact and the thought that Trump
did consider America when it came down to taxes. Now,
there are a few things that he speaks on that
a lot of people hate, and I know one of
them is he wants to get rid of the welfare system.
And I'm going to just say this, you guys, when
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it comes down to the left and liberal ran cities,
I think everyone needs to just take some time to
weigh that question on whether things have gotten better based
on where they stand on things, and welfare is one
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of them. One thing I've always hated about, how we
said in the South government assistance, is that women who
are on the government assistance program, they are told they
can't have any men in the home, and that's still
a rule twenty twenty five, and they can't earn a
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certain amount of money or they lose the assistance. So
there have been individuals who will stay on welfare for
years and years and years and years. And I know
some twenty plus years and the moment they think to
get out and pursue a job and they have that
rough one day one week, they're like, Nah, it's not
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worth ruining the assistance that I'm getting from the government
to go out out here and work and start earning
more money for them to pay me less money or
no money or give me no assistance, you know. And
so I can't say that that is a good system.
I really personally can't. But I'm gonna have to look
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further into it and go back over some of those rules.
It's been a long time since I've heard anything about it,
but I thought about it recently when I heard Trump
bring it up. And you know, that's one of the
things he wants to get rid of. And that's one
of the things that people are feeling the ways about,
one of many should I say things that they really
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don't want Trump to change, but something does.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Need to change. And we.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
I'm not gonna say we can't give people things who
aren't doing certain things. But in America, we have to
stop incentivizing people to do nothing. And then also we
have to start punishing people for actually working.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
And not only.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
That that assistance is getting paid for somehow, and I
go all the way back to once again, the American
dollar and the working class Americans funding so many things
that we probably shouldn't be doing. It's a lot, you guys,
but that is something I want to look into. We're
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gonna talk more about it. I'm gonna dive into certain
laws as I study more. I'm going to dive into
certain laws, and I want to know why things are
the way they are, where things are going, and I
want to be able to discuss those things here with
you guys, because we can do better. At first, I
felt so defeated twenty twenty four, and I prayed really hard.
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I was like, Lord, I'm just feeling the ways I
wanted to relocate, and I'm talking about out of the state,
or should I say out of the country, out of
the union United States. And I didn't want to be
one of those people to say that because I don't
want to sound like a cliche of a lot of
Americans going, well, so and so wins, I'm leaving the
United States, and if this person loses, I'm leaving the
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United States. You know. I didn't want to be that person,
So I took some time out and I'm like, do
I need to relocate? Is there a solution to the
way I'm feeling to where I can stay in the
country I was born in, And then also trying to
use my logic that the grass is not always greener
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on the other side, every country has their issues. It
just depends on what you're willing to put up with.
And so I do believe we have to get a
lot more proactive in knowing what's going on around us
in order for us to not feel so blocked about
where we live. We can do this, you guys. We
can make better decisions. And another thing I do believe
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is that there are some good politicians out there who
simply just want to help the people. I think they
still exist because if citizens like myself still exist, if
citizens like you who just want things to be right
and balanced still exists, then those politicians have.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
To be out there somewhere. I just believe that.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
So I'm gonna go searching for them, and we're gonna
talk about it.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
And then my next thing, you guys.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
We're gonna go back to real estate really quick, and
I'm gonna leave you guys with this is when you're
moving into a city look at some of their development
plans which are public, especially when they are approved, so
there can be new businesses coming to that city. There
could be new manufacturing companies and or utility companies, whatever
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the case may be. There could be a lot of
development going on in that city, and you can know
about it because it's public record. And when you know
when and where developments are starting, you can also know
if that's a good place to invest. Do I want
to be around here, Like I'm looking at a lot
of places around me now, a lot of homes that
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were built off main roads that need to be widened
or are currently being widened, so their yards are being
taken up. So many crazy things, and you would be
surprised to hear that some of those plans have been
in the works for years before they're actually implemented, So
it would be good.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
To know those things.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Start going to your local courthouse and wherever those the
real estate records are held in your city and town
state and start looking over those plans and asking questions.
And also feel free to show up at your town
hall meetings that are for the public and start listening
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to what people are saying. And that's another huge thing. You, guys,
is these town hall meetings. I'm telling you, it is
something about them that I feel is useful, even if
you're just seeing how politicians are reacting to what the
people are saying and then the decisions they make after
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those town halls where people are able to speak up
and share how they're feeling, what they wanna see change,
where they want funding and budgeting to go to, or
if they're just voting on funds and you know, budgeting
for certain projects and things in that city. It it's
just a good thing to gauge and listen to who's
saying what, and who's willing to do what, and who's
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willing to talk to the people and who's not. And
of course, you guys, these things change, people change. Politicians.
You know, they only h they can only serve a
certain amount of years or a certain term. So understanding
that you may have a politician you actually really like,
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the question is gonna be then and how long are
they gonna be in office? And that also gives you
time to decide how you're gonna run your business and
what you're gonna invest in during that timeframe, because you
know that politician stands for certain things and they're looking
out for the real estate developers, or they're looking out
for the small business owner, or whatever the case may be.
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And so for the next four years while Trump is
in office, God will everything goes well with his administration
and he's able to do a lot of the things
that he wants to do. I believe it is gonna
set some things right with us. And so in the meantime,
in this next four years, what are we gonna be
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up to, what are we gonna invest in, how are
we gonna move You guys, wake up, stay active.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
In that, continue to look at.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
These things and pay attention to how you're being treated
in your city and what these politicians really think about you.
Because another thing U two which has been a part
of my journey I could say I had this experience
is when you call yourself liking someone and you find
out they don't feel the same way about you, and
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it is like, Okay, no problem, not gonna waste your time,
thank you. By right, I'm just saying some of the.
Speaker 2 (38:21):
Leave you guys with that.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
I hope you enjoyed my little conversation here on politics
and bad relationships and the parallel between the two. I
hope you guys are getting some of my points. I
am gonna talk a little bit more about this. I'm
probably gonna stay on this subject because I want to
dive into some law for real, and I'm gonna take
some baby steps into getting out here so I could
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talk to some of these politicians myself.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
I might end up.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
Starting nonprofit or something. I don't know, but we'll talk
about it when it happens. I'm just saying so, you guys,
if you have a comment that you would like to
leave me on this particular episode, feel free to look
at the link in any description of any platform that
you're listening to me on. Remember to keep your comments
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classy and professional, because that's all we do over here.
And until next time, you guys, remember to watch all
your relationships and make your choices wisely.
Speaker 2 (39:21):
Chat soon.
Hi, everyone, Welcome back to the Motivation Zone. It is
your host here, Monica Mace. Super excited to be with
you guys, and listen, we have a lot to dive into.
I'm gonna try to take my time, so you guys
kick back and let's talk about politics and bad relationships
and how the two parallel with each other. And I
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know you guys are like, uh, oh, where is she
going with this?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Well, I'll tell you.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
So I'm thinking, right, I'm looking at what's going on
here at the top of twenty twenty five, which really
got me thinking about this, and in particular what's happening
in California with all of these fires. I have been
seriously mind blown about it. When I first started hearing
about the fires, I was like, Okay, you know, I
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hope they get them put out, and I really wasn't
paying much attention to the situation. But then as days
went by and they were talking about how many homes
we're being lost in these fires, and then also how
many deaths were happening, I was like, Oh, this is
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really serious. People are dying and people are losing their homes.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Wow. So, as I'm.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Following the situation and I'm listening to the people who
should have been more responsible and proactive because they know
that California is prone to fires, especially in the past
few years. The reporters and individuals who are asking why
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hasn't something been done about this, and the answers that
have come back is just disheartening because no one wants
to take responsibility for it, and then everybody else is
just saying, well, we're doing this and we're doing that
to make sure we can build back better than ever.
And one of those individuals is Newsom hisself, who is
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the governor of California. And Newsome really irks me. And
this is where the parallel of bad relationships come in.
We have to start asking ourselves as Americans, and personally,
I've been very frustrated over this is where do we
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start families, businesses? Where do we work in twenty twenty five?
Is it something that we need to consider when it
comes down to relocating because we are in bad relationships
with politicians, people who are making laws that are working
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against the American citizens instead of with the American citizens.
And I'm talking about the working class Americans and as
you guys can see for yourself watching this situation with California.
These are people who didn't get the homes for free,
and these are in many cases, million dollar homes. And
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I don't know if you guys have been following real
estate in California, but I will never forget. Back in
the day, I was watching a I want to say,
like a home decor, home shopping type of network, and
there were these gentlemen who were renovating a house that
they had purchased in California, and you guys, it was
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a two bedroom, one bathroom house, very small, one level,
going for four hundred thousand dollars. I made it up
in my mind right then and there, California was too
expensive for me. And this this had to be over
ten years ago, and I was like, no, that is
not a state I would ever want to live. Because,
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of course, someone being used to living in the South,
I know that I can get a property and get
currently really state for four hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
That would crush that little house that they were selling.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Now, mind you, it's not about the size of the
home in the sense of I couldn't live in it.
That's not what I'm saying. It's how much am I
getting for my money. Is this a reasonable logical purchase?
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Does this make sense, you guys?
Speaker 1 (04:28):
So, as I'm looking at this years ago, I was like, no,
I can never get in a relationship with California.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
And the reason.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Why I'm using relationships as an example, you guys, is
because right now I'm seeing so many people get into
this discussion of politics and we're talking about who is
and isn't doing what. But it's almost as if Americas
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have completely detached themselves from the logic of thinking politicians as.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Being someone they're committing.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
To and looking at their personal relationships, jobs, family, ships,
whatever in a completely different light. But to me, I
see them as being very similar. I really do, because
when you live in a city, in state in America,
it is a commitment that you're making being there. Not
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only is it a commitment, it is also an investment. Seriously,
So right now in my state, I am paying income tax,
which includes both federal and state.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I am paying property.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Taxes, which this year was at thirty two hundred dollars,
which was a lot, and it's gone up tremendously, and then.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
We're also paying else tax. Right now, mind you, I'm
not too.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Sad about my city, I can honestly say that we
have pretty decent roads. The city, for the most part,
is usually really clean. But now I am very prompted
and I encourage you guys to do the same thing.
To start studying up on.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
The laws where you live.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
What are the laws, what are the rules, what are
the real estate laws, squad of laws, all of these things,
so that you know where you're investing your money, because
that relationship eventually can either be the best relationship you've
ever had in your life, which means that you feel
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pretty safe in your city. It means that your business
is thriving in your city and you didn't just open
up somewhere and you're finding that it's very hard to
sustain because the people in the city is not something
that you can connect with, or that there are rules,
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regulations and laws that are in place that it's so
expensive that you won't be able to maintain your business.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Right.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
So, a good, healthy relationship in your city is knowing
these things so that way you can decide if this
is where you want to invest, if this is where
you want to hang your coat and your hat, if
that makes sense. Also, another healthy relationship with a city
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in the government officials, or let's just say the state
is the school systems. How is that looking If you're
not a parent who's going to be homeschooling your kid
and you're gonna be sending your kid, kids children, whatever,
however you want to classify it to a public school,
what is those public.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Schools look like? Are the teachers.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Taken care of? And at this point, you guys with politics,
I'm at a point with the money that we're spending,
I'm at a point that there is no excuse for
teachers to not be taken care of in our cities especially,
And I would say it's okay to have a tiered program.
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Maybe the teachers who've only been there a year to
two years are not having and privilege to the same
benefits of a teacher who's been there three years or more. Right,
I'm okay with that. I feel like we've lost the
tiered incentives in a whole lot of areas where companies
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are trying to bring everyone at an equal playing field.
And the problem with that is if a company does
not want to pay out anything extra, everyone suffers for
that because they're trying to keep everyone on the same levels.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
And that is not good.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
We need to bring back the tiered incentives, and I
feel like teachers should definitely be getting paid more and
they should be taken care of. And for no reason
should a child have to go door to door in
twenty twenty five to sell any cookies to raise funds
for their schools, Especially when I look at my property
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taxes and saw that two thousand dollars was going toward
my school in my county, So that means every other
neighbor in my neighborhood is also paying similar taxes and
that same amount as going.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Towards that school.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
So there should be no reason why that school shouldn't
have what it needs.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Period.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
I really do believe that when it comes down to
being in a healthy city, and we need to look
out for these things. And so the parallel to the
healthy cities and a healthy relationship is very similar to
you guys, because in any personal relationship that is also
an investment, an investment of time. You all also know
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it's an investment of money if you're buying gifts or
supporting that spouse and whatever endeavors they're going into. It's
also an investment in whether or not you want to
build with that person, and building even includes starting a family.
So why is it, you guys, that we are moving
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about in America with politics as if it's just red
and blue, as if it's just Oh, I don't like
him because he did XYZ, and I don't like her
because she said that he said, And it's just so
much stupidity. And we're sitting in the middle of what's
going on. We can see literally by what we're having
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to do, how much money we're having to pay, what
things are looking like for us in the economy. We
can tell who's doing what. So why do we continue
in these relationships? We need to break up with Democrat
Republican period. And I'm someone who voted Donald Trump into
office twenty twenty four. I stand ten toes down on
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my vote. But at the same time, don't believe for
two minutes that I won't be watching what he's doing.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Seriously.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
And the reason why Trump got my vote twenty twenty
four is because I felt like apart from COVID, because
Trump and I, you know, I really disliked him by
the end of twenty twenty, No lies told I did
not vote twenty twenty I'm just gonna tell you guys
this straight up, because first of all, I didn't like
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at all, did not like Kamala at all, which is
why she didn't get my vote twenty twenty four, because
I felt like I never saw Kamala, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Who she is.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
And then any person who ever continues to change their
stances based on what they think people want to hear,
they don't have a clear stance themselves, which makes sure
an unstable individual. I don't like that at all, and
that is something too in my personal life, whether it
be friends, family, or otherwise. I need stable people who
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can make a decision and a choice without always flipping
on me because somebody else is saying something to them
about something. Can we just make a decision. So I
didn't vote for Biden Harris twenty twenty and I didn't
vote for Trump. I just said I'm sitting this one
out because this was a tough one. And what made
it tough for me with Trump was the way Trump
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dealt with COVID. I felt like Americans deserved a lot
more and we're gonna talk about.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
This health thing. Two.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
We deserved a lot more information in what we got
regarding COVID, and as you can see that it's something
that's still on the hush hush. Where did it come from?
Of course Trump says where he thinks it came from.
But can we get some actual answers on things as
to why we're going through this? Can we also get
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some accountability on it? And so I felt like in
twenty twenty, this situation with C nineteen became very political,
and it became blue versus red, and mass wearers versus
non mass wearers, and those who wanted to go out
and hang out and gathering crowds versus those who did it.
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It shouldn't have been that we should have picked one thing.
We should have picked safety over anything, and we should
have stuck with that.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
But we did it.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
And that was my problem with Trump twenty twenty and
v Republican most of the time, I have never voted Democrat,
and in the times where I felt like neither Democrat
or Republican were suitable for me, I just didn't vote
for him. I just didn't vote in that election at all.
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But I am more of someone who has conservative views,
if that's what you want to call it, right, So,
even in that though, my safety comes first, and I
believe in that, so I felt like Trump was compromising
my safety because he was running around here ating like
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COVID wasn't a big deal and then wanted to criticize
those who did not want to put themselves in harm
way by getting sick from a virus that was actually
killing people pretty rapidly.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
In the beginning.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
So with that being said, I could not see him
as someone who could protect me.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
So I didn't not vote for him.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
And that's really how I took it. And it took
these California fires for me to realize that I really
have been treating politics like a relationship in my mind,
and when I don't feel like I'm going into something healthy,
I just don't vote for these people. And it's unfortunate,
I know, because we do need to vote, and we
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need to work harder at it. We do need to
pay attention to what's going on in our politics. I
agree with that ten thousand percent, and I was paying attention,
but I just could not bring myself to vote for
either of those people twenty twenty. But what pulled me
back to Trump twenty twenty four was I knew the
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economy was better when Trump was running. I also knew
that Trump was actually working on this immigration issue. He
was adamant about He was adamant about protecting America. He
wanted to make sure that our borders were secure. And
it's that unreasonable for anyone who wants to protect their home.
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And then I go back to the parallel. Would you
want to be married to or in any type of
relationship with someone who would not be willing to protect you?
And I know with myself, and I was gonna speak
in general with women, but I'll just say with myself
as a woman, I am comfortable and I enjoy being
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with a man who is going to protect me. If
push come to shove and he knows that I'm in danger,
or he knows that I'm being open to something that
I shouldn't, will step me to the side and let
me know or shield me from anything that's come in
my way. And I would do the same for him.
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I think that goes both ways, right. So with that
Trump having that heart for America, as he has that
general talk of we just want these things to work out,
We want our country secure, we want more money in
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our pockets as a country because we're in so much
debt as Americans. We're also in debt. And that's another thing.
A lot of people, including women, are like, I don't
want no man who's broke. I don't want to date him,
marry him, be with him if he has bad credit.
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But yet we're living in a country with bad credit,
and we're not having these conversations when we talk politics
because we're just talking Republican Democrat. But what's actually happening
in America?
Speaker 2 (17:56):
You guys?
Speaker 1 (17:58):
So here we are out more money. We've watched family
members do this. We watched jobs cloth and go bankrupt
for doing this because they are already in debt. And
then they're constantly giving out more money to things that
are not suitable that we all should be on the
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board to vote against or four. And then we stay
in debt and we're even deeper in debt than what
we were before. And do you know now we're being
punished as the working class Americans because of the debt
that America has. This is why the recession is where
it is, or should I say the economy not the recession,
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excuse me. The economy is where it is. This is
why taxes are where they are. This is why Americans
feel like we can't catch a break because we're working
for the spouse who wants to go out and gamble
all our money. Have you guys ever had that experience
or do you know someone who's had that experience where
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the person they was in a relationship with was gambling
all of their money, putting it in odd things that
they never talked to the spouse about. And then the
spouse goes, hey, I thought we had all of this
money in the account. I thought this and this and
that was available. And I went into our account the
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other day and I see that we are at nineteen
dollars and fifty cent random number. I know, but I'm
just I'm just saying. And then that spouse is angry.
They have to go out and work to recover that money,
because how else are they going to recovery? Take the
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nineteen fifty nineteen dollars and fifty cent out and go
gamble it and hope they, you know, hit something from it.
I don't know, but it's hard work. So we're doing that.
But yet we wanted to put Kamala in office, seeing
that her administration has been really fumbling the bag for America,
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especially funding these wars. But we choose these people, We
keep voting for these people.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Right It just it's not making sense.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
So I'm talking about this because I want us to
start viewing politics, especially local guys, as a relationship. Is
it that this year it's time for some of us
to relocate, think about where we're living, Think about who
we're investing our time, money in, especially when it comes
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to your cities. Maybe maybe it's worth considering because we
do want to be in healthy locations. I know I do,
and I don't mind my city right now, but there
is always room for improvements. And like I said, I'm
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going to be studying up on some things just to
make sure I'm making the right decisions. So, in your
current city and state, how are the school systems? What
are the debts like for your city and state? Where
it comes down to what the working class Americans have
to contribute to keep things running and going?
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Is it getting more expensive for you?
Speaker 1 (21:31):
How are the squatter laws in your state? In your city,
will you invest in some type of real estate and
then the next thing you know, somebody can move into
your home and act like you gave them a rental agreement,
and next thing you know, you're having to spend more
money to get them out. It's insane the stories I've heard.
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Just in twenty twenty four alone, and there was a
young lady in a city closer to me, maybe about
an hour away, and she was arrested recently January of
twenty twenty five, arrested from her own home because the
squatters call the police on her for her trying to
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get them out of her house. How crazy is that?
And I'm thinking to myself, how is that even possible?
When a person sits down and goes through closing on
a home or a property, and they have to sign
all of this paperwork, which I would consider to be
a contract.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
And yet they have.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
No rights to that property after they sign all of that,
pay all the money they need to pay, and their
name is on the property taxes. I feel like this
you guys in any state that doesn't make this a law.
And I'm thinking about personally getting into politics myself seriously,
not because I want to be a politician, but I
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do want to be someone who's able to speak to
these politicians because I'm like they need some sense seriously
pass to them.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
They really do.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Because I feel like anyone whose name is on property
taxes and that bill is sent to me in my name.
I have something to say about who's in my house.
Whether I change my mind, you know, one day after
they move in two weeks, thirty days, I don't care.
If for any reason you're not suitable to live in
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my home and I'm paying the property taxes on it,
I should be able to get you out of my house.
And I'm okay with filing the thirty day notice.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
That's okay. It should be that easy.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
It's been some strange things going on. It has been strange.
So understanding your laws in your city is so very important.
And then the next thing, let's go back to the
California fires, is going to be what insurance companies are
ailable to you now in your city and state in California,
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even one of the cities that was on fire, there
were several residents there who were dropped by their insurance provider,
which was State Farm, and I'll talk about that.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
In a minute. I believe it was two cities.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
That were on fire, if I'm not mistaken, but they
were not able to get new policies, which also makes
it an area that's not good to move into because
you can't even cover me. So if I do buy
a property, maybe there are other insurance providers out there,
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but I haven't heard that those individuals picked up insurance
for someone else. Sometimes in those cities and states, that
may be the only provider out there, right, So if
that's the case, we need to be mindful too of.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
What coverage we have.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
And unfortunately, a sh insurance is a big thing in
America because when you are entering in two loans, especially,
the lenders want to make sure that they can secure
the loan that they're giving you, and in order to
be able to secure it, to make sure that they
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can recover any money if something was to happen to
your house, you have to get homeowners insurance. The same
thing with a car, right, and so usually after you
pay the house off, you can decide whether you want
to keep a policy or not. The same thing with
a car. Well, actually, in some states that's incorrect because
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in many states you are required by law to have
drivers insurance or car insurance. So I just say drivers insurance, Okay,
I'm having a slow moment, but car insurance you are
required to have that, right. So with that being said,
you want to make sure that you are insured in
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whatever city that you're in. If you find that insurance
companies are starting to drop policies in your city, you
may want to get up and figure out why and
decide where you want to go from there, because staying
in these cities just because you've been there for a
long time. I also hear a lot of people saying
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they can't afford to move. I don't know how true
that is, because a lot of research needs to be done.
I would love to know income ratio to debt ratio,
all of these things. I can't say whether a person
just can't afford to move or not right, But I
feel like it's very important to be making a conscious
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effort to not stay in bad areas and bad relationships
with these bad politicians and these lawmakers who are doing
things that are against us. There are laws we do need,
good laws. There's a necessity for them, there is a
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reason to have them, but not all of them are
suitable for those of us who are working and living
in America. So many things are working against.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Us right now.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
So going back to Trump and me voting for him
in twenty twenty four, I started to weigh how I
felt my experience as an American was when he was
the president, and I can honestly say all the way
up until twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
I was straight with Trump. I had no problems with Trump.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
He was making some strides when it came down to
the income taxes, especially the federal tax, he lowered that,
which was amazing. So there were things that Trump was
doing that was helping America. And I loved that he
was talking about bringing more companies back to America as
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far as making products.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
And he also would find certain companies if they were
doing more business outside of America, including you know, production
and all of that or should say manufactory in other countries,
they were getting fines and that was beautiful because that
means that America is able to keep more money in
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our pockets. And that is very important. Why because that
tends to lower the cost for us over time. People
are wondering why rent's going up, They're wondering why their
everyday expenses are so high, They're wondering why utilities are
so high. And that is because the more America spends,
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the more we owe, the more we're gonna have to
work to pay that back. So I like trunk ideas
of not allowing people to come over here in this
country and use up all of our resources illegally. I
love the idea of American companies hiring and working and
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building businesses in America and manufacturing in America.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
And I love the fact and the thought that Trump
did consider America when it came down to taxes. Now,
there are a few things that he speaks on that
a lot of people hate, and I know one of
them is he wants to get rid of the welfare system.
And I'm going to just say this, you guys, when
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it comes down to the left and liberal ran cities,
I think everyone needs to just take some time to
weigh that question on whether things have gotten better based
on where they stand on things, and welfare is one
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of them. One thing I've always hated about, how we
said in the South government assistance, is that women who
are on the government assistance program, they are told they
can't have any men in the home, and that's still
a rule twenty twenty five, and they can't earn a
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certain amount of money or they lose the assistance. So
there have been individuals who will stay on welfare for
years and years and years and years. And I know
some twenty plus years and the moment they think to
get out and pursue a job and they have that
rough one day one week, they're like, Nah, it's not
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worth ruining the assistance that I'm getting from the government
to go out out here and work and start earning
more money for them to pay me less money or
no money or give me no assistance, you know. And
so I can't say that that is a good system.
I really personally can't. But I'm gonna have to look
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further into it and go back over some of those rules.
It's been a long time since I've heard anything about it,
but I thought about it recently when I heard Trump
bring it up. And you know, that's one of the
things he wants to get rid of. And that's one
of the things that people are feeling the ways about,
one of many should I say things that they really
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don't want Trump to change, but something does.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Need to change. And we.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
I'm not gonna say we can't give people things who
aren't doing certain things. But in America, we have to
stop incentivizing people to do nothing. And then also we
have to start punishing people for actually working.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
And not only.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
That that assistance is getting paid for somehow, and I
go all the way back to once again, the American
dollar and the working class Americans funding so many things
that we probably shouldn't be doing. It's a lot, you guys,
but that is something I want to look into. We're
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gonna talk more about it. I'm gonna dive into certain
laws as I study more. I'm going to dive into
certain laws, and I want to know why things are
the way they are, where things are going, and I
want to be able to discuss those things here with
you guys, because we can do better. At first, I
felt so defeated twenty twenty four, and I prayed really hard.
(32:51):
I was like, Lord, I'm just feeling the ways I
wanted to relocate, and I'm talking about out of the state,
or should I say out of the country, out of
the union United States. And I didn't want to be
one of those people to say that because I don't
want to sound like a cliche of a lot of
Americans going, well, so and so wins, I'm leaving the
United States, and if this person loses, I'm leaving the
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United States. You know. I didn't want to be that person,
So I took some time out and I'm like, do
I need to relocate? Is there a solution to the
way I'm feeling to where I can stay in the
country I was born in, And then also trying to
use my logic that the grass is not always greener
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on the other side, every country has their issues. It
just depends on what you're willing to put up with.
And so I do believe we have to get a
lot more proactive in knowing what's going on around us
in order for us to not feel so blocked about
where we live. We can do this, you guys. We
can make better decisions. And another thing I do believe
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is that there are some good politicians out there who
simply just want to help the people. I think they
still exist because if citizens like myself still exist, if
citizens like you who just want things to be right
and balanced still exists, then those politicians have.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
To be out there somewhere. I just believe that.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
So I'm gonna go searching for them, and we're gonna
talk about it.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
And then my next thing, you guys.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
We're gonna go back to real estate really quick, and
I'm gonna leave you guys with this is when you're
moving into a city look at some of their development
plans which are public, especially when they are approved, so
there can be new businesses coming to that city. There
could be new manufacturing companies and or utility companies, whatever
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the case may be. There could be a lot of
development going on in that city, and you can know
about it because it's public record. And when you know
when and where developments are starting, you can also know
if that's a good place to invest. Do I want
to be around here, Like I'm looking at a lot
of places around me now, a lot of homes that
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were built off main roads that need to be widened
or are currently being widened, so their yards are being
taken up. So many crazy things, and you would be
surprised to hear that some of those plans have been
in the works for years before they're actually implemented, So
it would be good.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
To know those things.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Start going to your local courthouse and wherever those the
real estate records are held in your city and town
state and start looking over those plans and asking questions.
And also feel free to show up at your town
hall meetings that are for the public and start listening
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to what people are saying. And that's another huge thing. You, guys,
is these town hall meetings. I'm telling you, it is
something about them that I feel is useful, even if
you're just seeing how politicians are reacting to what the
people are saying and then the decisions they make after
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those town halls where people are able to speak up
and share how they're feeling, what they wanna see change,
where they want funding and budgeting to go to, or
if they're just voting on funds and you know, budgeting
for certain projects and things in that city. It it's
just a good thing to gauge and listen to who's
saying what, and who's willing to do what, and who's
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willing to talk to the people and who's not. And
of course, you guys, these things change, people change. Politicians.
You know, they only h they can only serve a
certain amount of years or a certain term. So understanding
that you may have a politician you actually really like,
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the question is gonna be then and how long are
they gonna be in office? And that also gives you
time to decide how you're gonna run your business and
what you're gonna invest in during that timeframe, because you
know that politician stands for certain things and they're looking
out for the real estate developers, or they're looking out
for the small business owner, or whatever the case may be.
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And so for the next four years while Trump is
in office, God will everything goes well with his administration
and he's able to do a lot of the things
that he wants to do. I believe it is gonna
set some things right with us. And so in the meantime,
in this next four years, what are we gonna be
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up to, what are we gonna invest in, how are
we gonna move You guys, wake up, stay active.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
In that, continue to look at.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
These things and pay attention to how you're being treated
in your city and what these politicians really think about you.
Because another thing U two which has been a part
of my journey I could say I had this experience
is when you call yourself liking someone and you find
out they don't feel the same way about you, and
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it is like, Okay, no problem, not gonna waste your time,
thank you. By right, I'm just saying some of the.
Speaker 2 (38:21):
Leave you guys with that.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
I hope you enjoyed my little conversation here on politics
and bad relationships and the parallel between the two. I
hope you guys are getting some of my points. I
am gonna talk a little bit more about this. I'm
probably gonna stay on this subject because I want to
dive into some law for real, and I'm gonna take
some baby steps into getting out here so I could
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talk to some of these politicians myself.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
I might end up.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
Starting nonprofit or something. I don't know, but we'll talk
about it when it happens. I'm just saying so, you guys,
if you have a comment that you would like to
leave me on this particular episode, feel free to look
at the link in any description of any platform that
you're listening to me on. Remember to keep your comments
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classy and professional, because that's all we do over here.
And until next time, you guys, remember to watch all
your relationships and make your choices wisely.
Speaker 2 (39:21):
Chat soon.
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