December 10, 2025 • 8 mins
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This morning, after listening to a parade of Republican senators and representatives regurgitate talking points about healthcare, farm policy, and government spending, I hit a breaking point: I’m never voting for “less bad” again. Watching these people dodge reality while their constituents suffer was embarrassing — for them, and for the country.
In this episode, we break down:
• Why the GOP’s current leadership is terrified of saying anything real
• How Republicans now rely on the same canned bullet points as Democrats
• Why nothing meaningful has been accomplished under Mike Johnson’s Congress
• How the party continues to rubber-stamp spending, foreign aid, and bureaucratic growth
• Why Republicans treat criticism like “mean tweets” instead of feedback
And why refusing to vote for weak candidates may be the only way forward.
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i
WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:
https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured
This morning, after listening to a parade of Republican senators and representatives regurgitate talking points about healthcare, farm policy, and government spending, I hit a breaking point: I’m never voting for “less bad” again. Watching these people dodge reality while their constituents suffer was embarrassing — for them, and for the country.
In this episode, we break down:
• Why the GOP’s current leadership is terrified of saying anything real
• How Republicans now rely on the same canned bullet points as Democrats
• Why nothing meaningful has been accomplished under Mike Johnson’s Congress
• How the party continues to rubber-stamp spending, foreign aid, and bureaucratic growth
• Why Republicans treat criticism like “mean tweets” instead of feedback
And why refusing to vote for weak candidates may be the only way forward.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Watchdog on Wall Street podcast explaining the news coming
out of the complex worlds of finance, economics, and politics
and the impact it we'll have on everyday Americans. Author,
investment banker, consumer advocate, analyst, and trader Chris Markowski.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I am never again. This is I'm swearing on this.
I'm sorry, you know, change my mind in this one.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
I am never.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Voting for less bad again. I had this epiphany. I'm
driving home today from my workout early this morning, and
I'm listening to some of the interviews that various different
Republican senators and representatives were making on a myriad of
(00:48):
different topics, whether it be healthcare and extending all the
ACA handouts, or about farmers and small businesses, and watching them,
watching them in their mind go to whatever bullet point
they were supposed to have. I think the first bullet
(01:09):
point for most of them was Biden. But Biden but
by bye bye bye Ny.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
That was the first thing you're watching.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
And again, different networks, not.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Not just CNN.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
CNN was in there, but it was also News Nation,
Fox News, Okay, various different networks calling them out. They're
going on there. Everything is all the things are fantastic.
Sure your constituents are saying otherwise. You have people in
your district complaining about what's going on, and they're just
(01:46):
ignoring it. They're absolutely ignoring it. I watched these these people,
and I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for them. I'm embarrassed for
the state of politics here in this country.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Quick story, true story. And I don't mean to put
anybody off.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Okay, may have kids in the car, you might want
to put up ear muss.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
This is back way back.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It's had to be like two thousand and two, two
thousand and three. So when I first started lacrosse program
down in Southwest Florida, and and kids that I were
working with right at the time, they had some toughness
issues they did, and you know, I would call them,
(02:39):
uh and okay, i'll edit it for you. I'd call
them a bunch of kitty cats from time to time
and rightfully so. And again, you know, your job as
as a coach is again you want to again lift
kids and make them the best, best possible player, best
(02:59):
possible people they can be. And again, I believe or
not still close with some of these kids from back
there at.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
That point time, anyway, neither here nor there. It's actually clever.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
One day, you know, towards the end of the season,
all of that, the entire team came to practice wearing
wearing shirts with kittens on the front. But anyway, neither
here nor there. Those kids that I had back in
two thousand and two, two thousand and three hell of
a lot tougher than these kitty cats. Republicans, what I mean,
(03:36):
we need all It's like they're afraid that, you know,
they're afraid that someone's going to send out a mean
tweet and get upset with them. Anyway, there's.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
No saying.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
You know, sometimes sometimes you need to take three steps
backward to take five six steps forward. What do I
what do I mean by this? Well, I refuse and
I've done this, done this my entire life pretty much.
(04:15):
I mentioned, you know, I candidates that I want for
president never end up getting nominated.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
It's also in local elections as well.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I'm not gonna vote for anybody that I truly believe in.
You're not gonna you're not gonna convince me, well, you know,
my god, if you don't vote for them, then you're
gonna get a communist in there. Maybe Amy, Maybe you're right, Yeah, yeah,
maybe you know, Karl Marx will get in aok, will
(04:45):
get in.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
And I'm saying, you know what, that might be good.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
That might be good in the sense that, you know what,
we might have to take a couple steps backward to
take many steps forward, because what do we have right now?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Nothing? Milling what you tell me? I want you to
tell me what this what this Mike.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Johnson Congress has accomplished what they're exactly doing, and the Senate,
I mean the points that I've made up over the
past couple of weeks, talked about, oh hey, oh, another
five billion in pork we're sticking in there. Hey, we're
still sending forty million dollars a week to the Taliban
in Afghanistan.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Oh, I can go on and on and on and on.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Marjorie Taylor Green got a bill pass committee to not
allow for the mutilation of children anymore with this sex
change crap for minors.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
No, can we get a vote on that? Nah? Oh,
it was.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
A question yesterday. I think it was Greta van Sustern.
I think she works for Newsmax. I don't know who.
What what Kitty Cat Republican. I forget she was asking
to She's like, wait a second, here, you guys are
a journey on December twenty second, and you might not
have this stuff accomplished. Why not stay and work and
get something done? And he didn't even have you kill Oh, well,
(06:10):
you know this is a long process.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
And then you watch them go on. We are Republicans.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
We're putting the hard work in and the work and
the work, and it works hard, and you gotta work,
and these problems are big and.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
We're working hard and we're working.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Shut the hell up, working hard, working hard on what
you've got? Nothing, nothing, zip, zero, zilch nana. There was again,
I know I'm gonna.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
You can's gonna win in the communists, You're gonna take
over whatever. Man, Well, give me a break. I mean, honestly,
you know.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
We're two trillion dollars further in debt than we were at.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
The beginning of the year. Did you vote for that?
Speaker 2 (06:59):
The biggest problem that we have right now is that,
and it's getting worse instead of better. Elon musk recent interview,
they asked to be with do Doze again. He was like, no,
why would he Why would they threw him out. They
threw him out. They had burned his dealership, set his
cars on fire, turned him into you know all this,
(07:19):
But it was both sides. It wasn't just Democrats one,
just leftists. Republicans behind that too. Oh yeah, well you
don't think that they want to keep this spending going on.
Of course they do. There was a south Park episode
and this was it was actually came out during Bush
(07:40):
versus Carrie, and the whole idea behind the the piece was,
in essence, both candidates suck and the town lost their
mascot for the school, which was the Cows because Peter
got upset and they had a an election for a
(08:01):
new mascot for the school. And this is the brilliance
of south Park. It was a a poop sandwich versus
a giant douche. And one of the kids in the
town was like, I don't see the point. Why should
I vote? And everybody's getting up, Well, you kind of vote,
vote the most important thing, you got it. They were
(08:22):
getting all upset with the kid. They wanted to banish
him from the town because you refuse to vote. You
know what, I'm sorry, I'm not I'm not I'm not
participating in this anymore. It's waste my time. I've got
better things to do with my time to vote for
a uh less better candidate. Uh you know, it's a
(08:46):
waste time. Quite frankly, it is. What's the point behind it?
Watchdog on Wall Street dot com
The Watchdog on Wall Street podcast explaining the news coming
out of the complex worlds of finance, economics, and politics
and the impact it we'll have on everyday Americans. Author,
investment banker, consumer advocate, analyst, and trader Chris Markowski.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I am never again. This is I'm swearing on this.
I'm sorry, you know, change my mind in this one.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
I am never.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Voting for less bad again. I had this epiphany. I'm
driving home today from my workout early this morning, and
I'm listening to some of the interviews that various different
Republican senators and representatives were making on a myriad of
(00:48):
different topics, whether it be healthcare and extending all the
ACA handouts, or about farmers and small businesses, and watching them,
watching them in their mind go to whatever bullet point
they were supposed to have. I think the first bullet
(01:09):
point for most of them was Biden. But Biden but
by bye bye bye Ny.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
That was the first thing you're watching.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
And again, different networks, not.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Not just CNN.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
CNN was in there, but it was also News Nation,
Fox News, Okay, various different networks calling them out. They're
going on there. Everything is all the things are fantastic.
Sure your constituents are saying otherwise. You have people in
your district complaining about what's going on, and they're just
(01:46):
ignoring it. They're absolutely ignoring it. I watched these these people,
and I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for them. I'm embarrassed for
the state of politics here in this country.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Quick story, true story. And I don't mean to put
anybody off.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Okay, may have kids in the car, you might want
to put up ear muss.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
This is back way back.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It's had to be like two thousand and two, two
thousand and three. So when I first started lacrosse program
down in Southwest Florida, and and kids that I were
working with right at the time, they had some toughness
issues they did, and you know, I would call them,
(02:39):
uh and okay, i'll edit it for you. I'd call
them a bunch of kitty cats from time to time
and rightfully so. And again, you know, your job as
as a coach is again you want to again lift
kids and make them the best, best possible player, best
(02:59):
possible people they can be. And again, I believe or
not still close with some of these kids from back
there at.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
That point time, anyway, neither here nor there. It's actually clever.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
One day, you know, towards the end of the season,
all of that, the entire team came to practice wearing
wearing shirts with kittens on the front. But anyway, neither
here nor there. Those kids that I had back in
two thousand and two, two thousand and three hell of
a lot tougher than these kitty cats. Republicans, what I mean,
(03:36):
we need all It's like they're afraid that, you know,
they're afraid that someone's going to send out a mean
tweet and get upset with them. Anyway, there's.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
No saying.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
You know, sometimes sometimes you need to take three steps
backward to take five six steps forward. What do I
what do I mean by this? Well, I refuse and
I've done this, done this my entire life pretty much.
(04:15):
I mentioned, you know, I candidates that I want for
president never end up getting nominated.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
It's also in local elections as well.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I'm not gonna vote for anybody that I truly believe in.
You're not gonna you're not gonna convince me, well, you know,
my god, if you don't vote for them, then you're
gonna get a communist in there. Maybe Amy, Maybe you're right, Yeah, yeah,
maybe you know, Karl Marx will get in aok, will
(04:45):
get in.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
And I'm saying, you know what, that might be good.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
That might be good in the sense that, you know what,
we might have to take a couple steps backward to
take many steps forward, because what do we have right now?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Nothing? Milling what you tell me? I want you to
tell me what this what this Mike.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Johnson Congress has accomplished what they're exactly doing, and the Senate,
I mean the points that I've made up over the
past couple of weeks, talked about, oh hey, oh, another
five billion in pork we're sticking in there. Hey, we're
still sending forty million dollars a week to the Taliban
in Afghanistan.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Oh, I can go on and on and on and on.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Marjorie Taylor Green got a bill pass committee to not
allow for the mutilation of children anymore with this sex
change crap for minors.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
No, can we get a vote on that? Nah? Oh,
it was.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
A question yesterday. I think it was Greta van Sustern.
I think she works for Newsmax. I don't know who.
What what Kitty Cat Republican. I forget she was asking
to She's like, wait a second, here, you guys are
a journey on December twenty second, and you might not
have this stuff accomplished. Why not stay and work and
get something done? And he didn't even have you kill Oh, well,
(06:10):
you know this is a long process.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
And then you watch them go on. We are Republicans.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
We're putting the hard work in and the work and
the work, and it works hard, and you gotta work,
and these problems are big and.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
We're working hard and we're working.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Shut the hell up, working hard, working hard on what
you've got? Nothing, nothing, zip, zero, zilch nana. There was again,
I know I'm gonna.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
You can's gonna win in the communists, You're gonna take
over whatever. Man, Well, give me a break. I mean, honestly,
you know.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
We're two trillion dollars further in debt than we were at.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
The beginning of the year. Did you vote for that?
Speaker 2 (06:59):
The biggest problem that we have right now is that,
and it's getting worse instead of better. Elon musk recent interview,
they asked to be with do Doze again. He was like, no,
why would he Why would they threw him out. They
threw him out. They had burned his dealership, set his
cars on fire, turned him into you know all this,
(07:19):
But it was both sides. It wasn't just Democrats one,
just leftists. Republicans behind that too. Oh yeah, well you
don't think that they want to keep this spending going on.
Of course they do. There was a south Park episode
and this was it was actually came out during Bush
(07:40):
versus Carrie, and the whole idea behind the the piece was,
in essence, both candidates suck and the town lost their
mascot for the school, which was the Cows because Peter
got upset and they had a an election for a
(08:01):
new mascot for the school. And this is the brilliance
of south Park. It was a a poop sandwich versus
a giant douche. And one of the kids in the
town was like, I don't see the point. Why should
I vote? And everybody's getting up, Well, you kind of vote,
vote the most important thing, you got it. They were
(08:22):
getting all upset with the kid. They wanted to banish
him from the town because you refuse to vote. You
know what, I'm sorry, I'm not I'm not I'm not
participating in this anymore. It's waste my time. I've got
better things to do with my time to vote for
a uh less better candidate. Uh you know, it's a
(08:46):
waste time. Quite frankly, it is. What's the point behind it?
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