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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Government Inefficiency and Wasteful Spending | Allen Jackson Now | March 24, 2025
- Well.
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- Good evening.
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- I'm allen jackson, and welcome to nashville.
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- In all the discussion
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- About reducing cost to the federal government,
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- One statement really caught my attention.
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- It was the answer to a question
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- About where
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- The department of government efficiency would begin cutting.
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- Here's the answer, and i'm reading from a transcript.
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- There is no wrong answer on where to start,
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- Where to begin, what to cut.
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- Certainly, i'm a fan of low hanging fruit,
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- But we have to recognize that in over 25 years,
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- There's not been
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- Not only a balanced budget, but there's not been any budget.
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- Well, how could that be?
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- No budget in over 25 years with a $36 trillion debt.
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- Well, the man who said that is our guest tonight,
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- Florida congressman aaron bean.
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- Welcome to our show, sir.
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- Allen jackson, what a treat to be on with you.
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- I was about to say, whoever said that,
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- That must be a smart guy, i guess.
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- That quote right there, which is.
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- Which is fun.
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- Allen, you have discovered and, you know, the greatest threat
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- To the greatest country ever to to be on this green
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- Earth is our debt, and we're doing it to ourselves.
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- So thank you for spotlighting the debt,
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- Our troubles and, and god bless trump, who's finally,
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- With the help of elon musk, is finally, turning over stones
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- And, and looking around, looking in the bushes and
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- Finally reading the label, and,
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- The american people are shocked where our money goes.
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- And, it's no wonder with wasting all that money that we are
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- In $36 trillion of debt and adding, adding,
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- $1 trillion every hundred days.
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- That's how bad it is.
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- It's really unbelievable.
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- We're going to see if we can help the viewers
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- Understand this with a little more detail.
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- You've done
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- Some good work on this topic, and i guess we should start.
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- You're a founder of what's called
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- The congressional dodge caucus.
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- So you saw this coming earlier than most.
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- And one of the reasons you helped
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- Put this group together is because of another
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- Stunning number that you just mentioned.
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- They were adding $1 trillion of debt every hundred days.
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- That's just unbelievable with no real budget in 25 years.
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- So just how deep of a hole are we really in?
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- It's still bad.
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- And the first rule of digging yourself
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- Or getting out of, a hole is to stop digging.
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- Now, we've talked about it.
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- We've we we talk a great game, but we have not yet,
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- Turned the corner of, of of getting ourselves out.
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- We're still digging out. and that's what we're doing.
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- We're still digging. let's go back.
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- Let's go back to the last time that we had a balanced budget.
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- And how about this?
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- I'm going to give you the players
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- And you'll know it's been a long time
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- Because in the white house was bill clinton.
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- Bill clinton was in the white house
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- And newt gingrich was our speaker.
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- And those two gentlemen came together.
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- Those what?
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- And those back then,
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- It was just trying to cut out waste, fraud and abuse.
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- Bill clinton led an effort,
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- The republicans who took control of the house in that 94,
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- That really the contract with america.
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- And that's what paid off for the american people.
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- So they have, done a budget and, it balanced and,
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- And since then, we have done so poorly
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- On congress's job of passing a budget, so poorly.
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- So we do what's called a cr.
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- I can continuing resolution.
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- That's what a cr is, a continuing resolution.
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- And all it is, is let's just do what we did the year before
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- With these changes.
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- And a lot of times
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- Those changes in many instances just red things up.
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- We never go back down.
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- And if you look at a graph and i wish i had one,
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- I could be a graph on, on camera.
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- When the when covid happened, we had an explosion of spending
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- Go back to to it slapped our country silly
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- And we like overnight increased our spending 25 to 30%.
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- And here we are five years later where covid is over.
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- But yet we've never readjusted downward,
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- To reflect that we continue to stay at these elevated
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- Spending levels.
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- Again, that is what is one of the the causes of
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- Why we just are tremendously in debt, tremendously are racing
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- Towards oblivion unless we make changes.
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- We know.
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- Listening to the congressional members,
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- It's clear that you're up
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- Against a brick wall, a big spenders.
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- Listen to how joni ernst had to fight her way
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- Through her comments about the need to cut it.
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- Since january, doge has saved
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- $115 billion.
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- That's up.
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- That's a master's order.
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- That amounts to $714 per taxpayer.
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- Some of doj's finding order.
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- The department of veterans affairs was paying
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- $56,000
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- To water eight plants
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- For five years, thanks to doge.
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- That contract was canceled.
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- Now the plants will actually be watered for free.
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- $56,000 to water the plants.
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- Are we still at the beginning of just figuring this out?
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- Allen, we are, and i wish i had better news.
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- I love giving you good news.
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- You got to have me back when i can get some good news.
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- But i'm just,
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- I'm throwing cold water on your audience tonight by.
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- But i don't mean to scare them.
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- I just want to inform them, you know?
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- You know what shocks me, allen, when you played that clip,
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- You can hear the boos, you know, and for,
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- For for whatever reason, it's it's still shocking.
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- You know,
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- I think it's an offspring of trump derangement syndrome.
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- It's a real thing where people just can't stand
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- The thought of donald trump.
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- But now it's an offshoot of that diseases, ellen
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- Derangement syndrome, where people just go
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- Crazy when they hear, elon or what he's doing.
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- This is the michelangelo of our day who just rescued,
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- Two astronauts that,
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- God bless them, that were stuck in orbit
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- For the last ten months.
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- This is the guy that, is saving the planet on so many ways.
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- And yet, liberals just can't handle the thought of him.
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- And that's why they're scratching
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- Teslas and burning cybertruck's and trashing dealerships.
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- So that is,
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- That that's really sad that, joni ernst can't even, announce
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- What the findings are of doge without getting booed.
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- And so that's something i was i want to give you an example,
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- But i don't mean to talk too much.
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- I just i'm trying to give people an example of home,
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- Of why government is broken.
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- And it's this is one of the
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- I gave a talk yesterday and i think this, this example
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- Hopefully will hit home for a lot of people.
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- You know, we've all been there
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- And where your, your spouse says, hey,
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- I need you to pick up something from the store here.
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- Here are four things i need you to get.
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- You go to the store.
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- If you have a credit card,
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- You don't really think about anything.
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- You you just go through you.
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- You buy,
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- Those four items
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- And you probably buy some more items,
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- And you may get a candy bar on the way out or what?
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- That convenience aisle,
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- You just you don't care what things costs.
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- You just want to get in and get out.
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- But let me tell you, allen,
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- It's totally different when you go to the store.
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- And, when she says any
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- Of these four items and all you have is a $10 bill,
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- And it totally changes your mindset
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- That, okay, i have to be conscious
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- To have a budget and to come in under and i have to read labels
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- To make sure i'm getting true value
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- And to make sure i accomplish what what we need
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- That is that is our united states of america.
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- We don't have a budget, we have a credit card.
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- We don't care what everything spends.
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- We just want to get it done.
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- And that is how, when you don't care what what things cost,
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- When you don't have a budget, that's how you end up paying.
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- But $250,000 to water eight plants.
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- The the contract that joni ernst just discovered
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- That we have now ceased because no one checks.
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- No one looks at the the the label anymore.
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- We don't care. and that's got to stop.
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- Well, dave ramsey would certainly embrace
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- Your approach to economics. i promise you that.
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- Congressman bean, stay with us for another segment.
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- We're going to take a short break
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- So our viewers can send us
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- Their ideas for cutting government.
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- You can email them to comments at allen jackson now.com.
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- We'll be right back.
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- We'll be right back.
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- We're
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- Back now with the florida congressman, aaron bean.
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- I saw important detail in your background
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- Before you got into politics.
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- You were the president of a local bank,
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- And you also ran four successful small businesses.
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- That both jobs surely gave you the full understanding
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- That too much debt means you're headed for a shutdown.
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- Can our massive debt be turned around with judges interfering
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- And the democrats sitting on their hands?
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- Is there really a better future?
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- I believe there is.
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- Allen.
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- And first of all, thanks for having me on your show again.
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- We we finally, i believe, to have a president
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- That understands,
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- What it is
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- To run a business, what it is to have the impact of debt.
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- He is now making that a priority.
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- We heard it a little bit.
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- And his,
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- His, joint session speech, the state of the union speech,
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- That he gave.
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- And so, he's got some powerful men,
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- Working for him and the office of, his,
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- His treasury secretary, his office of management
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- And budget that, that understand, that
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- But they also know that, you know,
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- We are addicted to government spending
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- And that it's going to be a little tough effort
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- When we start to, to, to pull back.
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- So if it's, you know, an aircraft carrier,
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- It takes a while for the aircraft
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- Carrier to stop and turn around.
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- I think we're slowing down now.
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- So that is good news.
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- See, there's a little bit of good news
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- That we can,
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- Share with your viewers that we're finally identifying.
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- It's a problem.
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- Part of that, too, i think the bond market people
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- That loan us money, where we borrow or our our debt
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- Is starting to get finicky to say, hey, united states,
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- I think you've had enough. you've borrowed too much.
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- And so,
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- Some of those rates and they're,
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- They're they're getting a little concerned.
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- And the attention is now on it.
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- We have a,
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- Just the players that are lining up to to make it happen.
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- Doge has been doing great.
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- Those has been doing really well
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- And finding waste, fraud and abuse.
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- But that money has not gone back to the treasury, allen.
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- They have just withheld that money within the agencies,
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- Which is a great thing
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- Because we're not spending it on the junk and crap off of,
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- That they initially, found it on.
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- We're hopeful
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- That there will be something called a rescission package
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- That the white house will send to carl,
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- That send it to congress,
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- That says, hey, here's all the money that we found.
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- We want you to take it back, congress.
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- And then we could use that money to pay down the debt
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- Directly and start the big, the big turnaround.
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- Well, the push back in resistance has become violent
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- With tesla cars and dealerships being bombed
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- And the legacy media acting
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- As if the world's going to end if we cut the budget.
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- The vice president explained the mission pretty well.
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- Listen to what he said.
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- It's that basic idea that the purpose of the american
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- Presidency is to fight for the american
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- People, will guide our policy for the next four years.
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- And i have to say, yes,
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- This is not always easy, and it doesn't happen overnight.
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- We came into office again with the largest peacetime
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- Deficits in american history.
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- So we have got to take this country
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- In a different direction.
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- And that is what president trump
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- I'm curious, what sort of feedback
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- Are you getting from your constituents in florida?
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- First of all, how great is j.d.
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- Vance?
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- I have to admit that, he wasn't my first choice
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- For vice president, but boy, was i wrong.
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- He has been
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- Just a steadfast warrior for conservatism and for his
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- Performances on those debates, how he conducts himself.
- 00:12:18.397 --> 00:12:22.534
- Why study him?
- 00:12:22.868 --> 00:12:23.802
- Because i do, you know, on the, on air,
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- The press briefings all the time.
- 00:12:26.738 --> 00:12:28.507
- And he is, you know, he could give a masterclass
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- In schooling reporters
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- That are out to get you these liberal reporters
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- That are just with gotcha questions. and, boy, j.d.
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- Vance is one of the best ones there.
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- Now, j.d.
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- Vance has just described, something i call
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- The swamp will not go quietly in the night.
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- They're they're addicted,
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- And they're addicted to government spending.
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- They're addicted.
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- These ngos, these
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- Non government organizations that the more we discover them,
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- The more we discovered the the true waste, fraud and abuse,
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- Of just with no accountability, paying their, their people
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- Millions of dollars in salaries and getting very little
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- To the mission of which they were so inclined to do.
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- So that's got to come to an end.
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- And we've got to change our habits, our, our way.
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- We do business and put tight fiscal controls, or we do crazy
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- Things like buying a 600 pound or $600 hammer.
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- Or as joni ernst just said,
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- Spending a quarter of $1 million to water eight plants.
- 00:13:32.271 --> 00:13:36.008
- It's happening though, and it's happening.
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- And if we don't seize this moment,
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- I don't know if another moment will come as great
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- As is right now.
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- One quick question.
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- Has it
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- It always been the case that with house members
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- Running for office every two years,
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- They think they have to get their share
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- Of the federal money, or they may not get another
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- Two years in washington, regardless of the debt.
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- 100%.
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- Every house member runs every two years.
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- And so,
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- There is a great urgency to, to campaign and get out there.
- 00:14:04.069 --> 00:14:08.173
- That's how our founding fathers wanted it to be.
- 00:14:08.173 --> 00:14:10.976
- They wanted house members to be, out there with the people.
- 00:14:10.976 --> 00:14:14.346
- It's why, if i were to show you
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- My schedule this week, it's a district week, and we are,
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- Meeting with constituents all week and doing,
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- The corporate town halls and visiting factories.
- 00:14:23.588 --> 00:14:26.858
- I was in a steel mill yesterday.
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- I went on the fact
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- Floor and talked directly to the workers who,
- 00:14:30.162 --> 00:14:33.098
- At a steel mill are most concerned with tariffs
- 00:14:33.098 --> 00:14:36.001
- And, and their jobs.
- 00:14:36.001 --> 00:14:37.536
- And they love donald trump's, protection
- 00:14:37.536 --> 00:14:41.106
- Of, keeping china from dumping steel in our country.
- 00:14:41.106 --> 00:14:44.676
- So they finally are in love with a president who recognizes,
- 00:14:44.676 --> 00:14:49.181
- What they what they do.
- 00:14:49.181 --> 00:14:50.916
- And i can tell you this for everybody that hates those
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- And the efforts. and, ellen,
- 00:14:53.986 --> 00:14:55.754
- The american taxpayer is dancing in the streets.
- 00:14:55.754 --> 00:15:00.125
- They don't have time to go,
- 00:15:00.125 --> 00:15:02.194
- That they don't have time to be on the street with a sign
- 00:15:02.194 --> 00:15:05.030
- Because they're working.
- 00:15:05.030 --> 00:15:06.298
- But let me tell you, the more i talk to him,
- 00:15:06.298 --> 00:15:08.233
- When i go to church,
- 00:15:08.233 --> 00:15:09.301
- When i go to other events, people grab me and say,
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- Keep it up, aaron bean, this is our chance.
- 00:15:12.137 --> 00:15:14.373
- Keep doing what you're doing.
- 00:15:14.373 --> 00:15:16.008
- Because that money
- 00:15:16.008 --> 00:15:16.908
- That i'm sending to the government,
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- I want good things to happen with it.
- 00:15:18.210 --> 00:15:20.278
- And i don't want to send you an extra dollar
- 00:15:20.278 --> 00:15:21.947
- And it just breaks the heart when we waste it.
- 00:15:21.947 --> 00:15:23.949
- And we've done a good job wasting it so far.
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- Allen, if we got time, i want to tell you about another bill.
- 00:15:26.852 --> 00:15:29.588
- I don't want members of congress to be without,
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- Tightening their own belt.
- 00:15:32.891 --> 00:15:34.426
- I have sponsored r and, have filed.
- 00:15:34.426 --> 00:15:38.063
- They put your money where your mouth is act,
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- Which takes
- 00:15:40.966 --> 00:15:42.100
- Every congressional office budget and cuts it by 5%.
- 00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:46.505
- If we're doing this to agencies and we can do it to ourselves.
- 00:15:46.505 --> 00:15:50.108
- So, that's something that
- 00:15:50.108 --> 00:15:51.743
- Everybody listening to this call your congressman
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- And tell them, put your money where your mouth is.
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- Join us.
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- Join being on the put your money where your mouth is act.
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- I like the way you think.
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- Congressman barney, thank you for your time today.
- 00:16:01.987 --> 00:16:05.791
- Allen.
- 00:16:05.991 --> 00:16:06.992
- Go get them. and god bless you and your show.
- 00:16:06.992 --> 00:16:08.593
- And just what you're doing to
- 00:16:08.593 --> 00:16:10.162
- To to spotlight some of the true problems of our country.
- 00:16:10.162 --> 00:16:13.265
- But together we can do great things.
- 00:16:13.265 --> 00:16:15.100
- Let's go get em out and take care. amen.
- 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:16.768
- Well, we'd love to have you back again.
- 00:16:16.768 --> 00:16:17.969
- I pray that you'll be able to help
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- Get this endless spending under control.
- 00:16:19.271 --> 00:16:21.573
- And in a moment, some thoughts of my own.
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- Before we get to your emails.
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- Later in the show, you stay right where you are.
- 00:16:25.243 --> 00:16:33.999
- Later in the show, you stay right where you are.
- 00:16:33.999 --> 00:16:36.579
- We in this season truly stunning levels
- 00:16:37.447 --> 00:16:40.216
- Of fraud, theft and deception are being revealed.
- 00:16:40.216 --> 00:16:43.086
- Hundreds of billions of our dollars
- 00:16:43.086 --> 00:16:45.354
- That have been fraud lately
- 00:16:45.354 --> 00:16:46.589
- And deceptively distributed
- 00:16:46.589 --> 00:16:48.057
- In the dark, hidden from public view,
- 00:16:48.057 --> 00:16:50.626
- Have been brought into the light.
- 00:16:50.626 --> 00:16:52.762
- Yet there's no applause or appreciation
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- For the exposure of the fraud and waste.
- 00:16:54.764 --> 00:16:57.066
- In fact, there seems to be a growing sense of disdain.
- 00:16:57.066 --> 00:17:00.803
- It seems the most predictable constant
- 00:17:00.803 --> 00:17:02.672
- Is that those who oppose president trump
- 00:17:02.672 --> 00:17:04.740
- Will be loud and unrelenting in their opposition.
- 00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:07.877
- These loud voices have proven a willingness
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- To tell any lie, fabricate the most remarkable accusations,
- 00:17:09.745 --> 00:17:13.549
- And then brazenly repeat what they know to be totally false.
- 00:17:13.549 --> 00:17:17.253
- I believe we're going to have
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- To endure to walk through and overcome
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- A season of confusion, chaos, and disruption.
- 00:17:21.891 --> 00:17:25.528
- The problem is that most of us don't feel like
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- We've got much power in washington.
- 00:17:27.730 --> 00:17:29.999
- We think our voices don't matter,
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- So we tend to step back, put blinders
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- On, and don't pay attention.
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- Well, i want to invite you away from that response.
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- In the spiritual struggle of this season,
- 00:17:38.975 --> 00:17:41.244
- I invite you to
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- Raise your voice, speak truth, and resist the lies.
- 00:17:42.311 --> 00:17:45.715
- The future is not going to be decided
- 00:17:45.715 --> 00:17:47.316
- By governments, ideologies, nation states or armies.
- 00:17:47.316 --> 00:17:50.920
- The future will be determined by god's people.
- 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:53.789
- You matter. your opinions matter.
- 00:17:53.789 --> 00:17:56.058
- Your name is known in the halls of heaven
- 00:17:56.058 --> 00:17:58.060
- And your voice has profound influence.
- 00:17:58.060 --> 00:18:00.596
- If we will believe that and act upon it, it gives us
- 00:18:00.596 --> 00:18:03.466
- Far more reasons for hope than despair.
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- I promise we're going to return.
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- We're going to read some of your emails.
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- We're going to read some of your emails.
- 00:18:16.990 --> 00:18:19.183
- Thank you for taking the time to send us your emails,
- 00:18:20.217 --> 00:18:22.519
- Your thoughts, opinions and perspectives.
- 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.688
- They're important to us.
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- Bob from franklin, mississippi, said.
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- Our bitcoin and i signs of the end of the times.
- 00:18:28.725 --> 00:18:31.595
- It seems that a global currency
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- And artificial intelligence are all tools needed for
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- One world order and the emergence of the beast.
- 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:39.670
- Interesting question bob.
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- Well, i would agree with you.
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- I think they are components
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- That are a part of that end times scenario in scripture.
- 00:18:44.474 --> 00:18:48.145
- But i would remind you that so are angels.
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- So are jesus coming back to the earth as a triumphant king,
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- And so are the people of god receiving their reward.
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- So in the midst of all that
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- Discussion, there's reasons for great hope and anticipation.
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- No fear.
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- Ron and carol emailed.
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- We want to let you and your staff know
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- How much
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- We appreciate your program and the information you provide.
- 00:19:10.634 --> 00:19:13.003
- It's difficult to find people and programs
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- That provide the truth, and at the same time,
- 00:19:15.205 --> 00:19:17.207
- The biblical perspective
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- Needed to live life daily for the lord.
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- We appreciate you more than words can express
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- From your message as a world outreach church
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- To allen jackson
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- Now program and your culture and christianity podcast,
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- God bless you and keep up the great work.
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- Well, thank you for the encouragement.
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- There are many ways you can receive content
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- From the ministry. you mentioned them.
- 00:19:37.194 --> 00:19:39.263
- You can always go to youtube.
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- Aj now.com and you can get an overview of what's happening.
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- You can actually see this program
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