Frank Friedberg
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mainstream media and leadership in the Democratic Party have tried to tell an alternative story that was so obviously revealed to be not true last night. And that is the thing that I think makes me say America is losing because there are a few people that are in charge of controlling the narrative. There are a few people in charge who decide who gets to be the candidate.
mainstream media and leadership in the Democratic Party have tried to tell an alternative story that was so obviously revealed to be not true last night. And that is the thing that I think makes me say America is losing because there are a few people that are in charge of controlling the narrative. There are a few people in charge who decide who gets to be the candidate.
And those few people are keeping democracy from working effectively because the raw data, the direct data, the imagery, the video, the media content that has come out of Biden over quite some period of time made it so obvious that he was not in full capacity. And so that was my biggest kind of takeaway is that there's something wrong with the way things are running in this country.
And those few people are keeping democracy from working effectively because the raw data, the direct data, the imagery, the video, the media content that has come out of Biden over quite some period of time made it so obvious that he was not in full capacity. And so that was my biggest kind of takeaway is that there's something wrong with the way things are running in this country.
Yeah. Yeah. And I think, but, because if you- Of course they are. The fact that we all had this information, we've seen the videos, we've seen the interviews, and every time a video or an interview comes out, it has been excused away as, oh, well, he tripped or, oh, you know, it wasn't well edited.
Yeah. Yeah. And I think, but, because if you- Of course they are. The fact that we all had this information, we've seen the videos, we've seen the interviews, and every time a video or an interview comes out, it has been excused away as, oh, well, he tripped or, oh, you know, it wasn't well edited.
And every time there's a story, and then when it's fully exposed, it becomes like, well, my God, the fact that they all flipped so quickly is what's so shocking because this was there. And, you know, if you're on Twitter, You can see these clips being talked about by millions of people, but then media and democratic leadership won't acknowledge them.
And every time there's a story, and then when it's fully exposed, it becomes like, well, my God, the fact that they all flipped so quickly is what's so shocking because this was there. And, you know, if you're on Twitter, You can see these clips being talked about by millions of people, but then media and democratic leadership won't acknowledge them.
I think I'll read the final paragraph of the email I sent to the Democratic Party leader a few months ago as a coda to this conversation. Here goes.
I think I'll read the final paragraph of the email I sent to the Democratic Party leader a few months ago as a coda to this conversation. Here goes.
The United States is facing a fiscal crisis the likes of which the world only sees every few hundred years as world-leading nation states overextend themselves, take on unaddressable debt loads, increase social programming, and eventually collapse under these conditions. The cost to service the interest alone on our federal debt is now greater than a trillion dollars per year.
The United States is facing a fiscal crisis the likes of which the world only sees every few hundred years as world-leading nation states overextend themselves, take on unaddressable debt loads, increase social programming, and eventually collapse under these conditions. The cost to service the interest alone on our federal debt is now greater than a trillion dollars per year.
This already exceeds the discretionary defense budget. The debt service expense will only swell as interest rates are unlikely to decline back to 0%. And I do not subscribe to the easy to refute economic arguments of modern monetary theory. Simple arithmetic is all that's needed to discredit it.
This already exceeds the discretionary defense budget. The debt service expense will only swell as interest rates are unlikely to decline back to 0%. And I do not subscribe to the easy to refute economic arguments of modern monetary theory. Simple arithmetic is all that's needed to discredit it.
Furthermore, I can identify dozens of federal programs sponsored by Democrats that are not achieving their objectives, yet we continue to fund them as if they were performing exactly as anticipated when originally conceived. Every federal program. should be held to account for performance every year. If not, they should be defunded.
Furthermore, I can identify dozens of federal programs sponsored by Democrats that are not achieving their objectives, yet we continue to fund them as if they were performing exactly as anticipated when originally conceived. Every federal program. should be held to account for performance every year. If not, they should be defunded.
Instead, I see the party pushing new programs that create new expense burdens without first addressing programs that simply aren't working. Accountability is a critical first step in reducing our federal deficit below 7% of GDP. I believe our nation is facing financial and thus social peril.
Instead, I see the party pushing new programs that create new expense burdens without first addressing programs that simply aren't working. Accountability is a critical first step in reducing our federal deficit below 7% of GDP. I believe our nation is facing financial and thus social peril.
I urge the party to become the, quote, party of reason and results, put forward leaders that can lead, hold government programs that aren't working to account, make sure that every dollar spent on social programming has a measurable impact, and if they fail to deliver results, cut them. The opportunity to be the party of reason and results is wide open.
I urge the party to become the, quote, party of reason and results, put forward leaders that can lead, hold government programs that aren't working to account, make sure that every dollar spent on social programming has a measurable impact, and if they fail to deliver results, cut them. The opportunity to be the party of reason and results is wide open.