Are price controls the next government “fix”? — Rep. Blackman gives an update — NSBA wanted to send the military! — USA can’t feed its babies but $40billion heading to Ukraine!
One more step to price controls with the Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act 0:00-12:40 passing but it won’t do anything but create more federal overreach and eventual shortages.
A couple education updates including the NSBA wanting the National Guard to show up at school board meetings 12:41-26:52. Protesting parents were called “domestic terrorists” and the NSBA wanted them looked at under the Patriot Act. Ducey gets right with Covid and signs bill prohibiting vaccine mandates in our public schools. Study shows parents pulled kids in greater numbers from locked down/virtual schools during Covid hysteria.
Knut emails Jeff to share Flagstaff’s possible first in the nation carbon dioxide removal (CDR) 26:53-43:25 plan as part of their carbon neutral by 2030 plan which will surely be expensive and most likely ineffective. + Jeff talks about a USA that can’t feed its baby’s and rely on foreign country for formula. Things were destined to go bad when 50% are relying on the government for baby formula. Meanwhile, a nation that can’t feed its baby’s or balance a budget is sending $40,000,000,000 (BILLION) to Ukraine with only 11 Republican Senators opposing the spending bill which had no offset cuts in the budget or tax increases.
Representative Walt Blackman updates us on the proposed $14,250,000,000 (billion) proposed budget 43:26-62:17 and why he’s opposed to that level of spending. Walt and Jeff also discuss election integrity bills, absent members of the legislature and what bills remain that have a chance of making it through this session.
A few raindrops while Olivia shares a listener comment on VRBOs and smoking 62:18-74:15 proposing that owners should post fire restrictions to renters because she keeps seeing people smoking in a fire risk area. Jeff and Olivia share their upcoming travel plans.