conservative and rural areas, delivering fantastic projects and then maybe along the way i will comment about why we care a great deal about an issue like equity. i will see some of these political figures and some of these media environments denouncing us for being so obsessed with quote unquote social issues that we are not taking care of the basics. but when we take care of the basics, they tend not to be there to talk about it or to cover it. i am saying this you, know not to be snarky but honestly, it really is progress to have them at least acknowledging that these projects are happening. even if it comes in the form of them taking care, taking credit or trying to take credit for projects that they also try to block when it came time to get it funded. but in the end, people hold their elected officials accountable for the choices that they make, we certainly expect that. we expect to be held accountable for the policy consequences of the policies that we had on occasion.
all know that those additional funds, given to the irs under the inflation reduction act, were aimed at holding billionaire tax cheats accountable. it s something that those republicans, if they were moderate, should never have voted in favor for. so this is what made you interesting is congressman, you and i ve talked many many, times you are also gracious to come to my show very early on a weekend morning, we don t come from the same place as a lot of members of congress. members of congress, in this country, tend to be pretty rich, generally speaking pretty white. you have a completely different background, and makes you and a handful of other members of congress say, don t mess with regular peoples lives. don t punish the regular people for the stuff. and, yet we are falling back on this. we are doing those things like with the irs agents, like with the debt ceiling, that are going to hurt regular people. that s exactly right. so the policy consequences of not having more worki
republicans, if they were moderate, should never have voted in favor for. so this is what made you interesting is congressman, you and i ve talked many many, times you are also gracious to come to my show very early on a weekend morning, we don t come from the same place as a lot of members of congress. members of congress, in this country, tend to be pretty rich, generally speaking pretty white. you have a completely different background, and makes you and a handful of other members of congress say, don t mess with regular peoples lives. don t punish the regular people for the stuff. and, yet we are falling back on this. we are doing those things like with the irs agents, like with the debt ceiling, that are going to hurt regular people. that s exactly right. so the policy consequences of not having more working class folks, in congress. are devastating. it s why we have not yet passed a 15 dollar minimum wage for the united states senate. it is why we still don t have voting righ
nonpartisan. we are going to be driving that new conservative majority to reverse the policies that have created this mess to begin with. so, when it comes to jobs, unfortunately, we do not celebrate this. because this is a pain that every american family is feeling. we are requesting to have a year or more of very stagnant job growth. ultimately what s going to happen is americans are going to have to buckle down. realize the policy consequences of some poor political decisions we have made. but, at least the good new york city the silver lining in the near term is that there will be a conservative majority in congress and they do need to deliver on the will of the american people. carley: dr. roberts, republicans are seeing their largest lead over democrats when it comes to who voters crime. republicans lead by over 20 points, if you can believe it. according to your foundation, the heritage foundation. 25 out of the 30 cities with the highest murder rates are run by democrats. but