no, of course not. we don t matter. john: darcy olson joins us now. people don t matter. come on. people matter? this is declared state of emergency in arizona. john: they declared it a water emergency? right, there is not enough water. there is a two day supply and all the water is gone. they are not asking for resources or money, all they are asking is that their water that they own on park lands. john: they had 25 springs that sent them water and the storm destroyed all but one and riarnd two and they were stopped? right. basically they went in and doing some work and the forest service folks came out, they had a wheelbarrow, that is too much mechanicization for this area, a wheelbarrow.
you are children s future you have to start somewhere. we should have the private sector engaged in property management, only the government can do it best that is flawed way of conducting the people s big. john: you used to be a private developer so you understand the differences? absolutely. i don t know anyone that would turn over their property or anything they own to the federal government or government to manage. they would have to be crazy. john: thank you. good luck saving us some money. up next, julia, her touching story is a slide show on the obama campaign website. what government promises to julia is reason why america is how are things on the west coast? i hear you. rocky mountain high
hell. [ laughter ] i think that is about right. you look at the last quarter, first quarter of 2023 we produced more debt in society wean did g.d.p. we re borrowing more money than we are producing. we that can t go on for very long. the government is more intrusive and more authoritarian. john: it s about fairness and helping the poor. i find it interesting when i talk to my friends on the left. i said what is that number? the top 1% of income tax filers earn 17% and pay 37% of income tax. if that number is fair, what if, it s more and more and more. john: it s hard to make a moral case for equality. in free society some will do better than others. that is great thing. we have to worry about mobility. if you are worried about inequality you will bring the top down.
fought it was cruel. basically said that the problem with the welfare system is not a waste of money which it was. it was hurting the people that was supposed to help. as soon as the moral claim was laid out the fuse was lit. all major policy reforms take ten years, it took 12 years before he wrote that in 1984 and bill clinton signed the welfare reform legislation into law in 1996. john: it s exciting maybe in ten years we can turn this around. first time last few years i ve heard politicians talking about the exploding government and it being a problem. we have a graph that shows the federal spending. tornado line is really ugly and unsustainable, ten years? we can turn this around? there are a lot of people persuaded in this country? fairness, we need to have to have the buffett rule.
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