Anthony Macdonald
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3,927 appearances
14 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 5d ago
Anthony Macdonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Isn't it, James?
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Like the only condition on that money is that it's spent in America.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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I've never seen anything like it.
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I mean, we know like you said, we know politicians throw the money around to try and secure or buy votes, but it's not normally this egregious.
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Uh legally it's not considered a bribe because he's offering it to everyone, not just the people that vote for him, but the two things are kind of attached, right?
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Like you only get it if the Republicans win both the House and the Senate.
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So I mean you do kind of have to vote for him to get it in a way.
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But what happened to this being the economically
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rational side of politics, James.
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That's so much money at the time when they've already got forty trillion dollars of debt and that's already moving bond markets.
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You know, we've been talking about that a lot in recent weeks.
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Totally.
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It's kind of like about a quarter of what the US brings in in revenue every year, the government.
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Like it's just a staggering amount.
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If if you did the maths on Australia, this would be equivalent to you and I and every other adult getting ten thousand dollars each for the next election, James.
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Like it is a seriously big chunk of money, a seriously big chunk of their revenue.
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And it looks from here like absolute insanity.
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I know some very clever people here who are big Trump fans and but I'm not sure how this one would make them do anything but scratch their head, really.
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