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Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.
Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.
Hey, Charlie, great to see you. And this is part of Financial Literacy Month. And I think that there's nothing more important.
Hey, Charlie, great to see you. And this is part of Financial Literacy Month. And I think that there's nothing more important.
Yeah, Charlie, I don't know, because somehow I got a bad name. I'm older than all of you. I'm 62, but when I was younger, it actually used to be taught. And everyone used to think home economics was like how to cook, how to keep a house, but it was also how to keep a budget. And somehow home economics disappeared, shop disappeared.
Yeah, Charlie, I don't know, because somehow I got a bad name. I'm older than all of you. I'm 62, but when I was younger, it actually used to be taught. And everyone used to think home economics was like how to cook, how to keep a house, but it was also how to keep a budget. And somehow home economics disappeared, shop disappeared.
And all these other kind of strange transgender studies things showed up and somehow they were more important than teaching people how to be self-sufficient.
And all these other kind of strange transgender studies things showed up and somehow they were more important than teaching people how to be self-sufficient.
Trey, all three excellent points. And I don't know if you know it, I am from South Carolina. So, go Gamecocks. And at the Trump administration, We are trying to address this incredible affordability crisis that was created by the last administration, and it is a combination of the out-of-control prices, the out-of-control government debt, and we'll come back to that on why that's very important.
Trey, all three excellent points. And I don't know if you know it, I am from South Carolina. So, go Gamecocks. And at the Trump administration, We are trying to address this incredible affordability crisis that was created by the last administration, and it is a combination of the out-of-control prices, the out-of-control government debt, and we'll come back to that on why that's very important.
If I was a young person, not fair for my generation to pass it down, and then bring down interest rates, bring down the energy cost and also create economic security. Because one of my big sayings is that economic security is national security. National security is economic security and they're really tied together.
If I was a young person, not fair for my generation to pass it down, and then bring down interest rates, bring down the energy cost and also create economic security. Because one of my big sayings is that economic security is national security. National security is economic security and they're really tied together.
So, you know, I'll work backwards here and I'll say that I think one of the few good things to come from COVID was it was a beta test and that if we got into a kinetic war, could the U.S. be self-sufficient? And it turns out we're not. We couldn't supply our own medicine. We don't have a lot of rare earths, which go into most of our machinery.
So, you know, I'll work backwards here and I'll say that I think one of the few good things to come from COVID was it was a beta test and that if we got into a kinetic war, could the U.S. be self-sufficient? And it turns out we're not. We couldn't supply our own medicine. We don't have a lot of rare earths, which go into most of our machinery.
The semiconductors are all made on the island of Taiwan, steel. So we're trying to bring all those back home. For economic security, one of the reasons I came out from behind my desk in Charleston was I was so alarmed by the way the Biden administration was just spin, spin, spin. And I thought it was deeply cynical what they were doing.
The semiconductors are all made on the island of Taiwan, steel. So we're trying to bring all those back home. For economic security, one of the reasons I came out from behind my desk in Charleston was I was so alarmed by the way the Biden administration was just spin, spin, spin. And I thought it was deeply cynical what they were doing.
They were running up the debt, and then they were going to come and say, we have to raise taxes, and we were going to become like a European-style social democracy. And in this slow growth, high tax environment, that's the worst thing that young people like you could start out in. And then the last thing is the high government debt. It pushes up interest rates.
They were running up the debt, and then they were going to come and say, we have to raise taxes, and we were going to become like a European-style social democracy. And in this slow growth, high tax environment, that's the worst thing that young people like you could start out in. And then the last thing is the high government debt. It pushes up interest rates.
So we have a plan to bring down the government debt and also to make the U.S. energy independent and keep energy prices low.