STUART: IN WHICH CASE HE’S GOT A
SERIOUS RUN ON HIS HANDS.
HE’S JUST BEEN TO IOWA.
>>> LOOK AT THIS OP-ED.
IT SAYS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO
HEAR FROM RON DeSANTIS, WHO IS
THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA.
PETER MORICI WROTE THAT, AND
HE’S BACK WITH US THIS MORNING.
ALL RIGHT, TELL US, WHAT DO WE
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE FLORIDA
GOVERNOR, IN YOUR OPINION IN.
>> WELL, WE KNOW HE CAN RUN
FLORIDA, AND THAT’S PRETTY HARD
BUT IT’S NOT AS DIFFICULT AS
BEING IN WASHINGTON.
THE CURRENT ROUND WITH THE DEBT
CEILING ISN’T GOING TO
ACCOMPLISH A GREAT DEAL.
THEY’LL COME UP WITH SOME SORT
OF FACE-SAVING QUITE TO RAISE
THE DEBT CEILING, CUT SPENDING
SOMEPLACE OR ANOTHER, BUT WHAT
ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT
ENTITLEMENTS?
TWO-THIRDS OF THE FEDERAL
BUDGET, AN EVEN LARGER SHARAF
DEBT SERVICE.
OF WE’RE GETTING TO THE POINT
WHERE DEBT SERVICE SOON WILL BE
BIGGER THAN OUR NOMINAL RATE OF
GROWTH.
AT THAT POINT, WE BECOME A DOG
CHASING ITS TAIL ASK CATCHING
IT, AND THAT HURTS.
STUART: SO YOU WANT TO THE HEAR
FROM DeSANTIS WHAT HE WOULD DO
WITH SOCIAL SECURITY AND
MEDICARE AND RAISING THE DEBT
CEILING.
YOU WANT A STATEMENT FROM HIM,
DO YOU?
>> I WANT HIM TO TO GIVE US A
PLAN FOR ENTITLEMENT SPENDING
OVERALL WHICH INCLUDES SOCIAL
SECURITY, MEDICARE, FOOD STAMPS,
SECTION 8 HOUSING, THE WHOLE
SOUP.
WE JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.
WE CAN’T AFFORD WHAT WE’RE
SPENDING.
THE SECOND THING IS LOOK AT THE
WAR IN UKRAINE.
IT SHOWED US A LOT THAT WAS
WRONG WITH THE RUSSIAN MILITARY.
WELL, GUESS WHAT?
IT SHOWS US A LOT WHAT’S WRONG
WITH THE AMERICAN MILITARY.
WE CAN’T SUPPLY THEM ADEQUATELY.
WE’RE AT A BURN RATE ON
AMMUNITION, WHICH IS JUST TOO
GREAT.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
WE CAN’T EVOLVE NEW WEAPONS
SYSTEMS EFFECTIVELY.
THE CHINESE AND IS RUSSIANS HAVE
GOT SOME SYSTEMS WE DON’T HAVE.
SO I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HE’S
GOING TO DO TO SHAPE UP THE
PENTAGON.
AND WE CAN GO DOWN THE LUST.
IMMIGRATION REFORM -- DOWN THE
LIST.
WE NEED IMMIGRANTS TO RUN THIS
ECONOMY.
OUR BIRTHRATE IS TOO LOW ARE.
WE’VE GONE AROUND IN CIRCLES
ABOUT THIS TOO LONG.
WHAT’S THE PLAN?
WHAT’S THE PROGRAM?
WHAT’S YOUR RATIONALE FOR BEING
PRESIDENT?
STUART: BUT THIS IS POLITICS,
ISN’T IT?
THE MOMENT A CANDIDATE, IF IT
WAS DeSANTIS THE, GOES UP
THERE WITH A PLAN TO DEAL WITH
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE,
THAT PLAN IS RIP ARED TO
PIECES -- RIPPED TO PIECES BY
THE DEMOCRATS WHO SIMPLY SAY
YOU’RE CUTTING ENTITLEMENTS,
YOU’RE CUTTING WHAT EVERY LOW
INCOME PERSON NEEDS, YOU’RE
CUTTING OFF THE EL ORALLY.
ELDERLY.
THEY --
>> THE THING IS YOU DON’T GO AT
IT FROM THAT ANGLE WHICH YOU
CHOSE TO DO WITH ME.
ENTITLEMENTS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAID,
MEDICARE.
YOU KNOW THAT.
HOW VIEWERS -- OUR VIEWERS KNOW
THAT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT
THAT WHOLE BUFFET OF WELFARE
THAT WE HAVE?
THE DYSFUNCTIONS AT THE PENTAGON
AND THE INADEQUACY, FOR EXAMPLE,
THERE’S ALL KINDS OF AREAS IN
THE FEDERAL BUDGET THAT ARE
INADEQUATE9LY FUNDED.
THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION.
REMEMBER THE SHUTDOWN IN
JANUARY?
THAT WAS FROM A COMPUTER SYSTEM
IS ANCIENT, AND IT’S NOT DUE TO
BE UPDATED UNTIL 2030 BECAUSE
IT’S OPERATING ON THE SAME
NOMINAL BUDGET THAT IT DID IN
2009.
STUART: OKAY.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THIS: ANY
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AS WE
APPROACH THE 2024 ELECTION MUST
COME UP WITH A PLAN ON SOCIAL
SECURITY, DEBT CEILING,
MEDICARE?
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT
BUT NOT AT THIS POINT MANY.
>> WELL, THEY’RE GOING TO BE THE
ASKED ABOUT IT.
STUART: YES.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN.
>> THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE
ANSWERS.
I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HIS
ANSWERS ARE.
YOU KNOW, IT’S EASY TO WHACK
AROUND DISNEY WHEN YOU’RE IN
FLORIDA.
WAIT UNTIL HE COMES TO FLORIDA
AND YOU HAVE COMPETENT
POLITICIANS TO HIT BACK ON
BEHALF OF DISNEY.
IT’S EASY TO TELL THE FLORIDA
STATE SCHOOLS WE’RE GOING TO GET
RID OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
OFFICES.
ST THE HARDER TO TELL STATE
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTS OF
EDUCATION THROUGH A POLITICAL
APPOINTEE ON EDUCATION.
STUART: PETER, IT DOESN’T SOUND
LIKE YOU’RE A MAJOR LEAGUE DESAN
US THE SUPPORTER --
>> THAT’S NOT TRUE.
I LIKE HIM A LOT, AND I ALSO
LIKE TIM SCOTT A LOT.
THIS IS WHAT I’M SAYING, THIS IS
THE WHAT I NEED TO HEAR FROM HIM
IF YOU’RE TO GOING TO WIN.
WE’RE GOING TO PLAY ON JOE
BIDEN’S FIELD WHERE HE SAYS I’M
GOING TO PROTECT SOCIAL
SECURITY, I’M GOING TO BE THE
CHAMPION OF THE POOR.
WHAT HE HAS TO DO IS SAY WHAT
ARE WE GOING TO DO IN 2032 WHEN
WE’RE OUT OF BUCKS, FELLA?
STUART: OKAY, OKAY, NICE POINT.