ADING THROUGH IT, BLAKE,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET’S BRING IN ART LAFFER.
ART GREAT TO SEE YOU FROM THE
GREAT CITY OF NASHVILLE.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, ASHLEY.
ASHLEY: LOOK THE STIMULUS DEAL,
ART, COULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF
FOR NOW, BUT HOW LONG DO YOU
THINK IT WILL LAST?
>> WELL, I DON’T THINK IT WILL
LAST AND I DON’T THINK IT WILL
PROVIDE MUCH RELIEF.
WHAT YOU’VE GOT TO LOOK AT IN
THIS BILL IS IT’S ALL SORTS OF
SPECIAL INTERESTS IN THE BILL
THAT’S THERE, AND DO REMEMBER
THAT WHEN YOU DO THIS , ARE YOU
GOING TO DO IT FOR THIS MONTH
AND THEN NEXT MONTH?
WHEN DO YOU STOP?
I MEAN, WHAT YOU’VE GOT TO
REMEMBER, ASHLEY, IN ALL OF THIS
IS GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS
TAXATION, AND YOU KNOW, YOU’VE
GOT TO REMEMBER GOVERNMENT
DOESN’T CREATE RESOURCES.
IT REDISTRIBUTES AND EVERY
DOLLAR YOU PUT INTO THIS "
STIMULUS BILL" YOU’RE
TAKING FROM FUTURE ECONOMIC
GROWTH AND YOU’RE GOING TO CAUSE
THE ECONOMY TO BE A LOT WORSE IN
THE FUTURE AND WE’VE DONE WAY
TOO MUCH OF THIS ALREADY, AND I
WOULD PERSONALLY RECOMMEND TO
THE PRESIDENT, I’D SUPPORT HIM
100% IF HE VETOED THIS BILL.
ASHLEY: BUT WOULD YOU NOT AGREE,
ART, THAT THERE ARE BUSINESSES
AND MANY SECTORS OF OUR ECONOMY
THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF
SOME HELP.
I MEAN, IF THEY GO OUT OF
BUSINESS, THEY’RE NOT GOING TO
CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING.
>> WELL THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC
CAUSED ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO THE
OVERALL U.S. ECONOMY, BUT THERE
ARE LOTS OF TAXPAYERS AND FUTURE
PEOPLE ALSO WHO HAVE NO BLAME
WHATSOEVER IN THIS SITUATION,
AND YOU KNOW, THEY’RE GOING TO
SUFFER BY BAILING OUT THE OTHERS
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU RE
DISTRIBUTE INCOME, ASHLEY YOU
REDUCE TOTAL INCOME AND THERE’S
A LEVEL AT WHICH YOU DO THIS BUT
WE HAD A HUGE CARES ACT BILL
WHICH OBVIOUSLY THEY DON’T THINK
IS ENOUGH.
YOU’RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER HUGE
BILL COMING UP WITH JOE BIDEN,
AND THIS IS JUST THE ONE INTERIM
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO THE
PRESIDENT HERE IS THAT HE VETOES
THIS BILL AND LETS BIDEN HAVE
HIS OWN BILL WHEN HE TAKES
OFFICE.
THAT’S WHEN IT SHOULD BE DONE
AND LET THE DEMOCRATS AND
PRESIDENT AND
THE ADMINISTRATION, THE FUTURE
ONE, HAVE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY
AND ALL THE AUTHORITY THAT GOES
WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO
PROVIDE WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST
FOR AMERICA.
THAT, I WOULD SUPPORT 100%, BUT
I DON’T THINK THE PRESIDENT IN
THE LAST FEW DAYS SHOULD SIGN
THIS , WHAT I THINK, IS A
HORRIBLE BILL WITH ALL SORTS OF
CORRUPTIONS AND PAY OFF AND
STUFF IN IT.
I DON’T THINK THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD DO THAT.
LET JOE BIDEN DO THAT.
LET THEM BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES
OF THEIR OWN ACTIONS GOING
FORWARD.
ASHLEY: AND GOING FORWARD, LET
ME LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE, ART.
WHAT DO YOU THINKS REALLY AT
STAKE IN THE GEORGIA ELECTIONS
AND HOW COULD THE OUTCOME SHAPE
THE ECONOMY?
>> WELL LET ME JUST SAY THAT I
HAVE OVER MY LIFETIME WORKED AS
CLOSELY WITH DEMOCRATS AS I
HAVE WITH REPUBLICANS, WHETHER
IT BE JERRY BROWN, JOHN F.
KENNEDY, WHOEVER IT IS, I’VE
WORKED WITH DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS AND LET ME JUST SAY
THAT KELLY LOEFFLER AND DAVID
PERDUE ARE THE TWO BEST SENATORS
, IN MY OPINION, IN THE
U.S. SENATE.
THEY ARE REALLY EXTREMELY GOOD.
IF THEY WERE DEMOCRATS, I WOULD
GO OUT AND CAMPAIGN FOR THEM
RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WHAT’S NOT IMPORTANT AS
AT LEAST WHAT’S NOT AS
IMPORTANT IS THE REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT BALANCE AS IT IS TO
HAVE THESE TWO JUST WONDERFUL
SENATORS PUT BACK IN OFFICE AND
MAKE SURE THEY STAY THERE FOR
ALL AMERICANS, NOT
JUST REPUBLICANS, NOT JUST
DEMOCRATS, BUT FOR EVERYONE.
THEY’RE THE TWO BEST SENATORS
AROUND.
ASHLEY: VERY QUICKLY, ART.
IF DEMOCRATS PICK-UP THOSE SEATS
HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE
EQUATION?
>> WELL IT DOES CHANGE THE
EQUATION.
IT TILTS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE
TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATS, BUT YOU
KNOW, A 50/50 SENATE IS NOT A
RUNAWAY LEAD BY THE DEMOCRATS
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK A 50/50
SENATE IS SUFFICIENT TO PUT
GUIDELINES ON THE DEMOCRATS, BUT
OBVIOUSLY, I PREFER IT 52-48
REPUBLICAN, BUT I WOULD TAKE 50/
50, BUT I REALLY WANT THESE
TWO SENATORS IN THERE.
ASHLEY: VERY QUICKLY, ART.
I’M JUST WANTING TO KNOW HOW IS
NASHVILLE DOING THESE DAYS,
TOURISM DOWN ON BROAD WAY, THE
HONKY TONKS, HOW ARE THOSE
ESTABLISHMENTS SURVIVING?
>> THEY ARE NOT SURVIVING VERY
WELL ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GIVE IT
THAT COOPER HAS PUT IN A HUGE
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE ON DAVID
SON COUNTY WHICH AS YOU
KNOW NASHVILLE, WE HAVE COUNTY
GOVERNMENT AND HAS DONE THAT
WHICH IS JUST THE WRONG TIME TO
PUT ON INCREASED TAXES ON THIS ,
AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HUGE
SURGE IN COVID CASES HERE.
I THINK WE’RE THE HOTTEST SPOT
IN THE NATION ON COVID CASES,
INCREASES, AND YOU KNOW I THINK
THE GOVERNOR IS DOING A GREAT
JOB IN THE STATE HERE AND IT’S
JUST A VERY DIFFICULT TIME,
ASHLEY, AND YOU KNOW, WE MISS
YOU TERRIBLY HERE IN NASHVILLE,
BUT IT’S A DIFFICULT TIME BUT
WE’LL MAKE IT THROUGH AND WE’LL
DO REALLY WELL.
ASHLEY: I’M SURE, THAT’S
ABSOLUTELY GOT TO BE THE OUTCOME
, WE’LL GET THERE
EVENTUALLY, ART, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY, AND
MERRY CHRISTMAS.