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>> Dana: MORE AMERICANS ARE
WAKING UP TO THE CHAOTIC STATE
OF DEMOCRATIC RUN CITIES AND
VOTING WITH THEIR FEET.
THE TOP NEWSPAPER IN OREGON
FINALLY ADMITTING THAT THE
CITY’S DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
ARE DRIVING RESIDENTS OUT.
THEY WROTE THIS.
"UNLESS NICE, DRUG ADDICTION,
CRISIS, GUN VIOLENCE, TRAFFIC
DEATHS, EDUCATIONAL MEDIOCRITY
ARE CHANGING THE CALCULUS FOR MA
RAISE A FAMILY, OR EVEN RETIRE.
OTHER CITIES INCLUDING
LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO,
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA.
PROBABLY OTHER CITIES AND THERE
WE HAVE NOT FOCUSED ON AS MUCH
BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A
PHENOMENON, GREG, THAT IS
NATIONWIDE.
>> Greg: IN TERMS OF NEW YORK,
PEOPLE ARE LEAVING BECAUSE THE
LEFT EMPTIED THE PRISONS.
SO THEY COMPLETED HALF OF THEIR
EQUATION, WHICH WAS TO HAVE
FEWER MINORITIES IN JAIL, BUT
THEY DID NOT HAVE THE OTHER
HALF, SO NOW YOU HAVE UNPUNISHED
FELONS FREED FROM THE CURSOR
WILL STATE BUT NOW PREYING ON
PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY ARE ROBBING.
THEY ARE RAPING, THEY ARE
STABBING.
WE HAD THE SUBJECT OF THIS
EXPERIMENT.
PEOPLE ARE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY
DON’T KNOW WHO THE NICE KIDS
DON’T LIKE PEOPLE ARE ANYMORE.
KIDS ON A BICYCLE, THEY ARE
GOING TO SURROUND YOUR CAR AND
BEAT YOU.
NEW YORK IS NOW THE RUSSIAN
ROULETTE.
THIS GOES BACK -- I HAVE SET IT
A MILLION TIMES.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A ONE-PARTY
CITY, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS THE
DEMOCRATS.
HUSBAND NEEDS A WIFE.
A BACHELOR NEED SOMEBODY TO GET
HIM IN SHAPE, AND THERE WAS
NOBODY TO CREATE FRICTION
BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND THEIR
BAD IDEAS.
SOMEBODY HAS TO BE THERE TO SLOW
THEM DOWN.
THAT’S THE WIFE WHO TELLS THE
HUSBAND NO, YOU CANNOT PUT A
KIDDY POOL IN THE BASEMENT.
YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO STOP THE
CRAZY IDEAS, AND ALL THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE LEFT, SO ALL
YOU HAVE OTHER CRAZY PEOPLE.
>> Dana: THE CITIES, GERALDO,
ARE IN A BIT OF A DOWNWARD
SPIRAL.
IT IS HARD TO GET OUT OF IT.
>> Geraldo: I THINK CRIME IS
CERTAINLY AN ISSUE IN THESE
WIDELY PUBLICIZED IT -- THE
THING THAT HAS CHANGED, YOU SEE
IT ON VIDEO SO OFTEN.
YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY HOW
OUTRAGEOUS SOME OF THESE ACTS
ARE, BUT IN MY GENERATION, THE
MAIN REASON PEOPLE ARE LEAVING
NEW YORK, FOR EXAMPLE, IS TAXES.
IT IS NOT CRIME.
JESSE LEFT.
I LEFT OUT A CERTAIN POINT HERE
THEY ARE GOING TO NEW JERSEY.
GOING TO PENNSYLVANIA.
CONNECTICUT.
DEMOCRAT RUN JURISDICTIONS.
THEY ARE LEAVING BECAUSE OF THE
FINANCES.
YOU DIANE NEW YORK, YOU PAY A
DEATH TAX.
A CITY DEATH TAX.
YOU PAY THE FEDERAL DEATH TAX.
YOU KNOW, WHY STAY HERE?
GO TO A PLACE LIKE FLORIDA WHERE
THERE IS NO INCOME TAX.
I THINK THAT REALLY, WHILE CRIME
IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT
WITH YOUR OWN EYES, BUT I DO
BELIEVE EVEN PORTLAND.
PORTLAND, WHEN YOU READ "THE
OREGONIAN," AND WHAT IS REALLY
HAPPENING IN THAT LOVELY, LOVELY
CITY.
IT’S THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
I THINK JEN THE IS MOVING BACK
TO THE CITY.
THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF A GREAT
RENAISSANCE.
>> Dana: THE TIKTOK INFLUENCES
ARE MOVING BACK TO THE CITY
APPEARANCE BEFORE I DO NOT THINK
THAT THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF
SOME GREAT RENAISSANCE.
I THINK IT’S GOING TO GET A LOT
WORSE.
I’M LAUGHING AT YOU, GERALDO, A
LITTLE BIT.
YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT TAXES,
BUT THEN YOU KEEP VOTING FOR
DEMOCRATS.
THEY VOTE FOR THE SAME THING.
BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT’S HAPPENING
HERE, THE BUSINESSES ARE
LEAVING.
THE CORPORATIONS CAN AFFORD TO
RELOCATE PEOPLE, BUT THAT’S NOT
THE CASE FOR EVERYBODY, AND
WHAT’S LEFT IS HIGHER TAXES BUT
PEOPLE LEAVING, NO ONE TO PAY
THE TAXES, AND THEN THEY NEED
MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON THESE
PROGRAMS FOR CRIME AND
HOMELESSNESS, SELF WHERE DO YOU
GO FROM THERE?
STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM, AND IF
YOU CAN AFFORD TO LEAVE, YOU
PROBABLY ALREADY LEFT.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT ARE THE
PEOPLE THAT THE LEFT CLAIMS TO
STAND UP FOR, THE MOST
VULNERABLE.
THE MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS WHO
KNOW THEIR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED BY THESE PROBLEMS, AND
THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LEAVE THE
CITY.
MOVING IS EXPENSIVE.
SO THEY ARE STUCK THERE WAS NO
REAL GOOD OPTIONS.
>> Dana: MAYBE THERE IS NOBODY
THERE TO BUY THEIR HOME.
>> Jesse: YOU ARE TRYING TO
HAVE AS MUCH SEX AS POSSIBLE AND
DRINK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AFTER
COLLEGE.
YOU MOVE INTO THE CITY, AND YOU
HAVE NO SELF-RESPECT BECAUSE YOU
LIVE IN A BUCKET AND PAY $900 A
MONTH, BUT YOU ARE MEETING A LOT
OF WOMEN, AND YOU’RE DRINKING
PAST MIDNIGHT AND TRYING TO
ESTABLISH A CAREER.
ONCE YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE A
FAMILY, YOU MOVE THE HELL OUT OF
THERE.
THEN YOU FIND OUT WAIT, I’M IN
TENNESSEE OR FLORIDA OR TEXAS,
PAYING NO ESTATE TAXES.
I’M STAYING.
BUT IF I COULD JUST AS AGREE
WITH YOU SLIGHTLY, I THINK THE
LEADERSHIP IN THESE CITIES LIKE
THE DYSFUNCTION BECAUSE IF THEY
DID NOT LIKE IT, THEY WOULD TRY
TO CLEAN IT UP, AND THEY ARE
ALMOST TRYING TO MAKE IT WORSE
BECAUSE THE MORE DYSFUNCTION YOU
HAVE, THE MORE MONEY YOU CAN
SPEND ON HELPING PEOPLE.
SO THEN YOU RAISE TAXES.
YOU SPEND MORE MONEY, AND YOU
JUST GIVE IT TO THE
POWER BROKERS WHO ARE IN CHARGE
OF CRIME, DRUGS, AND
HOMELESSNESS.
THEY SKIM OFF THE TOP AND PLOW
THE REST OF IT BACK, SO THEY ARE
NOT ACTUALLY TRYING TO HELP THE
CITIES.
THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO INCREASE
THEIR OWN POWER.
>> Dana: REMEMBER THAT WITH
THE HOMELESSNESS MONEY.