GETTING RESULTS. >> IT’S NOW TIME FOR THE WEEKEND WITH NEWS 6 MORNING
ANCHOR JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON
CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM WITH
JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> JONATHAN: GOOD MORNING. I’M
JUSTIN WARMOTH. THERE ARE 10
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES RUNNING
FOR U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 10
WHICH IS BEEN HELD BY
CONGRESSWOMAN VAL DEMINGS FOR
THE LAST 3 TERMS. IT WILL NO
DOUBT BE COMPETITIVE AND NAME
RECOGNITION WILL LIKELY PLAY A
MAJOR ROLE, ESPECIALLY WITH
LESS THAN 2 MONTHS UNTIL
ELECTION DAY. ONE OF THOSE
CANDIDATES, FORMER CONGRESSMAN
ALAN GRAYSON IS RELYING ON HIS
NAME AND HIS RECORD IN
CONGRESS TO GET HIM THROUGH
THE PRIMARY. WHY DECIDE TO RUN
CONGRESS TO GET HIM THROUGH
THE PRIMARY. WHY DECIDE TO RUN Philips Sonicare FOR CONGRESS?
>> BECAUSE THERE’S SO MUCH
GOOD THINGS THAT CAN BE RIGHT
NOW. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING SO
BADLY WITH INFLATION AND WE
HAVE TO LOWER THE TOLLS, LOWER
THE TAXES AND LOWER THE WHAT
PEOPLE WANT MORE THAN
ANYTHING. SO IT IS GOING USE
THE POWER OF THE OFFICE IN
ORDER TO MAKE LIVES BETTER.
AND THAT’S WHAT I DID WAS THE
CONGRESS BEFORE. THAT’S WHAT I
CAN DO. SO.
>> THE LAST ELECTION WAS 2014.
I I WAS ELECTED DEMOCRATIC
DELEGATES, 2020 GOT IT. THE
FOR CONGRESSIONAL PURPOSES
2014. YOU WANT THAT IN THE
LAST 8 YOU HAVE TRIED TO RUN
AGAIN. PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW
THAT. AND THEY SAY, WELL,
WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
AROUND? WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE
THIS TIME AROUND? YOU’RE MORE
CONFIDENT IN GETTING ELECTED?
>> WELL, BOTH TIMES IN 2016,
WHATEVER THE SENATE IN 2018
WATER FOR THE HOUSE, THERE WAS
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OUTSIDE
INTERFERENCE OF PEOPLE LIE
ABOUT SMEARS HAVE BECOME
INSTITUTIONALIZED AMERICA. SO
ONE YEAR I HAD 5 MILLION
DOLLARS SPENT AGAINST ME BY
PEOPLE WHO WANT LIVE IN THE
DISTRICT KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
THE DISTRICT, ALL THE NEWS
THAT THEY WANT. THE OTHER GUY
THEY WANT TO DEFEAT MAY. SO
THEY ATTACKED ME AND THEN THE
OTHER EAR WAS 2 MILLION
DOLLARS OF OUTSIDE SPENDING.
THE SON OF RUPERT MURDOCH, THE
CEO OF FOX NEWS CHIP THAT HALF
A MILLION DOLLARS TO DEFEAT IN
MY LAST RACE. WHAT YOU THINK
THAT IS? WELL, IT BECAUSE I’M
A FIGHTER AND I GET GOOD
THINGS DONE. LOOK, LOOK AROUND
OKAY. I BROUGHT AN EXTRA
100 MILLION DOLLARS INTO
ORLANDO. THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND
MY FIRST TERM IN CONGRESS CUT
FORECLOSURES AND HAVE ARGUED
STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF MEDICARE
FOR ALL THE THE HEALTH
INSURANCE COMPANIES ALONE PUT
INTO MILLION DOLLARS TRYING TO
DEFEAT ME BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T
WANT MEDICARE FOR ALL. THEY
WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE
A DOCTOR WHEN THEY’RE SICK. SO
WHEN YOU STICK YOUR NECK OUT
THE NEW YOU MAKE OF OF
ENTRENCHED FORCES, A POWERFUL,
DIRTY MONEY YOUR HEAD OFF.
YOU.
>> INITIALLY WANTED GO AGAINST
MARCO RUBIO. YOU FILES RUN FOR
SENATE WITHDREW. WHAT WAS THE
REASON BEHIND THAT AND WHY
SWITCH TO THIS RACE WHO WELL,
IT’S DISTRICT 10 WHO VAL
DEMINGS, CURRENT DISTRICT AND
SHE’S RUNNING FOR SENATE. DOES
THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
IT OR OR WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT
PROCESS THERE?
>> WELL, WITH THE SENATE BIT
OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW. I
MEAN, YOU RIGHT NOW, THE
STATEWIDE RACE TOWARD THE
EFFECT OF TREES, 30 MILLION
THE PARTY WANTED VAL, THE
PARTY RAISE 30 MILLION DOLLARS
FOR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR OF THE
ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS IN
CHARGE OF RAISING MONEY FOR
AND DID A VERY EFFECTIVE JOB.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO
COMMUNICATE WITH VOTERS AND
COMPETE AGAINST A PARTY
JUGGERNAUT LIKE THAT. WITH
REGARD TO THIS RACE IS PRETTY
OBVIOUS. I’VE LIVED IN THIS
DISTRICT FOR 17 YEARS AND
TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT AS
IT IS THAT’S NOT TRUE OF MANY
9 CANDIDATES IN THE RACE. THAT
STUFF, TOO. I KNOW TO SEPARATE
YOURSELF FROM THE PACK OF OF
SUCH A LOT OF THIS, A CROWDED
FIELD, ONE OF THE MOST CROWD,
CREDIT FIELDS.
>> IN THE STATE WHEN IT COMES
TO CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES.
>> DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT BASED
ON NAME RECOGNITION ALONE OR
ARE THERE POLICY ISSUES THAT
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU POSSESS THAT
OTHERS DON’T. THAT WILL
SEPARATE AND THEN ULTIMATELY
GET YOU THROUGH THIS PRIMARY.
WELL, I HAVE THE HIGHEST NAME
RECOGNITION THE HIGHS FACE
RECOGNITION, WHICH CAN BE A
GOOD THING OR FACE LIKE YOU
KNOW, AS AS
>> IT RAINED LIKE IT WAS ONCE
ACCUSED OF BEING TOO FACES
SAID, MADAM, IF I HAD TO FACE
WHAT IT I I OFTEN FEEL THAT
BUT YES, THE NAME RECOGNITION
IN THE FACE RECOGNITION IS I
THINK WHAT WHAT’S THERE IS THE
RECOGNITION THAT I USE THE
POWER OF THE OFFICE TO MAKE
PEOPLE’S LIVES BETTER THAT IS
IF YOU ASK PEOPLE, WE’VE
ACTUALLY PULLED THIS OKAY. DO
YOU WANT TO CONGRESSMAN WHO
YOU AGREE WITH ON THE ISSUES?
WELL, YES, I KNOW THAT’S
REALLY ABOUT IT. I DO WANT TO
CONGRESSMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE NOT
REALLY KNOW, DOESN’T MATTER TO
ME. DO YOU WANT TO CONGRESSMAN
WHO WILL GET GOOD THINGS DONE
FOR PEOPLE IN THE ABSOLUTELY.
YES. THE NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THAT IS THE OVERWHELMING
ANSWER. AND THAT’S WHY KEVIN
STRAIGHT, I WAS THE
CONGRESSMAN FOR EVERYONE. AND
WE HAD SPECTACULAR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WHAT I WAS IN
CONGRESS BEFORE ORLANDO WAS
THE LARGEST CITY IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY WITH THAT OF THE
HOSPITAL. THANKS TO ME AND
CONGRESSMAN BROWN. WE HAVE
HOSPITAL, THOUGH. WE WE HAD
THE HEART LARGEST, THE HIGHEST
FORECLOSURE RATE IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY. THANKS TO THE GRACE
AND MANDATORY MEDIATION
PROGRAM. WE CUT THAT
FORECLOSURE RATE HALF AND NOW
WE HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN WITH
EVICTIONS, BY THE WAY, WHICH
ARE ALSO OVER 1000 A MONTH
RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT PROGRAM
THE GRACE AND THAT’S WHERE THE
ISSUE PROGRAM WAS SO
SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS ADOPTED
STATEWIDE BY THE FLORIDA
SUPREME COURT TIME AND TIME
AND TIME AGAIN. IF YOU LOOK AT
THE RECORD OF MY TIME IN
OFFICE, WE ARE MAKING
TREMENDOUS PROGRESS BECAUSE OF
THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FEDERAL
MONEY THAT I WAS BRINGING IN.
BRING HOME THE BACON, A
BECAUSE OF THAT ENORMOUS,
FEDERAL MONEY, OUR
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN ORLANDO
DROP A LITTLE THE STATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN DECADES. AND ALL
OF THAT IS SWEDEN AGAIN. NOW
THE PROBLEMS ARE DIFFERENT
NOW. THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS,
INFLATION AND WE WILL FIGHT
AND DEFEAT INFLATION.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HAVE
CERTAINLY BEEN CRITICAL OF THE
REDISTRICTING. THE NEW MAPS,
CONGRESSIONAL MAPS, AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY LIMIT.
>> AFRICAN-AMERICAN
REPRESENTATION. INCLUDING
DISTRICT 10, THE DISTRICT
YOU’RE RUNNING FOR. HAVE YOU
DID THAT? DID YOU CONSIDER
THAT BEFORE FILING? AND WHAT
MESSAGE WOULD YOU HAVE TO
BLACK VOTERS IN DISTRICTS AND
HAVE THIS ELECTION?
>> WELL, NOT QUITE CORRECT.
OKAY. THE DISTRICT. WENT FROM
>> WELL, NOT QUITE CORRECT.
OKAY. THE DISTRICT. WENT FROM Philips Sonicare 28% AFRICAN-AMERICANS, A 26%
NOT THAT MUCH. TO THE DISTRICT
REMAIN WITH AN ORANGE COUNTY
AND A DISTRICT THAT COVERS 3
QUARTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY IS
GOING TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL
NUMBER OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
ITSELF IS APPROXIMATELY 44%
WHITE. 26% AND 25% AFRICAN
AMERICAN IN THE DISTRICT THAT
I’M RUNNING IN WHICH MY HOME
DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN MY HOME
DISTRICT FOR 17 YEARS THAT
DISTRICT BY POPULATION. IT’S
43% 26% AND 25% AFRICAN
AMERICAN. AND THAT IS NOT A
MATERIAL CHANGE FROM THE VAL
DEMINGS DISTRICT. SO IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU’RE
DESCRIBING IS A PROBLEM, BUT
IT’S NOT OUR PROBLEM. THE
PROBLEM EXISTS IN TALLAHASSEE
AND THE PROVINCES IN
JACKSONVILLE. WHAT THEY DID
WAS THE REPUBLICANS AND
SPECIFICALLY GOVERNOR DESANTIS
PROB THE DEMOCRATS, THE
DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN IN
JACKSONVILLE HAS BEEN AFRICAN
AMERICAN FOR 30 YEARS. IT’S
IT’S THE CORNBREAD. THE THAT
DISTRICT HAS BEEN
GERRYMANDERED TO MAKE IT
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY
EFFORT TO GET A WIN. THERE.
THEY DID SOMETHING SIMILAR IN
THE CHARLIE CRIST DISTRICT.
CHARLIE, OBVIOUSLY IS NOT
MINORITY, BUT THEY MADE IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES WHERE THE
CANDIDATES MINORITY OR WHITE,
THERE WAS A LOT OF GOING GOING
ON. BUT THE FACT IS THAT
BECAUSE FAIR DISTRICTS,
FLORIDA REQUIRES THAT OUR
DISTRICT, THE WITHIN ORANGE
COUNTY IT DOESN’T HAVE A BIG
EFFECT ON US, WHETHER IT’S
NORTH ORANGE COUNTY, WHETHER
IT’S WEST ORANGE COUNTY. I
KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF
SPECULATION ABOUT THAT. BUT IT
WAS JUST SPECULATION. YOU LOOK
AT THE NUMBERS AND THE
DISTRICT WAS A A REALITY WHITE
DISTRICT BY A WIDE MARGIN WITH
HISPANICS COMING IN SECOND,
EVEN BEFORE THE ONES WHERE WE
DRAW.
>> DISTRICT 7 PROBABLY HAD A
LITTLE BIT MORE OF A OF A
CHANGE. THEY ESTIMATE AS WHAT
YOU’RE SAYING. YES, I MEAN,
I’M RUNNING IN DISTRICT 10. 7
WAS ANOTHER YEAH.
GERRYMANDERED DISTRICT FOR THE
BENEFIT OF REPUBLICANS AND AND
THEY’RE GOOD AT DEVASTATINGLY
GOOD. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY
SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT RATHER
THAN THE VOTERS PICKING THEM,
THEY CAN PICK THEIR VOTERS.
THAN THE VOTERS PICKING THEM,
THEY CAN PICK THEIR VOTERS. Philips Sonicare >> COMING UP, GRAYSON WILL
DISCUSS ROE V WADE BEING
OVERTURNED AND WHETHER HE
BELIEVES THE SUPREME COURT
SHOULD BE EXPANDED. WE’LL BE
RIGHT BACK.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> JONATHAN: WELCOME BACK. AS
WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION
WITH FORMER CONGRESSMAN ALAN
GRAYSON, ONE OF 10 DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES VYING FOR U.S.
HOUSE DISTRICT 10. WE PICK UP
THE DISCUSSION ON THE SUPREME
COURT’S DECISION TO OVERTURN
ROE V WADE.
>> WELL, I WILL REMAIN AND
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A STAUNCH
ADVOCATE OF FREEDOM TO I THINK
NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT OF AND IN
A CERTAIN WAY, THERE’S NOTHING
MORE INTRUSIVE HUMAN
EXPERIENCE. THEN THE SIDING
ONE PERSON CITED FOR SOMEBODY
ELSE. WHAT GOES ON INSIDE HIS
OR HER BODY? WE REALLY HAVE
NOTHING ELSE THAT EVEN
COMPARES TO THAT. CERTAINLY
YOU CAN TAKE THE OUTSIDE OF
SOMEONE’S BODY AND PUT IN
PRISON IN MANY RESPECTS. THIS
IS WORSE. THE THE RIGHT TO
CONTROL YOUR OWN BODY IS THE
MOST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF ALL.
IT’S SOMETHING THAT EVEN IF
YOU TOOK AWAY FROM DOG OR CAT,
IT WOULD BE A VISCERAL
REACTION, MUCH LESS HUMAN
BEING. IT IS A DEEPLY
OFFENSIVE THING TO AND I VOTE
AND I ASKED THE COURT EARLY IN
ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE TO
SORT OF GET PAST THIS IDEA.
THE ONE PERSON HAS ANOTHER HAS
A RIGHT TELL ANOTHER PERSON
WHETHER TO HAVE A CHILD. I
DON’T KNOW WHERE THIS THIS
IDEA COMES FROM, BUT COMES
HARD UP AGAINST THE RIGHT TO
BE LEFT ALONE. WE ONE OF THE
MOST FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF
CIVILIZATION GOING BACK
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF
YEARS AS MUCH BUSINESS. JUST
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. SO
THERE’S NO REASON FOR ONE
PERSON TO INTRUDE ANOTHER
PERSON’S DECISION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT HAVE A CHILD.
IT’S IT’S IT IS NOT
CONSISTENT. WITH THE PRINCIPLE
OF ORDERED LIBERTY. AND BEYOND
THE THE ANSWER REALLY SIMPLE.
IF YOU’RE AGAINST ABORTION
THAT DON’T BUT OTHERWISE WE
SHOULD ALL MIND THEIR OWN
BUSINESS. I SHOULD NOT BE
DECIDING JANE SMITH SHOULD
HAVE A CHILD OR NOT. AND
JAMES, THE THROUGHOUT DECIDING
WHETHER MY WIFE AND I SHOULD
HAVE A CHILD THAT THAT IS NOT
THE WAY HUMAN AFFAIRS ARE
ORDERED.
>> DURING TIME OF CONGRESS,
WERE THERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
CODIFYING ROE INTO LAW?
WERE THERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
CODIFYING ROE INTO LAW? during our 4th of July Sale. >> UNFORTUNATELY, THE POWERS
THAT BE DID NOT CONSIDER TO AT
THE TOP OF THE LIST. YOU KNOW,
BEAR IN MIND THAT DURING THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ONLY
WOULD IMPOSSIBLE 2009, AND YOU
WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE A WAY
AROUND THE FILIBUSTER, WHICH I
THINK WAS FEASIBLE AND STILL
IS FEASIBLE. BY THE WAY. YOU
KNOW, MY MY VIEW IS THAT THE
SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS TO
CHANGE OBAMACARE, WHICH IS A
MONEY SPEND MONEY THROUGH
OBAMACARE TO INCLUDE THE RIGHT
TO CHOOSE IN OBAMACARE. THE
SAME WAY THAT YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO CARE IF YOU’RE A
PREEXISTING CONDITION, THERE’S
A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE CODE
OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT
I’M FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE I
HOPE TO WRITE PART OF IT. AND
THAT SECTION SAYS THAT IF YOU
HAVE ANY HEALTH COVERAGE IN
THIS COUNTRY MUST INCLUDE X, Y
AND Z. SO, FOR IT’S NOT
ALLOWED TO PUT A CAP ON THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT OF BENEFITS.
THAT’S ONE EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE
MAY OR KNOW. ANOTHER EXAMPLE
WHICH ALMOST EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT SURE IS POLICY. AMERICA’S
NOT ALLOWED TO PREVENT YOU
FROM TREATMENT FOR PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS. WELL, THERE NEEDS
TO BE IN ADDITION AND THEN
ADDITION SHOULD BE THAT YOU
HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER ANY
INSURANCE POLICIES, COUNTRY
ABORTION RIGHTS AND
SPECIFICALLY MEDICAL
PROCEDURES THAT INVOLVE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. AND
THAT’S HOW I WOULD SOLVE THE
PROBLEM THAT ACTUALLY WOULD
PASS THROUGH RECONCILIATION,
THE SENATE, MEANING IT COULD
NOT BE FILIBUSTERED AND YOU
CAN DO THAT WITH 50 THE
DEMOCRATIC VOTES OR
CONCEIVABLY 50 DEMOCRATIC
VOTES AND ONE OR 2 REPUBLICAN
VOTES SINCE THEY SOME OF THEM
STILL PRETEND THAT THEIR PRO
CHOICE AND THE VICE PRESIDENT
TO BREAK ANY TIES THAT WE GET
IT THROUGH THE WE CAME CLOSE
TO THAT THAT THE BILL WAS NOT
FRAMED AS AN OBAMACARE MEN
THAT THEREFORE THE FILIBUSTER
EITHER DO THROUGH EXECUTIVE
ORDER, WHICH IS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE EXECUTIVE ORDER CAN
CHANGE REGULATIONS OR I WOULD
DO IT THROUGH LEGISLATION AND
THE OBAMACARE TO ADD. THAT IS
A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN EVERY
INSURANCE POLICY IN THE
COUNTRY, INCLUDING BY THE WAY,
MEDICAID, WHICH IS A VERY
IMPORTANT INSURANCE POLICY
AFFECTING EXACTLY THE PEOPLE
WHO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
TRAVEL TO TORONTO FOR
ABORTION. EXACTLY. I I DO WANT
TO ASK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS.
TO ASK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS. during our 4th of July Sale. >> AND IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT
SOUNDS LIKE A THE WOULD BE ALL
FOR. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS
TO EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU
BELIEVE SHOULD HAPPEN?
>> YES, BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE
IS RIGHT THAT IT’S A KANGAROO
COURT AT THIS POINT. I MEAN,
ONE DECISION AFTER ANOTHER,
ANOTHER, THEY’RE IGNORING
THEIR OWN PRECEDENTS THERE,
MAKING ARGUMENTS THAT TO A
LAWYER, SO ALMOST RIDICULOUS
THAT THIS WEEK THEY’RE GOING
TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING
NOBODY IS EVER DECIDE WHERE 50
YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
CALLING ON DELEGATION
DOCTRINE. OKAY. AND BASED UPON
THAT, THEY’RE GOING TO PREVENT
US FROM FIGHTING POLLUTION.
OKAY. THEY’RE GOING TO PREVENT
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM
KEEPING OUR AIR CLEAN ON
ACCOUNT OF THIS MADE UP
FICTITIOUS TO TRIP THAT HAS
NEVER EXISTED BEFORE THIS WEEK
IN 250 YEARS OF LEGAL HISTORY,
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WAY OUT OF
HAND. THEY PACK THE COURTS. WE
HAVE TO UNPACK THE COURTS BY
ADDING THE NUMBER OF SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES.
>> ON THE TOPIC OF INFLATION,
WE’RE KIND OF RUNNING OUT OF
TIME AND THE COST OF LIVING
AND RED AND JUST THE ECONOMY
AS A WHOLE. WHAT IDEAS DO YOU
AND RED AND JUST THE ECONOMY
AS A WHOLE. WHAT IDEAS DO YOU during our 4th of July Sale. HAVE? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN?
AND DO YOU THINK THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ENOUGH
TO CURB INFLATION AND HELP OUT
during our 4th of July Sale. EVERYDAY AMERICANS.
>> I WOULD BE A LITTLE
PRACTICAL. I WOULD TELL YOU
WHAT I’M GONNA DO WHEN THE
SELECTION KIND OF THE K I
WOULD TELL YOU SPECIFIC TO
INFLATION. THE TOLLS ARE TOO
HIGH. I KNOW IF YOU’RE AWARE
OF THIS, BUT IN ORANGE AND
OSCEOLA COUNTY, THE EXPRESSWAY
AUTHORITY TOOK IN 493 MILLION
DOLLARS LAST YEAR AND TELLS
YOU WANT TO GUESS HOW MUCH
THAT WAS SPENT ON MAINTENANCE.
THE ROADS. PROBABLY NOT.
490 MILLION, OKAY. JUST BARELY
3%. THAT TOOK 200 MILLION AND
STUCK IT IN THEIR OWN POCKETS.
OKAY. THE TOLLS ARE WAY OUT OF
CONTROL. IT’S HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
THE STATES ON TO ANNOUNCE THEY
WANT TO ACTUALLY STEAL ARE
TOLD BY FROM U.S. THE TOLLS
ARE TOO HIGH AND THE NEED TO
BE REDUCED ON FOR WAY, WHICH
RUNS STRAIGHT THROUGH THE
DISTRICT FROM WEST TO EAST
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE ENTIRE
DISTRICT ON 4, 0, 8, THOSE
TOLLS WERE PAID FOR DECADES
AGO. SO THE BONDS THAT WERE
SOLD TO BILL FOR WAY WERE SOLD
IN 1971. WHAT? I WAS 13 YEARS
SOLD TO BILL FOR WAY WERE SOLD
IN 1971. WHAT? I WAS 13 YEARS during our 4th of July Sale. OLD. OKAY. AND I’M STILL
PAYING FOR THOSE BONDS. EVEN
PAID OFF ALREADY YEARS AND
YEARS AGO. EVERY TIME I COME
TO YOUR OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. IT
MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
IT’S CRAZY. SO TOLLS ARE TOO
HIGH. THEY HAVE TO BE CUT. AND
THIS IS TRUE OF THE I-FOUR
HIGHWAYS. WELL, WHY WASN’T
CONGRESS? I TRIED AND FAILED
TO PREVENT HOLES ON I-FOUR. WE
HAVE ONE OF THE ONLY FEDERAL
HIGHWAYS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
THAT IS TOLLS ON AND WE PAY
OUR GASOLINE TAX. WE ALSO PAY
ARE TOLD TAX AND NOBODY ELSE
US TO DO THAT. HARDLY ANYBODY
IN UNITED STATES HAS THAT
PROBLEM. BUT US TRIED TO STOP.
IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ALL GO
BACK AND TRY WITH REGARD TO
TAXES. IT’S RIDICULOUS THAT
THIS POINT A TO HAVE A DOUBLE
TAXATION ON SOCIAL SECURITY. I
KNOW IF YOU’RE AWARE OF THIS,
BUT YOU PAY TAX THE MONEY WHEN
YOU PAY INTO SOCIAL SECURITY
AND YOU PAY TAXES AGAIN WHEN
IT PAYS OUT TO YOU. THAT’S
CRAZY. YEAH. SO WE NEED TO
ELIMINATE THE DOUBLE TAXATION
OF SOCIAL SECURITY. GIVE
SENIORS A BREAK, GIVE SENIORS
A RAISE. AND WE ALSO NEED TO
LIMIT THE BOTH THE STATE TAX
AND THE FEDERAL TAX. THIS IS
NOT THE TIME TO BE MAKING THE
PRICE OF GAS HIGHER. AND THERE
ARE PEOPLE SAY, WELL, LET’S
HAVE A GAS TAX VACATION. I’D
SAY LET’S MAKE THAT VACATION
PER MINUTE. NO MORE GAS TAX,
EITHER THE STATE OR THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, THE FEDERAL
LEVEL EASY. THAT’S WHAT
CONGRESSMAN DOES ALL THE TIME.
WE VOTE ON THE BUDGET EACH
YEAR. THE STATE SHOULD BE
PROHIBITED FROM GETTING ANY
FEDERAL FUNDS UNLESS THEY DROP
TO THE AZTECS DOWN TO 0. SO
THAT’S MY PLAN WITH REGARD TO
TAXES. AND I THINK THAT THOSE
THINGS ARE FEASIBLE WITH
REGARD TO RENT. FIRST OF ALL,
WE HAVE TO MAKE IT TO TALK TO
ALL. IT IS SHOCKING. SHOCKING
THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
PEOPLE WHO RENT THEIR HOUSE.
IT’S IF YOU OWN YOUR HOUSE,
YOU GET A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
TAX DEDUCTION, ALL YOUR
MORTGAGE. YOUR MORTGAGE
INTEREST IS FULLY DEDUCTIBLE.
YOU GET TO DEDUCT YOUR
PROPERTY TAX THAT THE $10,000
WE’RE IS WEIRD. IS THAT OPTION
FOR RENTERS? IT’S NOT THERE.
AND IF YOU DID THAT, YOU’D BE
PUTTING FOR $5,000 DIRECTLY
JUST POCKETS EACH YEAR AND
MAKING THE SYSTEM FAIRER.
JUST POCKETS EACH YEAR AND
MAKING THE SYSTEM FAIRER. during our 4th of July Sale. >> LAST WEEK’S EPISODE WE
HEARD FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT,
10 CANDIDATES, STATE SENATOR
RANDOLPH BRACY. YOU CAN WATCH
THAT INTERVIEW AND GET A FULL
LIST OF THE 18 TOTAL
CANDIDATES IN THE RACE ON
CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM.
>> SLASH WEEKLY. I’M JUSTIN
WARMOTH HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY
AND A SAFE 4TH OF JULY.
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