>> TUCKER CARLSON: WELCOME TO
TUCKER CARLSON.
TONIGHT, A LOT OF THINGS ARE
GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD AT THE
MOMENT, BUT WE THOUGHT WEED
BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A REPORT FROM
YOUR OWN COUNTRY TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT OF
WHAT YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING EVERY
MOMENT OF EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST
THREE WEEKS.
ON YOUR SCREEN PICTURES FROM
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE
AT A FOOT BANK.
THE QUEUE STRETCHES FOR BLOCKS.
IT’S WHAT WE USED TO CALL A
BREAD LINE.
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT
HOMELESS OR ADDICTED TO DRUGS,
SOME OF THEM HAVE JOBS.
THEY JUST CAN’T AFFORD ENOUGH
FOOD.
VERY FEW LIVING AMERICANS HAVE
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
IT’S BEEN NEARLY 100 YEARS SINCE
THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCED
WIDE SPREAD FOOD SHORTAGES, LONG
ENOUGH MOST OF US HAVE FORGOTTEN
WHAT IT MEANS.
HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A SOCIETY
VOLATILE, NOT JUST ANGRY AND
DIVIDED, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE
NOW, BUT REVOLUTIONARY AND
EXPLOSIVE, THEN YOU THREATEN THE
FOOD SUPPLY.
MORE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FALL UP TO
RISING FOOD PRICES THAN ANY
OTHER CAUSE BY FAR.
HUNGRY PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T
SEEM TO NOTICE THIS IS HAPPENING
OR ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
LIKE ALL OF THE LIBERALS, THEY
TREAT UNCHANGING TRUTHS ABOUT
ANYTHING AS HERESY.
THEY SENSOR THEM AND SHUT THEM
DOWN.
THEY LIVE IN AN IDEOLOGICAL
WORLD THEY CREATED.
THEY BELIEVE REALITY CONFORMS TO
THEIR THEORIES, NOT THE OTHER
WAY AROUND.
WHY WOULDN’T THEY THINK THAT IF
THEY CHANGE THEIR SEX BY WISHING
IT SO.
YOU CAN ELIMINATE INFLATION BY
PRETENDING IT DOESN’T EXIST.
WHEN YOU’RE A GOD, THERE ARE NO
LIMITS.
THE PROBLEM IS, THEY’RE NOT GOD,
THEY’RE NOT EVEN CAPABLE
ECONOMISTS.
MORE THAN A DECADE OF RECKLESS
FISCAL POLICIES HAVE DEVALUED
THE U.S. DOLLAR TO THE POINT
WHERE MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE CAN
BARELY SURVIVE.
THE SUFFERING OF AMERICANS
DOESN’T HAVE THE IMMINENCE OF
WAR FOOTAGE FROM UKRAINE, BUT
IT’S REAL AND IT MATTERS.
AND HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN
NUMBER TERMS.
THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO NEW
ESTIMATE, RISING INFLATION WILL
COST THE AMERICAN FAMILY $,500
IN EXTRA POSTTAX INCOME.
THAT MIGHT BE BEARABLE IF YOU
MAKE $250,000 A YEAR IF YOU
NOTICE IT.
BUT IF YOU MAKE $30,000 A YEAR,
THAT’S A DISASTER, YOU WILL
RADICALLY CHANGE THE WAY YOU
LIVE.
YOUR STANDARD OF LIVING WILL
PLUMMET THAT’S WHAT MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
IT’S NOT A TALKING POINT.
IT’S REAL.
AMERICA’S FOR TAX REFORM FOUND
BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021, QUOTE,
THE BOTTOM 20% OF EARNERS SPENT
$309 MORE ON FOOD, $ UP 1 MORE
ON ENERGY, $476 MORE ON SHELTER,
$390 MORE ON OTHER COMMODITIES,
AND $224 MORE ON OTHER SERVICES.
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS FROM
NOVEMBER.
THEY’VE RISEN DRAMATICALLY SINCE
THEN.
THEY’RE CONTINUING TO RISE.
NATIONALLY, MEAT, POULTRY, FISH,
EGGS, UP 13%.
IN SAN FRANCISCO, A DOZEN EGGS
IS ALMOST $5, ORANGE JUICE IN
MIAMI IS OVER $4, SO IS A
CHICKEN BREAST IN BOSTON.
A POUND OF GROUND BEEF,
HAMBURGER IN L.A.?
$6.34, A POUND OF BACON IN NEW
YORK CITY, $ UP.28.
IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR, GREEN
GRAPES COST $2.50 A POUND.
NOW THEY’RE $4.
THE PRICE OF CHICKEN WINGS IN
THE CAT SKILLS WENT FROM $8 TO
$20.
ORDER SOMETHING ELSE.
IF YOU TRY TO DRINK A PINT OF
GUINNESS IN CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY
TO CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY,
IT COSTS YOU $ LE.55 FOR A PINT
OF BEER.
PRICES OF EVERYTHING ARE RISING
FAR FASTER THAN WAGES ARE -- A
LOT FASTER.
AND THAT MEANS THAT IN VERY REAL
TERMS, THE MOST REAL, PEOPLE ARE
BECOMING POORER.
NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO BUY
THINGS, CONSUMERS, BUT ALSO
PEOPLE WHO SELL THEM, RETAILERS.
THIS IS A DISASTER FOR SMALL
BUSINESS.
WATCH?
>> FOR A COLD HARD LESSON ON
INFLATION, STEP INTO THE
REFRIGERATOR WHERE CORINNA
STORES THE FOOD SUPPLIES SHE
JUST BOUGHT FOR HER POPUP FOOD
STAND BUSINESS IN PHOENIX,
ARIZONA.
>> USUALLY IT WOULD BE -- IT
WOULD BE ABOUT $1 A POUNDF RIGHT
NOW, IT’S $1.84 A POUND.
THIS CHEESE USED TO BE $9.
NOW IT’S LIKE $14.56.
OF.
>> THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR
SOMEONE LIKE YOU TO RUN YOUR
BUSINESS.
>> YEAH, IT MAKES IT
UNBELIEVABLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO
PREDICT ANY PRICING.
I CAN’T EVEN SAY I’M GOING TO
CHARGE YOU A CERTAIN PRICE RIGHT
NOW.
BECAUSE IN THREE DAYS, IT’S
PROBABLY BOUND TO CHANGE.
YOU KNOW?
AND IT’S NEVER FOR THE BETTER.
>> DID YOU CATCH THAT AT THE
END.
PRICES CHANGING EVERY THREE
DAYS.
IT’S LIKE ZIMBABWE.
THAT’S NOT THE PICTURE OF A
STABLE ECONOMY BUT NOT JUST FOOD
THAT’S MOVING FAST.
THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, THE COSTS
OF ELECTRICITY HAS RISEN 18% IN
A SINGLE YEAR, THAT DOES NOT
HAPPEN WITH UTILITIES.
BUT IT DID.
IN PHILADELPHIA, THE AVERAGE
UTILITY BILL ROSE FROM $477 A
MONTH TO $651 A MONTH ACCORDING
TO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME
BUILDERS, BUILDING MATERIAL
PRICES INCREASED ALMOST 21%
YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
OVERALL LUMBER PRICES ALONE HAVE
ADDED $19,000 TO THE PRICE OF A
HOME IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS
HOUSING PRICES ARE SO HIGH.
THEN, OF COURSE, THERE’S
GASOLINE.
IN LOS ANGELES, IT NOW COSTS
$180 TO FILL A CHEVY SUBURBAN.
ONE TANK OF GAS, $180.
NATIONALLY, GAS IS UP NEARLY
40%.
HERE’S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> THESE PRICES ARE EYE POPPING
HERE AT THE CHEVRON, IT’S $ 7.29
A GALLON FOR A SMALL CAR WITH A
$12 GALLON TANK.
IT WOULD COST YOU $87 TO FILL IT
ALL THE WAY UP.
OF COURSE, WE KNOW IT’S THE TOP
END OF THE SPECTRUM HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE MOST EXPENSIVE STATE.
THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON
IS $5.6.
BUT WE ALL NOTAH NATIONALLY
THESE PRICES ARE THROUGH THE
ROOF.
THE AVERAGE COST NATION-WIDE NOW
IS $4.33 A GALLON.
THAT’S UP 63 CENTS IN JUST A
WEEK’S TIME.
AND, IN FACT, RIGHT NOW THE
AVERAGE COST HAS CLIMBED ABOVE
$4 A GALLON IN A STAGGERING 38
STATES.
>> RISING GAS PRICES MAKES
PEOPLE DESPERATE.
YOU WOULDN’T KNOW THAT FROM
WATCHING TELEVISION BECAUSE MOST
OF THE PEOPLE WHO BRING YOU THE
NEWS DON’T KNOW WHAT THE PRICE
OF GAS IS AND A LOT OF THEM
DON’T CARE BECAUSE THEY DON’T
DRIVE THEMSELVES.
BUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
CARES VERY DEEPLY WHAT THE PRICE
OF GAS IS.
IN SOME CASES, THE PROBLEM IS SO
BAD, GAS PRICES ARE SO
EXPENSIVE, THAT THIEVES HAVE
TAKEN TO DRILLING HOLES IN GAS
TANKS TO STEAL IT.
>> WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT
$4. 33 A GALLON, A TROUBLING
NEW TREND IS ON THE RISE, GAS
THEFT.
CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY NOW
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> CRIMINALS ARE TARGETING
UNATTENDED VEHICLES FOR GAS BUT
THEY’RE NOT GOING IN THROUGH
HERE.
INSTEAD, THEY’RE DRILLING HOLES
FROM UNDERNEATH YOUR CAR AND
DRAINING YOUR TANK.
>> ONCE A TANK IS DRILLED, IT
CAN’T BE FIXED.
GETTING A NEW ONE COULD COST
DRIVERS MORE THAN $1,000.
>> TUCKER CARLSON: CONTRARY TO
WHAT YOU MAY HAVE LEARNED FROM
THE TICKTOCK FEED, THE
COMBUSTION ENGINE IS NOT A SIN,
A BASIS OF MORAL CRISIS, BUT A
MIRACLE UPON WHICH ALL CIVIL
STAIGS RESTS.
YOUR AMAZON PACKAGE ARRIVES
BECAUSE OF GASOLINE.
SO DOES UBER EATS.
YOU CAN FLY TO SEE YOUR
RELATIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BECAUSE OF GASOLINE.
SO, WHEN THE PRICE OF GASOLINE
RISES, EVERYONE IS AFFECTED.
NO MATTER WHO THEY VOTED FOR OR
NO MATTER IF THEY NOTICED IT OR
NOT.
HERE’S HOW THE PEOPLE IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS ARE REACTING TO
THE RISING GAS PRICES.
>> GAS HAS REACHED AN ALL-TIME
RECORD HIGH, HERE IN TEXAS,
$4.39 A GALLON LET’S FIND OUT
WHAT THEY SAY.
>> HIGH REAL HIGH.
>> RIDICULOUS.
>> SPENDING MORE MONEY TO GO
DO -- TO MAKE MONEY.
SO, IT’S HARD.
>> IT’S OUTRAGEOUS, YOU KNOW?
>> IT’S OUTRAGEOUS, NOT GOING TO
LIE TO YOU.
>> HIGH FOR A LONG TIME, NOW
THEY’RE TOO HIGH.
>> TUCKER CARLSON: WILL THE
CAPITAL OF UKRAINE FALL TO THE
RUSSIANS, WE HOPE NOT.
AMERICANS CARE ABOUT.
HOW HIGH WILL GAS GET?
THEY CARE ABOUT THAT EVEN MORE.
THEY CARE DEEPLY BECAUSE IT
AFFECTS THEIR LIVES SO
DRAMATICALLY.
YET, THE COVERAGE OF THIS IS NOT
PROPORTIONATE.
YOU ALMOST NEVER HEAR NICK ASK
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PRICE
OF GAS?
BUT IF YOU LEAVE THE TV STUDIOS
OF NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, AND
WASHINGTON, YOU WILL FIND,
PEOPLE REALLY DO CARE.
EVERY PRODUCT IN THIS COUNTRY
WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS BUT NOT
THAT MANY, IS DELIVERED THANKS
TO GASOLINE.
THAT MEANS WITH RISING GAS
PRICES, ALL PRODUCTS BECOME MORE
EXPENSIVE.
THE CHEAPEST WASHING MACHINE YOU
CAN BUY AT A BEST BUY IN SOUTH
CAROLINA RIGHT NOW, $450.
FURNITURE AND BELLING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, 17% MORE EXPENSIVE THAN
IT WAS A YEAR AGO.
12 MONTHS AGO, A 28 CUBIC FOOT
SAMSUNG STAINLESS STEEL FRIDGE
WAS $1700 IN HOME DEPOT, AND NOW
$2,000.
SO ON, FOR EVERYTHING.
PARTICULARLY FOR VEHICLES.
THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A USED CAR
IS UP MORE THAN 30% NATIONALLY.
UP 35% IN MASSACHUSETTS AND
TENNESSEE.
UP 38% IN FLORIDA AND MARYLAND.
IT’S UP 40% OR MORE IN LOUISIANA
AND NEW YORK, MONTANA, AND NORTH
DAKOTA.
THAT MEANS THE AVERAGE COST OF A
USED CAR IN THE STATE OF MONTANA
IS NOW MORE THAN $42,000, FOR A
USED CAR, ONE WITH HIGH MILEAGE.
BY COMPARISON LAST MARCH, THE
AVERAGE USED TOYOTA SOLD FOR
$20,000.
THE AVERAGE USED TOYOTA NOW GOES
FOR $28,000.
THESE ARE REAL NUMBERS WITH REAL
EFFECTS TO RESTATE THE STANDARD
OF LIVING OF AMERICANS WHO FOR
ALMOST 100 YEARS HAVE ENJOYED
THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING
IN ANY BIG COUNTRY IS
PLUMMETING.
SO, WHAT’S THE ADMINISTRATION
DOING TO FIX THIS?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO HELP?
OF COURSE, THAT DEPENDS ON
WHETHER OR NOT YOU’RE UKRAINIAN.
IF YOU ARE, THEY CAN HELL YOU IF
YOU’RE NOT, THE TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY RECOMMENDS, YOU TAKE
THE BUS.
>> YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY
IN PUBLIC TRANSIT AND THAT’S
SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE
BECOMES A MEANS OF CHOICE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE’S LESS PRESSURE ON FAMILY
BUDGETS FROM TRANSPORTATION,
WHICH OFTEN THE SECOND BIGGEST
BUDGET ITEM AFTER HOUSING
ITSELF.
ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN
OUR TOOL KIT TO DO THAT IS TO
MAKE SURE THERE’S ACCESS TO
EXCELLENT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
>> TUCKER CARLSON: TAKE THE BUS?
YEAH, HOMELESS SCHIZOPHRENICS
HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR
GENERATIONS.
WHY SHOULDN’T YOU.
THAT’S THE TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY.
SO, MAYBE THE FIRST QUESTION
WOULD BE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO ABOUT GAS PRICES, PAL?
THE ROADS ARE FALLING APART.
MAYBE YOU COULD FIX THAT.
NO, ONE OF THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOL
KIT IS YOU CAN RIDE THE BUS WITH
THE CRAZY PEOPLE.
AND YOU’LL LIKE IT.
BUT THAT’S NOT THEIR ONLY PLAN.
TO FIGHT INFLATION.
THE OTHER PLAN -- BLAME OTHERS.
>> NOW THAT WE’RE LIVING IN
AMERICA WHERE THERE’S A LOT MORE
CONCENTRATION IN CERTAIN
INDUSTRIES, ARGUE LOOK AT THE
OIL INDUSTRY, LOOK AT MEAT
INDUSTRY, LOOK AT GROCERIES,
GENERALLY.
WHAT’S HAPPENED IS THESE
COMPANIES HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW?
WE’LL PASS ALONG COSTS, BUT
WHILE WE’RE AT IT AND EVERYONE
IS TALKING ABOUT RISING COSTS,
LET’S JUST ADD AN EXTRA BIG
DOLLOP OF COST INCREASES TO
EXPAND OUR PROFIT.
>> TUCKER CARLSON: YOU JUST
HEARD FROM SOMEONE WHO IS A
SITTING UNITED STATES SENATOR
WHOSE TOTAL RESERVOIR OF
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WORLD IS
SMALLER THAN THE SINK IN YOUR
POWDER ROOM.
THIS IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
LITERALLY NOTHING ABOUT HOW
ANYTHING WORKINGS.
THE MEAT INDUSTRY?
WHAT WOULD THAT BE, SENATOR
WARREN?
SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT SHE’S
TALKING ABOUT.
SHE HAS NO INTEREST IN LEARNING
WHY THE DOLLAR IS LESS VALUABLE
THAN IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO AND
SHE HAS NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER
IN IMPROVING YOUR LIFE.
SO, THE QUESTION ONCE AGAIN IS
HOW LONG CAN THIS CONTINUE?
IT’S ONE THING TO PRETEND THAT
BOYS CAN COMPETE IN GIRL’S
SPORTS AND THAT’S TOTALLY
NATURAL.
THAT’S ALWAYS THE WAY IT’S BEEN.
THAT MAY BE TO PEOPLE BUT IF
THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY