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Eric Conroy for Congress · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: 806 at 55KRC, the talk station. Brian Thomas welcoming into
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  Speaker 1: the studio and staring right at him. He's Eric Conroy.
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  Speaker 1: He's running against Greg Lansman and got the endorsement of
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  Speaker 1: Congressman Warren Davidson, who would love you working cooperatively with
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  Speaker 1: him in Congress after the election. And I'm sure you're
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  Speaker 1: doing that. You see eye to eye with him on
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  Speaker 1: most of all the major issues. And I know you're
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  Speaker 1: running for Congress to fight for the working families and, well,
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  Speaker 1: keep our community safe and make Ohio a better place.
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  Speaker 1: Congressman Davidson is talking about We are on the right track.
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  Speaker 1: We have the lowest unemployment rate in Ohio's history, along
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  Speaker 1: with all this wonderful economic data that's just been released
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  Speaker 1: about how well the Trump administration is doing, how the
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  Speaker 1: coffers of the federal and state governments have increased because
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  Speaker 1: of the success and increased revenues in business by lower taxes.
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  Speaker 1: Lower taxes equal more money. It always works out that way.
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  Speaker 1: Democrats don't want to even admit that. But welcome in studio,
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  Speaker 1: Eric Conroy. Find him online at ericconroy. Conroy.com. Help them out.
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  Speaker 1: Get a yard sign. Good to have you back in.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Brian.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me. And we're about five weeks out
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  Speaker 3: from the election. It's a big year here in Ohio.
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  Speaker 3: We've got my race. We've got the governor's race and
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  Speaker 3: the Senate race. And I think as we move along
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  Speaker 3: over these next five weeks, we have to do exactly
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  Speaker 3: what you said, which is really tout the accomplishments of
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  Speaker 3: this party over the last two years, including a lot
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  Speaker 3: of those great economic accomplishments. And I don't think we
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  Speaker 3: talk enough about the big, beautiful bill from last year
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  Speaker 3: as well in terms of no taxes on tips, no
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  Speaker 3: taxes on overtime, and really putting money back into the
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  Speaker 3: pockets of working-class families. That is really what makes our
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  Speaker 3: economy thrive, is getting that money back into the hands
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  Speaker 3: of families to spend it how they see fit.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and the same thing goes with businesses. Those evil corporations.
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  Speaker 1: The DSA screams out loud all day long about the
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  Speaker 1: very businesses that employ all of us, and me included.
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  Speaker 1: Second quarter profits from corporations rose 20.8% from last year.
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  Speaker 3: 20.8%.
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  Speaker 1: And more jobs out there. Our payroll increased by $ 90, 000.
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  Speaker 1: All the economic data is revised forecast up. And inflation,
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  Speaker 1: in fact, revised downward.
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  Speaker 3: And this is what happens when you have great Republican
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  Speaker 3: economic policies. It's less regulations, less taxes. in cheap energy
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  Speaker 3: as well. And when we have those three points really
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  Speaker 3: working in motion, we're going to have an economic boom.
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  Speaker 3: And we've seen that over the last few years. I
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  Speaker 3: think I saw one stat. For every one regulation that
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  Speaker 3: goes on the books, the administration wants to cut four.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, is it four now?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's four now.
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  Speaker 1: I think when Trump first proposed it, it was two
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  Speaker 1: for every one.
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  Speaker 2: I think it might have increased.
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  Speaker 1: I think we can afford to go nine, honestly.
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  Speaker 3: I think we can cut quite a few, right? And
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  Speaker 3: cutting regulations... is really what's going to make this economy boom.
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  Speaker 3: And we need that business-friendly environment here in southwest Ohio
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  Speaker 3: as well.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and everybody in the listening audience knows who regularly
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  Speaker 1: listens to me, I'm a huge fan of this nuclear
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  Speaker 1: renaissance we're having, the small modular reactors, you know, off
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  Speaker 1: the shelf, ready to go, easily installed, something that AI
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  Speaker 1: centers and their billions of dollars can probably afford themselves,
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  Speaker 1: maybe provide us a little extra electricity perhaps, or at
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  Speaker 1: least not tax the good with them. The Trump administration
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  Speaker 1: has greased the skids to allow this magical thing to happen.
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  Speaker 1: This is something the Democrats are against and the green people.
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  Speaker 1: Eric Conroy, how in God's name can green people be
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  Speaker 1: against nuclear energy when it doesn't produce any of the
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  Speaker 1: damn carbon dioxide they want us to remove?
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  Speaker 2: It's a great question, right?
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  Speaker 3: And we've had this technology on naval ships and submarines
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  Speaker 3: for a very long time.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, cribbage Mike, my submariner friend.
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  Speaker 3: And to bring that technology back home and using it
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  Speaker 3: in a novel way, I think these are great common
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  Speaker 3: sense policies that Republicans are pitching nowadays. Why not bring
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  Speaker 3: that to AI data centers and other ways that we
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  Speaker 3: can use it across the community to keep our energy going?
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  Speaker 3: And that'll bring energy prices down by having more sources
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  Speaker 3: of energy and help us grow.
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  Speaker 1: And electricity demand continues to grow. You know, this wonderful
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  Speaker 1: electrified world that the green folks want us to live
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  Speaker 1: in requires a constant, reliable source of energy. So the
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  Speaker 1: answer to everyone's prayers on both sides of that argument
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  Speaker 1: is nuclear power. But no, they don't want us to
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  Speaker 1: have it. You know, I'm convinced the left is just
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  Speaker 1: angry about America's continued success. Anything that they can do
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  Speaker 1: to stop success in this country, they want to do it.
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  Speaker 1: They want to stop AI, as if you could stop
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  Speaker 1: that from going. Bernie Sanders... Submitted a bill to put
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  Speaker 1: the brakes on the whole thing. Why? And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: these economic numbers that came in, Eric, they're giving a
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  Speaker 1: lot of credit to the billions of dollars that are
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  Speaker 1: being spent on artificial intelligence. The construction jobs are bringing
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  Speaker 1: more money to the economy. All of this is really good.
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  Speaker 1: They want to stop it in its tracks.
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  Speaker 3: Well, look, the Democratic Party has no ideas and no solutions.
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  Speaker 3: And even the primary results on the Democratic Party this
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  Speaker 3: year are frightening. There's no such thing as a moderate
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  Speaker 3: blue dog Democratic Party anymore. That party does not exist.
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  Speaker 3: Your father's Democratic Party does not exist anymore. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I saw one stat a couple weeks ago. 60% of
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  Speaker 3: Democrats now view socialism favorably. And of course, we know
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  Speaker 3: a wing of that includes Democrats. Despairing the police, rewriting
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  Speaker 3: the Constitution, and getting rid of the Senate.
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  Speaker 2: This is crazy talk.
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  Speaker 1: And open borders.
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  Speaker 2: And open borders, right?
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  Speaker 3: And a lot of these Democrats, like my opponent Greg Lansman,
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  Speaker 3: campaign as this squishy moderate back here in the Midwest
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  Speaker 3: and then go and vote for all the leftist policies
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  Speaker 3: in D.C. And this is extremely disingenuous to voters and
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  Speaker 3: the citizens here.
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  Speaker 1: Well, ask any elected official who's been in Congress and
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  Speaker 1: had to deal with the pressure that they get. Some
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  Speaker 1: people can stand up to pressure. You know, say we
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  Speaker 1: went to Congressman Massey. He stood up to everybody. He
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  Speaker 1: was in favor of the Constitution. He understood it and
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  Speaker 1: defended it all day long in good times and in bad.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't find any convenient time to ignore the language
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  Speaker 1: of the Constitution. So he was able to buck the
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  Speaker 1: system and successfully for a very long time. You know,
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  Speaker 1: do you really trust Greg Lansman to stand up and
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  Speaker 1: say no to the woke ideology that the Democrat Party
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  Speaker 1: has become? saying no to maybe lopping off young people's
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  Speaker 1: genitals in the name of gender transition, allowing women to
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  Speaker 1: have or making women to compete against men in sports,
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  Speaker 1: which is insane. I mean, we can go on and
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  Speaker 1: on and on.
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  Speaker 3: And look, we need people who are there for the
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  Speaker 3: right reasons, who are going to stand on their principles.
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  Speaker 3: And my opponent, Greg Lansman, is obviously not doing that.
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  Speaker 3: This is a guy who broke the Stock Act in 2025,
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  Speaker 3: which is a federal law. went back and rewrote three
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  Speaker 3: years worth of financial disclosures, covering up dozens of trades
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  Speaker 3: worth over a million dollars. Brian, he's tripled, tripled his
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  Speaker 3: net worth in less than three years on the Hill.
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  Speaker 3: So not only is this guy advocating for woke leftist policies,
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  Speaker 3: but he's there for the entirely wrong reasons. Clearly he
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  Speaker 3: took a page on a Nancy Pelosi's playbook when he
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  Speaker 3: worked for her in his younger days.
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  Speaker 1: First off, I guess I'd love to know who his
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  Speaker 1: financial advisor is.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks.
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  Speaker 1: If my wife and I could triple our current retirement
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  Speaker 1: holdings in three years, that would make me a very
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  Speaker 1: happy guy.
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  Speaker 2: Brian, you wouldn't have to work here anymore.
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  Speaker 1: You could go retire. I'm already there. Don't remind me, man.
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  Speaker 1: I'm already there. But it'd be so much more there
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  Speaker 1: if that were to happen. But, you know, I find
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  Speaker 1: it odd. And I haven't seen any local reporting on
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  Speaker 1: that issue. Sort of... If it was a negative campaign
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  Speaker 1: ad you're running and maybe it was prevaricating a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: maybe some half-truths, I imagine local media would be all
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  Speaker 1: over that like white on rice.
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  Speaker 3: It is black and white. He broke a federal law.
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  Speaker 3: And now he's trying to lie to the voters on
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  Speaker 3: this campaign and expect that they won't notice.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, you're right.
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  Speaker 3: Unfortunately, we have not had too many local media outlets
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  Speaker 3: pick it up. This is something our lovely Cincinnati Enquirer
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  Speaker 3: could pick up from time to time, but they're not
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  Speaker 3: doing it.
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  Speaker 2: You have to ask yourself the question, why?
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  Speaker 1: There's some good reporters, 5, 9, 12, and 19 around too.
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  Speaker 1: This is important to local readers. And of course, it
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  Speaker 1: seems like a subject matter that's worthy of discussion because
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  Speaker 1: it is a key element in your point about Greg
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  Speaker 1: Lansman and why you're a better choice. But the local
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  Speaker 1: media does seem to be interested in where you grew up.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's very bizarre. They seem very focused on the
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  Speaker 3: wrong topics, right? We have a incumbent congressman who broke
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  Speaker 3: the law and who's there for the wrong reasons.
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  Speaker 2: And we need to get people who are there for
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  Speaker 2: the right reasons.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And we've talked about my background before I've served 14
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  Speaker 3: years in the air force and the CIA, and I'm
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  Speaker 3: promised to go to DC to be a great advocate
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  Speaker 3: for this region and to do it for the right reasons.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'd like to hope so. You also work for
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  Speaker 1: the CIA. I guess, you know, my, my, Faith in
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  Speaker 1: all government institutions has dropped tremendously. But it's also a
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  Speaker 1: drop of the CIA. When I saw some of the
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  Speaker 1: whistleblowers that came out in the wake of the Fauci thing.
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  Speaker 1: Is there something that can be done there from your perspective?
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  Speaker 1: You've been inside. You know what it's like. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: you can defend so many elements of it. And I agree.
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  Speaker 3: But.
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  Speaker 1: Everything in federal government needs fixing. And that kind of
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  Speaker 1: stuff really screamed out loud.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'm for government reform and accountability across the board,
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  Speaker 3: not just my, my previous workplaces, but across the board,
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  Speaker 3: because I saw the fraud, waste and abuse, whether that
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  Speaker 3: was in the intelligence community or in the, the defense department.
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  Speaker 1: And defense department over, over my time there.
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  Speaker 3: And these are your taxpayer dollars, Brian, like we should
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  Speaker 3: be using them way more efficiently than we currently are.
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  Speaker 3: And we're not doing it. And, uh, To go back
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  Speaker 3: to your point about the CIA or maybe other places
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  Speaker 3: that I worked at, you know, there are great people
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  Speaker 3: in the field.
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  Speaker 2: I was overseas.
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  Speaker 3: I was in war zones and in Europe doing the
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  Speaker 3: job and doing some very hard work. At the same time,
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  Speaker 3: those people in the field need better leadership in D.C.
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  Speaker 3: and need to get away from the political.
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  Speaker 1: Games as well. That's the point. The CIA, of all things,
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't be politicized to the extent that, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: resources are being used to lie to the American people,
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  Speaker 1: you know. And that's the case with the Fauci and
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  Speaker 1: having all that control in that direction and hiding evidence
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  Speaker 1: afterwards about the post-COVID investigation that that guy was charged
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  Speaker 1: with doing, the whistleblower was charged with doing. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he came from within the CIA, too.
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  Speaker 3: Well, let me tip my hat to Senator Bernie Moreno
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  Speaker 3: for giving Fauci hell on the Hill earlier this summer.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, what a great interaction that was, finally holding
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  Speaker 3: him accountable for the nonsense.
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  Speaker 1: From a few years ago. Dr. Fauci, who got a
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  Speaker 1: pardon from Joe Biden. Well, maybe. Maybe. I think the
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  Speaker 1: auto pen is more aware of that than Joe Biden was. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: we'll continue with Eric Conroy. EricConroy.com. Look, there's a donate
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  Speaker 2: The Talk Station.
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  Speaker 1: 820-55-KRC, The Talk Station. EricConroy.com. Eric's in the studio talking
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  Speaker 1: about why he's a far better candidate than Greg Lansman.
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  Speaker 1: Voting for Lansman, you're voting for a Democratic Socialist of America.
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  Speaker 1: Principles and policies, because who among us thinks he'll stand
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  Speaker 1: up to his colleagues if elected? So let's not do that.
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  Speaker 1: And let's talk about real quick here. I know that
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  Speaker 1: is it Donald Trump's going to be in Vandalia this
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  Speaker 1: Saturday for a fundraiser or a rally of some sort?
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  Speaker 1: Are you going to be able to make that, Eric?
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  Speaker 1: I had to ask because I think some of my
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  Speaker 1: listeners probably would like to meet you. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: No, I myself am in a bit of a logistical
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  Speaker 3: pickle that day. My one and only sister.
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  Speaker 2: Is getting married.
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  Speaker 1: Family is a priority.
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  Speaker 2: Downtown.
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  Speaker 3: So we're going to see what we can do. But
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  Speaker 3: since my sister's getting married, it's a bit of a
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  Speaker 3: complicated day.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, pivoting over to, real quick, I've got
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  Speaker 1: to interject this while I know you're here to answer it.
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  Speaker 1: I know you're a Geta fan because your commercial runs it.
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  Speaker 1: You had a Geta tip, a special way of eating
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  Speaker 1: Geta that I think only people in Cincinnati could fully
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  Speaker 1: embrace and understand. First off, because it's Geta. But second off,
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  Speaker 1: because it involves Cincinnati-style chili.
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  Speaker 2: Here we go.
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  Speaker 3: So here's my secret chili recipe, Brian. Go to any
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  Speaker 3: of the old-school... Chili parlors around town, right?
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  Speaker 1: Camp Washington.
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  Speaker 2: Camp Washington.
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  Speaker 3: Order a three-way and then ask for a slice of
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  Speaker 3: geta in between the chili and the cheese.
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  Speaker 2: I'm telling you, it's life-changing.
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  Speaker 1: All right, you won me over. It sounds surprisingly awesome.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about internal polling. You had off-air
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  Speaker 1: at one point expressed some, like everybody does, skepticism toward
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  Speaker 1: the national polling, which has the Democrats even sometimes beyond
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  Speaker 1: the margin of error ahead of Republicans. I find it
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  Speaker 1: a little difficult to believe in Stomach. Again, going back
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  Speaker 1: to your point, what in the hell are the Democrats
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  Speaker 1: running on with the exception of the DSA-type platform stuff
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  Speaker 1: you get from El-Sayed and Zorhan Mamdami? But have you
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  Speaker 1: done some internal polling? Do you at least think it's
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  Speaker 1: more reliable? What is it showing right now? We do.
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  Speaker 3: And as a little bit of a background, as a
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  Speaker 3: reminder for your listeners, Ohio District 1 was redrawn this
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  Speaker 3: year into a 53% Republican district, which makes it one
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  Speaker 3: of the few flippable seats in the state. around the
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  Speaker 3: country and one that could determine control of the house.
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  Speaker 3: And we have done some polling and we're within the
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  Speaker 3: margin of error, which is terrific. And right where you
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  Speaker 3: want to be heading into October. We've been very thrilled
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  Speaker 3: with all the attention, the excitement we've gotten around the race.
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  Speaker 3: We had the vice president in town a couple, a
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  Speaker 3: little over a month ago. I got to take him
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  Speaker 3: to Price Hill Chili and serve out Coney dogs and
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  Speaker 3: beers to the lovely patrons in Price Hill with the
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  Speaker 3: vice president. And we're also getting a lot of support
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  Speaker 3: as well. We're expecting... probably over $ 10 million in national support.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, big national money coming in.
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  Speaker 2: Which is great, right? Well, I would hope so.
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  Speaker 1: You just pointed out it's a flippable seat. Damn, they
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  Speaker 1: should do that to ensure that the House is controlled
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  Speaker 1: by the Republicans.
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  Speaker 3: And that already includes a $ 4 million investment from the
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  Speaker 3: Congressional Leadership Fund and some other groups as well. So
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  Speaker 3: we're going to have the resources to tell the story
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  Speaker 3: of Greg Lansman and why he's unfit for Congress and
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  Speaker 3: also win this race and bring some common sense conservative
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  Speaker 3: leadership back to Southwest Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: And reminding voters or listeners and the listening audience, early
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  Speaker 1: voting starts again on Tuesday. And I learned it just
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  Speaker 1: the other day, or at least was reminded of it.
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  Speaker 1: If you vote early, once you've cast your vote, you're
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  Speaker 1: no longer going to get mailings and be inundated with
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  Speaker 1: those kind of phone calls and everything. They remove you
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  Speaker 1: from the list so they can put somebody else on
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  Speaker 1: and make sure it's covered. So there's some welcome relief
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  Speaker 1: right there. All right. The biggest issue seems to be,
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  Speaker 1: Eric Conroy, since you're going to have some measure of
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  Speaker 1: control over it. affordability. We've got a difficult situation going
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  Speaker 1: on out there with inflation, although the recent numbers do
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  Speaker 1: suggest we have a booming economy. What does Eric Conroy,
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  Speaker 1: Congressman Eric Conroy, help do about affordability?
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  Speaker 3: Well, firstly, Brian, I think affordability is probably the defining
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  Speaker 3: issue of this decade and probably the next as well.
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  Speaker 3: Our economy and the world economy has changed quite a
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  Speaker 3: bit over the last 20 to 30 years. I think
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  Speaker 3: here locally, we need to think about long-term planning and
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  Speaker 3: short-term relief as well. And I think along the lines
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  Speaker 3: of long-term planning, we need to find great pathways for
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  Speaker 3: our youth.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm a big advocate of trade schools here in
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  Speaker 2: the region. And the traditional.
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  Speaker 3: Four-year degree does not work out as well as it
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  Speaker 3: used to. And I think promoting trade schools is a
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  Speaker 3: great way to not only provide great economic opportunity, but
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  Speaker 3: also blunt the blow that AI is making on the
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  Speaker 3: job market as well. AI is not going to take
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  Speaker 3: away an electrician's job or an HVAC specialist's job anytime soon.
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  Speaker 3: So I think we need to promote those paths more.
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  Speaker 1: As frightening as the Chinese robots appear, they're not ready
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  Speaker 1: for primetime yet.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if they have opposable thumbs.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that they do either, but no one's
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  Speaker 1: going to start welcoming in an AI-driven drone or robot
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  Speaker 1: into their home to fix the plumbing. That's a great point.
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  Speaker 1: Those are reliable and long-lasting careers.
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  Speaker 3: But in addition to long-term planning, I think we need
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  Speaker 3: to do short-term relief as well. And I think the big,
• 15:23
  Speaker 3: beautiful bill last year was a great start. No taxes
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  Speaker 3: on tips, no taxes on overtime. And really making sure
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: we're putting money back into the pockets of taxpayers at
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: the lowest level who know how to spend their money
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: the wisest as opposed.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: To big government.
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: Eric Conroy, he deserves your vote. Lansman certainly does not.
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: You can draw your own conclusions, but go to his website,
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: check out where he is on the issues. There's a
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: donate button, as I mentioned earlier. And again, early voting
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: starts Tuesday. So if you get it out of the way,
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: at least you're not going to be inundated with political
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: ads and you've gotten the job done. I mean, Drew
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: Pappas from Anderson Township was on the other day pointing
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: out that the loss of 5,000 people who stayed at
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: home resulted in Anderson Township now being run by Democrats.
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: Formerly hard right, very reliably right wing for want of
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: 5,000 bodies that voted in the prior election. This is
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: what it means. You've got to get out and vote.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: Eric Conroy, I wish you all the best. And, of course,
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: if you want to come back on the program between
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: now and the election, you've got a welcome place here.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: Brian, hey, thanks as always for having me.
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: It's my pleasure.