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And the question is, how does any of this happen without all kinds of political aspects to it? It doesn't. Everything that goes on on a federal level and on a state level where money is exchanged, usually feds to the state because that's the way our system works, has political overtones to it. It's that simple. It's all political. So California says, okay, just show us where the fraud is. And furthermore says that a 2020 state audit of in-home care found no program integrity concerns and actually encouraged the expansion of that care to reduce spending on institutional care. And points out the California that the federal government had previously approved California's approach to in-home care. Yeah, my guess is that was before the amount of money that for these programs have doubled. So, you know, where do you go with this? Which part of this is true? which part of it is not. And I am convinced that on either side of the coin, giving aid to folks who are undocumented or receiving money that should be coming into California, I think first we look at politics. That's it. We look at politics for everything. Now, the nuclear deal is about to be signed with Saudi Arabia and the United States. The president has approved a 30-year civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that could allow uranium enrichment in the kingdom. And it's designed to give U.S. companies a central role in developing Saudi nuclear infrastructure and shutting out foreign competitors. That's a lot of what this is about. It's going to face some congressional opposition, but it's not going to, because in order to stop it, Congress would need a two-thirds majority, and it would have to override a potential veto. So that's not going to happen. Now, a key provision would have American companies build the enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia. If... A joint U.S. Saudi study determines that the step would be warranted. The deal, expected to be submitted to Congress for review in the next few days, is, as I said, fairly controversial because now we're going to have a state in the Middle East that has nukes, or at least a peaceful nuclear power. And again, Saudi Arabia is short of Israel, is one of the biggest allies we have. in the Mideast. And that has more to do with being afraid of Tehran than anything else. And so we're looking for the accord to be signed. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has said the agreement could help revitalize the U.S. nuclear industry, strengthen U.S. Saudi ties. And I think more importantly, or at least as importantly, is deny Russia and China a strategically important role.

in the Saudi nuclear program. Both Russia and China have pretty sophisticated nuclear programs. I mean, they both have the bomb and they both have peaceful reactors. So it's for a country to establish its footprint in the nuclear world among Saudi Arabia or other countries is, I guess, a good thing. Einhorn also said, unless it contains adequate constraints, including enrichment. It could increase nuclear proliferation risks in the Mideast. Now, one of the things that I think is important, and this is where the president has said, and part of his philosophy is, of course, pitching business to American companies. The big winner here is going to be Westinghouse Electric. Their AP-1000 reactor, their blasto-5,000 reactor, would be among the biggest beneficiaries of the deal. And once it is installed, it is no longer the AP 1000 reactor. It becomes the Saudi al-Aqbar reactor, which is, let me tell you the power of this thing. It produces 1,100 megawatts of electricity. That's enough power, enough to power a mid-sized city or, you ready for this? A mid-sized city or... a major AI data center. That's how much electricity is sucked up by AI data centers, enough to power a mid-size city. I mean, that is hundreds of thousands of homes. And the issue is why hasn't it happened before? Actually, the Biden administration was on its way to do exactly that. However, a caveat with the Biden administration is Saudi Arabia would have to normalize relations with Israel, part of the Abraham Accords, in which the president pushed very hard. And rightly so, I mean, there's no issue there to have as many countries in the Middle East recognize Israel as a state. Well, that kind of fell apart. And Saudi Arabia was about to do that. when October 7th happened. And of course, it all went to hell in a handbasket. And so what's this all about? It's both about money, because that's no small amount of money to build a nuclear reactor and bring in nuclear power at all. I mean, that is billions of dollars. And a lot of people are going to be employed to do exactly that. And at the same time, it has all kinds of geopolitical issues connected. We want the Mideast to rely on us. to look at us as allies, as opposed to Russia or China, who are going balls to the wall around the world to connect economically and politically any way they can. So there we go. Is it going to happen? Probably, yeah. Saudi Arabia. Okay, who would have thunk? Who would have thunk?

Now, I want to talk about what's going on with the green card applicants, as well as the general philosophy of President Trump and immigrants. We start with that the president does not like immigrants. Well, I don't know if that's true. He does not like undocumented immigrants. He doesn't like immigrants who... are not going to be or not going to be a benefit to the United States. And therein, I think you have to look at what his philosophy is. And I think he is right on a lot of this. And so what the government, State Department, is developing a program that is considering placing a bond of $100,000 on some green card seekers applying at U.S. consulates abroad. In other words, that's the way it's done is you go and apply for green card status. You're out of the country. You go to the local consulate and you get your green card and they do a whole background search, et cetera. And what the president is saying effectively is we want people that are going to be positive for America, not negative. Negative being people who are clearly undocumented. I mean, you know how he feels about that. But also people that aren't going to do more for America than take from America. And he views more for America people who have money, people who have skills. and therein lies simply the level of what it takes to come in. Now, a lot of people argue he's made it almost impossible, and he has. You have to have a ton of money to put up a bond of $100,000. And when do you get it back when you get citizenship? So 100 grand bond. And so, by the way, citizenship takes at least five years. And the idea is still under discussion, but it's centered on applying, making those bonds necessary for applicants for immigrant visa. All right. And then they get a green card at the consulate. They get a green card overseas, so they arrive with a green card. Now, the bond amount would vary based on individual cases and could be above or below that figure. The point is it used to be far, far less expensive than that. And I go back to the story of my parents who came to the United States and they got their entry visa. They got their green card in 1956. My dad went first and then my mom and my brother and I followed.

And as they tell the story, keep in mind, they had no money. When they came, they didn't have $100 in their pockets. But the counselor office said, the council said, after a full background check was done, looked at my mom, looked at my dad, and said, you're the kind of people we want in the United States. Highly educated. Certainly not to come to the United States to receive services, to receive governmental services, to be on the dole, people that are willing to come with education and willing to work. And that's exactly what happened. My folks never, ever got any governmental help, nor do they want it. And so what the president is saying, we're going to limit the number of people who come in. You've got to have the bucks to come in. He's not alone, by the way. Many, many countries before you make immigration, you go immigrate. And as a matter of fact, most of them say, you know, we want to make sure you, you have enough bucks with you or skill levels and maybe a job waiting, H1B visas. Oh, that's the other thing, companies that want to bring in highly skilled individual on H-1B visa, $100,000 bond. Actually, it's a $100,000 application fee, much less of a bond. And which precludes a lot of smaller companies. So I agree with the president. I just think the number is way high. And the argument that's against what the president is doing is this is really not limiting folks who are a benefit for America. What it is is limiting folks who don't have money. That's what it's about. It's saying to the world, we don't want immigrants. Now, the United States is certainly not the only country that does that. Most of Europe is now doing that. Sweden, Scandinavian countries, which used to have all of their arms open, well, it's India, because they have, you know, their gods have 16 arms. The Japanese, for example, have never wanted immigrants. It's almost impossible to get status, citizenry, or their version of a green card. You have a good part of Europe now doing that. They've gone from open arms philosophy and a policy to limiting people to come in because of the influx of immigrants coming in. Now, the immigrants are coming in and you can't blame them. They just want the opportunity to feed their families. They're coming from countries where they're persecuted, where they're going to be killed, where they're never going to work. Get a job in Mexico, for example, if you don't have a skill set. You won't. So what are the, what do South Americans do and Mexicans? They come over the United States to work, to send money back home for families to eat. And they come over illegally. And therein lies the problem.

So once again, I think the Trump administration is right on limiting folks who are going to be a benefit to the United States, which is direct contrast to the philosophy is we are here to benefit those folks who need the help. It's a tough issue on both sides. Everybody has an argument. All right. Something new in the world of therapy. It's a thing now. Some therapists are encouraging patients to cut ties with family members as a form of self-care. Now, that's sparking a lot of debate among relationship researchers. So there was a survey in April. 7,000 estranged parents were surveyed. A third believed that the therapist, the child's therapist, influenced the decision to end the relationship. And critics are warning that estrangement has long-term consequences. Research shows those who cut ties often experience higher rates of depression. But there is another side to it that we haven't really looked at it. After decades urging families to communicate better, work on their issues together. Some therapists are going the other way completely. They hold that advising parents' patients to consider a cutoff. that they deem toxic or supportive can actually protect mental health, allow for emotional growth or emotional growth. Meanwhile, critics and many of them are researchers who have studied this for decades say that it encourages centered and self-centeredness and self-delusion and ruins families if, in fact, you do cut off ties. And most therapists agree, well, some people are justified. Why? Because if the parents or the kids were physically or emotionally abusive or the parents were, then it makes sense to cut off the connection. But what is changing is the bar. What is abusive enough? The bar has been lowered in terms of abusiveness. We're emphasizing fragility. Everything becomes trauma. And here's a solution, split, leave. And that is problematic for many people, particularly those that are in therapy. Today, for example, I am going to my therapist. And I think today is what Wednesday? Yeah, today she has me sit down on the floor and calls me a worm as I go into therapy. That's a regular basis for me. According to William Doherty, who is a therapist and a professor emeritus, a University of Minnesota in Family Social Services, he says that, you know what, we're way way to emphasizing fragility and trauma because it's really not.

About 25% of the U.S. population is estranged or is cut ties with a close relative at any time. 10% estranged from a parent or a child. And so what's happening with this? Well, of course, social media has played a huge role in growing awareness or going into no contact. and you've got the number of users sharing personal stories of how cutoffs have improved their mental health. What you don't see very much is how I'm close to my parents and it's the best thing in the world. What you do see a lot on social media is I have some real problem with my parents and now that I've cut off all ties, things are better. You see many more of those stories. Okay, a quick story that I want to share with you with my kids. My kids, for the most part, have cut me off. we are estranged from each other. Now, here's the difference. I am thrilled with it. And as a matter of fact, we all went out to dinner to celebrate our estrangement to say we don't want to talk to each other. No social intercourse. And I had a big dinner. We celebrate. We had cake, you know, the candles. We said this is our birthday. And everybody, we sang to each other. So, and now, unfortunately, the kids are going to therapy and they're making inroads going, gee, dad, I want to get a little closer to you. No, no, no, it's fine that we don't talk to each other. So. You know, I really don't do that. My kids, unfortunately, we actually do have a fairly close relationship. And it's tied up, actually, I think what connects us more than anything else in terms of my kids and me. It's called the credit card. That's what it's called. That keeps us together. Thank you. Nothing will warm your heart more than when you see the twins run up to you and go. Wallet. Oh, yeah. Yeah, exactly. So are we going to get, are we going to stay together? We are. As a matter of fact, I just had a fight with my daughter, Pamela. We did. We had words with each other. And after the fight, she texted me and said, Dad, I love you. And I texted her back and said, I'm really sorry. But it really is a thing. There's no question about it. Therapists are going the other way. And it makes sense under certain circumstances. And the problem is, when do you realize when the relationship is toxic enough to bail out? Are you too close? Is it the forest for the trees? And so you go to a therapist and you go through it, then you decide, or the therapist helps you decide. And now there's a lot of therapists that are going, uh-uh, you want to cut your ties. It's just healthier. Could be. Just wanted to share that with you. Just a new sociological view in what's going on in America. I love those, how we're changing. Okay, now here is a tough one on how we are changing. And that is food stamps.

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