The socialist brand is on the rise. That's the headline here from Politico. Capitalism is out. Socialism is in according to new polling from Gallup. Democrats and independents are cooling towards capitalism. And they are more lining with figures like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zoran Mamdani. Democratic voters also viewed elected officials who describe themselves as democratic socialists about as positively as they identify those who are preferred Democrats without using the Democratic socialist moniker. So I believe this, by the way. I readily, readily believe this and I don't think the Republicans are prepared for it. I really don't. If Democrats moderate their stance on the culture issues and they just lean hard into democratic socialism economically, they will go on a heater. They will. People are falling behind. Inflation has eaten them up on the earning side over the last few years. Young people can't afford homes. Forget just the mortgage with the interest rate. You factor in property taxes, homeowners insurance, and people feel like they can't just do the basics to live what was always the American dream. And if they can do it, they got two people working and they're struggling to get by. We don't teach kids the American dream and that you have to get up and work. That's the problem. So this started in the education system. The Republicans are stuck with it right now in the election. I disagree. I disagree. I disagree. I got 30 years on it where I've seen what happened up to the point that you were born where I'm going to look. People are not. But what's your point that young people are lazy and that's why they can't get a house? That's part of it, yeah. What's the evidence of that? Looking out the window. Walking through the city. So who are you working with? Who's young and lazy? Me, Mark? Who is it? I didn't say anything about anybody in this building. So what's the evidence? That's where you go to work every day. Well, that's where I go to work. I said I look out the window. I've got my life in Grandview. I see people complaining. I go out to retail. I interact with people who are 20 at retail and they can't even handle the basics. They can't count change without a phone. If their cash register is down, they don't even understand what capitalism or socialism is or the difference between the two. I agree with you there. I agree with you. But the attitude of Republicans is going to be everyone's young and dumb and just doesn't get it. They're screwed. They are screwed. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that. I'm saying this. The horse has been long out of the barn. The Republicans are stuck with dealing with it. I agree. I agree. So we're on the same page in general. Yes. No, and I like this back and forth. I'm good with it. I just think that if Republicans take the approach of every young person just doesn't work hard enough, they're going to get their asses kicked. Absolutely right. This is going to be your approach of young. I used to work. I worked seven jobs and I walked uphill both ways. Yeah, that's not what I'm talking about. You will get your clock cleaned and you will deserve it. I'm just telling you, I mean, obviously with it being kind of more of my peer group, I'm looking at people and saying they feel like they can't buy a two bedroom, two bath house just to get their life started because of how expensive everything is. People don't want to live where they don't want to live. Well, there are homes available. There is an element to that. You're right. There's an element to that. But if you're telling me, hey, I've got to go live, you know, on the east side of Kansas City to afford a house. Well, you know what, there's a lot of people a generation ago who didn't have to do that to buy their first house. Right. And they don't want to have to do that. And I understand it. So broadly speaking, I really believe that democratic socialism will grow in popularity in the months and years to come because people are going to throw their hands up and just say, I don't know what else to do. Fine. Take more of my money. Promise me you'll take it from Jeff Bezos and just give me a chance. It's bad. I don't like it. Take it to John's point. There's certainly an element. There's certainly an element of people not understanding the difference in capitalism versus socialism and how capitalism has made this the greatest country in the history of mankind. But that's not something that's going to win at the ballot box for Republicans. If the Democrats moderate on the crazy culture wars and they go all in on leaning towards a socialist system, they will have a good run. That was that was good, though. And I want to hear from you as well. 913-408-7957. So there was this story I was talking about right before the break. Politico with the headline, Democratic socialism is in capitalism is out. And my contention is that if the Democratic Party doesn't go as crazy on cultural issues and leans in hard on this idea of air quotes, Democratic socialism, they will beat the Republicans and beat them up real good. Because people, especially younger people right now are feeling like they just can't get ahead. John had a point and I think it's a fair point to say there are definitely young people. I don't know what the segment of the population would be that just don't want to work lazy and want to be the victim. Being the victim is definitely in vogue. There's no doubt about it. But I also think that if that's the political approach of the Republicans, which is like, hey, you know, everyone who doesn't want to or everyone who can't afford a home is just lazy. They will get their butts smoked and they will deserve it. Carl's an independence on KCMO. What's up, Carl? Hi, Pete. Yeah, well, you know, I've got a few years on that young pup, John. So I've seen a few more things. And, um, well, I've worked with kids from private schools, homeschooled and public school, and the private school kids are light years ahead of them. I volunteer at the thrift store and you would be amazed at the amount of furniture that comes in that has a loose screw, needs a little piece of glue, and these people can't fix it. They don't know one end of a screwdriver from another. Their world is wiggling their fingers over a keyboard and think that they're actually working. So, yeah, I agree with John. We've got to get back to real solid values and real work ethic. And until we get that, we're in trouble. Okay, so politically, how do you do that then? That's the question. Because honestly, just kind of screaming at kids to learn how to use a screwdriver doesn't win you elections. I agree with you that it doesn't, but with it all has to start in the home. Okay, so how do you, how do you, if you're, if I think there's certainly an element of what you're saying and what John said that is correct. But in the end, here's what I'm looking at Carl. I mean, that's, that's kind of, I see what you're saying. But here's what I'm looking at. Okay, people are sitting there right now. You got, I think a lot of hard work in families who can't get ahead. All right, they've done things the right way. They've got a lot of maybe still student loan debt they got to figure out. They want to buy a house they might have a kid or two, but they literally can't save enough to get ahead to put on that down payment because the housing prices are out of control in 1980. The average median income was 22 grand. It cost you 65 grand to buy a house. Right now, the median income is $80,000 for a household. The average home is costing you 425 grand. That's five to six times the median income. It was half of that in 1980. What do you do to those people who did it the right way? I'm not talking about the knucklehead kid who's, you know, never getting out of his mom's basement. The family that's done it the right way cost. Let's look at the reason for that housing cost. We've got one, they're looking at much larger homes for the first purchase. We've got, we've got a suburb school of little ranch houses, little three bedroom, one bath. And that has served families for generations. We also have look at the taxing structure and what you have to go through to even build a house. And all these hidden. Rent, property taxes. Yes. Yes. All that's true. The tax is not only property taxes, but the taxes on the materials, the taxes, the compound hidden taxes that are behind it. If you, a couple years ago, I started adding up all the little taxes that I pay. I'm in the 50% tax bracket. Start looking at all the little things, the sales tax, the property tax, the hidden income, the tax on manufacturing. It's driven the price up of everything. We've got more government that we know what to do with. And, okay, I agree with you. But as we just saw yesterday in Kansas City and around Jackson County and basically every tax that was on the ballot from Hickman Mills to the earnings tax to city council races and independence and lease summit and elsewhere. Those that favor larger government won across the board. Yes. And I tell you, I need to find a building with a big concrete column and a long running space. I just run and bop my head into it. Because after I do that, I know I'll feel so much better. Yeah, save room for me. Save room for me. Thank you very much, Carl. Jack in Kansas City. What's up, Jack? Well, I'm not as old as John or the fellow who is just on the phone. I'm 30, voted Republican in the last three elections, lived in Kansas City my whole life. My family, we own a small business here in the Kansas City as well. So I have the luxury of working with people a little younger than me. And, you know, I think there's a mix of two things. John's not wrong. Some of these kids, they definitely don't understand what hard work is. They don't know how it, you know, you show up for a job that you signed up for and how you put your best foot forward. However, I think the larger issue is what you're pointing to. Government has not only grown out of control, but our current government has failed to deliver on the promises. Through four years of Biden, you know, I sat here, I listened to your show every day, and I heard Republicans just champion the fact that if they could just control the levers of government, we wouldn't be in the situation. We found ourselves in under Biden. The sad reality is, is I think Republicans overwhelmingly failed to deliver. And so for the young generation and then even more independent voters, I don't think that they're going to be as, you know, willing to come out and vote for just these open ended promises that don't get fulfilled. And so the bad news is, I think you're accurate with your statement on the Democrats may be handed the next election. I don't really know how you fix this other than recognizing that the devaluation of our dollar is the reason we're here. You know, when you look at things and you go back to the 1920s and they'll tell you, I don't know how accurate is, but they'll tell you we've lost, you know, 95% of our purchasing power. I see that, you know, my father, he still owns the first home he ever bought. He bought it for around 40 grand. The property assessment came in just the other day and the place is almost $200,000 to the gentleman's point on the phone earlier. So this is the two bedroom one bathroom house and just a slab piece of concrete right here in Kansas City, Kansas. And to think that, you know, a young guy like me and even younger would be faced with a $200,000 mortgage that they would have to take on for a legit starter home. The thing is, is you can't really blame these people for almost checking out, you know, I mean, if your parents don't have the means to either teach you how to kind of pull yourself up by the bootstraps and keep moving forward, despite, you know, the unwavering resistance. You don't really know how you how you get kids to understand that and especially to even take that bite. I feel like sometimes homes get the bulk of the attention at the end of the day. You can't even buy a used car for affordable price. So by the time you add up all of these expenditures every month, you can see how even somebody like myself who works close to 50, 60 hours a week for, you know, their own small business can still barely scrape by. And it's scary. It's scary because, you know, the Mondanis of the world understand how to pull the heartstrings of those who may not be as experienced or as intelligent as some of us. And, you know, I mean, that's just ultimately going to lead to what you saw yesterday, which is the bigger expansion of taxation through local and state government. And, you know, unfortunately, I have to sit here as somebody who has been a Republican, at least I can say I'm a Republican from, you know, my entire voting life and say, we're to blame for this. I mean, we ran on affordability. We ran on a promise to fix these issues. And if anything, while inflation may not be going up at their rate under Biden, it's still going up. Prices are not coming down. And so people are just left staring at a McDonald's menu wondering how they're even going to afford the value meal. And it's a scary reality that I wish that, you know, more politicians, local and federal would take time to kind of understand and at least try to address. That's a great call, Jack. Thank you. I completely agree. Everyone's, you know, I hate to say it, I'm going to give away participation trophies. We're all right in some regard. There's no doubt about it. You got something, John, before I pontificate. Probably mine would be wrap up. I was just saying, I bristle at the notion that we've let socialism become acceptable to our kids and that they don't understand it. So I was maybe addressing a root issue, but you're dealing with what's going on right now, here and now. Yeah. And, you know, what Jack said, there's a lot of truth to everything that he was talking about there. Republicans in this administration has done a good job getting inflation down to a more acceptable level. But the nature of everything is you can't really get prices down. All you can do is slow the increase of prices going up unless you have a full blown recession or depression, right? So people are still feeling all that, all that economic pain. There's some, some evidence that now shows wages are finally outpacing inflation. So that's a, that's definitely a good thing. But how many years of that do we need to have before we get to a place where suddenly we can feel like people are getting back to having a chance to put a down payment on a home and do all these different things that they need to and want to do? What do you do to have a successful life? It's a chicken or the egg conversation too here, right? Like there's no doubt if you go to, Dave Ramsey's talked about this. You go to college, not even go to college. You get a GED, you get married and you have a kid. If you do life in that order, you've got a 99% chance of staying out of poverty. That's great. But life's about more about, about more than just staying out of poverty. People want to do what their parents did. And for the first time in American history, there is polling that suggests the younger generations, millennials and Gen Zers don't feel like they can live the life that their parents lived. Jack nailed it too. The devaluing of our currency has driven a lot of this. We don't balance a budget at the federal level. We're $37 trillion in debt. That's $37 trillion that we've sent into the American economy and around the world for that matter. That is just funny money. And neither party's done a good job on this. And the Republicans have failed miserably. Every time they're at a power, they scream about, oh, we are these, everyone spends too much money. And then they run up multi-trillion dollar deficits themselves every single stinking time. It's happening right now. It is. And I, you know, these are my guys. But they're doing the same thing. The same exact damn thing. And 50% of the budget is Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. It's 50% of the budget. And I haven't done squat about that. It's a failed system. And there's no evidence to suggest that they're going to do anything about it because they're scared to death of what it means for their political futures. Which, by the way, if you don't do anything about it, you might as well take the chance because doing nothing will destroy your political future anyway because democratic socialism is coming in hot. Mike and Alaytha, go ahead. You're on KCMO. I agree with you. I thought the same thing. That last call was amazing. John's points, my points, we can, we all think the same thing. Your question though, and the biggest problem is that there's an election in seven months, a midterm. And we've got about a quarter to turn the narrative around and get the prices down again, or at least the oil prices because we've been distracted and we've been allowed to be distracted by the left. And they basically just allowed this thing to fester with the health care issue. And now this, and now all of a sudden, elections on us. And there's going to be early election in four and a half, five months. So the feds and Trump and the administration has got to basically, okay, all the things we said are true. It's exactly right. It is what it is. But how do you change the narrative so that our narrative is stronger than the socialized, you know, the socialized side of this thing so that the young people and everything everybody said was right. But they've got to see some light. And if we don't show them some light in the next three months, your prediction is exactly right. Yeah, thanks Mike. And, you know, it's not even about the midterms. I think the midterms are toast, no matter what. At least the House, I think the Republicans will hold on to the Senate. I do believe that some people are saying that the Democrats will win the Senate. I don't believe so. I think Republicans, the map favors them. I think they'll hold on to the Senate. But I'm thinking like 2028 and beyond. And that's where the Republicans have to figure out their strategy because I don't think they're prepared for it. I don't think they're prepared for the AOC, Mum, Donnie guys. I mean, they'll sit there and say, hey, this is crazy. This stuff doesn't work and they'll be right. History shows it doesn't work. But who cares about history anymore? Who follows history anymore? Too shaggy. And that's another scary proposition as well. And people will say, well, okay, but you know, has it been tried correctly? Has it been tried the right way in America? Do we give it a shot? Heck, I can't buy a house anyway. What do I have to lose? What do I have to lose? That's where they want you, by the way. That's what they want you to think. What do I have to lose? We'll wrap it up. 913-408-795-7 next. Let's put a bow on the show with you. We're racing to the finish line at 913-408-795-7. How popular can democratic socialism become? Some of you on the text line are screaming, don't call it democratic socialism. It's an oxymoron. I'm calling it that because that's what the proponents are calling it. We all know that it's not a real thing, but it's what it will be dubbed as and has been dubbed as for a long time now. John to Lewisburg, what's up John? Yeah, Pete. So I particularly want to address the fellow that you were talking to a few minutes ago that has a small family business that he operates. And I hear it repeated the pain about young folks being able to afford a new home. I won't argue with the devaluation of the dollar for sure, but you have to look at what the costs are to build a new home. And so most communities in the United States subscribe to some version of the international building. And if you look at building a house with the most recent version of the international building code, let's just say, the rate is the cost of building a new home. Well, if you build a home in an area of the country with it that doesn't subscribe to that building code or any building code, there are several areas in Missouri that you can do that. You could build the same house for $70,000. So I'd like to point out the cost of regulation in affording a new home is something I rarely hear anyone mention. I think it's an excellent, everything you're saying is right, John, you're right. The red tape, the cost of supplies, the sales taxes, the regulations, all those things are undoubtedly true. Carl pointed out earlier the size of the new home bill today is larger than it was a couple of generations ago. The margins on new builds are not what they were. So builders are not as incentivized. All those things are true. But if you're explaining in politics, you're losing. Steve, go ahead. You're on KCMO. Hey, Pete, you asked a question. How do we sell that? What policy changes do you make? Yep. And I think something that people on the Republican side could do is every time Donald Trump drops 3%, you know, you hear about fires or more fire Republicans have fires, but more. I think with Abigail Spanberger and Mondami, I think there's a thousand percent more buyers or more on the Democrats. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I put this wolf would shake clothing. Yeah, go ahead. No, you may be right. I mean, I hope you're right, Steve. You know, I mean, if New York City, here's what's going to be interesting. So New York State has a governor's race this year. And they'll have a solid Republican candidate. Guy, who is a county executive out in Long Island, which is a red part of the state. 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