Jacob Wells

Likes: 0

Viewed: 0

1
00:00:00,430 –> 00:00:01,942
Of innocence until proven guilty.

2
00:00:01,966 –> 00:00:03,018
I mean, this is due process.

3
00:00:03,104 –> 00:00:06,358
Due process fundamental to who we are as Americans.

4
00:00:06,514 –> 00:00:08,398
It’s not a court of public opinion.

5
00:00:08,434 –> 00:00:11,598
I don’t care what the public has to say about it.

6
00:00:11,744 –> 00:00:15,606
Truth will only come out most likely court of law.

7
00:00:15,668 –> 00:00:17,914
That’s where it’s going to be most revealed.

8
00:00:17,962 –> 00:00:19,410
So that’s what we waited for.

9
00:00:19,520 –> 00:00:22,330
And we ended up being exonerated in that caucus.

10
00:00:22,390 –> 00:00:24,678
Cow eventually exonerated, of course.

11
00:00:24,764 –> 00:00:26,226
Let’s talk about the truckers, too.

12
00:00:26,288 –> 00:00:26,550
Sure.

13
00:00:26,600 –> 00:00:30,502
Because again, whether you are for these vaccines, not for the vaccines.

14
00:00:30,526 –> 00:00:34,770
If you love freedom, you’re sure as hell not for mandates, that I can tell you now.

15
00:00:34,880 –> 00:00:38,538
The mandates were they were trying to force truckers to get in.

16
00:00:38,564 –> 00:00:40,602
They were trying to force the entire country to get them.

17
00:00:40,616 –> 00:00:42,954
At one point, the truckers went out.

18
00:00:42,992 –> 00:00:44,230
They had their convoy.

19
00:00:44,350 –> 00:00:45,714
They needed money to do that.

20
00:00:45,752 –> 00:00:48,298
They were exercising their First Amendment rights.

21
00:00:48,394 –> 00:00:50,178
That’s what this country is all about.

22
00:00:50,324 –> 00:00:53,706
They raised money on Gofme and go f me.

23
00:00:53,768 –> 00:00:55,710
They had raised about $9 million.

24
00:00:55,760 –> 00:00:56,490
I understand.

25
00:00:56,660 –> 00:00:57,738
They shut them off.

26
00:00:57,824 –> 00:01:01,042
Now these guys are already in operation expressing their first member.

27
00:01:01,066 –> 00:01:01,362
Right.

28
00:01:01,436 –> 00:01:05,430
They shut them off income Jacob Wells right? Yeah.

29
00:01:05,480 –> 00:01:12,594
So what was pretty the backstory to some of that was there was actually concurrent campaigns running.

30
00:01:12,692 –> 00:01:24,910
So one of the board members of the Trucker Convoy Coalition was actually using gifts and go already for a trucker campaign called Adopt a Trucker.

31
00:01:24,970 –> 00:01:26,994
It had raised about half a million dollars.

32
00:01:27,152 –> 00:01:32,098
The other part of the team used Goethe me with tomorrow leech.

33
00:01:32,134 –> 00:01:36,462
That was the one that eventually got into the news and raised all of that money.

34
00:01:36,536 –> 00:01:41,454
But in the background was this adopted trucker campaign and it was raised about half a million dollars.

35
00:01:41,492 –> 00:01:44,982
And it was funding the whole movement because that gives them go.

36
00:01:45,116 –> 00:01:46,326
We let you get your money.

37
00:01:46,448 –> 00:01:49,026
It comes right to you as it comes in.

38
00:01:49,088 –> 00:01:55,258
So he was receiving that half a million dollars in daily payouts and he was funding the whole movement, getting the truckers.

39
00:01:55,354 –> 00:02:00,006
They needed gas, they needed food, they needed lodging, and they did amazing work.

40
00:02:00,188 –> 00:02:04,806
Whether you agree with them or not, they were out there exercising their First Amendment right.

41
00:02:04,868 –> 00:02:10,098
And without Jacob Wells, I’m going to tell you, that thing would have shut down fast, right? Oh, yeah.

42
00:02:10,124 –> 00:02:10,314
No.

43
00:02:10,352 –> 00:02:18,920
The government was pulling out all the stops and GoFundMe was capitulating right along with it when nothing was happening.

44
00:02:19,610 –> 00:02:30,754
The word on the ground and the reports coming out was this was a fun, peaceful, loving protest of people saying, hey, we’re going to stand up for our rights.

45
00:02:30,802 –> 00:02:30,978
Right.

46
00:02:31,004 –> 00:02:31,822
There was no violence.

47
00:02:31,846 –> 00:02:39,814
They actually said that in the month and a half that they were there, they saw a crime decrease significantly, almost 90% in the city of Ottawa.

48
00:02:39,862 –> 00:02:42,330
Who’s going to mess with a bunch of truckers? Right? Exactly.

49
00:02:42,440 –> 00:02:43,798
Truckers are new sheriff in town.

50
00:02:43,834 –> 00:02:44,710
They were keeping us safe.

51
00:02:44,770 –> 00:02:45,918
Jacob, we’re running out of time.

52
00:02:45,944 –> 00:02:50,514
But I got to tell you, literally, I can’t thank you enough for what you do.

53
00:02:50,612 –> 00:02:58,134
I mean, to me, being able to exercise that First Amendment right is what America is all about, and it really is.

54
00:02:58,232 –> 00:03:00,726
And without funding, many people can’t do it.

55
00:03:00,788 –> 00:03:02,058
So, Jacob, thank you so much.

56
00:03:02,084 –> 00:03:06,606
Where do people get a hold of you? The best way is just go give sendgo.com.

57
00:03:06,728 –> 00:03:13,494
Where Mobilize is very easy to get through, whether through a website, a laptop, or your phone gibsango.com.

58
00:03:13,532 –> 00:03:14,874
You can check out the About US page.

59
00:03:14,912 –> 00:03:16,794
You can find out how to reach us more there.

60
00:03:16,832 –> 00:03:19,158
And then all the social media platforms, we’re there.

61
00:03:19,184 –> 00:03:20,142
We’re through social.

62
00:03:20,216 –> 00:03:22,158
Gap, Facebook, Twitter, all of them.

63
00:03:22,304 –> 00:03:24,034
And we’re just seeing amazing growth.

64
00:03:24,082 –> 00:03:25,040
Gibson go.

65
00:03:25,430 –> 00:03:26,710
Just growing rapidly.

66
00:03:26,770 –> 00:03:27,330
I love it.

67
00:03:27,380 –> 00:03:28,206
Go check it out.

68
00:03:28,268 –> 00:03:29,106
Give send, go.

69
00:03:29,168 –> 00:03:30,154
If you’ve got a freedom.

70
00:03:30,202 –> 00:03:30,678
Love you.

71
00:03:30,764 –> 00:03:34,590
Anything that you need to fund, go to give send, go.

72
00:03:34,640 –> 00:03:35,670
They are one of us.

73
00:03:35,780 –> 00:03:36,498
They are one of us.

74
00:03:36,524 –> 00:03:38,634
Jacob Wells, thank you so much for being here.

75
00:03:38,672 –> 00:03:39,320
Thank you.

76
00:03:40,970 –> 00:03:42,030
My pleasure.

77
00:03:42,410 –> 00:03:43,206
What a guy.

78
00:03:43,268 –> 00:03:43,786
Wags.

79
00:03:43,858 –> 00:03:44,538
What a guy.

80
00:03:44,624 –> 00:03:45,342
Yeah.

81
00:03:45,536 –> 00:03:47,382
We’re talking about you as though you’re not here.

82
00:03:47,456 –> 00:03:47,994
What a guy.

83
00:03:48,032 –> 00:03:50,658
Jacob, just like you see them calling you.

84
00:03:50,684 –> 00:03:51,680
Get rid of him.

85
00:03:54,570 –> 00:03:55,450
He’s amazing.

86
00:03:55,560 –> 00:03:57,778
He is absolutely amazing guy.

87
00:03:57,804 –> 00:04:05,710
And what he did, pulling those truckers they’re fat out of the fire and allowing them to continue to go out there and fight for us.

88
00:04:05,820 –> 00:04:08,366
They were fighting for us against these instincts.

89
00:04:08,498 –> 00:04:09,274
I get it.

90
00:04:09,372 –> 00:04:11,700
Not as Paul dyker witch, though.

91
00:04:12,090 –> 00:04:14,738
How was that for a transition? That’s segue.

92
00:04:14,834 –> 00:04:15,238
Yeah.

93
00:04:15,324 –> 00:04:21,542
Ladies and gentlemen, joining us right here on Freedom of the Floor Freedom Fest 2022, one of my favorite economists.

94
00:04:21,626 –> 00:04:22,910
This is a great dude.

95
00:04:22,970 –> 00:04:24,458
He was with us for a little while yesterday.

96
00:04:24,494 –> 00:04:25,294
We didn’t have long enough.

97
00:04:25,332 –> 00:04:25,862
Paul Dykewood.

98
00:04:25,886 –> 00:04:27,118
Paul, how are you doing? Great.

99
00:04:27,144 –> 00:04:27,898
How about you, Ken? Good.

100
00:04:27,924 –> 00:04:30,730
What’s been going on this morning? I know you’ve been speaking all over the place.

101
00:04:30,780 –> 00:04:35,290
What are you up to? Well, I did a book signing, so I saved one to show the audience.

102
00:04:36,150 –> 00:04:37,140
Sold out.

103
00:04:37,530 –> 00:04:38,990
So the book is Holy Smokes.

104
00:04:39,050 –> 00:04:39,698
Golden Guidance.

105
00:04:39,734 –> 00:04:41,366
Notre Dame Championship Chaplain.

106
00:04:41,438 –> 00:04:41,638
Book.

107
00:04:41,664 –> 00:04:41,962
Website.

108
00:04:42,036 –> 00:04:43,102
Holy Smokes book.

109
00:04:43,176 –> 00:04:46,322
And that is a great place to go for my columns.

110
00:04:46,406 –> 00:04:48,674
Yeah, I do a stock column, financial.

111
00:04:48,722 –> 00:04:50,482
Right? I will.

112
00:04:50,496 –> 00:04:51,058
Thank you so much.

113
00:04:51,084 –> 00:04:53,378
I’ve got two of my favorite financial people, the same table.

114
00:04:53,414 –> 00:04:56,134
I kind of feel like I need to start getting some stock tips here.

115
00:04:56,172 –> 00:05:04,690
Right? By the way, your book, I want to show it again, holy Smokes, the forward is by Lou Holtz, who’s an amazing guy.

116
00:05:04,860 –> 00:05:08,710
We don’t have a lot of time with you today, so I want to gain some of this knowledge.

117
00:05:09,090 –> 00:05:16,282
What investment in this insane economy might be smart for people to look at right now? Well, I want to hear this from both you guys.

118
00:05:16,416 –> 00:05:22,814
One thing that I’ve written about quite a bit this year since the invasion of Ukraine has been commodities.

119
00:05:22,982 –> 00:05:29,930
Now these still are very volatile, so sometimes they’ll be overbought, oversold, but they’ve trended up quite substantially.

120
00:05:29,990 –> 00:05:40,742
So if you’ve bought commodities, whether it’s gasoline, oil, natural gas, other types of commodities, you’ve typically done well since the invasion.

121
00:05:40,886 –> 00:05:47,266
The problem is sometimes these things get overbought and then if you want to cash out, you can, you can ride it out.

122
00:05:47,328 –> 00:05:48,734
There’ll be some ups and downs.

123
00:05:48,842 –> 00:05:55,030
Lately I like defense stocks and also aerospace and I did some on space this week.

124
00:05:55,140 –> 00:06:10,850
And the advantages there are that people are going to need more replacement of munitions, machinery, some of the high tech weaponry that’s going to be required to keep Ukraine free and the Russians are going to be keep depleting their resources.

125
00:06:10,970 –> 00:06:15,626
I think they’ve gotten far more of a battle than they anticipated.

126
00:06:15,758 –> 00:06:20,258
Let’s talk about some of those commodities you mentioned earlier because I think there’s going to be a week shortage.

127
00:06:20,294 –> 00:06:24,706
It seems like there’s a lot of commodities that are out of production right now.

128
00:06:24,828 –> 00:06:32,782
What are you seeing where there’s probably going to continue to be a shortage and has the market already made up for it or is there opportunity to invest there? There’s still opportunity to invest in.

129
00:06:32,856 –> 00:06:34,562
One great example is grain.

130
00:06:34,706 –> 00:06:43,246
It’s really big block heated by Russia, and Ukraine was a big provider of grain and they’re not able to give it to give it to the customers.

131
00:06:43,308 –> 00:06:49,838
Now Russia has not been provided as much grain as possible and trying to blow blame the west for the rain not coming from that region.

132
00:06:49,934 –> 00:06:59,474
And that’s affecting people who are in famine conditions, right? So we’ve got over 100 million people, perhaps 140,000,000 people, who are in famine conditions now, and it’s going to get worse.

133
00:06:59,582 –> 00:07:00,010
Got it.

134
00:07:00,060 –> 00:07:06,842
So we could have people dying as a result of these policies that Putin is imposed along with the war that is continuing.

135
00:07:06,926 –> 00:07:23,894
What areas of the world are first effective about that? In other words, as those dominoes fall, the dominoes of famine fall, where would we stay at most effective first and then how long does it get to us? Or does it well, we’re a little bit more insulated because that we have a lot of production of grain in, of course, in America’s heartland.

136
00:07:24,002 –> 00:07:34,778
So God bless those people who are farmers and making sure that we have enough resources here so we don’t suffer as much as people, for example, in Africa who depend on the brain coming from elsewhere.

137
00:07:34,814 –> 00:07:43,882
They have problems with droughts and lack of fertile ground and sometimes they have floods and take away farmland, destroy it.

138
00:07:43,956 –> 00:07:49,486
So they have a lot more natural catastrophes to contend against and we’re blessed not to have those kinds of types of issues.

139
00:07:49,548 –> 00:07:54,034
However, doesn’t mean there’s not a problem that couldn’t result in higher prices here.

140
00:07:54,192 –> 00:08:00,718
We’re feeling inflation with that going up 9.1% over the last year highest rate in 42 years.

141
00:08:00,864 –> 00:08:05,446
So we’re going to feel that in terms of higher prices, are definitely going to be part of the reality going forward.

142
00:08:05,568 –> 00:08:18,550
Whether the government, through the Fed policies of raising rates, can curb the inflation in the months ahead, we’ll have to see those who are optimistic that we would have inflation under control and start to bring it down.

143
00:08:18,660 –> 00:08:25,438
We’re disappointed in the last what are industries we should be avoiding? Paul industries to be careful about.

144
00:08:25,464 –> 00:08:29,150
I’d say right now we want to be a little bit cautious about real estate.

145
00:08:29,210 –> 00:08:36,214
There could be a bit of a bubble with the prices perhaps going down after they’ve been escalating because interest rates are going to go up.

146
00:08:36,252 –> 00:08:47,422
People can only afford and we’re seeing contracts for Cindy right and left now because they hadn’t locked in their interest rates and they’re like, holy cow, my dollar doesn’t buy as much as it was supposed to.

147
00:08:47,616 –> 00:08:53,582
I can’t afford as much as I qualified for initially now, now that my new build is getting ready to flow.

148
00:08:53,666 –> 00:08:53,986
Right.

149
00:08:54,048 –> 00:09:07,894
And if somebody has bought a house, you have to be careful when you’re qualified for something because if everything goes up, if prices go up 9.1% overall, can you afford to keep up with your pay? Right.

150
00:09:08,052 –> 00:09:14,194
Not only with your house prices going up, if you have an adjustable rate of mortgage, but you also could have problems paying for other things.

151
00:09:14,232 –> 00:09:14,738
Yeah, totally.

152
00:09:14,774 –> 00:09:16,200
Debt ratio goes up.

153
00:09:16,950 –> 00:09:17,710
Right.

154
00:09:17,880 –> 00:09:26,794
Are we going to have a housing shortage, do you think? There’s obviously that the prices, I think, are going to drop a little bit, but it doesn’t feel like it did back in 20 08.

155
00:09:26,832 –> 00:09:28,946
20 09 is a very different dynamic.

156
00:09:29,078 –> 00:09:34,898
What I’ve noticed in covering different cycles and this is not something that we haven’t dealt with before and survive.

157
00:09:35,054 –> 00:09:47,318
But the problem is that developers will scale that now and building new properties and that will reduce the new bills and then that will sort of keep the market somewhat tightened.

158
00:09:47,474 –> 00:09:56,794
The problem is, if you’ve been used to getting a lot of buyers and then you have trouble with affordability, you don’t want to be stuck with a lot of houses that you can’t sell.

159
00:09:56,892 –> 00:09:57,406
Right.

160
00:09:57,528 –> 00:09:58,514
They’ve got to be cautious.

161
00:09:58,562 –> 00:10:04,462
So this is where the builders will often scale back production and we will find fewer new houses available.

162
00:10:04,596 –> 00:10:08,626
And as the population continues to grow, we do need more housing stock in the future.

163
00:10:08,688 –> 00:10:14,114
So there is a bit of a risk and retail inventory is increasing.

164
00:10:14,162 –> 00:10:23,818
And when there’s extra supply, what happens to prices? Right, quick question for you, for both you guys, actually, and it kind of dovetails in.

165
00:10:23,844 –> 00:10:27,250
We were talking about commodities earlier in the markets being kind of strange.

166
00:10:28,230 –> 00:10:37,570
When this slows a little bit, are we going to see the availability of lumber and things like that coming back? Are those supplies going to be replenished? Because right now it’s kind of difficult.

167
00:10:37,620 –> 00:10:38,626
I’m trying to build a house.

168
00:10:38,688 –> 00:10:40,838
It’s a little bit difficult to find supplies.

169
00:10:40,874 –> 00:11:00,226
So for cash buyers who do want our cash, people who are paying cash for the properties, if they can afford it, can you find the stuff you need? I would think that that’s going to be a chance to get things at a more reasonable price because there will be few houses being fewer new houses being built, and that could lead to somebody like you finally getting a lumber that you need.

170
00:11:00,288 –> 00:11:00,514
Right.

171
00:11:00,552 –> 00:11:08,602
And I know other people who are trying to build a backyard, for example, and need fencing, and it’s so difficult to get that right now because of supply chain problems.

172
00:11:08,736 –> 00:11:11,630
And that partially ties into the lockdowns in China.

173
00:11:11,810 –> 00:11:18,494
So when there are lockdowns and problems getting supply chain and being shipped to where they need to be, you’ve got a shortage of items.

174
00:11:18,602 –> 00:11:21,550
So hopefully you’ll be able to get that project done.

175
00:11:21,720 –> 00:11:22,318
I hope so.

176
00:11:22,344 –> 00:11:24,406
I’d have to pay a supreme price for it.

177
00:11:24,408 –> 00:11:26,878
I’ll tell you, that sleeping bag sitting outside of the grand old offer.

178
00:11:26,904 –> 00:11:27,694
He’s getting old.

179
00:11:27,792 –> 00:11:28,718
I love Nashville.

180
00:11:28,754 –> 00:11:29,650
My goodness.

181
00:11:32,250 –> 00:11:33,300
That’s right.

182
00:11:33,990 –> 00:11:37,882
Paul Dykerwitz, can’t thank you enough for being here and imparting your knowledge on us.

183
00:11:37,896 –> 00:11:40,022
I love being with two great financial minds.

184
00:11:40,046 –> 00:11:45,958
It really is great for a guy like me who’s more of a political dude and a media guy than a financial guy.

185
00:11:45,984 –> 00:11:47,246
So these are great lessons.

186
00:11:47,318 –> 00:11:52,594
Paul, where do people find you? The best way is really my book website, holy Smokes book.

187
00:11:52,692 –> 00:11:56,520
And my columns are both the dividend ones and the stock one are on the very top.

188
00:11:56,850 –> 00:11:58,690
Holysmokesbook.com yeah.

189
00:11:58,740 –> 00:12:00,542
That’s the quickest way to find my columns.

190
00:12:00,566 –> 00:12:03,178
And if you want access to my book, you can do that.

191
00:12:03,264 –> 00:12:07,394
You’ve also had a newsletter, right? Yes, I edit a host of newsletters.

192
00:12:07,442 –> 00:12:09,034
I’ll quickly mention what they are.

193
00:12:09,132 –> 00:12:10,954
Forecasting strategies written by Dr.

194
00:12:10,992 –> 00:12:12,098
Mark Scousen.

195
00:12:12,254 –> 00:12:15,526
Jim woods does successful investing and intelligence report.

196
00:12:15,648 –> 00:12:22,080
We have Bob Carlson’s Retirement Watch and monthly look at retirement issues and all the things you need to know about that.

197
00:12:22,770 –> 00:12:25,198
So those are some key ones that I’d recommend to people.

198
00:12:25,284 –> 00:12:25,970
Fantastic.

199
00:12:26,030 –> 00:12:27,778
Paul Dykewitz, thank you so much for being here.

200
00:12:27,804 –> 00:12:34,186
By the way, how do people get a hold of you? You got an email you want to put out there? The best way is to give them your personal email.

201
00:12:34,248 –> 00:12:34,810
Give me your address.

202
00:12:34,860 –> 00:12:36,180
I just give your home address.

203
00:12:39,730 –> 00:12:41,440
There’s always a market open.

204
00:12:41,770 –> 00:12:43,358
The best way is to go to my website.

205
00:12:43,504 –> 00:12:43,874
All right.

206
00:12:43,912 –> 00:12:45,134
There’s a place to put it on there.

207
00:12:45,172 –> 00:12:45,482
You got it.

208
00:12:45,496 –> 00:12:51,050
What’s the website again? Holymokespoke.com all right, Paul Dykowitz, thank you so much for being here.

209
00:12:51,100 –> 00:12:51,426
Pleasure.

210
00:12:51,498 –> 00:12:52,778
All right, well, let’s look out.

211
00:12:52,804 –> 00:12:54,686
Josh is coming in to take the mic.

212
00:12:54,808 –> 00:12:55,454
Yeah.

213
00:12:55,612 –> 00:13:04,662
This is your official Shepherd’s Hook, and Michael Cobb is coming up, from what I understand.

214
00:13:04,796 –> 00:13:05,274
Mr.

215
00:13:05,372 –> 00:13:06,022
Cobb.

216
00:13:06,106 –> 00:13:08,094
How are you? Good to see again.

217
00:13:08,252 –> 00:13:08,610
Yeah.

218
00:13:08,660 –> 00:13:10,400
Let’s get you Micked up here.

219
00:13:11,030 –> 00:13:23,766
It’s good that you’re here, because you dovetail on kind of part of an investing question that we were just finishing with Paul Dykovs, and we were talking about the real estate market.

220
00:13:23,828 –> 00:13:41,374
And when you were on the last time, we talked about not just expatriation, but how do I increase my freedom options? So we can’t have financial freedom unless we have personal, political, economic, and social freedom.

221
00:13:41,422 –> 00:13:42,020
Correct.

222
00:13:42,350 –> 00:13:50,854
So we were discussing about multiple residencies, and we were talking about international residence.

223
00:13:50,902 –> 00:13:51,500
Absolutely.

224
00:13:52,910 –> 00:13:57,946
I’m excited to hear about this and from both of you guys, because I know you study it and you’re the expert.

225
00:13:58,018 –> 00:13:58,434
Yeah.

226
00:13:58,532 –> 00:13:59,958
Been doing this for 26 years.

227
00:13:59,984 –> 00:14:01,830
We started our company 26 years ago.

228
00:14:01,880 –> 00:14:07,594
And the thing I think is so fundamental is you have residency, which is your freedom.

229
00:14:07,642 –> 00:14:07,818
Right.

230
00:14:07,844 –> 00:14:12,034
It’s your insurance, or I call it the key to get out of jail.

231
00:14:12,082 –> 00:14:15,930
Because if you don’t have a second residency, you are a prisoner of your home country.

232
00:14:16,100 –> 00:14:17,226
So that’s the first step.

233
00:14:17,288 –> 00:14:29,386
But the second step is, what do you do when you get to your new country? Where are you going to learn? I think it’s really important to be thinking about, well, maybe I want a home or a condo in a new country.

234
00:14:29,448 –> 00:14:32,734
And so that was our core business for many years.

235
00:14:32,832 –> 00:14:37,550
And because people moving overseas, obviously they want to live in their home, they need a residency.

236
00:14:37,610 –> 00:14:41,198
So now what we’ve seen is this flip flop of what leads.

237
00:14:41,294 –> 00:14:42,862
In the old days, it was the products.

238
00:14:42,936 –> 00:14:46,562
I want a house at the beach in the tropics, and I need a residency.

239
00:14:46,706 –> 00:14:52,330
Today, what we’re seeing is people saying, Holy smokes, I need my get out of jail free card here.

240
00:14:52,440 –> 00:14:53,918
I need the residency.

241
00:14:54,074 –> 00:14:57,106
And by the way, when I get there, I’m going to need a place to live.

242
00:14:57,168 –> 00:14:57,466
Right.

243
00:14:57,528 –> 00:15:03,718
So it’s been this inversion of purpose, but the same package of things that people want.

244
00:15:03,804 –> 00:15:05,062
Michael, let me ask you something.

245
00:15:05,196 –> 00:15:09,430
As we lose freedoms here in America, obviously we’re still one of the most free countries out there.

246
00:15:09,480 –> 00:15:10,054
Absolutely.

247
00:15:10,212 –> 00:15:20,098
Strange things happen during this pandemic that’s a lot of people wondering, what countries are people going to and why? What are they looking at? And where are you recommending to your clients? Sure.

248
00:15:20,184 –> 00:15:24,998
So Mexico has been a real attractor of people for decades.

249
00:15:25,034 –> 00:15:25,198
Right.

250
00:15:25,224 –> 00:15:34,790
I mean, going all the way back into the Acapulco and all the movies out of the great movie, right? So Mexico has really been this easy step for most North Americans.

251
00:15:34,850 –> 00:15:46,598
But what we’ve seen now is people kind of going past Mexico into countries like Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, even a country like Nicaragua, and then even further south and getting into South America, argentina, Chile.

252
00:15:46,694 –> 00:15:51,346
Ecuador has been a really popular country for expats many years as well.

253
00:15:51,408 –> 00:15:54,074
But we work in several of these countries.

254
00:15:54,122 –> 00:16:03,266
Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, El salvador and now actually Europe to Portugal because a lot of people are looking at a European second residency.

255
00:16:03,398 –> 00:16:04,078
That’s interesting.

256
00:16:04,164 –> 00:16:05,302
I hadn’t thought about that.

257
00:16:05,376 –> 00:16:05,758
Right.

258
00:16:05,844 –> 00:16:07,238
And we listen to our consumers.

259
00:16:07,274 –> 00:16:07,618
Right.

260
00:16:07,704 –> 00:16:11,902
We try to understand what the consumer wants and then serve them with that product.

261
00:16:11,976 –> 00:16:17,402
In Europe was something that many people wanted, and so we began to offer that just very recently.

262
00:16:17,486 –> 00:16:27,266
So is it because of the Latin based languages? The more people go to those destinations, I mean, you’re listing like heavily saturated with Latin speaking contests.

263
00:16:27,338 –> 00:16:31,954
I think a lot of people I lived in Nicaragua for 14 years.

264
00:16:31,992 –> 00:16:33,902
I moved there with my wife, my two year old daughter.

265
00:16:33,926 –> 00:16:37,778
I didn’t speak any Spanish, and it was a fairly easy transition.

266
00:16:37,934 –> 00:16:47,222
But the other way is also true, where you’ve got many Latin Americans who have lived in the States or have learned English because English is their important business language.

267
00:16:47,306 –> 00:16:50,542
So moving to any of the Spanish speaking countries is fairly easy.

268
00:16:50,676 –> 00:16:55,738
What’s kind of interesting is Belize is an English speaking country and it’s British common law.

269
00:16:55,764 –> 00:16:58,186
It was British Honduras until 1981.

270
00:16:58,308 –> 00:17:02,122
And so you’ve got English is the official language common law that we’re familiar with.

271
00:17:02,196 –> 00:17:04,294
So things like property title is really easy.

272
00:17:04,332 –> 00:17:05,678
It’s fee simple title.

273
00:17:05,774 –> 00:17:08,134
Like we understand that, we get that right.

274
00:17:08,172 –> 00:17:09,586
In civil law, it’s a little bit different.

275
00:17:09,648 –> 00:17:17,702
They have Escrow Publica, which is, again, title, but it’s leasehold stuff, kind of Mexico on the coastline is leasehold.

276
00:17:17,726 –> 00:17:19,922
Right? Really? Yeah, feed a camiso.

277
00:17:20,066 –> 00:17:21,574
It’s a constitutional law.

278
00:17:21,612 –> 00:17:26,306
They don’t allow foreigners to own property within, I think, 50, 60 coastline.

279
00:17:26,378 –> 00:17:27,922
Wow, that’s interesting.

280
00:17:28,116 –> 00:17:45,410
What countries do you think offers the most freedom? In other words, if you’re going to have an escape hatch, where can you go and be reasonably assured it’s going to remain free? Yeah, I think most of the countries in the developing world would qualify, and I would say it’s not because they don’t want to be more restrictive.

281
00:17:45,470 –> 00:17:46,742
They don’t have the resources.

282
00:17:46,826 –> 00:17:50,650
Most of these countries don’t have the ability to print money like crazy to fund all kinds of stuff.

283
00:17:50,700 –> 00:17:51,058
Right.

284
00:17:51,144 –> 00:17:53,930
So they have to live within their budgets generally.

285
00:17:54,050 –> 00:17:56,450
What? Imagine that, Heather.

286
00:17:56,510 –> 00:18:01,354
I don’t know, living within the budget in the same sentence I did.

287
00:18:01,512 –> 00:18:02,220
Okay.

288
00:18:02,610 –> 00:18:10,750
And so they don’t have the means to do what the US government, maybe European governments have the ability to do, which is print money and create systems.

289
00:18:11,070 –> 00:18:28,042
So I would argue very passionately that most of these countries are much freer in many ways and will remain freer longer because the government just simply don’t have the ability to impose the kinds of things that a developed country does.

290
00:18:28,116 –> 00:18:31,690
And so then it really becomes a question of which country hits your heart.

291
00:18:31,740 –> 00:18:32,340
Right.

292
00:18:34,530 –> 00:18:43,118
We counsel people, and again, for two and a half decades we’ve been counseling people that when you make a decision about lifestyle, it’s a hard decision.

293
00:18:43,274 –> 00:18:44,386
Does it feel right.

294
00:18:44,448 –> 00:18:44,638
Do.

295
00:18:44,664 –> 00:18:45,598
I like being there.

296
00:18:45,624 –> 00:18:45,778
Do.

297
00:18:45,804 –> 00:18:46,510
I like the food.

298
00:18:46,560 –> 00:18:50,798
Am I enjoying the community of friends? Right? It’s not a head decision.

299
00:18:50,894 –> 00:18:52,462
The head decision is pretty easy.

300
00:18:52,596 –> 00:18:55,594
How do I feel about the freedom and the money and okay, that’s head.

301
00:18:55,692 –> 00:18:58,390
But how do I really feel about it when I’m there? Right.

302
00:18:58,440 –> 00:19:00,874
And that’s a big deal that sits in.

303
00:19:00,912 –> 00:19:02,758
That’s almost a tougher decision to make.

304
00:19:02,844 –> 00:19:03,660
It is.

305
00:19:04,530 –> 00:19:06,250
And it’s a longer decision.

306
00:19:07,170 –> 00:19:10,246
That home is where you become yourself.

307
00:19:10,368 –> 00:19:13,440
And is that something you see? I like that.

308
00:19:14,610 –> 00:19:20,254
Let’s talk about some of these countries that have been kind of crazy, restricted, surprisingly, during this Kobe thing.

309
00:19:20,352 –> 00:19:22,198
Australia, New Zealand, places like that.

310
00:19:22,224 –> 00:19:29,040
Are you seeing people flee those countries? Yes, our business can even in Canada, our business went up fivefold in the last two years.

311
00:19:30,570 –> 00:19:30,934
Yes.

312
00:19:30,972 –> 00:19:35,270
And for the first time ever, we have people coming out of Australia, New Zealand, Britain.

313
00:19:35,390 –> 00:19:38,858
We’ve always had Canadians, because that was an easy up down, north south transaction.

314
00:19:38,894 –> 00:19:39,238
Right.

315
00:19:39,324 –> 00:19:44,374
But, yeah, australia, New Zealand, Britain, people saying, We’ve got to get out of here.

316
00:19:44,472 –> 00:19:47,038
We actually had to write letters this is crazy.

317
00:19:47,184 –> 00:19:53,710
We actually had to write letters that they could present to the government of Australia to give them permission to leave.

318
00:19:53,880 –> 00:19:54,958
Whoa, man.

319
00:19:55,044 –> 00:19:55,680
Right.

320
00:19:56,310 –> 00:19:59,722
Is business that bad? They got to hold them in, I guess.

321
00:19:59,796 –> 00:20:00,600
I don’t know.

322
00:20:01,170 –> 00:20:06,302
And can I just touch on one thing? It’s so important when people buy property overseas.

323
00:20:06,386 –> 00:20:07,246
Coming out of the US.

324
00:20:07,308 –> 00:20:08,938
Canada, north America, right.

325
00:20:09,084 –> 00:20:18,134
We are moving from the world of seller beware, lemon laws and all the consumer protections to the land of buyer beware.

326
00:20:18,242 –> 00:20:24,026
And we as North American consumers, don’t know how to really think and react in that environment.

327
00:20:24,098 –> 00:20:29,554
We’ve created our Consumer Resource Guide, and this is a document that has 15 questions we should ask.

328
00:20:29,592 –> 00:20:33,094
We buy property overseas to get it right the first time.

329
00:20:33,192 –> 00:20:34,082
Due diligence.

330
00:20:34,166 –> 00:20:37,318
How do we do it? If folks want it, we’d love to send it to them.

331
00:20:37,344 –> 00:20:40,090
Actually, Michael, how do people get a hold of you? Really easy.

332
00:20:40,140 –> 00:20:43,270
It’s info@ecidevelopment.com.

333
00:20:43,380 –> 00:20:44,806
That’s our QR code.

334
00:20:44,928 –> 00:20:47,426
This is the consumer resource guide.

335
00:20:47,558 –> 00:20:52,486
Please leave a copy of that, too.

336
00:20:52,548 –> 00:20:54,650
Love to have folks request.

337
00:20:54,830 –> 00:20:56,218
This is a great dog, I got to tell you.

338
00:20:56,244 –> 00:21:02,590
Sometimes, of course, I’ve been to 70 some countries, but I’ll tell you, people who are going to buy real estate, it’s a whole different thing.

339
00:21:02,760 –> 00:21:06,530
If you’re out there and you’re just visiting or buying real estate.

340
00:21:06,590 –> 00:21:07,690
Real estate is a different thing.

341
00:21:07,740 –> 00:21:08,038
It is.

342
00:21:08,064 –> 00:21:09,946
You need to help with somebody who knows what they’re doing.

343
00:21:10,008 –> 00:21:10,414
Right.

344
00:21:10,512 –> 00:21:11,942
So we love to help folks.

345
00:21:12,086 –> 00:21:13,022
Brother, Michael Cobb.

346
00:21:13,046 –> 00:21:13,678
He’ll help you out.

347
00:21:13,704 –> 00:21:14,098
That’s it.

348
00:21:14,124 –> 00:21:14,422
Yes.

349
00:21:14,496 –> 00:21:15,334
Kent, thank you.

350
00:21:15,372 –> 00:21:16,522
Hey, thank you for being with us.

351
00:21:16,536 –> 00:21:17,626
Thank you for what you do, too.

352
00:21:17,688 –> 00:21:19,690
Absolutely exciting.

353
00:21:20,490 –> 00:21:21,178
Thank you.

354
00:21:21,264 –> 00:21:21,766
Yes.

355
00:21:21,888 –> 00:21:23,738
See? Michael Cobb.

356
00:21:23,774 –> 00:21:24,430
I love it.

357
00:21:24,480 –> 00:21:26,222
So I think they’re coming to get your microphone.

358
00:21:26,306 –> 00:21:27,374
They’re going to get a big hook.

359
00:21:27,422 –> 00:21:28,690
They’re going to yank you off here.

360
00:21:28,740 –> 00:21:28,954
Yes.

361
00:21:28,992 –> 00:21:31,510
Where’s the shepherd’s hook? That’s right.

362
00:21:31,620 –> 00:21:34,030
I see Mark Scotland walking in here right now.

363
00:21:34,140 –> 00:21:35,686
This is going to get kind of fun, I think.

364
00:21:35,748 –> 00:21:36,802
Okay, thanks, guys.

365
00:21:36,876 –> 00:21:37,814
This is Freedom Fest.

366
00:21:37,862 –> 00:21:38,618
Live from the floor.

367
00:21:38,654 –> 00:21:40,258
Freedom Fest 2022.

368
00:21:40,344 –> 00:21:42,974
We’re in fabulous Las Vegas at the Mirage Hotel.

369
00:21:43,022 –> 00:21:46,658
This is day four, the final day of FreedomFest.

370
00:21:46,694 –> 00:21:50,062
Wags, where are you heading off to? All right.

371
00:21:50,136 –> 00:21:51,178
Wags is good.

372
00:21:51,324 –> 00:21:53,306
How are you? Oh, my gosh.

373
00:21:53,378 –> 00:21:54,554
What a crew.

374
00:21:54,722 –> 00:21:55,870
What a crew.

375
00:21:57,570 –> 00:21:58,474
It is so great.

376
00:21:58,512 –> 00:22:01,620
We’re being joined right now by the Skousen family.

377
00:22:01,950 –> 00:22:04,394
They’re the founders of Freedom Fest.

378
00:22:04,562 –> 00:22:06,758
Amazing, folks.

379
00:22:06,854 –> 00:22:11,362
Mark, getting to hang out with you over the last few days has been absolutely amazing value.

380
00:22:11,436 –> 00:22:12,742
And mom is here.

381
00:22:12,876 –> 00:22:13,354
Yeah.

382
00:22:13,452 –> 00:22:15,550
She finally made it out of the end of the film.

383
00:22:16,530 –> 00:22:18,982
I was there for four days and I’ve loved it.

384
00:22:19,116 –> 00:22:23,482
Now, listen, what films have you seen that you’ve loved? Because there’s been so many great ones.

385
00:22:23,556 –> 00:22:24,502
Yes, there have.

386
00:22:24,576 –> 00:22:26,902
And our audience has loved them.

387
00:22:27,096 –> 00:22:27,854
Big crowds.

388
00:22:27,902 –> 00:22:33,370
I’ve never had we do an Audience Choice Award and I’ve never had such high ratings.

389
00:22:34,230 –> 00:22:35,134
It’s out of five.

390
00:22:35,172 –> 00:22:39,490
And I think I had one film that was 3.93 and all the others have been in the fours.

391
00:22:40,590 –> 00:22:41,820
It’s been amazing.

392
00:22:43,050 –> 00:22:49,970
So we’ve had this wonderful film called The Hong Kong or the Jimmy Lie Story, the extraordinary struggle for freedom.

393
00:22:50,030 –> 00:22:54,442
And it’s about his struggle to try and keep Hong Kong free.

394
00:22:54,576 –> 00:22:56,398
That one was a very popular one.

395
00:22:56,484 –> 00:22:59,582
Our film on Clarence Thomas Created Equal.

396
00:22:59,726 –> 00:23:01,022
Beautiful film.

397
00:23:01,166 –> 00:23:02,182
Beautifully made.

398
00:23:02,256 –> 00:23:03,442
And a great story.

399
00:23:03,516 –> 00:23:04,610
Made people cry.

400
00:23:04,730 –> 00:23:06,410
We’ve had some great comedies.

401
00:23:06,470 –> 00:23:08,102
We’re Doing Good is one of my favorites.

402
00:23:08,126 –> 00:23:12,454
It’s this little web series, this young couple that are just trying to do good.

403
00:23:12,492 –> 00:23:15,886
They’re trying to recycle and everything goes wrong.

404
00:23:15,948 –> 00:23:16,934
It’s so endearing.

405
00:23:16,982 –> 00:23:18,166
So we’ve had a great time.

406
00:23:18,228 –> 00:23:22,834
I love it that did you put the film festival together? Because you were kind of like the mother hen of the whole thing.

407
00:23:22,992 –> 00:23:24,802
I do the go, too.

408
00:23:24,936 –> 00:23:25,522
Yes.

409
00:23:25,656 –> 00:23:26,798
I get all the submissions.

410
00:23:26,834 –> 00:23:28,190
I watch every single film.

411
00:23:28,250 –> 00:23:30,070
I get a lot of Iranian film.

412
00:23:30,570 –> 00:23:35,698
I am on social media in Iran right now because of this Iranian film that I have.

413
00:23:35,724 –> 00:23:40,990
Really? So we’re expanding across the globe and I watch all the films and then I make the selections.

414
00:23:41,610 –> 00:23:42,334
It’s very interesting.

415
00:23:42,372 –> 00:23:53,338
I’ve been to a million film festivals and when you’re walking the halls or you’re walking the streets if it’s a park city or whatever and you’ll hear people going, this is really good.

416
00:23:53,484 –> 00:23:55,870
Everyone was talking about all these films.

417
00:23:56,430 –> 00:24:02,110
How many did you go through? Yes, but you chose 28 winners.

418
00:24:02,730 –> 00:24:06,658
There has been no one giving that usual it was all right.

419
00:24:06,804 –> 00:24:07,814
These were great films.

420
00:24:07,862 –> 00:24:09,070
I had about 150.

421
00:24:09,120 –> 00:24:10,366
I still watched them all myself.

422
00:24:10,428 –> 00:24:21,322
There’ll come a point where I won’t be able to we chose 28 and I would say I turned away five that in any other year would have made the cut, but I just had so many, I couldn’t take them off.

423
00:24:21,396 –> 00:24:21,874
Got it.

424
00:24:21,912 –> 00:24:31,462
Was there anything off limits? I mean, this is the Freedom Fest, so, I mean, was there any type of film that was off limits, or did you I don’t like films with gore and nudity, right.

425
00:24:31,536 –> 00:24:33,190
Just because I know my audience.

426
00:24:33,570 –> 00:24:36,014
But it’s not so much off limits as unlimited.

427
00:24:36,062 –> 00:24:39,254
I want films about individuality choice, accountability.

428
00:24:39,422 –> 00:24:45,554
I want films about self reliance and doing what’s right and rising above oppression.

429
00:24:45,662 –> 00:24:50,230
So it’s not so much that things are off limits as there are so many themes that I do want.

430
00:24:50,340 –> 00:24:50,902
Got it.

431
00:24:50,976 –> 00:24:51,730
Makes sense.

432
00:24:51,840 –> 00:24:54,694
All right, Valerie, you’ve been running this show.

433
00:24:54,732 –> 00:24:56,880
Here the entire thing.

434
00:24:57,450 –> 00:24:59,038
Frankly, I don’t know how you do it.

435
00:24:59,064 –> 00:25:00,780
I really don’t know how you do it.

436
00:25:15,610 –> 00:25:18,100
He also actually works really hard.

437
00:25:18,430 –> 00:25:20,766
My dad always does a ton of sessions.

438
00:25:20,898 –> 00:25:22,470
He moderates a lot of panels.

439
00:25:22,590 –> 00:25:32,646
He leads a lot of sessions, and he makes sure to meet with a lot of people, too, which is really important because Freedom Theus, really is all about bringing people together to meet and have these conversations.

440
00:25:32,718 –> 00:25:37,934
And my dad actually is a great example of the symbol of what Freedom Fest is all about.

441
00:25:37,972 –> 00:25:42,494
He kind of lives it, which is a really great inspiration for all of us to look to.

442
00:25:42,652 –> 00:25:52,538
Mark, when you read your writing, you can tell in the way you write, the way you communicate with people, and also just the massive level of respect people have for you here.

443
00:25:52,564 –> 00:25:54,760
You’re kind of like you’re like a rock star here.

444
00:25:55,330 –> 00:25:57,400
I thought it was Gene Simmons out there.

445
00:25:58,750 –> 00:26:00,414
Well, maybe next year we’re in Memphis.

446
00:26:00,462 –> 00:26:01,314
I’ll be Elvis.

447
00:26:01,362 –> 00:26:03,820
Who knows? I can see that.

448
00:26:06,950 –> 00:26:08,730
I don’t think I can move my hips.

449
00:26:10,910 –> 00:26:22,470
But one of the things that we do are these debates, and we just had one that was pretty fiery about Trump, and they stole an election in 2024 and stuff like that.

450
00:26:22,640 –> 00:26:40,590
There was a little bit of shouting, and we had to calm people down, which is important because we want people to engage and have open minds about whatever issues it might be so important because in today’s world, everything is divisive, name calling and stuff.

451
00:26:40,760 –> 00:26:52,510
And if we can calm that down and be more civil to each other, right? We can disagree without being disagreeable.

452
00:26:52,630 –> 00:26:54,294
It’s the best way to put it.

453
00:26:54,392 –> 00:26:57,546
But we don’t want to just ignore the issues either.

454
00:26:57,608 –> 00:27:00,702
And I think there’s a right balance, and Freedom Festival discovered that.

455
00:27:00,776 –> 00:27:01,374
Well, there is.

456
00:27:01,412 –> 00:27:06,078
And you’ve been with us a couple of days now, popping on and off, letting us know what’s going on.

457
00:27:06,224 –> 00:27:15,462
But for the folks who missed it, can we go back and talk again about how you founded this and why you founded this and talk about some of the Freedom Fest over the years and then.

458
00:27:15,476 –> 00:27:15,738
Of course.

459
00:27:15,764 –> 00:27:19,314
I want to talk to all three of you about Memphis next year.

460
00:27:19,412 –> 00:27:33,394
So, Mark, when you got the idea to do this, how did it come about and what was the first one like? Well, I was invited to apply for the presidency of the foundation for Economic Education, or Fee.

461
00:27:33,502 –> 00:27:34,578
And they’re based in New York.

462
00:27:34,604 –> 00:27:38,574
They had a huge 34 room mansion, a long history.

463
00:27:38,672 –> 00:27:42,646
Oldest free market think tank, Leonard Reid, founded it and so forth.

464
00:27:42,718 –> 00:27:44,806
It had a great heritage.

465
00:27:44,938 –> 00:27:54,622
However, it had lost its way, in a sense, because Cato and Heritage and Reason and other think tanks have become more popular and well known.

466
00:27:54,646 –> 00:28:09,450
I said, what can we do to jumpstart B again? And I said, well, let’s have a national convention, and what better city than Las Vegas where the lights never go out, people are always engaged, and it’s very libertarian.

467
00:28:09,770 –> 00:28:15,270
So we did that first B Fest, as we called it, in 2002.

468
00:28:15,320 –> 00:28:16,950
We had 850 people there.

469
00:28:17,000 –> 00:28:19,230
Ben Stein was our keynote speaker.

470
00:28:19,730 –> 00:28:21,510
And then I left.

471
00:28:21,560 –> 00:28:22,160
B.

472
00:28:22,670 –> 00:28:26,718
I wasn’t as good as I thought.

473
00:28:26,744 –> 00:28:37,174
I did a good job, but I decided it was time for us to go out on our own because the Feefest was very successful.

474
00:28:37,222 –> 00:28:38,494
So we called it Freedom Fest.

475
00:28:38,542 –> 00:28:39,706
It’s for profit.

476
00:28:39,838 –> 00:28:43,542
Our very one as a for profit was in 2007.

477
00:28:43,676 –> 00:28:46,570
We had 1000 people the first time in Las Vegas.

478
00:28:46,630 –> 00:28:47,374
In Las Vegas.

479
00:28:47,422 –> 00:28:48,966
We had it in Las Vegas every year.

480
00:28:49,028 –> 00:28:51,598
And we always bring in some big keynote speakers.

481
00:28:51,634 –> 00:28:56,310
So we’ve had William Shatner, George Foreman, Kevin O’Leary.

482
00:28:58,490 –> 00:29:00,034
Well, this year, Pencil.

483
00:29:00,202 –> 00:29:01,378
We’ve had Pencilset.

484
00:29:01,414 –> 00:29:03,706
And this year we have John Cleise.

485
00:29:03,898 –> 00:29:07,126
So that has attracted a larger audience.

486
00:29:07,138 –> 00:29:10,074
And this year we had 2600 people show up.

487
00:29:10,112 –> 00:29:11,998
So it’s been very successful.

488
00:29:12,034 –> 00:29:14,586
And we added the Film festival about ten years ago.

489
00:29:14,708 –> 00:29:16,294
That’s been very popular.

490
00:29:16,462 –> 00:29:20,058
And we had the Libertarian Comedy Hour.

491
00:29:20,204 –> 00:29:23,458
I didn’t attend that, but I heard it was really comedy festival.

492
00:29:23,494 –> 00:29:25,306
So we want political satire.

493
00:29:25,378 –> 00:29:26,070
So important.

494
00:29:26,180 –> 00:29:33,774
Yes, and we’re always looking for ways to how can we be more expressive? And we thought comedy and satire is a great way to do it.

495
00:29:33,812 –> 00:29:38,310
So last year we had a little one that was a sold out event in Rapid City.

496
00:29:38,360 –> 00:29:41,674
And this year we wanted to really launch our Punching Up Comedy Festival.

497
00:29:41,782 –> 00:29:43,266
We had our first one last night.

498
00:29:43,328 –> 00:29:44,998
John Cleese made a special appearance.

499
00:29:45,094 –> 00:29:45,930
He was great.

500
00:29:45,980 –> 00:29:48,574
He was fantastic on stage with his daughter.

501
00:29:48,622 –> 00:29:49,494
Yes, that’s right.

502
00:29:49,592 –> 00:29:50,586
You were there for that.

503
00:29:50,648 –> 00:29:51,718
That’s a permanent fixture.

504
00:29:51,754 –> 00:29:55,210
Now, next year, we’re definitely having this is ongoing.

505
00:29:55,270 –> 00:30:01,520
Got the Anthem Film Festival punching up Comedy Festival from here for I’ve already had people saying how can I be on it next year? Exactly.

506
00:30:02,150 –> 00:30:10,510
And how did you pick the comics? Look, politics is so crazy, I know, saying that he should have been one of the comics.

507
00:30:10,690 –> 00:30:14,158
We have an excellent team, and we also have excellent partners.

508
00:30:14,194 –> 00:30:16,558
And we really rely on a lot of our partners.

509
00:30:16,594 –> 00:30:31,162
So we already knew some of the comics, like Lou Perez and others, and we started asking, hey, who do you know who kind of might want to be part of a libertarian comedy film festival? And they made recommendations we would reach out, and we kind of crafted.

510
00:30:31,186 –> 00:30:37,242
And then when we knew John Cleese was coming and we found out his daughter is also a stand up comedian, we got to get her to come.

511
00:30:37,436 –> 00:30:39,094
And she was absolutely fantastic.

512
00:30:39,142 –> 00:30:40,266
From Britain as well.

513
00:30:40,388 –> 00:30:41,058
I believe so.

514
00:30:41,084 –> 00:30:43,038
But she lives in California now.

515
00:30:43,124 –> 00:30:44,106
Okay, that was perfect.

516
00:30:44,168 –> 00:30:45,214
Totally Americanized.

517
00:30:45,322 –> 00:30:46,150
California.

518
00:30:46,270 –> 00:30:47,178
California girl.

519
00:30:47,264 –> 00:30:47,994
Please was great.

520
00:30:48,032 –> 00:30:49,410
We were in here last night with Please.

521
00:30:49,460 –> 00:30:54,910
He was at this table, did four or five different interviews, and he was just absolutely fantastic.

522
00:30:54,970 –> 00:30:55,662
It really was.

523
00:30:55,736 –> 00:31:04,242
And he was also very open with his beliefs politically about America and some of the freedoms that have been taken away that he’s seen being taken away.

524
00:31:04,316 –> 00:31:06,114
But he was very funny about it.

525
00:31:06,152 –> 00:31:09,586
How do you happen to score John, please? Because he’s an icon.

526
00:31:09,778 –> 00:31:11,766
Again, I have to attribute our team.

527
00:31:11,888 –> 00:31:19,102
Matt Day is our director of programming, and he’s someone who is a very thoughtful person, and he was the first one that suggested we have John Cleise.

528
00:31:19,126 –> 00:31:26,420
Jonathan doing a lot of work around cancel culture issues and the importance of expression in comedy in particular.

529
00:31:26,810 –> 00:31:29,874
And we like having someone a little bit outside the box.

530
00:31:30,032 –> 00:31:34,134
Dad always has a lot of interesting ideas about keynote speakers as well.

531
00:31:34,172 –> 00:31:36,920
He was the one that thought of William Shatner and others.

532
00:31:45,690 –> 00:31:46,654
Not heard of that guy.

533
00:31:46,692 –> 00:31:55,730
But I will tell you, in 2015, when he showed up standing room only and everything, half the people gave him a standing bitch, the other half sat sat on their hands so serious.

534
00:31:55,790 –> 00:31:57,826
He was divisive even back then.

535
00:32:05,890 –> 00:32:06,594
campaign.

536
00:32:06,702 –> 00:32:09,114
There was a friend of ours who was a regular.

537
00:32:09,222 –> 00:32:16,720
He contacted and he called us, do you like to have Donald Trump show up? And I said, well, we thought about it.

538
00:32:19,130 –> 00:32:32,026
That’s an important point, because we like to talk to as many people and have as many voices as we can, of course, but we are thoughtful about it because I feel like there are certain situations that you need to contextualize.

539
00:32:32,158 –> 00:32:33,510
And so it was really important.

540
00:32:33,560 –> 00:32:34,170
We asked Mr.

541
00:32:34,220 –> 00:32:41,982
Trump to do Q and A, and we had our Mexican friend Roberto Salina, to have him talk.

542
00:32:42,056 –> 00:32:44,470
And so we really look for challenge.

543
00:32:44,530 –> 00:32:47,206
And so it’s not that we don’t want to talk to any certain voices.

544
00:32:47,278 –> 00:32:50,670
We just want to make sure we’re doing it in the right way so that progress can be made.

545
00:32:50,720 –> 00:32:56,578
Because if you don’t just start yelling at each other or saying what they believe without listening, it really doesn’t get us anywhere.

546
00:32:56,614 –> 00:32:57,978
And there’s enough of that going on.

547
00:32:58,004 –> 00:33:03,402
So we really try to find the right way to talk to the various people with different ideas and beliefs and everything.

548
00:33:03,476 –> 00:33:04,146
You know, it’s amazing.

549
00:33:04,208 –> 00:33:18,270
It’s something I’ve seen here, and I think this really is a reflection, Mark, on you and how you corralled this amazing group of people, is that when you start with the things you agree on, it is amazing how close we all are in philosophy.

550
00:33:18,590 –> 00:33:22,794
Somebody could say they’re flaming far left or crazy far right.

551
00:33:22,892 –> 00:33:31,446
But at the end of the day, when those factions start really talking about what they agree on, there is so much more that we agree on, and that’s something that you’ve really put out.

552
00:33:31,568 –> 00:33:32,850
Andrew Yang here.

553
00:33:32,960 –> 00:33:34,002
Yeah, he was just calling.

554
00:33:34,076 –> 00:33:43,290
He got up there with Larry Sharpuch, the Libertarian candidate for governor of New York, and they talked about what they had in common, and you just don’t see enough of that.

555
00:33:43,340 –> 00:33:45,594
Frankly, we all see the same problem.

556
00:33:45,692 –> 00:33:49,386
The difference is that we see different solutions, but we’re all working on the same problem.

557
00:33:49,448 –> 00:33:55,642
And one of the things we’ve really focused on this year, we have a new arts council that we’ve created through the film festival.

558
00:33:55,786 –> 00:34:02,722
And one of the things we were talking about is focusing on storytelling that becomes self evident.

559
00:34:02,806 –> 00:34:04,726
So we’re not pushing an ideology.

560
00:34:04,798 –> 00:34:17,110
We’re not getting to the moral of the story or the message where the story itself touches your heart and there’s a sense of fairness and justice, and it’s self evidence.

561
00:34:17,170 –> 00:34:20,854
So we don’t need to say right, left, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian.

562
00:34:20,902 –> 00:34:22,338
It’s just real.

563
00:34:22,424 –> 00:34:24,966
It’s just human and bringing each other together.

564
00:34:25,028 –> 00:34:44,958
Mark, how do we take this format that you’ve created and put it out there in media around the country? Because literally, if more people philosophically were like you and said, why don’t we start with where we agree and work our way to the outside? First of all, no one ever gets to the outside because people love agreeing on things and they love working together on things that they do agree on.

565
00:34:45,044 –> 00:34:52,734
How do we take this philosophy and move it out besides just once a year, how do you get it out there in the media? Well, this is an uphill battle for sure.

566
00:34:52,832 –> 00:34:57,606
And believe me, this is a year long project.

567
00:34:57,788 –> 00:35:00,774
We could not do Freedom Pass two or three times a year.

568
00:35:00,812 –> 00:35:01,578
We just couldn’t do it.

569
00:35:01,604 –> 00:35:07,418
Can you do it just 52 weeks a year? Take off between Christmas and New Year’s.

570
00:35:07,514 –> 00:35:12,530
The in person aspect is actually really important, especially that is really fundamental.

571
00:35:12,650 –> 00:35:24,062
I think that there’s especially after going through the pandemic and we all became zoomers, I think we all realize the value of being in each other’s presence, right? And we treat each other differently.

572
00:35:24,146 –> 00:35:39,774
When we are with each other, there’s so much more civility, and if it escalates a little bit, there’s ways to calm each other down, and we don’t see that when we’re on social media and media, people tend to let loose and not listen and engage.

573
00:35:39,822 –> 00:35:48,446
So I do really feel like the in person aspect 100% is super important and we will always prioritize that over anything else.

574
00:35:48,508 –> 00:35:50,990
There are plenty of people who do podcasts.

575
00:36:00,590 –> 00:36:04,798
We have conference like this, which is, by the way, it’s not just political.

576
00:36:04,954 –> 00:36:05,562
That’s right.

577
00:36:05,636 –> 00:36:08,562
We’re philosophy, history, science and technology.

578
00:36:08,696 –> 00:36:11,818
Healthy living, investment.

579
00:36:11,914 –> 00:36:13,918
We have a three day investment conference.

580
00:36:13,954 –> 00:36:17,130
We have the film festival, entrepreneurship, business.

581
00:36:17,180 –> 00:36:19,640
We are our business section was very big.

582
00:36:21,050 –> 00:36:34,842
We’re a Renaissance gathering in so many ways and there’s something for everybody, especially when we come together with that common ground of let’s share with each other, let’s learn from each other, let’s grow together, let’s network together.

583
00:36:34,976 –> 00:36:38,286
When that’s the common goal, amazing things happen.

584
00:36:38,348 –> 00:36:40,386
Great collaborations have happened.

585
00:36:40,568 –> 00:36:42,702
I witnessed a bunch just in four days here.

586
00:36:42,776 –> 00:36:46,602
The other thing I want to mention is we all live busy lives.

587
00:36:46,736 –> 00:36:49,558
We’re all going various ways and directions.

588
00:36:49,714 –> 00:37:02,550
Can once a year, for three or four days, can we all come together, physically come together and learn from each other? Network, socialize and celebrate liberty and then we go home.

589
00:37:02,660 –> 00:37:16,254
So you can’t do it every month, every week, you just can’t, right? Once a year, could we all come together? I actually think if we do that, freedom can expand, we can turn the tide and we can be a better country because of it.

590
00:37:16,292 –> 00:37:16,674
I agree.

591
00:37:16,712 –> 00:37:20,814
And Mark, there’s a fortune being made in media by dividing the heck out of people.

592
00:37:20,852 –> 00:37:28,880
I mean, just keeping people divided, keeping them yelling and screaming sometimes to the point where they don’t even know what they’re yelling and screaming about, they just know the other side is bad.

593
00:37:29,390 –> 00:37:42,918
How do we get that message out there? That that’s ridiculous because, again, in politics as well, and that’s how they try to maintain control and that’s why it’s so important that we do come together to fight back on that.

594
00:37:42,944 –> 00:37:49,474
It’s so easy to just say they’re the other side and therefore we hate them, we disagree with them and therefore there’s no connection.

595
00:37:49,522 –> 00:37:52,602
We’re all still human beings, right? Sorry I jumped on you there.

596
00:37:52,796 –> 00:37:56,346
His question inspired me to say it’s not just the media thing.

597
00:37:56,468 –> 00:38:02,758
There is big business in media and keeping people hyped up about things and angry about things, that’s not helpful.

598
00:38:02,794 –> 00:38:10,798
You don’t make progress when you’re hyped up and angry, right? You make it when you feel goal oriented, focused, inspired, driven.

599
00:38:10,834 –> 00:38:12,138
And that’s what we focus on here.

600
00:38:12,164 –> 00:38:13,458
And politics is the same way.

601
00:38:13,484 –> 00:38:18,514
They keep us divided to keep us controlled and we want to come together as human beings.

602
00:38:18,562 –> 00:38:19,542
Let me ask all three of you.

603
00:38:19,556 –> 00:38:32,986
I mean, it seems like when you look at the vitriol and the hatred and the things that are worth people launching missiles at each side, going back and back and forth, the real satisfaction is really the warmth of knowing that you agree with other human beings and connecting.

604
00:38:33,118 –> 00:38:41,394
I mean, how do we get that out there? I’ve witnessed that happened here for the last four days where people who are on two totally opposite sides are not working.

605
00:38:41,432 –> 00:38:42,190
They’re collaborating.

606
00:38:42,250 –> 00:38:43,266
They’re doing things together.

607
00:38:43,328 –> 00:38:56,070
You know, what I’ve done over the years is I can tell which people are open to new ideas and open to change and which ones aren’t the ones who are open.

608
00:38:56,180 –> 00:39:00,490
I talked to about my deeper feelings, my deeper thoughts and convictions.

609
00:39:00,610 –> 00:39:03,186
The ones I know aren’t going to change, aren’t open to it.

610
00:39:03,248 –> 00:39:04,806
I talk about other things with them.

611
00:39:04,868 –> 00:39:09,500
And I think because of that, I’m able to maintain friendships with many people.

612
00:39:10,010 –> 00:39:12,814
So I think we talk about picking our battles.

613
00:39:12,862 –> 00:39:21,486
I think we all need to pick our friendship and know who we can talk to about our deep thing and not offend the ones who aren’t going to change their minds anyway.

614
00:39:21,608 –> 00:39:22,338
Absolutely agree.

615
00:39:22,364 –> 00:39:25,758
Well, listen, the scouts and family, you guys have led a charge on this.

616
00:39:25,784 –> 00:39:26,538
You really have.

617
00:39:26,624 –> 00:39:29,394
And what you did with the film festival I thought was great.

618
00:39:29,432 –> 00:39:33,102
The way you’ve handled this thing from an operational standpoint, it’s been amazing.

619
00:39:33,176 –> 00:39:38,278
And Mark, just your heart and soul that goes into this is indescribable.

620
00:39:38,374 –> 00:39:39,990
When we see you out there walking around.

621
00:39:40,040 –> 00:39:40,640
Yeah.

622
00:39:44,190 –> 00:39:45,482
Let’s talk about Memphis.

623
00:39:45,506 –> 00:39:47,722
That’s exactly where I wanted to go.

624
00:39:47,856 –> 00:39:53,014
First of all, how do you pick Memphis? We know more about that than I do.

625
00:39:53,172 –> 00:39:55,958
So we started looking at several sites.

626
00:39:55,994 –> 00:39:58,058
We decided we wanted to start swapping.

627
00:39:58,094 –> 00:40:01,102
We were in South Dakota last year, had a great experience.

628
00:40:01,296 –> 00:40:02,446
Mount Rushmore was amazing.

629
00:40:02,508 –> 00:40:04,114
It was a bucket list for so many people.

630
00:40:04,152 –> 00:40:08,878
They said, I’ve never been to Mount Rushmore, and now I have a reason to go because Freedom Fest is going to be there.

631
00:40:09,024 –> 00:40:14,678
And we started looking for other bucket list places and one kept coming to us, graceland.

632
00:40:14,834 –> 00:40:18,002
That’s a place everybody thinks they want to go to Graceland.

633
00:40:18,086 –> 00:40:19,454
We went and checked out Memphis.

634
00:40:19,502 –> 00:40:20,702
Lots of people are going to Nashville.

635
00:40:20,726 –> 00:40:22,366
It’s an awesome city, as you know.

636
00:40:22,428 –> 00:40:24,062
Yes, but lots of people go to Nashville.

637
00:40:24,146 –> 00:40:26,822
What about Memphis? And we are so excited.

638
00:40:26,906 –> 00:40:34,080
Not only is there Graceland, but the National Civil Rights Museum with a very important history that we all could do better to understand.

639
00:40:34,410 –> 00:40:36,362
And also the Mississippi River.

640
00:40:36,446 –> 00:40:37,634
Great barbecue.

641
00:40:37,802 –> 00:40:38,654
Beale street.

642
00:40:38,702 –> 00:40:39,410
Oh, my goodness.

643
00:40:39,470 –> 00:40:42,434
Rock and roll blues, soul, gospel.

644
00:40:42,542 –> 00:40:47,174
So we are going to have and the New Renaissance Convention Center is just gorgeous.

645
00:40:47,222 –> 00:40:49,582
We can’t wait to have Freedom Best in that.

646
00:40:49,596 –> 00:40:49,846
Beautiful.

647
00:40:49,908 –> 00:40:56,538
And the Elvis movie just gets you so excited for Memphis.

648
00:40:56,574 –> 00:41:02,138
The thing is, FedEx headquarters is there and all these planes fly in and fly out every day.

649
00:41:02,224 –> 00:41:06,590
And Fred Smith is a libertarian, so we’ve invited him to sound Roadside X.

650
00:41:06,640 –> 00:41:09,086
He hasn’t confirmed yet, but we hope he will.

651
00:41:09,208 –> 00:41:13,326
But one of the speakers who has confirmed is America’s number one historian.

652
00:41:13,398 –> 00:41:21,382
Now, Douglas douglas Brinkley.

653
00:41:21,466 –> 00:41:21,822
Wow.

654
00:41:21,896 –> 00:41:23,190
Douglas Brinkley.

655
00:41:24,950 –> 00:41:36,034
How did you score him? This guy I bought in New Orleans, and we just correspondent, and he said, I can’t wait to come.

656
00:41:36,192 –> 00:41:39,900
And so we’re already building our speakers and stuff.

657
00:41:40,590 –> 00:41:43,738
We like to choose people that normally don’t come.

658
00:41:43,824 –> 00:41:49,150
So that’s the idea to spread these new ideas and these new perspectives.

659
00:41:50,190 –> 00:41:53,534
He did a book, by the way, on Rosa Parks oh, how wonderful.

660
00:41:53,582 –> 00:41:55,814
And also did a book on Ronald Reagan.

661
00:41:55,982 –> 00:41:57,898
We have a guy who’s really broad based.

662
00:41:57,984 –> 00:41:59,354
Yeah, Douglas Brinkley.

663
00:41:59,402 –> 00:42:03,346
So is he going to come? He’s going to be hanging out with everybody or just me? Yeah, he’s that way.

664
00:42:03,408 –> 00:42:04,486
He’s that way.

665
00:42:04,668 –> 00:42:06,250
Most of our speakers hang out.

666
00:42:06,300 –> 00:42:07,510
Well, that’s what I was going to say.

667
00:42:07,560 –> 00:42:11,230
I mean, here you see the big names that are on the list.

668
00:42:11,280 –> 00:42:14,210
You’ve seen the big names here on the main stage, on the other stages.

669
00:42:14,330 –> 00:42:17,122
And if you’re here, there are thousands of people here.

670
00:42:17,196 –> 00:42:22,726
You have access to these people to actually sit and talk with them, have coffee with the we do not have a green room.

671
00:42:22,848 –> 00:42:24,960
Yeah, we do not have a green room.

672
00:42:25,830 –> 00:42:33,110
And I’ll tell you, Steve Forbes is kind of our classic example where he changed his schedule to attend, and he was in these sessions.

673
00:42:33,170 –> 00:42:36,778
He went to a session on Parkinson’s disease and stuff like that.

674
00:42:36,924 –> 00:42:41,842
These new breakthroughs in health care is available in politics and so on.

675
00:42:41,976 –> 00:42:49,070
And Kelly Paul, Senator Rand Paul’s wife, came in early and attended a number of sessions herself.

676
00:42:49,130 –> 00:42:56,590
That’s the kind of spirit we want, where the speakers aren’t just coming in giving a speech and then also say our attendees are also amazing in their own right.

677
00:42:56,700 –> 00:43:00,470
We have such intelligent, well informed, educated attendees.

678
00:43:00,590 –> 00:43:05,170
You’re going to meet like minded people who can teach you something, who want to learn something from you.

679
00:43:05,280 –> 00:43:06,850
It’s not a bunch of raw, raw stuff.

680
00:43:06,900 –> 00:43:09,610
We’re having such real conversations with really cool people.

681
00:43:09,660 –> 00:43:12,110
We have such cool attendees, and they’re all freedom oriented.

682
00:43:12,230 –> 00:43:13,142
This is Freedom Fest.

683
00:43:13,166 –> 00:43:15,790
But, I mean, these people are really all about freedom now.

684
00:43:15,840 –> 00:43:17,170
I hate to do this.

685
00:43:17,340 –> 00:43:19,366
Do I have ten minutes? Joshua? We got to go.

686
00:43:19,488 –> 00:43:20,254
You guys got to go.

687
00:43:20,292 –> 00:43:21,180
We got to go.

688
00:43:28,930 –> 00:43:29,438
Amazing.

689
00:43:29,524 –> 00:43:31,322
Freedom Fest 2022.

690
00:43:31,396 –> 00:43:32,478
I can’t wait for Memphis.

691
00:43:32,514 –> 00:43:40,550
By the way, thanks for giving us the scoop on that this morning before you announce it, maybe announce it right here on Fox Nation that Freedom Fence is going to be in Memphis.

692
00:43:43,370 –> 00:43:44,010
That’s right.

693
00:43:44,060 –> 00:43:46,050
By the way, Mark, talk about that.

694
00:43:46,100 –> 00:43:47,490
Actually, your mic is off.

695
00:43:47,540 –> 00:43:53,946
I’m going to give a phone number out here that you’ve can actually call.

696
00:43:54,008 –> 00:43:56,274
We do have a special offer I’m watching right now.

697
00:43:56,372 –> 00:44:04,460
Yeah, and once you talk about the offer, Valerie, if you sign up for Freedom Fest in Memphis 2023, july 12 through 15th yes.

698
00:44:05,090 –> 00:44:07,398
You get not only the special lowest price.

699
00:44:07,484 –> 00:44:10,690
You also get a special VIP meet and greet.

700
00:44:10,810 –> 00:44:15,522
It’s a really exclusive ticket worth about $250 that you’ll get free.

701
00:44:15,656 –> 00:44:19,926
And so Kent has the phone number so you can get that deal, and it’s only by calling this number.

702
00:44:19,988 –> 00:44:23,010
So I sound like an infomercial call now.

703
00:44:23,060 –> 00:44:28,218
Operators are standing by, but do call this number, and we will text to you a link.

704
00:44:28,364 –> 00:44:40,330
Again, the offer is only right now, and it’s for a discounted, a great best price ticket you can get and includes a $250 free VIP ticket to the VIP reception.

705
00:44:40,390 –> 00:44:42,658
So the number get your pen handy.

706
00:44:42,754 –> 00:44:47,730
It’s 901-665-3434.

707
00:44:47,780 –> 00:44:49,614
You notice that’s a 901 area code.

708
00:44:49,652 –> 00:44:55,386
That’s Memphis, right? 901-665-3434.

709
00:44:55,448 –> 00:44:57,738
That’s the number to call to get your tickets right now.

710
00:44:57,764 –> 00:45:00,474
Of course, I could sell out, of course, next year as well.

711
00:45:00,572 –> 00:45:01,914
So get your tickets now.

712
00:45:02,012 –> 00:45:02,994
Call that number.

713
00:45:03,092 –> 00:45:08,146
We will text you a link then to where you can go sign up and get your free VIP.

714
00:45:08,218 –> 00:45:09,630
Valerie, thank you so much.

715
00:45:09,680 –> 00:45:11,154
Valerie Durham right here.

716
00:45:11,252 –> 00:45:14,074
She’s the head cheese right here at Freedom Fest.

717
00:45:14,182 –> 00:45:17,458
And she is she and her family are best gathering.

718
00:45:17,494 –> 00:45:19,678
They’re the Rockiest of rock stars.

719
00:45:19,714 –> 00:45:21,390
I love the Scousens.

720
00:45:22,730 –> 00:45:24,966
What’s going on, baby? I missed you.

721
00:45:25,028 –> 00:45:30,920
Where were you? Did you see a man about a horse? Is that where you went? You know me.

722
00:45:31,970 –> 00:45:33,622
It’s a global financial summer.

723
00:45:33,646 –> 00:45:41,614
It’s got all these economic people here making money and investing in our future politically, professionally, and in liberty.

724
00:45:41,722 –> 00:45:42,678
I love it.

725
00:45:42,824 –> 00:45:47,838
Well, listen, I got to tell you something, wags this has been an amazing week getting to spend with you.

726
00:45:47,924 –> 00:45:52,822
You’re one of my favorite financial people, and, of course, getting to spend it with all the folks here at Freedom Fest.

727
00:45:52,846 –> 00:45:56,098
I mean, this is really an unbelievable conference.

728
00:45:56,194 –> 00:45:56,874
It really is.

729
00:45:56,912 –> 00:45:57,438
Yes.

730
00:45:57,584 –> 00:45:59,338
And I’m so fortunate.

731
00:45:59,374 –> 00:46:08,670
You know, ten years ago, I met the scalp at the New York premiere of Atlas Shrugs, and they invited me to come out.

732
00:46:08,720 –> 00:46:12,090
And so I was a guest of the Atlas Society in my very first year.

733
00:46:12,200 –> 00:46:23,420
And when I started just to walk these exhibit halls and meet these people, and I thought, oh, my gosh, I am not a lighthouse all by myself.

734
00:46:24,350 –> 00:46:35,358
There are actually others that think like me, and not just like, identical drinking the Kool Aid, but think independently like me.

735
00:46:35,504 –> 00:46:38,922
And then I got the opportunity to broadcast, and now I’m here with you.

736
00:46:38,996 –> 00:46:39,198
Yeah.

737
00:46:39,224 –> 00:46:39,738
I love it.

738
00:46:39,764 –> 00:46:40,650
I love it.

739
00:46:40,820 –> 00:46:49,098
What’s interesting about philosophically around America is that the media wants you to believe that there is a right side and there’s a left side.

740
00:46:49,184 –> 00:47:03,558
And you know what? Very shallow minded people may think that, and they may stick, they may eyeball stuck to one channel for the right wing or left wing or whatever, and they sit there and they lob these horrible, nasty flamers on social media.

741
00:47:03,644 –> 00:47:09,750
But at the end of the day, what the scousens put together here when they started Freedom Fest was that all of us get together.

742
00:47:09,860 –> 00:47:16,014
No matter what your philosophy is, all of us get together, and we start by talking about what we agree on.

743
00:47:16,052 –> 00:47:17,322
I got to tell you something.

744
00:47:17,516 –> 00:47:21,222
I don’t care how far left you are or how far right you are, right.

745
00:47:21,356 –> 00:47:35,826
We agree on more of the same stuff that we disagree on, and we don’t really realize it because we get so polarized with some of these topics, which, granted, are valuable to different people at different economic levels at different times in their lives.

746
00:47:35,888 –> 00:47:46,678
I mean, think about all of the folks that were the hippies of the they’re the new conservatives, right? So it’s a pendulum, and it kind of swings back and forth.

747
00:47:46,714 –> 00:47:56,994
And depending on where you are in life and your social status, your professional status, your career, all of those things play into what’s different to you throughout your life.

748
00:47:57,092 –> 00:48:06,978
Right? And the thing that I like so much about Freedom Fest is it is about what you can do when you come together.

749
00:48:07,064 –> 00:48:08,530
It’s not about agreeing.

750
00:48:08,590 –> 00:48:11,446
It’s about let’s talk about those tough topics.

751
00:48:11,518 –> 00:48:13,954
Right? Let’s consider all sides.

752
00:48:14,062 –> 00:48:16,342
Bring your best game to the table.

753
00:48:16,426 –> 00:48:19,630
I’m going to bring my best game, and you bring yours.

754
00:48:19,690 –> 00:48:31,714
And have all of these best games in here so we can come up with something that is mutually beneficial for the most amount of people with the least amount of sacrifice.

755
00:48:31,762 –> 00:48:39,358
And you can’t do that if you are unwilling to have the conversation or feel unsafe to have the conversation.

756
00:48:39,514 –> 00:48:43,220
And the more we cancel culture, the more tribal is we become.

757
00:48:43,550 –> 00:48:47,970
The more labeled we throw on people, the less likely that is to happen.

758
00:48:48,020 –> 00:48:51,430
And Freedom Fest says, leave all that garbage at the door.

759
00:48:51,610 –> 00:48:58,018
Bring you your values and your philosophy, and let’s see where we meet, and let’s work on those areas where we disagree.

760
00:48:58,114 –> 00:48:58,410
Yes.

761
00:48:58,460 –> 00:49:18,882
And I got to tell you folks at home, is there somebody that you just this almost sounds like a TV preacher, but is there somebody back over one of your friends or somebody that’s been a friend for a long time that you think you philosophically disagree on and you see those nasty social media posts one side of the other, right or left or whatever? I challenge you.

762
00:49:18,956 –> 00:49:20,634
I will tell you, I love doing this.

763
00:49:20,732 –> 00:49:24,726
I challenge you to grab a cup of coffee with them and talk about what you agree on.

764
00:49:24,848 –> 00:49:27,090
I mean, I got to tell you, we really do.

765
00:49:27,260 –> 00:49:33,882
At the end of the day, as Americans, we agree on so much more, so much more than we disagree on.

766
00:49:33,896 –> 00:49:38,838
I wrote a book a couple of years ago, best selling book called The Common Sense 80%.

767
00:49:38,984 –> 00:49:44,360
And you have some far right on the left, on the right.

768
00:49:45,050 –> 00:49:54,270
You know what I’m talking about? I think you get punch drunk in there, right? But at the end of the day, 80% of us agree on over 90% of the same stuff.

769
00:49:54,380 –> 00:49:54,882
Think about it.

770
00:49:54,896 –> 00:50:02,550
Who doesn’t want truth? Who doesn’t want honesty? Who doesn’t want justice? Who doesn’t say, let me do what I want and you can do what you want.

771
00:50:02,600 –> 00:50:04,086
Nobody wants to be told what to do.

772
00:50:04,148 –> 00:50:04,410
True.

773
00:50:04,460 –> 00:50:07,074
And not many people really want to tell others what to do.

774
00:50:07,112 –> 00:50:10,254
If we’re completely honest, we’re self absorbed in our own lives.

775
00:50:10,352 –> 00:50:11,286
Yeah, very true.

776
00:50:11,348 –> 00:50:16,582
And at these parties, they use the divisiveness to raise money, and so do the media outlets.

777
00:50:16,606 –> 00:50:19,846
They use the devices to make money to get their audience.

778
00:50:19,918 –> 00:50:22,858
And at the end of the day, Americans like the camaraderie.

779
00:50:22,894 –> 00:50:24,570
They like a greening on things.

780
00:50:24,740 –> 00:50:26,360
They love loving each other.

781
00:50:27,050 –> 00:50:34,314
And those big issues, those huge issues that you see that are being argued upfront, those are issues that are probably not going to get solved anyway.

782
00:50:34,412 –> 00:50:36,018
So let’s start with where we agree.

783
00:50:36,104 –> 00:50:37,794
And that’s what Freedom Fest is all about.

784
00:50:37,832 –> 00:50:38,578
It’s about freedom.

785
00:50:38,614 –> 00:50:39,610
It’s about the First Amendment.

786
00:50:39,670 –> 00:50:41,662
The Second Amendment? It’s about the Constitution.

787
00:50:41,746 –> 00:50:47,410
It’s about our rights as Americans to be able to live in the freest country on the planet.

788
00:50:47,530 –> 00:50:48,200
Right.

789
00:50:49,310 –> 00:50:56,410
I want to give you a personal thank you because it’s been such an honor to work with such a legendary broadcaster.

790
00:50:56,470 –> 00:51:10,038
Well, me working with you, that’s the legendary, because I followed you for so many years, and you’re one of the greatest financial journalists that are out there and one of those folks that is not a bunch of BS that flies over your head.

791
00:51:10,124 –> 00:51:20,070
You have practical, everyday, common sense financial advice for people, and you go to areas where the big networks will not go, yet your audience is as big as theirs, which is what I love.

792
00:51:20,180 –> 00:51:21,726
Thank you for saying that.

793
00:51:21,908 –> 00:51:26,190
Yes, it’s an honor to be able to pass the torch on to others.

794
00:51:26,300 –> 00:51:33,442
And like I always say on my show, you can’t have financial freedom unless you have personal, political, social, and economic freedom.

795
00:51:33,526 –> 00:51:48,018
And if you have just experienced Freedom Fest only on Fox Nation, I encourage you to visit our website@freeomfest.com, look at all the different speakers, go through all of the great programs that we have available.

796
00:51:48,104 –> 00:51:49,198
We have 10 seconds.

797
00:51:49,294 –> 00:51:52,042
Do come and see us with Wagon XC or on TV.

798
00:51:52,126 –> 00:51:53,170
This is Freedom Fest.

799
00:51:53,230 –> 00:51:54,980
2022 live.

800
00:51:58,770 –> 00:52:00,470
I cut you off in the middle of a roll.