Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, July 4, 2023

Episode Date: July 4, 2023

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Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to The Best of the O'Reilly Update. The decline of marriage in America. The Catholic Church defines marriage this way, quote, a holy sacrament by which a man and woman established between themselves a partnership for their whole lives and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring, unquote. Other religions see it differently, but it's essentially the same thing. You get married under the eyes of a religious cleric. Well, a lot of Americans are rejecting religion now, and they are going a secular route, and that is causing a big decline in nuptials. The divorce rate in America in 1996 was 16%. Last year, 50%. So that

means that marriage is dissolving and that leads to other problems. The cost of divorce in America is astronomical. $40,000 on average if there are children involved. The average monthly child support payment, $500. Now, there is no question that younger Americans are not as enthusiastic, generally speaking, for the the marriage deal. Their parents, of course, are traditionalists, many of them, and they want their children to be married, at least in the eyes of some kind of legal official. But younger Americans are choosing partnerships, so the decline in nuptials today is understandable. It is much easier to form a partnership, and you can do it legally as well. But it is

the horrendous divorce industry in America that is really harming the institution. Of course, children will suffer if the institution of marriage collapses. A partnership is okay, but you can walk away from a partnership fairly easily. What about the kids? They become dependent on two parents. And when one parent can get out with no strain or stress on the the parent, the children are put under immense stress, especially if there's no agreement on how those children will be raised and where they will live. So many people see marriage as a man and a woman, and again, that is defined that way by the Catholic Church, but it's really the children that are born out of a marriage or partnership that should be the main concern on the marital

front, but they are not. And that is a catastrophe. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the worlds of politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day.

On this 4th of July, a new poll says 39% of the American population is extremely proud to be a U.S. citizen. And that is the lowest number extremely proud in the history. of the poll. Now, in 2004, 70% of Americans, according to St. Paul, were extremely proud to be Americans. So what's

happened in 19 years? Well, first of all, 2004 was the blowback in the jihad world for 9-11. So the United States took the lead

We brought down Saddam Hussein, we terrorized al-Qaeda, we went into Afghanistan and routed the Taliban. It was all kinds of aggressive action to protect the homeland. And Americans, generally speaking, rallied to that. Now, because Iraq did not go well, that number started to decline, the 70% number. Today, what we're looking at on the 4th of July is a federal government in disarray led by the second worst president in U.S. history, Joe Biden, James Buchanan being the first I have gone over that. When you have terrible inflation, when you have uncertainty, and a president who is obviously

incompetent, you're going to have people not feeling patriotic. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Name in town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. Excellent reporting on Bill Barr, Joe Biden, and the Biden crime family. This is Carol. Yet I still can't comprehend why politicians in the legacy media continue to support the Biden family because ideology is more important. Joe Biden does whatever the progressive left wants. They don't care if he's Al Capone. They don't care if he's pretty boy Floyd. As long as he supports progressives, he'll support him. David concierge member, what's

even more astonishing the NBC poll about the direction of the country is that NBC favors the Biden administration. Again, it's all ideology. They're executive. are far left guys comcast philadelphia look it up they love it they love the far left lucinda callus richmond virginia bravo bill your latest column they're not victims nothing short of stunning i commend your personal integrity and strength in writing it as always thank you for being the very best of a few are willing to be stand up honest human beings i will tell the truth i always have and you know i paid a price but it's okay uh alan bill well said on your column, while I have empathy for people down on their luck, I can't agree that

people raising a family and working should have to suffer because a small minority refuse to take personal responsibility. Good letter, Alan. Thank you for writing it. Richard Catalano, Gates Mills, Ohio. I read your message about Putin. His demise is not guarantee a better leader in Russia in the world. So what? So why? He's a war criminal. He's a villain. You don't go, well, what's going to happen? You get rid of him in a moment, something you might not know. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to turn into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics.

President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before, and we're here to cover it from all sides, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. America is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Total worth in the USA topped $141 trillion last year and is expected to pay. 150 trillion by the end of the decade. So how does all that money break down with us, the population?

Turns out if you were born in the USA, you have a pretty good chance of making it rich. Here is the data. The median income currently stands at $67,000 a year. That means half of us make more, half less. The nation is home to the most millionaires on earth, 19 million people, roughly 6% of the population. Country also has 620 billionaires. According to the Census Bureau, there are currently 120 million households in the USA, 120 million.

50 million earn less than $50,000 a year. 35 million earned between 50 and 100,000, 10 million, between 500,000 and a million, and 8 million households make more than a million. million dollars a year. As far as education, a third of us have a four-year college degree with an average salary of $70,000, 10% of a two-year degree. Folks with a high school diploma make, on average, under $35,000 a year, so wise up get that degree. About 13% of the total population lives below the poverty line in America. That's commonly defined as a family

of four earning less than $29,000. Even for the poorest citizens, however, the living standard is better than anywhere else in the world. Ninety-seven percent of Americans in poverty have a cell phone, 99 percent a refrigerator, 98 percent cable TV, 80 percent air conditioning, 92 percent internet access. And here's something else you might not know. According to data from the UN and the Census Bureau, the poorest 20% of Americans are wealthier than the average citizen in most European nations. They have more assets, better access to health care, and have twice the living space compared to people in France, Germany, and Italy. Take that socialism. So the next time you hear this malarkey that America is unfair in the economic realm, it's a lie. Now this.

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