Right About Now with Ryan Alford - Navigating the Economic Storm: How Political Leadership Shapes Our Financial Reality

Episode Date: August 16, 2024

In this episode of "Right About Now," host Ryan Alford, along with co-hosts Chris Hansen and Brianna Hall, delves into the complex relationship between business and politics, with a particular focus on the economic challenges currently confronting Americans. They examine the ongoing struggles with rising inflation, escalating credit card debt, and the increasing financial pressures on households across the nation. The discussion includes a critical analysis of Vice President Kamala Harris's leadership and public presence, questioning her effectiveness and preparedness for potential higher office. Additionally, the hosts explore how current administration policies are affecting fuel prices and the overall cost of living. The episode underscores the urgent need for robust political leadership and transparent economic strategies to tackle these significant issues head-on.TAKEAWAYSIntersection of business and politicsCurrent political landscape and its impact on businessLeadership effectiveness of Kamala Harris and Donald TrumpPerception of political leaders in international relationsCritique of political campaign strategies and substanceEconomic challenges facing Americans, including inflation and credit card debtRising costs of living and their effects on daily lifeConnection between fuel prices and grocery costsImportance of strong leadership in politics and businessImplications of economic policies on everyday experiences and voting choicesTIMESTAMPSIntroduction to the Episode (00:00:00)Ryan Alford introduces the show and its success in business podcasting.Weekly Business News Overview (00:00:23)Ryan welcomes co-hosts Chris Hansen and Brianna Hall, setting the stage for the news discussion.Kamala Harris's Media Absence (00:02:15)Ryan questions Kamala Harris's 24-day absence from media engagements compared to Donald Trump's visibility.Critique of Kamala Harris's Leadership (00:03:25)Chris expresses skepticism about Kamala's leadership and her policies after four years as Vice President.Indecisiveness in Leadership (00:04:21)Ryan compares Kamala's indecisiveness to a child's behavior in group decision-making scenarios.Impact of Leadership Perception (00:07:21)Brianna discusses how world leaders perceive Kamala Harris and the implications for U.S. security.Absence of Leadership in Current Events (00:09:03)Ryan highlights the lack of leadership from both Kamala Harris and President Biden during critical times.Donald Trump's Media Engagement (00:11:13)Ryan contrasts Trump's proactive media presence with Harris's absence, questioning her campaign strategy.National IQ Test Analogy (00:12:21)Chris likens the current political landscape to a national IQ test, reflecting on public perception.Border Management Critique (00:13:09)Chris points out the failures in border management under Kamala Harris's oversight as Vice President.Trump and Musk's Political Discrepancies (00:13:44)Ryan discusses the unlikely alliance between Trump and Musk despite their differing views on energy policies.Campaigning vs. Governance (00:14:17)Ryan questions the effectiveness of Harris's campaigning while neglecting her vice presidential responsibilities.Branded Bills Advertisement (00:15:23)Ryan promotes Branded Bills as a solution for businesses seeking effective branding and merchandise.Kamala Harris's Economic Plans (00:18:51)Ryan critiques Harris's campaign website for lacking substantial information on her economic plans.Rising Credit Card Debt (00:20:13)Ryan discusses the increasing credit card debt among Americans and its implications for economic stability.Economic Concerns and Inflation (00:21:22)Discussion on rising credit card debts, inflation as a tax, and economic challenges facing Americans.Delinquency Rates and Financial Freedom (00:22:30)Overview of the increasing delinquency rate and questioning Americans' financial freedom under current administration.Impact of Fuel Prices on Goods (00:23:39)Explanation of how rising gasoline prices affect the cost of goods and overall economy.Election Predictions and Economic Sentiment (00:24:05)Speculation on how economic conditions may influence the upcoming election and voter sentiments.Inflation's Effect on Businesses (00:26:01)Insights into how inflation is squeezing small businesses and increasing costs without corresponding revenue growth.Grocery Costs and Consumer Experience (00:27:05)Personal anecdotes about rising grocery prices and the shocking costs of everyday items.Organic Food Pricing and Perception (00:29:15)Discussion on the high costs of organic food and skepticism about its true value.Final Thoughts on Economic Impact (00:30:48)Wrap-up on how economic policies affect business and personal finances, emphasizing the importance of policy over popularity. 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This is Right About Now with Ryan Alford, a Radcast Network production. We are the number one business show on the planet with over 1 million downloads a month. Taking the BS out of business for over 6 years and over 400 episodes. You ready to start snapping necks and cashing checks? Well, it starts Right About Now. What's up guys? Welcome to Right About Now. It's Friday, August 16th, 2024. It's our weekly business news of the week.

Got the lovely, lovely, looking lovely, as always, Chris Hansen and the beautiful Brianna Hall. A little plot twist there. What's up, Chris? What's up, Brian? What's up, Brian? Hey, Brianna. Hey, guys. What's happening, people? All you party people. All the things.

Lots and lots of things in the news. Lots of news. There's lots of news happening. Chris, how's the storm? Storm is phenomenal, as always. Listening from the guest bathroom. i wander out for his breakfast yes in a bit he's great though yeah chocolate lab chris has down in miami in the vacay lounge it's uh he's the vacay dog you know he is he's always on vacay. Big 100-pound big boy. He loves his CBD treats. He's got a good vibe.

Yes. Big boy. All the vibes all the time. It's been a busy week in the news. Lots of stuff happening. Some things, you know, we're always doing, you know, full transparency. We'll be moving to, I think, probably more of a multi-day news segments here soon. I've been saying that for a few months. But if I say it, it will

manifest. But some of these things happen earlier in the week. You're listening to this, hopefully on a Friday, so it's topical on some level. But with the election, with business news, with inflation, with rate drops, with all this stuff, it's sort of jam-packed. And so we're always trying to condense it down to what we feel like are the hot topics. And so it's sort of hard to get away from the politics as it relates to business now, that's for sure. And today's news sort of starts that whole train off with what was Donald Trump and Elon Musk's interview earlier in the week on X. And I must say, I just got to come out and just jump right back into the pulpit. It's like, you know, Donald Trump, no matter what you think,

okay, what side you're on, what you think, Donald Trump's doing one-hour X sessions with Elon Musk. And the other side, Kamala Harris, has not been in front of a camera and a microphone in 24 days. And how is this even happening? Like, if Donald Trump hid from the news, what would everyone be saying? Like, if he was just somewhere to be, nowhere to be found. It's not really in his blood. He's kind of a media tycoon anyway. But what are we hiding from, Chris?

Why 24 days not in front of the camera, not saying anything? And I've got a good analogy I'm going to tell, but I first want to know why we think Kamala Harris is avoiding the news. It's a great question. I would like to know myself because, I mean, you even have what I would consider the more mainstream Kamala-friendly news outlets asking this question, where is she? And I find it hard to believe that you're taking this time to come up with your policies when you've, you know, you've been vice president for the last four years. I think you probably know your policies already. Yeah.

I hope so. I mean, you're second in command of the, you know. Of the free world. Of the free world. And so if you didn't align with your president's policies, you know, you wouldn't be his vice president. And you counseled him for the last three and a half years. So if you want more of what you got,

then you know who to vote for. You can say New Energy all you want, but if you're happy with where we're at, vote for what we have because that's what you have today. Whether he's old or not, Biden's age and Kamala's their age difference

is minuscule. They have the same beliefs, the same same policies and hers are probably even further you know liberal if anything but at the same time i think she's trying to come up with what she's trying to say and i think i'll use this analogy and and you know i have four boys all different personalities and my youngest is at least right now he has four older brothers he's kind of a follower i'll just call him that i think he's good i think he'll turn out to be more of a leader as he kind of gets his confidence and he's not around as old as brothers as much but he's sort of a follower and if i was watching them you know like we were there they were voting on the name of

one of their sports teams and there's like 10 kids and you know they do this in the class too where you know someone asks hey raise your hand if you want this you know if you're making a choice and you it's called bias right you look around and you you see your friends which friends raise their hand the fastest the most nash kind of waits and then he raises his hand to the most popular thing. I think that this is Kamala Harris. She has been known for indecisive positions, taking late positions at the last moment. And I think it's because she doesn't really, she wants to be popular. She wants to say the right things.

She wants to do the right things, but doesn't have an opinion and doesn't want to get criticized for it. And so she's kind of waiting to play it, to announce whatever she's going to believe in at the last possible second, trying to take in as much information to get the best possible answer out and what people want her to say combined with, because she's flip-flopping on every policy. And then she's waiting to the last second

to even make these announcements because she doesn't want to take a stand. If you go ask people in California like the things that she did, she always sort of threw in her votes at the last second because she was always kind of like in this flip-floppy kind of

you know, because you don't want the accountability of it. And I think that's what it is. To be fair also, because your example is perfect about you know the voting on the name yeah and the image that came to my mind i think was at um one of the republican debates actually and that's where you know i want to be fair i think it was one of the questions about you know do you support you know war foreign wars and it's almost like you could see everyone on the stage kind of look around you get one or two yes or no immediately and the rest of the crowd's kind of the candidates were just

looking kind of like oh are they going to raise it should i raise it trying to read the crowd where it's like even that if you're that easily swayed it tells me you don't even know what you believe in that's right and that's not doesn't give me confidence as a voter of, I want to know who I'm picking is standing on what they say they're going to do and can't, they're not easily suaded one side or the other. If you can switch teams that easy or switch beliefs, how do I know what I'm voting for is going to be the same a year, two years from now. What say you, Brianna? Well, I think that Elon Musk had a really good point. He brought up all of the other leaders in the world, you know, Kim Jong-un and Putin.

And how are they going to feel sitting across, you know, the desk from Kamala? Are they going to take her seriously? Are they going to believe in her policies and what she says? Are they going to be intimidated by her as the leader of the United States? And what security are we risking by having a non-intimidating leader, a leader that sits on top of coconuts and laughs like a hyena? as a nation and what is our nuclear security going to look like? I thought that was a very valuable part of that conversation and something that everybody should be asking themselves as you vote in November. The strength of the wolf is the pack. The strength of the pack is supposed to be the wolf. In this case, Kamala's strength is she would be president of the free world

in the United States backing her up. But the U.S. is not stronger because of her. Yes. That's the point. It's like she would only be in a position of strength because she has the best country on the planet, the strongest country on the planet backing her up. It wouldn't be because of her own backbone.

Yeah, I think it would be, it should be in the forefront of everyone's mind, their own security and the security of America, who our leader is, who leads us in the example that they set on the world stage. Well, you're getting an example right now. 24 days, no leadership. Every opportunity because look, no one's at home at the White House. President Biden, nowhere to be seen. Clearly, nobody's at home.

She could be showing her leadership right now. And she's not. She's doing nothing. She's campaigning and doing weird hands up in the air with joe balls or walls or whatever that guy's name is who looks like creepy tom from like the guy that you don't want to meet you're like you're you walk into walmart and there's kind of that old man over in the corner like you kind of you kind of shuttle your kids away from him it's like he's trying to be nice like that's him that's that guy i mean it's like okay just

hey he's trying to be nice like he's kind of doing like a weird joke with his finger out and it's like shoveling the kids wrong i'm like okay don't touch my kids don't even look at him i'll hit you in the face like anyway very descriptive example you guys know who that guy is. You know who he is. You know who that guy in Walmart is. You know him. You're like, oh, he's trying to be nice, but he looks a little creepy, little creepy. And I'm just saying, look, she has every opportunity to be showing that leadership right now because nobody's there.

Biden's not going to have to compete with the president. Biden's not going in Look, she didn't have to compete with the president. Biden's not going in front of the camera. He's done one interview that was done by one of his advisors on CBS. What do you want of the CBS interviewers? It was one of his advisors that did a bunch of layup questions for him. He talked about this loud. You know, it's like nobody's home. She could be, look, if what they're saying and the energy that is put behind her is true, I have my doubts with mainstream media, but let's just say it is. She could run away with this race if she would be out front and center

and taking all these, like making her position known and just running away with it because nobody's at home at the White House. She doesn't have to compete with Biden. He's out of the way. She could be enacting everything right now. If she had the answers. But we know the answer to that. She doesn't.

That's the point. It's never been more clear. And that's the problem. And that's why, you know, like, love him or hate him. Donald Trump's on X for an hour. Talking about the real issues and how to solve them, you know, with someone

that actually runs businesses. So I do not love everything Donald Trump says at every single moment, but I respect the hell out of him for having an opinion and having the chutzpah to put it out there and actually having solutions.

These will understand behind and look, no president's going to be perfect and right all the time. That's the problem. She's going to be worried about whether, okay, let me get some counsel. You know how many staff members she would have if she ends up at president, she's going to have more councilmen than,

you know, the Knights of the round table. It's going to be 57 Knights of the Roundtable in her council because she's going to go, all right, what should we do? All right. She's got a 92% turnover rate in her office. Like, Chris, you said it before the episode. Would you say it's a litmus test already for like how smart or dumb we are as a nation?

Yeah, it's like a national IQ test, I feel like. Which I almost, like kind of COVID, I feel like was in a way. This is like round two of another let's test them again. See what they'll bite on. I'd love to be talking about the policies that she's putting out there. That's fine, especially in relation to business.

It's a business show. But, you know, inflation and it's just so funny. The media, God. I mean, it's they don't even hide it anymore. Right. It's like, I mean, prime examples like the border. Right.

It's been her job from day one. She's been there like one time. It's still not a great situation at the border. So it's like, all right, if you were any normal business and you were my manager in charge of managing the border and you failed at that, I would fire you. You would not, I wouldn't give you a promotion to a job with more responsibility in charge of more things when you didn't even handle one of the main things

that was your job to handle when you came in. That's one example. There's probably hundreds of others. I mean, the irony with Musk and Trump is, I mean, clearly they don't lie on everything. I mean, electric cars and we know the differences they have there and, you know, climate change and all that. And so they can put to side those disagreements. And a lot of these policies are crazy. Nothing about Trump's pro-gas policy is

good for for tesla so it's like when you have a guy whose business is predominantly ran from electricity and anti-gasoline who's pushing for trump it's like there's something deeper to it why you know if you're going to jeopardize the profitability of your own business. I mean, so President Biden's in a bunker somewhere at home. I don't know. Can't kick him out of the way. I don't know. Wherever he's at. Doing whatever he's doing.

Retired. Semi-retired. And she's out on the campaign trail. So are taxpayers just paying for her to get elected? Is that how that works? Like what's, what's her job as vice president while she's campaigning for herself? Now I recognize there've been other vice presidents that have campaigned

before. So like it's, it's less like necessarily, uh, but in this case it's her. So with a president that's not sort of of capable this is back to her she could be she's presumptive she's the candidate like she could sort of be running the country i mean i'm not saying i want that kind of glad she's not i'd rather keep campaigning we don't need you running the country but you know who is running it and what who's paying for that? I guess we are. It's tax dollars. Right? Like when she campaigns for five days and she gets paid by us,

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I mean, I think my team is setting me up for this. You know, I've already been on the soapbox here. Vice President. More gasoline on the fire, you know? Yeah, it's business. Economic plans. Vice President Harris on Tuesday. This is what she selected, Tim Walz.

But her campaign website lacks information about her economic plans for the country. Hey, it's energy, baby. It's excitement. Vote Kamala. It's just all about the energy. It's all about the. You know what? Has there ever been a bigger campaign that was all sizzle and no steak?

Talk about marketing. Yeah, marketing. It is. Yes about marketing. Yeah, marketing. It is. Yes, congratulations. They know what they're doing. When in reality, there's articles like this. U.S. credit card holders in crisis as they

face an addiction to spending, financial experts warn. 50% of U.S. credit card holders carrying higher debt balance today on a month to month basis can serve as a powerful tool, but they also represent risks to achieving financial freedom says, uh, that's what a new bank rate survey unpacks is the federal reserve bank of New York released a Q2 report on household debt and credit showing that

credit card debt is growing. Prices are higher, making less money, less money to take home. Gas costs more, bread costs more, and credit card debt's up. Chris, can you believe it? I can't believe it, Chris. It sounds like something Kamala would say.

How are you going to fix inflation? You know, credit card debt's up. I'm like, how are you going to fix inflation? Well, you know, credit card debt's up. I'm like, how are you going to fix inflation? You know, Chris, inflation's bad and we got to fix it. We're going to fix it better. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

We're going to fix it back better. Yeah. It's important. It's important to prioritize credit card debt payoff because this is probably your highest cost debt by a wide margin. At least 50% of Americans are carrying a higher balance today on a month-to-month basis than they were in March of 2020. This is up from just the 44% recorded this past January. That's a very big number. That's a big freaking jump. up from just the 44% recorded this past January. These are very big numbers.

That's a big freaking jump. I'm telling you. Like, it's all this runs together, Chris. We talk about some of these themes because it's related to business, but all this stuff runs together. Credit card debt's higher. Costs are higher.

Employment's slowing, decreasing. Interest rates are too high. If you want the same, you got it, baby. It's already in the office. Just stick with what you got. Stick with what you got. I'm just telling you. It's so obvious. And we're going to keep

talking about it because, hey, we're going to use our voice to share what we're going to come to you with the facts, the truth. You speak no spin zone on Fox. I don't get into the Fox scene and I don't. I'm not just like a Fox junkie all my life. Call me me captain obvious. I'm going to start wearing a shirt that says captain obvious. Like I'm not spouting anything off from some radical point of view. This is just captain obvious, right? Isn't it? Is there some of this obvious? Yeah. And inflation itself is just another form of taxation. It's like, you know, we are taxed to the point where there is no return and inflation is just another form of taxation. It's like, you know, we are taxed to the point where there is no return and inflation is just another form of that. Yep. There's a strong figure here. Americans owe 45% more now than they did early 2021. And the delinquency rate is the highest since 2011.

2011. That's massive. Just, hey, awkward kisses on stages and hugging babies. Whatever you got to do. Energy. No specifics. No plan. Stay the same.

I mean, what about the economy right this second do you like? What's going good for you that's my question is like it's as simple as like do you have more financial freedom now than you feel like you had the previous administration and i think i don't know about you brother but everyone i talk to no matter what business they're in it's definitely tighter. Yeah. Every industry. Totally. Every cost is higher. And every going out is higher. Every coming in is at least a little lower, if not a lot lower. That's the problem.

And newsflash people, most of our goods are moved with trucks fueled by gasoline and oil. So when gasoline and oil goes up, because this administration is anti-gasoline and oil, it costs more to get your goods to your grocery store, to the stores near you. It's very simple. Like you're paying more for goods now. It's so simple when you get to the root of these things. now it's it's so simple when you get to the root of these things yes it is and you know that's how we're going to keep talking about it and i think it's going to be interesting to see how the slow down goes and there's an article on your toast economic slowdown will kind of determine the

election it's like you know if it gets a little bit worse trump Trump wins, stays the same. Kamala wins. I just, we talked about this pre-episode. It's like everyone I ask to is like not happy with where the economy is. And they sort of like, whether it's in the open or behind closed doors, says they're going to vote for Trump. But yet, and look, we're all in our own bubbles. We all do this. I'm not stupid. It's not a focus group of one. The data says what the data says.

But who are these people voting for Kamala and why? Why? What about what's the direction that you like? Enlighten me. Come on the show.

We'll have Kamala Harris on. Right about now, number one show in marketing business on Apple. We're nothing. Here's your invite. Come tell us what it is. You aren't going to do it because you won't go on anything else. You know? Come enlighten us.

I'd love to. No one would roll out the red carpet more than this show would. Give you every opportunity. I won't even talk. I'll just listen. I talk enough. That's not an easy thing to do. But I will.

Just solutions. That's all we want. Hey, it isn't about popularity. It's about policy. So let's talk policy. But we can't talk it because we don't know what hers is. We have to just assume it's whatever is going on today with the White House. So I don't know.

Chris, I mean, you know, you feel inflation? I feel it. Yeah, man. Of course. Every business costs went up in every single one of my businesses.

And of course, it sucks when you have employees and their costs are going up, but revenues aren't going up enough to counter that, right? I mean, that's what I think a lot of businesses are in this, smaller businesses right are in this pinch of like,

people need the money more than ever, but we're getting clipped on our side too. That's right. The only winners seem to be the major corporations that have the leverage in the buying back. I feel like, like going, I go to the grocery store. It's kind of like where I feel it the most, you know, like I'll go to the grocery store and it used to be like,

you remember when you go to the grocery store and you roll the card around and you knew like, kind of, Oh, this is a hundred dollar card. Whoever had one, you know, it thinks jammed up, man. You got groceries falling over the side. You're like, you're trying to keep a box up. You're like, oh, I spent $100 today. That's a $350 cart now. Yeah.

I mean, if you got it filled that much, I could put 10 things in my buggy and it's $104. You know, I got Cheez-Its in there. It's $100 every time you go to the grocery store. You run in for eggs, milk, bread, and cheese. That's $100. Oh, literally. I mean, I feel like, you know, that little guy that's like greeting you when you go into the store, starting handing you a cart.

Some stores, you know, they barely, some can't afford them anymore. But the guy, when he's still there, not the creepy at Walmart, the nice guy at the grocery store. And I feel like I just need to hand him a Honda. Cause it's like, Oh, there you go. I've got to spend it. So just go ahead and hold it for me right here. You know, like, so I don't put it on my credit card and get that balance over 50%. Like, whatever. Like, come on. Every time you go to the store, if you can, there should be a game today.

Shoppers, if you can spend under $100, we're going to give you a bonus French fries on aisle four. Like, you know, like something. Like, just try to spend under a hundred dollars in the grocery store. I dare you. Like the only way I won't get one free. But they're fourteen dollars. They used to be six. Like, is this a deal?

It's like that family special double half special I used to give my family. I'll double the price and cut it in half just for you. It's like it's this shopper you It's like What is this? It's just Harrisnomics right here Chris, I can't even imagine Miami Everything's got to be like quadruple down there It's crazy I mean, I don't

I'm on a meal plan I mean, even that saves me money If I were to go to Trader Joe's and eat, you know, how I eat and cook it, it would definitely be really expensive. But even where I'm like at Trader Joe's and I'm buying like organic fruit, you know what I mean? Like organic blueberries and it's like $8. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. The organic scam is like, I like to eat organic. I know it's supposed to be better but it's like i still question it i feel like they're just changing the label like this is cynicism i mean like i'm like they just change the label with the thing like is this really it's really organic i mean they're certified organic but again who's doing the certification and what metrics are they using right exactly exactly i'm like they're paying someone to tell okay okay, yeah, you passed the test, you're a certified organic, but I know people,

I mean, I have friends that are literally farmers and they grow organic fruit. And even I'll ask them and they're kind of like, yeah, you know, pretty much. Pretty much. Sort of, not really. Here's the truth, though. If you

could afford to eat any fresh fruit and vegetables at all, much less if they're organic, you're probably doing better than most. Because people are going to just package food. The ramen noodles, the mac and cheese, all that stuff. Because it's expensive to eat fruit and vegetables. It's expensive to eat healthy. I think I talked about it. That $17 salad. You know, like, wait,

what's on this? Is there gold flakes? I mean, bro, you go to Chipotle, you can walk out spending $15 on a bowl of rice and meat, you know? Oh, yeah. It's expensive. The uh,

vote with your pocketbook, not your popularity party. Your pocketbook and the policies. So it's an impacted business. Any final words today, Chris?

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