Right About Now with Ryan Alford - The American Dream Costs $4.4M, Trump & Elon Unite, Google Faces Regulation

Episode Date: October 11, 2024

Right About Now with Ryan AlfordJoin media personality and marketing expert Ryan Alford as he dives into dynamic conversations with top entrepreneurs, marketers, and influencers. "Right About Now" bri...ngs you actionable insights on business, marketing, and personal branding, helping you stay ahead in today's fast-paced digital world. Whether it's exploring how character and charisma can make millions or unveiling the strategies behind viral success, Ryan delivers a fresh perspective with every episode. Perfect for anyone looking to elevate their business game and unlock their full potential.Right About Now NewsletterFree Podcast Monetization CourseJoin The NetworkFollow Us On InstagramSubscribe To Our Youtube ChannelVibe Science MediaSUMMARYIn this episode of Weekly Business News, host Ryan Alford, Chris Hansen and Brianna Hall tackle some of the most pressing issues in business and current events. The trio dives into the political landscape, focusing on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the Department of Justice's potential breakup of Google. They also discuss McDonald's lawsuit against major meatpackers over price inflation, exploring its impact on the fast food giant and consumers. With a blend of humor and sharp analysis, the conversation covers the economic ripple effects of rising meat prices and the growing challenges of attaining the American dream.TAKEAWAYSDiscussion of natural disasters and their impact on communities, particularly hurricanes.Examination of the political landscape, focusing on the alliance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk.Analysis of Vice President Kamala Harris's media presence and public appeal.Consideration of the Department of Justice's potential breakup of Google due to monopolistic practices.Exploration of the implications of regulating powerful companies like Google.Overview of McDonald's lawsuit against major meatpackers for price inflation.Discussion on the economic implications of rising meat prices and inflation.Reflection on the cost of achieving the American dream in today's economy.Analysis of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic stability.Emphasis on the importance of staying informed about business and political developments. If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan’s newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE.  Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding.  Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel  www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford. 

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is Write 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 Write About Now. What's up guys? Welcome to Right About Now. It is our weekly business news of the week. Whatever the hell else we get into, you never know what road we're going down here on Right About Now.
Starting point is 00:00:34 It's October 11th, 2024. Joined, as always, here in studio, we have Sawyer Rice behind the board. We've got Brianna Hall. What's up, Brianna? Hey, how's it going? Hey, it's going. It's going? What's up, Chris?
Starting point is 00:00:52 What's good, brother? Oh, hey, you got your umbrella ready? I hope you got your wind farm started or something. I don't know. Can we turn any of this madness into positivity? I know, not to make light of it, it's just gotten so sad with all the destruction. I know it's coming through at any moment. We record here a couple days early before this releasing on Friday.
Starting point is 00:01:17 So how's Miami handling it? We're good. We should be good to go. It's going to really be on the Gulf Coast, get slammed. Yeah, I know your parents are in that area you're on the text thread yeah my dad's sending videos right now it's starting to roll in so pray for the best and sending good vibes out to everybody that's being affected by this yes by the time this is airing we'll we will have known the devastation which it looks like is unavoidable unfortunately it's just going to be, I hope, and Chris,
Starting point is 00:01:47 you'd know this better than me. I feel like the other one was somewhat prepared for. I don't know that we knew in the Carolinas that it was going to come up as high as it did, as strong as it did. But I mean, I guess if you, if you're ever going to be ready for it, they're ready for this one. I don't know how much planning you can do though. Yeah. Now everyone I know for the planning you can do, though. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:06 Everyone I know for the last two, three days has been planning. Even in Miami, we're expecting some. Trader Joe's was madhouse last night. I literally heard the staff saying, oh, we don't even get restocked until Friday. So, I mean, people are doing what they can. I read before and again that some of these stats are meaningless now that it's already hit for when this airs. But 1,500 gas stations were already out of gas, I guess, today.
Starting point is 00:02:34 Yeah. It's wild. Do you guys, in Miami, are people going crazy with gas? Or is that mainly just in that Tampa area? Definitely Tampa, Sarasota. My dad told me yesterday they were out of gas. We've been fine as far as I can see. I mean, maybe today, but it's looking like Miami is really just going to get
Starting point is 00:02:51 some wind, a little rain. So I think a lot of people were preparing last night. Yeah. Well, hopefully they're as prepared as possible, and let's hope for the best. And our thoughts with anyone that's struggling with whatever came through, and especially here in the Carolinas where there's still, you know, it's like we can't sort of get over one,
Starting point is 00:03:09 and you don't want to share the stage of the attention. Like you wish you could have a little bit of gaps here so that, you know, the people in the Carolinas can sort of still get the support that they need. I think they will. As Americans, we'll take care of everybody. But, you know, I know there's a lot of struggling still happening, especially in North Carolina, where the devastation's been crazy. So thoughts out with everyone.
Starting point is 00:03:32 And to turn it, yeah, we like to think about action, positivity, and things that are going on. So we're going to try to focus on that today, at least just telling you more of what's happening around. And look, if I want to kick off the show in a positive way, and I didn't even wear a hat today, but if I would, it would have been one of these guys. Brandon Bills, longtime official sponsor of Right About Now and Ryan Alford, always been a hat guy and always thought I kind of knew what, okay, my favorite hat is, best hat and all that. And then it's
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Starting point is 00:05:31 Fashionable. They make your logo pop. They got patches, different things they could do on the hoodies and the hats. So, take my word. Ryan Alford endorses Branded Bills. Brandedbills.com, official merchandise sponsor of Right About Now. Miss Brianna, what's on our agenda today? Hey, guys. So today we're talking everything from business news, what's going on in a little bit of the political landscape.
Starting point is 00:06:00 Not too much this time. Not too much this time, but our first news article here is talking about Trump returning to Butler, Pennsylvania, where the assassination attempt took place. And he went back with Elon. So fans of that duo were kind of, you know, enjoying seeing them together. And I did see, I don't know if you guys saw this on X, but Elon had tweeted a picture of him kind of jumping in the air. And he said something like, there's a very autistic expression that I'm making. He is autistic. So he's on the spectrum at some point.
Starting point is 00:06:36 So I thought that was really funny. I don't care who you vote for. I mean, that's why I hate it. We're a free country. You know, I do care, but I don't. It's your decision. But comparing and contrasting Donald Trump and Elon Musk, there's some excitement. I talked about it before. I thought like the Democratic campaign or convention might have had more emotion and interest and all that. But now I feel like comparing Kamala, you knowala on trying to non-answer questions.
Starting point is 00:07:06 And sometimes Donald Trump just saying too much. Like you've got one candidate that's not saying anything. And then another one that's clearly not a lifelong politician that probably says too much. And you've got Elon Musk, the last person that I would have expected, Dark MAGA. It's just, I don't expected, Dark Maga. It's just, I don't know, hard to believe. I try to back my way into thinking if Elon
Starting point is 00:07:34 Musk is a highly, highly intelligent person, and I would think, given what we talked about with his electric cars and all this, where it's sort of like this left-leaning for the longest time, what would be his motivation if he didn't really believe, and in his intelligence, that one candidate was better than the other? He doesn't really gain a lot from this. So anyway, Chris, I don't know what you think about those two on stage.
Starting point is 00:08:01 I love it. I mean, we've talked about it before. It's a wild duo i mean and kind of what you said where for someone who runs you know the most successful electric car company on the planet to be endorsing trump who it's not necessarily pro electric energy right we've talked about this before and i know elon's talked about you know his son and feeling like he lost his son to you know the transgender movement and the hormone blocker type stuff so with all that being said i think it's a very exciting duo that you a year ago you would have never expected for sure but
Starting point is 00:08:38 america's wild right now but i think it's uh it's an exciting time. And I'm glad Elon is endorsing Trump. Yeah. And ultimately, I think of Elon as more like your classic independent, probably. And that's where I fall. And good push for our other sponsor, Independence Center. If you really want to talk about policies instead of politics, that's where you need to go, independencecenter.org. They're doing some polling now. I was just looking at the difference between how Gen Z might ultimately make or break the election, how many people turn out, and where they vote. They do a lot of polling. They do a lot of information that you're not going to get from the right or the left. That's really, truly about policies, taxation, different things that are happening that don't have the spin of right or left, but are just factual. And that's ultimately what you get.
Starting point is 00:09:37 That's why I'm an independent. That's why I support Independent Center. Go sign up for their newsletter, independentcenter.org. I've also got the link in my bio. Go check them out. Learn what independent thinking is. Look, at the end of the day, it's about being American. Being American isn't about being forced into two boxes, blue, red, blue, red, right? That's two choices. No, it's about being free, independent, making the decision that makes the most sense for the policies you believe in. Go check them out, independentcenter.org. Yeah, I don't know what this all means at the end of the day at the voters, you know, the office or a poll place.
Starting point is 00:10:19 It sure feels to me like Trump's got the momentum here. And I'm really, again, just using a lens of non-bias because of where I'm voting this year. I really mean this. If I watch her on these shows, like how odd and how disconnected she feels. You only vote for Kamala if you hate Trump. Yeah. I mean, and that's why that's all you ever hear. Like I haven't, there's not a single person that tells me why Kamala, it's just why not Trump. So I mean, sometimes you're running from something harder than you're
Starting point is 00:10:55 running to something. I, I don't know. Like I have been kind of delving into this this week, you know, Kamala Harris has been super busy. She has had a series of high profile media appearances this week. So she went on the Call Her Daddy podcast. She was on CBS's 60 Minutes. She is kind of out and about. She shared a beer on screen with Stephen Colbert. And it's just really interesting. I feel like she is masquerading around as everyone's best friend or like the fun aunt. And it's just like, I don't know, there's not a lot of depth there.
Starting point is 00:11:33 No, it's the metaverse, man. It's not real. It's like, it is AI. Artificial intelligence is, yeah, it's what it feels like i.e made up i i i'm sorry i wish there was like six other candidates sometime you know it's like we had like all this selection of choice so it wasn't just so binary so that i wish but we don't. And she ain't it. Sorry for me. I wish, I do wish that there were more candidates.
Starting point is 00:12:11 Chris, do you have any thoughts to share before we move on to our next tech related article? The only one thing I've heard outside of disliking Trump is she's a woman. Yeah. And look, I... That's cool, but I don't think that should be a... I don't know if I...
Starting point is 00:12:30 I did not want Nikki Haley ahead of Trump. But I liked Nikki Haley in a lot of ways. And I want and support a woman becoming president. I think a woman will make an amazing president one day. It just ain't her. It has to be the right woman. It wasn't Hillary. I think we all can agree with that.
Starting point is 00:12:53 It's the same thing with Barack Obama. I supported Barack. I voted for Barack Obama once. I don't mind saying that. Then once certain things came came and I was, I think, maturing as an adult business person and seeing some of the true impacts of some of the voting, like I don't, I didn't support necessarily everything after the fact, but I thought it was time. You're like, it didn't matter if it was an African-American. It doesn't matter if it's a woman. It just needs to be the right one, the right person, period.
Starting point is 00:13:28 And I just, but I don't, she's just, there's something amiss here. Or a lot. I just can't vote for someone because I hate someone else. Yeah, 100% agreed. And I think at the end of the day, I mean, everybody has to dig into like the policies that they believe in and the things that they believe in. But voting one way or talking about somebody one way just because you hate something so much, it's just not healthy. I mean, there's a little bit of open mindedness that needs to happen. Yep. Moving on. remedies, including breaking up parts of Google's business, limiting its contracts that favor Google search and potentially forcing Google to share its search data with competitors. So here's a quote.
Starting point is 00:14:31 It says breakups are hard to do. It's an unusual remedy and doesn't occur very often from the former FTC commissioner, Mr. Thompson. So what do you guys think about that? We use Google day in and day out I I don't know it's like I understand I'm I'm knowledgeable enough to understand why they would consider something like this but I don't necessarily agree with it it's like now do I think they should wield the power that they do at times
Starting point is 00:15:05 no but it's complicated and you know the company has invested and done things and built this competitive advantage and so is the the government's job to break that part because they've been too successful it's a really good question. And I don't sit here. I think anyone that sits here and fell on a sword of what the exact right answer to this is, because I understand both sides of it. It's just my personal opinion is you just don't mess with the success. You just need to be having not control,
Starting point is 00:15:44 but there does need to be an understanding of what they do and don't wield power over and they can't be meddling in elections and you know helping hold back information and things that we've heard like that when you start doing that and it's proven then maybe you deserve to be broken up. But if you're not doing that, I don't think by the fact of your success alone is the government's place to divide your company up. But I don't know, Chris, what's your thoughts? I've got mixed feelings as well. I mean, I don't like the idea of a monopoly.
Starting point is 00:16:20 And I do think Google has been super super powerful they've had a lot of people's data i don't know if they've been honest with that you know they can kind of drive information right so i would like to see more competition so you could see maybe different access information but let's be real i mean it's kind of like a little too late to to break up this party and it says that in that quote like you know radical and sweeping it doesn't occur often i mean i would have to imagine google is probably so ingrained in every part of our country's tech systems government everything that it's like kind of like yeah this sounds ideal right but i'm sure Google is very tied in with our military, our financial systems. There's no way it's not. So it's kind of like, my question is how much of the government
Starting point is 00:17:13 is run by Google in a way, probably with the technology being used. Yeah. For some subsect of Google, right? Yeah. it's definitely interesting. And you brought up the data, you know, and the consumer impact and, you know, how a breakup would also alter like, you know, how all of that consumer data is handled. And, you know, if there were more players in the marketplace, would that mean that data was potentially more compromised or, you know, would it be more secure? It's definitely a lot of questions that are above my pay grade. I just think there have been competitors, but they just haven't been as good as Google.
Starting point is 00:17:51 So are we going to penalize Google because they developed a superior product and it's remained superior over the competition? Yeah. I was thinking the same thing. No one forced me to switch from yahoo or netscape i just naturally yeah it was easier to use the results seemed more accurate like i'm thinking back to when i first you know 10 15 whenever it was uh years ago switched it's because like i'm a mac guy, but the Safari browser sucks.
Starting point is 00:18:25 Maybe it sucks now because I'm just used to Google and the familiarity, but I can tell you when I made the switch, it was because it was just light years better, faster, more easy to navigate, and just a better overall experience. And so we're going to penalize a company that continued to make a dominant product that then became a quasi-monopoly because the competition sucked and couldn't develop a feature that beat them out. Yeah. That doesn't seem right either. Sometimes we start talking about things that become so powerful, it deserves a bigger discussion than just the nuance that I just described, which is why I do think, unfortunately, though, I don't love regulation. But sometimes you get too big, you're going to have to have some third party, non-biased people making sure you're playing by the rules and doing the right things and not using your platform and your data for nefarious reasons.
Starting point is 00:19:27 But I just think about like if I develop being a business owner and I come out with a product ahead of anyone else, I keep it better than anyone else. And as long as I'm doing that on the up and up, then someone's going to come in and go, nah, you've been too good for too long, baby. Get out of the way. We got to spread this pie around. I don't know if I'm not okay with that. But I also get that this is a lot of sensitive information and a broader thing than just like a pizza shop you know it just happens to have better tasty pizza than someone else it's more complicated than that but you got to be careful this is a slippery slope i'll just say that it's very interesting in this article
Starting point is 00:20:18 it said here that um some of the other major entities include like Meta, social media. And, you know, if they're going to start breaking up and regulating Google, what's to stop? You know, where does it end? Yeah. Definitely interesting. Our next article is coming to us from ABC News and is the main reason why I have to read the news articles today to tell you that McDonald's sues the top meatpackers for allegedly allegedly colluding to inflate the price of beef. So McDonald's is suing four of the largest U.S. meatpackers, Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef Packing Company, accusing them of colluding
Starting point is 00:21:01 to inflate beef prices through anti-competitive measures. So this kind of goes back to the monopoly thing, right? So, you know, monopoly of Google, monopoly of meat packers, the government has to regulate. And this, you know, article is talking about McDonald's suing for regulation purposes, but breaking up monopolies is a tool, right? To ensure that markets remain competitive, consumer friendly, and free from domination of any one single entity. I think that it's interesting from a business standpoint. What do you guys think on? Is it fair?
Starting point is 00:21:37 What do you guys think about McDonald's and the meat packers? There's inflation questions here with the price of beef i'll say this on a lighter note not going where you think not going where you think but there was like a 1980s campaign by wendy's i believe where's the beef we might get back to that because they have to use less beef you're gonna be like you, that burger that has like, it's a little old ladies and went there is like, where's the beef? And cause the patties were so small. So maybe we'll get another campaign like that from this.
Starting point is 00:22:13 But with that said, nothing like I like talking more about than meatpacking deficiencies. And Chris is better informed on that topic than me, but I'll, I'll give you my opinion. So I don't know enough about the meatpacking business to know like truthfully, to know like, okay, if they really have been controlling that much power
Starting point is 00:22:43 to control the meat costs, but I also have a hard damn time feeling sorry for mcdonald's yeah you know like any of it was somebody else it's like they're i thought brian i thought you were our resident meat you know expert because every time that we're in studio or in office he's always eating like steak like that's what i had before I came, actually. I had some top round that had been seasoned and it was just pure meat. Nothing else. I eat like 16 ounces. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:16 Yeah. He eats like three steaks a week. I'm a carnivore. Three steaks a week. Like 20. Oh, my God. Not 20. Probably 10. I never eat steak. Oh, yeah. yeah i mean i ate the equivalent of three steaks this morning no no it's not all fancy steak either some of it like
Starting point is 00:23:35 the top round i ate was not that expensive it was like the same price like ground beef but like yeah you need one of those have you seen those bumper stickers or like beef it's what's for dinner. Oh, yeah. That's what I'm saying. Back to the goat. If you're listening, go on YouTube and look up Where's the Beef, the campaign. I can't remember if it's as funny now as it was then, but it was funny. I think this whole day, where's the beef?
Starting point is 00:23:59 Anyway, because the patties are so small. The buns overtook the entire thing. Chris, how many steaks are you eating every week? Probably like five. Jeez Louise, you guys. I bought seven last night and two dozen eggs for my hurricane prep. Seven rib-eyes. He already ate four of them this morning.
Starting point is 00:24:20 Storm might have gotten into one. I eat like two steaks a day sometimes. I'm like, yeahaks a day sometimes. I'm like, yeah. What? I mean, good lean meat. Yeah. Maybe I need to get on like a steak kick.
Starting point is 00:24:32 I don't, I never eat steak. I know some girls doing carnivore diet that are telling me good things about it. I'm not on carnivore, but I'm a steak guy. I am a carnivore, but I'm not on carnivore. It's not all I eat. Not all I eat. Okay, move me on. I,
Starting point is 00:24:46 you know, I just don't know that I have an opinion on necessary or know the meat market well enough to know. I just think ultimately I have a hard time feeling sorry for McDonald's and, but I don't know enough about the economics of this particular situation to like speak for an educated standpoint on it. I don't know, Chris,
Starting point is 00:25:12 you know, with all your meatpacking history, if you, I just see some big numbers settlements. So that to me tells me like, there's probably some, some questionable activities going on. If they're settling for $221 million,
Starting point is 00:25:25 that doesn't happen by mistake. I mean, lawyers are good, but not that good. So like you said, man, they're all on bigger profits. McDonald's is pissed because they're losing business because they're raising prices and they're losing business, right? Their margins are going down. Meatpackers probably are affected, but it says it's going back to 2015 and they're talking about, right? Yeah. Their margins are going down. Meatpackers probably are affected, but it says it's going back to 2015, and they're talking about the COVID supply chain.
Starting point is 00:25:49 It's like, dude, 2015 was way before that. It's funny you say that, Chris. I was thinking the same thing. I was like, how long are we going to have to hear about the COVID impact? Like, is it going to be like 2031, and we're going to be like, you know, we're still dealing with that? And look, it was a major event. I'm not putting light on it.
Starting point is 00:26:10 I know that it still has impact. But it's just, come on, man. I wish I could use that as an excuse. Well, you know, I didn't pay my employees this week, still dealing with COVID impact. I mean, what? Would that be cool? No, that wouldn't be cool. It's like like all right i i
Starting point is 00:26:26 mean it is kind of fascinating when you look at where the economy and where the world is in this what are we five years almost five years post-covid right next year is 2025 so it's a long we were quite a ways removed from covid at this point and I feel like things are still a little bit wonky, but like mostly back to normal. Yeah. Speaking of normal, I have an article here from USA Today that says, Dream on! The American dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime. I thought this was really interesting to include just as we kind of, you know, have listeners from all different walks of life, whether they're an entrepreneur or they're
Starting point is 00:27:12 just starting out or they're a business owner or they own a multimillion dollar company. It's always good to kind of get a handle on where the economy is and what does it cost your employees to have that American dream? What does it cost you and your family members and the people that you love? So pretty expensive these days. Ryan, we've got a double the raising two kids budget for you. Yeah, four kids. So that'd be 1.6 mil on the raising the kids and wedding. I don't know, is that like your own wedding? Or is it like for your kids? The wedding budget seems low to me.
Starting point is 00:27:49 Yeah, exactly. I'll say this. The biggest number I saw here that was like, whoa, inflation of costs. A report done in 2023 estimated that the American dream was 3.4 million. A one mil increase. In a year. In a year. That's a different way to think about that.
Starting point is 00:28:10 Like, hey, your dream in your mind just got a million dollars more expensive. In a year. Because, like, of what? Inflation. I mean, it's inflation, but, like, where does that inflation come from? Yeah. And how do we fix it? With your vote.
Starting point is 00:28:27 Yeah. Hey, vote the same, stay the same. Vote the same and it'll be $2 million next year. Exactly. You can get more. If you like that, if you like the way that tastes, you can get more.
Starting point is 00:28:39 It's all you can eat, baby. Eat some more. You want some more of that? A financial planning expert's trust in order to save an investment. Okay, yeah. I mean, I get it. But 4.4 mil. I mean, that American Dream's getting expensive.
Starting point is 00:28:57 That American Dream is unbeatable. I mean, I'm thinking like that American Dream, that baby. Isn't there a doll named American Doll? American Girl Doll. American Girl Doll. Oh, yeah. She is pricey to be that American dream. You know, I don't know why tying those two things together.
Starting point is 00:29:11 But it's like the first thing I think of is like, think about that gift. Like when your baby's born, the new gift you're giving them. Like their first gift day one. Here you go. 4.4 mil. Yeah. Just for you. That's an IOU.
Starting point is 00:29:25 You might want to hold on to that one. Go triple down on the 529 or something yeah well chris it's a good day to be a dog dad telling me man 1.6 mil the pet something costs 37 000 that's fine with me i want another dog you tack me double on that pet expense it's all the other stuff i'm good on like i'm good right now yeah i mean 37 i i don't know if this reflects the true inflation of dog costs and how much i see people that they spend on their dog most people spend like two grand on the dogs now it's like if they're you know any kind of one of these hyperallergenic breeds. Hyperallergenic. Did I say that right?
Starting point is 00:30:07 Yeah. Two grand for that. They got the dog food. I've seen the dog food. Look, it's the real food commercials. You see that delivered stuff on TV. It's like how much more than what you pay for your own food. Farmer's dog or something.
Starting point is 00:30:20 Yeah. I bet if you polled like the 20 people closest to me that have dogs, they spend half that 37 a year. They probably spend 18 a year on their dogs. That seems low for like lifetime on pets. I'm sure it's just averaged out because not everyone has a pet, but more people have pets that don't now. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I definitely think like like, it just depends, like, right?
Starting point is 00:30:46 My dogs were, I think we spent 10,000 to 15,000 on my dogs in the first year we had them. It was between, like, how much they cost to buy them and then my one dog ate, like, a puppy pee pad when he was, like,
Starting point is 00:30:58 six weeks old. I had to get, like, all the things, you know? All right. Let's see. Ryan, do you want to finish out with anything? Oh,
Starting point is 00:31:11 I don't think so. I think we're good. We're going to keep it light today. Guys, give it light. We got a hurricane in. No, a lot of people are out there thinking about that.
Starting point is 00:31:22 Oh my God. I got to be on my leg. Oh, where did that come from? I know a lot of people out there are thinking about that. Oh my God, I got a bee on my leg. Oh. Where did that come from? Get him! Do those even sting? It looks like a wasp. The big ones that get burl holes.
Starting point is 00:31:40 Thanks. I hate bees and yellow jackets. Me too, bro. I've been stung so many times. I sat bees and yellow jackets. Me too, bro. I've been stung so many times. I sat on them before. I got stung in my ass. What the hell's happening? The world's crumbling.
Starting point is 00:31:55 I know. I'm like, what? Okay, would you like to close us off? Sure. You need to of your drops. All right. I think that's all for today. Chris, any final words there from Miami?
Starting point is 00:32:18 Everyone have a great weekend and sending good vibes to all the Hurricane Warriors. For sure. Brianna? Buzz. Be all you can be. Very good. We appreciate everyone. RyanIsRight.com.
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