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Speaker 1: Now nine till noon weekdays. Mark Simone. More Mark. On 710WOR.
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Speaker 2: Well, the brilliant columnist Liz Peek. You can read her columns, foxnews.com, thehill.com. Even better, go to her website. You can get everything there. Just go to lizpeek.com, lizpeek.com. Liz Peek, how are you doing?
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Speaker 1: I am terrific. Thanks for having me on.
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Speaker 2: Hey, only 33 days until the midterms. What do you think? Republicans, they haven't really done enough messaging and spending, have they?
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Speaker 1: Oh, I think that's totally true. It's very discouraging to know that there's a lot of good material for Republicans out there campaigning, Mark, and particularly good material coming from, for example, the Big Beautiful Bill, which absolutely directly ties to the fact that So many American families are feeling better off. I understand that inflation is the big issue and affordability and everything. But the reality is it's got a binary. Republicans cut taxes, giving more money to people to take home out of their paycheck. And what do Democrats want to do? Kamala Harris incredibly ran against the 2000s, extending the 2017 tax cuts. In other words, she wanted to ladle on to our economy and our population a massive tax increase. Wayne, have you ever heard about Democrats wanting to cut taxes? They don't. They oppose it all the time. So, you know, no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime. Those are very popular measures that were in that big, beautiful bill. And, you know, it's just weird. I think a lot of Republicans are running away from that bill, worried that they're going to be accused of backing handouts to the rich. It was a middle class tax bill. That's what it was. And frankly, they should have followed it up with more middle class tax cuts this year. And it's very unfortunate, to use a mild word, that they didn't have another reconciliation bill with more changes in it. Because yes, I know everyone is worried about federal spending and the deficit. Yeah, so cut spending, which of course Democrats hate the idea of, but also every time they've cut taxes, you get more revenue. That is the history. It's a fact. And Republicans sort of run with that. Anyway, look, every candidate has his own local issues to be concerned about, but man, I think they missed a big opportunity. Let's face it, they had the trifecta, right? The Senate, the House, and the White House And even though the margins were pretty narrow, certainly things like cutting taxes should have been first and foremost on their agenda.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, the only problem, though, in the world of fake news, when people are watching network news, reading the New York Times, all they hear is the Republicans, it was tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for billionaires. And they start to believe that that's all it was. It's certainly not the case. But how do you battle that fake news? How do you get through?
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Speaker 1: Well, for one thing, you try. I mean, you try talking about the benefits, the thousands of dollars that the average American family took home last year because of the tax cuts. And the evidence is on our side. The facts are on our side. But I have to say what Democrats have is a message machine, the email. You know, we've all seen these things on Twitter, right, where the email goes out in the morning and 16 politicians say exactly the same words. in response. Where is our messaging, maestro? I don't know that we have one. If we do, they're sure not doing a very good job. You know, there's just an awful lot of issues that the American people believe Republicans have a better view on, like immigration enforcement. Who's out there talking about the fact that the border is secure? I don't think anybody is campaigning on that. Mark, has everybody got just a faulty memory? This was less than two years ago. It was one of the top three issues for American voters. Just because you solve the issue doesn't mean it's not important. And by the way, Democrats have every opportunity, because all of that was done through executive action, to go in and start undoing what Trump has done. Is that really what Americans want? I mean, I really am frustrated by voters' singular focus, particularly on affordability, which is just such a ridiculous thing. The idea that Democrats... who absolutely chronically raise taxes and increase regulations, both of which we can absolutely certify need to higher prices. They're the party of affordability. I don't even know how people can really be tolerating this nonsense.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, and the price of gas for it. You know, if it was up to Democrats, it'd be $ 10. That's what they always push for, isn't it? They raise the energy cost.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. It's true. Yes, Trump's war in Iran, which of course now has become unpopular, has made oil prices higher. Interestingly, oil prices are coming down now, but somehow nobody's really responding to that. And the war in Russia, which is certainly not Trump's fault, that basically Joe Biden green-lighted when he said, well, if it's just a minor incursion, meaning we wouldn't be too upset about Putin just taking a small fraction of Ukraine. Yeah, prices are high right now for products, but, you know, other prices are coming down and inflation's around 3%. We had a pretty favorable ruling reading on that yesterday. And where was it during Biden? It peaked at 9%. And yet somehow now, really what happened is that prices went up about, for everything, went up about 20% when Joe Biden was president. Trump comes in. foolishly saying he can lower prices because prices almost never go down except for commodities. And, you know, they continue to go up two or three percent a year. But we're basically eating still Biden's inflation. And that is a fact. During Biden's administration, a lot of things went wrong, including everybody felt like they were entitled to raise prices. And that was a really pretty bad scenario.
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Speaker 2: Hey, Liz Peek, explain this to me. The president did the smartest thing you could do. He got, for the AI problem, he got the heads of all the AI companies and all the Google and all the most brilliant people in America, the brilliant tech geniuses, tech geniuses, all in one room. And what did they come up with? Well, form a committee? That's what they came up with? I could have thought of that.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. Maybe it could have been done remotely. Look, I think any time you convene a group like that that is fiercely competing with each other, but also has very, very important interests that the federal government has to be basically addressing and that the public is addressing, you're not going to walk away with a resolution. I mean, I think the answer is I actually buy the idea that the industry has to impose upon itself some restrictions, some guardrails is the popular word for how we monitor the behavior of new agents being spawned by these new models. There's a concern here. I think Trump was foolish in dismissing the public's concern about AI safety. I think it's quite possible that the AI executives are overstating the risks for various self-serving interests. But the reality is, these companies have seen these AI agents go rogue. Frankly, I've been talking about this for a year. The fact that they had not ever put out a PR blitz about the advantages or the positives of AI means the country already is scared slash apprehensive about what damage AI could do and really not particularly excited about the very positive things AI could do. This This was a major miss by the industry. But now we have not only concerted action taken against data centers, which is a completely different issue, and that should have been resolved. It's incredible that the Democrats blocked a measure trying to resolve some of the issues about data centers. But that's completely separate from this safety thing. Anyway, look, I think we'll see progress on this issue. I think the industry is aware that these concerns are real. They need to be addressed. And I hope they will. And I hope the white house does too.
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Speaker 2: These are the greatest geniuses of AI though. I would have thought they'd come out of the meeting, maybe explain something to us. Like there are 80% of AI is great, wonderful, nothing to worry about. There's a little part of it. That's they call it that recursive where it can reinvent itself. They didn't. Why don't they just explain to us exactly where the problem is in AI. And if there's a way to fix.
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Speaker 1: It, I agree with you. And it's, You know, have we reached singularity, which is when agents really become better empowered than humans? No one really is able to. And I think the problem, Mark, honestly, people aren't really sure where we are. I don't even think the industry is quite aware of where we are. They have agents they created that engineers have created. that are doing unexpected things. And you have to kind of say, well, wait a minute, how can that possibly be? We engineers, we humans set the guardrails, set the rules, tell these agents what to do, and then they do things that are not only unexpected, but not permitted. That is alarming, right? I mean, there is something going on here that isn't quite as expected or isn't right. And I think the industry, frankly, doesn't know what to say about it. I've read all this stuff, and I think you ought to read Ahmad Ice's Dario Amode's screeds and other people's writings on this topic, it's pretty fascinating, honestly, but it's also a little concerning, to be sure.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they could go rogue, do things you didn't expect. Of course, that's the same thing with Supreme Court justices, too.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, or even mayors. Who can tell, right?
00:10:42
Speaker 2: Well, Liz Peek, brilliant, as always. You've got to read her columns, foxnews.com. the hill.com but the best thing you should do this is go to her website lizpeak.com everything's up there also great news stories every day check it out every day lizpeak.com lizpeak thanks for being with us.
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for having me mark all right.
00:11:03
Speaker 2: Take care take care uh hey don't forget coming up at noon buck sexton and clay travis great show every day at 12 the most listened to radio show in america sean hannity at three jesse kelly at six Very funny Jimmy Fallon show every night, 9 to midnight. And remember, I'm here now three hours every day, 9 to noon. 9 to noon every day. And, of course, 6 to 9, it's Curtis Sliwa and Larry Menti on 710WOR.
Speaker 1: Now nine till noon weekdays. Mark Simone. More Mark. On 710WOR.
00:00:08
Speaker 2: Well, the brilliant columnist Liz Peek. You can read her columns, foxnews.com, thehill.com. Even better, go to her website. You can get everything there. Just go to lizpeek.com, lizpeek.com. Liz Peek, how are you doing?
00:00:23
Speaker 1: I am terrific. Thanks for having me on.
00:00:26
Speaker 2: Hey, only 33 days until the midterms. What do you think? Republicans, they haven't really done enough messaging and spending, have they?
00:00:37
Speaker 1: Oh, I think that's totally true. It's very discouraging to know that there's a lot of good material for Republicans out there campaigning, Mark, and particularly good material coming from, for example, the Big Beautiful Bill, which absolutely directly ties to the fact that So many American families are feeling better off. I understand that inflation is the big issue and affordability and everything. But the reality is it's got a binary. Republicans cut taxes, giving more money to people to take home out of their paycheck. And what do Democrats want to do? Kamala Harris incredibly ran against the 2000s, extending the 2017 tax cuts. In other words, she wanted to ladle on to our economy and our population a massive tax increase. Wayne, have you ever heard about Democrats wanting to cut taxes? They don't. They oppose it all the time. So, you know, no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime. Those are very popular measures that were in that big, beautiful bill. And, you know, it's just weird. I think a lot of Republicans are running away from that bill, worried that they're going to be accused of backing handouts to the rich. It was a middle class tax bill. That's what it was. And frankly, they should have followed it up with more middle class tax cuts this year. And it's very unfortunate, to use a mild word, that they didn't have another reconciliation bill with more changes in it. Because yes, I know everyone is worried about federal spending and the deficit. Yeah, so cut spending, which of course Democrats hate the idea of, but also every time they've cut taxes, you get more revenue. That is the history. It's a fact. And Republicans sort of run with that. Anyway, look, every candidate has his own local issues to be concerned about, but man, I think they missed a big opportunity. Let's face it, they had the trifecta, right? The Senate, the House, and the White House And even though the margins were pretty narrow, certainly things like cutting taxes should have been first and foremost on their agenda.
00:02:56
Speaker 2: Yeah, the only problem, though, in the world of fake news, when people are watching network news, reading the New York Times, all they hear is the Republicans, it was tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for billionaires. And they start to believe that that's all it was. It's certainly not the case. But how do you battle that fake news? How do you get through?
00:03:12
Speaker 1: Well, for one thing, you try. I mean, you try talking about the benefits, the thousands of dollars that the average American family took home last year because of the tax cuts. And the evidence is on our side. The facts are on our side. But I have to say what Democrats have is a message machine, the email. You know, we've all seen these things on Twitter, right, where the email goes out in the morning and 16 politicians say exactly the same words. in response. Where is our messaging, maestro? I don't know that we have one. If we do, they're sure not doing a very good job. You know, there's just an awful lot of issues that the American people believe Republicans have a better view on, like immigration enforcement. Who's out there talking about the fact that the border is secure? I don't think anybody is campaigning on that. Mark, has everybody got just a faulty memory? This was less than two years ago. It was one of the top three issues for American voters. Just because you solve the issue doesn't mean it's not important. And by the way, Democrats have every opportunity, because all of that was done through executive action, to go in and start undoing what Trump has done. Is that really what Americans want? I mean, I really am frustrated by voters' singular focus, particularly on affordability, which is just such a ridiculous thing. The idea that Democrats... who absolutely chronically raise taxes and increase regulations, both of which we can absolutely certify need to higher prices. They're the party of affordability. I don't even know how people can really be tolerating this nonsense.
00:04:57
Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, and the price of gas for it. You know, if it was up to Democrats, it'd be $ 10. That's what they always push for, isn't it? They raise the energy cost.
00:05:05
Speaker 1: Yeah. It's true. Yes, Trump's war in Iran, which of course now has become unpopular, has made oil prices higher. Interestingly, oil prices are coming down now, but somehow nobody's really responding to that. And the war in Russia, which is certainly not Trump's fault, that basically Joe Biden green-lighted when he said, well, if it's just a minor incursion, meaning we wouldn't be too upset about Putin just taking a small fraction of Ukraine. Yeah, prices are high right now for products, but, you know, other prices are coming down and inflation's around 3%. We had a pretty favorable ruling reading on that yesterday. And where was it during Biden? It peaked at 9%. And yet somehow now, really what happened is that prices went up about, for everything, went up about 20% when Joe Biden was president. Trump comes in. foolishly saying he can lower prices because prices almost never go down except for commodities. And, you know, they continue to go up two or three percent a year. But we're basically eating still Biden's inflation. And that is a fact. During Biden's administration, a lot of things went wrong, including everybody felt like they were entitled to raise prices. And that was a really pretty bad scenario.
00:06:31
Speaker 2: Hey, Liz Peek, explain this to me. The president did the smartest thing you could do. He got, for the AI problem, he got the heads of all the AI companies and all the Google and all the most brilliant people in America, the brilliant tech geniuses, tech geniuses, all in one room. And what did they come up with? Well, form a committee? That's what they came up with? I could have thought of that.
00:06:53
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. Maybe it could have been done remotely. Look, I think any time you convene a group like that that is fiercely competing with each other, but also has very, very important interests that the federal government has to be basically addressing and that the public is addressing, you're not going to walk away with a resolution. I mean, I think the answer is I actually buy the idea that the industry has to impose upon itself some restrictions, some guardrails is the popular word for how we monitor the behavior of new agents being spawned by these new models. There's a concern here. I think Trump was foolish in dismissing the public's concern about AI safety. I think it's quite possible that the AI executives are overstating the risks for various self-serving interests. But the reality is, these companies have seen these AI agents go rogue. Frankly, I've been talking about this for a year. The fact that they had not ever put out a PR blitz about the advantages or the positives of AI means the country already is scared slash apprehensive about what damage AI could do and really not particularly excited about the very positive things AI could do. This This was a major miss by the industry. But now we have not only concerted action taken against data centers, which is a completely different issue, and that should have been resolved. It's incredible that the Democrats blocked a measure trying to resolve some of the issues about data centers. But that's completely separate from this safety thing. Anyway, look, I think we'll see progress on this issue. I think the industry is aware that these concerns are real. They need to be addressed. And I hope they will. And I hope the white house does too.
00:09:03
Speaker 2: These are the greatest geniuses of AI though. I would have thought they'd come out of the meeting, maybe explain something to us. Like there are 80% of AI is great, wonderful, nothing to worry about. There's a little part of it. That's they call it that recursive where it can reinvent itself. They didn't. Why don't they just explain to us exactly where the problem is in AI. And if there's a way to fix.
00:09:23
Speaker 1: It, I agree with you. And it's, You know, have we reached singularity, which is when agents really become better empowered than humans? No one really is able to. And I think the problem, Mark, honestly, people aren't really sure where we are. I don't even think the industry is quite aware of where we are. They have agents they created that engineers have created. that are doing unexpected things. And you have to kind of say, well, wait a minute, how can that possibly be? We engineers, we humans set the guardrails, set the rules, tell these agents what to do, and then they do things that are not only unexpected, but not permitted. That is alarming, right? I mean, there is something going on here that isn't quite as expected or isn't right. And I think the industry, frankly, doesn't know what to say about it. I've read all this stuff, and I think you ought to read Ahmad Ice's Dario Amode's screeds and other people's writings on this topic, it's pretty fascinating, honestly, but it's also a little concerning, to be sure.
00:10:31
Speaker 2: Yeah, they could go rogue, do things you didn't expect. Of course, that's the same thing with Supreme Court justices, too.
00:10:37
Speaker 1: Yeah, or even mayors. Who can tell, right?
00:10:42
Speaker 2: Well, Liz Peek, brilliant, as always. You've got to read her columns, foxnews.com. the hill.com but the best thing you should do this is go to her website lizpeak.com everything's up there also great news stories every day check it out every day lizpeak.com lizpeak thanks for being with us.
00:11:01
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for having me mark all right.
00:11:03
Speaker 2: Take care take care uh hey don't forget coming up at noon buck sexton and clay travis great show every day at 12 the most listened to radio show in america sean hannity at three jesse kelly at six Very funny Jimmy Fallon show every night, 9 to midnight. And remember, I'm here now three hours every day, 9 to noon. 9 to noon every day. And, of course, 6 to 9, it's Curtis Sliwa and Larry Menti on 710WOR.
