Videos - In the Tank Podcast, Ep 294: CRISIS! Unemployment, Inflation, and Gas Prices
In the Tank Podcast, Ep 294: CRISIS! Unemployment, Inflation, and Gas Prices
1:29:56
May 13, 2021
The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers present episode 294 of the In the Tank Podcast, recorded live at noon CT on Thursday, May 13. The ITT crew talk about America suddenly facing one crisis after another, and talk about how they could (and should) have been prevented.
They tackle the unemployment crisis, where (shocker) people getting “stimulus” checks and extended unemployment benefits find sitting at home a better option than returning to work. They talk about the inflation crisis, where (shocker) the government pouring trillions of “free money” into the economy has real-world ramifications. And they talk about the gas crisis, where (shocker) the Biden administration stopping fracking and canceling the Keystone XL pipeline — as well as the Russian hack that crippled the most-important pipeline on the east coast — has a real-world effect on gas prices.
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart, and wherever you get your podcasts.
SHOW NOTES:
UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS?
WSJ - Millions Are Unemployed. Why Can't Companies Find Workers?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-are-unemployed-why-cant-companies-find-workers-11620302440
(Video) - Biden on people being paid to stay home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HchWtRL0Vw
Reason - The Jobs Picture is More Complex Than It Seems
https://reason.com/2021/05/10/the-jobs-picture-is-more-complex-than-it-seems/
NPR - Biden: Americans Will Lose Unemployment Benefits If They Turn Down Jobs
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995518597/americans-will-lose-unemployment-benefits-if-they-turn-down-jobs-biden-says
INFLATION CRISIS?
CNBC - Inflation speeds up in April as consumer prices leap 4.2%, fastest since 2008
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/12/consumer-price-index-april-2021.html
The Blaze - Bank of America warns of HYPERINFLATION 'at the very LEAST'
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/bank-of-america-hyperinflation?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
GAS CRISIS?
WaPo - Fuel shortages crop up in Southeast, gas prices climb after pipeline hack
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/11/gas-shortage-colonial-pipeline/
Bloomberg - Gasoline Prices Hit $3 as Shortages Grow on Pipeline Outage
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-11/gas-stations-run-dry-as-pipeline-hacking-will-take-days-to-fix
9:22
May 14, 2021
Eileen Griffin covers the biggest stories from this week in the Heartland Daily News.
Referenced stories:
Ninety-Eight Percent of the Way There: Trump's Super V-Shaped Recovery
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/05/ninety-eight-percent-of-the-way-there-trumps-super-v-shaped-recovery/
Kenosha Residents Demand to Know Why Outsiders Helped Run Wisconsin Election
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/05/kenosha-residents-demand-to-know-why-outsiders-helped-run-wisconsin-election/
Rhode Island Senate Will Consider Minimum Wage Hikes
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/05/rhode-island-senate-will-consider-minimum-wage-hikes/
Michigan House Approves Plan to Protect Whistleblowers
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/05/michigan-house-approves-plan-to-protect-whistleblowers/
Maine Republicans Push for Tax Breaks in Budget Talks
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/05/maine-republicans-push-for-tax-breaks-in-budget-talks/
1:29:56
May 13, 2021
The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers present episode 294 of the In the Tank Podcast, recorded live at noon CT on Thursday, May 13. The ITT crew talk about America suddenly facing one crisis after another, and talk about how they could (and should) have been prevented.
They tackle the unemployment crisis, where (shocker) people getting “stimulus” checks and extended unemployment benefits find sitting at home a better option than returning to work. They talk about the inflation crisis, where (shocker) the government pouring trillions of “free money” into the economy has real-world ramifications. And they talk about the gas crisis, where (shocker) the Biden administration stopping fracking and canceling the Keystone XL pipeline — as well as the Russian hack that crippled the most-important pipeline on the east coast — has a real-world effect on gas prices.
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart, and wherever you get your podcasts.
SHOW NOTES:
UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS?
WSJ - Millions Are Unemployed. Why Can't Companies Find Workers?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-are-unemployed-why-cant-companies-find-workers-11620302440
(Video) - Biden on people being paid to stay home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HchWtRL0Vw
Reason - The Jobs Picture is More Complex Than It Seems
https://reason.com/2021/05/10/the-jobs-picture-is-more-complex-than-it-seems/
NPR - Biden: Americans Will Lose Unemployment Benefits If They Turn Down Jobs
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995518597/americans-will-lose-unemployment-benefits-if-they-turn-down-jobs-biden-says
INFLATION CRISIS?
CNBC - Inflation speeds up in April as consumer prices leap 4.2%, fastest since 2008
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/12/consumer-price-index-april-2021.html
The Blaze - Bank of America warns of HYPERINFLATION 'at the very LEAST'
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/bank-of-america-hyperinflation?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
GAS CRISIS?
WaPo - Fuel shortages crop up in Southeast, gas prices climb after pipeline hack
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/11/gas-shortage-colonial-pipeline/
Bloomberg - Gasoline Prices Hit $3 as Shortages Grow on Pipeline Outage
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-11/gas-stations-run-dry-as-pipeline-hacking-will-take-days-to-fix
13:39
May 12, 2021
In 2019, Google held a highly exclusive multi-day event at the Verdura Golf & Spa Resort in Sicily. The event was about fighting climate change. The main issue with this is that the guests arrived in over 100 private jets, were moved around in luxury supercars, and lived in utter extravagance.
Climate Realism's Andy Singer scoured the internet to find information about the event. Despite the NDAs guests and employees had to sign, the information is out there. Learn about what these global elites do while preaching to you about climate change.
1:42:01
May 11, 2021
In our second in this series of previews of Heartland's 14th International Conference on Climate Change in Las Vegas in October (https://climateconference.heartland.org/), Climate Depot's Marc Morano joined us for a live-stream on May 11 for a sneak peek of his planned presentation. Morano talked about his new book, "Green Fraud: Why the Green New Deal is even worse than you think." Defund the police to fight climate change? Ban meat? Eat insects? Ban automobiles? Morano laid out the threats faced by The Green New Deal.
Morano explained the COVID-climate connection and how the progressives are using COVID-19 lockdowns as the precedent for coming climate lockdowns. Morano talked about how this may be the left’s ticket to a Great Reset in America. Are you ready for daily "climate change" death tolls? Morano explained how activists want to add climate change as a cause of death to death certificates.
If you really care about the environment, government policy would be the opposite of what the UN and the Green New Deal propose. Marc shows how free markets, economic prosperity, technological revolution, and wealth result in the cleanest environments.
29:14
May 11, 2021
Alex Clark of CASAA joins Christina Herrin to discuss menthol cigarette bans, vape flavor bans, the Food and Drug Administration, excise taxes, and much more related to tobacco harm reduction (THR).
More resources:
CASSA's website: http://casaa.org/
Useful Twitter: https://twitter.com/CochraneTAG
https://tobacco.cochrane.org/
48:44
May 10, 2021
Christina Herrin, government relations manager of health policy at The Heartland Institute, interviews Justin Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project. The two discuss current federal legislation that would cut wasteful spending in D.C. and create price transparency in health care. The discussion focuses on federal agency spending, transparency, cutting red-tape and the need to end tax payer dollars going to government run experiments on animals.
3:34
May 10, 2021
The media is back to reporting on the "so-called" climate crisis. This time, the media claims CO2 levels are the highest they've been in 3.6 million years. Disaster must be on the way.
The main problem is that temperatures are relatively low despite the fact that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are so high. It blows up their whole catastrophic anthropogenic climate change narrative.
Read more: https://climaterealism.com/2021/04/co2-levels-highest-in-3-6-million-years-yet-temperatures-are-not-following-suit/
24:59
May 6, 2021
Eileen Griffin covers the biggest stories from this week in the Heartland Daily News.
References stories:
U.S. Economy: Explosive Increase in Incomes and Spending Is Very Bad News
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/u-s-economy-explosive-increase-in-incomes-and-spending-is-very-bad-news/
Napolitano: Unconstitutional Tsunami of Debt Will Harm the Economy for Decades
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/napolitano-unconstitutional-tsunami-of-debt-will-harm-the-economy-for-decades/
Republicans Push Back As Biden's Proposed Spending Requests Top $6 Trillion
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/republicans-push-back-after-biden-lays-out-ambitious-democratic-agenda/
Amazon's Rejection of Unions In Alabama Is a Big Loss for Big Labor
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/amazons-rejection-of-unions-in-alabama-is-a-big-loss-for-big-labor/
6:09
May 6, 2021
John Kerry finally told the truth. We could cut our carbon emissions to net-zero and it still won't change a thing. If it's worthless, why cut carbon dioxide emissions at all?
Read more: https://climaterealism.com/2021/04/john-kerry-bidens-climate-czar-admits-u-s-carbon-dioxide-emission-cuts-are-pointless/
1:02:12
May 6, 2021
The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Cameron Sholty, and Chris Talgo present episode 293 of the In the Tank Podcast. The ITT crew revisits the topic of anti-conservative censorship on social media in light of the recent news of Facebook’s decision to continue to ban President Donald Trump. Afterwards, they discuss the recently announced ban on menthol cigarettes and why the government is allowed to act as a “nanny state.”
ITTe245 - John Samples Interview
https://youtu.be/LnmnlPn0p4M
SOCIAL MEDIA BIAS
Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban, Calls for Further ‘Reexamination’ to Determine Final Penalty
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/facebook-upholds-trump-ban-calls-for-further-reexamination-to-determine-final-penalty/
FB Oversight Board – Case decision 2021-001-FB-FBR
https://oversightboard.com/decision/FB-691QAMHJ/
MENTHOL BAN / NANNY STATE
Heartland Institute – Policy Tip Sheet: Tobacco Harm Reduction 101: Menthol Bans
https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/policy-tip-sheet-tobacco-harm-reduction-101-menthol-bans
Cato – Are Prohibitionists About to Revisit the Law of Unintended Consequences - This Time With Tobacco?
https://www.cato.org/blog/are-prohibitionists-about-revisit-law-unintended-consequences-time-tobacco
FEE – Why Is the Nanny State so Popular?
https://fee.org/articles/why-is-the-nanny-state-so-popular/
Gov.uk – New obesity strategy unveiled as country urged to lose weight to beat coronavirus and protect the NHS
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-obesity-strategy-unveiled-as-country-urged-to-lose-weight-to-beat-coronavirus-covid-19-and-protect-the-nhs
21:58
April 30, 2021
Eileen Griffin gives the biggest stories from this week in the Heartland Daily News.
Referenced stories:
Biden Tax Increase Proposal Hits Stock Market Hard, Kills Gains https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/biden-tax-increase-proposal-hits-stock-market-hard-kills-gains/
Montana Gov. Gianforte Signs Election Reform Bills
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/montana-gov-gianforte-signs-election-reform-bills/
Unlock Michigan Petition Will Advance, Could Revoke 1945 Law Used by Whitmer during Pandemic
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/unlock-michigan-petition-will-advance-could-revoke-1945-law-used-by-whitmer-during-pandemic/
Republicans Rally for Constitutional Amendments Limiting Pennsylvania Governor’s Emergency Powers
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/republicans-rally-for-constitutional-amendments-limiting-pennsylvania-governors-emergency-powers/
Lockdown, Labor Laws, and the Digital Economy
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/04/lockdown-labor-laws-and-the-digital-economy/
Entrepreneurs Proving Key Factor in Economic Recovery
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2020/10/entrepreneurs-proving-key-factor-in-economic-recovery/
1:12:58
April 29, 2021
The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 292 of the In the Tank Podcast. The climate alarmist activist group, the Extinction Rebellion, has been targeting the Biden Administration, arguing they are not taking climate change serious enough. The ITT crew discusses the XR as well as a new report from the Center of the American Experiment about the Vacant Land Myth and why Wind and Solar energy projects are doomed to fail.
EXTINCTION REBELLION
Stopping Socialism TV – Climate Change Lunatics Won’t Stop Gluing Themselves to Things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NxZN3E-Gxg&t=156s
Daily Mail – Activists dump wheelbarrows full of MANURE outside the White House in protest that Biden’s climate plan is too little, too late
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9500175/Climate-activists-dump-wheelbarrow-cow-manure-outside-White-House-protest-climate-plan.html
Extinction Rebellion is giving environmentalists a bad name
https://ipolitics.ca/2021/04/27/extinction-rebellion-is-giving-environmentalists-a-bad-name/
CLIMATE CHANGE
Powerline – Why Wind and Solar Energy are Doomed to Failure
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/04/why-wind-and-solar-energy-are-doomed-to-failure.php
CotAE – Not in Our Backyard
https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Not-in-Our-Backyard-Robert-Bryce.pdf