Welcome, friends, to episode number 323 of the way I heard it. This one is called

Reguflation and the right to try. Yes, Chuck, it's true. I went and made up a word, and God

willing, we'll shoehorn it into the lexicon with a little help from this podcast. I think it's a good word, Mike. It obviously,

obviously is a combination of the word regulation and the other word inflation, putting them

together to form reguflation, which says that these two things combined are worse than one thing

by itself. Indeed, they are. And these two things are probably the top two enemies of Americans for prosperity.

And we'll be talking about that in the next hour or so.

My guest is Akash Choghhhhhhhhh, who's way up the food chain in this fine organization. And yes, he has some very

unflattering things to say about regulation, and he is very concerned about the impact of

inflation on all sorts of people. Our conversation is not really a political one. And AFP,

I wouldn't describe them as a political organization.

Full disclosure, they do seem to come down on the conservative side of many issues, but what

they're really trying to do is get the barriers out of the way for all kinds of people who

are simply attempting to try to make a living in whatever legal way

is possible. And as many of you know, we sort of dance around this topic a lot. Freelancing,

and individuals right to earn an honest living as a freelancer. It's a topic that keeps coming

back up because this pro act is now

in Congress and making its way through those hallowed halls. And rightfully, I think, Chuck,

scaring the hell out of a lot of people who are simply trying to make a living, nearly 70 million

people freelancer right now being affected by this thing.

Well, they will be terribly affected if it becomes law. Right now, you know, the Pro Act is basically

AB5 on steroids. And to hear Akash talk about it, he says, if it is past, it's going to be even

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