Christ is Born, America is Working: Christmas Hope, Jobs Booming & Welfare Fraud Exposed
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
1. Christmas and Its Religious Significance
- The discussion begins with warm holiday greetings and reflections on the meaning of Christmas.
- Emphasis is placed on celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, highlighting its spiritual importance over commercial aspects like gifts and Santa Claus.
- Ben and the Senator share personal traditions, such as reading Luke Chapter 2 during Christmas dinner, and discuss cultural practices (e.g., Cuban Christmas Eve celebrations with roasted pig vs. vegetarian meals).
- There’s commentary on a resurgence of faith among younger generations, citing record-breaking Bible sales in 2025.
2. Economic Outlook and Media Bias
- The conversation shifts to positive economic news: U.S. GDP growth of 4.3% in Q3, the strongest in two years.
- They argue this growth contradicts negative media predictions and accuse mainstream outlets of political bias.
- Key points include:
- Strong consumer spending during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
- Positive impacts of trade policy, tax cuts, and deregulation under President Trump.
- Criticism of media framing economic success negatively compared to previous administrations.
3. Welfare Fraud and Systemic Issues
- Historic fraud in Minnesota’s Medicaid and welfare programs, estimated at $9 billion, and allegations that funds were diverted to terrorist organizations like Al Shabab.
- Predicting similar fraud in other Democratic-led states (California, New York, Illinois).
- Wall Street Journal op-ed by Phil Gramm and John Early is mentioned about structural flaws in the U.S. welfare system:
- Welfare spending has surged 765% over 50 years, now costing $1.4 trillion annually.
- Many benefits are not counted as income, creating misleading poverty statistics and perpetuating dependency.
- The argument advocates for welfare reform to encourage work and reduce generational poverty.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. It is nice to have you with us. Senator, we've got a lot to talk about during this Christmas week. And some of it is really good news. It deals with the economy. That is something that has made a lot of people excited about going into 2026. Well, there's a lot good going on, but I want to start by just |
| 0:22.9 | saying Merry Christmas. And I hope that at Christmas time, you're spending time with your family. |
| 0:28.7 | I hope you're taking time to hug your kids. I hope you're taking time. I hope you're having |
| 0:33.3 | some fabulous meals where you're stuffed. You have some great presents, you have some great love. |
| 0:40.1 | But I also want to encourage everyone, remember what Christmas time is about. |
| 0:44.9 | Christmas time, yes, it's about family, yes, it's about coming together. |
| 0:48.4 | But Christmas is when we're celebrating the birth of Jesus, the birth of our Savior, |
| 0:52.8 | who came God incarnate, came to earth, to live as a man, |
| 0:58.0 | to live without sin, and then to die, willingly, voluntarily, freely to die for your sins and my sins. |
| 1:06.0 | I don't know about you, Ben, but Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love Christmas. I love the music. |
| 1:12.3 | I love, I love everything about it, and I love celebrating the incredible mystery and marvel that |
| 1:21.5 | God cared so much about each of us that he was willing to send his only son to die for us. |
| 1:28.3 | Yeah. Amen to that. I think it's really been sad over the last several years how much |
| 1:33.9 | people tried to just get rid of the meeting of Christmas. I also feel like we're seeing |
| 1:38.1 | part of that bell curve come back around. I was really encouraged Sunday at church to see so |
| 1:43.8 | many people coming not on |
| 1:45.1 | Christmas service, but the week of Christmas. And there just seems to be a new awakening. |
| 1:52.3 | I saw some really cool data the other day that there are more people under the age of 40. |
| 1:57.5 | We had record-breaking number of people that bought Bibles in 2025. |
| 2:02.2 | Some of that they actually think is because of Charlie Kirk's assassination and his bold faith. |
| 2:07.9 | And evil, they're always as good that can come out of evil. |
| 2:11.5 | But to hear that we are having record sales of Bibles this year, that gave me such encouragement, |
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