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And we are just chugging along here. Quick week, a lot of news. Oh boy, tremendous amount of news.

So later on in the broadcast, I'm going to give you stats about how many people have left New York

in the past 10 years according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And it's a massive amount of people

leaving New York. Massive. And I'll give you the reasons why. But the importance of the story

really comes down to quality of life. All right? So Americans, the good news is that we have

freedom of movement. And in a capitalist society, if you are successful, you have enough assets

where you can move or buy second home, you have freedom in this country. And you've got 50 states

plus territories like the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, even Samoa, in the Pacific,

where you can go and live. And still enjoy the privileges of the Constitution of the United States.

But more and more and more, the quality of life in the United States is differing.

Okay? And in some states like New York, California, Illinois, the very liberal states,

it is becoming oppressive. The taxation is so high, it is hard to assemble assets because

the government's taking so much of your money, of your check. And addition is trying to steal stuff

from you by phony things like emissions. I had to do this yesterday. I had to pay 40 bucks

to get my car inspected free missions, whatever that means. That's on top of getting the car

inspected to be on the road. And then you got the speed traps and every con in the world is trying

to separate you, the New Yorker, from your money. Connecticut does it too. Jersey from a lesser

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