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Lost Debate

Ep 22 | NFL Racism Suit, Ineffective Lockdowns, Child Tax Credits, Universal Pre-K, Afghanistan

Lost Debate

The Branch

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ravi, Cory, and Rikki jump into Brian Flores’ suit accusing the NFL of widespread racism. Newly leaked documents suggest the Biden administration was as disorganized as they appeared in the days before the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Talks in Washington over the child tax credit appear to be back on the table, and two new studies cast serious doubt on separate policies we’ve heard a lot about in the last year: universal pre-K and COVID-19 lockdowns. [1:28] Brian Flores vs. The NFL [17:38] Biden's Afghan Failure [27:45] Child Tax Credit [39:25] Universal Pre-K [46:24] Covid-19 Lockdowns Subscribe to The Lost Debate’s YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Sticher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iheart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate LOST DEBATE ON SOCIAL: Follow Lost Debate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lostdebate/ Follow Lost Debate on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lostdebate Follow Lost Debate on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelostdebate

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0:00.0

I think every single person, if we did something like a child tax credit, as a child, will benefit from their family having more money, even if they eventually become a single person.

0:10.0

I just don't sympathize as much with the single person argument because it is way more expensive to actually take care of a human being.

0:17.0

So here's my thing on that though, and we've got our producer, Lucy, back there, who's about to bring a child into the world.

0:23.3

And here's my thing. Lucy just bought a nice car, a grand charity. And here's the thing. That child deserves a grand charity. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. when we're talking about thresholds like $400,000, like I don't want to subsidize her like upgrading to a Denali.

0:46.2

Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for political eclectics. I'm Robbie Gupta. I'm Corey Broughtford. And I'm Ricky Schlaught.

0:54.1

Well, Corey, what do we have today? A lot of interesting things to talk about today.

0:57.6

Leaked documents from the botched Afghanistan pullout don't paint the Biden administration in a good

1:03.0

light. We discussed the implications. Then the debate about the permanent child tax credit continues

1:09.0

in Washington. We look into the pros and cons of that

1:12.4

policy. New meta analysis from a group of economists suggest the most divisive COVID-19 measures

1:18.9

lockdowns were not effective at preventing significant death. We dive into that research. But first things first,

1:26.0

a lot of fires going off in the NFL right now.

1:28.8

Brian Flores, the former Miami Dolphins head coach and his attorneys filed a lawsuit today in a court in Manhattan that alleges racism in hiring from the New York Giants, the Miami Dolphins, the Denver Broncos, and the national football.

1:44.2

Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores has accused his former team in the entire NFL

1:49.4

of a culture of racial discrimination.

1:52.5

Allegations of sham interviews and payoffs to lose games are among the most explosive claims

1:57.4

Flores makes in his class action lawsuit.

2:00.2

Now, racism in the NFL has been an open secret for a while now.

2:03.4

Right now, just one of the NFL's 32 teams has a black head coach, while 70% of the league is black.

2:10.7

Flores is just 40 years old, so he's putting his entire career on the line to call this out.

2:15.7

Ravi, I know me and you, we read this entire lawsuit,

2:18.8

this entire complaint. What can we make of all of this? Yeah, we were reading through this

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