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Lost Debate

Ep 66 | Manchin Bill, Forward Party, Deshaun Watson, Monkeypox, A Tale of Two Erics

Lost Debate

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4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with the Forward Party’s push to crash America’s two-party system before turning to the underwhelming punishment the NFL is handing down to Deshaun Watson. Then we revisit Will Smith and the Oscars slap, dive deep on Sen. Joe Manchin’s new budget bill, take stock of the Monkeypox outbreak, and marvel at Trump’s double Eric endorsement in Missouri.  [1:02] Forward Party [10:35] DeShaun Watson Fallout [16:15] Will Smith Apology [21:04] Inflation Reduction Act [35:44] Monkeypox [42:40] Donald Trump and the Two Erics Check out our show notes: https://lostdebate.com/2022/08/03/ep-66/ Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ 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

To me, like Nike should pay the same tax.

0:03.9

By the way, they're going to pay less tax rate than the dry cleaner down the street for me.

0:07.7

You know, the government's been great to Nike.

0:09.6

Some of these other companies like FedEx, Salesforce, etc.

0:12.2

FedEx doesn't exist without roads, bridges, airports.

0:15.8

The things that this government provides, they should be paying their fair share.

0:19.1

That's before we get to any of the economics of this,

0:21.6

to me it's about fairness. Welcome to the lost debate of show for politically eclectics. I'm

0:30.6

Robbie Gupta. I'm Corey Bredford. And I'm Ricky Schlapp. Well, Corey, what do we have today?

0:34.1

Well, on today's show, I haven't seen anyone outside of Cleveland happy with

0:37.6

Deshawn Watson's punishment from the NFL. We'll get into all of that as well as Will Smith's

0:42.2

latest apology for the slap heard around the world. Then we'll dive into Democrats' breakthrough

0:47.0

legislation on climate, health care, and taxes. We'll tell you what you need to know about the

0:51.4

emerging threat of monkeypox. And finally, Donald Trump

0:54.8

can't pick a favorite Eric, which is a tough break for his son and a mixed bag for two Senate

1:00.4

candidates in Missouri. But first things first, are we moving forward or what? Andrew Yang announced

1:05.8

the formation of a new party last week, the forward party. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself

1:10.7

why we don't

1:11.5

already have a third party in the United States? You know, a party for all the political

1:15.6

eclectics out there. That's because third parties are almost impossible to sustain in our

1:20.5

current political climate. So Ricky, I know you've stand for Yang in the past. What is the

1:25.8

likelihood that this party is successful?

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