The Democrats prepare for their first official debate.

Democrats in the media discover there's an actual crisis at the border,

and Google doesn't know what Nazis are.

I'm Ben Shapiro. This is the Ben Shapiro show.

Well, a lot going on in the news, and we will get to all of those things immediately.

So let us jump in. We begin with the Democratic debate. The Democratic debate is tonight, the first Democratic debate. Are you

excited? I'm ex... Does it feel like we've already had, like, three of these? And these will be

endless. These Democratic debates, there are 25 Democratic candidates. Virtually everyone who's a

registered Democrat in the United States will be part of this debate. Well, the first debate will feature

some real big names. My big names, I mean nobody's. The only big name in this debate is Elizabeth Warren.

So she's got the night all to herself. We'll see how many people actually tune in just to watch Elizabeth Warren and her magical

plans.

Ooh, she has plans.

This is what we keep hearing from the media.

Now, they never actually evaluate whether the plans are feasible or workable.

They never even assessed whether her proposed wealth tax, which would take a percentage of wealth

from people who have already paid taxes on their income, whether that proposed wealth tax is even constitutional. They haven't assessed whether any of those plans would work

financially, whether they work in terms of the budget of the United States. Short answer, no,

they don't. The fact is that the vast growth in the United States budget is driven by out-of-control

spending, and that out-of-control spending is driven by entitlement programs, many of which she wants to add to, including

Medicare for all. If you took out Medicare and Social Security from the United States budget,

the United States budget would be in surplus. It is Social Security and Medicare that have

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