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That they are shutting down federal government offices early because of storms? It's freaking August! It's not even a snowstorm! Unless the global cooling has really caught on. So they're sending... they're closing government agencies because of... because of rain? Oh, man! Are we a nation of whatses or what? Huh? Welcome back to the show. Glad you're here. It is Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. Yes, the answer, Dom Girdano's quest. And I will be discussing pumping your own gas in New Jersey.

Could I not? Since we are now officially the last union, the last one out of all 57 states that does not allow you to pump your own gas. And it's an outrage. It's ridiculous. It's crazy. It really is. And it's... well, you know what? I mean, and look, I'm sorry. I gotta say this right off the top of the show. But if you're somebody who thinks that the government should be in the business of helping to create jobs by forcing private employers to hire people,

not call yourself a conservative. I'm sorry. I gotta say what your conservative card is. That's the first thing people say. What about jobs? That's not... that's not... No, no, no. Nope. Nope. The market handles that. The government doesn't... not supposed to do that. Not supposed to do that. Government's not supposed to mandate a certain number of waiters and waitresses. The government's not supposed to mandate a number of... a certain number of best-by employees or staples employees, whatever. The government is not supposed to do that. That's... we don't believe in that.

So the argument that they need to make sure that people are there to pump your gas to save their jobs, that's not a conservative argument. If anything, that's a progressive argument. It says that the government should be telling private entities what to do in order to create jobs and bossing them around and busting their chops. In fact, this always burns me, too. Whenever I hear politicians try to take credit for the economy when it's good, they'll say, my administration created X number of jobs. No, you didn't. You didn't create a damn... not a single one. Unless they're government jobs.

The only way the government ever creates jobs is by getting out of the way. That's it. That's the only time you can ever say the government has created a job is by getting out of the way and letting the free market do its thing. That's it. So yeah, you can have a conservative administration take credit for job growth if they've done things like what the previous administration did when they cut the corporate tax rate, when they were... they told corporations, all right. All that money you have offshore, bring it back, pay like 5% and then reinvest it.

And they did. And then they were able to start hiring people. Things like that lead to jobs, but that's getting government out of it. And it's called stop busting their chops. And that can lead to market growth. But the government itself has never created a single job except for government jobs. And many times they do, they play that game. You know, they'll hire people in a government agency or they'll even use government money to pay governments to hire people, cops or teachers or something. And then they'll claim that as...

Look, we created all these jobs. Well, you really didn't though. I mean, they're government jobs and then eventually that money's going to run out. And then somebody's got to pay their salary. So it'll come fall back on the local taxpayers. That's why I'm the federal government plays that little game. It is a little switcheroo. But back to the whole pump and gas thing. You know, I understand the argument of Jersey girls in particular because I spent my entire life around them, Jersey girls. And Jersey girls don't pump gas. It's a very famous bumper sticker. I'm sure you've seen it. And it's true. They don't. But here's the thing.

They should be allowed to if they want to. For me, it is one of my biggest frustrations in life. The fact that I cannot pump my own gas because I have to play the cone game lately. You know this game. Had to play it last night. We went up to see some friends were driving home, get to a gas station. I'm on E. And there's four lanes of pumps and three out of the four of them have the cones. Meaning you can't go there. Because I guess not enough people are working or something. So got to play the game cone game drive around, try to find an open pump. And then you got cars coming in every direction.

They got people with the whole thing where they pull the, you know, the gas nozzle over their car. I like that little game. Give me a break. All right. I mean, I can pump my own gas. Give me a break. If the market dictates that there is in fact a demand out there for people to pump your gas, then the market will handle that problem and solve it by charging people an extra nickel so that a person can come out and pump your gas and clean your windows and shine your shoes.

Or get your snacks or whatever else, whatever else they want to do. But that's up to the market. It's not up to government. And the thing about Jersey is that Republicans and Democratic governors alike, they're always so afraid of the inevitable yelling of people who say, I don't want to have to pump my gas in the rain. Well, again, then, then there'll be full serve gas stations. If that if they're really is such a demand for that, market place will handle that. But either way, the government should not be telling me an adult. I don't have the right to pump my gas when they tell my children, they have the right to chop off their body parts.

No, really, that's what happens. They say it's in the name of safety. Well, if it's a safety issue, tell me how come all the other states in the country, people are not blowing themselves up every day, setting themselves on fire, blowing up their cars, blowing up the whole gas station.

How come that doesn't happen in all the other states? Really, I mean, if you live in Pennsylvania or Delaware or Maryland or any, or I mean, people listen across the country now to this show. Thank you, by the way, and you pump your gas. How come you just don't randomly start

hosing down your neighbor, you know, and then throw a match on them, light them up, see what, see what it's like. How come you don't wind up just dousing yourself in gasoline?

We need to train certified gas station professional to make sure that you don't accidentally just turn the nozzle on your face or start drinking it or, or, or fill up your, the inside of your car, the trunk versus the gas tank, for example,

because you're an idiot and you need a certified gas technician to do that for you. How come in all these other states around the country?

Millions and millions and millions of people every day fill up their tank with gas without killing anybody or killing themselves.

And by the way, if you do manage to kill yourself by pumping your own gas, I think we used to call that natural selection back in the day.

You probably have bigger problems going on. That was not the issue. Just for the record, how to set that record straight to. So yeah, now that Oregon has officially become the last state in the country

to now allow you to pump your own gas. New Jersey should, should absolutely follow suit. Of course it should. No question about it.

And I know, because I know don't, I know if Dawn stands and is listening right now, she's going to be going on about how she doesn't like to get out when it's wet and it's cold.

And she likes somebody to come over and do it for a fight. I understand that.

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