Hi, honey. What's up? I just caught you with some good news. Okay, I could use some.

The federal government is going to give you an 8.7% cost of living increase for your social

security. So I thought that'd make you happy. It doesn't make me a damn bit happy. What?

It doesn't make me a damn bit happy. It's free money, ma. What are you talking about? You're

a pensioner, you know, struggling? Absolutely, I've seen. But the health doesn't matter

with people. What are you talking about? I might hear this crap. It reminds me of years

ago when, you know, it made news that Castro gave everything in a rice cooker. Big damn deals.

You know, the economy is tanking. And you know, folks like me, we have kids and grandkids.

And so what the hell doesn't matter with these people? If I have that kind of sense,

certainly these clouds must have it. So what the hell is a vote worth, right? So you don't want

the money? No, I don't want the money. If this is what it takes, I mean, it's kind of a loaded

question, Charlie, everybody, you know, stick a couple hundred bucks in front of a most of us

take it at what cost? You know, that that that's just a systemic problem with the shit at what cost?

You know, and a lot of people think it through some donors just, oh, goody, goody gumdrops,

gotta do more bucks. Cut the inflation, cut the shit they're doing. They wouldn't have to issue

this. Sorry, honey, I can't. I'm getting a stack. What are you doing? Who me?

Now, but anyway, it's just, you know, so they, they push you into a corner, you know,

the basic things you need are going through the roof. And isn't it, these clowns are going to

reimburse you partially with other people's money. With money, we don't even have,

you might as well get out the damn monopoly board. I'm not sure. I mean, we're going to get so

security and apparently I'm going to have to pay for that. So maybe, maybe I can come over this

week and we can go to the Rams Horn or something and you can buy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly, sure.

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