So we spend a lot of time on this show talking about the economy, because I got to tell you,

folks, and we start to figure out whether or not we're going to retain the House, the Senate,

the ever-important midterms in 2026, what's going to matter? Not a government shut down,

not the nasty yelling back and forth, the economy. That's going to determine whether or not my guy

Trump continues to have the support of the House and the Senate. And right now it's not there yet.

But Paul Stone, you know, Paul, of course, he's been on this station for years. I love this guy.

He wrote a new book. Talks about those August job reports that show only 22,000 jobs were created and housing costs skyrocketed.

So he exposes in this book, Paul Stone, the 1971, 54 years ago, the government decision that contributed to the destruction of the American dream.

The new book is called 1971, how all of society's problems can be traced to a singular day in history.

Paul Stone, and he wrote a piece for Fox News as well. Back on Sid and friends in the morning.

Paul, good morning, buddy. How are you?

Good morning, Sid. I'm great. How are you? Great to have you. Excited for you. You got Judge

Janine Piro to write the forward. That's amazing introduction by our good friend, colleague, and

coworker here. Roger Stone. That's awesome. Larry Cudlow involved with the book, too. So you got some pretty

heavy hitters involved in this book like you are, Paul. Congratulations. Thank you so much.

Yeah. So it's a book. It doesn't tell a great story, but the awareness that it will bring to people

who read it is extraordinarily powerful. How can you change something

you're not even aware of? But where I think I earned their willingness to contribute their

praise and comments about the book is they recognize that it is a story that truly has never been

told before. This is not a rehashing of all the things that

you've heard and seen in the news over the decades. It literally goes to the ground level

and shows that for the first time in human history, a government became your enemy because

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