Hey, this is Trey. Thank you for joining us for a Thursday edition of our podcast, which is Q&A day and one of my favorite days of the week for a variety of reasons. Sometimes this is the only day of the week I actually think. So that's good. They tell me it's good. I don't know. I don't do it the other six days out of the week, but they tell me it's good.

I do enjoy hearing what's on other people's minds. I know what's on my mind, usually sports or British crime dramas, but I do want to hear what's on your mind. So thank you for your questions. Keep them coming. And I like all

varieties from law. Probably shouldn't ask me any medical questions. If you want the right answer,

you shouldn't. And you should not ask me any math questions. But other than that, everything's

fair game. I think, Mary Langston.

Hey, Trey, thank you for having me and thank you all for sending us your questions.

I second what Trey said.

I always look forward to hearing your thoughts and listening to what you have to say, Trey.

So you ready to get started?

No, I can't get over the you thanking me for having you, which you've been doing for, what, three or four years now,

however long we've been doing it.

I've yet to have anybody other than you do it.

Well, I'm always grateful to be here.

You think it's a week-to-week contract?

I mean, you never know.

I'm not promised tomorrow, so I'm just.

No, and when you're tomorrow's stop, mine stop too. So I won't be replacing you. If it's not your voice calling out the questions, then they won't get called out. Okay. Well, here we are

and we'll start with Keith, who writes,

as a retired older couple, we were excited about no taxes on social security. Is it in the new bill?

And if not, what happened? And isn't it double taxation? Well, Keith, I am sure the president wants to honor that pledge, but I am not sure he can do it

in this tax bill, which is being done through the reconciliation process. I think, I could be

wrong, but I think what they call the bird rule in the Senate prevents that from happening in this particular bill.

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