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The Erick Erickson Show

S15 EP75: Hour 3 - Government as a Jobs Program

The Erick Erickson Show

Erick Erickson

News, News Commentary

4.5874 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The government is a jobs fair for the unproductive which is why nothing works.

Transcript

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0:00.0

How would you like a 15% discount to my daily email, the stack of stuff, the show notes,

0:05.4

discounts to the conference, all of that.

0:07.2

All you need to do is text the word show to 33777.

0:11.5

You'll get the annual subscription with a 15% discount to my daily email.

0:16.8

You'll get the stack of stuff, the links to the show notes, discounts to the conference,

0:20.1

and so much more.

0:21.4

All you have to do is text the word show, S-H-O-W, to 33-777-7.

0:27.4

Text show to 33-777-7.

0:34.1

Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour 3.

0:42.7

My buddy Allen is a pilot for Delta.

0:45.1

He tuned in in the Spirit Airlines segment, and I told him, I said, I'm short of net jets.

0:50.8

I won't leave Delta for something like Spirit, but I do resent Delta's prices being

0:55.9

what they are. They keep going up, and they're making a big deal out of being a price of airline.

1:00.0

And he replied that he's not cheap. That is true. That is true. Short of flying private,

1:08.4

which is a long way off, if ever, I am stuck on Delta.

1:13.5

I'm hoping one of my listeners one day is like, has no family and is very wealthy and just leaves their whole estate to me.

1:19.1

That would be the easiest way to start flying private.

1:23.7

I love you, whoever you are and you're thinking about it.

1:27.7

I just, the headline at CNBC right now, Trump administration in advanced talks for Spirit Airlines rescue package, y'all just let the free market work.

1:41.2

We in this country have kind of given up on a free market, and a free market works better than any other market.

1:47.9

It is way more efficient.

1:49.1

You and me in arms-length transactions doing what's best for our family, and the creative destruction of the marketplace is something we haven't let happen.

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