Sec. Austin Goes AWOL, The Sugary Drink Tax Myth, Bosses Getting Fed Up with Gen Z

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

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🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim. Today, Scot and Greg serve up all crazy martinis. First, they walk through the bizarre saga of Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin being in the ICU with post-surgery complications and no one apparently telling the President of the United States, the National Security Adviser, or even the Deputy Secretary of Defense for four days.

They also roll their eyes at a new study suggesting higher taxes on sodas and other sugary drinks work to lower consumption and the change is permanent. Instead, they point to people just buying the drinks where they cost less and the government often failing to spend the money where it promised to when the taxes were approved.

Finally, they sigh at a new survey of employers showing significant percentages of them are weary of Gen Z applicants - many of whom do not dress well, have outlandish expectations in compensation, lack a strong work ethic, and even bring their parents to job interviews.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.
0:04.7	Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:09.6	Three Martini's coming up.
0:11.8	Hey, very glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the Three Martini lunch.
0:17.5	Jim Garrity is not here today.
0:19.5	He is off to Iowa.
0:21.6	He will be with us for the next three days, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
0:25.0	then today and on Friday we're joined, I'm happy to say, by Scott Bertram.
0:30.0	He is, of course, the director of the Hillsdale College podcast network host of the Radio Free
0:35.2	Hillsdale Hour, General Manager of W.R.F.H. Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM on the campus of
0:42.3	Hillsdale College, winner of many, many awards, including
0:45.9	Best Advisor, by the way. Lecture in journalism at Hillsdale and co-host of the
0:50.4	podcast, wasn't that special 50 years of Saturday Night Live.
0:54.9	We're also fellow Bears fans which ended with the exact same record as the Jets and
0:59.6	I'm guessing neither team is particularly happy about that considering where the season started.
1:03.8	But anyway, Scott, happy New Year, if that's still okay, more than a week after the year started.
1:08.8	Glad to have you with us today.
1:10.3	Yes, it's still okay with me and yet Black Monday around the NFL today, although my friend and I who really enjoy Black Monday when all the coaches get fired,
1:19.0	lamenting today so many in-season firings this year and last year I think too that it's taken a little
1:24.7	a sting little of the edge off of this Monday after the regular season closes.
1:28.5	No that's exactly right I can think of three off the top of my head that we're in season
1:31.5	which is pretty rare for the
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