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on any of the radio programs, you might have missed over the last few weeks. Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton. Bob McEwen joining us a little later. We got some great questions. We're going to be asking him. It's kind of our phone a friend, right, guys? Like when we get to one on economics, we say Regis, can we phone a friend? And I know that's an old show now.

That used to be like the hip show. Who Wants we phone a friend? And I know that's an old show now. That

used to be like the hip show. Who wants to be a millionaire? You all remember that one? I do. It's been a hot minute. Yeah, guys. So when it's time to phone a friend on an economic question, we all three have the same speed dial in our phones, and it's Bob McEwen. So when we get a tough question, Bob.

Bob McHugh and joining us.

Hey, thanks for joining us

and helping us answer some good questions

today, man.

Honored to be with you. Well, we got a lot. We'd love to throw your way. But the best one, I think, and most timely, there's a lot of questions out of this youthful generation about socialism and whether capitalism is better and what produces better results and all those things. And now with oil prices going up, people are asking those questions even more. So I'm just going to read this question aloud and then we'll just bat it around. And Bob, we appreciate you joining us to be a part of it. This one comes from Joe. She said, if America has so much oil that we are selling it to other countries. Why do Americans have to endure

even a temporary increase in gas prices? Isn't that in essence price gouging? I have no problem

with billionaires making money, but if they are simply getting all they can off the backs of

hardworking Americans using the excuse of the Iranian war, that seems to play into the leftist

accusations against capitalism and thus undermines the maga and biblical admonishments on

how a national economy works best. I understand that through capitalism, that though capitalism does

not eliminate greed, it does help reduce it through supply and demand. But in this case,

should someone on the right call out the greed of the American oil companies, would that help

show the other side that we on the right are against unnecessary gas price hikes too would this

be a step toward real dialogue with the reasonable democrats she put that in quotes by the way guys

because i'm not sure any of those exist anymore um that we are fighting for the everyday american

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