In this week The Reason Roundtable discussioneditors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman analyze the politics of a potential government shutdown on the horizon and assess the United Auto Workers strike ahead of the next Republican presidential primary debate.
0:29: Another impending government shutdown
8:02 PM: United Auto Workers strike
27:46: Weekly listener question
34:24: The next GOP debate is this week.
42:05: Bob Menendez, senator of sleaze
Mentioned in this podcast:
“It’s Government Shutdown Theater Again,” by JD Tuccille
“Five Dissenters in the House,” by Liz Wolfe
“Congress Still Uses ‘Emergency Spending’ for Non-Emergencies,” by John Stossel
“Don’t Let the Government Shutdown Charade Distract You from the Debt Crisis,” by Romina Boccia
“Shutdown Highlights Basic Fact: Most of Government Is ‘Non-Essential’,” by Nick Gillespie
“Final Countdown to the Government Shutdown,” by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie
“Government Shutdown: Planet of the Apes Remix,” by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie
“The Government Is Shutting Down Again (and That’s Bad),” by Andrew Heaton and Sarah Rose Siskind
“5 Facts You Need to Know Before You Kill Yourself,” by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie
“Tim Scott Calls Out Ronald Reagan, Says UAW Forwards Should Be Fired,” by CJ Ciaramella
“Biden, the ‘Most Pro-Union President’, Reaps What He Sows,” by JD Tuccille
“Strikers Demand a Four-Day Work Week,” by Liz Wolfe
“Baby Boomers Fuck Younger Workers, Private Sector Edition,” by Nick Gillespie
“How to Make Unions More Powerful, the Libertarian Way,” by Brian Doherty
“Are we really doing a Trump-Biden rematch?” by Steven Greenhut
“Zelenskyy Goes to Washington,” by Liz Wolfe
“Gen Xers are the most concerned; 86% say they are concerned about the future of Medicare and Social Security,” according to Allianz Life Insurance.
“The Real Class War Is Baby Boomers vs. Younger Americans,” by Nick Gillespie
“Generational Scam: How DC is Ruining Millennials,” by Nick Gillespie
The Trump campaign’s ‘Whoop a man’s ass’ commercial
Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Make sure to include your social media account and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Audio production by Ian Keyser; aassistant production by Hunt Beaty.
Music: ‘Angeline’ by The Brothers Steve