Today, we talked with Lance Christensen about his work with Fix California Education - Education Saving Account Act of 2022.

Californians pay high taxes for an expensive and outdated public education system that fails our children and does not prepare them for the 21st-century economy. Despite record spending on education this year, California public schools continue to rank below the national average in academics.

The Education Savings Account Act of 2022 is a bi-partisan approach that provides the opportunity to have the funds follow the students so parents can decide which school offers the best options and learning experiences for their students. Additionally, extra funds not used before graduating high school can be saved for college or vocational schools. And the best part is that this comes at no additional cost to taxpayers.

Here are some of the items that the Education Saving Account would provide parents:

Get more information on the Education Saving Account Act of 2022:

Website: educationsavingsaccounts.com

Facebook: @FixCaliforniaEdu

Instagram: @FixCaliforniaEdu

Twitter: @FixCA_Edu

In this special Thanksgiving edition of the Hector and Mike Experience, Common Sense in a Turkey World, we look at the positive things to be grateful for this year - family, friends, and life.

We share some ideas on how to stay positive when it seems that everything is falling apart in our state and country.

Happy Thanksgiving!

On this episode of the Hector and Mike Experience – Common Sense in an Uncommon World - we talk about the new presidential polling numbers from Quinnipiac Poll. Biden is tanking and the American people signal that they no longer trust Democrats on the economy. Will the New Year be better for Joe and Kamala?

Also we discuss Governor Gavin Newsom's response on California’s high gas prices: “Californians have to ‘disenthrall’ themselves from ‘being victims of petro politics,” which in Common Sense plain English translates to “Newsom tells Californians Go Screw Yourself on Gas Prices.”

Lastly we look at a piece written by CALMatters columnist Dan Walters: Why do California students take on immense debts for college educations that result in jobs that pay so little? Call it “diploma creep.”  – with the high cost of an education and the poor pay that comes with the degree - should the Biden-Harris Administration be considering having the government pay off student loans?

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Quinnipiac Poll - Biden at 36% Approval Rating: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/582109-bidens-approval-dips-to-36-percent-in-new-quinnipiac-poll

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Dan Walters Article on Higher Education: https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/california-student-debt-tuition-degrees/

Gavin Ghosts California, Biden Payout/Reparations Ignores African & Japanese Americans

Governor Gavin Newsom goes missing, and after ten days, he said his kids wanted him to spend time with them. This is a noble and a wonderful thing that a father should do, but do you believe it?

If that was the reason, Newsom should have said something from day 1. He is the Governor of one of the largest states in the nation. The media was going to ask why he didn’t attend the Climate Change Conference in Scotland and why he had no public events scheduled after he got his booster shot.

On a scale of 1 - 10, the believability is not where it should be - Newsom should have been upfront with it.

There were many rumors about why Newsom didn’t go to Scotland, including that he reacted to the booster shot and an alleged affair.

Will California’s estimated budget surplus of $31 billion create a cycle of dependency? More government services? Or should that additional tax money go back to the people?

Lastly, we look at how the Biden Administration is trying to settle with immigrant families separated at the border ($450,000 per person) but can’t find the money for reparations to African Americans or Japanese Americans.

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Comments Made on the Podcast:

Rumors of Newsom Affair: https://californiaglobe.com/articles/another-newsom-rumor-catches-fire-first-partner-cancelled-un-trip-over-female-staffer/

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California Has Highest Poverty Rate in the Nation: https://news.yahoo.com/california-highest-poverty-level-states-030027521.html

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Oct 2: 50 container ships waiting to unload at ports of LA and Long Beach: https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/10/02/no-back-up-of-cargo-ships-off-southern-california-coast-not-due-to-manufactured-supply-chain-halt/

Oct 13: President Biden declares 24/7 port operations in LA and Long Beach ports: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/us/politics/biden-port-los-angeles-supply-chain.html

Nov 10: 78 container ships waiting to unload cargo: https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/11/california-cost-of-living-skyrockets/

Nov 15: 90 container ships waiting to unload cargo: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/11/15/new-fines-for-empty-shipping-containers-start-monday/

Proposal to Payout $450,000 Per Person Separated at the Border: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/07/payments-families-border-richmond-520027

The Biden Harris Administration now wants to pay $450,000 to individual undocumented immigrants who came across American borders. Will the polling numbers go lower as people's ire goes higher? And what about the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill - $550 billion for roads, bridges, and highways, but where did the rest go? The answer will make you wonder what infrastructure means to Congress. 

Did you know there is a provision that requires all new vehicles to have "advanced impaired driving technology" installed? But of course, it doesn't detail what that means.

The President's favorable hovers at 38%. The Vice President's favorables are below 30%. Will the latest payout discussion crater even more?

We discuss that the Biden Harris Administration wants to pay at least $450,000 per person who was separated from their child when they tried to cross the border illegally. Some families can expect to get over a million dollars. 

As this payment plan moves closer to reality, expect social media to light up. Here is how some have already couched the argument: If that doesn't offend your senses, think of this - the families of American military men and women who lose a loved one in service to our country only get $100,000. They can receive $400,000 but only IF THEY PAY for an insurance policy.

This immigration issue is bound to get heated as more details emerge. 

Virginia is for lovers...of common sense - https://www.virginia.org/

The Commonwealth elects a Republican Governor, a Republican African-American woman Lt. Governor, and a Republican Hispanic Attorney General. Is this a path to success for the GOP for 2022? What's next for a Biden Administration that threw everything they had into Virginia?

Was Kamala right when she said, "What happens in Virginia will in large part determine what happens in 2022, 2024, and on." Will her words come back to haunt the Democrats throughout 2022?

Hector and Mike give President Biden two very different suggestions on who he should call to salvage the Democrat Party in 2022.

And besides Virginia, other elections showed people are fed up with radical ideas which make their communities unsafe. In Minneapolis, a Defund the Police referenda was defeated, and other public safety measures where people are saying: "enough is enough."

As President Joe Biden hits the campaign trail to promote his Build Back Better Plan, are Americans buying it? They might have no choice. It's about the only thing on the shelves these days—a shortage of paper products, chicken, and other staples at the market. The energy price skyrockets and media reports of a lack of Christmas trees and turkeys are daily stories. Will the Biden message cut through the reality in America, or will people be asking, what exactly are you building?

Governor Gavin Newsom institutes vaccination mandates, but his administration supports California prison guards from having to follow those mandates. The Newsom Administration is in court fighting the order.

The Los Angeles Times wrote: "A champion of COVID-19 vaccines, Newsom fights plan to mandate them for prison guards. Newsom and the state's opposition to the mandatory vaccines are supported by the unions representing correctional officers and other staff."

Wait, so the Max Vax Governor says no to mandatory vaccines for prison guards? Why?

Follow the money. "In July, the California Correctional Peace Officers Assn. cut a check for $1.75 million to Newsom's recall defense fund. The Service Employees International Union, which represents about 12,000 staff in prisons, kicked in a combined $5.5 million to Newsom's anti-recall campaign from its various locals." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-24/newsom-covid-19-vaccines-prison-guards

And finally, if you would like to see where the products you ordered are this season, take a look at this incredible video of the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach done by CNN.

CNN - Visualizing California's stunning shipping gridlock. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/23/business/20211023-california-ports-animation/index.html

As inflation and supply chain problems drive up the cost of diapers, spaghetti sauce and other products, a California State Assemblywoman tweets to Elon Musk “FU," and now Elon is moving Tesla’s headquarters from California to Austin, Texas.

If that wasn’t enough, more California schools are reporting budget deficits, even after the state of California provided them with almost 40 BILLION in new funding…so what happened to all that money?

Is it a full Halloween moon, or just another example of common sense disappearing faster than bacon at a supermarket (Bacon shortage)?

Link to the Trump wrapping paper we discussed on the show: https://secure.winred.com/nrsc/trump-wrapping-paper-special

State of California K-12 Budget (page 61): https://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2021-22/pdf/BudgetSummary/K-12Education.pdf

The Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, addressed a small crowd this past week at the groundbreaking ceremony where a 19-story homeless housing project, consisting of 278 units, is scheduled to be built by December 2023.

At a cost of $160 million, the housing project comprises 47 one-bedroom units, 228 studio units, and three units for the managers.

I get that property in Los Angeles is expensive and that lumber and other construction materials are in short supply. But what I don’t understand is the absurd amount of $575,000 per unit—each homeless resident could have been given a condo to own, at a lower cost.

The $160 million price tag doesn’t include maintenance costs or other support services that will be required for the homeless residents. Residences for the homeless should be transitional, safe, and functional. If LA government can’t figure out how to do that for less the $575,000 a unit, they should quit right now.

Virginia gubernatorial candidate, Terry McAuliffe is in some hot water after he was recorded saying that parents should not control what schools teach their kids.

But Terry’s type of thinking isn’t just limited to Virginia, it is found throughout the country - critical race theory, and with the idea that math and test are racist, and if you object, then you get labeled as a racist or white supremist.

Schools are funded with taxpayer money, our money.

Parents are stakeholders in our education system.

Every data point shows the more parents are involved with their kids (whether it’s father, mother, grandparent) the better the chance the kids will grow up right.

As parents we get asked to help fundraise, volunteer, and join the PTA. If our schools are to succeed, they require parent involvement, even if it an inconvenience to the teacher’s union and Terry.