The Jason Stapleton Program

Another great week and we round it out with some great listener questions. Thanks for listening. See you next week!

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With premium increased rising by 50-100% in some States there are a lot of Americans who are going to be looking for alternatives. I was sitting at dinner with my mother, wife, and kids the other night and we were discussing the massive premium increases and deductibles.

As I started running the numbers in my head, I realized there was almost no reason even to carry insurance anymore. With the high out of pocket cost and the low likely hood of massive injury or illness, one is far better off simply paying the penalty and then coming out of pocket for any major illness year one.

In year two you can always get a policy that protects you against the hundred or two hundred thousand dollar expenses.

I can't be the only one who's doing the math. This could be the straw that breaks Obamacare's back. Or it could be the tide that takes us to single payer.

I'll talk about all of this along with Russia and heroin addition today on the show.

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In an election year where rhetoric is at an all-time high, the Washington Post just blew the roof off. The article by Matthew Sheffield asserts that "paleolibertarianism" is responsible for Trumps racist, truther driven rise. Why, because that's what libertarians are, a bunch of racist, anti-government, 9-11 conspiracy's theory loons.

According to Sheffield, the Ron Paul fans have shifted to Trump in the absence of a more Paulinian candidate. Sheffield went so far as to say, "There had always been some sympathy for racism and anti-Semitism among libertarians" and then sights, as evidence, an article in Reason magazine from 1976.

Fortunately, Sheffield was forced to edit his piece after it became apparent he was not entirely honest about the 1976 articles.

So are we a bunch of nasty bigoted racists? I think you know the answer, but I'll give you my thoughts today.

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We'll also cover the NATO build up on the Russian border and the fledgling government in Afghanistan. So much to discuss that's outside the mainstream media's narrow election coverage.

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I'm seeing stories and social media posts coming out of Texas talking about voter machines changing votes from Trump to Hillary. My initial reaction was, "Of course they are!" but the skeptic in me says to be wary of these types of stories.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Trump started talking about the idea of voter fraud last week and now we see stories of people on social media claiming it happened to them. I'm not saying it's a lie; I'm just saying I'm suspect.

We're also going to discuss the recent article that exposed AT&T's spying program. It turns out AT&T has been selling information to the government. No warrant, no oversight, just a company collecting information on its customers and then giving it to anyone who wants to pay for it.

That and so much more today on the show.

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In another sign that nobody in government cares about you, nearly 10,000 National Guard Vets have been ordered to repay enlistment bonuses of 15,000 dollars or more after the Pentagon screwed up.

That's right folks, to keep National Guard service members in the military during our decade and a half of war, the Pentagon offered sizable bonuses for reenlistment. Unfortunately, many of the troops that received these bonuses are being told, "Our bad." by the Pentagon who now what their money back.

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We're also going to talk a little about the AT&T merger with Time Warner. What do you think about the government telling companies who they can and cannot do business with? Does the government really protect us from monopolies?

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Finally, I'm going to hit the latest headlines on the Wikileaks emails and the new evidence the polls in America are rigged.

It's an awesome show today. Don't miss it!

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I love AMA Fridays! The questions are getting better and better. We've got questions on foreign policy, personal responsibility and much, much more. Don't miss one of the most popular shows of the week!Support the show.

Maybe politicians have always been brazen in their willingness to like through their teeth. I've really only been following politics closely for the last 15 years or so. But it seems to me the level of excrement on the floor after these debates should require knee-high waders.

The confidence these candidates have to lie and deceive the public is breathtaking, so I thought I'd take some time on today's show and point out just how devious politicians can be when speaking to millions of Americans.

We'll also look at a clip of Gary Johnson's interview with Vice News before the debate. Let's just say Gary hit a new high in crazy last night. It's a shame, and I'm embarrassed for him and everyone who's trying to support him.

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Someone hit me on twitter yesterday with the link to an article talking about the current glut of Milk we have here in the U.S. Apparently this listener has been getting emails suggesting this is an example of a market failure.

I chuckle at the notion. Certainly, we can point to examples in Russia and Germany where central authority produced far too much of a good and failed to provide enough of another. How does this example in Milk differ from those?

That's what I'm going to focus on today. I hope to give you some insight into why these things happen in a free market and how it's different from the overproduction in communist or socialist countries.

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I tried to find a good way to title this episode without it seeming like click bait. Russia is, in fact, moving a fleet of some 14 ships including a nuclear submarine from a port in Severomorsk to its Mediterranean base in Tartus, Syria. While in transit the ships will pass through the English Channel.

The move has got the Royal Navy on Alert. It doesn't look like anyone is worried about a standoff, but it is the latest in a growing list of powerplays all sides are engaged in.Support the show.

For those of you looking for a concrete example of the staggering cost of regulation, I've got one for you today. It turns out the trucking industry is about to be hit with new regulations requiring all companies to digitize the logs they use to track driver miles.

The U.S. trucking industry, already suffering from a shortage of around 30,000 drivers, is highly fragmented. Many of those who transport our goods around the U.S. are independent operators or work for small trucking firms. This means many small, independent drivers and companies will unable to comply with the new regulations and will either be purchased by larger companies or will simply go out of business.

It's just one of the ways companies use government and its power to regulate to protect themselves from competition and limit the number of companies in the market.

This particular regulation has some added consequences as well like reducing driver productivity. This requires trucking companies to hire additional drivers (drivers they can't find) to transport the same amount of goods.

All of the extra cost that comes from decreased productivity and increased regulatory burden will eventually be passed on to you, the consumer. Higher prices on the goods you buy and less money in your pocket. All so the government can save an estimated 26 lives per year.

All that and much much more today on the show.

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