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00:02:56.000Amnesty under no circumstances we should support.
00:02:59.000First of all, they would just promise us border security and it would never actually happen.
00:03:04.000But it is absolutely completely immoral to reward blatant law breaking.
00:03:09.000It's not just the breaking of the law across the border, but for the adults that broke into our country and continued to live illegally, harboring themselves in the interior of our country, every day they were here was breaking the law.
00:03:28.000Now, some people say, Charlie, where's your compassion?
00:03:30.000Our compassion is built into our legal immigration system.
00:03:34.000You see, part of the calculus of how we design an immigration system should be about protecting American workers first and foremost, protecting American citizens, trying to have a vibrant American middle class.
00:03:50.000And then, since we do have Abundant wealth and resources, a small component can be say, okay, we will take some immigrants if there's a war-torn country.
00:04:07.000And there's been a lot of good scholarship about the scam of refugee resettlement, resettlement, such as how it plays on the system and how it's not what it's supposed to be.
00:04:17.000But the point is, we already have based into our system the most compassionate and I would argue overly generous immigration system in the country.
00:04:26.000And this is why last spring I said that we should have a moratorium on all new people coming into the country.
00:04:35.000What about our recent high school graduates that cannot find jobs?
00:04:41.000Our immigration policies right now disenfranchise them.
00:04:45.000But the question was: what can we do to win over illegals that are given amnesty?
00:04:53.000It's not an easy question to answer, but I do believe that Hispanics and Latinos, and by the way, we have our Young Latino Leadership Summit coming up here in Phoenix, if anyone wants to attend, are more conservative than they are liberal, especially on issues of values issues, morals, pro-life, pro-marriage, anti-rioting, not at all in favor of BLM Incorporated, pro-entrepreneurship,
00:06:23.000There's a few others that do a wonderful job, but not enough.
00:06:27.000We need to take back cultural terrain everywhere we possibly can across the country.
00:06:33.000One of the big problems is that we are always on the left's terms.
00:06:38.000We are always contesting on their terrain.
00:06:44.000They're always the ones that are defining the rules of engagement.
00:06:48.000So, how do we grab more of the share of higher education and culture?
00:06:51.000I have three moonshot ideas that are somewhat provocative that I believe can save the country quickly.
00:06:59.000Number one, we must double the homeschooling population in the next five years, double it.
00:07:05.000Give financial assistance where necessary, curriculum assistance, create co-ops.
00:07:10.000We must double the homeschooling population.
00:07:13.000Number two, we must make sure young people marry earlier.
00:07:21.000Young people waiting till they're 30 or 35 or not getting married at all is a tragedy for our country.
00:07:28.000And those families need to have many children, lots of kids.
00:07:32.000And number three is that we must reduce college enrollment significantly.
00:07:38.000We need less people going to four-year college.
00:07:40.000This is my next book that will be coming out in August or September where I'm going to make the argument that you should not go to college.
00:07:47.000Now, maybe if you want to become a doctor, an engineer, or a lawyer, maybe, but that's less than 10% of people that go to college.
00:07:53.000We have way too many people in America going to college.
00:07:56.000We need more plumbers, electricians, and carpenters, computer engineers, entrepreneurs, police officers, firefighters, and a lot less people that study North African lesbian poetry or South African migratory bird studies.
00:08:10.000We need people that, first of all, you know, producer Connor, who does an amazing job, has a degree from an esteemed university, I might add.
00:08:20.000And he said, when I got my political science degree, we were just taught Plato's Republic and not ever taught Aristotle.
00:08:27.000Those are his words, and we went through Aristotle in great detail and will continue to because I believe that the more we study the classics, the more we'll understand exactly where we are today.
00:08:36.000The point is that there's so much that is not taught in these universities that where you think what you're paying for, you're not even getting.
00:08:45.000So we have a generation of young people that's borrowing money they do not have to study things that don't matter, to find jobs that don't exist, and a cycle of indebtedness.
00:08:56.000And so those are the three very somewhat provocative objectives that we need to go at.
00:09:00.000And I understand that homeschooling can be very intimidating for a lot of young families.
00:09:05.000It could be expensive because you have to remove yourself from the workforce.
00:09:10.000I would make the argument that it is absolutely the best decision possible.
00:09:17.000One of the top correlations of making sure that your child remains either a Christian or a conservative or consistent with your viewpoint is homeschooling.
00:09:26.000Homeschooling used to be something that got a bad rap when I grew up.
00:09:33.000Like all the nerdy kids were homeschooled with no social skills.
00:09:39.000They are the wisest, most clear-thinking, most driven, most qualified young people that we deal with at Turning Point USA or here on the Charlie Kirk show.
00:09:54.000And I'll close with this on that question, which is, we need to think more critically about what institutions that we automatically support.
00:10:03.000What companies do you purchase products from?
00:10:14.000And if they are not consistent with your viewpoint, or if you at least don't believe that they're tolerant of your viewpoint, then maybe it's time to disconnect and seek other pastures.
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00:11:43.000My name is Teddy, a Turning Point USA chapter president.
00:11:46.000What should I tell students who are scared to join Turning Point USA because they are afraid the school will fail them?
00:11:53.000Well, I don't think the school will fail them, so I think that fear can probably be addressed.
00:11:58.000I think more directly, though, your fear is not incorrect.
00:12:04.000If you get involved with a conservative group, if you get involved with Turning Point USA, you will likely lose many of your friends and you'll become socially targeted.
00:12:15.000Aren't I a wonderful recruiter for Turning Point by saying this?
00:12:18.000But our numbers are unbelievable at Turning Point USA.
00:12:21.000We're starting new chapters, tpusa.com.
00:12:26.000And one of the main reasons is because this generation, unlike generations before, understand the threat of the left and they're willing to do something about it.
00:12:38.000And so, Teddy, I first want to say thank you for starting a Turning Point USA chapter.
00:12:43.000I hope to meet you if I have not met you already.
00:12:46.000And I apologize, I meet so many of you.
00:12:48.000We have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of these unbelievable young leaders.
00:12:53.000And if you're a parent and you're listening, or if you are an adult, you would be so inspired by the students that we have at Turning Point USA.
00:13:01.000It really is going to save the country.
00:13:05.000And so, Teddy, to answer your question, though, it's understandable that people will be afraid, but continue to try and advocate and organize and tell your friends, like, look, it's going to get tough.
00:13:17.000We have a high threshold of what we have to articulate because there's always going to be the label that we're racist or misogynist or sexist or homophobic.
00:13:28.000But don't allow that to be a reason not to get involved and advocate for pro-American ideas on your high school or your college campus.
00:13:43.000I'm a current high school senior who's trying to make the massive decision on whether or not to attend college.
00:13:51.000If I did, I plan on majoring in political science with the end goal of going to law school and becoming an advocate for constitutional rights in the courtroom.
00:14:00.000But I also understand that colleges have now become indoctrination camps.
00:14:39.000Unlike getting a general humanities degree, women's studies, communication, psychology, which is generally a bunch of balderdash.
00:14:49.000If your goal is to argue for constitutional rights in the courtroom, then you should go to college.
00:14:56.000So you might say, well, what college should I go to?
00:14:58.000It depends how confident you are in your conservative beliefs.
00:15:02.000If you are confident in your conservative beliefs and you are convinced you will not be indoctrinated, then go to the best possible law school you can and graduate as quickly as possible.
00:15:16.000Now, you obviously have to get an undergraduate degree before you go to law school.
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00:19:09.000Another big lie that is constantly told is that America is a systemically racist country.
00:19:16.000One of my least favorite lies is that America is a fallow, logo-centric society advancing and protecting the teachings of a white heteronormative patriarchy.
00:19:32.000If that sounds like a bunch of rubbish, you're right.
00:19:36.000But for $2,000, A credit hour, you can learn about all that garbage.
00:19:48.000How do I respond to this when a bunch of liberals in my class or professors or friends or neighbors say that America is a patriarchy and that women are suffering?
00:20:14.000There is a war on men in America, and every statistic shows this.
00:20:18.000Do you know that boys have higher rates of suicide and mental illness and lower achievement in education?
00:20:26.000As boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women.
00:20:33.000Another alarming statistic is that young men appear to be losing a sense of purpose, increasingly feeling alienated, withdrawn, or addicted to immediate gratification.
00:20:44.000Do you know that there are millions fewer boys that are enrolling in college?
00:20:48.000I think that's a good thing generally, but the point is that they just disconnect from society altogether.
00:20:53.000It's not like they're going and pursuing other careers.
00:20:56.000Tens of thousands of young men perished last year, victims of the opioid epidemic, which, by the way, disproportionately impacts young men, and yes, you're not allowed to say this, but young white men.
00:21:11.000You know, one in 10 black men in his 30s is in jail, and more women are doctors and graduates of college and getting master's degrees.
00:21:21.000The Princeton economist, Dr. Alan Krueger, reported that more than 11% of men, ages 25 to 54, were unemployed and not seeking work.
00:21:33.000Other data suggests that many of the nation's white men are struggling with both physical and mental health problems, while other ethnic and racial groups have seen their health improve over the last couple of years.
00:21:46.000Julia Pollack, a labor economist at Jobs Marketplace, Zip Recruiter, told CNBC that, quote, in 2019, female-dominated industry soared while male-dominated industries plummeted.
00:22:00.000Quote, the economy created exactly 10 times as many jobs in the services sector than in the goods producing sector in 2019.
00:22:08.000So to summarize all of this, men are more likely to kill themselves, men are more likely to die at work, men are more likely to die at war, men are more likely to declare bankruptcy, men are more likely to be addicted to substances, and women are more likely to be financially solvent.
00:22:26.000By the way, you know, life expectancy for women is substantially longer than it is for men?
00:22:31.000You know that women have less health problems than men in America?
00:22:34.000Can you show me a singular statistic that shows that men are doing better than women?
00:22:50.000If you account for years in the workforce, degree, and occupation, women actually earn more than men.
00:23:00.000One of the reasons those statistics are even publicized is because a lot of women voluntarily leave the workforce in their late 20s or early 30s to have children.
00:23:10.000That is when most raises and promotions occur.
00:23:12.000And that's when men who don't usually leave the workforce to raise children get those raises and promotions.
00:23:19.000We're seeing that flip upside down as young women are being told go pursue some corporate career and it creates single, angry, miserable college-educated women who are 32 and 33 that have a biological clock ticking saying, maybe I should reproduce, but no, I'm going to go try to make partner at some law firm.
00:23:52.000In most circumstances, it's a complete and total disaster.
00:23:56.000The emasculated man and the masculated woman or the masculine woman is a recipe for disaster.
00:24:04.000Basically, I don't even call that it's a partnership that is just waiting for divorce.
00:24:11.000And I've seen it happen dozens of times, and the data reinforces it.
00:24:15.000So to answer your question, Ryan, and you should use these statistics against your professor and just ask the question: what is dominated by men?
00:24:23.000Now they say, well, there's more men than women in Congress.
00:24:26.000Yeah, because more men run for office.
00:25:25.000Potentially, I think that the Democrats could splinter.
00:25:28.000I think that they have so many competing factions, but I think it's more of a danger that Republicans actually fracture, and we have to try to keep the Republican or the conservative movement together.
00:25:39.000And one of the most important announcements of the last few weeks that was not mentioned, of course, in the media is that Donald Trump has said he's not starting a third party.
00:25:50.000That Donald Trump has said that he's not going to start a third party, is going to work within the Republican Party.
00:25:54.000Do you notice how the media conveniently didn't cover that story?
00:27:20.00041% of people that graduate college will graduate.
00:27:24.000And I'll get the exact number, but somewhere between 20 or 30% of college graduates actually end up getting a job that is directly applicable with their degree.
00:27:35.000So, Ryan, why are they pushing college so aggressively?
00:27:37.000Well, because college makes great liberals and dependent voters.
00:27:40.000College makes you a weaker person, not a stronger person.
00:27:43.000It makes you a more intolerant person, not a more tolerant person.
00:28:20.000But I can tell you that not having a college degree made me work harder and opened up more doors for me than feeling entitled that I was supposed to be given something by going to college.
00:28:32.000And I know plenty of people that have gone to college and they found value in it.
00:28:37.000But I know more people, and based on all my study and all my travel, and the data supports this, the macro data, there is a massive disgust with the value that is delivered for most universities and colleges.
00:28:53.000According to the Washington Post, only 27% end up getting a job in a field related to their major.
00:29:04.000So if you go to college, you only have a 6 in 10 chance of graduating, 6 in 10.
00:29:09.000And then if you graduate, of that 6 in 10, you only have a 3 out of 10 chance to round up to actually get a job in something applicable to your major.
00:29:20.000If a business had a track record like this, they would be criminally investigated for racketeering.
00:29:29.000In fact, it's a taxpayer-subsidized racket.
00:29:32.000If you go actually and see what degrees people get based on major, only about 11 to 12% of all the degrees across the country are in science, technology, engineering, math, or law.
00:29:44.000The rest are communications, sociology, humanities, which might be fun ideological explorations.
00:29:53.000But why do you need to go into debt, redirect your life to go learn about Nietzsche's nihilism or the Hegelian dialectic or Rassoian philosophy?
00:30:37.000The Lord has blessed us with phenomenal Jesus-loving teachers and administrators to work alongside us in the education of our children.
00:30:44.000Do you have any specific supplemental materials that you'd recommend to ensure they are getting a well-rounded foundational views when it comes to history, civics, and political science?
00:30:52.000Thanks for all you do, Mary Michael Taylor.
00:31:07.000And then also, my other recommendation for, and you have a wonderful Bible verse, Luke 137, for nothing is impossible with God.
00:31:18.000Go to the Foundation for Economic Education or go out of your way to make sure that your children understand economics.
00:31:27.000What I find in some church circles is they get the morals, they get the values, they get a little bit of American history and very little to no economics.
00:32:27.000Now, I'm not a libertarian purist, but if you do not have some economic literacy, then you'll start to do exactly what we're seeing in our government in both political parties.
00:32:39.000So that would be my one recommendation and suggestion is really dedicate yourself to teaching your children about economics and doing it correctly.
00:32:54.000Thanks so much for all the work you do every day.
00:32:55.000Your podcast has been such an encouragement and has made me start to research and pay attention to politics in my own city in British Columbia, Canada.
00:33:05.000First, any recommendations of a left-leaning liberal news site I could add to my list to be able to listen to, at least say my liberal friends, that I do not get all my news from the right?
00:33:13.000Second, do you know of anyone in Canada that is doing similar work to you?
00:33:16.000I'm embarrassed to say I'm now more informed about American politics than I am about Canadian.
00:34:00.000But there's a couple liberals like that that I listen to because I find it very interesting to see how they analyze the news and information.
00:34:07.000So that would be my recommendation there, Nancy.
00:34:17.000They said, Charlie, you said Francis Scott Key was anti-slavery.
00:34:21.000The Smithsonian says that he was pro-slavery.
00:34:25.000Much longer answer, but American Minute Bill Federer goes through this entire thing about how Francis Scott Key was intimately involved in advocating the Amistad slave ship to be liberated.
00:34:39.000And he was also a legal defense for slaves that came to America.
00:34:43.000So I'll just kind of finish with that question there.
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