00:08:25.600And he also says, and I want you to take this seriously because I am not claiming to be smarter than the people who have actual degrees in these,
00:08:35.780I do believe that I come at this from a different angle because I haven't been professionally and carefully taught about how these things work.
00:08:46.880I use common sense and common mathematics.
00:08:50.360He said it's important not to overreact to this volatility in prices resulting from the unique circumstances of the pandemic and instead stay focused on the underlying trends of inflation.
00:09:03.040So we have had good inflation numbers for quite some time.
00:09:56.620So when people what's going to happen is his theory is we have we have people that have been pent up inside and they're going to go outside.
00:10:05.880They're going to start spending their money.
00:10:07.840But because they've been inside, nobody's been making these products.
00:11:50.860I think it's fair to argue the question whether the combination of supply chain constraints and stimulus-driven price increases actually revert next year.
00:14:44.620They had their latest earnings call commentary.
00:14:49.100Now, Bank of America, you want to understand, listens to earning calls for the stock market.
00:14:57.900And what those earning calls are, it's corporations, the CEO, CFO, they give the report and they say, hey, here's what we're experiencing.
00:15:07.760This is it helps people look to the future.
00:15:10.780If you're buying into the stock market, part of the intrinsic value now is not how much a company is making, not based on anything real, actual, I can count it right now.
00:17:24.140On an absolute basis, mentions skyrocketed to near record highs, pointing to, at the very least, transitory hyperinflation ahead.
00:17:40.500Again, this is from Bank of America's earnings report, the report on all of the earnings from companies, pointing to, quoting, at the very least, transitory hyperinflation ahead.
00:17:58.960Not to worry, they go on, inflation risk is most prevalent in materials, consumer sectors, and industrials.
00:18:11.020So if you're buying ring net doves, you're going to be fine.
00:18:17.480And don't worry, hyperinflation, according to Bank of America, hyperinflation, which is at the very least, will be transitory.
00:18:34.320Well, I think, generally speaking, genocide is also transitory, is it not?
00:25:44.700Most people are aware, I hope, that the Federal Reserve and the government have pumped trillions of dollars into this economy just because of COVID.
00:25:57.760They've done it through a combination of things.
00:26:02.580Free cash provided by the government to individuals.
00:26:09.980Hundreds of billions in loan forbearance on mortgages, meaning you would have defaulted,
00:26:16.140but they said no hold off student and car loans forbearance as well.
00:26:21.260And a myriad of other spending that adds up northward of $12.4 trillion in direct COVID-19 stimulus and $19 trillion in total economic stimulus,
00:26:36.540including money that is not directly tied to COVID.
00:26:39.820A good deal of the deficit has been taken on by Uncle Sam, and it was directly financed by the Federal Reserve.
00:27:15.160The Fed has usually held a small amount of Treasury bonds, around $220 billion in 2007 before the crash.
00:27:24.680However, after the crash of 08, the Fed's holdings of U.S. Treasuries went up to $4 trillion as the Fed printed currency to bail the big banks themselves out.
00:29:11.640According to Alan Greenspan in his remarks in 2005, pools of capital, that's all that money is, are pools of capital that add up to a whole.
00:29:24.320And that whole can be allocated as needed during times of crisis.
00:35:51.180As he was running up huge debt, he said, there's going to come a time when we're going to have to make choices and we're not going to like any of the choices.
00:52:12.740And I want to give you some things to think about.
00:52:15.560So, there is a catalog of inflation hedges.
00:52:19.100Things that you can buy that are a hedge against inflation.
00:52:24.520The number one has always had an A rating was gold until tips came into the picture in the 1980s.
00:52:34.080In the 1980s, they realized, the government realized that gold was, people were dropping the federal bonds and they were buying gold and it was freaking people out.
00:52:47.140Remember, the price of gold in 1973 was 34, 34, maybe it was $60 an ounce.
00:52:54.540I think it was 34, but it might have been $60 an ounce, okay, in 1972.
00:53:02.380By 1980, it was about $1,000 and it was freaking everybody out.
00:53:08.540So, the federal government decided, you know what, we're going to come up with new bonds and they're called TIPS, Treasury Inflation Protected.
00:53:17.240So, it guarantees the rate of inflation.
00:53:21.780However, if inflation is low, you lose.
00:53:24.500If the government, you know, hyperinflates the money, you lose.
00:53:28.940Because what are you going to buy with all that money?
00:56:38.700However, if you're going to use lumber, so you will always have a place for it, and you're not borrowing money, lumber might be a good deal.
00:56:52.760I just sold my plywood for $13 a sheet to my friend who is needing to redo their floors as well because of this cold that happened and the water and everything else.
00:58:33.860I want to take a one-minute break, and I want to break this down to the person that is the average person that doesn't have money, that doesn't have a lot of money, that is living day-to-day and is wondering, what does this mean to me?
00:58:51.440It's going to mean a lot to you, and let me show you how you can protect yourself and your family.
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01:00:00.800These are attorneys that knew that there was a problem in this area, and they could help people.
01:00:07.460So these are all attorneys that are looking at it the legal way, the most effective way, the permanent way, to get you out of your timeshare.
01:01:06.300So that leaves a little bit of wiggle room.
01:01:08.420Yes, however, traditionally, we understand that as Zimbabwe, Germany, Venezuela, when prices just skyrocket.
01:01:17.660Now, the reason why they're saying transitory is because they believe this is going to come, and then it will go away when the world goes back to normal.
01:01:27.720But do you think we're going back to normal?
01:01:32.080We're spending $19 trillion, and we've just proposed another four.
01:01:40.640We're not really going back to normal, kids.
01:15:57.600Buy things that you know you're going to need and use.
01:16:02.200And you know that it might come down before you use it all.
01:16:05.680But it's better to have it than having to go buy it when it's a bottle of shampoo that used to cost you $3 is now $5 and you think might be $17.
01:17:34.200My grandfather taught me, you know, he lived through the Great Depression and he said, you know, people laughed, people laughed, people laughed.
01:17:41.400He said, we didn't have the money to invest in the stock market.
01:17:44.220He said, but everybody was trying to get rich.
01:17:46.180Everybody was borrowing against things they didn't really own.
01:19:42.340They have the system to get your home sold fast and for top dollar and to get you not into a into a bidding war, but winning that war and winning the house that you want.
01:19:55.700And real estate agents, I trust, will put you into the the hands of those kinds of real estate agents.
01:24:33.180What is truly amazing to me is the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
01:24:50.920President Joe Biden's signature COVID-19 relief legislation provides billions of dollars of debt relief to socially disadvantageous farmers and ranchers.
01:25:03.400But the law's definition of socially disadvantage includes explicit racial classifications.
01:25:10.980Farmers and ranchers must be black or African-American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Hispanic, Latino or Asian American or Pacific Islander.
01:25:24.980Other farmers, white farmers are not eligible.
01:27:05.480So, Glenn, we filed this in federal court last Thursday.
01:27:09.340We filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
01:27:11.700The American Rescue Plan contains $4 billion of loan forgiveness, as you said.
01:27:17.640What that means is that if you're a farmer who has taken out a loan, you're going to get 100% of that loan forgiven, plus 20% is going to be deposited directly into your bank account.
01:27:28.260So, it's not uncommon for a farmer to take out a million-dollar loan for property, for commodities, for land or operating expenses.
01:27:37.300So, if you were a farmer who took out a million-dollar loan today in December, you would get $1.2 million in return.
01:27:44.720And then you could also sell the crop that you were going to grow and make a profit off of that.
01:28:02.820And Adam, I doubt Adam would call himself disadvantaged, but, you know, being a double amputee might not be an advantage of getting up every morning and milking the cows in the stalls.
01:30:53.140And so, if the Supreme Court backs down from that principle, it's going to be a very long and winding road down this tunnel of critical race theory and systemic racism.
01:31:06.440So, Dan, you're in Wisconsin, which amazes me.
01:31:10.860Wisconsin is a very progressive state.
01:31:13.220Wisconsin, it's important to make sure that this goes to the right court.
01:32:17.980They have to prove that we should retreat from the principles of equality and we should retreat from what is the foundational principle that all people are created equal.
01:32:29.640And we should be treated as individuals.
01:32:53.540Um, well, from the time that I saw this all playing out and the proposal of this act, it really bothered me that there would be, that the government would turn its back on its citizens and do something that's racist, which is against the fabric of our country.
01:33:17.900And as, uh, time went on and didn't see anything really happening, I kind of assumed that there'd be organizations that would jump on this immediately and they not see anything happening.
01:33:33.300I thought, well, somebody has to get involved and has to represent agriculture.
01:33:39.900I mean, agriculture is not, is not built on a bunch of racist people and I've, I've heard from a lot of people and supporting us and thanking us for, for stepping up and, and trying to take care of this.
01:33:59.440Well, Adam, I'm a small farmer and a small rancher myself, and I thank you for it.
01:34:03.440Um, I don't want the loan or would I, would I apply for the loan?
01:34:09.000Um, but I have been deeply offended and so have all of the farmers around my farm.
01:34:58.020Well, the United States, uh, has, uh, a few weeks in which to respond to this.
01:35:03.620And, and, uh, as I said, in the meantime, we may have to ask the judge to put this law on hold, um, before the money starts, uh, going out.
01:35:11.140And do you have the money to fight the United States government on this?
01:35:14.540We are a non-profit law firm in Wisconsin, Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty.
01:35:20.640And we, uh, exist purely on the kindness of others and donations.
01:35:25.360And, uh, anybody who wants more information can go to our website at will-law.org.
01:46:42.320He is the co-founder and president of Asian American coalition for education and we wanted to talk a little bit about, uh, the discrimination against Asians.
01:46:51.460Um, you actually sent a letter to the attorney general criticizing the Biden administration and their approach on fighting against anti-Asian violence and hate crimes.
01:47:08.200Yeah, I, um, April 6th, on behalf of Asian American coalition for education, I sent a letter to U.S.
01:47:17.360Attorney General Garland because the three, the four, three reasons.
01:47:24.100First, the data and the facts point out over majority of the violent attack on Asian Americans were reported in states
01:47:34.960that either reduce the funding for police or release many violent criminal irresponsibly during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as New York, California.
01:47:47.560But in the states who voted for Trump, like Texas and Florida, there was very little reporting.
01:47:57.200So, actually, the primary reason is the early release of violent criminals on the street.
01:48:05.960So, the Biden administration, they put a wrong blame to, like, a friend of Trump to the white supremacists.
01:48:13.840I would love to just blindly go with you because you're saying what I like to hear.
01:48:18.900But do you have anything to back up the fact that these crimes are not being reported in Florida and in Texas,
01:48:27.960but in California and New York and the connection to the release of violent prisoners?
01:48:33.860Yeah, actually, in Washington, in New York Post, on April the 10th, another Chinese American called White Wall Chin,
01:48:46.040she published an article, she documented from end of February to end of March about six, like, incidents versus attack on Asian Americans.
01:48:57.580All of them were, like, people of color, were violent, you know, some of them really released, early release of, like, criminals.
01:49:08.760Example, a 65-year-old Filipino in Middletown was attacked on April 5th, right?
01:49:15.800And that person actually was a criminal, being early released.
01:49:19.700He was put into, like, a Marriott at some downtown, you know, hotel.
01:49:24.060The Democratic mayor treated him very well, but this guy attacked, you know, he murdered his mother many years ago, but he was early released.
01:49:36.860I also listened to another, like, Department of Justice seminar, like, in South Florida.
01:49:43.340Over the last few years, you know, that was only one hate crime against Asians.
01:49:49.260That happened before President Trump, you know, there was no other, like, you know, hate crime in South Florida, like, in U.S. Attorney's Office in South Florida.
01:50:16.620Yeah, that is another source of, like, hate crime, you know, against Asian Americans, because, you know, Asian Americans, we've never been, like, in a position making the national policy, right?
01:50:33.880You know, the reason we have good performance in the education, because we emphasize education, we're hardworking, right?
01:50:43.660So, but, you know, reckless politicians from the left, they label us as overrepresented.
01:50:51.660And in Department of Education in New York City, some politicians even label us as privileged.
01:50:58.340So this absolutely will lead to the hatred towards Asian Americans.
01:51:03.440It's totally baseless, you know, it's irresponsible.
01:51:07.660I will tell you, this is a really hasty generalization or overgeneralization, but when I think of Asian kids in school, I think they are smart, not because they're born smarter.
01:51:21.700The culture, the culture, the family culture emphasizes hard work, emphasizes study, and so they perform well.
01:51:31.500And instead of, you know, people saying that they're privileged, we should be saying, what are you guys doing and how are you doing it?
01:51:39.560Because, I mean, it's working for you.
01:51:42.020Exactly, you know, I used to work at, like, a big corporation.
01:51:50.460Unfortunately, in America right now, the liberals don't want to really help the other minority, like black and Hispanic, to really lift them up, you know, help them improve the parenting, you know, promote this kind of pro-education culture.
01:52:09.700They just want to bring Asian Americans down.
01:52:50.380The good news is students forfeit admission.
01:52:54.620The lawsuit already petitioned to the U.S. Supreme Court.
01:52:58.320Hopefully, if the U.S. Supreme Court takes this case, we may be able to strike down the systematic racism against Asian America, which is a risk-based affirmative action.
01:53:12.200They say that meritocracy, your belief in meritocracy, is just you playing into the white supremacist view of work hard and you'll get somewhere, and you're only playing the white supremacy game to get ahead.
01:53:31.840Which I think is a pretty racist thing to say on multiple levels, but one of which would be they are saying then that meritocracy doesn't exist in Asian culture at all?
01:54:25.900During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong, the dictator, he wanted to bring so-called equity to the workers, to soldiers, to peasants.
01:55:01.600How, Yukon, how does this, how do the, do the people in Washington know, because they must know that what they're doing is going to damage America and our position to a great extent?
01:55:19.500Uh, I, I want to say, you know, some, you know, particularly in people in Washington and some local, you know, local government, many of them are playing dirty identity politics.
01:55:33.700Because many males in our inner city, liberal males, they failed the black and Hispanic children miserably, in under their watch, like New York City, right?
01:55:48.280Like the Hispanic and black, their English proficiency and the math proficiency is less than half of the white and the Asian, right?
01:55:59.860But if they failed miserably, you guess what?
01:56:03.340He wants to continue getting the votes.
01:56:05.160So, they, he tried to change the, like, entrance exam for the New York Specialized High School for the same reason, many politicians want to change, impose risk factors in college admissions.
01:56:19.600So, they use Asian children, also many times white children, as a scapegoat for their policy failure to solve the issue in the black, too many black, and Hispanic community.
01:56:33.720I thank you for, um, standing up and being a voice in reason, especially in a time when nobody seems willing to.
01:56:44.080Yukon Zhao is, uh, our guest, and you can follow him and find more information at AsianAmericanForEducation.org.