Verdict with Ted Cruz - March 20, 2025


Bonus Pod： POTUS to the Dept of Ed ＂You're FIRED＂ plus the 'Trump' Card

Topics
egg prices and gasoline
Hosted by
Ted Cruz
Mentioned
Donald Trump Joe Biden Ben Ferguson Linda McMahon Rollins
BONUS SHOW： Daily Review with Clay Travis and Buck Sexton - Mar 18 2025 Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education

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Trump signs an order to shut down the Department of Education, a major win for American consumers with gas and egg prices going down quickly, and Donald Trump introduces the Golden Visa Program to get rid of major debt issues in the country.

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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
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00:00:04.760 Well, the only thing I totally admired about sleepy Joe Biden is the following.
00:00:08.780 He'd go to a beach, he'd lay down in a cot, barely able to get his feet through the sand.
00:00:13.540 And within minutes, he's sleeping and you have cameras watching him.
00:00:16.360 I could never do that.
00:00:17.460 I would never be able to sleep like that.
00:00:19.480 You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
00:00:23.240 Good Thursday morning, Ben Ferguson with you.
00:00:25.440 It's nice to have you on the 47 Morning Update.
00:00:27.700 And there's three major stories we're dealing with.
00:00:30.180 First up, Donald Trump to sign a major order shutting down the Department of Education.
00:00:37.100 I'll have the details in just a moment.
00:00:38.920 Also, a major win for American consumers with gas and egg prices coming down quickly.
00:00:45.280 What caused it and will this have an effect on other products?
00:00:48.680 That in a moment.
00:00:49.620 And finally, Donald Trump moves to get rid of, well, major debt issues in this country
00:00:54.660 with the introduction of golden visas.
00:00:56.980 And he explains exactly how to work.
00:00:59.880 It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now.
00:01:03.140 Story number one.
00:01:04.280 It is another promise that Donald Trump made to the American people.
00:01:08.040 We're going to get rid of the Department of Education because they're doing a terrible job.
00:01:13.060 And they're not actually educating our kids.
00:01:15.460 In fact, we are the lowest ranking in many categories of industrialized nations.
00:01:20.020 And that is why Donald Trump today is going to sign an order to shut down the Department
00:01:25.940 of Education.
00:01:27.320 Now, to be clear, as the left is already fear-mongering over this, this doesn't mean that any child
00:01:32.880 in a public school is not going to be able to go to a school.
00:01:36.320 He's made it clear it is time to hand this responsibility back over to the states so the states can do what is
00:01:43.020 right for the students in their state.
00:01:45.740 The president also said that many of the people that are working at the Department of Education,
00:01:51.160 well, they're not even showing up for work or doing their job at all.
00:01:54.700 Take a listen.
00:01:55.760 The Department of Education, maybe more so than any other place, has a lot of people that
00:02:02.600 can be cut.
00:02:03.980 They're number one, not showing up to work.
00:02:05.780 Number two, they're not doing a good job.
00:02:07.460 And if you take a look at our education process, and if you look at the charts, because they
00:02:14.480 have numerous charts where they do the top 40, we're at number 37, 38, 39, and 40.
00:02:21.340 And recently they hit, during Biden's last few days, they hit last.
00:02:25.880 So they were number 40, and yet we're number one in cost per pupil.
00:02:31.020 So it's pretty bad.
00:02:31.960 But we have a dream.
00:02:34.140 And you know what the dream is?
00:02:35.120 We're going to move the Department of Education, we're going to move education into the states
00:02:39.700 so that the states, instead of bureaucrats working in Washington, so that the states can
00:02:44.900 run education.
00:02:45.980 And you have Norway, you have Denmark, you have Sweden, you have various, Finland, you have
00:02:52.360 various countries that do very well.
00:02:53.980 But you also have China that does very well in education, which is a pretty big tribute 0.79
00:02:58.280 to China, I must say.
00:03:00.180 1.4 billion, and they're in the top 10.
00:03:03.740 And it's pretty amazing.
00:03:05.840 So we can't blame size anymore.
00:03:07.940 You know, normally you'd blame size.
00:03:09.600 It's too big.
00:03:10.240 How can you do it?
00:03:11.300 But China does it.
00:03:12.240 So we think when you move it back to Iowa and Indiana and all the states that run so
00:03:19.740 well, there's so many, I could name 30, maybe almost 40, those will be as good as Denmark,
00:03:27.080 those will be as good as Norway, and they'll be as good as any of these, I believe they'll
00:03:31.740 be as good as any.
00:03:32.680 Now, then you're going to have 10 that won't be so great.
00:03:35.640 You're going to have five that will not be good at all, but we'll work with them and
00:03:39.460 we'll get them to be good.
00:03:40.300 But what we want to do is always school choice, but we're going to do school choice and we're
00:03:45.260 doing it, but we want education to be moved back where the states run education, where 0.88
00:03:51.440 the parents of the children will be running education, where governors that are doing a
00:03:56.740 very good job will be running education, not run.
00:04:00.480 I drive through the city and I see like so many buildings, Department of Education, Department
00:04:06.640 of Big Buildings, and by the way, they're empty.
00:04:09.400 Nobody shows up to work.
00:04:10.940 Nobody shows up to work.
00:04:12.540 This is why the president's saying it is time to overhaul the system and save Americans
00:04:18.160 a ton of money and give it back to the states where they can run the system better and have
00:04:23.500 better test scores and test results.
00:04:25.820 Now, you also heard the president talk about school choice.
00:04:28.960 It is something that he is a huge advocate for.
00:04:32.500 Now, the order, I'm being told, from the White House directs the education secretary, Linda
00:04:37.780 McMahon, to, quote, take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department
00:04:43.400 of Education and return education authority to the states while continuing to ensure the
00:04:49.740 effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.
00:04:56.680 It also mandates that any program or activities receiving remaining Department of Education funds should not advance
00:05:05.900 DEI or gender ideology.
00:05:09.320 The president making it clear this is about educating our kids.
00:05:14.080 Now, get ready to watch.
00:05:15.840 Many states move like never before to advocate for school choice.
00:05:20.560 And if you're in favor of school choice, now is the time to go to work on your elected officials in your state,
00:05:27.380 because this could totally transform education for countless kids all over America.
00:05:34.680 Now, story number two.
00:05:35.920 Donald Trump promised when he was elected that he was going to do everything he could to bring prices
00:05:40.780 that had gotten out of control back down for American consumers, for American families.
00:05:46.120 Two of the big things that American families need is gas for their cars and eggs to feed their family. 1.00
00:05:53.520 Well, we now have some very big news.
00:05:56.800 The average wholesale price per dozen eggs has dropped to $3.10.
00:06:02.760 How significant is that?
00:06:04.600 It is down 47% from $6.55 per dozen from January the 21st of this year.
00:06:14.520 The White House has now stated the White House on March the 17th announced this drop in egg and gasoline prices,
00:06:22.120 calling it a win for not only the Trump administration's economic agenda,
00:06:26.440 but for the American people that have been hurting for so long.
00:06:30.900 Now, egg prices had soared in recent months,
00:06:33.100 reaching an average high of $4.95 per dozen in January.
00:06:38.200 That according to the Department of Labor.
00:06:40.080 And then from January of 2024 to January 2025, egg prices increased by 54%.
00:06:47.540 Now, my primary reason for the skyrocketing prices is the avian influenza, avian flu,
00:06:53.920 which has led to the culling of tens of millions of egg-laying hens in recent months.
00:07:00.040 This is something that was actually talked about by the USDA Secretary Rollins in a recent interview,
00:07:06.480 but saying that it was time for someone to take charge since the Biden administration refused to do it.
00:07:13.320 A long way to go.
00:07:14.740 Listen, combating the avian bird flu is not something that we can do overnight.
00:07:19.620 It is a long-term effort.
00:07:21.640 But the Biden administration, this was a major problem that they had two years ago.
00:07:27.000 They talked about it.
00:07:28.340 They wrote some plans about it.
00:07:29.620 And then nothing ever happened.
00:07:31.920 So I think that it's really important to know, and for your viewers, that we are on it.
00:07:36.220 We have a major plan we've rolled out.
00:07:37.920 As you mentioned, it's got five different points.
00:07:39.980 But the really piece of, at least right now today, good news,
00:07:43.240 is that the price of eggs seem to be coming down.
00:07:45.540 And $1.85 per carton is not insignificant, but we've got a long way to go.
00:07:49.720 Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said last month
00:07:52.480 that more than 23 million birds were culled in January to contain the virus.
00:07:56.420 And that followed more than $18 million in December of 2024 that were put down as well.
00:08:03.580 Several weeks ago, the USDA also warned that egg prices could jump by more than 40% this year.
00:08:09.420 But as you just heard there from the Agricultural Secretary,
00:08:12.760 nothing is going to stand in the way of doing everything they can for the prices to continue to come down.
00:08:19.300 So let's move to the other big issue.
00:08:22.060 And that is dealing with the nationwide average for gas.
00:08:25.160 And that has declined for four straight weeks and down 42 cents from one year ago.
00:08:30.880 The White House pointed to data showing that the average for a gallon of gas is now under $3.
00:08:36.760 At $2.99 or less at more than two-thirds of all gas stations.
00:08:42.000 The Trump administration has faced some blowback in recent days over its economic policies.
00:08:47.860 The left continues to attack, particularly their tariffs,
00:08:51.040 and the declines in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ.
00:08:55.160 But the White House saying we are staying the course understanding that there is going to be tough days
00:09:00.980 for America to have a major recorrect on pricing.
00:09:04.880 And tariffs are going to help us get that done.
00:09:07.320 When it comes to the issue of gasoline, the president is saying drill, baby, drill.
00:09:12.800 Making it clear that we're not going to be held hostage by the Middle East or any other nation. 0.54
00:09:17.680 That America has more than enough resources to take care of itself and to lower prices for all Americans.
00:09:24.680 Yet again, another promise from the president that egg prices would come down
00:09:29.100 and the gasoline prices will come down, paying off in the first two months in office.
00:09:35.100 And here is story number three.
00:09:36.560 One of the core issues the president of the United States of America said he believes is his job now
00:09:41.500 is to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse, and to deal with our out-of-control federal deficit,
00:09:47.820 which is in the trillions of dollars.
00:09:50.200 Donald Trump is also looking at ways to bring more money into the country.
00:09:54.780 And one way he says we can do it is by having a $5 million payment to our government for a golden visa.
00:10:03.540 He believes that this is a major opportunity for America to pay down our debt.
00:10:10.360 Now, he was talking with Laura Ingram on Fox News Channel about these visas,
00:10:15.040 and this is what he wanted the American people to know.
00:10:18.000 The golden visa, which you also, you're obviously backing,
00:10:22.140 probably is going to have to go through Congress.
00:10:23.860 We'll see if they actually do that.
00:10:25.280 But $5 million investment from a foreigner coming into the United States.
00:10:30.000 Why should our citizenship be purchased for any amount of money,
00:10:35.460 especially given the fact that you're America first,
00:10:38.500 given the types of people who have $5 million to throw down for a visa or for a permanent residency?
00:10:45.380 That's why, because I'm America first.
00:10:48.000 Because at $5 million, you're getting a lot of things, but you're getting $5 million.
00:10:52.020 Let's say we sell a million of them.
00:10:54.700 That's $5 trillion.
00:10:55.600 We are now an unbelievably successful country, paying down tremendous amounts of debt.
00:11:04.240 It's all going to pay down debt.
00:11:05.840 We're going to have very little debt.
00:11:07.200 Separate fund.
00:11:07.700 But if you did, think of it, if you did $5 million.
00:11:11.340 Now, generally, people that can pay $5 million are going to be job producers, okay?
00:11:16.920 They're going to be successful.
00:11:18.020 They're going to produce jobs. 0.99
00:11:19.020 But here's another thing.
00:11:19.920 Apple comes to me.
00:11:21.840 A lot of companies come to me.
00:11:23.080 They say, sir, we just made a deal to hire the number one student at the Wharton School of Finance
00:11:29.340 or at Harvard Business School or anything else, or MIT or Stanford or any of it.
00:11:36.560 But they're going to throw them out of the country the day after graduation.
00:11:40.360 They'll buy these.
00:11:41.400 Why should an American kid become a computer scientist? 0.98
00:11:43.300 And by the way, they're going to call it either the gold card.
00:11:45.300 The problem is, is mini gold cards, well, I will tell you what my people want to call it.
00:11:50.420 It'll drive you crazy.
00:11:51.780 It'll drive the left crazy.
00:11:53.460 They want to call it the Trump card because the Trump card sells much better than the gold card.
00:11:58.920 Everybody has a gold card.
00:11:59.560 So you're not worried about any unsavory people coming in and taking it?
00:12:02.500 Yeah, I'm worried about unsavory, in which case we're going to give them the money back and they get out.
00:12:07.020 They'll be properly vetted.
00:12:08.520 Oh, they're going to be properly vetted.
00:12:09.880 But, you know, when you're talking about a lot of people, I think it's going to be very successful.
00:12:13.420 If somebody's wrong, we actually are very nice because it makes it a lot easier legally.
00:12:20.080 We give them that money back and we send them out.
00:12:22.720 One thing's for sure.
00:12:24.020 The President of the United States of America is looking for new ways to bring actual cash into the United States of America from people overseas.
00:12:32.180 In other words, he's looking at them as customers instead of all the money coming from the American taxpayer.
00:12:38.640 As for the program and the fear mongering, many in the media are doing this.
00:12:42.620 They're saying, what if an unsavory person comes in?
00:12:45.940 You just heard the President make it very clear.
00:12:48.520 We'll kick them out. 0.97
00:12:49.580 Maybe we'll give them a refund and we'll move on.
00:12:52.060 Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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