telling me that with all of these medical breakthroughs that not a single one of them has lowered anybody's costs? Instead, the entire medical community has turned into a scam. The scam goes like this. We could cure this thing, but it would make a lot more sense if we didn't. Or we could sell these supplies to you cheaply, or we could sell you the machine cheaply and make the supplies really, really expensive forever. So my brief experience in the health care medical device area is that it's pretty much people who don't want you to get better and they definitely don't want you to stop using their medical devices.

But what about your veterinarian? Sure, human medicine is probably one big scam, but what about veterinarians? Well, it turns out that private equity firms are buying up all the veterinary practices. Did you know that? So they currently own up to half of all veterinary clinics and 75% of emergency hospitals. And guess what they do when they buy a local veterinary practice? They substantially increase the prices, and that's why your veterinary bill is through the roof. There's a reason, because those big entities are buying them and jacking up the price.

What's the update on those Texas Democrats who, rather than stay in town and do their job, decided that they would stage a theatrical skit because it's what they do? Democrats, we have another crisis. The oligarch is trying to be an authoritarian. So what do yo