host: matt bennett is with us. jerry in maryland, you are on. go ahead with your question or comment. caller: what is the total intake for the federal government on an annual basis, because the budget , i believe, exceeds half of the total intake, so where is that money coming from? number two, the democratic agenda has this policy, and we have an economy shrinking, and we have over 2 million people coming in taking away potential jobs. what's the policy that the democrats have tried to achieve? you have working people trying to get minimum wage increased, then you have the influx of new people taking away jobs, so what is the policy? why is that policy good for the country? host: thank you. guest: so, a couple points, jerry. in terms of the overall budget, the numbers we are talking about our 10 year numbers. what the president has made clear his along with spending increases or tax cuts for the middle and working classes, there are no tax cuts for the rich in this bill, we will offset those with increases in other places, including increases o

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i want to start with you, matt bennett, your thoughts on this?? >> i side with the public health officials who say that's necessary in san francisco which was one of the original points of the outbreak. we lost more than 700,000 americans to covid. we've lost more than 500 children to covid and we lose 1600 more every week even though things are getting better, slightly, we are still in the grip of a horrible, horrible pandemic. molly: i thought that you were done. matt, is this government overreach or will we see other businesses pushing back other than what we have seen in the statement like in and outburg sneer. >> what laws does the city of san francisco choose to enforce and which ones they don't. they choose to enforce the law which shuts down in and out locations in the state of california, however, when you have other stores closing like walgreens because gangs are robbing them with impunity because they won't enforce laws against stealing, theft, smash and grabs on the street. it really comes down to they won't enforce one set of laws bu

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