joining us now, tom ferguson, senior fellow at the roosevelt institute, has also appeared with us on dcast radio, free dylan, and tom, you make us sound like that we're not that worried about this issue when you hear us speak. give us a sense of what you see happening with money that has you so incredibly incensed. >> okay. look, dylan, i think it's pretty straight forward. you know, if you want a happy ending, see a disney movie. but the sort of big story here, the stuff that the beyond the totals and the the fact, you can sort of see all these guys, and women, it's an equal opportunity deal now, diving into barrels of money. you want to understand how the structure, particularly of congress. the piece i was just doing that you asked me about earlier was on the centralization in congress. i mean, the striking thing is the way nobody crosses party lines and people are asking, why does that happen? the bottom line on this, the seniority has collapsed as a way to organize congress. it did maybe 30 years. it's been replaced by an auction system. it's in two levels, though. the first leve

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. >> reporter: tom ferguson and his wife rachel made a pact a year ago. >> we got radishes, kohlrabi,russels sprouts. >> reporter: to survive off their own land. >> tomatoes, winter squash, summer squash, paris nips, cauliflower, cabbage. >> reporter: that meant no trips to the grocery store or sit-down meals at a restaurant. for the next 365 days. >> because we want to control our own food. we want to know where it comes from. >> reporter: they achieved their goal. >> this isn't just a small garden. this couple has over 75 different varieties of fruits and vegetables all right here on a quarter acre of land in the middle of vallejo and that's not all. >> we have rabbits, chickens, turkeys and goats. >> reporter: it takes the couple at least an hour a day to maintain what they have come to love, from feeding the animals to watering the garden. and let's not forget cook the food. >> it we went easy at first. >> reporter: but it's routine for tom and rachel and they feel healthier. >> we wanted to get away from processed foods as much as possible. >> reporter: did you ever want to cheat