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Glenn Beck: Romney talks bailout

September 23, 2008
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The Glenn Beck Program




Mitt Romney

GLENN: From Radio City in Midtown Manhattan, third most listened to show in all of America. Hello, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. My name is Glenn Beck. Governor Mitt Romney is on the phone with me now and we're just talking a little bit about the bailout package and whether or not it is something that we should do. Governor, I have been against the bailouts of, you know, Bear Stearns, all of these bailouts I've been against. You could have made the case on AIG because it's an insurance company but here we go with a massive program that you're kidding yourself if you don't think that it's at least $2 trillion that it's going to end up being. A lot of people say where's my bailout, why should I bail these people out on Wall Street that have caused this problem.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, there's no question no one has any interest in bailing out the guys on Wall Street who caused this problem. In many respects the term "Bailout" is a misnomer. The people who caused this problem ought to lose jobs, ought to lose wealth and are going to face some hard times by virtue of their mistakes but what we want to make sure is that the people on Main Street and the homes all over America, that these folks aren't the ones who are suffering and if we had a meltdown of our financial system where banks and financial institutions couldn't make loans, where your life insurance policy was suddenly worthless, where awful these kind of dramatic changes occurred, you'd hurt a lot of people. A lot of people would lose jobs. You could even throw the country into, well, a very severe recession or even the D word which I don't want to use, but it's that which the treasury secretary and the Federal Reserve are worried about and that's why they are taking such extraordinary action.

GLENN: Explain a little bit of what happened last Wednesday in layman's terms. I don't know if America really has a handle on, we were talking about shutting the country off because of nobody was making loans to each other. Nobody trusts each other anymore.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, the challenge all started with exuberance on the part of Republicans and Democrats to give mortgages to people who really didn't have the capacity to pay back the money. Everybody hoped they would but, you know, it was just irrational exuberance as Greenspan used to call it and so all these mortgages were handed out and then the banks, investment banks and other institutions held onto these mortgages expecting to get paid back and when the inevitable happened, when it was clear that people couldn't pay it back and started defaulting, we recognized that these banks and investment banks didn't have as much money as they thought they had and therefore they had to stop lending to new people because they didn't have money to lend. And when you start seeing people having to stop lending, well, then you mean folks can't buy cars, the kids can't get loans for school, that people can't buy homes and you could slam the whole economy shut. And it was that that the Federal Reserve feared and that's why they are proposing such dramatic action.

GLENN: Okay. The country is not for this bailout at this point, and I think that is because nobody has been nobody will use the D word. But if you don't stop this in its spiral out of control, businesses, I mean small businesses, big businesses, it just closes shop almost overnight. Yes or no?

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: And that's you are absolutely right. That's the fear. The fear is if all the banks start going under, all right, if the investment banks start going under or if they just can't make loans anymore because they don't have a strong enough balance sheet, not enough cash, if you will, and reserves to make loans to people, well, guess what happens in this country. We have a massive economic slowdown unlike anything we've seen for 100 years.

GLENN: That's a real concern, though. People dismiss that as, oh, that's crazy, that will never happen. That's an actual real consequence of doing nothing or doing the wrong thing.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, that's precisely what Secretary Paulson and Chairman Ben Bernanke and people on both sides of the aisle fear. And you can't be 100% sure that would happen but that's what they fear. They are not trying to save the jobs of the folks on Wall Street. They are not crying over those. What they're concerned about is that if Wall Street and the banking sector and the insurance companies go out of business, why, the entire country can go out of business.

GLENN: Okay. Now, the other side, because I am because I now understand exactly, this is not and correct me if you disagree with me but I believe this is not necessarily we all hoped that it would work but this is not necessarily designed to just put everything back in rosy condition. This is to land the plane even in the middle of a field or a forest, just have some pieces of the plane left and not kill everybody on board.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Yeah, Glenn, I think you hit it on the head because even when this is done, there's still going to be dramatic change in our financial markets. Institutions are going to stop we're not going to have investment banks like we used to have.

GLENN: Right.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: New York may cease being the center of financial activity in the world.

GLENN: Which is gigantic. The other thing is, is that we would whether this works or not, we're probably going to live more like my grandparents lived that they were saving the bacon grease, they never threw scraps away, you know, my grandmother fixed our shirts and our pants. I mean, we were thrifty because they went through the Great Depression. We're going to have to, one way or another, reset pretty close to that kind of a lifestyle again.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, I don't know that we're going to go quite that far. I'm not planning on saving the bacon grease, but I think people are going to be thrifty. We are with our automobiles now. We're looking at far more fuel efficient cars, we're looking at turning down the thermostats in our homes. We're just saying, you know what, in a world like the one we're living in, we can't afford to be as extravagant with energy and with spending as we've been in the past. And by the way, government is the place to start. We're going to have to rein in these politicians that keep adding new programs and new spending ideas. It's part of what's precipitated the crisis we have.

GLENN: Okay. Now, the other argument against not doing anything would be that we're printing money in the basement. We're adding more debt to some we're doing exactly what caused this. We don't have the money to do it but we're like, oh, no, we can just carry that; don't worry, we're good for it and somehow or another we'll figure it out, things will get better. And so we're doing what we all did in our own personal lives, not everybody, but a lot of people did in their own personal lives, we're doing it on the federal government scale to the Nth degree. How does it not end up destroying the value of our currency and not destroy, you know, the integrity and the credit rating of the United States of America?

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: There's no question but that the decision that we're taking to add more debt is something which weakens our currency which makes us more vulnerable in a global competitive world and has the very aspects you are speaking about. It's a question of which one is the worst. Those that are studying the effects of the two directions are saying, look, we're better off here buying some of these mortgages that aren't performing well, that aren't being paid back, we're going to buy them and then over time we're going to try and collect as much as we can from the various homeowners and sell homes and try and create stability. Because what the Federal Reserve is saying is look, when things go down in a fire sale mode, you are going to be in a lot worse shape than if you try and have an orderly, if you will, reorganization of the effort. So they are going to say we're going to add some debt but at the same time we're going to pay it back in a slow but sure way. And that's the you know, that's the there's no easy answer here. There's no obvious answer but it looks like the best one at this current juncture.

GLENN: Okay. The Democrats are trying to add a stimulus package, they are trying to say that judges should be able to be involved and renegotiate your mortgage payment, et cetera, et cetera. Is there anything here that you say, you know what, I'm for this bailout package but I draw the line here; this cannot happen?

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Yeah, at some point if you load an aircraft up with too much baggage, it won't take off. And this is an emergency effort to keep our economy from going into a tailspin and congress, you know, should act pretty narrowly and then if they want to do other things, fine. They just passed a $300 billion program to help people stay in their homes and they want to get credit for doing more. You know, let's do that on a separate day if we can. By the way, I think John McCain is right to say, look, if the Federal Reserve steps in or the Treasury steps in rather and keeps a bank from going bankrupt, we better not watch this CEO pay himself a $10 million bonus and so we're going to limit how much these guys can take out of these banks because we're not saving it for them. We're saving it for the citizens who want to borrow.

GLENN: Right. I don't have a problem with that but I do have a problem with telling people that they should have a salary cap.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, it's a compensation cap of some kind.

GLENN: But is it only for failures?

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Oh, yes. It's only for those that take money from the government.

GLENN: Then I have no problem. If you fail, you get 10 bucks.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Exactly. It's like saying, if you want the government to bail you out, to buy your bad debt from you, then the government is going to have a say about how much you are going to pay yourself because we're bailing you out so you can keep in business and lend money to our citizens. That's why we're not to pay yourself a big bonus.

GLENN: Good. I don't have a problem with that. Governor, I know you've got to run. Thank you so much.

GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Glad to be with you.

Inflation Nation: Why America Is HURTLING Toward Economic Collapse

When Biden was given the keys to the Oval Office in January 2021, gas was $2.50 a gallon and the inflation rate was 1.4%. Today gas is at $3.32 a gallon and the inflation rate is at 7% ... and STILL RISING. These are just 12 months of numbers, but we’re clearly in a worrying decline. While the economy has opened up more post-COVID, it’s not just getting worse — we’re going IN REVERSE.

On "Glenn TV" Wednesday, Glenn Beck heads to the chalkboard (and the very top of his studio ceiling) to explain what’s happening to inflation and why it’s so hard for your family to afford basic goods and groceries. It’s not “corporate greed,” as Democrats have been telling you. The Biden administration wants to continue to spend trillions of dollars to “reinvent capitalism,” but that’s in addition to the trillions that are being pumped out IN THE SHADOWS.

Glenn exposes what the Fed has been doing behind closed doors and shows us the tidal wave that’s about to hit. He’s looked at the numbers, and they're frightening. Carol Roth, former Wall Street investment banker and author of “The War on Small Business,” gives advice to Americans who want to protect their checking and savings accounts before it’s too late.

Watch the full episode below:

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Glenn Beck WARNS: The falling stock market is NOTHING compared to what's coming

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The stock markets have taken a nosedive in the biggest downtrend since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But that's nothing compared to what's coming thanks to our government's embrace of modern monetary theory, warned BlazeTV's Glenn Beck on the radio program.

"It really is important that you understand what's happening to us," Glenn stated. "Modern monetary theory is truly the [fuel] ... for the great reset. It is the idea that we can print as much money and spend as much money as we want," he explained.

"Then the next step is to release the Federal Reserve digital currency and make payments by other currencies [including cryptocurrencies] illegal," he continued. "And you're seeing it happen now in real time. Why would they do this? Because you cannot print this kind of money without having absolute control over how it is spent."

Glenn broke down the steps powerful political organizations — like the Federal Reserve — will take to end currency competition and enact a Federal digital dollar, which will allow for the government to have complete control over how we spend our money.

"This is what's coming. This is coming quickly, and events will make it move faster. For instance, why is Joe Biden basically giving Ukraine to Russia? He's giving it to them. He he knows Russia's not afraid of him. Putin knows that [Biden] is not going to do anything ... neither is NATO. They're not going to do anything," Glenn said.

"It's because war resets everything. War is the best great resetter. Changes boundaries. It changes borders. It changes laws. It changes societies. It changes currencies. It changes everything. And in the end you just want the war to stop. And so you you accept whatever it is the terms are that you're going to have to live under now. We're in very, very dangerous times. The only way to survive this is to know why they are dangerous times."

Watch the video clip below to hear more from Glenn Beck:

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ESG scores EXPLAINED: This is why companies are going woke

Chances are, you've noticed that many large companies have decided to become woke activists, despite the fact that alienating half your customer base is a terrible business strategy.

This woke shift isn't being driven by the usual market forces. It's the Great Reset's ESG score system at work, Glenn Beck said on "GlennTV." Under the “environmental, social, and governance” score system, companies will no longer make decisions based on what you, the consumer, want. Now, it's all about what those in power deem society should want. And it's not just businesses that are affected, he explained.

Watch the video clip below or find the full episode of "GlennTV" here:


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11 things you can do to help stop the Great Reset

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The foundation of the American way of life is freedom from tyranny, which can only exist in a nation that defends the rights, powers, and property of individuals and families. Over the past two centuries, the greatest threats to liberty have come from governments, both foreign and domestic. And from the beaches of Normandy to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Americans have repeatedly conquered the challenges placed before them by those seeking to extinguish or limit individual rights.

However, over the past few years, a new, potentially catastrophic danger has emerged, but not primarily from the halls of Congress or state capitols. This threat to freedom has largely emanated from the board rooms of the world’s wealthiest, most powerful corporations, large financial institutions, central banks, and international organizations such as the United Nations and World Economic Forum.

In an attempt to secure vast amounts of wealth and influence over society, corporate CEOs, bankers, and investors, working closely with key government officials, have launched a unified effort to impose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards on most of the industrialized global economy. ESG standards are also referred to as “sustainable investment” or “stakeholder capitalism.” According to a report by KPMG, thousands of companies, located in more than 50 countries, already have ESG systems in place, including 82 percent of large companies in the United States.

ESG standards are designed to create a “great reset of capitalism” and to “revamp all aspects of our societies and economies, from education to social contracts and working conditions.” ESG supporters plan to enact these radical changes by using ESG schemes to alter how businesses and investments are evaluated, so that instead of focusing on the quality of goods and services, profits, and other traditional economic metrics, companies — including financial institutions — are evaluated largely on their commitment to social justice and environmental causes and then assigned scores so that companies can be compared, rewarded, or potentially punished.

Supporters of the movement for a Great Reset also plan on using technology to limit free speech and privacy rights, and they support creating vast new government programs that are designed to transform the Western economy via the Green New Deal, European Green Deal, a federal jobs guarantee, and basic income programs.

Together, the proposals that make up the Great Reset represent the most serious threat to freedom in the West since the fall of the Soviet Union and perhaps since World War II. But there is hope. We can stop the Great Reset, but only if we act quickly and with great conviction.

Below are 11 steps you can take to push back against the Great Reset. These steps represent a powerful bottom-up, grassroots approach to the Great Reset’s top-down plan to remake the world. Although many of these steps won’t be easy for everyone to take, they are essential for ensuring that our children and grandchildren will grow up in a world that protects the rights of individuals and empowers families, rather than wealthy special interests, financial institutions, and large corporations.

1. Live Not by Lies: The time for remaining quiet is over. When you hear or see something that you know to be false, speak up. Be kind, generous, and compassionate, but do not, under any circumstances, allow lies to infect your life. Further, do not support organizations, publications, politicians, schools, or any other institutions that regularly promote false claims.

2. Buy Local: The reason the Great Reset is so powerful is because so many of us have become totally dependent on large multinational corporations. They can be easily manipulated in a way that small, local businesses cannot. Learn to buy local, whenever possible, even if it means spending more money on your purchases. Yes, big corporations offer conveniences and low prices that many small businesses can’t compete with, but those benefits come with a great cost: your freedom.

3. Bank Local: Big financial institutions and banks are driving much of the Great Reset movement. They have started to use their incredible wealth and power to alter society by financing only those businesses who agree to the terms of the Great Reset. This problem is going to get worse, so it’s important to find local banks and credit unions you can trust and who refuse to utilize ESG scores and other discriminatory schemes.

4. Support Local Farms: If you live in an area that has local farms and farmer’s markets, consider buying as many of your groceries as possible from farmers. In the future, food production and distribution are going to change dramatically. It’s important that you support local farmers and build relationships with individuals who can provide you with the goods you need in a time of crisis. One of our main goals must be to make local communities as self-sufficient as possible, and that cannot happen unless we support local farms.

5. Be Vocal: After starting to shop and bank locally, be sure to tell big financial institutions and corporations why they have lost your business. They need to know that their decisions have serious consequences.

6. Run for Local Government: Local and state governments will soon be our most important defense against the Great Reset. Consider running for your local school board, zoning board, or even for a state legislative office. If you don’t feel qualified for these positions, find someone who shares your values and help them run for office. If we don’t have control of our local governments, we won’t be able to halt the Great Reset.

7. Demand That Your State Pass Laws Against ESG Scores: In America, states have a tremendous amount of power to slow the Great Reset and protect their citizens from abuses by large corporations, banks, and international institutions. They can do this by passing laws that make the use of ESG metrics and other, similar systems by financial institutions illegal, when used as a precondition for banking services, financing, investment, etc. ESG scores are, by definition, discriminatory and should be made illegal by state lawmakers who care about protecting their citizens’ rights.

8. Make Responsible Spending a Key Issue for Politicians: In recent years, politicians on the ideological left and right have totally abandoned responsible fiscal policy in favor of vast money printing and loose monetary policies. The many trillions of dollars that have been “printed” in recent years put our economy at risk and are being used to fuel the Great Reset. Without these trillions of dollars of printed money, it would be exceptionally difficult for governments and financial institutions to buy off corporations.

9. Organize Anti-Great Reset Groups: No matter where you live, there are Americans in your community who do not support the Great Reset — Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike. Find like-minded neighbors and organize a local, peaceful resistance. Find people you can trust and agree to support one another when times get tough. Now, more than ever, we need to develop dependable communities.

10. Buy Property and Diversify: Property ownership is going to become increasingly more difficult in the months and years to come. It’s important that you work with a qualified financial adviser to help you figure out the best way to buy property and diversify your investments. Buying hard assets, including real estate and precious metals, could be a good way for you to protect against the Great Reset and a possible financial collapse. If you already own property, resist selling it to large corporations and financial institutions, whenever possible. (This is not financial advice, and I’m not a financial adviser. Talk to an expert you trust before taking action!)

11. Make the Great Reset a Litmus Test for Politicians: Before supporting politicians, find out if they know what the Great Reset is and what they plan to do to stop it. If they aren’t familiar with the Great Reset or don’t have a plan to halt it, then demand that they learn about the Great Reset and develop a proposal to prevent it. Political leaders who refuse to take the Great Reset seriously do not deserve your support. This is the key issue of our generation.