Tune in now to Episode 32 With Captain Matt Thomassen Matt Thomassen is a Captain in the U.S. Army and attorney at Tierney Legal, LLC. Topics Covered: 0:00 - South Side Intro 0:45 – Inflation: Definition, General Overview & Current Inflation Statistics 3:41 - The Value of Money is Decreasing 10:17 – The Negative Effects of Inflation 22:31 – The Current U.S. National Debt 26:49 – The 2021 National Deficit 31:27 – The Changes in the Budget Deficit from 2015 Until Present 35:13 - The Inflation Reduction Act: Won’t Reduce Inflation, Just More Government Spending 43:36 - Impact of The Inflation Reduction Act on Inflation: Nearly Non-Existent 46:28 – Incompetency in the U.S. Senate 49:13 - TikTok as a U.S. National Security Threat 58:55 - The Endgame of TikTok 1:05:13 - The Trump Raid on Mar-a-Lago 1:17:23 - Kindness and Respect Outro Watch, listen and download Episode 32 on the following sites: https://theblupodcast.com/ YouTube: https://youtu.be/hcCWTpPPbIU Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-blu-podcast/PC:75155 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1tnACSqaI7M2bxK3q6VPHZ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-blu-podcast/id1568957253 Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9VWThwMUk0aw%3D%3D You can also download Episode 32 on the following sites: Amazon Music, Gaana, Deezer, Overcast, Stitcher, IHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, PlayerFM, TuneIn and JioSaavn.