After a brief hiatus I am joined once again by Andrew Carey to talk about what is currently going on in Israel Palestine, a brief history leading up to today's events, and the American influence in the conflict. We manage to end on a positive note this week, so there is hope for the world.  Hosted by Frank Lukaitis

This week I, Frank Lukaitis, talk with my very special guest, Andrew Carey, to discuss the immigration crisis. We talk about the recent history that brought us here, the problems at the border today, and the fact that Biden and his Dems are either wildly unequipped to address the issue, or just don't care to.  Follow the pod on social media at --  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobefrank_pod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToBeFrankPod More than 100,000 migrants encountered at US-Mexico border in past 4 weeks, data shows https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/politics/100000-migrants-encountered-us-mexico-border/index.html Potential Toxic and Noise Exposure Endangering Children at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Migrant Children https://www.afsc.org/sites/default/files/documents/AFSC%27s%20Report%20on%20Health%20at%20Risk%20at%20Homestead%20Detention%20Center.pdf Biden Might Reopen a Child Migrant Shelter With a Troubling Past of Sexual Abuse Allegations https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/biden-homestead-unaccompanied-minors-border-superfund/ CDC lets child migrant shelters fill to 100% despite COVID concern https://www.axios.com/cdc-child-migrant-shelter-full-capacity-coronavirus-41d1ae80-1ecf-4815-a755-7b01fac5850b.html The House is taking up immigration changes this week. Democrats are cautiously optimistic about Senate support https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/14/immigration-bills-on-house-agenda-democrats-hopeful-for-senate-votes/4562678001/ The House’s piecemeal immigration reform, explained https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/3/12/22321668/house-immigration-reform-dream-promise-farm-worker

This week I am joined again by Karen to talk about Texas, revisit our weekly segment of Ted Cruz bashing, talk about the Covid relief bill and the minimum wage. Listen fully for some unprofessional and not legally binding tax advice, and we might even end on a positive note this week.  ERCOT overcharged power buyers by $16 billion amid calamity, monitor says https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/03/04/ercot-pricing-error-spurred-16-b-grid-overcharges-monitor-says/4582419001/ Utility commission refuses to reverse $16 billion in ERCOT overcharges https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/03/05/texas-utility-commission-refuses-reverse-16-billion-ercot-overcharges/4593536001/ Thousands of cars form lines to collect food in Texas https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/15/us/dallas-texas-food-bank-coronavirus/index.html Food Insecurity In The U.S. By The Numbers https://www.npr.org/2020/09/27/912486921/food-insecurity-in-the-u-s-by-the-numbers The 8 Senate Democrats who voted against raising the minimum wage are collectively worth over $43 million https://www.businessinsider.com/8-democrats-voted-against-raising-minimum-wage-worth-43-million-2021-3 We did the math to calculate how much money Jeff Bezos makes in a year, month, week, day, hour, minute, and second https://www.businessinsider.com/what-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-makes-every-day-hour-minute-2018-10 U.S. Workers Have Lost $1.3 Trillion in Income So Far https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/us-workers-lost-trillion-income-covid-coronavirus.aspx Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/15/billionaires-net-worth-coronavirus-pandemic-jeff-bezos-elon-musk Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders propose 3% wealth tax on billionaires https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/01/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-propose-3percent-wealth-tax-on-billionaires.html Warren's wealth tax would cost 100 richest Americans $78 billion https://thehill.com/policy/finance/541038-warrens-wealth-tax-would-cost-100-richest-americans-78-billion

Join me for the premiere episode where with my guest, my wife Karen Fuica, I talk about Texas, Ted Cruz (our villain) Biden, the Covid Relief Bill, and VR.  Links to sources mentioned in episode can be found below. Biden says he is open to negotiating the proposed $1,400 COVID stimulus checks https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-stimulus/biden-says-he-is-open-to-negotiating-the-proposed-1400-covid-stimulus-checks-idUSKBN29U2FS Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change https://www.wired.com/story/billionaires-use-vr-avoid-social-change/ Jerry Jones' gas company 'hits jackpot' with surge during Texas power outages https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/jerry-jones-gas-company-jackpot-texas-power-outage-15959718.php Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey want to give Americans $2,000 a month during coronavirus crisis https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/08/coronavirus-kamala-harris-bernie-sanders-propose-2000-monthly-payments.html Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would lift pay for nearly 40 million workers https://www.epi.org/publication/raising-the-federal-minimum-wage-to-15-by-2024-would-lift-pay-for-nearly-40-million-workers/