Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series Real Time with Bill Maugh.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you my people. Thank you.

Okay, happy crowd.

Okay, I appreciate it. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you very much. I love you too. And I think I know why you're happy that I send it every week.

This week I think because you did not invest in crypto. That was a very wise thing. Yes.

Crypto. I was hoping for this. It's horrible for the environment. You know, I just fucking stupid.

It has crashed like a rock. It has lost almost a trillion dollars. I mean people in the metaverse are jumping off virtual buildings.

It's rough.

And you know who got it? Millennials because they thought it was cool.

And now they're like, wait, you mean it was a bad idea to put all my savings into an imaginary currency with a dog on it?

But you know what's doing good? The actual economy. You know where people buy shit and make stuff. Yeah.

Yeah. The economy grew 5.7 percent. The most since 1984. Of course we still have problems. Inflation. It's a ply.

But you know workers. They can't get enough workers. And listen to that. In this country that's still paranoid about the virus.

They're pressuring workers because they don't have enough to go to work when they're sick. I think I saw it the other day at the supermarket.

The guy who begged my groceries asked me if I could help him get to the car.

Well yeah, I know people you're suffering the inflation, right? I mean, did you see this? Dollar tree? Dollar tree.

It's not funny, sir. People need Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree is racing the price of all their stuff to a Dollar 25.

Why'd you call a Dollar Tree? I mean, I feel like you could see this coming. You know, I'd say you know 20th century Fox.

Sergio Mendez in Brazil 66. Can't you see that it's not in the future?

You just you just look 2000 late, you know, but anyway, they're raising the price of everything at the Dollar,

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