Jim and Greg's Political Spring Cleaning: The Policies and Politicians We Want to Throw Out

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Jim and Greg are off for Good Friday but they've also been busy lately doing some spring cleaning—but not around the house. Greg is tossing out outdated policies, messages, and organizations, while Jim is ready to send a few politicians packing.

First, Greg targets the type of taxes he finds most infuriating. He's not a fan of any taxes but there's one he finds particularly burdensome and fundamentally unfair. Jim, meanwhile, celebrates the quiet departure of a Republican who dominated headlines late last year but is now largely forgotten—and not missed.

Next, Greg shifts his focus to education, identifying a major obstacle to our schools that, if eliminated, would greatly benefit students and restore academic integrity. Jim highlights a once-promising politician who failed to deliver, faced numerous legal issues, and appears headed for a huge political defeat this year.

Finally, Greg turns to the lighter side and takes aim at some of the most irritating TV commercials. While he is a huge fan of free speech, Greg explains why these ads are especially grating and need to go. Jim reflects on a political figure who has already stepped away from the spotlight—but wonders how long before he fades from public view altogether.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.4	Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.0	So glad to have you with us for this special edition of the three martini lunch.
0:18.0	We expect this episode to run on Good Friday, unless there are other circumstances that
0:23.5	intervene.
0:24.1	So if that is the case, then we're running on Good Friday.
0:27.1	We wish you all a blessed Easter.
0:29.6	He has risen on Sunday, of course.
0:31.8	And one of the other things that, of course, happens at this time of year is spring cleaning.
0:38.3	After winter, you kind of go through your closets, your basement, your attic, whatever, and to say, you know what,
0:43.5	don't really need that anymore. Or I'd really like to get rid of that. I can't wait to get rid of that.
0:47.2	So today, we're going to be taking a look at three things each that we would like to get rid of.
0:53.2	It could be an idea, it could be a policy,
0:56.2	could be people, not actually eliminating them, of course, permanently, but just removing them
1:01.6	from office if we don't think they're doing a good job. And so if you're familiar with our
1:05.7	year-end awards, you kind of know how this format will work. I will go first this time, actually, which is a little bit different than usual. And then we'll kind of ping pong back and forth to we each have three different things that, or people, that we would like to get rid of. But before we do that, I need to tell you about fast growing trees. Did you know fast growing trees is the biggest online nursery in the United States with thousands of different plants and more than 2 million happy customers.
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