What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.
Hank LedgerPresident Trump has sent checks to Medicare enrollees, troops and some Obamacare customers, and he now promises five thousand dollars to every adult citizen if Republicans keep Congress.
Hank LedgerBarnaby Iyer is a lobbyist who says he represents the people for the checks and the people against them.
Hank LedgerMr. Iyer, which side are you on tonight?
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Barnaby IyerBoth, Hank, and I find it very restful. The check is a gift to the American family, and it is also a reckless giveaway.
Hank LedgerThose are opposite things.
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Barnaby IyerAs my other client would put it, they are the same thing wearing different jackets. Polls disagree on whether voters want these checks, and I am proud to be both of those polls.
Hank LedgerLet me ask you plainly. Does a regular adult get five thousand dollars, yes or no?
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Barnaby IyerIf Republicans keep Congress, it is a promise.
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Barnaby IyerAs my other client would put it, a promise is just a check that has not been born yet.
Hank LedgerYou keep jingling something. What is that?
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Barnaby IyerTwo hundred keys.
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Barnaby IyerThey open the offices of both parties, and one of them, I believe, opens my own marriage, though I have never tried it.
Hank LedgerSo you are paid when the check goes out and paid again when someone fights it.
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Barnaby IyerAs my other client would put it, that is a shocking accusation. And as my first client would put it, I prefer the word efficient.
Hank LedgerEfficient.
Hank LedgerIs the check real, Mr. Iyer? One word.
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Barnaby IyerI will get back to you after I consult both of myself.
Hank LedgerBill us both. Brock, I hear the forecast is also promising something it may not deliver.
