Episode notes
In a VoiceofRuralAmerica.com broadcast, host BKP dives headfirst into the federal shutdown's Day 30 chaos, warning of impending EBT card failures and food bank alarms as 41 million Americans teeter on the edge—echoing 1940s Appalachian grit with "beans and taters" suppers. He skewers the ACA's 26% premium surge for 2025, blaming a decade of inaction by both parties, while private sector hikes hit 30%, squeezing businesses and taxpayers alike.
BKP unpacks an AI-fueled job apocalypse, rattling off cuts at Amazon (14K jobs), UPS (48K), Microsoft (10K+), and more—trillion-dollar titans slashing workforces without a backward glance, as Nvidia's $5T valuation soars. The kicker? Vanishing tax revenue in a robot takeover: Who tax ...