The Rick Smith Show

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold: Trump cares about the stock market because that's part of his record. He'll be uncomfortable, and the people who support him will be uncomfortable, from now till November.

@TomArnold

Max Richtman

Max Richtman: The last thing we need to do now is further reduce the revenue stream for Social Security. People aren't going to be paying payroll taxes while they're unemployed, and employers are now allowed to pay half of their part this year & the other half next year

@NCPSSM

Scott Dworkin

Scott Dworkin: Trump's hurting his own people; he's hurting us. People are dying. It's not normal to have dozens of postal workers dying in the last few weeks; it's not normal & we shouldn't accept it. We can't even test a lot of the dead bodies.

@funder

@TheDemCoalition

The Rick Show 04-23-2020

@NCPSSM @funder @TheDemCoalition

Bob Ney

Bob Ney: In the next 30 days, are we going to allow visitors from China? But people who've been in the immigration "pipeline" for 9 years can't come in?? Don't let a good pandemic get in the way of what you wanted to do anyway.

@BobNey

Maggie Hart

Maggie Hart: It's federal law that students with disabilities get a fair education, & now is not the time to back down on our obligations to our students.

@maggiefhart

@WashLaw4CR

@BadassTeachersA

Cody Poirot

Cody Poirot: We prioritize healthcare centers & public workplaces, but at the end of the day we're going to get masks to anyone who needs them.

@masksnoworg

#MasksNow #WecanDoIt

Bianca Majumder

Bianca Majumder: One of the biggest hurdles to green energy is that industry only thinks of their bottom lines. Rick: Hopefully there will be an awakening in red states & they will vote out the bums who don't support green energy.

@BiancaMaj

@CAPenergypolicy

@CAPaction

The Rick Show 04-22-2020

@BiancaMaj @CAPenergypolicy @CAPaction @masksnoworg #MasksNow #WecanDoIt @maggiefhart @WashLaw4CR  @BadassTeachersA @BobNey

Dez Bochnak

Dez Bochnak: I'm hoping we can shorten our staying-at-home time by having everyone wear masks & keeping a safe distance from each other.

@masksnoworg

#MasksNow #WecanDoIt

Micheal Wasser

Michael Wasser: I work for the Dept of Professional Employees with the AFL-CIO, & we represent drs & nurses on the front line. We also represent those in arts & entertainment industries. Stage hands have been recruited to build pop up hospitals.

@dpeaflcio

@mspwasser13

@AFLCIO

Matias Vernego

Matías Vernengo: The price for oil has collapsed & they don't want to hold on to the oil, so they're paying people to take it.

@NakedKeynes

@BucknellU

Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh: I'm a limited government guy, & I believe in freedom more than anything else, but my freedom ends where your freedom begins. We're talking about a contagious disease & you can't argue with that.

@WalshFreedom

The Rick Show 04-21-2020

@WalshFreedom @NakedKeynes @BucknellU @dpeaflcio @mspwasser13 @AFLCIO @masksnoworg #MasksNow #WecanDoIt

Bob Ney

Bob Ney: I called two major banks & got recordings that they weren't accepting new applications; they were only working on applications already underway. Wells Fargo & a steakhouse gamed the system for Paycheck Protection.

@BobNey

Propane Jane

Propane Jane: When you go through the Holocaust Museum, they walk you through how it all started, with propaganda & turning against certain groups of people. Same thing now w/ social media.

@docrocktex26

#InstabilityInChief

Michelle Boyle

Michelle Boyle: We have the healthcare infrastructure to handle the current flow of cases, but these protests are a negligent and assault on health. My concern is we overwhelm the healthcare system & have to make horrible decisions like Italy had to.

@seiuhcpa

@SEIU

Phoebe Wall Horward

Phoebe Wall Howard: On one hand, I cover auto & labor, but in the past I've covered labor & politics. I'm not sure the national press is getting it right about the high-profile nat'l campaign strategy that are these protests.

@phoebesaid

The Rick Show 04-20-2020

@BobNey @docrocktex26 @seiuhcpa @SEIU @phoebesaid

Bob Ney

Bob Ney: I was housed in the Bush Housing Program, better known as the federal prison. Trump would have to admit he doesn't control the Bureau of Prisons b/c he wouldn't want Cohen out.

@BobNey