Bob Brinker took the day off. Neale Godfrey was his fill-in host..........(comments)
In the San Francisco bay area, after 26 years, Moneytalk has been canceled from KGO 810 radio station. However, the show moved down the dial and down in transmission power to KSFO560. KSFO is a 5 kilowatt station. KGO is a 50 kilowatt station.
I was away most of today, so guest-writer, JeffChristie, wrote a brief summary for us.
"Neale Godfrey was filling in for Bob Brinker today. She said Bob was on a well-deserved vacation. She wanted callers to talk about unemployment, occupy wall street, the Arab spring, Europe and China. She said contact her on Facebook or Twitter. She said the price of real estate was going up in New York city. There is a $100 million dollar apartment for sale.
The first caller was Brian from Illinois. He works in the construction industry. He said illegals are taking jobs from Americans in the building trades. Neale mentioned a name we seldom hear on Moneytalk: Obama. He is talking about unemployment dropping to 8% next year.
The next caller was Lee in Albuquerque. He agreed with Brian on the problem of illegals taking jobs from Americans. They can get a driver's license in New Mexico and then use that ID in applying for a job. He was a Ron Paul supporter.
Wayne in Fort Meyers was next. He works in the auto industry. He is upset that most of the industry has gone to Japan. This has cost many jobs at American parts providers.
Beryl from Albuquerque was next. He said the solution to our financial problem was to end central planning and do away with the minimum wage. Neale agreed to the minimum wage part.
Neale started the next hour by wishing happy holidays. I wondered what holiday she was celebrating?
Chris from New York wanted to know why gold keeps going up. Neale said it was because countries are running huge deficits resulting in a great deal of uncertainty.
Ralph called. He has been buying gold since 1972 and is sitting in the catbird seat. He also said he likes many of Ron Paul's ideas.
Vick who was formerly from Egypt asked Neale about her experience there in January during the revolution. She said there was a fire fight in front of her hotel and she saw hundreds of people being shot. She was hunkered down in a room on the tenth floor of the hotel and was in fear for her life. Vick was concerned that this may end badly with a Muslim government taking over.
Neale mentioned again that Bob was taking a well-deserved break. Yes, he has had to work three hours in the last three weeks. I don't know how he can keep up that pace.
Leon was another protectionist who wanted to put a 90% tax on foreign goods. Neale didn't think that was a good idea.
The last caller was Maryann from Omaha. She makes the invisible apron. It sells for $40 and is made in the USA. Her price seems a bit high to me but then I don't buy aprons.
Neale ended by asking listeners to contact her at Facebook or Twitter. She did not say whether or not she would be the guest host in the future."
Honey here: Thank you so much, Jeff Christie! A friend in need is a friend indeed. :)
