Podcast 135

The US delivers a dismal .1 percent GDP growth in the 1st quarter of 2014. And, the Financial Times of London reports that China’s economy will overtake the US as the world’s largest … this year! Say what? Learn what you need to know about this story before you react. Why having a conversation about what we need to do to achieve higher growth in our country beats looking back at the guy trying to beat us. What happens if China does overtake America and takes the gold medal for the world’s largest economy? Send Lawyers Guns and Money … Dad, Get me out of this! Sponsored by Baklund R & D. 

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Podcast 124

The stand off at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada is over, a Blood Moon, and trouble in Ukraine. Here in the Twin Cities, the Met Council is starting to look like the Bureau of Land Management as they pull out all the stops to smooth over progressive officials in Minneapolis proper, in an attempt to ram a train down the throats of the rich people of the Kenwood, Cedar and Lake of the Isles neighborhoods. Oh the jobs! The extra development! The trolley Cars! (Sounds like a children’s book, doesn’t it). Sounds like legal bribery to me. Will newly minted Mayor Hodges fall for it? And if she does, how far will her political future go when the lakes are drained from a tunnel project gone wrong? Plus President Obama’s taxes (He is actually legally avoiding the full tax for his income bracket), and more. Get the top stories to get your week started right. Sponsored by PlanVision. Do you know how much you pay in 401K management fees every year? Does your company’s HR Department know? It could be as much as 2%!  Bumper Music from my friend, Brian Just.

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Podcast 120

The Republicans have endorsed marijuana legalization advocate Tom Gallagher for Minnesota’s House of Representatives in South West Minneapolis district 61B. Tom joins Bob Davis for coffee to talk about his journey from Democrat to Republican, South West Minneapolis Politics, and more. Coverage of election 2014 for the Bob Davis Podcasts will take some interesting turns. We’ll interview people in interesting situations across the state and country as 2014 progresses. This interview highlights some of the issues driving metropolitan politics these days. What some might not know about this race is that Tom Gallagher is opposing the sitting Speaker of the House Paul Thissen. Republicans in this district usually get somewhere around twenty percent of the vote. If Gallagher does better than that, or beats Thissen, it will be news. Sponsored by Baklund R & D.

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