1 00:00:01,420 --> 00:00:02,350 Starting now. 2 00:00:03,050 --> 00:00:07,270 Commonalities where guests find common ground through uncommon 3 00:00:07,290 --> 00:00:10,910 conversations, politics, religion, finances, 4 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:14,590 all the topics your grandmother told you not to discuss with friends. 5 00:00:14,930 --> 00:00:17,550 And now your host, Matthew Dowling. 6 00:00:17,770 --> 00:00:20,590 And today's guests commonalities. 7 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:26,910 Thanks for joining us on another episode of Commonalities. I'm your host, 8 00:00:26,910 --> 00:00:31,790 Matt Dowling, and my guest today is Zigman Reichenbach. And, 9 00:00:31,790 --> 00:00:34,110 uh, Zig, why don't you go ahead and, uh, 10 00:00:34,260 --> 00:00:38,110 give a little bit of your background in a self introduction to the listeners, 11 00:00:38,110 --> 00:00:39,310 uh, that are out there at home. 12 00:00:40,410 --> 00:00:43,710 Hey, good evening, listeners have commonalities. 13 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:45,430 My name is Zigmund Reichenbach. 14 00:00:45,430 --> 00:00:49,310 I work as a grassroots engagement director with Americans for Prosperity. 15 00:00:49,610 --> 00:00:52,230 I'm not here speaking on behalf of them today, 16 00:00:52,300 --> 00:00:56,830 just speaking here as a independent commentator and observer of what's going on 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:01,590 in grassroots politics. So most of you, 18 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:06,310 a lot of you'll probably see me around at events or will continue to do so 19 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:08,150 as we, uh, 20 00:01:08,150 --> 00:01:12,870 well focus on less government and less taxes broadly professionally, 21 00:01:13,130 --> 00:01:16,110 but also I am a, uh, political observer as well. 22 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,450 Sure. Well, thank you so much for making time to be with us, Zig. 23 00:01:20,450 --> 00:01:24,890 I know we have, uh, we have some big things to discuss this evening, 24 00:01:25,420 --> 00:01:29,250 um, but, you know, grassroots politics, when we, you know, 25 00:01:29,250 --> 00:01:33,930 just before we get started, when we start talking about grassroots politics, um, 26 00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:37,810 you know, what, how would you define that? How would you, uh, 27 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:39,330 share the meaning of that? 28 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:40,610 Well, how, 29 00:01:40,610 --> 00:01:45,490 how I would define grassroots politics is what it is that typical 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:50,330 middle class people like you and I are most concerned with that often goes 31 00:01:50,420 --> 00:01:55,250 un unarticulated except for at a handful of meetings or maybe 32 00:01:55,250 --> 00:01:58,170 an op-ed or letter to, to, that are here and there. 33 00:01:58,170 --> 00:02:02,890 But it's really focusing on what it is that the majority of people want 34 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,210 with just ordinary individuals that are seeking to get their voice out, 35 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:12,130 because that often goes either overlooked or ignored by politicians 36 00:02:12,130 --> 00:02:16,610 in the GE General Assembly, Congress, anywhere. So, so that's why, 37 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:21,010 uh, working in the grassroots and working with people in the grassroots is so 38 00:02:21,010 --> 00:02:23,050 important, because more often than not, 39 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,170 people in the grassroots are fundamentally overlooked. 40 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:29,290 And politicians should, quite frankly, 41 00:02:29,340 --> 00:02:33,210 do do a better job of taking into account what it is that, 42 00:02:33,210 --> 00:02:34,850 that people actually find important. 43 00:02:35,750 --> 00:02:38,170 You know, and, and I don't think we can, uh, 44 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,890 ignore the fact that there is a place in politics for big money 45 00:02:42,890 --> 00:02:47,050 and for lobbying and for, uh, corporations to, 46 00:02:47,050 --> 00:02:51,890 to get involved in government. But we, as middle class Americans, as, as, uh, 47 00:02:52,530 --> 00:02:57,410 constituents of the commonwealth, we, we may not have the same money as, 48 00:02:57,420 --> 00:02:59,920 uh, as other people put into campaigns, 49 00:03:00,220 --> 00:03:04,760 but through grassroots activism, we can have just as much power. 50 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:06,440 You know, uh, you know, 51 00:03:06,630 --> 00:03:10,400 I just retired from the State House and served six years there. 52 00:03:10,810 --> 00:03:15,520 My first campaign, um, there were a lot of people that thought, you know, Hey, 53 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,800 this young guy, no way he can win against a tenure incumbent, uh, 54 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,880 with name recognition, et cetera. And, you know, 55 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,880 it was really getting out and knocking on doors and meeting with people. 56 00:03:27,170 --> 00:03:30,840 We knocked on over 10,000 doors in that campaign. And, uh, 57 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,880 there are so many of those same people that, that I have gotten to know. And, 58 00:03:34,890 --> 00:03:37,520 uh, and really I think that's what won me the election. 59 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:42,360 So it's so important for individuals to get involved in 60 00:03:42,390 --> 00:03:46,400 grassroots campaigning. Now, I have a couple notes that, uh, 61 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,160 that we made before the show. And, and I know we want to get to, uh, 62 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,040 some important topics. Uh, you know, 63 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,960 following through a study of political philosophy at Lycoming College, 64 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,120 great college in the middle of the Commonwealth, um, 65 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:05,680 there seemed to be a major discrepancy between what the founders 66 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,080 promised and what we have now. 67 00:04:09,540 --> 00:04:12,360 Why don't you go ahead and explain that to us a little bit? 68 00:04:12,870 --> 00:04:13,760 Yeah. And that's, 69 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,240 that's the whole reason why it was that I chose to get involved because has 70 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,160 somebody who, who was in the grassroots and, and, 71 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,160 and was a student and was trying to understand the world around me more 72 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:25,390 thoroughly, 73 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:29,240 I came to find out and learn that all the stuff that I'm being told on, 74 00:04:29,250 --> 00:04:33,640 on the media or the information that I'm getting from my friends here and there, 75 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,920 that's not what it is that, that the founders actually promised. 76 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,280 So that's a major reason why I decided to get involved. For example, 77 00:04:40,820 --> 00:04:44,560 one thing that's important to note is, but most people are, 78 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,960 are so confused about the distinction between a Republican democracy, 79 00:04:49,140 --> 00:04:53,560 for example, and be because of that, because of that conceptual confusion. 80 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:58,880 Now people are up in arms about things like the, the, the electoral college, 81 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:03,720 which actually safeguards are republic, or they, 82 00:05:03,730 --> 00:05:08,000 or they just don't have a, a deep understanding or respect for the constitution, 83 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:08,833 because heck, 84 00:05:08,990 --> 00:05:13,560 even some people view the constitution as anti-democratic in some ways. 85 00:05:13,610 --> 00:05:18,410 So I think it's really important that people have some understanding 86 00:05:18,410 --> 00:05:23,050 of what it is that, uh, the, the philosophy that the founders had, 87 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:27,610 so that way they can understand how it is that people are, 88 00:05:27,610 --> 00:05:31,250 are leadership ought to govern, right? Because you, you, 89 00:05:31,250 --> 00:05:32,970 you can't understand how people should, 90 00:05:32,970 --> 00:05:36,730 should govern if you don't have a philosophy or understanding of what it is that 91 00:05:36,730 --> 00:05:38,050 they're supposed to be governing. 92 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,050 Well, 93 00:05:39,050 --> 00:05:42,730 let me take just a moment to kind of summarize some of the things you said and 94 00:05:42,730 --> 00:05:46,490 keep me honest with my listeners here. If I misspeak, don't, you know, 95 00:05:46,490 --> 00:05:50,130 feel free to correct me, but we're talking about a democracy, 96 00:05:50,130 --> 00:05:52,010 which people normally say, you know, 97 00:05:52,010 --> 00:05:54,330 the United States of America is a democracy. 98 00:05:54,650 --> 00:05:59,440 We're not a true democracy because every single decision is not voted 99 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:04,160 on by every single person who is within the United States. Instead, 100 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,480 we're a representative republic where, uh, 101 00:06:07,490 --> 00:06:12,280 we elect individuals to make decisions on our behalf, and, 102 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:13,560 uh, we have the, uh, 103 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,000 ability to vote them out of office at any given time at at election time, 104 00:06:18,370 --> 00:06:23,000 uh, if they're not serving the purposes that we've put them in place to serve. 105 00:06:23,490 --> 00:06:26,480 Um, so do, do I have those two distinctions? Uh. 106 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:31,840 There Zig, no, no. That, that ex distinction is, uh, exactly right. In, 107 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:36,480 in democracy, people de directly voted on legislation. It wasn't all people, 108 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,160 actually, people were chosen randomly to vote in, uh, democracy, 109 00:06:41,220 --> 00:06:46,000 but they did directly voted on legislation. And the reason why the founders, 110 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,850 for example, didn't want and didn't support that was because, well, 111 00:06:50,850 --> 00:06:51,640 for, for one, 112 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:56,490 just a clear study of history and seeing how that actually led to the, uh, 113 00:06:56,730 --> 00:07:00,850 destruction of passed great societies, but also they, 114 00:07:00,850 --> 00:07:05,570 they believe that representatives could better refine and articulate the views 115 00:07:05,570 --> 00:07:10,490 of individual citizens. So, so that's, that's one reason, uh, why, 116 00:07:10,490 --> 00:07:14,690 why we have a a, a republic. And that's, that's one of the, the advantages and, 117 00:07:14,690 --> 00:07:16,850 and, and benefits of having a, uh, 118 00:07:17,450 --> 00:07:22,290 republic because our representatives are not prone to the same, um, 119 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:27,070 passions, for example, that the people could be, um, throw, 120 00:07:27,350 --> 00:07:32,310 thrown into arms about. So it's, it's really de distinctions like that, that, 121 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,510 uh, in understanding those things, uh, that's why it was that I chose to, 122 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:41,030 to get involved so that hopefully we, we can have more conversations about our, 123 00:07:41,030 --> 00:07:43,190 our republic, how things should govern, 124 00:07:43,190 --> 00:07:48,070 and we could do so with truth and honesty and in a way 125 00:07:48,070 --> 00:07:52,710 that well perhaps will get us more closely to what the founders wanted in a 126 00:07:52,990 --> 00:07:53,823 republic. 127 00:07:54,010 --> 00:07:58,270 And, you know, I'm, I'm gonna make this comment with, um, at the, 128 00:07:58,770 --> 00:08:01,990 for the sake of, uh, clarification, 129 00:08:01,990 --> 00:08:05,430 I don't wanna sound like an elitist at all, because, you know, I, 130 00:08:05,430 --> 00:08:08,670 I served as a representative for six years. Um, 131 00:08:08,670 --> 00:08:13,310 but there are many times when if the average everyday middle class 132 00:08:13,630 --> 00:08:16,750 American was voting on every piece of legislation, 133 00:08:16,750 --> 00:08:20,350 they may not have all of the, um, 134 00:08:20,350 --> 00:08:25,110 the knowledge they need to make an educated, informed decision. Um, 135 00:08:25,110 --> 00:08:28,470 I always told people that being a state representative meant that you had to be 136 00:08:28,470 --> 00:08:33,190 a subject matter expert at absolutely every subject, because we could go from, 137 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,030 uh, a bill on healthcare reform to, uh, 138 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:40,430 a bill that is dealing with, 139 00:08:40,430 --> 00:08:45,230 with education in the same day. And so we had to do our research. 140 00:08:45,230 --> 00:08:49,670 And, and that's why, um, you know, it's a full-time position, uh, 141 00:08:49,670 --> 00:08:50,550 to be able to do that, 142 00:08:50,550 --> 00:08:54,830 because if you are attending to your family and working a nine to five job, 143 00:08:55,140 --> 00:08:58,520 you may not have that same amount of time, uh, 144 00:08:58,650 --> 00:09:02,200 to inform all the decisions that you need to make. That's right. 145 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,280 The other thing I, I wanted to comment on, 146 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,880 because you mentioned it was the electoral college, and, uh, 147 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,280 and this is one of my favorite things to, to debate, but, uh, 148 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,520 for the sake of this episode, we'll just keep it brief. You know, 149 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:19,440 the electoral college is important because if it was not for the electoral 150 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,880 college areas with massive population would really override 151 00:09:24,340 --> 00:09:28,600 our rural parts of America. And living in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 152 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:33,720 you know, I already see, uh, at election time, election numbers, 153 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:38,960 how the County of Philadelphia and Allegheny County really 154 00:09:39,190 --> 00:09:43,840 lead the Commonwealth. It's almost like we need an electoral college, uh, 155 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,400 just at the state level to, uh, to kind of rectify some of those problems. 156 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,400 So I've said my piece for the electoral college today. Um, 157 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:57,200 let's get to Constitutionality, um, yep. The importance of being, 158 00:09:57,650 --> 00:09:58,760 uh, someone who, 159 00:09:59,020 --> 00:10:03,720 who believes in the Constitution follows the Constitution. Um, 160 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,120 talk to me a little bit about your thoughts on the Constitution and 161 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:07,953 constitutionality. 162 00:10:08,510 --> 00:10:13,120 Well, I, I think in a lot of cases, because pe people generally f for instance, 163 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,280 don't understand what the founder set in at the, the, the Federalist, 164 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,800 which was used to justify the existence of the U United States 165 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:26,120 Constitution because they were replacing the articles of Confederation, 166 00:10:26,650 --> 00:10:28,840 because people don't often understand that, 167 00:10:29,070 --> 00:10:33,240 then they have an o they often have a warped view of the 168 00:10:33,260 --> 00:10:37,160 Constitution itself, in part, not only because they, 169 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,600 they don't know about the Federalists, 170 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,760 but they're also choosing to read something like Marx or, uh, 171 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,320 some other European tw, 172 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,760 20th century thinker that probably resented, uh, 173 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,920 American greatness. But if, 174 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,360 if people studied political philosophy, for example, they, 175 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,400 they would understand that something like the, the, 176 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:03,400 the Second Amendment and our right to bear arms isn't just about the right to 177 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,960 bear arms for bearing arms' sake, or it's not, it's not that way just for fun. 178 00:11:08,670 --> 00:11:13,340 It's that way. Because the founders study John Locke who said, 179 00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:16,460 Hey, if, if we're living in a state of nature, 180 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,020 the three things that we're gonna have basically guaranteed US rights is going 181 00:11:21,020 --> 00:11:22,660 to be life, liberty, and property. 182 00:11:22,660 --> 00:11:26,700 Those are the most reasonable things that we can ask if we're in a, 183 00:11:26,810 --> 00:11:30,420 a pre society. And so the, 184 00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:34,260 the Second Amendment is just, uh, constitutionalizing, 185 00:11:34,950 --> 00:11:37,580 if you will, our right to self-defense, 186 00:11:37,580 --> 00:11:41,940 because if we were in a state of nature before civilization, we would, 187 00:11:41,940 --> 00:11:44,980 we would expect anybody to have the right to defend themselves. 188 00:11:44,980 --> 00:11:48,220 That's what people would do. So now, 189 00:11:48,270 --> 00:11:51,540 because people don't under understand that they think, well, we, 190 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:55,640 we oughta just be able to, to, to get rid of guns. Well, now, I mean, 191 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,640 people have a inherent right to self-defense, 192 00:11:58,780 --> 00:12:01,680 and if you get rid of something like the Second Amendment, for example, 193 00:12:01,910 --> 00:12:03,840 people can't defend themselves. 194 00:12:04,220 --> 00:12:08,680 And that's worse in some ways than living in a priest civilized society. Right? 195 00:12:09,230 --> 00:12:13,040 Yeah. And, and when you're talking about the Second Amendment, I don't know if, 196 00:12:13,130 --> 00:12:17,440 uh, if everyone realizes this, I know a lot of my listeners probably do, 197 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,600 but the Second Amendment, uh, 198 00:12:19,690 --> 00:12:24,400 of the US Constitution protects your right to keep and bear 199 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,280 arms. Um, but the Pennsylvania Constitution, 200 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,640 section 21 also talks about, uh, 201 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,880 the right to keep and bare arms, and it's even actually, that's right, 202 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,800 stronger in its wording than the, uh, 203 00:12:36,890 --> 00:12:41,440 US Constitution saying that it shall not be questioned. 204 00:12:41,810 --> 00:12:43,800 Um, so you have protections for, 205 00:12:44,020 --> 00:12:46,600 for the Second Amendment in both of those places. 206 00:12:46,980 --> 00:12:49,640 The First Amendment can't be ignored either. Uh, 207 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,440 so let's talk just for a moment or so about the importance of the, 208 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,720 the free speech and, uh, in the First Amendment. 209 00:12:57,550 --> 00:13:02,280 Yeah, I just, I just think that now be because people don't understand the, 210 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,600 the, the importance of free speech and, and, 211 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:09,160 and they're reading things like Marks and other po post-Modern 212 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:13,480 Thinkers, um, then it's really marginalizing. It's, it's, I, 213 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,360 so we're on, alternatively, 214 00:13:15,550 --> 00:13:19,080 they will only have respect for the First Amendment, 215 00:13:19,690 --> 00:13:22,560 insofar as it can advance things like, uh, you, 216 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:26,640 you had a lot of it radical causes in the 1960s, for example. 217 00:13:26,910 --> 00:13:31,720 They only respected that the, the, the First Amendment insofar has, 218 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:36,160 it could ad advance their causes. So if, if people were, 219 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,800 were doing a, a, a thorough reading h the, the, the Federalist, for example, 220 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,840 they would understand that the First Amendment is, 221 00:13:43,850 --> 00:13:48,200 is important because it actually helps our balance of power. It helps, uh, 222 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,800 various factions are, are articulate well, 223 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,400 what it is that's going on in, in society. 224 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,480 And so having that there creates a, 225 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:02,400 a set of checks and balances and competition between various 226 00:14:02,550 --> 00:14:07,480 factions that's needed according to our Republican system, 227 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,680 because our, our Republican system isn't intended, for example, 228 00:14:10,930 --> 00:14:12,360 to create Utopia. 229 00:14:12,630 --> 00:14:17,560 It's intended to balance needs between various competing 230 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:17,880 groups. 231 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:22,240 And that's one of the things that the First Amendment is fundamentally supposed 232 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,120 to do. In fact, 233 00:14:23,970 --> 00:14:28,480 without having some implicit understanding of the, the, 234 00:14:28,540 --> 00:14:29,560 the First Amendment, 235 00:14:29,860 --> 00:14:34,320 the founders themselves would've never been able to establish our republic. 236 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:38,520 I mean, the whole justification for our Republic is containing the, 237 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:42,080 the Federalist, which were printed in newspapers. 238 00:14:42,810 --> 00:14:47,400 So if that doesn't highlight the importance of civil discourse and, uh, 239 00:14:47,470 --> 00:14:50,360 conver conversation, I don't know what does. 240 00:14:51,770 --> 00:14:55,300 Y you know, Zig, we have to get to our first break here today. Um, 241 00:14:55,300 --> 00:15:00,060 but before we do that, I just wanna take 30 seconds. We are discussing, 242 00:15:00,710 --> 00:15:02,500 um, kind of our, 243 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,940 our republic as the founders intended it. 244 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:11,260 And I don't think you can do that without touching on state's rights over, 245 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:15,660 uh, you know, the federal government's rights and responsibilities. So, 246 00:15:15,660 --> 00:15:20,060 just in 30 seconds, give us your point of view. And also, I want to say this, 247 00:15:20,330 --> 00:15:24,820 I know some of our listeners may disagree with this conversation. Mm. Um, 248 00:15:24,820 --> 00:15:28,140 because you and I both come from this, from a conservative point of view, 249 00:15:28,450 --> 00:15:31,900 I think we both sit on the right side of the owl. Um, 250 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,660 but if someone disagrees, uh, 251 00:15:34,660 --> 00:15:38,220 I would welcome that conversation on the show as well, uh, 252 00:15:38,220 --> 00:15:41,060 at a future date and time. So we're not, uh, 253 00:15:41,060 --> 00:15:43,980 we're not saying we're absolutely correct, but from our point of view, 254 00:15:44,170 --> 00:15:45,460 this is what it looks like. 255 00:15:45,460 --> 00:15:49,020 So let's talk state's rights over the federal government's rights, 256 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,100 and then we'll go to a quick commercial. 257 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:52,220 Break. The, the, 258 00:15:52,220 --> 00:15:55,740 the whole reason why the founders thought that that was important was because 259 00:15:55,740 --> 00:15:58,420 they, they, they assumed in designing the, the, 260 00:15:58,420 --> 00:16:02,300 the new Constitution that people would naturally want to know what's most 261 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:06,100 important in terms of local politics and, uh, state politics, 262 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:10,460 because geographically, physically, that's what's closest to them, and heck, 263 00:16:10,460 --> 00:16:15,340 it's probably what should be closest to them, uh, because that stops a vast 264 00:16:17,460 --> 00:16:19,220 disagreement. So the, the whole, 265 00:16:19,220 --> 00:16:23,220 the whole justification behind something like state's rights is that 266 00:16:24,110 --> 00:16:28,420 it allows people who have local knowledge of the situation to best 267 00:16:28,420 --> 00:16:32,340 participate and solve problems in a way that, quite frankly, the, 268 00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:35,220 the federal government can't. And the founders understood that. 269 00:16:36,010 --> 00:16:39,860 Well, and I don't wanna open a whole can of worms here, uh, and, 270 00:16:39,860 --> 00:16:42,780 and take up the rest of the show with this topic, but, you know, 271 00:16:42,780 --> 00:16:46,140 we have issues where I think the federal government oversteps. 272 00:16:46,140 --> 00:16:50,860 And many times during my service, uh, as a state representative, 273 00:16:50,860 --> 00:16:55,460 I would have constituents ask me about the legalization of 274 00:16:55,460 --> 00:16:59,900 recreational marijuana or the, uh, use of medical marijuana. 275 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,620 And of course, here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 276 00:17:02,620 --> 00:17:06,620 it's been some time that we've had recreational, or excuse me, 277 00:17:06,620 --> 00:17:09,180 medical marijuana laws in place. 278 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:13,540 But the federal drug schedule still lists marijuana 279 00:17:14,110 --> 00:17:16,420 as, uh, as a classified drug, 280 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:21,460 and therefore you have issues with gun ownership and the ATF and, and so forth. 281 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:26,060 And I think that's one of the areas where the federal government really, uh, 282 00:17:26,170 --> 00:17:27,660 kind of overstepped. And, 283 00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:30,980 and I think that's one of the conflicts that comes into place that our 284 00:17:30,980 --> 00:17:34,860 forefathers would've said, Hey, this is a state's rights issue. 285 00:17:35,010 --> 00:17:38,920 That's right. Yeah. Now, Zig, that's, that's exactly right. 286 00:17:39,770 --> 00:17:41,350 Zig, we gotta get to our first break. 287 00:17:41,350 --> 00:17:43,750 We'll be back on commonalities in just a moment. 288 00:17:47,270 --> 00:17:51,920 You are listening to commonalities where guests find common ground through 289 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,440 uncommon conversations. 290 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,480 We'll be back after this brief break to recognize our sponsors. 291 00:17:59,530 --> 00:18:03,680 Is your business using analog strategies in a digital marketing world? 292 00:18:04,090 --> 00:18:04,720 If so, 293 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:09,600 then contact Matthew or Rebecca Dowling at Coordinated 360 for a 294 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,600 professional consultation where we bring in-depth knowledge and functional 295 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,520 expertise with a holistic perspective. 296 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:21,040 Coordinated 360 provides digital marketing, paid ad and media buying services, 297 00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:25,800 web design, social media management, video production, and more for businesses, 298 00:18:25,820 --> 00:18:30,560 organizations, and political campaigns with decades of experience. 299 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:35,240 Matt and Becky at Coordinated 360 can help you craft your unique message 300 00:18:35,460 --> 00:18:40,440 and share it with the world. 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Again, 349 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:43,080 that is donate.commonalities.online on the worldwide web. 350 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:47,360 Buy our host a cup of coffee or help pay for airtime at donate dot 351 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:48,520 commonalities. Online. 352 00:21:52,550 --> 00:21:57,520 You're listening to Commonalities on five 90 w MBS 1 0 1 0.1 fm, 353 00:21:58,210 --> 00:22:00,760 um, and any place you download your favorite podcast, 354 00:22:00,860 --> 00:22:05,640 I'm your host Matt Dowling, and my guest today is Zigman Reichenbach. 355 00:22:06,010 --> 00:22:10,120 Uh, Zig, you are here talking a little bit about, uh, 356 00:22:10,380 --> 00:22:15,120 the way our forefathers set up the country and what their intentions 357 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:20,040 were. We're also talking about grassroots politics. And, 358 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:24,800 uh, so my question for you is, why from a grassroots perspective, uh, 359 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:28,200 finding commonalities in politics is, 360 00:22:28,650 --> 00:22:30,640 or seems to be so difficult? 361 00:22:31,190 --> 00:22:35,840 Well, b big part of the reason why it's made so difficult is because there's, 362 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,960 there's so much perverse incentive, so, 363 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,760 so many perverse incentives from folks in the media to in intentionally 364 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,400 create, in, in inflammatory comments and, 365 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,600 and remarks and headlines such that when people read them, 366 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,000 they think that that's what their neighbors are like. 367 00:22:53,310 --> 00:22:56,600 I know I talked to a bunch of people in the grassroots for, for example, 368 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,520 that didn't want to do something like canvassing because they, 369 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:05,240 they were afraid of the people that would come to the door. Now, when, 370 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:10,120 when you know that there's a problem when people are afraid 371 00:23:10,250 --> 00:23:14,160 of knocking on the door of people who are their neighbors, 372 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:19,070 I mean, if, if, if that's the case, I mean, it's, 373 00:23:19,070 --> 00:23:22,790 it's a miracle and blessing that we even have any semblance of, 374 00:23:22,790 --> 00:23:26,350 of society where people even being afraid of their own neighbors because of the 375 00:23:26,350 --> 00:23:29,310 sens sensationalized media, right? 376 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,990 So the point, uh, that you're making is that the media, of course, 377 00:23:33,990 --> 00:23:38,510 to drive up ratings for years has made stories 378 00:23:38,580 --> 00:23:39,830 more sensational, 379 00:23:39,970 --> 00:23:44,950 and they've gone either to the extreme right or the extreme left of an 380 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,320 an issue. And, uh, therefore it's, it becomes very polarizing. 381 00:23:49,850 --> 00:23:53,040 Um, but, you know, one of the things we're trying to do with this show, 382 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,680 and the reason why the show's name is commonalities, 383 00:23:55,970 --> 00:24:00,240 is we wanna find common ground, um, with our neighbors, 384 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,760 with our fellows, citizens here of, uh, 385 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,920 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of America. Um, 386 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:10,920 you know, uh, talk a little bit more about, um, 387 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:15,960 the way fear mongering has happened within our media. 388 00:24:16,790 --> 00:24:21,280 Well, I think ha, having that incentive to, to to sell newspapers, uh, 389 00:24:21,540 --> 00:24:25,800 discourages people from just coming together and just, 390 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,600 just talking as they used to in times past. If, 391 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,480 if you take a look back at history, for example, the, 392 00:24:33,580 --> 00:24:36,800 the great probably hub, hub democracy, 393 00:24:36,930 --> 00:24:39,000 or even just thinking about rights, 394 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:43,480 was really in coffee shops when you had a vast middle class 395 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,000 there and ready to talk to one another, uh, about politics. 396 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,760 So not only do, do we have fear, fear mongering in the, the, the media for, 397 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:57,160 for ratings, we also don't even have hardly any space to, 398 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,600 to find any common ground anymore there. I mean, if, 399 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:05,370 if you go to a coffee shop now and you try to talk about, uh, 400 00:25:05,370 --> 00:25:06,530 politics with somebody, 401 00:25:06,620 --> 00:25:10,930 they're probably gonna look at you depending on how local the place is. 402 00:25:10,930 --> 00:25:13,250 But if it's somewhere like a major chain, 403 00:25:13,340 --> 00:25:17,730 they're gonna look at you like you're absolutely crazy. I know, because I've, 404 00:25:17,730 --> 00:25:21,490 uh, done it before and I've ran into some trouble. Well, 405 00:25:21,490 --> 00:25:26,250 one time I tried to start up a conversation with a gentleman that a, uh, 406 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,010 restaurant. And I, I was telling him, well, what I was doing, how, 407 00:25:31,010 --> 00:25:35,610 how I was canvassing. He told me that he supported what it was that I was doing, 408 00:25:36,070 --> 00:25:38,130 but then he said he didn't want to talk about it, 409 00:25:38,310 --> 00:25:40,810 and then he talked about it for another 15 minutes, 410 00:25:40,810 --> 00:25:45,690 basically rambling to himself. I I tried to talk about it again, and then, 411 00:25:45,690 --> 00:25:48,850 and then he yelled at me. So that just indicates the, 412 00:25:48,850 --> 00:25:53,690 the confusion that people have about politics, the, the internal fear, the, 413 00:25:53,690 --> 00:25:56,770 the, the, the barriers that exist, there's really just, 414 00:25:56,770 --> 00:26:01,570 just so many barriers and fear and no common space to find that middle ground 415 00:26:01,570 --> 00:26:02,730 that we're really trying to get to. 416 00:26:03,470 --> 00:26:08,250 You know, our tagline on this show is, uh, that we talk about politics, 417 00:26:08,530 --> 00:26:09,650 religion, and finances, 418 00:26:09,650 --> 00:26:13,130 everything your grandmother told you not to talk about with friends. 419 00:26:13,550 --> 00:26:18,130 And my grandmother literally used to tell me, um, you know, 420 00:26:18,170 --> 00:26:21,130 don't bring up that conversation. Don't talk about religion, 421 00:26:21,130 --> 00:26:24,930 don't talk about politics, don't talk about finances. 422 00:26:25,270 --> 00:26:30,050 But those are the, the big issues that need discussion. 423 00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:32,450 And, you know, u unfortunately, 424 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:37,210 we have come to a society where everyone kind of clamors up 425 00:26:37,210 --> 00:26:40,330 when you introduce a topic like that around the dinner table. 426 00:26:40,330 --> 00:26:44,800 And I think what people forget is that, that you and I, uh, 427 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,640 could have completely different ways of solving a problem. 428 00:26:49,130 --> 00:26:51,720 We may even agree on the problem that we have. 429 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:56,280 Let's say it's that the education system is broken. Um, you know, 430 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,960 I think people on the left and on the right could, uh, agree that, 431 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:04,920 that that's the case. Um, and there's my dog in the background. Uh, 432 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,560 but so they could believe that there is a problem with education. 433 00:27:08,590 --> 00:27:13,120 They go about it by solving it two different, completely different ways. 434 00:27:13,540 --> 00:27:16,400 And at the end of the day, we can have a discussion. 435 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,680 We can disagree on how to solve the problem, 436 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:23,760 but what's important is that we can shake hands and break bread and still be 437 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:28,240 friends afterwards. And, uh, you know, there were many nights in Harrisburg, 438 00:27:28,930 --> 00:27:33,760 um, you know, where I would go out to dinner on a specific topic, uh, 439 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:38,280 with a company or a lobbyist, and then afterwards I would find myself, uh, 440 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:43,040 enjoying a cigar or, you know, having, uh, having a drink at, 441 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,560 uh, at an establishment in downtown. 442 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:50,320 And many times I was sitting with the same Democrats that, uh, 443 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:54,760 on the house floor, we may have disagreed and ly uh, 444 00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:59,520 debated each other, but we could come together as individuals, 445 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,360 as people, as human beings at the end of the day. And, and, 446 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:08,200 and that's what I'm trying to address through this podcast. And, 447 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:12,000 uh, you know, I don't know if you have any personal experience like that where, 448 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:16,240 you know, you can completely disagree with someone, but still, uh, 449 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,960 treat them humanely and still, uh, be friends with them. 450 00:28:20,330 --> 00:28:23,120 No, no, that's, that's exactly right. And I, 451 00:28:23,150 --> 00:28:26,480 I think because people don't know the full extent of all, 452 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,200 all the issues that are covered in the General assembly, 453 00:28:31,090 --> 00:28:32,720 because they're not aware of them, 454 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,600 they're really not aware of all the different spaces that they could actually 455 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,960 find, uh, common ground. Uh, for, for example, 456 00:28:41,690 --> 00:28:42,040 um, 457 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:46,400 state Senator AR or Haywood is somebody that I would probably disagree with on a 458 00:28:46,510 --> 00:28:50,240 number of different issues, but he, he introduced a bill, 459 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,560 and I guess I won't get into the, to the total details of it unless, 460 00:28:53,590 --> 00:28:57,560 unless you'd like to. But he, he introduced a, 461 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,160 a bill that I think is, uh, 462 00:28:59,270 --> 00:29:03,520 most sensible when it comes to criminal justice reform. And I, 463 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,400 I think because people don't know all the different issues out there 464 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,520 fundamentally, or, or, or they don't even know what's going on in the, 465 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,600 the general assembly, that they really miss out on a, 466 00:29:14,670 --> 00:29:18,080 a lot of good opportunities to find that common ground. It's hard, 467 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,800 it's hard to find common ground if you don't know the ground exists. 468 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,780 You know, uh, Senator Art Haywood, uh, he's a, 469 00:29:24,780 --> 00:29:26,620 he's a good man from Philadelphia. 470 00:29:26,710 --> 00:29:31,580 He and I probably would never agree on ev anything except maybe where to, uh, 471 00:29:31,580 --> 00:29:34,060 where to have lunch or where to have dinner. Uh, 472 00:29:34,060 --> 00:29:38,100 we did the PCN Colin show a number of times, uh, 473 00:29:38,420 --> 00:29:42,400 together where we would kind of spar with each other, and, uh, 474 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:46,400 and we had differing points of view. Um, but, you know, 475 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,480 that's another individual where, you know, at the end of the day, 476 00:29:49,710 --> 00:29:53,240 he's a human being. He's trying to do the best for his constituents, 477 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,240 even though his ideas, um, would be very different. 478 00:29:57,650 --> 00:30:00,680 We do have to get to another break in just about a minute, 479 00:30:00,740 --> 00:30:05,600 but before we do that, you touched on criminal justice reform. Mm-hmm. And, 480 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,960 uh, and I want to take our conversation kind of a step further, 481 00:30:09,260 --> 00:30:12,240 and I wanna put some blame on politicians, 482 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:16,200 and I have the ability to do that because, uh, you know, I, 483 00:30:16,430 --> 00:30:21,240 I was a politician. I am a politician. Um, but, you know, 484 00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:25,600 when we campaign, we send out, uh, flyers, 485 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:30,360 or we create commercials that have just small news 486 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,040 bites or clips. And I used to say, you know, 487 00:30:33,250 --> 00:30:37,800 it is amazing that I could make a vote and I could vote 488 00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:41,560 yes or no, and whether I voted yes or no, 489 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:46,280 it didn't matter because a negative mail piece could be construed, uh, 490 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:47,480 from my vote either way. 491 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:52,240 And we as politicians have created a culture where that's 492 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:57,200 done, and it's this, uh, Mac veian kind of mentality that everything's good. 493 00:30:57,770 --> 00:31:00,720 Um, let's just say, because Art Haywood is, 494 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,520 is looking at criminal justice reform, and he wants to put, 495 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:08,440 put people that have served their time back to work and being productive 496 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,160 members of society. But if I'm running against him, 497 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,240 I'll just say he's soft on crime <laugh>. 498 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:18,120 So we as politicians have really done an injustice to the voters in that 499 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:22,840 regard. Zig, uh, I gotta get to our next break. When we come back, 500 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:27,280 we'll be talking a little bit more about how to address these issues 501 00:31:27,470 --> 00:31:29,400 here within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 502 00:31:32,670 --> 00:31:37,280 You're listening to commonalities where guests find common ground through 503 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:38,760 uncommon conversations. 504 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,920 We'll be back after this brief break to recognize our sponsors. 505 00:31:44,970 --> 00:31:49,160 Is your business using analog strategies in a digital marketing world? 506 00:31:49,570 --> 00:31:50,240 If so, 507 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:54,960 then contact Matthew or Rebecca Dowling at Coordinated 360 for a 508 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,840 professional consultation where we bring in-depth knowledge and functional 509 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,800 expertise with a holistic perspective. 510 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:06,480 Coordinated 360 provides digital marketing, paid ad and media buying services, 511 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:11,400 web design, social media management, video production, and more for businesses, 512 00:32:11,460 --> 00:32:15,920 organizations, and political campaigns with decades of experience. 513 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:20,480 Matt and Becky at Coordinated 360 can help you craft your unique message 514 00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:22,040 and share it with the world. 515 00:32:22,220 --> 00:32:25,880 For a no risk media evaluation and recommendations, 516 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:30,160 call 7 2 4 3 2 0 22 12, 517 00:32:30,450 --> 00:32:32,440 or visit us online at 518 00:32:33,060 --> 00:32:37,880 www.coordinatedthreesixty.com. 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Again, 566 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:28,600 that is donate.commonalities.online on the worldwide web, 567 00:35:28,820 --> 00:35:33,400 buy our host a cup of coffee or help pay for airtime at donate dot commonalities 568 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:34,233 online. 569 00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:42,240 Thanks for staying with us with commonalities here on w Nmb S five 90 570 00:35:42,330 --> 00:35:45,640 am 1 0 1 0.1 fm. I'm your host, Matt Dowling. 571 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:50,120 My guest today is Zigman Reich Bach. And, uh, 572 00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:53,400 Zig, we were talking a little bit about, uh, 573 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:58,320 kind of what the founding fathers had in mind about some of the problems we have 574 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,440 with a polarized society, um, 575 00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:06,320 and how politics really kind of just turn some people's 576 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,840 stomachs and turn some people off to the point to where they don't even wanna 577 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,440 have a conversation with their neighbors. Um, 578 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,960 but I know you're doing some work to address these issues. 579 00:36:16,210 --> 00:36:20,960 So tell me a little bit about what you as an individual, uh, 580 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,880 constituent of the Commonwealth are doing to, uh, 581 00:36:25,410 --> 00:36:27,280 to try to address these issues. 582 00:36:27,510 --> 00:36:31,000 Well, well, well, one thing that I just recently started doing is I, 583 00:36:31,030 --> 00:36:34,160 I started doing something similar to what it is that you're doing here on c 584 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,680 commonalities with the weekly podcast called Talk, talk Politics. 585 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:42,600 Every Tuesday at 8:30 PM I have individual Facebook group where I try to get 586 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,040 a pulse of what it is that people are talking about, 587 00:36:45,540 --> 00:36:49,080 and then I talk about what's going on at the national level. 588 00:36:49,110 --> 00:36:53,000 I had some commentary and also talk about state politics, but the, 589 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,520 the reason why that project is so important to me and why I I got involved in it 590 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,200 is because I found that that often what's going on in the news, 591 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:06,000 because I had had so so many civil conversations with great politicians 592 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,960 and great people, was then they're not providing the, 593 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:14,640 the analysis that most people are really looking for. For, 594 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:18,920 for example, if, if you take the Russia, Ukraine situation, 595 00:37:19,530 --> 00:37:21,640 um, it seems to be the, 596 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,040 the case that a lot of people in the media are just saying, well, 597 00:37:24,070 --> 00:37:28,640 this side's good, and this side's bad, and, and that's not, well, no, 598 00:37:28,910 --> 00:37:32,320 really, there's, there's a lot more to look into, you know, 599 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,720 in terms of what started the conflict, um, 600 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:40,000 how long the conflict has been going on in until we, we understand the, 601 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,320 the history of the conflict, 602 00:37:41,550 --> 00:37:46,360 then we can't understand how to find a solution if we don't understand the 603 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:50,960 history. So I, I, I do analysis on things like that. Um, 604 00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:53,720 and, you know, I, I think anybody really with, 605 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:57,320 with the great power we have now to reach a people, more people should, 606 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,920 should start a podcast. So that way they can have more of those, um, 607 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:03,200 those, 608 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,760 those discussions that they would have at the dinner table online with their 609 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,120 friends and family, right? Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. 610 00:38:09,770 --> 00:38:13,480 So other than voting, what can the normal, uh, 611 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:18,320 American citizen do, uh, to influence the, 612 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,040 the political sphere out there? 613 00:38:20,470 --> 00:38:23,000 Well, they, they, they can look to become a, 614 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:28,000 a influencer that themselves and try to reach out and 615 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,480 be a leader within their community. 616 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,720 Because what I've found in my study of history is that there has never been a 617 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:37,360 single community that has ever had too many leaders. So they, they, 618 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:41,120 they can look to, to start with an influence right there in their own community. 619 00:38:41,930 --> 00:38:46,280 Uh, also one, what they can do is they, 620 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:51,120 they can forge relationships with or on lawmakers or 621 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,840 different lawmakers. You can walk into the, uh, 622 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,280 general assembly most days and, 623 00:38:57,340 --> 00:39:02,240 and have a civil conversation with just about an, any, any lawmaker. 624 00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:04,600 In addition to that, you, 625 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,920 you can also start circulating and signing your own petitions about the issues 626 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:13,240 that, that you care about. For example, last year when I was drinking with, uh, 627 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:18,200 Americans for Prosperity, we, we did a large petition, uh, 628 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,440 to support the Taxpayer Protection Act, 629 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:24,600 which limits taxes by limiting how much the state government can spend. 630 00:39:24,860 --> 00:39:28,640 And you can circulate that to raise lawmaker awareness. 631 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,480 And I think all those ways are really important. 632 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:36,120 It's not voting alone that's gonna get the issues that most people 633 00:39:36,150 --> 00:39:40,760 care about, uh, across the finish line. It's, it's being a, 634 00:39:40,870 --> 00:39:45,320 a civil leader and being totally engaged in the community and, 635 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:49,880 and finding those commonalities that I think is the best way to participate. 636 00:39:51,420 --> 00:39:54,690 So, Zig, I know you have your new radio show, uh, 637 00:39:54,690 --> 00:39:59,170 and you said that it's on Tuesday evenings at 8:30 PM 638 00:39:59,620 --> 00:40:02,330 uh, or your podcast rather. Yes, sir. 639 00:40:02,330 --> 00:40:06,090 Tell us how we can find that podcast, uh, 640 00:40:06,110 --> 00:40:10,010 and how we can engage you to learn more, uh, 641 00:40:10,010 --> 00:40:13,490 about what you're doing in Pennsylvania and your thoughts on the political 642 00:40:13,490 --> 00:40:14,080 sphere. 643 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,410 That's right. So, well, 644 00:40:15,410 --> 00:40:20,410 one way that you can engage is just simply go to talk politics. There's a, 645 00:40:20,410 --> 00:40:22,770 there's a Facebook group right there that, 646 00:40:22,770 --> 00:40:27,170 that will allow you to interact with other individuals, expand your network, 647 00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:31,810 so that way you don't feel like you're alone when you're talking politics. 648 00:40:31,810 --> 00:40:35,690 And you, you can also look at the, the, the Facebook page on talk politics. 649 00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:40,490 And I do have a YouTube with a, a particular name. 650 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:45,110 I'll make sure to send, send you that, but before the show, um, 651 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:46,313 is over. 652 00:40:46,650 --> 00:40:50,590 And tho those are the main ways that I'm engaging people for right now. 653 00:40:50,850 --> 00:40:54,190 I'm looking forward to expanding that in the future. But hey, if, 654 00:40:54,190 --> 00:40:56,470 if you wanna have a conversation like what, 655 00:40:56,470 --> 00:40:59,590 what we're having with State Representative Dowling, 656 00:41:00,060 --> 00:41:01,710 join us on tech Politics. 657 00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:07,680 Well, hey, uh, my guest today has been Zigman Reichenbach. Uh, Zig, 658 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,760 thank you so much for being with us and for sharing your thoughts and feelings 659 00:41:11,910 --> 00:41:16,240 with my, uh, my viewers and my listeners here today on commonalities. 660 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:17,320 Thank you so much, Zig. 661 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:18,880 Thank you so much. 662 00:41:24,950 --> 00:41:26,960 This has been commonalities, 663 00:41:27,270 --> 00:41:31,480 a show where guests find common ground through uncommon conversations. 664 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,280 Copyright 2022 Coordinated 360, 665 00:41:34,460 --> 00:41:37,960 all public rebroadcast should be done with prior written approval from Matthew 666 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:43,040 Dowling. All requests should be sent to info coordinated three sixty.com. 667 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,440 Thank you for listening to commonalities.
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