 BBB, somebody says is Bed Bath and Beyond. I wish, I wish that would be much better if we were talking about $1.7 trillion for Bed Bath and Beyond. Bed Bath and Beyond would allocate $1.7 trillion in the economy better than the Biden administration for that matter, any political administration could do. All right, you were probably talking about ridiculous. You probably heard that Manchin has basically killed BBB, Build Back Better. He basically told the Sunday shows on TV that he will, he's backing away, he's not negotiating anymore. He was playing tough, he was negotiating, he's told Biden that they could probably cut a deal and Sunday he said, now there's no deal to be cut. I think he basically realizes that West Virginia, the state, which he is a senator for, does not support another $1.7 trillion of spending, particularly not of the kind of spending because 1.7 is cheating. It's much, much, much, much more than 1.7 because what the bill is full of is, for example, child tax credit for one year. But we all know that those will be extended but if they only say it's one year, they only quote value it for one year. So only one year of it goes into the 1.7 trillion. But if you assume it's a perpetuity and it's there forever, well, it's much more than 1.7 trillion. And then add to that all the different benefits that expanded and new benefits that all in the bill have sunsets, not because anybody believed that they were sunset, but because in order to get the deal somewhat balanced, revenue and expenses and not to make it be a gazillion dollars, just 1.7 trillion, 1.7 trillion these days is small, is nothing. They have these sunsets, but they know that once you establish a social program, in particular, once you establish a social program that benefits the middle class, it's there forever. Nobody is going to not extend a social program that the middle class benefits from. Just ain't happening. So this bill is actually many trillions. And what Manchin is, I think what Manchin is basically upset at is they're not treating him nicely. I mean, he said today that people in the White House are just not nice to him. I mean, it's not that Manchin is some principled advocate for capitalism. It's not that Manchin really objects to the expansion and growth of social programs. It really is the case that for Manchin, this is just a matter of, he doesn't want to go to West Virginia and say, he increased the deficit by 1.7 trillion. He doesn't want to have to go to West Virginia and say he increased taxes. He's worried about elections as he should be. West Virginia is a very, very Republican place and he runs as a Democrat. And he's, I think the easiest thing for Manchin would be to just convert to the Republican Party and now it would save him everything he'd be, then he'd be elected as a Republican and he'd win every time and he could vote whatever he wants. I mean, Manchin is a nobody, a nothing, a zero. It's not that he has beliefs. But in this case, what the Biden administration with a 50-50 Senate is trying to do is so outrageous, so ridiculous, so off the charts, so dishonest that somebody like Manchin for purely political reason is calling them on it. Now I will guarantee you that there are probably a dozen Democrats, Democratic senators, that are sighing a sigh of relief because they don't want to vote for this bill. They can't not vote for it probably, but they don't want to be in a position one way or the other to vote or not to vote on it. They are loving the fact that Manchin is getting all the blame for walking away from it. And they don't have to engage in it. All these so-called centrist Democrats who don't want to have to face the constituency having voted for a loser bill like this bill that expands government, that expands government spending that doesn't pay for it, that expands the deficit, during inflation expands government spending by giving people checks, the equivalence of giving people checks that is just inflationary as well in spite of what some economists claim, pseudo-economists claim. Oh Seth says, Manchin, maybe the least principal politician in the history of politics. Oh no, no, no, no. They are far more less principal politicians than Manchin. I mean, God, there's no end. There's no end. Manchin is just in this tricky position of being in a 50-50 Senate, where he is the swing vote, where he has to get elected in West Virginia. I mean, Trump was less principal than Manchin. I promised to hold no punches on Trump so he will be mentioned frequently in spite of the fact that you don't like it. Some of you don't like it anyway. Some of you keep coming back. So I think what's gonna happen here is that the Democrats are gonna go back, structure a new bill that'll be negotiated on. Some of the other centrist Democrats are gonna have to intervene because they won't like it too much. And they'll pass something next year, probably. Next year is difficult because it's re-election, right? It's an election year. So a lot of these centrist Democrats won't want to vote for it. There's a good possibility nothing gets passed before 2022. And there's a good chance that Democrats lose both the House and the Senate in 2022, which is my hope. My hope, yes. Thank you for listening or watching the Iran book show. If you'd like to support the show, we make it as easy as possible for you to trade with me. You get value from listening. You get value from watching. Show your appreciation. 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