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Hello, America. Mark Levin, and this is Life, Liberty, and Levin Saturday. Welcome to the program.
You know, I'm gonna do something a little differently this evening.
I wanna talk about the state of the nation because we hear a lot of negativity.
The president of The United States and this administration does not get the credit it deserves. In fact,
as I went through the news this evening, I looked at everything. They try to humiliate and embarrass the administration. They're trying to look for, you know, negative issues. They're trying to look for scandals,
but they're not reporting
the news.
I wanna talk about something that matters to you. How are we doing in this country?
You know, for matters that affect you directly, directly,
we hear about affordability,
but then they drop it. Well, I don't wanna drop it. I wanna talk about it.
Under this president under this president, a year and a half in office in his second term, salary increases and take home pay are rising faster faster
than consumer price inflation which is way down.
The annual inflation rate stabilized and cooled slightly to 3.4%
in July of this year down from 3.5%.
Now think about that. 3.4,
3.5.
You know, those are rates that we haven't had since the first Trump term and before that, since like never.
While price acceleration has flattened and month over month, consumer prices rose by a modest point 1%. In other words, they didn't rise.
Inflation rose to a forty year peak of 9.1%
in June 2022 under president Biden,
averaging nearly 5% during his presidency. He also spent like a wild Marxist
with that massive inflation reduction act, which had nothing to do with inflation except caused inflation.
That was trillions of dollars of needless spending. During president Trump's second term, inflation cooled significantly
to an average of roughly 2.6
to 2.7%.
That's incredible if you really think about it. Let's take a look at something else that matters to you, home prices.
Home prices have declined
on an annual basis in more than half the country, reversing years of rapid increases
and improving affordability for families and first time buyers.
Rent growth slowed
by its lowest pace since president Trump's first term, with single family rent growth hitting a record low.
Income growth is now outpacing rent growth nationwide,
returning the typical share of income spent on rent close to pre pandemic levels.
Have you ever heard this? Of course not.
Got Maggie Haberman on CNN. She's into rumors and all. They all are, but they don't report the news. This is news.
Orders for business equipment posted their largest surge in more than six years,
while shipments of machinery and equipment also shattering expectations,
strong signals of expanding industrial capacity.
Initial jobless claims plunged to their lowest level since 1969,
highlighting the exceptional strength
of the labor market.
Strong labor market.
Strong business investment.
Inflation
is almost nonexistent.
These are very, very important indicators
of what's going on.
What about gas prices, electricity prices, the availability
of energy? The president has ramped up domestic fossil fuel and nuclear production. He has slashed so called climate change rules.
Here's some of his actions. Expanding production. He reopened federal lands and offshore areas to oil and gas leasing and drilling while accelerating permitting timelines
for new pipelines and refineries. Remember the prior administration,
that regime,
they could block and sabotage
and prevent
enough energy production, could they? They hated it. We love it. For example, restrictions on drilling in parts of Alaska's 23,500,000
acre
national petroleum reserve
were revoked.
And also, the EPA issued a waiver to end summer blend smog restrictions ahead of the schedule,
allowing cheaper fuel blends to enter the market sooner and increasing daily supply.
Jones Act waivers. What's that? Well, the administration issued temporary sixty day waivers to the Jones Acts to ease domestic shipping restrictions
and streamline fuel distribution.
You can see the effort is to help the consumer.
It is a constant effort with regulations,
with taxes, with businesses
to push an agenda, a pro growth energy agenda.
And it's crucial because without energy,
without energy of all kinds,
in all places, our economy can't expand and we can't create wealth and prosperity.
Reconsideration
of regulations
throttling the oil and gas industry.
Reconsideration
of mandatory greenhouse gas reporting program that imposed significant costs on the American energy supply.
Reconsideration
of limitations,
guidelines, and standards for the steam electric power generating industry
to ensure low cost electricity
while protecting water resource.
Man oh man, I'll tell you, in these blue states, with these degrowthers and no growthers,
they're doing the opposite.
They're sabotaging
you, mister and missus America, if you live in these blue states and cities. They're driving up. They're driving up the cost of all levels of energy,
and they're reducing the availability.
So if you wonder why you have really high cost in some of these these dark blue states,
you could thank your governor, and you could thank your state legislatures.
Reconsideration
of wastewater regulations for oil and gas development to help unleash American energy. What about taking steps to make home ownership more affordable under this president?
Higher salt cap. What's that?
The president and the republicans raised the state and local tax cap, includes property taxes,
from $10,000
to $40,000.
This is money directly in your pocket.
And for tax years 2025
to 2029
for itemized
filers.
Permanent mortgage limit.
Locked in the $750,000
limit on deductible mortgage debt, $375,000
for single filers,
stopping it from reverting to $1,000,000.
In other words, they want to make sure,
they want to make sure that you can deduct as much as possible.
Mortgage insurance.
Restructured and permanently reinstated
private mortgage insurance, that's PMI premiums as deductible
deductible mortgage interest
starting in 2026.
The president made it easier to buy American made new cars and trucks
on 07/04/2025,
creating a temporary
federal tax deduction
for up to $10,000
a year in auto loan interest on new American
personal use cars and light trucks
under £14,000
with final assembly in The United States. Houses,
salaries,
income,
cars, trucks,
energy.
The federal government is doing everything it can under this president. I've never seen anything like it, quite frankly.
And if you take prescription drugs, well, most of you do,
And you should be seeing lower prices. I know I am.
I certainly am when I'm going to the pharmacy.
And this is what he's done. The president Trump announced agreements with major pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription drug prices
for Americans in line with the lowest prices paid by other developed nations,
known as the most favorite nation's price.
The nine manufacturers,
I won't name them all, but they're big, and most of the drugs you get are from them.
The agreements reduce prices on drugs that treat numerous costly and chronic conditions.
A whole list of them. Pulmonary heart disease, asthma, multiple sclerosis,
rheumatoid arthritis,
two types of diabetes,
and it goes on and on. Now,
the agreements will provide that every state Medicaid program in the country access
the most favored nation drug prices
on products made by those nine
major
drug companies, resulting in billions of dollars in savings
to you, mister and missus America.
Now has another president done that? No. Did the prior president do that? No. Did the democrats do that? No. Trump didn't.
The agreements require the nine companies to offer medicines at a deeper discount off the list price when selling directly to American patients
through Trump Rx.
You ought to take advantage of Trump Rx.
More.
What about tax cuts for families?
Federal tax cuts raised and locked in the higher standard deduction levels originally set in 2017 for the vast majority of individual filers.
Lower income tax rates maintained lower marginal income tax brackets across
the board,
Across the board. Not just billionaires and millionaires
as the as the chattering classes would have you believe, for everybody.
Child tax credit extended and boosted the double child tax credit benefiting tens of millions of American families.
No tax on tips created a federal income tax deduction
for qualified service and beauty industry tips.
No tax on overtime implemented dedicated
deductions for eligible overtime pay.
Senior relief provided enhanced tax deductions and targeted relief for social security income
retirees.
What about businesses and corporations that create the private sector jobs?
Corporate tax rate, maintain the lowest 21%
corporate income tax rate enacted
for by his first term policies.
Immediate expensing, extended provisions letting businesses immediately deduct the cost of factory construction and short term equipment investments.
Now this is a lot of information because the president has done a lot. And I want you to be aware of this.
I do this monologue, what do I have? About twenty minutes. And I'm gonna get as much of this in as I can, so you understand when people say, he's not focused on affordability.
He's all about affordability.
That's what his whole domestic agenda is about.
Affordability.
Paid leave tax credit made permanent the employee tax credit for offering employee paid families medical
leave.
Savings and investment provisions. Trump accounts
tax deferred
$1,000
government seed investments and saving pathways
for children born between 2024
and 2028
to use for education or first home. You realize if you take advantage of that,
that your children will have a significant
amount of money saved up
tax free for them as a result of these tax these Trump tax accounts?
It's just incredible.
Expanded five twenty nine accounts, broadened allowable uses of education savings accounts to include k through 12 materials
and post secondary trade credentials.
It's pretty incredible. Now about what about the
the lifestyle you have? What about the
ability to live in a free society
without being mugged and raped and murdered? Well, that can't be perfect, obviously. There are evil people out there. But there are efforts that can be taken to reduce it, and the president has grabbed every single one of them. Violent crime plunged
9.3%
in 2025.
These are FBI statistics.
The largest annual decline on record. Murder dropped 18.1%,
tying the lowest rate in recorded history. This is for 2025.
Robbery fell 18.5%,
resulting in nearly 38,500
fewer robberies.
Rape declined 7.6%,
resulting in more than 10,000
fewer victims.
Aggravated assault fell 7.2%,
resulting in over 62,700
fewer attacks.
Property crime dropped 12.4,
the second largest decline in history with nearly 750,000
fewer offenses.
Meanwhile, preliminary data for the first half of this year shows the decline continuing and deepening with violent crime down an additional 10.6%,
murder down another 23%,
rape down 18.6%,
and robberies down 19.6%
compared to the same time period last year which was already way down. Nearly 54,000
violent crime arrests up 90%,
including more than 31,000
violent crimes and gang members, up 30%.
More than 5,000
child predators and human traffickers arrested,
up 13%.
More than 11,000
child victims located and identified, up 21%.
Record disruptions across criminal cyber,
counter terrorism, counter intelligence,
international operations,
taking down hundreds of cyber criminal enterprises,
espionage rings, and terrorist networks. Again, this is from the FBI.
Let's move quickly. There's a lot that this president's doing in his time. Immigration.
The US had negative net immigration in 2025
for the first time in at least half a century.
Compare that to Biden when we had all those pictures of
tens of thousands of people rushing the border.
President has deported more than 605,000
illegal aliens with an additional 1,900,000
self deporting. 1,900,000
self deporting,
bringing the total number of illegals who have left The US since the president returned to office to two and a half million.
He stopped more than 10,000 individuals with narco terrorism ties from entering The United States. Daily detention numbers and arrests have reached record numbers.
Border crossings and encounters with US custom and border patrol have dropped significantly compared to prior years.
ICE, I love ICE.
I love ICE with my Diet Coke, and I love ICE period
with our government. And I wanna thank each and every person in ICE. Thank you. ICE significantly ramped up hiring and personnel capacities
backed by billions of new congressional appropriations.
Trump administration terminated temporary protective status
for a variety of dangerous third world countries,
rescued more than 60,000 migrant children from sex trafficking and child labor. State Department paused immigrant visa processing
for 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people an unacceptable rate.
And since returning to office in 2025,
president Trump has drastically reshaped US immigration policy
through hundreds of executive actions,
massive funding bills like the one big beautiful bill, and a government wide push for widespread interior enforcement
and border restrictions.
The US border patrol has documented unprecedented
changes in illegal border crossings throughout twenty twenty five, meaning they have cratered
cratered illegal immigration coming into this country. With Southwest border apprehensions reaching
historic lows not seen in decades,
US Customs and Border Patrol, CBP,
reports that July 2025
marked another record breaking month with the most secure border in history, achieving only 4,598
Southwest border apprehensions,
nearly 500 fewer than June's previous and he goes on. Safer,
illegal immigration almost ended.
The president is using every tool he has as a president
to address housing issues,
energy issues,
all these other issues. And yet here we have in our states
here we have in our states with the highest grocery prices,
Hawaii, Alaska, California,
Washington, and Vermont. Almost all democrat states in the case of elect of Alaska,
it transitions from republican to democrat back and forth. But it's far away. But some of these states is no excuse. Highest gasoline prices,
blue state California,
blue state Hawaii, blue state Washington state, and you have Alaska and Nevada who are on the cusp. But nonetheless,
states with the highest electricity bills, DC,
not a state, but there it is, number one. New Jersey, number two. New Hampshire, number three. Maryland, number four. And then Ohio.
Four out of five blue states. States with the highest annual cost for infant care, District Of Columbia,
Massachusetts,
California,
Minnesota,
Colorado,
Hawaii,
all democrat states.
Top least affordable states by cost of living index.
Number one, California.
Number two, New York. Number three, Washington state. Number four, Connecticut. Number five, Maryland.
Number six, New Jersey. Number seven, Alaska. Number eight, Massachusetts.
All dark
blue
hardcore
democrat
states. All of them. And then we have according to the Cato Institute,
the five least free states.
New York, Hawaii, California,
New Jersey, Oregon. All democrat state. So you know, I would say to my Republican friends who are running
and with this midterm coming,
you need to frame these discussions a little better. You need to get out there and confidently go on the offense and point out if you live in a dark blue state
or a dark blue congressional district,
you're paying more than anybody else in red states and dark red districts.
Whether it's property taxes,
whether it's income taxes,
whether it's user fees,
whether it's crossing bridges and they charge you a fee, whatever it is.
The food prices, the child care prices,
they're through the roof
in dark blue states. And the interesting thing is when you put these numbers together with the red states, then you get these national numbers. Right?
So the blue states are dragging down the country.
The blue cities are dragging down the country. When you look at the data,
they're dragging down the data. And yet, when you look at the Trump data and what Trump is doing, it's incredible.
Even in the face
of these obstacles from these blue governors,
these blue mayors, these blue legislatures,
look at what he's doing and look at the accomplishments.