Congress Works 3-Day Weeks While Gas Hits Record Highs

Podcast: Solving America's Problems · Jerremy Alexander Newsome & Dave Conley

Opublikowano: 2026-08-17

Diesel and gas prices are 45% higher than nine months ago — the highest August prices on record. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley call AI CapEx spending the only thing propping up an economy strained by that energy squeeze. Dave argues the pain is landing hardest on consumers trading down from Home Depot and Whole Foods to Aldi's and dollar stores, and points out Congress works three-day weeks for five months a year while Mitch McConnell once took six weeks of paid sick leave with no return date. Jerremy tracks Reddit's addition to the S&P 500, a potential breakout in Ho...