11-02-18 Shawn Moody
Part 1: Ray and Joe are joined by Shawn Moody. Joe is the treasurer for his Gubernatorial campaign. Shawn thanks Joe for all of his hard work raising money. He also stresses how important it is to get the voters out and vote on Tuesday!!! Shawn describes his natural progression to become a Republican and what he has learned on the campaign trail.
Part 2: Ray tells Shawn about the superstition he has, that whoever is running for office, has a great chance of winning. They head to the job discussion and capitalism. The boys talk about tax cuts.
Part 3: The boys welcome a call from current Governor Paul LePage and they talk about how well the economy is progressing. They talk about how to continue that great trend especially with our small businesses. Topics include education consolidation, non-payment to businesses from state, the reform of the state schools (transferable credits from community colleges to state college). Ray asks Gov. LePage about the kids being lifted out of poverty since he has been in office and it isn’t being reported anywhere. Joe talks about the great work that the Governor and First Lady has done for their work with Maine’s Veterans. Shawn thanks the Governor for running the state as a business. Joe also thanks him, especially for appointing him as Chairman of the Pharmacy Board. Ray goes back to the amount of small businesses that have opened in the last four years. LePage reiterates that Maine doesn’t need to have an income tax.