268 - More Like Steal Mill (10/4/2026)

So for the, the final broadcast, uh, I think we should, like, leave a record of what happened this week that led to the end of the podcast and the beginning of the rest of our lives-

Mm-hmm

...

in the steel mill.

Uh, so fortunately, the, the newspaper, even though that's made of paper and not steel, they were allowed to produce, uh, a final issue of the Des Moines Register as well.

Uh, soon all will be steel, but we're gonna just, like, one last paper, [laughs] one last, uh, tree product, and then we're gonna...

I, I, I think, are we gonna still gonna have news? Are they gonna report the news in the new steel, steel mill mill future?

I mean, only if it pertains to steel.

Yeah, I guess.

That's all that's going on now, but, um, okay.

So from the last issue of the Des Moines Register, "Kim Reynolds signs steel plant tax credits after Iowa special session." So this is, like, why we now have our new home, and workplace, and final resting place, the steel mill, is because of these tax incentives that, um, our state government really quickly-

Oh, yeah

... pulled together, made sure that this could happen, make this really good thing happen for us.

Uh, so l- let me read a bit of the reporting here.

"Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation paving the way for 1.36 billion in tax credits for a steel plant, the largest tax incentive award in state history following a rare special session Friday, October 2nd." So this, the legislature came together yesterday, Friday, to, uh-

Mm

...

they, they convened to, to pass this bill, uh, which, like it says here, it's a rare special session.

I've, I'm-

Yeah

... not aware of this ever happening this late in the year.

[laughs]

Yeah.

I mean, Trump said jump, and then they said, "How high?"

[laughs]

So for the, the final broadcast, uh, I think we should, like, leave a record of what happened this week that led to the end of the podcast and the beginning of the rest of our lives-

Mm-hmm

...

in the steel mill.

Uh, so fortunately, the, the newspaper, even though that's made of paper and not steel, they were allowed to produce, uh, a final issue of the Des Moines Register as well.

Uh, soon all will be steel, but we're gonna just, like, one last paper, [laughs] one last, uh, tree product, and then we're gonna...

I, I, I think, are we gonna still gonna have news? Are they gonna report the news in the new steel, steel mill mill future?

I mean, only if it pertains to steel.

Yeah, I guess.

That's all that's going on now, but, um, okay.

So from the last issue of the Des Moines Register, "Kim Reynolds signs steel plant tax credits after Iowa special session." So this is, like, why we now have our new home, and workplace, and final resting place, the steel mill, is because of these tax incentives that, um, our state government really quickly-

Oh, yeah

... pulled together, made sure that this could happen, make this really good thing happen for us.

Uh, so l- let me read a bit of the reporting here.

"Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation paving the way for 1.36 billion in tax credits for a steel plant, the largest tax incentive award in state history following a rare special session Friday, October 2nd." So this, the legislature came together yesterday, Friday, to, uh-

Mm

...

they, they convened to, to pass this bill, uh, which, like it says here, it's a rare special session.

I've, I'm-

Yeah

... not aware of this ever happening this late in the year.

[laughs]

Yeah.

I mean, Trump said jump, and then they said, "How high?"

[laughs]