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Issues And Ideas With Chris DeBello January 4 2026

·55 min·5 clips
Dr. Willie Jolly explains why a football star is rich, but the team owner is truly wealthy.
Chris DeBello discusses New Jersey's minimum wage and gas tax increases, then interviews Dr. Willie Jolly on building wealth versus being rich. The episode also covers suicide prevention funding for LGBTQ+ youth, statistics on political violence, and biblical guidance for New Year's resolutions.

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A brisk new-year briefing on wage changes and the 988 LGBTQ crisis-line debate.

This new-year episode reads like a compact civic ledger. It walks through higher minimum wages in 19 states, with New Jersey rates sorted by worker class, then folds in the higher gas tax.

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You want the January wage changes and the case for keeping identity-affirming 988 support.

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