came in and destroyed a lot of treaties that we've seen happen over the last few months and jeffrey crocker said something go had been this very quickly is very quick but to what jeffrey say it doesn't have to be this way america does not have to be this withering fruit on the vine instead if we would stop so we discord to create weakness in other places in order to make ourselves strong and instead focus on developing american strengths i think we would be much better off i mean we are the world's largest economy and we'd like to keep it that way jeffrey tucker editorial director with the american institute for economic research thank you but we're going to keep you around for one more question following the next story thanks pfizer for it at starbucks and coca-cola are the latest companies that say they will stop buying ads on social media will facebook in particular has been the target of the stop hate for profit campaign all the group is made up of a number of social justice organizations calling for stricter moderation and rules for hate speech racism and even misinformation but facebo

things on the friday that's less about my ex in the future so crocker. joined me every thursday on the elec simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back the 2020 presidential election has come to the end of its cycle and there are a number of reasons that this election will go down in history but one of those reasons this will be the most expensive of all time that is until probably 2024 joining us now to discuss is boom bust co-host ben swan so bad can you break this down for us the cost of this election how much was spent on the presidential race and how much went to congressional and senate races yeah it's pretty incredible and you're right it's probably going to be a record that only holds for about 4 years but if you take into consideration how much total we're talking about $6600000000.00 let's break down how that compares if you talk about what was spent in congressional races in 2016 the amount that was hit was 4 point $1000000000.00 in congressional races thi