Economic D-Day for Iran Is Here ... but Did We Already Win the War? | Guests: Patrick Bet-David & Matt Calkins | 8/24/26 artwork

Economic D-Day for Iran Is Here ... but Did We Already Win the War? | Guests: Patrick Bet-David & Matt Calkins | 8/24/26

The Glenn Beck Program

August 24, 2026

Glenn discusses one of the biggest debates from his time off: the cost of burritos. Have burrito prices gotten out of hand? Glenn lays out the facts and explains how both sides miss the bigger picture and how inflation has made life much less affordable across the board.
Speakers: Glenn Beck, Patrick Bet-David, Matt Calkins

Topics: News Commentary, News, Politics

**Glenn Beck** (0:00)
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**Patrick Bet-David** (4:16)
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**Glenn Beck** (4:22)
Okay, so there was this debate that was going on last week about burritos, the price of burritos. And I mean, I was checking in occasionally and just finding out what was going on. And I heard about the burrito thing and I think, I can't believe we're arguing about burritos. And we are actually choosing, we're in this position to where last week, Andrew was like, oh, that's why I'm for Marco Rubio. Whoa, that's why I'm for JD Vance. Can you please, can we get a handle on our emotions? Please.
This is the conversation that I think people should have had last week about the price of burritos in America. And it's this, every time I drive through a window, I have the same two thoughts in the same order every time. First one, when did McDonald's for two people become 20 bucks? When did that happen? $25 for, wait, what? The second one is harder. How does the average person do this? This is McDonald's for the love of Pete. It's practically, it's, I don't even know if there's any meat in their burgers anymore. That costs you 20, 25 bucks for two people. If you have kids, you're already working two jobs. How do you afford it? You're paying for gas and an electric bill that keeps going up. God help you if you had to move into a new apartment or buy a house after 2021, how do you do it?

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