Funny Money with Comedian Josh Johnson: Senators Smooching, Lifestyle Creep and the Mental Gymnastics of Financial Goals

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**Josh Johnson** (2:32)
As far as the NFTs go, they could have got me. All they would have needed was like a nice space jam NFT, and I probably would have been in a bad way. I'd probably be on Money Rehab for a totally different reason. You have me on the couch crying right now, talking about how I owe somebody named Dexter online $1,800 still to this day.

**Nicole Lapin** (2:51)
One of my favorite ways to think critically about money is to laugh about it. This is Josh Johnson's superpower. Josh is a writer, stand-up comedian and weekly host on The Daily Show. He talks about what it's like to grow up with no money.

**Josh Johnson** (3:04)
When I was at my brokeest, it's like you don't even make decisions. Like if you're not in the pool, everything that a drowning person does looks wild to you because you're not drowning, so you're like, why aren't they just swimming? Why are they flailing like that? Or when someone comes to help them, why are they pushing that person's head down? And it's like, well, it's out of panic and they don't know how to swim.

**Nicole Lapin** (3:24)
And I get his takes on some bizarre money stories.

**Josh Johnson** (3:27)
I think that tax dollars are a lot like if someone's ever owed you money. And then you saw like an Insta post of them partying.

**Nicole Lapin** (3:34)
Right.

**Josh Johnson** (3:34)
And you're like, what money did you buy the drinks? Because some of that gotta be my money. And so then when you see your government doing things that forget disagree with, things that you are actively like horrified by, you're like, oh, I paid for. Oh, that's insane. And so not only am I a little bit broker because I had to pay the taxes, but you're not even using it for a thing that like benefits me directly. You're like, oh, this is devastating me twice because one, you made me count, which is also crazy. You know how much I owe. Tell me how much I owe.