The Burrito Question ft. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

**Charlie Kirk** (0:03)
My name is Charlie Kirk. I run the largest pro-American student organization in the country, fighting for the future of our republic. My call is to fight evil and to proclaim truth. If the most important thing for you is just feeling good, you're going to end up miserable. But if the most important thing is doing good, you'll end up purposeful. College is a scam, everybody. You got to stop sending your kids to college. You should get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible. Go start a Turning Point USA college chapter. Go start a Turning Point USA high school chapter. Go find out how your church can get involved. Sign up and become an activist. I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade. Most important decision I ever made in my life, and I encourage you to do the same. Here I am. Lord, use me.
Buckle up, everybody. Here we go.
Noble Gold Investments is the official gold sponsor of The Charlie Kirk Show, a company that specializes in gold IRAs and physical delivery of precious metals. Learn how you could protect your wealth with Noble Gold Investments at noblegoldinvestments.com, that is noblegoldinvestments.com. It's where I buy all of my gold. Go to noblegoldinvestments.com.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:23)
All right.

**Andrew Kolvet** (1:23)
Welcome, everybody. We are here on set in Phoenix, Arizona at the Y-Refi Studios. Welcome to you from Sea to Shining Sea. Honored to be with you today. We're going to have a very econ-heavy show because that is the current discussion.

**Blake** (1:38)
Actually, it was going to happen anyway. And then it became the discussion, which is a sign that fortune favors us right now.

**Andrew Kolvet** (1:46)
Fortune favors the bold and the burrito. I will tell you. So here's our show. Let me just lay it out for you. We've got a couple of open segments here. We're going to bring you up to speed on the great burrito debate of 2026 It's going to be fun. Then we've got a Hillsdale professor who is an economist. And we're going to be talking about capitalism. And then we've got Secretary Scott Bessent in studio here in Phoenix, Arizona. We're excited about that. And we're going to be talking about affordability and young people and economic literacy, so many things. And then we've got Nate Friedman. He's been doing great work documenting the Islamification of places like Michigan and the Bronx and New York. So we're going to have a fun conversation about that. I don't know, fun is the right word.
But let us get started on the great burrito debate of 2026 Now, what do I mean if you are not logged on to X or other social platforms? You might not know what I mean.
We are having a discussion about $20 burritos. Is it true? Are they really costing $20? Are they much less? Should kids learn to cook at home? Are Gen Z a bunch of entitled brats? And yeah, there's the tweet that accidentally kicked it all off from yours truly. It said, so Matt Walsh was going on, grocery prices are insane. They're still rising. Addressing this problem should be the number one priority of every elected leader. End the stupid foreign wars and focus on this issue. It's one of the main reasons socialists are gaining power. And I replied, one of our TPUSA college students gave me his take on affordability. A burrito shouldn't cost 20 bucks.
Yeah, a lot of this is a hangover from COVID and Biden era inflation, but the lived experience is the same. It just feels like basic things cost too much. So before we get too far down the road here, I want to ask and invite this audience, I want to know what you think because the reactions have been all across the board. And actually, I would say many of them have truth. So send us an email, freedomatcharliekirk.com. We're going to be reading them in the next segment. Or maybe if Blake gets them right now, freedomatcharliekirk.com. What is your take on the $20 burrito?

**Blake** (3:47)
Well, because we should get into this because the reaction is very mixed because people, of course, if they say a burrito can cost $20, they're talking about fast food or even like a medium level. Chipotle or above.

**Andrew Kolvet** (3:59)
Casual dining.

**Blake** (4:00)
Casual dining. Or if Chipotle is going to cost $20, it probably means they door-dashed it, so they're playing a delivery fee for it.

**Andrew Kolvet** (4:06)
They get like some guac on the side.

**SPEAKER_6** (4:07)
Exactly.

**Andrew Kolvet** (4:08)
You give them a tip, which Blake is anti-tipping at Chipotle.