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Winston Marshall interviews California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton about corruption and government waste in California.

In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton for a conversation on corruption, government waste, energy policy, and the collapse of the California Dream.Hilton lays out explosive claims surrounding what he describes as a vast system of fraud, waste, and political corruption within California’s government, arguing that hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars have been misused over the past decade. We examine his “Califraud” investigations, allegations involving homelessness programmes, climate funds, cannabis tax revenue, and welfare spending, and why he believes one-party rule has created a culture of impunity within the state bureaucracy.The conversation explores the homelessness crisis, rising poverty, soaring energy costs, and why California now has some of the highest taxes and worst affordability in the United States. Hilton argues that environmental policy, overregulation, and ideological governance have hollowed out the middle class, while pushing businesses and working families out of the state.We also discuss the Iran war, oil prices, and the contradiction of California importing foreign oil while…

People in this episode

Host: Winston Marshall

Guest: Steve Hilton

Topics covered

• corruption
• government waste
• energy policy
• California Dream
• homelessness crisis
• political corruption
• climate agenda

Keywords

• fraud
• California
• Steve Hilton
• government waste
• energy independence
• homelessness
• climate policy
• political corruption
• taxpayer dollars

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California, Califraud, Iran

Places: California

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