Fiscal responsibility for North Carolina.

0:00 Speaker 1 Sunday morning with us is Brad Breiner and he is running in North Carolina for Treasurer. Who is Brad Briner? Well, he was the chief investment officer from Michael Bloomberg. He made him an extra zillion dollars and now he’s lived in North Carolina for thirty three years and he wants North Carolina to do even better on their pension funds

0:32 and he’s running for Treasurer. Well, Brad Briner tell us about it. You’re back home in North Carolina thirty three years. You’re dedicated, and you want to take care of the retirees in North Carolina.

0:47 Speaker 2 Absolutely, John, thanks for having me today. I’m super excited to run for treasure in North Carolina, where we’ve got one hundred and twenty five billion dollar pension plan. We are unfortunately the fiftieth bestre forming of the fifty states, and I’m will to take my twenty five year career and best management most recently for Mike, and improve the

1:08 performance for our retirees and our taxpayers.

1:12 Speaker 1 And I can believe in that because you know, we’re building down in Saint Petersburg, Florida, because of the fact that my wife’s father and mother lived there for forty years, so I’m dedicated to Saint Petersburg, Florida too. So we all have missions in life. And tell us you’re originally from New York.

1:34 Speaker 2 I’m actually originally from Texas. I lived in New York very briefly. I commuted there five days a week for twelve years, so I feel like I lived there. I obviously have a soft spot and a fun set of memories of New York, but never I really lived there, never was really a citizen of the state.

1:50 Speaker 1 Well, it’s good that you have a mission to straighten out North Carolina after living here. How many years are you living in North Carolina?

1:58 Speaker 2 Over thirty? Now? Ovid from North Carolina and my kids are here, and so we are. We’re very much invested in the state’s future.

2:07 Speaker 1 Understood, Well, good luck. And you have a website.

2:11 Speaker 2 I do Bradbreiner dot com. You can learn more about what I want to do. For those who are deeply investment inclined, you’ll you’ll get a lot of detail out of that. For those who are less So trust me when I tell you I can do this a lot better than we have, and I’m going to as soon

2:26 as I get into office.

2:27 Speaker 1 Another Brad Briner And how do you spell.

2:30 Speaker 2 Briana b r I n e R so.

2:34 Speaker 1 It’s Bradbreiner dot com. Thank you. I met you, and I respect you, and uh, I think you can do wonders and I’m glad you have dedication like that. Thank you so much, Thank you,