EPISODE 19
Fritzy pulls an Alan Greenspan and dispenses some sage financial advice: Pay off your debts. Buy low. Don't mooch. And keep an eye out for the ole Russki-Tushki. But above all, be a man of principle. And as for Social Security and that lockbox, Fritzy has this to say: Oogatz! Note that we've marked a break in the tape with a brief piano interlude. (7:35)
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FRITZY: Federico "Fritzy" Giovanelli
FRANK: Frank "Frankie California" Condo
UI: Unintelligible
Frank: Well, you got a, you, you were workin' a little bit, no Freddie?
Fritzy: Yeah, I am. Yeah, well, my boss has been good with me.
Frank: Yeah?
Fritzy: Yeah. I'll tell ya, I got sick, he didn't take me off the payroll or nothin', ya know?
Frank: Oh, that's nice.
Fritzy: He, ya know, he was very good about it. So...
Frank: That's good.
Fritzy: So, at least I, I didn't have to go on a fuckin' disability claim.
Frank: Right.
Fritzy: Well, thank God for that.
Frank: That's the main thing.
Fritzy: In other words, I had to go on disability.
Frank: Yeah?
Fritzy: Who the fu, how the fuck you gonna survive?
Frank: I know.
Fritzy: You know, uh, lot of things.
Frank: I know what it is. I get my pension check, my [UI] helps me out a lot, too.
Fritzy: Eh, I wish I had one.
Frank: Huh?
Fritzy: I wish I had one...
Frank: I worked all my life.
Fritzy: I, well, whattya think I done?
Frank: I know.
Fritzy: Ya know, I'm on a fuckin', I'm payin' Social Security since I'm 18. I'm 53 years old. I never missed a fuckin' year.
Frank: Well, you have a pension when you get older.
Fritzy: Yeah, but look at the, what pension I'm gonna have?
Frank: Why?
Fritzy: I, if I could take my money, Reagan is passin' a new law.
Frank: Yeah?
Fritzy: That you don't have to join the Social Security.
Frank: Uh-huh.
Fritzy: And you as an individual could say, "I don't wish to participate in Social Security."
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: Now, there's states that abide by that, ya know?
Frank: Yeah, but that's a good thing.
Fritzy: What?
Frank: Social Security.
Fritzy: No it ain't.
Frank: Why?
Fritzy: Because if you add up what I put into Social Security...
Frank: Yeah, go ahead and add it up. And when you hit 65, you know what you're gonna get back?
Fritzy: What?
Frank: You get like 1500 a month. You might get a thousand a month and you might, say you're gonna live 'til 80 years old.
Fritzy: Yeah. Oogatz, yeah.
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