WEBVTT 1 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:18.039 If you do have KCB talk station. Happy Tuesday to 2 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:21.879 you return of Steve Gooden at bottom of the enread 3 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:24.320 to give us some breakdown on the Supreme Court decision 4 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:27.239 about the Venezuelan prisoners. But in the meantime, welcome back 5 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:31.359 from the Taxpayer Protection Alliance, Dave Williams. Always good to 6 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:33.359 have you on the phone, Dave, Welcome. 7 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.799 Good morning, Brian, a belated happy Easter and hope you 8 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:40.280 had a really nice, quiet Easter. 9 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:43.359 I did, and at the end of my I had 10 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:46.200 a week off last week, which mental health week off 11 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:48.000 is kind of what I was calling it, because every 12 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:50.240 once in a while you got to take some time 13 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:52.159 to exhale, and so I was able to do that 14 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:54.960 and really was enjoyable. Getting back into the gear of 15 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.320 things has been a little challenging for me, though, Dave. 16 00:00:57.640 --> 00:00:59.600 It's like you need a vacation, a week of vacation 17 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.399 to come off your week of vacation. 18 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:05.079 So wait, did you go to Al Savador last week? No? 19 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:08.000 I did, Yeah, trying to bring some gang members in 20 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:12.280 El Salvador. Yeah, Sea Coat Prison. Anyhow, Now I stayed 21 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:13.959 at home and slept and stared at the back of 22 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.640 my eyelids, for the Lextra, like the time Dave I 23 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.120 got the biggest kick because Joe Strecker does what we 24 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:22.120 call the rundown and it shows me who's going to 25 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:25.079 be on the program and also the topics that we 26 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:29.599 will be discussing. Dave Williams at seven oh five, Congress 27 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.519 utter disregard for fiscal responsibility. That's making making me laugh 28 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:36.519 all morning, because you know, as long as I've been 29 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:39.560 alive and I'll be sixty in September, Man, it's just 30 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:44.239 been the order of business. They always disregard fiscal responsibility. 31 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:46.599 But this is you're gonna have to break this down 32 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:49.480 for my listeners and me because they're in the process 33 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:52.640 of doing this reconciliation thing. So the Senate's got a version, 34 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:58.040 their houses got a version. The Senate only is requiring 35 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:03.799 four billion dollars in spending cuts. Is that four billions 36 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:06.680 is the Congressional Budget Office does its budget and that's 37 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:08.199 four billion over ten years. 38 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:13.960 That's four billion over ten years. And that's not a cut, No, 39 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:17.039 it's not. It's it's a flesh wound as money. Python 40 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.599 would say. You know, this is something that is very 41 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:24.759 problematic because reconciliation is key to getting back to tax 42 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.599 cuts and extending the tax cuts. So they have to 43 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:29.800 do this, They have to come up with some sort 44 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:33.000 of agreement. And you're right, the Senate is talking about 45 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:36.080 four billion dollars over ten years now. Listen, I was 46 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:39.000 offended when I saw the House was only cutting one 47 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:43.240 hundred and fifty billion a year. Wow, I mean compared 48 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.800 to the Senate, this is this is incredible. But again, 49 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:49.800 you know, so much more has to be done here. 50 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:54.879 Okay, So as you right in in it's protecting taxpayers 51 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:57.360 Dot Org folks, bookmarkt and pay attention with Dave and 52 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.120 the team are doing over the taxpayer protection lines. But 53 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.039 as you point out, it only requires four billion of 54 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:05.120 minimum spending on the Senate side, in stark contrast to 55 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:09.080 the House's one point five trillion requirement, which you know, 56 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:10.919 if you just compare the two numbers, this is a 57 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:16.759 substantial difference. But we e blow through about two trillion 58 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:20.120 dollars more annually than they take in, am I right 59 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:20.599 about that? 60 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:24.159 There in lies the problem is that they're not even 61 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.039 making a dent in the deficit. And let's not even 62 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.080 talk about the debt, because the debt is going to 63 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:32.560 continually increase over the next five, ten, fifteen, I mean 64 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:34.960 until you know, as far down the road as we 65 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:35.560 can see. 66 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:38.199 And this is the time to do it, Brian. 67 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:41.919 We have a Republican House, a Republican Senate, and obviously 68 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:44.719 a Republican in the White House. This is the time 69 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:48.400 to cut spending because we have no idea what twenty 70 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:51.400 twenty six is going to look like for the House 71 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:54.719 or the Senate. We may never see these conditions again. 72 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.800 And you know, listen, I like Speaker Johnson. I think 73 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.960 he's a decent guy. He's just not bold enough. Remember 74 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:03.120 back to the days of nuke Gingrich and you know, 75 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.240 we had such stronger Speakers of the House and I 76 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.439 just don't see that with Mike Johnson. And again, he's 77 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:10.039 a nice guy, and I think he's trying to do 78 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.759 the right thing. But we need, you know, more leadership 79 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.639 and then stronger leadership in the House and the Senate. 80 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:20.720 Four billion dollars over ten years. That's embarrassing, that's absolutely embarrassing. 81 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:23.560 It is embarrassing. So you know, what I really am 82 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:27.199 always looking for is what is the explanation. I mean, 83 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.120 the Republican Party always pays lip service to being the 84 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:32.800 party of fiscal responsibility. It's in their platform. They talk 85 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.079 about it. They complain about deficits, if they complain about 86 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:38.160 outrageous spending, of course, thank god for doge. At least 87 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:40.920 we're getting an eye full of all the crazy crap 88 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:44.480 that we labor for every day and have that money 89 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.560 removed from our paychecks and go off to like I 90 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:51.319 don't know, Sesame Street programs in Iraq or whatever. But 91 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:55.160 that's just tiny little bits and pieces. I know, mind 92 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:57.480 the pennies and the dollars will mind themselves. But I mean, 93 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:00.040 we've got trillions of additional dollars that are spent. And 94 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.639 with all that and all that being said, what's the 95 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:07.120 explanation from at least the Republican side of the Ledger 96 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:09.279 in the Senate for why they were only willing to 97 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:11.480 consider cutting four billion over ten years. 98 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.879 So John fun who's the leader of the Senate right now, said, 99 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.439 this is the best deal that they can get that 100 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:20.360 they can that can pass the Senate. 101 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.240 I mean, this is what the Republicans. 102 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:26.360 Because the Republicans don't have the I can't say it 103 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:31.759 on the air, but they don't have the intestinal fortitudevos 104 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.680 exactly exactly, Well. 105 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:35.360 Why not that. 106 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.759 There's so many moderate Republicans that are afraid to cut 107 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:42.879 spending because they think that it's going to hurt them 108 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:45.680 in the polls. Now, this is the crazy part, Brian. 109 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:48.600 I think that if they were bold, people would appreciate that. 110 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:51.319 Look at the you mentioned DOGE. Look at the support 111 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:53.680 that DOGE is getting. Look at what it's doing going 112 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:56.360 through every milk and cranny of the budget and of 113 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:01.959 these agencies and finding just disgusting examples of waste, fraud 114 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:04.399 and abuse. And listen, this is something that Rand Paul 115 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.399 has been doing for years. Yeah, now we actually hear 116 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.199 about it on a daily basis, and now is the 117 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:13.120 time to do this. And you know, we're potentially talking 118 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.639 about trillions of dollars that could be cut from the 119 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:16.959 federal government and. 120 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:18.240 Nobody would notice. 121 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:20.920 Like you said, you know, Sesame Street in Iraq, all 122 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:24.560 these crazy research programs, No one will notice if these 123 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:25.920 programs go bye bye. 124 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.720 I'm just I mean, i feel like I'm getting rid 125 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:34.120 of boil over with anger because when you see this 126 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.279 on paper, as you have it on your Taxpayer Protection 127 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:41.519 Lines web page. Yeah, I just want to start, you know, 128 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:44.759 slapping these people across the face metaphorically speaking. You know, 129 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:46.639 I'm not a man of violence, but you know, it's like, 130 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:50.279 what in God's name are you thinking? Just as you 131 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:52.319 point out, this is like the only opportunity you may 132 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:55.720 ever have to stop us and save us from ourselves, 133 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:57.439 and you are the ones that are supposed to be 134 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.959 saving us from ourselves, and in fact you're the one 135 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.879 that can't save You can't save yourself. You're addicted to 136 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:07.399 the spending is it pet projects in Republican states that 137 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:10.079 they're worried about losing? I mean what, I just don't 138 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:13.759 get any There's no rationale behind letting this opportunity pass 139 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:15.959 up that I can figure out. 140 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.360 No, and the American public is ready for this. 141 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.439 I mean, you looked at the election last year, you 142 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:22.199 look at what's happening with doose is. 143 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:25.279 That people are ready for this. They're ready for spending cuts. 144 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:28.360 And you know, the last time we had this, it 145 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:31.079 was called the Tea Party, right, and I think we 146 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:32.839 have a bit of a resurgence of it. We're not 147 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.399 calling it the tea Party anymore. But I think people 148 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:37.439 are fed up with Washington. 149 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:37.680 Now. 150 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:41.040 You have a lot of these agencies that are letting 151 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:45.240 people go and the only people that are complaining about 152 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:48.759 this are the people in the agencies. Yeah, and inside 153 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:52.240 the Beltway. Everyone else is like so what so what 154 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:54.639 if these people, you know, they have been doing nothing 155 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:56.959 for years? You know a lot of these bureaucrafts. Now 156 00:07:57.000 --> 00:07:59.160 it has to be done in a way where you know, 157 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.120 you don't fire everyone an agency. 158 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.319 Well, I don't know. That's a little tempting it is. 159 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:04.519 Let me get back to you on that. 160 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:06.240 But depends on. 161 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.000 Massive savings because if if you get rid of someone 162 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:13.839 who's making one hundred thousand dollars a year, that actually 163 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:17.480 multiplies over years because of their benefits and uh and 164 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:20.800 down the road. So I think again, they're missing this opportunity. 165 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:23.319 And I'm just I'm as frustrated as you are, because 166 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:24.639 now it's the time to do it. 167 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:28.399 Well, does the Taxpayer Protection Lines reach out to individual 168 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.160 senators and and and give them a tongue lashing or 169 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:32.000 try to encourage them. 170 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:36.320 On hundred percent, we are calling out the Republicans and 171 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.480 we're saying, listen, this is the time to do it. 172 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:41.600 And we you know, we are writing letters, we are 173 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:45.799 going up and visiting with these offices, and we're getting 174 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:47.000 a lot of pressure. 175 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:48.480 And you know, people may not know this, but so 176 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:48.960 we get a. 177 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.200 Lot of pressure from Republicans to support the budget, to 178 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:54.879 support these bills, and we refuse to. You look at 179 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:58.039 the statement we made. It was a scathing statement, you know, 180 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:00.720 against the Senate and now you know, looking at the House, 181 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.080 what they're going to do. So you know, we're taking 182 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:06.559 no prisoners here and listen, we want to support the 183 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:08.320 Republicans because they say the right. 184 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:09.799 Thing, but they don't do the right thing. 185 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:10.480 That's it, right. 186 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:14.720 Yeah, So no, we've been very. 187 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:18.000 Active and very vocal on Capitol Hill trying to uh 188 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:21.480 figure out what to do to have more spending cuts 189 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:23.360 and really some more fiscal responsibility. 190 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:25.279 It's frustrated, well, is this a call to action for 191 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:28.679 my listeners? Disagreement their senators and we haven't even pivoted 192 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:30.840 over to the Republican side, where it's only one point 193 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.799 four trillion over ten years, that's not going to put 194 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:35.600 really much of a dent in the in the in 195 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:37.639 the fiscal reality of what's going on in the spending 196 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:40.559 and the spending levels of Washington. I mean, both sides 197 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:42.000 need to be get a tounne lashing. 198 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.799 People should be calling their member of Congress, whether it's 199 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.240 they're member of the House and a member of the Senate, 200 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:51.840 they need to be calling because that's the only way 201 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:53.799 this is going to change. And this is something now 202 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:56.360 we've been talking for a number of years and I 203 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:59.320 always say, see something, say something. 204 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:01.399 You have to all your member of Congress. 205 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:04.159 Well, let's get on that, folks. It's easy to do. 206 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:07.759 Just get in touch with your elected officials Senate and Republicans. 207 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:11.399 And I wouldn't mince my words, be quite candid with you. 208 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:14.120 This is the only, maybe the only opportunity in our 209 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:17.440 lifetime where we can actually bring some fiscal responsibility and 210 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:22.039 stop well, well, it's like a death by a thousand cuts. 211 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.360 Eventually we're not going to be able to afford what 212 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:27.639 we've what what our credit card tab and we're already 213 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.279 a trillion dollars annually in interest Dave. 214 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:34.080 Well and Brian think about this is if we, you know, 215 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:37.279 have this problem with China so much, well, this is 216 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:39.519 even more of a reason to cut spending and not 217 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.720 be beholden to China to prop up our deficites. 218 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.600 Prop it up. 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It 277 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:44.440 is Day Williams from the taxpayer Protection lines all right, 278 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:48.440 pivoting over from the spineless Republicans in the House and 279 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:51.720 Senate who refused to cut spending adequately enough to save 280 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:55.720 us in the future of our country. Pivoting over to 281 00:13:55.799 --> 00:14:00.480 taxpayers and the taxes we pay. The Donald Trump tax 282 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.600 cuts in Job Act of twenty seventeen's getting set to 283 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.360 expire because the spineless idiots refused to ever enact something permanent. 284 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:11.799 It's an opportunity to make these cuts permanent and everyone 285 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.519 will benefit from this. Am I wrong, Dave Williams? 286 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:18.440 So have you noticed, Brian, that whenever there's an increase 287 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:24.559 in spending, that's permanent, right, that never expires. Whenever we 288 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.720 cut taxes, there's always an expiration day. Tisnt I mean 289 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.679 it should be the exact opposite. And listen, what happened 290 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:35.720 in twenty seventeen was amazing because we saw the economy 291 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.960 take off. We saw thousand dollars bonuses going out to 292 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.919 people from corporations. And remember Nancy Pelissi mocked this thousand 293 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.240 dollars bonuses and said, what's a thousand dollars for somebody? 294 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:48.159 Well, I mean talk about out of touch? 295 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:51.480 Yeah, said the woman with a twenty five thousand dollars 296 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:55.960 refrigerator freezer during COVID eating twelve fourteen dollars a pint 297 00:14:56.039 --> 00:15:00.279 ice cream. That woman is so out of touch anyhow, whatever. 298 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:03.519 Yeah, And so that's why we need to make these 299 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:08.159 things permanent. These tax cuts permanent for individuals and businesses. 300 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:11.519 Right now, if you're an individual in twenty seventeen, you 301 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:15.639 got a tax cut. It made taxes a little bit simple. Listen, 302 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:17.919 I'm not gonna lie to you and say taxes are simple. 303 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.960 But it increased the standard deduction, so a lot of 304 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.840 people didn't have to put all the itemized deductions in 305 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.759 to get you know, the bigger tax cut for businesses, 306 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:30.279 Oh my gosh. We went from a forty percent corporate 307 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.080 tax rate to a twenty one percent corporate tax rate, 308 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:36.679 and you had companies flooding back into the country. Remember 309 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:40.759 oh nineties and two thousands, the inversions where companies would 310 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:43.879 leave this country basically on paper, right is that Tim 311 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:47.440 Horton's bought Burger King. There's a lot of different inversions 312 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:51.000 that happened. Corporations left this country. They came back in 313 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:55.240 twenty eighteen because of the tax code, and we saw 314 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.399 unemployment go down. It really was I mean twenty eighteen 315 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.200 and twenty nineteen to great years. Obviously twenty twenty was COVID, 316 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:05.399 but it's the tax cuts have to be permanent for 317 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:07.080 this economy to get going. 318 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:10.120 Well, I couldn't agree with you more. And and if 319 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.039 the tax if these tax cuts go away, I mean, 320 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.919 everybody's going to get hit. I mean you keep hearing 321 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:17.440 the Democrats scream about, you know, billionaire tax coaches, taxcoachs 322 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:21.159 for millionaires, and then it's not I mean, everyone gets 323 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:23.960 the benefit from this, including regular working stiffs that are 324 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:26.399 out there on the lower end of the pay scale. 325 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:32.759 They've benefit from this. But what about the the salt deduction? 326 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:36.320 My understanding is because I saw the article written by 327 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:41.720 Faith Gibluco over a Taxpayer Protection Alliance about the corporate salt, 328 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.679 which she points out would be welcome. Is there a 329 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:52.679 standard deduction that they did enjoy or should rather be 330 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:54.919 subjected to that might benefit us or. 331 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.720 Yeah, so I think there's you know, we are not 332 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:01.320 being hypocrites here because do you have salt, which is 333 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:04.319 a state and local tax taxes, you get to deduct 334 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:07.119 a certain amount that was capped at ten thousand dollars 335 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.319 right twenty seven. 336 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.920 Because all we were doing was subsidizing high rent or 337 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:15.759 high taxation states like California, New York, and New Jersey exactly. 338 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.640 So what they're trying to do for the personal salt 339 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.880 is to raise it to one hundred thousand dollars, which 340 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.279 is insane. 341 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:25.839 Absolutely insane, would would bust the budget. Now. 342 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:29.440 Corporations are looking for what they call sea salt, the 343 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:34.480 corporate state and local tax deduction. And no, if you're 344 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:36.759 not going to give it to individuals, you can't give 345 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:40.119 it to business. It has the same effect. And listen, 346 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:43.680 we want businesses to grow. We want to give them 347 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:46.079 an opportunity to grow in this country. But this is 348 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.160 not the right way to do it. And there are 349 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:50.640 so many things in the tax code right now that 350 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:55.319 are disincentivizing business, and we need for business to stay here. 351 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:58.960 And listen, businesses employee people. I remember I remember Mitt 352 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:03.160 Romney saying corporations are people, right, I mean, and he 353 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.039 wasn't wrong though, I mean they employ you know, you 354 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.759 look at these big tech companies that everyone hates, Well, 355 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:11.720 they employ millions of people, They pay property taxes, they 356 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:13.759 pay you know, I fight, could they pay all of 357 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.240 these taxes that are actually helping the country. 358 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.799 So we want, but it has to start with individuals. 359 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:22.519 It has to start with the individual tax cuts and 360 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:25.119 making sure that like you said, you know, these middle 361 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:29.680 income folks that they can still enjoy these tax cuts. 362 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:32.119 Well, cost of everything's going up, and of course every 363 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:33.880 little bit counts, and I like to keep more money 364 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:35.599 in my pocket, particularly right and. 365 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:39.240 Brian, and Brian remember the IRS they want to prepare your. 366 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.640 Taxes now with direct files. 367 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:44.480 They they want to get all of your financial information 368 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:47.240 and say, you know, don't worry about filling this out. 369 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.079 We'll fill it out for you. We'll tell you how 370 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:51.440 much you owe or how much of a refund. So 371 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:54.759 this is what the IRS is. What they want to 372 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.720 do is prepare your taxes, which you know, I'd rather 373 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:00.519 have the guy down the street that knows nothing about 374 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.920 taxes prepare my taxes in the irons. I would trust 375 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:06.640 him a lot more than bureau right in DC. 376 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.720 Amen to that, brother, Amen. They can't even keep their 377 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:14.000 own house in order. How many SOUS security numbers are 378 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.680 still active for dead people, just among all the other 379 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:20.400 things that Doges figured out. Anyhow, Dave Oyams, appreciate what 380 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:22.240 you do each and every day. I'll encourage my listeners 381 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:24.880 again to book mark your site Protecting Taxpayers dot org 382 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:28.880 and again call to arms, call your senator and your 383 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:31.799 representative and scream at them and tell them to quit 384 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:34.799 or cut back on spending. You can get our house 385 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:37.000 in order or we're all going to collapse under the 386 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:39.440 weight of our debt. Dave, keep up the great work. 387 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.960 We'll talk again soon, I hope. Thanks. 388 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:43.119 Brian, have a great day you. 389 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:46.440 Too, coming up Steve Gooden about the Scotis decision and 390 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:49.880 Venezuela and prisoners. 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