1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: You have Illinois Governor JB. 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,079 Speaker 2: Pritzker saying he wants to prosecute, prosecute ICE agents for 3 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: simply doing their job and enforcing the law. You've got 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: California and Los Angeles County declaring an emergency over ICE 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 2: enforcing the law and providing further benefits to those that 6 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 2: are here illegally. 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: Listen. It's all a setup. 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: To this weekend, to the no Kings protests that'll be 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 2: taking place with some with sixty eight locations here in Minnesota, 10 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: and as I mentioned the last hour, I hope they're huge. 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: I hope that plenty of Democrats and Progressives whatever you 12 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 2: want to however you want to label. I hope as 13 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 2: many as possible go out and protest. 14 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: Go for it. 15 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 2: Waste your time, waste your energy, because a majority of them, 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 2: that's all they're going to do. 17 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: And I'd rather have them out. 18 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: There putting their hate on display for the world to 19 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: see than going and actually doing anything tangible relating to 20 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: electing for their Democrats to power, because that is still 21 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: where the decisions are made. Unless the Democrats get what 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: they want, and they do bring us to the brink 23 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: of civil war and states end up aligning together to 24 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 2: go back against the Trump administration, and a lot of 25 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 2: what we're laying out looks like that looks like a. 26 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: Prequel to the movie Civil War. 27 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: It's Twin Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and one 28 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 2: oh three five FM broadcasting from the six' five to 29 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 2: one Carpet Next Day Install. 30 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: Studios gladuate the show this. 31 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: Morning my name Is John. Justice in there Is brett 32 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 2: and The Master Control. Booth, listen The democrats have gone completely. Irrational, 33 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: listen let me let me play for. This i've been 34 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: sitting on this for a little. WHILE i won't play 35 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: in its. Entirety we're going to get back to your 36 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 2: talkbacks and we'll dive into some local news here as. 37 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 2: Well with what The democrats are planning to do and 38 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: perpetuating the, shutdown it falls right in line with What 39 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: i've been talking. About they were going After, trump initially 40 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: over me tweets and Bogus russia collusion, narratives and now 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: in their staunch opposition to anything relating to, Conservatism trump Or, 42 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 2: republicans The democrats are actually using tax dollars criminals to 43 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 2: go and further their opposition To. Trump and yet they 44 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: continue to put their hypocrisy on full. Display this was 45 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 2: From Fox. News this is a Montage democrats squad members 46 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 2: aoc Ilhan omar all demanding a ceasefire Between israel And 47 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 2: hamas and Yet trump brings that peace and ceasefire and 48 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 2: they're all. 49 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: Silent, Now, amico. 50 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 3: Sponsor of the ceasefire, resolution this is not, war this is. 51 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 4: Payoff we are calling for an end of this, violence 52 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 4: not a break in the. 53 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 5: Violence the temporary pauses are not. 54 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: Enough we need a permanent. Ceasefire. Now we need an 55 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: end to the. 56 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 4: Genocide that is why we are, here and end to 57 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 4: this one sighted war and end to the weapons sales 58 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 4: and asking for ass. 59 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 5: And they weren't asking for the hostages to be released 60 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 5: in addition to. 61 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: That but, anyway eli lay from the free. 62 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 5: Press, yeah of, course not From Fox. 63 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 2: News trump could today and all THE ice operations and 64 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: all the border security take a stance of what The 65 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: biden administration, did and you know. 66 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: How that would play. 67 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 2: Out the left would go, silent the media would cover. 68 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: It you wouldn't hear anything for about a, week a 69 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: week and a, half and then suddenly you would begin 70 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 2: to hear the cries From democrats about How trump is 71 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 2: ignoring the rule of, law how he no longer respects 72 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: the sovereignty of this, nation how he no longer respects 73 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: that we have orders in this, country. 74 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: And how allowing. 75 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 2: All these people to flood into the country is, inhumane law, 76 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: breaking you name. It it wouldn't happen, instantly but that's 77 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 2: exactly what would, happen because that's all The democrats. 78 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: Have right, now and they're losing the. 79 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: Argument and the more that they're polling numbers, drop the 80 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: more in danger they look, electorally the more irrational they're. 81 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: Getting so again this, weekend go protest please by all, 82 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 2: means waste your time and. 83 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: ENERGY i can't wait to Watch. 84 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 6: Good Morning John rich. Here So trump is just gonna 85 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 6: have to declare The Insurrection, act and after this. WEEKEND 86 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 6: i wouldn't be surprised if he does declare. It So 87 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 6: democrats are pushing for this so. 88 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: They can call them a. 89 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 5: Dictator. 90 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 6: Yep but The Insurrection act has been used twenty three 91 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 6: times in night it, states it's in our history. Books 92 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 6: this is definitely defying federal. 93 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: Law and this is WHAT i was talking about last. 94 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: Hour Because trump has the authority to do that and 95 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 2: he actually has a justification to do, that but make no, 96 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 2: mistake that's What democrats are pushing. For so the question comes, 97 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 2: about and this is WHY i laid out the argument 98 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 2: that it really feels like the prequel to the Movie Civil, 99 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 2: war where in the movie didn't ever tell the story 100 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: of how they got to a civil war in the. 101 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 2: Country you start the film and we're already in the 102 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 2: middle of a civil. War BECAUSE i don't know what 103 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 2: the endgame is in everything that's taking place right. 104 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 5: NOW. 105 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 7: Jd pritsker is saying THAT ice agents are breaking the 106 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 7: law and doing illegal things by wearing, masks driving unmarked, 107 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 7: vehicles resting people without WEARING ice on. Uniforms, sure they 108 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 7: still identify, themselves BUT. Jd pritsker show me in the 109 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 7: law that it says that they have to do. 110 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 2: That they don't care THOUGH i understand what you're, saying 111 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 2: but it doesn't it doesn't. Matter it doesn't matter TO. Jb, 112 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 2: pritzker it doesn't matter To. Democrats they just they create 113 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 2: whatever reality they want to create if they feel like 114 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 2: it perpetuates their. Narrative You're you're absolutely, right it's. Ridiculous 115 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 2: you HAVE ice agents being. Docked we had the City 116 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 2: council In minneapolis warning individuals of ice raids taking place 117 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: when they were drug, raids and you saw the protests 118 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 2: that took. Place there is no being rational with those 119 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 2: on the left right, now, Morning. 120 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,559 Speaker 3: JOHN i just wanted to tell you a little. Something 121 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 3: a little CONVERSATION i had with some of my liberal 122 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 3: friends and family the other, night and they're all excited 123 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: about THESE Noe king's, protests and they're all gloating and 124 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 3: talking about how afraid all of The magna group is 125 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 3: and how all afraid all The republicans, Are AND i, 126 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 3: replied it's quite, simply we're not afraid at, all because 127 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 3: our president has no problem sending in The National guard 128 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 3: to shut you guys. 129 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: Down it tells, me thank. You it tells you the bubble. 130 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: That they live in right, now where they actually believe 131 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 2: they had this mentality talking amongst themselves in their little 132 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: bubbles about how maga's so afraid to see all these. 133 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: People They republicans don't. CARE i, mean, Listen i'm not 134 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: going to repeat everything THAT i said. 135 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 2: BEFORE i hope they're. MASSIVE i hope they're. Huge it 136 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: doesn't make any difference at, all. 137 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: Is it because they're. 138 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 2: AFRAID i think that's really what it stems, from either 139 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: on a conscious or a subconscious. LEVEL i think that 140 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: BECAUSE i try to get into the mind of a 141 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 2: liberal of why they THINK maga would be upset by, 142 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 2: this why they think showing up in ridiculous. COSTUMES i 143 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 2: don't have a chance to dive into it, now but 144 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 2: there's a part in the costume shop that's seeing a 145 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 2: boost in business from ice protesters dressing as inflatable. Animals 146 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 2: and they're doing this because in one small part they're 147 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: trying to sort of lessen. 148 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: The violent aspect of. 149 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 2: It but the other part is they actually, believe many of, 150 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 2: them that this upsets conservatives And. Republicans i'll speak for, 151 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: me and LIKE i, said doesn't upset. ME i find 152 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 2: the whole thing. Amusing the only thing THAT i can 153 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 2: think of is that if you're on the, left if 154 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: you see anybody associated With trump OR, maga it triggers. 155 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 2: Them so they just assume that if they show up 156 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 2: in mass pushing back against The, president that. 157 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: A whole bunch Of republicans are going to be upset over. 158 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: That and, NO i hope that. 159 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 2: MILLIONS i hope every single Voting democrat takes to the 160 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 2: streets This. SATURDAY i really, do because many of them 161 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 2: will be less inclined to actually get politically involved to 162 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: do something of any. 163 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 8: Value good, Morning, john great show as. Usual it's obvious 164 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 8: what The No king's protest is about this. Weekend it's 165 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 8: all about on legacy media news cycle running cover for 166 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 8: The democrats while they're meeting In Napa. Valley it's so obvious. 167 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 2: Now the meeting In Napa valley ended on two days. 168 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 2: AGO i think it was only like the thirteenth and, 169 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 2: fourteenth and the media gave them all the cover that they, 170 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 2: needed so nobody even found out about that that whole. 171 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: THING i understand where your logic came, from but that's 172 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: what that was in regard. To BUT i can't help 173 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: but think that a part of The democrats plan with 174 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 2: These No kings rallies is this kind of a test. 175 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: Run how many people can we get out into the 176 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 2: streets protesting and where does all of this end up 177 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 2: Going in the opposition and the declaring of emergencies In 178 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 2: california AND. Jb pritzker threatening to arrest ice agents for 179 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 2: enforcing the, Law. 180 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 5: John you are nailing. It. 181 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 9: Today, yeah if he decided to do what The democrats, 182 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 9: want they go after him for not doing what he's doing, 183 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 9: now you, know not enforcing rule of law and sovereignty 184 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 9: of this. 185 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 5: Nation you are so nailing, it. Man democrats are psychotic nut. 186 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 2: JOBS a psychotic nut job better racehorse or rock. Band 187 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 2: i'm gonna go rock band on that opening for Mister. 188 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 2: Zer we'll get to this next Before Dan pilla joins 189 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 2: us in the. Studio will we'll switch things up and 190 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 2: talk taxes for a. 191 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 5: Bit. 192 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: NOW i always have fun When dan joins. 193 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 2: THIS i know it's, taxes, Right it's about as much 194 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 2: fun as watching. 195 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: A tax on. It, no but it's. NOT i know 196 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: you guys have a lot of questions regarding your. 197 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 2: Taxes there's been a ton of changes in The Big 198 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 2: Beautiful bill and other issues as. Well so we'll have 199 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 2: our tax guru in and we'll move away from the doomsday. 200 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 2: Talk we do have a little bit more to cover. 201 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 2: Though The Start tribune had this article earlier in the. 202 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 2: WEEK i laughed at the Headline minnesota often at receiving 203 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 2: end Of Trump Justice department legal. 204 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: Blitz, well, yeah. 205 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 2: Duh Because minnesota doesn't respect federal. 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Brett this, MORNING i did 238 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 2: have a few people that said that they do actually 239 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 2: healer their ring tone to a particular. PERSON i do 240 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 2: that with our text, messages like everybody in the house. 241 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 2: There WHEN i get a text from Any Melinda logan 242 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 2: Or Kyle, LIKE i can tell who it is based 243 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 2: off of the text message. 244 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: Tone you probably don't do that, either, though do? 245 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 2: YOU i. Don't, okay that's fine, AGAIN i had no 246 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 2: problem with that in the first hour of the. Show 247 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 2: for not a. Debate, no it's not a. 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Page That's Twin cities News talk dot 258 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 2: com slash furnace that is where you can Enter Dan. 259 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 2: Pilla we'll be joining us in studio and the next 260 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 2: segment he's actually downstairs. 261 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: Already so he'll be joining us with any tax. 262 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 2: Related questions that you might have for our tax guru. 263 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: A couple of different. 264 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 2: Stories we'll get into the irs to announce tax brackets 265 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 2: with higher deductions courtesy of The Big Beautiful. Bill Some 266 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 2: americans are actually going to lose a popular four oh 267 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 2: ONE k tax break and major retirement rule change starting 268 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty, six so. 269 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: We'll get into. 270 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 2: That any tax questions that you have for the Tax 271 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 2: guru again coming up in the next. Segment start tribute. 272 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: Article minnesota often at receiving end Of Trump Justice department legal, 273 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 2: blitz immigration, policies transgender athlete, participation voting procedures just a 274 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: few of The minnesota policies under scrutiny from the federal, 275 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: government and experts say it's hard to sort out the possible. 276 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 2: Consequences the article Says minnesota has responded in the courts 277 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 2: With Attorney General Keith, ellison who won't clap for honor flight. 278 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: Veterans we'll get to that later on next. Hour courtesy 279 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 2: Of Alpha. News you, see the Attorney general has joined 280 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 2: more than thirty lawsuits to block major parts Of trump's, 281 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 2: agenda many in conjunction with other, states from suing over 282 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 2: federal funding freezes To trump's. 283 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: Tariffs but those are kind of two different. 284 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 2: THINGS i, mean here you have these legitimate ways in 285 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 2: which the federal government is legally going after the state 286 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 2: Of minnesota over, immigration sanctuary, policies trans athlete, participation not 287 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 2: turning over voter, rolls which are legally obligated to. Do 288 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: but See minnesota right, now without any ice, raids has 289 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 2: to do its part to Defy. Trump so while other 290 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 2: states Like chicago And california have ice raids taking, place 291 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 2: it hasn't happened. Here but they're a part of this as, 292 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 2: well and this is how they're doing their, part all 293 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 2: to try to Paint trump as an authoritarian. Dictator they've 294 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 2: gone beyond the, lawfair they've gone beyond The russia, collusion 295 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 2: focusing just On. 296 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: Trump now they're actually going and using. 297 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: Taxpayers and taxpayer dollars to get people upset as they 298 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 2: tried to Paint trump And conservatives as authoritarian. 299 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: Tyrants Chuck schumer, yesterday. 300 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 2: Doing his part to perpetuate this, nonsense as the shutdown 301 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 2: drags on for a third, week had this to, Say. 302 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 10: Look every, day more and More americans see how bad 303 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 10: this health crisis, is as they get their, notices as 304 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 10: they hear all about, it and every day they are 305 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 10: seeing more and more That democrats are on their, side 306 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 10: fighting for what they believe. 307 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 2: It in the, Meantime Speaker johnson lays out the whole 308 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 2: reason why at the moment this shutdown. 309 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: Continues can you make a he's doing it for. 310 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 14: Himself can you make a five second prediction here for? 311 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: Us how long does this go? ON i hope it ends. 312 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 13: SOON i don't think it will end before The Hate 313 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 13: america rally on the mall On, saturday where they call 314 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 13: The marxist And antifa, people and all the people who 315 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 13: Hate trump and Hate america. 316 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: Will be there after, that. 317 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 13: THOUGH i hope there's a couple of Sensitive, democrats Sensible 318 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 13: democrats who will come to their senses over in The 319 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 13: senate and vote the right way to do the right 320 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 13: thing that they have always done every time in the 321 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 13: past in their. Career they need to do it now 322 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 13: for the, people for The american. 323 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: People, NO i don't think this shutdown is ending anytime. 324 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 2: Soon From fox nine, Today local officials are Warning MINNESOTA 325 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 2: snap recipients that benefits will run out if the government 326 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 2: shut down lasted In. November PENDING snap applications processed on 327 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 2: or after yesterday cannot and will not be, approved according 328 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 2: to state, officials Who i'm sure under The Walls administration 329 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 2: are more than happy to perpetuate. This minnesota officials say 330 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 2: THE usda has directed states to Hold november issuance of 331 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 2: files and delay transmission to STATE eat vendors until further. 332 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 2: Notice counties and tribal nations can continue to review applications 333 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 2: and work with, applicants but they cannot approve households for new. 334 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: Benefits you're looking at program benefits. 335 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 2: For about four hundred and forty thousand people in the 336 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: state Of, minnesota forty two million people across the, Country 337 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: and with The left doing everything they can to create 338 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 2: arguments Against, trump how likely Are democrats to allow this 339 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 2: to continue to happen or for this to happen in 340 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 2: order to manufacture the. 341 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: Outrage and when. 342 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 2: You actually get into the details of The democrats shut down, 343 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 2: plan who's benefiting most from? It it's illegal aliens and insurance. 344 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 2: Companies So democrats shut down as it relates to the insurance. 345 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 2: Companies one Of President Joe BIDEN'S covid era bonus, programs 346 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 2: the temporary policy to Expand obamacare credits to insurance, companies 347 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 2: more recently known as The great To obamacare enrollment. Fraud 348 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 2: at the, Time BIDEN'S covid bonus was sold as a 349 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 2: temporary boost with an expiration date Of december thirty first 350 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: of twenty twenty, five a date unilaterally chosen and agreed 351 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: to by The democrats in. Charge these are the credits 352 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 2: That democrats just shut down the government to. 353 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: Protect, oh and how are. 354 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 2: THESE covid benefits actually going in benefiting. Individuals i'll talk 355 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 2: about this next. Hour i'll give you one, Example, OKAY 356 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 2: covid relief funds in the city Of bloomington were just 357 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 2: used to complete renovations At City hall In. 358 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: Bloomington for a. 359 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 2: Bathroom the cost of that bathroom nine hundred and eighty 360 00:19:54,080 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: thousand dollars over nearly a, million and it WAS covid 361 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 2: relief funds that were. Used now we're talking about DIFFERENT 362 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 2: covid funds relating to The obamacare, subsidies but they're still 363 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 2: coming from the same place that should have expired a 364 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 2: long time, though BECAUSE i don't know about, you but 365 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 2: THE covid pandemic's been over for a while, now and 366 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 2: the fact that they're LABELED covid, Funds i'm surprised The 367 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 2: democrats didn't move to go and call them something else 368 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 2: at this point in. Time but they don't even care 369 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 2: if they're rational right, now it doesn't it doesn't matter all. 370 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 2: Right coming, up get your talkbacks into The iHeart radio. 371 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: App we do have a couple of. 372 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 2: Items relating to tax changes in the big beautiful bill 373 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 2: and much more to talk with our tax, Guru Dan, 374 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 2: pillow who's in The Master control booth now With brett 375 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 2: and he'll join me in studio next and answer your 376 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 2: questions here On Twin Cities News TALK am eleven thirty 377 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 2: and one oh three FIVE. Fm, YEAH i hate to 378 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 2: break it to, everybody but our tax Or Dan pilla 379 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 2: just made a really good. 380 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: Point we're conspiring right. 381 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 2: Now we were talking about conspiracies and not wanting to 382 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 2: go down the road of. Conspiracies And i've been talking 383 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 2: about it all morning, long relating to how The democrats 384 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 2: are in opposition To trump and the links that they're. 385 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 2: Going and you, Know daniel made a great, point actually 386 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 2: get into the definition of conspiracy and it's not so 387 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 2: unlikely and maybe we shouldn't be looking at that term 388 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 2: as such a negative. One here On Twin Cities News, 389 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 2: Talk good, Morning good. 390 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 5: Morning how you, Doing John? 391 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 14: Well the legal definition of a, Conspiracy, john is two 392 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 14: people working together toward a common. Goal and AS i pointed, 393 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 14: out you AND i conspired to do this radio show this. 394 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 14: Morning you sent me a. TEXT i, responded we shared 395 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 14: some ideas, HERE i. 396 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 5: Am that's a. Conspiracy. 397 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 14: Yeah, now if you have a conspiracy the end of 398 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 14: which is an illegal, act then that's an illegal. Conspiracy, 399 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 14: otherwise people conspire every single day to accomplish certain. Goals 400 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 14: there's no question The democrats are doing. 401 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 2: That from the six five to one Carpet Next day install. Studios, 402 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 2: yes so we were. Talking we're getting into the we'll 403 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 2: get into the tax. Stuff and you have any tax 404 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 2: related questions for For Dan pillar tax. Guru tax help 405 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 2: online dot com is. 406 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 5: The, website, right that's, right just help online dot. 407 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 2: Com but you can get some free advice this morning 408 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 2: if you want to leave us a talk back brought 409 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 2: to you By Lyndahl realty via The iHeart radio. App 410 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 2: but you know a lot of talk we Play schumer 411 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 2: there a moment, ago speaker excuse, Me Speaker johnson responding To, 412 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 2: Schumer Chuck, schumer thinking that the shutdown's gonna last be 413 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 2: on this weekend because they're trying to use this to 414 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 2: help with these No kings. Protests but at the same, 415 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 2: time when you look at the fact that you, know 416 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 2: nise snap benefits could be put on hold In, november 417 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 2: the way The democrats are currently attempting to exploit this 418 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 2: shutdown for their own political, Narratives i'm a little bit 419 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 2: concerned thinking that they may try to extend this Into. 420 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: November the next few weeks to take advantage of that as. 421 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 2: Well AND i guess from a you, know from a fiscal, 422 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 2: standpoint what are your thoughts on, This? 423 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 14: Dan, well first of, all we've got these politicians out 424 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 14: there saying that the the revenue to the federal government 425 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 14: has now, stopped, right so not only do they not 426 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 14: have any programs that they're, funding but they don't have 427 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 14: any revenue coming, in which is simply. Nonsense that's just absolute. 428 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 14: Nonsense first of, all THE irs is. Continued certain elements 429 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 14: of THE irs are continuing to function through the. Shutdown 430 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 14: this has always been the. Case essential employees within THE 431 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 14: irs continue to go to, work and among the essential 432 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 14: employees that are always on the list are those folks 433 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 14: that are responsible for receiving payments and processing. Payments so 434 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 14: if you sent a check to THE irs, YESTERDAY i 435 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 14: hope you got your tax return filed by the deadline, Yesterday, John, okay. 436 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 5: GOOD i do mine right. 437 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: Away i'm probably doing them way too. 438 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 14: Early so you, know not only not only do people 439 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 14: continue to file their tax returns right because most people 440 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 14: are filing, electronically over eighty percent of the returns going, 441 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 14: electronically and so THE irs has got the staff in 442 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 14: the various campuses that receive the mail take the checks 443 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 14: out of the mail process the. Checks in addition to, 444 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 14: that three out of every five dollar and this is 445 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 14: year in and year, out three out of every five 446 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 14: dollars that's collected by THE irs is not collected by THE. 447 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 5: Irs. 448 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 14: John it's collected by employers through wage withholding on their employees', 449 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 14: paychecks and those employers direct deposit that money through the 450 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 14: IRS's bank systems through the computerized system that's been in 451 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 14: existence FOR i don't know thirty five years maybe more 452 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 14: on the at least on the withholding part for. Businesses 453 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 14: so this idea that revenue to the government has stopped 454 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 14: is just pure. 455 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 5: Nonsense let's keep with that for a. 456 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,959 Speaker 2: MOMENT i initially brought you on because there are some 457 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 2: tax brackets higher deductions within the big beautiful. Bill there's 458 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 2: also A fourroh ONE k tax break and a major 459 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 2: retirement rule, change and we can get to this in 460 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 2: just a. Moment but since we're talking about THE, IRS 461 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 2: i know that you wanted specifically WHEN i reached out 462 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 2: to you to talk about THIS irs and compliance, issue 463 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 2: and what did you want to let the listener this 464 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 2: morning again talking With Dan. 465 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: Pillo, well what. 466 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 14: We're talking about, Here, john WHAT i alluded to was 467 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 14: the cost of, compliance and this is something that has never, 468 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 14: discussed and this is one of the biggest problems we 469 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 14: have with the income tax system that we have In 470 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 14: america right. Now i've said, BEFORE i probably said on this, 471 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 14: show If satan himself created a tax, system it wouldn't 472 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 14: be any worse than what we have In america right. 473 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 14: Now and one of the big and one of the 474 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 14: biggest problems with that is the code consists of more 475 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 14: than four million words that have been changed well over 476 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 14: six thousand times just since two thousand and one. Alone 477 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 14: so we're last twenty five years six thousand, Changes, john 478 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 14: and in the last five years they're probably a thousand, 479 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 14: changes all, right with all of the things that came 480 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 14: out DURING covid area and ALL covid era and all 481 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 14: this stuff that's going on right. Now what people don't 482 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 14: realize is it's one thing to pay your. Taxes right between, federal, 483 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 14: state and local. Taxes people In minnesota are paying upwards 484 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 14: of fifty percent of their income and. Taxes that's bad, 485 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,479 Speaker 14: enough egregious, enough but what is on top of, that 486 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,239 Speaker 14: what piles on top of that is the cost that, 487 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 14: you as a, taxpayer have to incur to pay those. Taxes, 488 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 14: right you have to make and keep, Records you have 489 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,919 Speaker 14: to prepare the tax. Return most people are hiring some 490 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 14: kind of a tax professional to help, them if not 491 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 14: an accountant or an enrolled, agent they're at least purchasing 492 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 14: tax preparation software like TurboTax or THE h AND r 493 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,640 Speaker 14: block system or whatever they're. Using these are out of pocket. 494 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 14: Expenses now you have the cost of. Enforcement if some 495 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,479 Speaker 14: reason you get behind on your taxes and you have 496 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 14: to deal with enforcement action, ways, levies bank, lev's property, 497 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 14: caizers those kinds of, things then that cost is on 498 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 14: piled on top of. 499 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 5: That, right if you go through. 500 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 14: A tax, audit especially for, businesses tax audits are very 501 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 14: expensive for businesses to go. Through so what we're talking 502 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 14: about here is the tax. Burden AND i was talking 503 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 14: about this in the early nineteen nineties when nobody was 504 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 14: discussing the issue of what it takes to comply with this. 505 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 14: Law and now we're seeing The Internal Revenue, Services national 506 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 14: Tax Payer advocate producing reports on the compliance. Burden and 507 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 14: thank god for The Tax foundation In washington they've jumped 508 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 14: on this thing as, well and they're starting to do 509 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 14: analyses of the tax, burden and we're getting some real 510 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 14: numbers here as to what this thing. 511 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 2: Costs so are they looking at making changes or are 512 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 2: we just sort of in an analysis phase to get 513 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 2: to a. 514 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: Solution are they searching for a? 515 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 2: Solution do they view this as a problem as you 516 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 2: as you present it here on the show this. 517 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 14: Morning, WELL i started the debate in the early nineteen 518 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 14: nineties on whether we should abolished the income tax and 519 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 14: The Internal Revenue code entirely and go to a national 520 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 14: retail sales tax. System Right THAT'S i wrote a book 521 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 14: Called how To fire The irs that started that whole, 522 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 14: debate and one of the core arguments THAT i made 523 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 14: was this cost of compliance that nobody was talking. 524 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 5: About so now The. 525 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 14: Tax foundation has released to Study john recently that shows 526 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 14: that if we assume an hourly, wage we have one 527 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 14: we have seven point one billion hours That americans spend 528 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 14: complying with the federal income tax seven point one billion. 529 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,360 Speaker 5: Hours and if we assume an hourly, wage. 530 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 14: That for that seven point one billion, dollars it's costing 531 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 14: the economy almost three hundred and eighty eight billion dollars 532 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 14: to comply with the. Law, now these are not additional 533 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 14: taxes that are paid into the. Government these are costs 534 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 14: out of your pocket that you have to incur to 535 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 14: comply with the. Law Those so this is money you 536 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 14: can't spend paying down, debt you can't spend investing in a, 537 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:34,959 Speaker 14: home you can't spend providing for education for your children or. Retiring, 538 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 14: right this is money that's just. Gone it's the, equivalent 539 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 14: it's the economic, Equivalent, john of taking almost a half 540 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 14: a billion dollars and loading it on a barge and 541 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 14: dumping it into the middle of the. Ocean that's the 542 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 14: economic benefit we get out of, this which is exactly. 543 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 2: Zero so again talking with our tax, Guru Dan, pilla 544 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 2: AND i have a question that rolled it in. Here 545 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 2: so what are they looking at right now on the federal? 546 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 2: Level and the is this is this leaning into what 547 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 2: it is that you've been calling for this whole, time 548 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 2: or is it just further evidence of what you've been 549 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 2: seeing with this compliance as a problem and there still 550 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,239 Speaker 2: isn't a potential fix in the mix of what's being 551 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 2: analyzed right. 552 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 14: Now will the Undercurrent, john is exactly that all. Right 553 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 14: it's just a discussion. Point it's something that we need 554 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 14: to be aware. Of it's something that people just don't think. 555 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 14: Of uh and and it is supporting my argument that 556 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 14: we got to abolish THE irs and The Income. Tact 557 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 14: we've been tinkering around the Edges john for too. Long 558 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 14: and that's exactly what we see with The Big Beautiful Bill. 559 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 14: Act that's what we've seen with The Secure, Act that's 560 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 14: what we've seen with The Inflation Reduction. Act just go 561 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 14: down the list of all this insanity that comes out Of, 562 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 14: congress and this is this is the thing that we 563 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 14: have lost sight of every single time there's a New. 564 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 14: Congress and it doesn't make any difference whether whether the 565 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 14: leadership in The White house has changed or. Not every 566 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 14: time there's a New, congress that's every two years, now 567 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 14: there is a new tax bill that comes out and 568 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,719 Speaker 14: even and we see, this we see this over and 569 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 14: over and over. Again there's no end of. It. It 570 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 14: we have to have a new tax. Bill we have 571 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 14: to tweak. This we have to tweak. That the ink 572 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 14: isn't dry on the old, one whatever the old one 573 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 14: happened to. 574 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 5: Be the ink isn't. 575 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 14: Dry people haven't wrapped their heads around what compliance burdens 576 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 14: they have with respect to the old, law and now 577 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 14: we want to change. 578 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 5: It we want to tweak it this way or that. 579 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 14: Way Ron, widen the leftist senator From, oregon just introduced 580 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 14: a bill that he calls The Billionaire's Income. 581 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 5: Tax this idea just won't go, away all. 582 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 14: Right Elizabeth warren proposed, It Bernie sanders opposed. It now 583 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 14: we Got white and of Course Kamala harris was on 584 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,479 Speaker 14: board with that insanity as. 585 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 5: Well and they just won't let this go. Away so if. 586 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 14: The power shifts In washington toward the, left this is 587 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 14: just one more tax law change that we're going to 588 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 14: have that's going to Affect they say it will only affect. 589 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 5: Billionaires that's. 590 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 14: Nonsense they passed these laws that affect high income, people 591 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 14: but they always filtered down to middle income and low Income. 592 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 14: Americans because Frankly john has where the money. 593 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 2: Is let's go to The iHeart radio app brought to 594 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 2: you By Lyndahl. Realty, again we have our, Taxes Guru 595 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 2: Dan pilla in, Studio. 596 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 15: John based on your tax discussion that you just, had 597 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 15: we have a system designed By. Satan can anyone tell 598 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 15: me why a flat tax would not be the. Answer 599 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 15: it's the most, fair it's the, simplest and, frankly it's 600 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 15: probably also the most reliable as far as budget. Planning flat, 601 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 15: tax and get rid of nonprofits while you're at, it 602 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 15: make everybody. Pay the only definition of a nonprofit to 603 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 15: me is where no one's getting. Paid it's one hundred 604 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 15: percent volunteer work out of your own. 605 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 2: Pocket so you AND i have been down this road, 606 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 2: before but it's been a while since we've talked about 607 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 2: and had you. On so what are your thoughts to 608 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 2: the talkback coming from? 609 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 14: That, yeah the caller, says can anybody tell me why 610 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 14: the flat tax isn't the? 611 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 5: ANSWER i can tell you. 612 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 14: Why first of, all first and, foremost a flat tax 613 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 14: is still an income, tax and the founder specifically reached 614 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 14: income taxation is the means of raising revenue because an 615 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 14: income tax burdens the engine of. Production what you, tax 616 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 14: you get less. Of what you subsidize you get more. 617 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 14: Of we don't want a tax system that subsidizes, savings, investment. 618 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 14: Production we don't want that because those are the things 619 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 14: we need for a, stable, growing steadily growing. Economy, right 620 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 14: we have to have a tax system that creates the 621 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 14: least amount of burdens in the, marketplace the least amount 622 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 14: of what economists would call distortions in the, Marketplace and 623 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 14: an income tax creates, distortions all, Right so that's number. 624 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 14: One number, two a flat tax still requires that you 625 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 14: file a tax, return AND i would confess to you 626 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 14: that the returns are, simpler there's no doubt about. That 627 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 14: but you still have to take affirmative action as a 628 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 14: citizen to make and keep, records to prepare that, return 629 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 14: to submit that, return and to deal with POTENTIAL iris 630 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 14: enforcement if you can't pay the. Tax the other problem 631 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 14: with the flat tax is people, say, Well, jan you 632 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 14: know THE irs to go. 633 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 5: Away, no they. 634 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 14: Won't they can still audit flat tax. Returns and you, say, 635 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 14: well how the heck are they going to audit a 636 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 14: flat tax? Return what is there to audit the? 637 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 5: Income? John they audit the. 638 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 14: Income in other, words every tax return has two. Components 639 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 14: the income component here's WHAT i. Made the deduction, component. 640 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 5: Here are my. 641 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 14: Expenses all, Right so the deduction component may go away 642 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 14: for individual tax, returns but the income component. Doesn't and 643 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 14: THE irs is focused and has been focused on income 644 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 14: audits for the last fifteen years because they believe that, 645 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 14: people particularly small, businesses are under reporting their. Income they're 646 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 14: not concerned about the deductions because most people don't claim deductions. 647 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,959 Speaker 14: Anyway almost eighty percent of the tax returns that are 648 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,719 Speaker 14: filed In america are essentially flat tax returns because all 649 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,959 Speaker 14: they do is claim their income and a standard. Deduction 650 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 14: that's a flat tax, return and yet those returns get 651 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 14: audited because THE iris believes that people are hiding their. 652 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 14: Income the other problem with the flat tax is none 653 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 14: of the burdens, None none of the burdens. 654 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: That bits fired. 655 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 5: Up none of the burdens. 656 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 14: That businesses bear with respect to tax implients go. Away 657 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 14: they still have to do the, Withholding they still have 658 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 14: to do THE w, two's the ten ninety, nine's they 659 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 14: still have to do five tax returns a, year four 660 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 14: nine forty one and a nine to. 661 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 5: Forty they still have to make the. 662 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 14: Deposits none of that problem is solved with a flat. 663 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 5: Tax the answer is not a flat. 664 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 14: Tax the answer is to abolish the income tax entirely 665 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 14: and adopt a national retail sales. 666 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 2: Tax it seems like the last time we were having 667 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 2: any sort of comprehensive discussion on the national level regarding 668 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,919 Speaker 2: a wholesale change in the tax. CODE i go back 669 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,919 Speaker 2: into on two thousand and, eight two thousand and nine 670 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 2: and the fair. 671 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 14: Tax, yeah, Yeah and the fact of the matter, Is, 672 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 14: john the fair tax idea grew out of my Book 673 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 14: how To fire The, irs which was published. 674 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 5: In nineteen ninety. 675 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 14: Three the fair tax was first proposed To congress in 676 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 14: nineteen ninety. Nine, Right, so during the during the decade 677 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 14: of the, nineties that mid those middle years from about 678 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 14: ninety four to ninety seven ninety, eight about the time 679 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,320 Speaker 14: THE iris Retre Ructuring act was, best we were debating 680 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 14: the flat tax sales tax issue across the. Country you 681 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 14: Remember Dick, army who was who was The republican majority 682 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 14: whip From. Texas he was a, congressman sharp. Guy he 683 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 14: was proposing a flat tax along With Steve. FORBES i 684 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 14: was proposing the retail sales tax along With Steve, moore 685 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,240 Speaker 14: who at the time was the director Of Fiscal Policy 686 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 14: studies at The Cato. 687 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 5: Institute we were debating. 688 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 14: This issue all across the, country including In, washington and 689 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,880 Speaker 14: it was going. On we developed a lot of steam 690 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,280 Speaker 14: toward the idea of abolishing the income. Tax and that's 691 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 14: when the Fair Tax Fair tax. Surfaced it was in 692 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 14: about nineteen ninety. Nine it was first introduced Into, congress 693 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 14: and it went in about two or three, times and 694 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 14: then they stopped for a, while and then as you, 695 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 14: say in seven, eight, yeah they started it up. 696 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 5: Again and that's again where we're. 697 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 2: AT i still have the book sitting actually sitting on 698 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 2: my shelf right next to your, fire THE irs, Book Dan. 699 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,359 Speaker 2: Pillow so let's do this really quick in the time 700 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 2: that we, had let me get to some of these 701 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,720 Speaker 2: changes here, briefly and, then, well we have some questions 702 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:03,760 Speaker 2: that have rolled in from the ihearta radio. 703 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 1: App first, off. 704 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,840 Speaker 2: THE irs announced last Week americans are going to be 705 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 2: seeing modest increases in the standard deductions and tax bracket 706 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 2: thresholds for twenty twenty six as part of the agency's 707 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 2: the annual inflation. ADJUSTMENTS i won't go through all the 708 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 2: individual adjustments being made. Here is there anything of significance 709 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:23,799 Speaker 2: that you want to mention to this change in the tax? 710 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 14: Brackets, well as far as the brackets are, Concerned, john 711 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,319 Speaker 14: this happens every single. Year the tax practice are indexed for. 712 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 14: Inflation they have been for quite a while twenty five 713 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 14: years or, so and so every single year THE irs 714 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 14: announces the. 715 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:36,600 Speaker 5: Adjustment, so just to. 716 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,800 Speaker 14: Throw one number out there for married finally jointly tax, 717 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 14: returns your standard deduction for twenty twenty six is going 718 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 14: to be thirty, one five hundred. Dollars and that's one 719 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 14: of the, Reasons, john why we have so few itemized 720 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 14: deductions on tax returns, anymore and why we have so 721 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 14: many so called flat tax returns because the deduction standard 722 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,799 Speaker 14: is so. High you only itemize your deductions if they 723 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 14: seed that number in twenty twenty six thirty, one five 724 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 14: hundred and. So and so this this bears on the 725 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,319 Speaker 14: question that we were talking about just about a minute. Ago, 726 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 14: now we got seven tax brackets between ten percent and 727 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 14: thirty seven. Percent those have been in the law for 728 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 14: quite a, while since The Big, sense The Tax cuts 729 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 14: And Jobs. Act we've had those seven brackets and they're the, 730 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,800 Speaker 14: same but the income amounts in each of the brackets 731 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 14: now has gone. Up, so in other, words you've got 732 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,839 Speaker 14: to earn more money before you go into the next. 733 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: Bracket, now what about. 734 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 2: This THE irs issued a new regulation last month to 735 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 2: implement a provision of a twenty twenty two law known 736 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 2: as The secure two point Zero, act which requires that 737 00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:43,200 Speaker 2: high earners who earned one hundred and forty five thousand 738 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 2: dollars or more in gross income as an individual the 739 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 2: prior year make four h one k catchup contributions to 740 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 2: after TAX roth accounts starting with the twenty twenty sixty. 741 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 2: YEAR i know it's a little, wonky but this is 742 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 2: kind of a popular four h one tax. Break that's 743 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 2: getting a. 744 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,919 Speaker 5: Rule, well it is one, key but let me sort 745 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 5: it out for. 746 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,799 Speaker 14: You prior to The Secure, act anybody could make a 747 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 14: contribution to a four to oh ONE k or AN 748 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,480 Speaker 14: ira and when you make a con and there always 749 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,839 Speaker 14: have been income ceilings on that, right if you earn 750 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,920 Speaker 14: more THAN x, dollars you can't make a deductible contribution 751 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 14: to one of these. Plans this is one of the 752 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,719 Speaker 14: reasons Why, john it's complete nonsense for the leftists to 753 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 14: say that rich people pay no. Taxes every single deduction 754 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 14: provision of The Internal Revenue, code every single one of, 755 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 14: them is cap based on income. Ceilings so if you 756 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,239 Speaker 14: earn more THAN, x you don't get the benefit of the. 757 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:35,840 Speaker 5: Law, well here's an example of. 758 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 14: That, Right so if you make a contribution to AN 759 00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 14: ira or a four to ONE, k and you're a 760 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 14: middle income. Person you make that, contribution you get to 761 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,239 Speaker 14: write off the. Contribution you get a deduction for the 762 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,719 Speaker 14: amount of the contribution up to a certain amount in 763 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 14: the year you give the. Money that's an ordinary that's 764 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 14: a contribution to an ORDINARY ira or four to ONE. 765 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,280 Speaker 14: K when you take the money out of the, plan 766 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 14: that's when you pay taxes on. IT A ROTH ira 767 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 14: is a little bit different in that when you make the, 768 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 14: contribution you don't get a deduction in the year the 769 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 14: contribution is. Made but on the other, hand when you 770 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,719 Speaker 14: take the money, out as long as it's sat there 771 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,680 Speaker 14: for five, years you don't have to pay tax on. 772 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 14: It so what The Secure act Did, john is it, said, 773 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,759 Speaker 14: okay you can make these contributions to a to a retirement, 774 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,359 Speaker 14: plan but it's got to be a roth. Plan in other, 775 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,640 Speaker 14: words you can't claim the deduction in the year that 776 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,600 Speaker 14: you make the, contribution but when you take the money 777 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,799 Speaker 14: back out on the other, end after five years of sitting, 778 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 14: there you don't have to pay tax on. It so 779 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,320 Speaker 14: what it is a way for the for the government 780 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:36,000 Speaker 14: to kick the tax liability down the. Road let me rephrase, 781 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 14: that because it's not. Accurate it's it's more accurately a 782 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 14: way for the federal government to collect money now and 783 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 14: not have to worry about and and not and not 784 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 14: worry about the long term. 785 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,640 Speaker 5: Consequence is that. 786 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 2: Fair to specify in that way or is it just 787 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,200 Speaker 2: like you said, before sort of needling around the. 788 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,840 Speaker 5: Edges that's exactly what it. Is it's needling around the. 789 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 14: Edges and it's one more way that they use tax 790 00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 14: policy to squeeze high income. 791 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 5: People all, right here's what we're gonna. 792 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,319 Speaker 2: Do we're gonna take a quick, break and then we've 793 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:04,799 Speaker 2: got a bunch of questions that have rolled in WHICH 794 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,040 Speaker 2: i figure was gonna. Happen Dan, pillar our tax, guru 795 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:09,200 Speaker 2: joins us in a. 796 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 1: Studio tax Help. Online correct is the website for? 797 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 5: You that's, correct tax help online dot. 798 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 2: Com all, right we'll get you your to your questions For. 799 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,560 Speaker 2: Dan coming up next here On Twin City's News. Talk 800 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:22,920 Speaker 2: also in the upcoming, Hour walls is finally laying out 801 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,960 Speaker 2: the details of his town halls to replace the special. 802 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,200 Speaker 2: Session there's some interesting notes to. This we'll get to. 803 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:31,759 Speaker 2: It you don't want to miss. It but more with 804 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,560 Speaker 2: our tax. Guru next here On Twin Cities News Talk 805 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,120 Speaker 2: am eleven thirty and one oh three FIVE fm