1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of The Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome back to the Clay Travis and 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton Show. This is Buck. I am coming to 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: you live from Las Vegas, Nevada. My man Clay Travis 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: coming to you live from Nashville, Tennessee. And got much 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: discussed with you this hour, including the Biden agenda. If 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: possible wealth tax from Janet Yellow Well, she's saying that 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: it will be a wealth tax, but a tax on 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: the wealth Vegas how she wants to phrase it. We'll 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: talk about it. Buying a Jenna hanging in the balance 11 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 1: right now. Some last minute negotiations under way. One point 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: five one point seven trillion. You know, whatever it ends 13 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: up being, it's gonna be a lot of money, and 14 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: they're hoping that this will save a floundering Biden presidency 15 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: thus far. So we'll be getting into all that, but 16 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: first we have the continued fight against COVID madness. As 17 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: I said, I'm here in Las Vegas, Nevada, and there 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: are mask mandates in place in the casinos, which just 19 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: seems to me to be beyond belief. They're harassing you 20 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: to mask up even though these places are vast or 21 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: cavernous and you're sitting there smoking, gambling, drinking, but you 22 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: better put your mask on. Even if your vaccinated. They 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: don't care, which is a shame. But it just goes 24 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: to show you that there are these lingering, these lingering 25 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: COVID theater that I would call it. I mean, it's nonsense, 26 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: what's going on. And you also have doctor Fauci, who 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: has come under some real scrutiny recently. He has gotten 28 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: away with openly lying to the American people. He lied 29 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: to us about masks, by one way or the other. 30 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: I think he actually lied when he said that he 31 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: believed masks to work, because there are dozens of studies, 32 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: peer reviewed with control groups stretching back for decades showing 33 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: that surgical masks against respiratory viruses do basically nothing. But okay, 34 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: we're supposed to forget all of that because it's a 35 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: security blanket and a control mechanism, and Democrats embraced it 36 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: as part of their campaign against Trump, and then it 37 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: was something they could never get rid of afterwards. But 38 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: then Faucci said, maybe no holidays. Then Faucci said, maybe 39 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: you were going to have no ability to or you 40 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: shouldn't have any ability to go to football games this summer. 41 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: If you were college football games, at least that was 42 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: going to be a super spreader event. People have started 43 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: to realize a lot of politicized decision making from this 44 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: guy and then Clay. There's this study that I understand 45 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: it doesn't involve humans and it has nothing to do 46 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: with COVID, but the NIAID National Institute of Allergy and 47 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: Infectious Disease NAIAD, which is directly under Fauci's purview. It's 48 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: a subset of the nih the National Institute of Health, 49 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: spend millions of dollars on a research project, if you 50 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: can call it that in Tunisia where they took beagle 51 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: puppies and they remove their vocal cords and they let 52 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: sand flies eat their faces while they were alive. I mean, 53 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: it's so horrific, and I've got people texted me saying 54 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: this is monstrous. Thousand, I mean sorry, millions of dollars 55 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: of US taxpayer dollars under Faucci's agist of NAIAD going 56 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: to this. Is this finally too far? Like? Is this 57 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: going to be the thing that makes people think differently 58 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: at least about Faucci. I would love to see reliable 59 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: polling on Fauci over the past several months, because I 60 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: think what we have seen is now without Trump there, 61 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: people are starting to recognize that Faucci is a disaster. 62 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: Who wouldn't have said that if Trump were still there? 63 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: I mean, buck, Think about what the media would be 64 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: saying about the COVID vaccine if Donald Trump were still 65 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: the president of the United States. Think about what the 66 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: Democrats would be saying about the COVID vaccine if Donald 67 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: Trump were still the president of the United States. This 68 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: thing and what we have been told the selling points 69 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: are for the COVID vaccine has exploded in a negative way, 70 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: right because you just have to track what doctor Fauci 71 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: himself was saying. In May, all of the mask requirements 72 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: are gone. If you get vaccinated, you can live a 73 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: totally normal life. A couple of months later, they walk 74 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: all that back, and they continue to put new implementations 75 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: of regulations in place. And I think it's important to 76 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: note that Florida, which has been the state where they 77 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: have tried to go after Ron de Santis over COVID 78 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: more than any state in the country. Florida right now 79 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: buck has the lowest COVID infection rate of any state 80 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: in the country. It is half the rate is Florida 81 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: right now. Half what is going on in California, for instance, 82 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: according to the New York New York Database, and half 83 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: New York. And those two states have got COVID vaccine passports, 84 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: they got people wearing masks indoors like crazy, and yet 85 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: they have double the COVID infection rate right now of 86 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: Florida because what DeSantis brought to bear. And I think 87 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: we got to keep hammering this for our audience, but 88 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: also for all those reasonable people that are listening to us. 89 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: You talked about Bucket your one of your weddings. You 90 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: went to guy who doesn't align with you politically, said, hey, 91 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: I've been listening to the show. I hear a lot 92 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: of loves this shows. It's his rationality bath for the mind. 93 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: There you go. And I think there are a lot 94 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: of people out there that are so frustrated by the media. 95 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: They want to pull their hair out when they see 96 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: the way that stories are covered. And they may not 97 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: agree with us on every political subject. And by the way, 98 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: if you agree with anybody else on every political suspect subject, 99 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: you need to think a little bit more. You need 100 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: to you know, like the idea that you're going to 101 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: agree with anybody one hundred percent of the time, it 102 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: is pretty boring. We don't want you to turn into 103 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: a into a communist like the people were arguing against. 104 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: But rational, reasonable thought here is turning against Fauci and 105 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: ironically Bucket. It maybe something that has nothing to do 106 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: with COVID, because there's no political angle at all on 107 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 1: a lot of people saying, man, I don't know if 108 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: I agree with experimenting on animals, not just puppies, but 109 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: also different to other animals in so vile of a 110 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: way with American taxpayer dollars. Right. And now, when you 111 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: add to this that there was NIH funding of the 112 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: wh and it was doing gain of function research, this 113 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: plays into a broader, broader issue of do we just 114 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: have bureaucrats in the health services in this country who 115 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 1: at places like CDC NIH who are funding things that 116 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: are awful and reckless and a danger to us in 117 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: the case of Wuhan, without any really accountability or oversight. 118 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: And that's what seems to be the case. This is 119 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: what people are starting to wake up to, and this 120 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: is why having honest and open debate. This is why 121 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: the betrayal of free speech that has gone on in 122 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: this country, not just by big tech, but by much 123 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: of the scientific community, who will go along with this 124 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: stuff because they're scared, because they're indoctrinated, because a lot 125 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: of them, unfortunately, are cowards. And then there are the 126 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: doctors who I think are just feeling like if they 127 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: speak out, they won't be able to see their patients, 128 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: they'll lose their license, they have a duty to them. 129 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: I'm very sympathetic toward that. I understand there's a lot 130 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: of different ways that open debate and discussion has been 131 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: shut down during the COVID pandemic. It has made all 132 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: of this worse. And Governor Rohnda Santis standing up again. Clay, 133 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: we've been saying, I mean, if you did a word search, 134 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: and everything we say is cataloged, archived onlines, people can 135 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: always see. So when we say, oh, we said, you 136 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: can go check. By the way, go to klanbuck dot 137 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: com you can see transcripts of the show. But we've 138 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: been saying that it is it is completely unscientific, really 139 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: anti scientific, to have vaccine mandates that don't take into 140 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: account natural immunity, right, because now you're just now you're 141 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: forcing people to get a shot and there's absolutely no 142 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: reason for them to be getting the shot, and you 143 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: think you're the good guy, so to speak, for doing this. 144 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,119 Speaker 1: Here's Rhanda. Santis sounded a lot like somebody who listens 145 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: to this show play too well. First, I think it's 146 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: hard to point out on a scientific basis, most of 147 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: those first responders have had COVID and have recovered, so 148 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: they have strong protection. And so I think that influences 149 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: their decision on a lot of this that they have 150 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: already had it and recovered, and so they're they're making 151 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: no accommodations for that. They're still pretending like that doesn't 152 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: even exist, and so that's really really troubling natural and 153 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 1: do this for political reasons? Yeah, I mean and Buck, 154 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: this is I believe one of the big challenges is 155 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: going to be and it's important to have this conversation. 156 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: How does normalcy return? How do we land the plane 157 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:53,359 Speaker 1: and finally jettison all the people who have been screaming 158 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: about needing to have masks on, about kids needing to 159 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: be vaccinated, all these things, like how do we get 160 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: back to a normal existence. And that's why I've kept 161 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: hammering college football and NFL stadiums being full. I was 162 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: at one on Sunday. I'm going to the World Series 163 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: on Tuesday and Wednesday down in Houston, going to be 164 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,599 Speaker 1: at the world's largest outdoor cocktail party, the Floor to 165 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: Georgia Game. I got a heck of a week coming 166 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: up for me. By the way, it's pretty awesome, But 167 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: that being surrounded by all these people that are saying, hey, 168 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 1: we're getting back to normal. And I know a lot 169 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: of you out there right now, parents and grandparents. With 170 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: Halloween coming up on Sunday, You're gonna be going door 171 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: to door with your kids. They're gonna be dressed up, 172 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: You're gonna be knocking on doors. You're gonna be getting candy. 173 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: It's gonna feel normal. And I think that's the way right. 174 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: The pathway back is not by some governmental authority making 175 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: a decision. Bucket's by you and me and everybody out 176 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: there listening to us, just refusing to cowtow and live 177 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: in fear anymore. Embrace normal, see in your own life, 178 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: and other people start to see that normalcy, and slowly 179 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: it spreads there. We say, like a virus itself, a 180 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: virus of normalcy in a world where they continue to 181 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: want to treat us abnormally. You could think of it 182 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: like reverse incrementalism, but incrementalism in favor of freedom instead 183 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: of in favor of yes, authoritarianism. And that's the way. 184 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: It's by not snitching on the person next to you 185 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: on the plane, not that does happened to me, for 186 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: not having their mask up or whatever. It's by being 187 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: the person who's supposed to enforce it, you know, on 188 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: the floor of the casino, who says, you know what, 189 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna let this guy enjoy walking past me 190 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: without harassing him. If everybody stops with the madness, then 191 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: the madness can actually stop. I think that's one way 192 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: to one way to view this. But Clay, I know 193 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: you've got some thoughts for us on owning a home 194 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: and financing it. No doubt a lot of homeowners out 195 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: there don't believe a REFI can save them money, but 196 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: the reality is trus me. 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American Financing NMLS one eight two three three 207 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: four NMLS Consumer access dot org. Welcome back, Ed Klay 208 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: Travis buck Sex did show. Encourage you to check out 209 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 1: the podcast. Search out my name Clay Travis, search out 210 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: buck Sexton. Go give us five stars. Make sure you 211 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: don't miss a single minute. We're gonna have a fun 212 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: week of shows for you. Buckstar off the week in Vegas. 213 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: By the way, have you played any table games yet? 214 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: Have you gambled at all since you got there? Oh? 215 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: I will definitely go and throw away some money at 216 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: the blackjack table, A very little bit of money because 217 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: you know, still gotta save up for that house. But yeah, no, 218 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,719 Speaker 1: I'm some of dude. I don't I don't understand the 219 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: appeal of a lot of these different gambling games. Is 220 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: gonna say I'm weird that way. I don't want to 221 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: say I like to play blackjack with buddies sitting around 222 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: the table. And also with what drinks cost in a 223 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 1: Vegas casino, at least I'm thinking to myself, hey, I'm 224 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: gonna make out, you know, at least probably break even 225 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: on the drinks by themselves. I think that is part 226 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: of the countess because they keep those drinks flowing to folks, 227 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: no doubt. And the smoking and everything else is we 228 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: were talking about um and uh we we haven't really 229 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: discussed this, but it's been a monster story for what 230 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: like the last three days or so. Buck Alec Baldwin, 231 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: while filming a movie in New Mexico, shot and killed 232 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: a I believe is the director of cinematography. Also shot 233 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: and wounded another man who was involved in the filming there. 234 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: And now there's a lot of discussion about what is 235 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: going to happen to Alec bald When, how the shooting 236 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: took place, whether there might be any criminal charges. Certainly, 237 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: this is me putting my lawyer had on. There will 238 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: be many civil lawsuits before all is said and done, 239 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 1: relating to the wrongful death and lots of money will 240 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: be paid out, I would imagine to the woman and 241 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,439 Speaker 1: her family. I believe she has a young child. But Buck, 242 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: you are pretty well versed in firearms. You've been paying 243 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: a lot of attention to this story. What happened? I 244 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: think that's the question that a lot of people are asking. 245 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: So there are a number of factors that make this 246 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: look really bad in terms of recklessness. I don't think 247 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: anyone believes that Alec Baldwin wanted to do this. That's crazy. 248 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 1: But it was an accident. But an accident with recklessness 249 00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: can still be a huge civil problem. And obviously there 250 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: is ethical considerations that one has to take into account 251 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: here with everything going on. So so some basics. The 252 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 1: armorer on this particular production I think was twenty four 253 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: years old and was known to be just reckless and 254 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: not somebody who understands guns. Was She was a young 255 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: female armorer who did not understand firearms very well, and 256 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: that was known. And there had been other problems with 257 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: safety on set and other production she had already been 258 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: a part of. So why was she chosen for this? 259 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: That's one issue. There's reporting that there was a walk 260 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: off the set for safety reasons earlier on in the production, 261 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: So it seems like this had already been plagued by issues. 262 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: And then when you look at this and the fact 263 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: that two people were heit, obviously he only fired this 264 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: once and saw what happened. It was a bullet. I mean, 265 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: initially there was all this, oh, look what happened to 266 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Sleeve, who was killed 267 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: filming the movie The Crow back in the nineties in 268 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: North Carolina. That was a shard of a previous bullet 269 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: I believe that was in the chamber and came out. 270 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: So really a freak accident. This seems to be a 271 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: hot round. This seems to be actually a gun that 272 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: was loaded with a bullet because they had been using 273 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: the gun for target practice offset for fun out in 274 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: the New Mexico Debt. So so now you've got people 275 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: that are using a weapon, sometimes live rounds, sometimes not. 276 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: I mean, that is highly, highly problematic. And then when 277 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: you add to it the most basic gun safety stuff. 278 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I remember Clay when we did when I 279 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: was with the with the federal government, we did firearms training. 280 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: If even if you were in a classroom and you 281 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: were using guns that were essentially either squib guns or 282 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: things that it's impossible for them to fire a round. 283 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: If you swept somebody with your gun, they would send 284 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: you home. They would say, all right, you can come 285 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: back in a few weeks when you learn gun save. 286 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: I mean, they were so strict about it all the 287 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: time for exactly this reason. On all guns are always loaded. 288 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: You have to be ready to destroy whatever you're pointing 289 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: the gun at. You know where your finger is on 290 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: the trigger, keep your finger off until you've made the 291 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: decision to shoot. These things are insane, you know, they're 292 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: they're seared into your brain for a reason to avoid 293 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: a situation like this. It seems like this was recklessness. 294 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: It was a you know, a tragic accident, but an 295 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: accident along the lines of you know, distracted driver who 296 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: you know, runs a few people over on the sidewalk. 297 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: You didn't mean to run them over, but you should 298 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: have been looking at your cell phone, you know what 299 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: I mean. That's that's where I think this is going 300 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: to get into a serious legal issue and legal battle. Obviously, 301 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: you got one person killed another by the way, the 302 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: fact that two of them were hit with one round, 303 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: it was clearly a bullet I mean, this wasn't the 304 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: wadding from a blank, So that was I think that 305 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: was obviously in the beginning. A lot of people were 306 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: writing about that incorrectly because I didn't know any better. 307 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: So we'll see. But Alec Baldwin, Look, then there's a 308 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: part of this. Alec Baldwin is a left wing bomb thrower. 309 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: A lot of people hate this guy. He said horrible 310 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: things about Trump. He's a nasty, nasty person to his 311 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: political opponents. All that said, you know, I you know 312 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: there's a woman who's dead here. She was a mother 313 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: or a wife. You know, I'm I don't get into 314 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 1: tend to play politics if you're being honest in this situation. 315 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: Alec Baldwin, for whatever his political beliefs may be, certainly 316 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: we're going to give him a level of generosity and 317 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: coverage probably that he wouldn't give to others, right. I mean, 318 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: if this had been correct, a Republican who had somehow 319 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: been doing he would be mocking. If you or I 320 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: had been in the situation, he would be mocking us openly. 321 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean that we should be who he is. 322 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: And we'll see what ends up happening. From a criminal perspective. Again, 323 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: the civil lawsuits certainly are going to be going on 324 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: for years and years to come, I would imagine. But 325 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: the criminal nature here, was it so negligent that there 326 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: could be a manslaughter charge brought. That'll be a real 327 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: challenge to figure out exactly that storyline. We got a 328 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: bunch more to get to, including how is this monstrously 329 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: large expansion of the federal government going to be funded? 330 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 1: We got an idea, Janet Yellen and others weighing in. 331 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: But I want to tell you about Tunnel the Towers. 332 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: They're providing two hundred mortgage free homes to many different 333 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: families out there with fallen soldiers or first responders in need, 334 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: including Sergeant Nelson we told you about. Mario. 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You need to donate eleven dollars a month 345 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: to Tunnel the towers at T two t dot org. 346 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: That's t the number two T dot or do it today. 347 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: What's gonna be in the huge Biden bill that Congress 348 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 1: maybe passing here soon. We have some indications of what's 349 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: going to be in it. I want to talk to 350 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: you about the Welcome Back to Clay and Buck Show. 351 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: You have Senator Joe Mansion, who has been one of 352 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: two bulwarks against the insane spending of their fellow Democrats. 353 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: Not keep in mind, we're still talking about a whole 354 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: lot of additional spending over the next ten years, after 355 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: you already had a one point nine trillion dollar Democrat 356 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: rescue package passed earlier this year. Trillions and trillions of 357 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: spending going on during COVID inflation getting to be the 358 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: kind of problem but not even the Democrats can ignore. 359 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: It's real. People see it, they feel it, they know. Plus, 360 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: you've got supply chain snarls, millions of unfilled jobs, and 361 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: a lot of anxiety, particularly in major cities across the 362 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: country about what the winter is going to be like. 363 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: With COVID continuing to have pretty heavy numbers. Now mansion 364 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: is closer to one point trillion one point and five 365 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,360 Speaker 1: trillion dollar top line. Biden had a meeting with him 366 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: recently trying to pitch him on let's get it up 367 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: to two trillion dollars. So, as we've known all along, 368 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: they're haggling over the price, and it's going to be 369 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 1: between one point five and two trillion dollars. And the 370 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 1: Democrats will, I believe past something here very soon, and 371 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: then they'll be talking about what a huge success it 372 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: is and how Biden's amazing and all the rest of it. 373 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: So get ready for that. But what's some of the 374 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: stuff that's actually in this. Well, they are talking about 375 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 1: a tax on the wealthiest individuals in the country that 376 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: will go after their holdings in the stock market. So 377 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: this should be unrealized, so it's not stock you've soul, 378 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: that stock you have and for the very very wealthiest. 379 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: Not clear exactly how they would implement this, and as 380 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: we know, the devil is in the details. But here 381 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: is Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaking about this proposed tax 382 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 1: that would allegedly pay for the Build Back Better Act 383 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: Play twelve. I wouldn't call that a wealth tax, but 384 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: it would help get at capital games, which are an 385 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: extraordinarily large part of the incomes of the wealthiest individuals 386 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: and right now escape taxation until they're realized, and often 387 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: they're unrealized, and the death benefit from so called step 388 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,640 Speaker 1: up of basis. So it's not a wealth tax, but 389 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: at tax on unrealized capital gains of exceptionally wealthy individuals. 390 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: It's not a wealth tax, Clay, just at tax on 391 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: really wealthy people's stock transactions or not even transaction stock holdings. 392 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: Here's my problem with it. Okay, let me start with 393 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: the big picture problem. Once you start taxing wealthy people's 394 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: unrealized capital gains, eventually you open the door to taxing 395 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: a lot of people out there who aren't anywhere near 396 00:21:53,920 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 1: as wealthies unrealized capital gains. Let's not exaggerate here. This 397 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: is a radical change in the way that we are 398 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: taxing people. And so the idea that we're suddenly going 399 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: to implement this is I think a problem because what 400 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: if we found out about anything that the government implements 401 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: that allows them to get more money Eventually they need 402 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: more money and they expand the overall number of people 403 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: that can be impacted by this. It's that's problem number one. 404 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: Problem number two is this is incredibly complicated. It's in 405 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: general focused on the seven hundred wealthiest Americans. Okay, So 406 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 1: and for people out there, a lot of you may 407 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: not even spend much time thinking about capital gains, a 408 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: capital gain. Let's say that you bought a stock for 409 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: ten dollars. Right. Let's say you bought a stock for 410 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: ten dollars and that stock then increases to twenty dollars. 411 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: You would owe a tax on the ten to twenty 412 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: dollars when you sell that stock. If you have not 413 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: sold that stock, then technically you have not real lies 414 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: day capital gain. It is only what's called a paper profit. 415 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 1: So effectively, what the government is doing is they are 416 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: saying they are going to tax paper profits that is 417 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: unrealized dollars that are essentially sitting in your stockholder accounts. Okay, 418 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: So here's the complicated factor with this. Only the seven 419 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 1: hundred richest people are being impacted by this. Buck, we 420 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: are designing a tax plan on the fly in short order. 421 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: Biden wants it done before he leaves the country in 422 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: the next few days, six days from now. Who would 423 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: you rather bet on, fuck the seven hundred wealthiest Americans 424 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: being advised by the greatest tax attorney and accountants that 425 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: exist anywhere in the world being able to find loopholes 426 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: to avoid taxation, or the federal government bureaucrats operating on 427 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: a strict timetable trying to come up with a radical 428 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: and as yet never implemented before policy to tax the 429 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: wealthiest among us. I am betting buck on the cadre 430 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: of brilliant people that are going to be advising the billionaires. 431 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: This tax is not going to work. It's going to 432 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: be a mess. We're going to spend years in litigation 433 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: over whether it's even constitutional to tax unrealized capital gains, 434 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 1: and in the meantime, we're already going to have spent 435 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: that money, likely driving up substantially more deficits. This is 436 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: not a zero cost basis. As Joe Biden continues to argue, 437 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: I think we are buying a lawsuit, and I think 438 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: we are buying a mess here as the American public, 439 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: and I think we are setting a awful precedent by 440 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 1: trying to tax unrealized paper profits, even if it's among 441 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: the wealthiest, because eventually it's going to trickle down to 442 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: a lot more of us. Well, they've also done this overseas, Clay, 443 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: They've tried a wealth tax, and to your point about 444 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: what happens the super rich evaded, they find a way 445 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: they or they just start. People say, oh, no, they 446 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 1: can't because it'll be so straightforward, you have to pay 447 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: this for you. Well, then they'll just invest in. They'll 448 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 1: invest in real estate. And now what are you gonna do. 449 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: You're gonna force someone to sell the property that they own. 450 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: You're gonna force them to sell the apartment building they're 451 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: an investor in. Because of the unrealized upside gains. They 452 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: will move their money around as they can because they 453 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: have the truly the super rich, which is what they're 454 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: really talking about here, have not only the greatest army 455 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: of accountants and lawyers imaginable, but also have the most 456 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: options for where to put their money here in the 457 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: States and all over the world. The Europeans tried this. 458 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: I mean the French had a wealth tax. It was 459 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: between one point five and one point eight percent of 460 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: fortunes over thirteen million euros. And guess what it never 461 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: got to be about more than one percent of tax revenue. 462 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: In France, people repatriated, they left, they moved to other countries, 463 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 1: they moved their money to other countries. So as a 464 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: socialist wealth redistribution scheme, it was just a lot of 465 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 1: hot air, essentially. But what's even more concerning in this 466 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: country is if you look at the history, and this 467 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: is really instructive, look at the history of income tax 468 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: in America. Everybody. It started out as this is just 469 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: on super rich people. That was how they sold it 470 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: in the beginning of the twentieth century. This is just 471 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: for the super rich. It's never going to come after you. 472 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: We'll use duties and excises and customs and other things 473 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: to fund the federal government. Oh no, now you get 474 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: that nice chunk taken out of your bi weekly paycheck, 475 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: all based on the it'll just be on the ultra 476 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,479 Speaker 1: rich promise from about one hundred years ago, by the way, 477 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: a little over one hundred years ago, now, So that's 478 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: what's that's what's happened. So this is why opening the 479 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: spigot for the government of yet another mechanism of taxation, 480 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: I think is really concerning. But you know that they 481 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: may be able to get this one through because class 482 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: warfare sells, right. Class warfare works, That's why democrats do 483 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: it all the time. And I think you raised a 484 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: really good point buck because it's relatively easy, at least 485 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: to look at a stock price, because we know every 486 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: single day what the value of a property is on 487 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: the stock market. But if you invest in real estate, 488 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: if you invest in I don't know, a Major League 489 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 1: Baseball franchise, if you invest in artwork, things that are 490 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: not as tangibly easy to value. And oh, by the way, 491 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: what happens if a stock market tanks and these guys 492 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: lose billions of dollars? Are we going to somehow allow 493 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: them to have massive tax credits based on their unrealized 494 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: capital gains losses? I mean, clay, the five hundred thousand 495 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: dollars Hunter Biden painting that I now have hanging in 496 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: my living room. 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We 525 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: are rolling through final segment of the Monday edition of 526 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: the program. Tomorrow. You'll still be in Vegas, right buck, 527 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: one more day in Vegas? I will. Indeed, if you 528 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: see a guy walking around with poofy hair and no 529 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: mask on getting yelled at by security, probably boat shoes, 530 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 1: come say hi, that's me and I'll be headed down 531 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: to Houston for Game one and Game two of the 532 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: World Series. I was just texting with a variety of 533 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: people down in the Houston market who are excited about 534 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: the World Series being there. So I'm looking forward to 535 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: hanging out with a bunch of those people. Will be 536 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: in the studio Wednesday, I will be. But you know 537 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: all of this insanity. You know, Obama accused the right 538 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: of getting fired up about made up culture wars. Meanwhile, 539 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: we're in two weeks of the Dave Chappelle comedy special, 540 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: continuing to be a controversy where people are protesting and 541 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: demanding that Dave Chappelle's comedy special be pulled off the air. 542 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: Those are not right wingers that are demanding that that 543 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: take place, and social media continues to ban people for 544 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 1: saying truthful comments. Representative Jim Banks banned by Twitter for 545 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: pointing out that Rachel Levine, now a four star admiral, 546 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: is not in fact the first woman four star admiral 547 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: because she was born a man and decided to change 548 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 1: her gender, and that just sharing that fact got Representative 549 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: Jim Banks banned by Twitter. That is an unacceptable fact 550 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: to share on social media, which is crazy, and this 551 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 1: also ties in with the attacks being leveled upon Dave Chappelle. 552 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: Here's activist Ashley Preston on Netflix talking about the Dave 553 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: Chappelle Special. So to be clear, this conversation is about 554 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: equity and entertainment, and we see that there is a 555 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: lack of equity with trans content versus contents such as 556 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: a Dave Chappelle's. We know that Netflix paid from twenty 557 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: three point six million dollars for the Sticks and Selling 558 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: Special in twenty nineteen, and for The Closer, he was 559 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: paid twenty four point one million. Making transphobic content in 560 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: the middle of one of the deadliest years on record 561 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: for the chance community. And so this is about the 562 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: emergence of a haite economy that incentivizes media that marginalizes. 563 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: This is insane. This is insane. I mean, this is 564 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: but this is what the activists do. And Clay, if 565 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: they had a real argument to make that wasn't rooted 566 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: in his area, that wasn't rooted in you know, the 567 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: deadliest what exact I would like to see the numbers. 568 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: You're the deadliest year for trans individuals. So we're supposed 569 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 1: to think that that's because of Dave Chappelle's Netflix special. 570 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: Obviously not. But this is the justification for the censorship 571 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: and the totalitarian thought policing that people always have. They 572 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: always say, there's some good reason for why we can't 573 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: allow you to have your thoughts. And this is the 574 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: speech equals violence paradigm the left I've been running with 575 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: for a long time, which is just you know, you're 576 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: seeing things now. They're trying to hammer through and force 577 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: people to bend the knee to fundamental untruths, to lies. 578 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: They want you to live by lies. They want you 579 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: to say that a man is a woman. They want 580 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: you to say that speech equals violence, because if they 581 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: can get you to do that, there's no limit to 582 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: their control. If they can disorient all of us into thinking, 583 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: or into believing, or even just going along with obviously 584 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 1: untrue things, what limitation do they have, Clay on controlling 585 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: us in any respect? Well and Buck, we watched this 586 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: comedy special and my wife turned to me after we 587 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: finished the comedy special and she said, did any transgender 588 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: people who are protesting actually watch this special? I mean, 589 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: because what Chappelle was doing was ridiculing much of the 590 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: modern language that exists across a variety of spectrums, right, 591 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: And one of the lines that stood out to me 592 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: was he was talking about Caitlyn Jenner was named Woman 593 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: of the Year in the first year that she had 594 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: ever become a woman. And the analogy made is like, Hey, 595 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: if the BT Awards gave Eminem black Person of the 596 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: Year award, people would be like, oh, this is an outrage, right, 597 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: Like this is crazy. So the first year that Caitlyn 598 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 1: Jenner decides she's a woman, she's the Woman of the year, 599 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 1: and the idea look, and I think I can't speak 600 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 1: exactly for you because I'm not sure your exact perspective. 601 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: I don't think most people care what gender you want 602 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: to identify as, right, if it makes you happier and 603 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: you are a fully grown adult, I really just don't 604 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: care at all. I don't think we ought to be 605 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 1: giving hormones to kids who are five years old to 606 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,320 Speaker 1: try to change their gender. I think that's crazy. Do 607 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: you think we should call you? Think you should be 608 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 1: forced to call he or she? No, I'm saying, but 609 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: if you make that choice in your own life, that's fine. 610 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,720 Speaker 1: But expecting that the entire world is going to bend 611 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,360 Speaker 1: to define you and use the pronouns that you choose 612 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 1: and all of these other things. To me, this is 613 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:41,360 Speaker 1: about power, right, And I don't feel like the marginalized 614 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,719 Speaker 1: group is the one that has all the media behind them, 615 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: that has all the major corporations behind them, that has 616 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,839 Speaker 1: all of the might of the intellectual left behind them. 617 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: That's and you're demanding that someone can't make a joke 618 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: about you. These are what authoritarians do. I always used 619 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: to talk about hairists are probably very funny, right, because 620 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: absolutism is the enemy of humor. Maybe I'm wrong, and 621 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 1: they sit around and tore a bora back in the day, 622 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: and they're telling Also I saw kind of jokes back 623 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: in the day. They're they're not they're not funny, and 624 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,759 Speaker 1: so there's so there's that. But I can also say 625 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: that when you're looking at the you're right about the 626 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: power dynamics here, the power, you know, the the the 627 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: paradigms of who's actually calling the shots. They're telling their straight. 628 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,280 Speaker 1: The transactivist community is trying to establish a you cannot 629 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: we cannot take a joke, and you cannot make jokes, yes, 630 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: as the rule. And if you try to break this, 631 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: they will ruin you. They will destroy your career, they 632 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 1: will run you out of town. And then they turn 633 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 1: and say that, well, we're so oppressed. Yeah, that's a 634 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:46,280 Speaker 1: remarkable that we are still having this conversation. Dave Chappelle 635 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 1: is perhaps the most successful there are a few names 636 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 1: you can put in their comedian period, certainly among the 637 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 1: most successful African American comedians of his generation, but probably 638 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: just comedian, you know, across all categories as well, and 639 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 1: he still had to deal with this and he has 640 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,719 Speaker 1: to kind of apologize and all the rest of it. 641 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,759 Speaker 1: Who has the power here? Not only that, buck just 642 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,879 Speaker 1: leave you with this thought, and I always think it's 643 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 1: a really massive way to think about it. If you 644 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 1: choose your gender, like Rachel dulas All did, it's super racist. 645 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,920 Speaker 1: If you choose your race. If you choose your gender, 646 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,280 Speaker 1: you're a hero. Isn't it harder to choose a gender? 647 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: Shouldn't it be than to choose a race? Yet one 648 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 1: is racist, the other one is heroic. I just want 649 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: to tell everybody we have zome Khalilzad speaking of Afghanistan. 650 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: What's going on there? He was the chief negotiator and 651 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,719 Speaker 1: ambassador for the US with the Talent Band under both 652 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 1: Trump and Biden. That's gonna be a huge interview tomorrow 653 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,000 Speaker 1: on the show. 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