Mark J. Kohler
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Okay, this is probably my biggest message, and I held a live on this last week, and it blew up. And this is super important. Okay, so let's just... Just for a minute, if you can, folks, let's assume whether you love Trump's style or not. We can go there and all that crap. But with the Tax Cups and Jobs Act, we all kind of felt some cool stuff.
Okay, this is probably my biggest message, and I held a live on this last week, and it blew up. And this is super important. Okay, so let's just... Just for a minute, if you can, folks, let's assume whether you love Trump's style or not. We can go there and all that crap. But with the Tax Cups and Jobs Act, we all kind of felt some cool stuff.
If you're a business owner or a real estate investor, man, that tax bill has some sweet provisions in it. Okay. Let's say he's going to propose this again, which he is up at the Hill right now. His team is talking with GOP leaders. They're crafting a bill. It's going to be a monster. I'll be breaking it down back here with you, Ryan, when it comes out, man. Yeah, yeah. But it's going to be sweet.
If you're a business owner or a real estate investor, man, that tax bill has some sweet provisions in it. Okay. Let's say he's going to propose this again, which he is up at the Hill right now. His team is talking with GOP leaders. They're crafting a bill. It's going to be a monster. I'll be breaking it down back here with you, Ryan, when it comes out, man. Yeah, yeah. But it's going to be sweet.
Okay. How in the hell this gets to the payment? How is he going to pay for it? He's already got so much of the corporate revenue back on shore. How is he going to pay for it? Well, he said, this is super cool. We're going to use tariffs. and we're gonna use Doge. it's kind of like we all have a house. We all have a household. And what are we spending our money on?
Okay. How in the hell this gets to the payment? How is he going to pay for it? He's already got so much of the corporate revenue back on shore. How is he going to pay for it? Well, he said, this is super cool. We're going to use tariffs. and we're gonna use Doge. it's kind of like we all have a house. We all have a household. And what are we spending our money on?
I spend way too much money on DoorDash. I mean, I should not spend as much as I do on DoorDash. I think it's the coolest app ever. In two or three minutes, I can get whatever the hell I want. I'm like, I'll pay the 10 bucks. That saves me an hour. I don't want to drive over there. I love it. But it is way too bad on my budget. It is not good. It is inefficient.
I spend way too much money on DoorDash. I mean, I should not spend as much as I do on DoorDash. I think it's the coolest app ever. In two or three minutes, I can get whatever the hell I want. I'm like, I'll pay the 10 bucks. That saves me an hour. I don't want to drive over there. I love it. But it is way too bad on my budget. It is not good. It is inefficient.
Now, no one's... I'm not ripping off anybody, but there's some inefficiency there. So... If we can create some efficiency in the government, and so that's how these USAID issues really play out. Because if we can find billions of dollars over here that's being wasted or spent in areas we don't want it, and we can turn around and pay for a tax cut, for not taxing Social Security?
Now, no one's... I'm not ripping off anybody, but there's some inefficiency there. So... If we can create some efficiency in the government, and so that's how these USAID issues really play out. Because if we can find billions of dollars over here that's being wasted or spent in areas we don't want it, and we can turn around and pay for a tax cut, for not taxing Social Security?
Because it's going to cost us. There's a couple billion dollars a year that comes in on tax revenue by taxing Social Security. So if we say we're not going to tax it, we got to make up for that $200 billion. So how do we do it? Well, we're going to tariff a country that has an unequal trade balance with us. And we're also, and I love this was in his proposal, and I'm going to give a tax cut to U.S.
Because it's going to cost us. There's a couple billion dollars a year that comes in on tax revenue by taxing Social Security. So if we say we're not going to tax it, we got to make up for that $200 billion. So how do we do it? Well, we're going to tariff a country that has an unequal trade balance with us. And we're also, and I love this was in his proposal, and I'm going to give a tax cut to U.S.
made product. So yeah, you might go to Walmart and your favorite razor just doubled in price because it was made in China. But then the shave club, theirs just went down 20%. Well, maybe we start buying U.S. made, benefit those companies. And if the country out there wants to push their crap in our country and they won't take our goods, then we're going to tax it.
made product. So yeah, you might go to Walmart and your favorite razor just doubled in price because it was made in China. But then the shave club, theirs just went down 20%. Well, maybe we start buying U.S. made, benefit those companies. And if the country out there wants to push their crap in our country and they won't take our goods, then we're going to tax it.
And we're going to take that revenue and give it back to Main Street America. That's the plan. Now, whether you like Trump or not, and there's a lot of disinformation out there that our tariffs are bad. By the way, I was just in Davos at the World Economic Forum three weeks ago. We can talk about that. But the countries that are worried about this are the ones that are upside down with us.
And we're going to take that revenue and give it back to Main Street America. That's the plan. Now, whether you like Trump or not, and there's a lot of disinformation out there that our tariffs are bad. By the way, I was just in Davos at the World Economic Forum three weeks ago. We can talk about that. But the countries that are worried about this are the ones that are upside down with us.
Germany, they don't take our cars, but they're going to push their Mercedes and BMWs on us. And so we're like, what? okay, let's make this a little fair here. The countries that have an equal trade balance with us, they're not worried. They're like, that's cool. We're not on Trump's radar. And so, and we're going to use that revenue to help our economy. Anyway. That's how it's supposed to happen.
Germany, they don't take our cars, but they're going to push their Mercedes and BMWs on us. And so we're like, what? okay, let's make this a little fair here. The countries that have an equal trade balance with us, they're not worried. They're like, that's cool. We're not on Trump's radar. And so, and we're going to use that revenue to help our economy. Anyway. That's how it's supposed to happen.
We'll see how it goes.
We'll see how it goes.