Victor Davis Hanson
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bottled water and then he he saw that it was a multi-billion dollar boondoggle and when he saw that he was out and so they were the ones that were politicizing him i don't know if he's guilty or not of taking turkish money in exchange for quid pro quo favors but i do know that the biden administration would have not indicted him for that had he not fallen out of favor
So when Trump, the media blares that he is removing DOJ attorneys or inspector generals, he's looking at people who have had a history of partisan and selective indictments. On the Social Security and Medicare, this is not like USA. This is very delicate. That is a third rail. So they have to make the argument that And we don't know if a person is 100 or 120 and he's still in the system.
So when Trump, the media blares that he is removing DOJ attorneys or inspector generals, he's looking at people who have had a history of partisan and selective indictments. On the Social Security and Medicare, this is not like USA. This is very delicate. That is a third rail. So they have to make the argument that And we don't know if a person is 100 or 120 and he's still in the system.
So when Trump, the media blares that he is removing DOJ attorneys or inspector generals, he's looking at people who have had a history of partisan and selective indictments. On the Social Security and Medicare, this is not like USA. This is very delicate. That is a third rail. So they have to make the argument that And we don't know if a person is 100 or 120 and he's still in the system.
We're not sure whether he's actually getting money or not or he's getting information. So they have to be very careful. But they have to get the information out to the public that they're not trying to cut. Social Security benefits, but they're trying to save them by tightening up requirements that have been abused.
We're not sure whether he's actually getting money or not or he's getting information. So they have to be very careful. But they have to get the information out to the public that they're not trying to cut. Social Security benefits, but they're trying to save them by tightening up requirements that have been abused.
We're not sure whether he's actually getting money or not or he's getting information. So they have to be very careful. But they have to get the information out to the public that they're not trying to cut. Social Security benefits, but they're trying to save them by tightening up requirements that have been abused.
One of the ones is that, and we see it in our local area, that people say that their children are dyslexic and they have trouble reading. And then suddenly, even they're eligible for full Social Security disability payments. And that's been, if you look at the numbers of minors or minors young adults that haven't been, I mean, they don't have serious disabilities and yet they're getting them.
One of the ones is that, and we see it in our local area, that people say that their children are dyslexic and they have trouble reading. And then suddenly, even they're eligible for full Social Security disability payments. And that's been, if you look at the numbers of minors or minors young adults that haven't been, I mean, they don't have serious disabilities and yet they're getting them.
One of the ones is that, and we see it in our local area, that people say that their children are dyslexic and they have trouble reading. And then suddenly, even they're eligible for full Social Security disability payments. And that's been, if you look at the numbers of minors or minors young adults that haven't been, I mean, they don't have serious disabilities and yet they're getting them.
They have to be very careful how they explain that to the public. There's going to be, and the IRS, they have to be very careful. They have to go after people in the IRS, like the lowest learner types that have a history of selectively auditing. Why was Pete Hexeth audited just days before he was nominated?
They have to be very careful how they explain that to the public. There's going to be, and the IRS, they have to be very careful. They have to go after people in the IRS, like the lowest learner types that have a history of selectively auditing. Why was Pete Hexeth audited just days before he was nominated?
They have to be very careful how they explain that to the public. There's going to be, and the IRS, they have to be very careful. They have to go after people in the IRS, like the lowest learner types that have a history of selectively auditing. Why was Pete Hexeth audited just days before he was nominated?
It reminds me of I talked to some prominent conservatives once on a forum, and I asked if anybody had been audited. And they all raised their hand. This was during the Obama years. And I think I mentioned that. I had been reporting speaking religiously. In fact, I think my actual tax rate's been between 55% and 60%. I live in California. 13% is the top.
It reminds me of I talked to some prominent conservatives once on a forum, and I asked if anybody had been audited. And they all raised their hand. This was during the Obama years. And I think I mentioned that. I had been reporting speaking religiously. In fact, I think my actual tax rate's been between 55% and 60%. I live in California. 13% is the top.
It reminds me of I talked to some prominent conservatives once on a forum, and I asked if anybody had been audited. And they all raised their hand. This was during the Obama years. And I think I mentioned that. I had been reporting speaking religiously. In fact, I think my actual tax rate's been between 55% and 60%. I live in California. 13% is the top.
With payroll taxes, Obamacare taxes, California and federal income tax, I was paying 60%. I did not write off anything. I didn't write off my office, my car, anything. I was so paranoid that they would go after conservatives. But I asked all these people and they had all been audited.
With payroll taxes, Obamacare taxes, California and federal income tax, I was paying 60%. I did not write off anything. I didn't write off my office, my car, anything. I was so paranoid that they would go after conservatives. But I asked all these people and they had all been audited.
With payroll taxes, Obamacare taxes, California and federal income tax, I was paying 60%. I did not write off anything. I didn't write off my office, my car, anything. I was so paranoid that they would go after conservatives. But I asked all these people and they had all been audited.
And then all of a sudden, I don't know, about six months later, I got a letter from the IRS that you have inadequately reported your speaking. income, which wasn't a lot, but I had been religiously reporting it. But I had been reporting it under a agent who gave me a W-2 for all of them put together.