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Victor Davis Hanson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

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.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

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.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

In other words, there were W-2s sent to that agent who had got the check, deducted whatever the percentage was to me. And I had to hire my accountant, and he couldn't get through anybody. And finally, he tried to explain to them, you were counting as income Victor's individual speeches himself before he got an agent, as in past years.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

In other words, there were W-2s sent to that agent who had got the check, deducted whatever the percentage was to me. And I had to hire my accountant, and he couldn't get through anybody. And finally, he tried to explain to them, you were counting as income Victor's individual speeches himself before he got an agent, as in past years.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

In other words, there were W-2s sent to that agent who had got the check, deducted whatever the percentage was to me. And I had to hire my accountant, and he couldn't get through anybody. And finally, he tried to explain to them, you were counting as income Victor's individual speeches himself before he got an agent, as in past years.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And now you're counting also the income that he reported from the agent. So if he got $5,000, you're charging him for $10,000. And there was no discussion. They just said, you're going to pay a point and a half interest every month. And then after he finally got through, I get a form letter. Please disregard prior. You are no longer in error and there will be a refund for your interest.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And now you're counting also the income that he reported from the agent. So if he got $5,000, you're charging him for $10,000. And there was no discussion. They just said, you're going to pay a point and a half interest every month. And then after he finally got through, I get a form letter. Please disregard prior. You are no longer in error and there will be a refund for your interest.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And now you're counting also the income that he reported from the agent. So if he got $5,000, you're charging him for $10,000. And there was no discussion. They just said, you're going to pay a point and a half interest every month. And then after he finally got through, I get a form letter. Please disregard prior. You are no longer in error and there will be a refund for your interest.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And that's what they do. And then they say that they're professional and they're not worse. Yeah. So there's going to be two big things you have to be careful about. One is the Defense Department and one is the IRS and one is the. Social Security and Medicare, especially. They've got to go after people who have done things wrong and not just be punitive.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And that's what they do. And then they say that they're professional and they're not worse. Yeah. So there's going to be two big things you have to be careful about. One is the Defense Department and one is the IRS and one is the. Social Security and Medicare, especially. They've got to go after people who have done things wrong and not just be punitive.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And that's what they do. And then they say that they're professional and they're not worse. Yeah. So there's going to be two big things you have to be careful about. One is the Defense Department and one is the IRS and one is the. Social Security and Medicare, especially. They've got to go after people who have done things wrong and not just be punitive.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And they have to explain it, explain it, explain it, explain it. I think the press secretary, she's doing a very good job. My only suggestion to her would be. At certain times, I would throw back the question to these hostile reporters. What is the alternative? What is the alternative? We're running $2 trillion debts. Where do you want to see the...

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And they have to explain it, explain it, explain it, explain it. I think the press secretary, she's doing a very good job. My only suggestion to her would be. At certain times, I would throw back the question to these hostile reporters. What is the alternative? What is the alternative? We're running $2 trillion debts. Where do you want to see the...

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

And they have to explain it, explain it, explain it, explain it. I think the press secretary, she's doing a very good job. My only suggestion to her would be. At certain times, I would throw back the question to these hostile reporters. What is the alternative? What is the alternative? We're running $2 trillion debts. Where do you want to see the...

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

We're already paying 38% income tax, and in many states it's 12 or 13, it's 50%. We've already said you cannot write off the SALT tax more than $10,000 a year. What do you want to do, all of you? Because you always say you want to cut waste and fraud, but you never do.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

We're already paying 38% income tax, and in many states it's 12 or 13, it's 50%. We've already said you cannot write off the SALT tax more than $10,000 a year. What do you want to do, all of you? Because you always say you want to cut waste and fraud, but you never do.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

We're already paying 38% income tax, and in many states it's 12 or 13, it's 50%. We've already said you cannot write off the SALT tax more than $10,000 a year. What do you want to do, all of you? Because you always say you want to cut waste and fraud, but you never do.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

So tell me exactly what you want to do other than just raise taxes to 60 or 70 percent of a person's income and destroy the economy. She needs to do that.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

So tell me exactly what you want to do other than just raise taxes to 60 or 70 percent of a person's income and destroy the economy. She needs to do that.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
A Swing and a Hit: DOGE and Diplomacy

So tell me exactly what you want to do other than just raise taxes to 60 or 70 percent of a person's income and destroy the economy. She needs to do that.