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Victor Davis Hanson

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The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

Well, either it was a national security file. You're saying that Jake Sullivan was illegitimate because he was never confirmed by the U.S. Senate? Well, he's making money. Well, he's the richest. He came in worth $450 billion. Where is he making money? They ask him to bail out our astronauts that NASA can't save. And so I don't know where he's making money. He's losing money, actually.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

Well, either it was a national security file. You're saying that Jake Sullivan was illegitimate because he was never confirmed by the U.S. Senate? Well, he's making money. Well, he's the richest. He came in worth $450 billion. Where is he making money? They ask him to bail out our astronauts that NASA can't save. And so I don't know where he's making money. He's losing money, actually.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

By doing what he's doing, you have Tesla dealerships that are being vandalized. You have people who have Teslas that are having their cars vandalized. You've had left-wing huge boycott of Teslas. You've got the German government after him where there's a gigantic Tesla factory in Germany. He's taken a huge hit. The stock has fallen by 10% or 15%.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

By doing what he's doing, you have Tesla dealerships that are being vandalized. You have people who have Teslas that are having their cars vandalized. You've had left-wing huge boycott of Teslas. You've got the German government after him where there's a gigantic Tesla factory in Germany. He's taken a huge hit. The stock has fallen by 10% or 15%.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

By doing what he's doing, you have Tesla dealerships that are being vandalized. You have people who have Teslas that are having their cars vandalized. You've had left-wing huge boycott of Teslas. You've got the German government after him where there's a gigantic Tesla factory in Germany. He's taken a huge hit. The stock has fallen by 10% or 15%.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

He's lost money by doing what he's doing, just like he lost money with X. I don't know where he's going to keep making money because he probably lost $30 or $40 billion by opening up all of social media, by taking Twitter, which was a toxic player in the social media world, and opening it up with influence on other people to do the same.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

He's lost money by doing what he's doing, just like he lost money with X. I don't know where he's going to keep making money because he probably lost $30 or $40 billion by opening up all of social media, by taking Twitter, which was a toxic player in the social media world, and opening it up with influence on other people to do the same.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

He's lost money by doing what he's doing, just like he lost money with X. I don't know where he's going to keep making money because he probably lost $30 or $40 billion by opening up all of social media, by taking Twitter, which was a toxic player in the social media world, and opening it up with influence on other people to do the same.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

And he's losing money on... I think he's losing probably tens of billions of dollars in the stock price on Tesla. And I guess SpaceX is a private company, but... I don't get the impression that he is buying estates. He lives in very simple. He dresses very simple. He lives very simply. He doesn't splurge. He does things that the left should be on their knees praising him.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

And he's losing money on... I think he's losing probably tens of billions of dollars in the stock price on Tesla. And I guess SpaceX is a private company, but... I don't get the impression that he is buying estates. He lives in very simple. He dresses very simple. He lives very simply. He doesn't splurge. He does things that the left should be on their knees praising him.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

And he's losing money on... I think he's losing probably tens of billions of dollars in the stock price on Tesla. And I guess SpaceX is a private company, but... I don't get the impression that he is buying estates. He lives in very simple. He dresses very simple. He lives very simply. He doesn't splurge. He does things that the left should be on their knees praising him.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

He's provided Starlink service for the people who were burned out in Los Angeles free. He's provided it for the Ukrainians so that they have a chance to defend themselves from Russia. He has not provided it for Russia. He has not charged them. He was a big icon among the left until about a year ago.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

He's provided Starlink service for the people who were burned out in Los Angeles free. He's provided it for the Ukrainians so that they have a chance to defend themselves from Russia. He has not provided it for Russia. He has not charged them. He was a big icon among the left until about a year ago.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

He's provided Starlink service for the people who were burned out in Los Angeles free. He's provided it for the Ukrainians so that they have a chance to defend themselves from Russia. He has not provided it for Russia. He has not charged them. He was a big icon among the left until about a year ago.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

Well, they had a brief income tax for the Civil War just as a one-time stopgap. But the problem was that in the Constitution, I think it's Section 1, Article 2, it says that the federal government cannot have an excise, a blanket tax without apportionment, without apportionment.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

Well, they had a brief income tax for the Civil War just as a one-time stopgap. But the problem was that in the Constitution, I think it's Section 1, Article 2, it says that the federal government cannot have an excise, a blanket tax without apportionment, without apportionment.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

Well, they had a brief income tax for the Civil War just as a one-time stopgap. But the problem was that in the Constitution, I think it's Section 1, Article 2, it says that the federal government cannot have an excise, a blanket tax without apportionment, without apportionment.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

And that has been, that had been, I don't think the founders knew what they were doing on that particular, I don't know if they intended it, but what it was ruled in a famous, I It was ruled that it was literal. In other words, if you're the federal government and you want to tax the population, you can't just issue a tax on everybody as individuals. You have to apportion it by the states.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

And that has been, that had been, I don't think the founders knew what they were doing on that particular, I don't know if they intended it, but what it was ruled in a famous, I It was ruled that it was literal. In other words, if you're the federal government and you want to tax the population, you can't just issue a tax on everybody as individuals. You have to apportion it by the states.

The Victor Davis Hanson Show
History of Income Tax Amendment 16 and News of the Week

And that has been, that had been, I don't think the founders knew what they were doing on that particular, I don't know if they intended it, but what it was ruled in a famous, I It was ruled that it was literal. In other words, if you're the federal government and you want to tax the population, you can't just issue a tax on everybody as individuals. You have to apportion it by the states.