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Let's kick off 2026 with Fox Business Taylor Riggs talking about what's going on in the economy.

And what in the heck is going on in Minnesota?

Are you not livid?

I am outraged.

I texted my dad last night, and I'm not advocating this because this is illegal. But I texted my dad jokingly, and I said, I'm going to not pay taxes next year until these people get it together. This is theft. I am working my butt off to pay taxes. Half my paycheck goes to the government, and they are spending it, giving it out to fraud in Minnesota. What if all 200, 300 million of us just decided we're not going to pay taxes until you get your act together.

Now, I can't do that. It is illegal. I'm going to pay my taxes. This is a joke. But people are

outraged. This is totally unacceptable. Yeah. How deep does this go about? There's not a brand for the day.

Well, no, I don't blame you because we've been talking about it throughout the morning. And it's a big deal. I love the fact that Trump is going to cut the funding for $ day. Well, no, I don't blame you because we've been talking about it throughout the morning and it's a big deal. I love the fact that Trump is going to cut the funding for

Minnesota upwards of $185 million a year until this gets straightened out. And we know it doesn't

end at Minnesota. I love that he's doing this. It's like Elon Musk tweeted. He's like,

I've been warning about this since last February when I started Doge.

They have the receipts. This is why the American people voted for Doge. I voted for a lot of things,

and primarily last election, as we've talked about, was a pocketbook issue. But I voted to cut the crap,

cut the spending, cut the fraud, waste,

and abuse. And this is exactly why people are so furious. And I think there's so many people out

there, I'd be willing to pay, you know, the taxes that I paid if I knew that it were going

to a really good cause. But it's not. The majority of what we

pay in taxes is going to fraud and waste and abuse. And I think people are really, really sick of it.

I want to give the local newspapers on the ground in Minnesota huge credit for doing local reporting on this.

I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. I know here at Fox Business, we've been looking at,

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