Ep. 140 - Republicans Invented The Income Tax
The Michael Knowles Show
The Michael Knowles Show
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🗓️ 17 April 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds? |
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| 0:18.0 | One train journey at a time can help create a greener future. |
| 0:24.0 | So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener. |
| 0:30.0 | I've been drinking since six in the morning. That could describe most days, but it's especially true of today because today is tax day. |
| 0:38.0 | Today is one of the worst days in America. It's also known as the Fourth of July for Democrats, but for Americans who work and hold a job, it's a very terrible day. |
| 0:48.0 | President Trump acknowledged this in an op-ed. He wrote, Tuesday is a day, hard-working Americans may dread more than any other. Tax day. |
| 0:58.0 | But that's not really why I've been drinking. That's not why I'm so upset. I hate shelling out my money to the federal government, but the great shame of tax day. |
| 1:05.0 | I don't even know if I can say it. Republicans gave us the income tax. I know. It pains me as much as it pains you. It's really awful. |
| 1:14.0 | We will go through the history of that. We will analyze why and how it was actually Republicans twice who gave us the income tax. |
| 1:21.0 | Then, speaking of the government taking all of our hard earned money, whatever happened to libertarianism, whatever happened to the libertarian moment that we were all promised, we will talk with libertarian broadcaster, extraordinary former marine and foreign currency trader, Jason Stapleton of the Jason Stapleton program, and explain what happened and why the federal government is so big and bloated and stealing all of our money. |
| 1:43.0 | I'm Michael Knowles, and this is the Michael Knowles show. |
| 1:53.0 | How do you like the new digs? This is kind of a plus for tax day. I am in Mobile, Alabama. I'm going to be speaking tonight at the Alabama Policy Institute. |
| 2:01.0 | This is really good for tax day. It's like a safe space for conservatives. I just shelled that a bunch of money to the federal government, a bunch of blank book money to the federal government, very frustrating, and the Trump tax cuts haven't cut kicked in yet. |
| 2:15.0 | It was more money than I wish we could have done. I guess it's not so bad because I didn't do anything to make it. Nevertheless, I'll be in a safe space tonight with conservatives. |
| 2:24.0 | We can lament together if you happen to be in Mobile, Alabama, come on by the Alabama Policy Institute, and we will be discussing conservatism yesterday, today, and in the future. |
| 2:35.0 | And then I will be at Trump University on Thursday in Philadelphia, so here in the neighborhood, come on by, that speech will be on the topic, reasons to vote for Trump. |
| 2:45.0 | It should be very good, especially since it looks like he's brought peace to the Korean Peninsula. That's also in the news. Maybe if we have a little time at the end of today, we'll be able to get to that. |
| 2:54.0 | After 70 years, Donald Trump President Kofefe is finally the guy to bring peace to Korea. Not Eisenhower, not Kennedy, not Reagan, not just Donald J Trump. That is a beautiful thing. |
| 3:09.0 | So it is tax day to celebrate tax day and also to give me an opportunity to just keep drinking. We will discuss whatever happened to libertarianism. |
| 3:20.0 | You know, in 2016, everybody in the media, they told us this is the libertarian moment. And conservatives talk a good game on this. They say, this is the libertarian moment. We're going to just, we want small government and no spending and to keep to ourselves and put America first. |
| 3:35.0 | Rand Paul was supposed to be the great candidate. Of course, he was practically the first one out. We will discuss with Jason Stapleton. I spoke with him last week. Here he is. Jason, thank you for being here. |
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