Hi everybody, Dennis Prager here. Welcome to my house for this week's

literal fire side chat.

Oh, you want me to tell you to turn the music on?

Haha, you're right.

This was a suggestion from one of our butlers who said that we should begin with

my favorite thing, classical music.

Listen, is that gorgeous?

That's Vivaldi. He was an Italian priest.

That's right. And he wrote a concerto at least one every week because he worked in a

girl's orphanage. So if a new girl came in and she played a cello, he would write a concerto

for another cello. But this is for two trumpets. He's great. His most famous piece is

the four seasons. If you don't know any classical music, you are depriving yourself of one of

the great gifts in life. Anyway, that's not my subject, but I just thought I would talk about

that. Incidentally, it's such a passion of mine. I will be conducting the Santa Monica Symphony

Orchestra at Walt Disney Hall, the most the most the newest and one of most prestigious halls in

America. And I only say because it's such an honor for me. And that'll be this summer. So if

you're curious, I will announce the date. It's going to be quite an evening because I'm going to

also use the orchestra after conducting a piece to teach what orchestras do. It'll it'll be a

lot of fun. Anyway, welcome to the welcome to my home as I enjoy my cigar with you. And I think I

should turn my own phone off now that I think of it. You know, I mean, it is pretty informal here,

but nevertheless, you don't have to hear my phone ring. So I'm going to talk to you today a little

bit and then take your questions about taxes. And I have two points to make. One is about the notion

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