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WELL, YOU WONDERED WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS GOING TO DO, THE IRS WAS GOING TO DO WITH $80 BILLION TO HIRE 87,000 MORE AGENTS. WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO WORK ON THE PHONES AND MAYBE ANSWER THE PHONE IF YOU TRIED TO CALL IN FOR HELP SINCE MOST PHONE CALLS DON'T GET ANSWERED AT ANY USEFUL WAY. POINT OF FACT, WE FOUND SOME RATHER DISTURBING THINGS. THESE

ARE ALL FROM PRESS REPORTS SO THIS IS TIP OF THE ICEBERG. WHERE IRS AGENTS ARE SHOWING UP AT PEOPLE'S HOUSES. YOU MENTIONED THE REPORTER WHO THEY SHOWED UP AT HIS HOUSE WHEN HE WAS TESTIFYING, JUST TO SORT OF DROP BY AND SAY WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT SOME 4-YEAR-OLD TAX ISSUE WHICH BY THE WAY THEY OWED HIM MONEY BACK, NOT

THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THIS KIND OF INTIMIDATION IS SHOWING UP OTHER PLACES. MONTANA, THEY WENT IN AND GRABBED A GUN STORE'S INFORMATION NOT ON MONEY, NOT ON TAXES, BUT WHO BOUGHT A GUN. THEY WERE GETTING LIST OF -- THE IRS WAS STEALING FROM THE PROPRIETORS LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO OWNED GUNS UNDER THE GUISE OF WE'RE THE IRS. THE IRS DOESN'T NEED THAT INFORMATION. THEY MIGHT HAVE

QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE MAKING AND THAT SORT OF THING. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. IN OHIO, THEY LIED, A GUY SHOWED UP AND LIED TO THEM ABOUT WHAT HIS NAME WAS, WHAT HE WAS DOING, AND WHEN CHALLENGED HE SAID I'M WITH THE IRS, I CAN COME INTO ANYBODY'S HOUSE AT ANY TIME I WANT. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING THESE PEOPLE AT THE IRS AND THEY'RE ACTING

THAT WAY. MARIA: WOW. WELL THIS IS INCREDIBLY TROUBLING, MOST TROUBLING WAS THE MATT TAIBBI VISIT BECAUSE HE WAS TESTIFYING ABOUT GOVERNMENT ABUSE AND HE HAD ALL OF THE FACTS FROM THE TWITTER FILES THAT SHOWED THAT YOU HAD 1,000 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN GOVERNMENT WORKING WITH TWITTER TO AMPLIFY LIES AND SUPPRESS TRUTH. THIS INTIMIDATION IS FOR WHAT? >> THEY DID EVERYTHING OTHER THAN LEAVE A HORSE'S

HEAD IN THE GUY'S BED. MARIA: WOW. >> WHEN THEY WENT OUT. HE'S TESTIFYING. AS HE'S TESTIFYING, THEY DO THIS. THE IRS IN ORDER TO COVER FOR FBI MISDEEDS, THE FBI CENSORING TWITTER AND SO ON, THEY WENT OUT AND STARTED AN INVESTIGATION AGAINST TAIBBI ON CHRISTMAS EVE. MARIA: RIGHT. >> A SATURDAY AT THE IRS. WHO IS AT THE IRS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO

DO SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO SEE, THEY JUST -- THAT A WAS BY THE WAY THE DAY THAT ONE OF HIS REPORTS CAME OUT, EXPOSING FBI ABUSES. MARIA: UNBELIEVABLE. >> THE IRS JUMPS IN AND SAYS WE'LL HANDLE THIS. THESE ARE -- THE TREASURY -- YEAH -- MARIA: THE BULK OF THE MONEY THAT JOE BIDEN WANTS TO BULK UP THE IRS IS STILL IN PLACE.

IT WAS WRITTEN INTO LAW IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WHICH DOESN'T ATTEMPT TO CUT DOWN INFLATION. BUT I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THE SUPREME COURT TAKING UP THIS CASE THAT COULD BLOCK DEMOCRATS' PLANS FOR A WEALTH TAX, GROVER. WALK US THROUGH THIS WEALTH TAX. WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT? >> YEAH. THE CONSTITUTION IS VERY CLEAR

ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWED TO TAX AND NOT TAX. THE STATES THAT CREATED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN INCOME TAX, THEY HAD TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE THEY HAD NO RIGHT WITHOUT THE 16th AMENDMENT TO DO THAT. NOW THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO HAVE A WEALTH TAX, LIKE A PROPERTY

TAX ON YOUR HOUSE AND SAY NOT TAXING INCOME WHICH IS CONSTITUTIONAL, WE PANNED AMENDMENT TO THAT EFFECT, BUT A WEALTH TAX OF WE SEE YOU OWN SOMETHING OVER HERE, WE WANT A PIECE OF IT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO COME UP AND I THINK THE CASE WILL DECIDES THAT THEY CAN'T DO THAT WHICH IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO STEP FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S CLEARLY NOT

PART OF THE CONSTITUTION TO HAVE A PROPERTY TAX OR WEALTH TAX ON MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, MONEY IN YOUR IRA, MONEY COMPANIES EARN OVERSEAS THAT HASN'T BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ANYBODY. MARIA: ADAM JOHNSON IS WITH US THIS MORNING. EVEN IF YOU OWN A STOCK AND YOU HOLD THAT STOCK AND IT'S UP. >> RIGHT. MARIA: YOU'RE GETTING TAXED FOR THAT WEALTH. AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET ANY

MONEY. YOU DIDN'T SELL IT. >> IT'S MIND BOGGLING THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD BE SO ARROGANT THAT IT CAN TAX YOUR PROPERTY THAT YOU ALREADY BOUGHT, FREE AND CLEAR, WITH MONEY AFTER TAX. GLOVER, I MEAN, IT'S -- GROVER, I MEAN IT'S ALMOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE. WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM, THIS NOTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TAX OUR PROPERTY? WHERE'S THIS COMING FROM, GROVER? >>

A DEEP DESIRE TO HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND. THE SPENDING LEVELS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS THAT HE HAD FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE SPENT SO WILDLY AND COMMITTED THE COUNTRY TAXPAYERS TO ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE NO WAY TO RAISE THE MONEY, PARTICULARLY SINCE THEY'VE ALREADY -- THEY'RE ALREADY THREATENING, BIDEN, TO TAKE THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX

OF THE UNITED STATES HIGHER THAN CHINA'S, TO TAKE OUR CAPITAL GAINS TAX TWICE AS HIGH AS CHINA'S. THEY'RE DOING DESPERATE THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO DAMAGE OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD. YOU WONDER WHY WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CHINA. WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT TRYING TO TREAT CAPITAL GAINS IN THE UNITED STATES TWICE AS POORLY AS COMMUNIST CHINA DOES. MARIA: WOW. >> AND THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX

HIGHER THAN COMMUNIST CHINA. THEY HAVE TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. MARIA: YEAH. >> THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PENNIES, CHANGE IN THE SOFA. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A NEW TAX. LUCKILY, THIS ONE'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL. MARIA: SPEAKER McCARTHY SAID THROUGHOUT HIS NEGOTIATION WAS THE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT KEPT PUSHING HE WANTS TO RAISE TAXES, HE WANTS TO RAISE REVENUE, NOT BY CUTTING SPENDING, NEW REVENUE VIA TAXES, GROVER. WHAT IS

THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT? WHAT DOES THE YEAR AHEAD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF TAXES? >> WELL, SPEAKER McCARTHY DURING THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DEBT CEILING PUT TWO LINES IF THE SAND. ONE WAS, NO TAX INCREASE, NO TAX INCREASE, NO TAX INCREASE, PERIOD. ALMOST ALL THE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAVE SIGNED THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE, PROMISING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY WILL NEVER VOTE FOR

A NET TAX INCREASE. NO TAX INCREASE WHAT EVERY. THE OTHER THING -- WHATSOEVER. THE OTHER THING SPEAKER McCARTHY SAID, WE'VE GOT TO BRING SPENDING DOWN. WE GOT A LITTLE ON SPENDING BUT WE ALSO STOPPED ANY TAX HIKE WHICH IS WHAT BIDEN WANTS TO DO. HE'S NOT -- HE HAS PUT FORWARD NO SPENDING RESTRAINT, JUST TAX HIKES AND THE ANSWER TO HIS TAX HIKES HIS GOING TO

BE NO AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG FIGHT ABOUT BIDEN'S SPENDING APPETITE. MARIA: WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT. THANKS V