SEEN FUNDING FOR THE IRS BEING CUT.
IN THE FUTURE BASED ON
THINGS WE'VE HEARD TRUMP SAY WE KNOW WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE EVEN
MORE.
THOSE CUTS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
WE HAVE ALREADY
SEEN THOSE CONSEQUENCES.
IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME EXTREMELY
INFLUENTIAL AMERICANS LOVE THAT.
FIRST I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
FUNDING FOR THE IRS.
IT IS NOT THAT MUCH MONEY WHEN YOU COMPARE
IT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET.
WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT IT IS ONE
OF THE FEW AREAS OF GOVERNMENT
THAT BRINGS IN MONEY, THE IDEA THAT YOU SHOULD CUT IT TO SAVE
MONEY BECOMES RIDICULOUS.
YOU SEE IT AS BEING INCHED DOWN.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO DO FAR MORE, THERE ARE MORE TAX RETURNS BEING
FILED.
FEWER PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK, MORE WORK NEEDING TO BE
DONE.
SHOULD WE BE SURPRISED THAT YOU END UP WITH A CHART
LIKE THIS NEXT ONE?
OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 10 YEARS TO
SEE THE OVERALL LEVEL OF
ENFORCEMENT, CORPORATE AUDITS, AND AUDITS FOR THE RICH GOING
DOWN.
LET'S PUT THIS IN CONCRETE TERMS.
NUMBERS FOR INDIVIDUALS
ALSO FELL.
NUMBER ONE, THIS IS NOT AN
ACCIDENT IT IS ON PURPOSE.
NUMBER TWO, THERE ARE FRUSTRATING EXAMPLES OF
DEMOCRATS WHO ALSO HELP THEIR
DONORS.
LOOK AT WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES ON A
MASSIVE SCALE.
WHY DOES ALL THOSE CHARTS ON AUDITS AND
ENFORCEMENT DIP IN 2011?
BECAUSE REPUBLICANS WANT LANDSLIDE
ELECTION RESULTS.
THE 2011 CONGRESS IS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS AND THEY SAID THAT IS
IT WE ARE NOT FUNDING THE IRS ANYMORE.
OUR RICH DONORS ARE
GOING TO HAVE A BONANZA AND CAN
CHEAT ON THEIR TAXES.
AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL IT IS NOW DOWN
TO .7% OF PEOPLE BEING AUDITED.
IF YOU ARE DAVID KOCH WHO THINKS
HAS A 99% CHANCE HE IS NOT GOING TO GET AUDITED, HE HAS OVER $40
BILLION.
EVEN IF HE MESSES UP HIS TAXES A LITTLE BIT HE IS
GOING TO SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS AND VERY LIKELY HE HAS A 99% CHANCE OF GETTING AWAY
WITH IT.
THANK YOU REPUBLICAN CONGRESS THAT I JUST BOUGHT.
YOU GAVE ME A GREAT RATE OF RETURN ON MY INVESTMENT.
FREE MONEY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CORPORATION SIDE, THEIR CHANCE
IS UNDER 10%.
IF YOU START TO DO MATH ON THAT, YOU ALMOST HAVE TO
BREAK THE LAW.
REMEMBER THEY NEVER GO TO JAIL, THERE IS NO
ACTUAL CONSEQUENCES TO ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO THIS.
IN
FACT THEY GET BIGGER AND BIGGER BONUSES THAT YEAR IF THE COMPANY
MAKES MORE MONEY.
IF YOU THINK I ONLY HAVE A 10% CHANCE OF
GETTING AUDITED.
EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT A MISTAKE AND THEY ACTUALLY BREAK THE LAW.
LIKE IF YOU LAUNDER MONEY AS A BANK, IT IS A TINY PENALTY YOU
CAN JUST FACTOR INTO THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
IF YOU ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT MAXIMIZING PROFITS, NOW WE HAVE
INCENTIVIZED THEM TO MAKE SURE
THEY DON'T PAY THEIR TAXES BECAUSE THEY WILL VERY LIKELY
GET AWAY WITH IT.
EVEN IF THEY GET CAUGHT, IT IS STILL A GREAT
BUSINESS ON THEIR PART TO CHEAT
ON TAXES.
IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
CORPORATIONS ARE THE ONES THAT
FUNDED POLITICIANS.
USING CORRUPTED THEM?
IT IS RIGHT HERE
IN THE NUMBERS.
PEOPLE GETTING RICH OFF OF THEIR CORRUPTIONS
ARE THE ONES WHO PAID THEM TO BE
CORRUPT.
THAT LEADS US TO DONALD TRUMP.
WHAT IS HE SAYING THE
DEBATES?
HE SAID I BOUGHT ALL
THESE GUYS BEFORE.
THAT APPEALED TO THE RIGHT-WING VOTERS, THEY
WERE LIKE AT LEAST HE IS BEING HONEST ABOUT IT.
HE AVOIDED
TAXES 18 STRAIGHT YEARS.
WE THINK THAT WAS LEGAL, BUT WE
DON'T KNOW BECAUSE HE NEVER
SHOWS US HIS TAX RETURNS.
A GUY WHO FOR TWO DECADES FOUND A WAY
TO AVOID TAXES, OF COURSE HE DOESN'T BELIEVE THE RICH SHOULD
PAY TAXES, HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN IT.
SO HE IS GOING TO CUT, CUT,
CUT.
BY THE WAY IT DESTROYS THE DEFICIT.
EVERY DOLLAR SPENT INTO
THE IRS BRINGS YOU MANY BACK.
IT IS THE ONE PART OF GOVERNMENT
WHERE YOU SPEND MONEY AND THE
GOVERNMENT THAT'S MORE, NOT LESS MONEY.
BY CUTTING THE IRS THEY
ARE NOT SAVING MONEY, THAT IS A PROVABLE LIE.
THEY ARE SAVING THE RICH MONEY.
YES, AND THEIR DONORS MONEY, AND THEY ARE COSTING ALL THE
REST OF US THAT MONEY.
THEN THEY TELL US THAT EDUCATION FOR YOUR
KIDS IS NOT PRACTICAL AND CAN BE DONE.
458 BILLIONS IN TAXES NOT
PAID BY THE RICH.
75 BILLION FOR YOUR KIDS?
HELL NO.
THEY ARE
MAKING CHOICES, AND THE CHOICES
FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THEY LOVE THE RICH.
THE FACT THAT
THAT IS NOT IN EVERYONE'S HEAD IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
THE ONLY
REASON IT IS NOT IS BECAUSE TELEVISION SUCKS.
FOR DECADES
NOW TELEVISION HAS REFUSED TO
CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
LOOK AT WHERE WE STOPPED GETTING REVENUE
FROM THOSE GUYS?
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND ARE PAYING 10%
OF TAXES PAID.
THAT 10% IS GOING TO SEEM LIKE SOME SORT OF SOCIALIST
FANTASY IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE RICH ARE WHO FINANCE THEIR ELECTIONS AND WHO PUT THEM
INTO POWER IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
ABSOLUTELY CLEAR AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL TOTALLY HOPELESS.
THEY WILL NEVER SERVE YOU.
IF YOU THINK THEY ARE SERVING YOU
YOU HAVE BEEN HAD.
THEY ARE TAKING FROM YOUR WALLET AND
GIVING IT TO THE RICH DONORS.
THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T
UNDERSTAND THAT NOW IS ñ OR IF SOMEBODY TOLD YOU, AND YOU ARE A
SUCKER