A lot of people have, in the situation that's going on right now is what they
say, we're in a banana republic.
I think that's an insult to Banana Republics across the country.
You just heard from a gentleman named Bo Hines who's running for
the House of Representatives in North Dakota and
he's having a little trouble keeping track of his Banana Republics.
And if you're wondering what I mean, let's take a look at the whole exchange here.
>> You get the Congress, is it gonna be real?
Are we actually gonna be willing to defund IRS FBI things of that nature?
Well, I mean, we have to, I mean, we're at a point in our country now,
we have a unregulated fourth branch of government that's targeting middle class
Americans on a daily basis.
I mean, it's unbelievable what we're seeing.
A lot of people have, in the situation that's going on right now is,
what they say, we're in a banana republic,
I think it's an insult to Banana Republics across the country.
I mean, at least the manager of banana republic,
unlike our president knows where he is and why he's there and what he's doing.
I mean, we have a president right now that doesn't know where he is,
doesn't know who he is or what time it is.
And he's attempting to run our country at the same time,
this fourth unregulated branch of government, which is the FBI,
the DOJ, targeting Americans every single day.
[LAUGH] When he said Banana Republics across the country, I was like,
how could what do you mean across the country?
And then he's like the good general manager, I'm like, now we're calling him
my god he thinks it's a store, my God, he thinks it's the store, holy cow.
>> No, but what I love is that, okay?
He doesn't know what Banana Republics are, which is bad by itself,
but as right wingers have been referring to this country as a banana republic,
Bo Hines is like wait, banana Republics are bad now.
Yeah, yeah, screw Banana Republic, I really don't like this
season sundresses for women, a little too much revealing not into,
like so you just go along with it, just go along with that.
So if your party has is waging a war randomly against Banana Republic
retail stores, you're like alright cool, I'm gonna go for it.
Those button down shirts a little too fitted for men, not in favor of that-
>> They know they celebrate ignorance man,
they really do- >> No,
know we have to watch the video again because I want you to focus on something
different the second time you watch it.
>> And guys remember, this guy is not a dentist, okay, he's not an accountant,
he's in politics, right?
Banana Republics are a very well known thing if you've studied politics for
one minute, let's watch.
>> No, no wait hold on I gotta tell him what to look at.
>> Okay.
>> Now as he's talking,
pay attention to the facial expression of the man sitting next to him as he makes it
clear he's talking about banana republic retail stores.
>> Let's watch, you get the congress, is it gonna be real?
Are we actually gonna be willing to defund IRS FBI things of that nature?
Well, I mean we have to, I mean we're at a point in our country now,
we have a unregulated fourth branch of government that's targeting middle class
Americans on a daily basis.
I mean, it's unbelievable, we're seeing a lot of people have like in the situation
that's going on right now is you know where they say,
we're in a Banana Republic.
I think that's an insult to Banana Republics across the country.
I mean at least the manager of banana republic,
unlike our president knows where he is and why he's there and what he's doing.
I mean, we have a president right now that doesn't know where he is,
doesn't know who he is or what time it is.
And he's attempting to run our country at the same time,
this fourth unregulated branch of government,
which is the FBI the, DOJ targeting Americans every single day.
>> Toward the end, that guy looks off at someone who's off camera and
like smiles because someone off camera is clearly making fun of Bo Hines.
Yeah, no that was great in the beginning when he had the big smile and
then he says, Republics across the country and he's like-
>> No, what did I do, what did I do?
>> And the insults of the general managers are terrible.
Okay, question for you, question for you, what do you do?
I don't know what the name of that guy is, right with the red tie.
What do you do if you're the guy with the red tie?
Do you interrupt him and correct him?
Do you just let it go?
>> No, look, sometimes awkward things will happen with allies, okay?
And what you have to do is you have to subtly correct them the next time they
pause, you don't have to interrupt and go, hey knucklehead, okay,
they're not talking about the stores.
They're talking about the countries run by third world dictators.
Although that's super unfair because we actually did coups in those countries on
half of the United fruit corporation.
But anyway, that's not they're not talking about gap.
They're not talking about banana republic idiot.
Okay, no, you just, next time he says, well of course, but also I'm sure they're
also referring to the Banana Republics in central America, blah, blah blah, right?
And you at least corrected for the record for the audience, right?
>> My God.
My God, what percentage of voters think that banana republic means
the retail store Republicans?
Like probably 60%, but but I don't blame, okay, look,
they're not political experts, this guy's running for office.
Okay, but six, I bet you if you did a poll, 60% of Republican voters
would think that when they were saying Banana Republic they meant the store.
>> And look, maybe it'd be fair to him, we should mention that Joe Biden was
photographed at a banana republic retail store letting the American
people know that they have the best deals in the world.
Jack, >> Well there you go.
So that's what he meant [CROSSTALK] >> Encouraging Banana Republics all across
the country.
>> Yeah, but that's a photoshopped image by the way, it's not real.
You have to clarify the republicans just in case now bo Heinz mix up is
hilarious but
we'd like to debunk some claims that were made in the context of that conversation.
So that was a funny compote.
But let's also talk about like the fearmongering that has emerged by
the GOP in regard to the I.
R. S.
Finally getting the resources it needs to you know do audits of incredibly
wealthy individuals who dodge their taxes because their overwhelming
focus has been on people who are not rich because it's easy to audit them.
It doesn't take as much resources right?
And so through the so
called inflation reduction act there was money allocated to beef up the I.
R. S. To focus on these you know high end tax Dodgers and
I do want to go to this next video because this is the fearmongering.
I'm talking about we're gonna debunk it in just a moment.
let's watch the regime made a bad miscalculation here on the heels
of passing legislation to fund this new gestapo at the I.
R. S.
The organization is going to be used in the same abusive corrupt manner
as the FBI and the doj have been used.
No.
First of all what she considers corrupt actions by the FBI and
Doj are not actually corrupt.
It's just that they're investigating trump's possible criminality and
she know like that.
But let's talk about why the I.
R. S. Is getting some funding.
So more than half of the agency's audits in 2021 were actually directed at
taxpayers with incomes less than $75,000 according to I.
R. S. Data rich people who file complex returns,
have access to accountants and lawyers who can fight the I.
R. S. Enforcement mechanisms or at least draw the process out over years as
trump would know by the way even when the I.
R. S. Is able to collect from those types of taxpayers.
It will have expended lots of resources in the process.
And republicans have actually done an excellent job over the last decade in D.
Funding the I.
R. S.
To protect their rich buddies.
So their rich buddies can get away with dodging taxes and then the I.
R. S. Focuses all its attention on individuals who make less than
$75,000 a year.
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen pledge that audit rates will not rise
relative to recent years For households making under $400,000.
So they're coming after you really you're all making about $400,000.
So right laura Ingraham was lying, you know why she was lying because the entire
Republican Party is formed to protect rich people and she's rich.
Yeah, she's incredibly rich.
So is everybody at Fox news.
And so what they're doing is like they're turning this into a banana Republican
targeting all of you guys with discount shirts that look she crisp when warned.
I mean they're targeting you guys and the I.
R. S. Is gonna come take your money.
No, they're not unless you're making over $400,000 and they can't take your money.
They're doing slightly more audits to make sure rich people aren't cheating on their
taxes because when they cheat on their taxes, that tax burden falls on all of us.
26, of the richest people in America paid an average
federal income tax rate of just 4.8% over six years, 2013 to 2018.
When the growth in their wealth is counted as income according to americans for
tax fairness using I.
R. S. Tax payment information recently released by propublica and
billionaire wealth growth data from Forbes,
do you guys understand you're if you're an ordinary american everything
that the GOP is trying to scare you with has already happened to you.
They just don't want to ever be held accountable for their criminality for
the fact that they're not paying their fair share in taxes.
How insane is it that someone making $40,000 a year is
paying a higher percentage of their income in federal taxes than
the wealthiest people in this country, and the republicans love it.
Meanwhile, they're trying to distract you with everything they can.
Bowen's later said, the democrats just want a king any king,
I heard they even want a burger king.