I had some time in between meetings to attend a little bit of the House Ways and Means committee hearing with secretary of treasury, Janet Yellen. It was glorious from what I saw specifically from Beth Van Duyne

I tell Beth, she is Beth Dutton!!

I'm trying to encourage Beth to consider governor or the Senate!

I have seen her do multiple interviews on Fox, and she greatly impresses every time. I hope her political career is lengthy and successful.

sharpdressedman said:

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I have seen her do multiple interviews on Fox, and she greatly impresses every time. I hope her political career is lengthy and successful.

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Oh it will be, and she was mayor of Irving She ripped the Islamist in Irving, who tried to create sharia law in her city. She didn't take any form of BS.

I'm pretty confident that she does not want to remain in Congress forever. I think she would win governor easily. She's a Darkhorse VP candidate not in 2024, but in the near future.

Lordy

It's like we conservatives are just growing these women on trees these days.

LegalDrugPusher said:

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I'm trying to encourage Beth to consider governor or the Senate!

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Me too.

I'm on her side but she slipped a few times. For instance she kept going between "More than $400k" and "Less than $400k" when she meant "less". Also she brought up gas taxes saying people were paying more when technically gas taxes are the same per gallon. She didn't let Yellen speak really either so it was just her making a speech for the most part with a few errors.

As I said I'm on her side but she would get have trouble in a fair fight if she makes those kinds of errors and the media isn't going to give her that so she needs to tighten it up to progress.

aggie93 said:

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I'm on her side but she slipped a few times. For instance she kept going between "More than $400k" and "Less than $400k" when she meant "less". Also she brought up gas taxes saying people were paying more when technically gas taxes are the same per gallon. She didn't let Yellen speak really either so it was just her making a speech for the most part with a few errors.

As I said I'm on her side but she would get have trouble in a fair fight if she makes those kinds of errors and the media isn't going to give her that so she needs to tighten it up to progress.

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I agree with you, but when Yellen talked, she wasn't answering but spouting typical leftist propaganda. Yellen has no idea what she's doing. She's there to play a role. There was a clear difference in IQ points in that exchange.

However, you're right: BVD needs to clean that up and not worry about going so fast but getting things correct.

They were arguing past each other. It's hard to say she smoked her when they were never on the same page.

She should have said:
Biden's plan may not directly tax those making <$400K, but it will cost them more in good and services that others have passed on to them. Combined with state and local taxes based on inflated prices that are outpacing earnings, and this will smother the American taxpayer and kill the economy.

Bet her husband has zero input on household budget, and that is ok.

aggie93 said:

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I'm on her side but she slipped a few times. For instance she kept going between "More than $400k" and "Less than $400k" when she meant "less". Also she brought up gas taxes saying people were paying more when technically gas taxes are the same per gallon. She didn't let Yellen speak really either so it was just her making a speech for the most part with a few errors.

As I said I'm on her side but she would get have trouble in a fair fight if she makes those kinds of errors and the media isn't going to give her that so she needs to tighten it up to progress.

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"For instance she kept going between "More than $400k" and "Less than $400k" when she meant "less". "

I will have to listen again, but I believe she was referring to the administration's stance that people making more than $400,00/yr weren't paying their fair share and that the administration needs to increase only their taxes, when in fact due to economic policies they are indeed paying higher taxes.

Your gasoline reference is correct, federal taxes I believe haven't gone up.
I stand corrected, she apparently did misstate the more when she meant less.

The overall value of gas taxes are higher today than when Biden took office because the gas prices per gallon have increased substantially.

Rick Roberts' Show on WBAP 820 has Beth on from time-to-time... always a good interview/listen!

No, federal gasoline tax is a fixed 18 cpg. Whatever you're paying at the pump, 18 cents for every gallon is going to Uncle Sam.