one mistake and people's social security benefits could freeze. disability payments, aid to veterans, loans to small businesses, they could all be endangered. the treasury department is already using extraordinary measures to ensure we do not default on the debt. if doge's careless meddling caused us to default, it could trigger a worldwide financial crisis. this all begs an obvious question. what does doge really want with this data? what possible reason is there to give right-wing extremists people's social security payments, medicare payments, and personal information? will doge try to halt social security or medicare or medicaid payments? god forbid, god forbid. will doge cut funding to programs approved by congress that donald trump decides he doesn't like? what about cancer research, food banks, school lunches, veterans aid, literacy programs, small business loans? how do we know doge won't use its access to the treasury to enrich donald trump's billionaire friends? what if they go after business competition of doge's leadership? it is laugh

musk has plans for social security and medicare. they have been charged with cutting $2 trillion out of the budget. the three largest items in the federal budget are social security, medicare, and defense. where is mr. musk going with this, and why does he need the data and information on every american citizen? and more than 70 million social security recipients. i hope, mr. speaker, that you're mentioning this to your constituents in your district. you have over 115,000 people who get pensions from social security. 88,000 retirees. 10,000-plus disabled workers. most of them veterans. 5486 widows. 2,509 spouses. 8 children. you know what, mr. speaker, what most members don't realize, this is the number one economic development plan for every sing isle congressional district. single congressional district. why? every district on average gets $2 million a month from social security. because it goes directly to those constituents of yours, mr. speaker, that i just named. and where do they spend that money, mr. speaker? right back in y

and put elon musk in charge of going to the records of social security to eliminate people from social security and what that's can do is there going to eliminate people from social security and in the past we could call the federal government and get help, there will no longer be any help. so though go through with trumps and the billionaires forcing them down our throats and there will be no more recourse. benefits social security will start and then they will go on to v.a. and medicare cuts and there will no longer be any recourse in the billionaires are in charge. he is taking control of the fbi and federal law enforcement agencies -- they are no longer in place. the only thing that stands in his way now is the military and he's got pete in there. so it's either fascism or fight. host: puts out a lot of scenarios. the fbi we saw a lot of removal within. does that fall within the president's power because it's not an outside board? you would know more than i. we're just a power fall on that front? guest: the new stories about the fbi often make it sound like an independent agency an

and put elon musk in charge of going to the records of social security to eliminate people from social security and what that's can do is there going to eliminate people from social security and in the past we could call the federal government and get help, there will no longer be any help. so though go through with trumps and the billionaires forcing them down our throats and there will be no more recourse. benefits social security will start and then they will go on to v.a. and medicare cuts and there will no longer be any recourse in the billionaires are in charge. he is taking control of the fbi and federal law enforcement agencies -- they are no longer in place. the only thing that stands in his way now is the military and he's got pete in there. so it's either fascism or fight. host: puts out a lot of scenarios. the fbi we saw a lot of removal within. does that fall within the president's power because it's not an outside board? you would know more than i. we're just a power fall on that front? guest: the new stories about the fbi often make it sound like an independent agency an

to have access to our social security numbers, our social security payments, our medical benefits, all of the information that we use when we are trying to get a motherfucking tax return! and you are going to take our money? homey don't play that. we are here because it is time to take the gloves off! [cheers and applause] we are here because we are not going to take this lying down. we are here because we acre eno -- we care enough about our country and our democracy and our privacy and our information, that we are going to fight, fight, fight, until we win! [cheers and applause] and let me tell you something, people. you've got to eat your wheaties. because this is going to be protracted. this revolution will be televised, but not on x. and we are going to get up every single day and show and share and document the steal. we are going to show and tell and document the truth. we are going to show and tell and document democracy and the constitution, so that we remind every single person who is apathetic or has been sleeping that this is the time to wake up. this is the time to rise. a

social security and medicare.bbed those funds of all their money we have ious and those funds iou to the treasury. and others debt on top of debt. but, don't worry probably get an annual update those of you and your retirement telling about what is in your accounts. that means you don't have an account. so we have to play along the ponzi notion. but, what do we owe ourselves under these entitlement programs? social security and medicare. you know, if you run a private business you have to account to the federal government, to all the regulars federal, state, local how much money you owe your employees in terms of pensions. or other non- daily, non- annual expenses. and they want to look at your books and they should. but, that's not how the federal government does it. if we include the promises made under social security and medicare to we the people who have paid into these systems, if you get a paycheck every single paycheck that is the plan, right? but, how much indebted is simply created there? what market sho

now has access to americans' confidential tax refund information which includes their names, social security numbers, and home addresses. that's why i'm headed to treasury this evening to stand up for arizonans' privacy and stand up for our democracy. as a member of the house oversight committee, we're calling out this breach of law, privacy, and national security on behalf of the american people. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging towards personalities towards the president. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. donald trump has been president only two weeks and he's delivering on his promises made, promises kept on behalf of the american people. i know firsthand of his courage as i led the house delegation for the opening of the american embassy in 2018 in jerusal

soon president trump's pick to run social security should be confirmed.stock reported a last night, morning, stock is up huge. by the way, not justed to, look where the -- not just today. now imagine, just imagine 30 years ago if your money went into this stock, how well would you be sleeping at night? let's bring the in lonski group president john lonski. john, you know, i remember when bush was elected, i thought he was going to go for it. some other things happened. he quickly lost his political capital and never talked about it again. i know it's a third rail, but why not? >> why not is correct. i mean, i'm looking at a simple example right here. let's say we had $10100 billion in the -- 100 billion mt. social security system at the end of 2004 when bush made this proposal. now, 20 the years later if we had put $100 billion in treasury bonds, it would be worth $188 billion. that sounds pretty good. but, my goodness, if instead we had placed that $100 billion at the end of 2004 in the s&p 500, it would have been worth $488 billion. that's an opportunit

who knows, maybe it'll be the postal service or the irs or even the social security administration. they could be next. or maybe our national security agencies. we also know something else -- by shutting down usaid doge is doing the work of russia and china at the expense of the united states. in two weeks doge has done more to erode american global influence than russia and china have been able to accomplish in a long time. for russian president and putin ally, medvedev, even celebrated doge's activities online. russia is elated by what doge is doing. both ruler and china hate the work of usaid because it limits their own influence on the world stage and now china and russia have in effect their own propaganda machine. -- within the federal government. this is dangerous. this is against america's interests, and president trump needs to show some leadership and rein in doge before it inflicts more harm on america's national security. finally, doge's behavior is spar 6 a troubling pattern of russian and chinese communist sympathizers increasing their influence on american foreign poli

now, the extreme maga republicans have made clear, they want to end social security as we know it. end medicare as we know it. and end medicaid as we know it. last week with the unlawful office of management and budget order, they made their first move on medicaid. the public rolls up in response and back down in less than 40 hours. but we will never back down in pointing out the types of things that the maga extremists and the far right are trying to do to hurt everyday americans. the people that they claim they were working hard to help. sen. schumer: they've laid out a plan, $2.4 trillion in cuts, something in project 2025 where russell vought was one of the chief architects and something doge talked about. the cuts will be deep. they can't do $2.5 trillion without cutting so many of the things, the vast majority of americans, democrat and republican really care about. reporter: how do you plan to reach out and request a meeting with the president and try to talk to him about your concerns about elon musk, what's the message to the president? sen. schumer: it's the opposite of w

it will only be more effective, and as our country gets richer, the people on social security and medicare and medicaid will be more secure. if biden had gotten elected, social security was going to fail because the country was failing. the country was going to fail. and therefore the social security and all of the other things that you may get would not be able to be paid. our country is getting very strong. and you see it. i think more progress has been made in the last two or three weeks then has been made in the last four years. not only has more progress been made, we went way backward as a country and so many different -- country in so many different ways, from woke to all of the other things that took place. you look at afghanistan, how embarrassing that was. i think afghanistan really started the problem with russia and ukraine. when putin saw how incompetently that was handled. i was going to get out, but i was going to keep bagram. now china has it. i was going to keep one of the biggest airbases in the world. they left it. other than bagram i was going to get out. i was not keep

now, the extreme maga republicans have made clear, they want to end social security as we know it. end medicare as we know it. and end medicaid as we know it. last week with the unlawful office of management and budget order, they made their first move on medicaid. the public rolls up in response and back down in less than 40 hours. but we will never back down in pointing out the types of things that the maga extremists and the far right are trying to do to hurt everyday americans. the people that they claim they were working hard to help. sen. schumer: they've laid out a plan, $2.4 trillion in cuts, something in project 2025 where russell vought was one of the chief architects and something doge talked about. the cuts will be deep. they can't do $2.5 trillion without cutting so many of the things, the vast majority of americans, democrat and republican really care about. reporter: how do you plan to reach out and request a meeting with the president and try to talk to him about your concerns about elon musk, what's the message to the president? sen. schumer: it's the opposite of w

social security, a little more complicated we can't end tax social security in the reconciliation billone outside i am working right now two pieces of legislation, one that would provide, a bonus deduction for seniors on top of standard deduction that would with reduce their tax burden, that is number one, we could do that piece in reconciliation. but we need to look at thresholds that are taxable they have not been changed in 40 years hit with tax on social security president trump right we need to address it. >> congresswoman you all have to be unified i am asking one last question here, if you have got a tax bill, on the table, that extends the tax cuts does everything that president trump wants but does not include lifting the salt deduction will you vote for it? >> well, i think if we can address -- depends what is in it something good with social security if we increase standard deduction my constituents will benefit from i am willing to negotiate compromise do i see we need to increase salt i think we jool congresswoman good to see you nicole malliotakis this morning. we'll be r

estados unidos y no sin la posibilidad mediante ningÚn proceso migratorio de obtener un nÚmero social securityja: esto es muy importante porque el pago de impuestos podrÍa influir en un futuro proceso de regularizaciÓn migratoria que digan "todos los que pagaron itin, los que contribuyen podrÍa ser una regularizaciÓn migratoria en este sentido"? >> en cualquier proceso migratorio, no soy abogada de inmigraciÓn, pero puedo hablar de la parte tributaria. estas declaraciones llamadas de buena fe, cumpliendo con la obligaciÓn de que si trabajaste en los estados unidos y generarse ingresos entre el paÍs, deben presentar una declaraciÓn de impuestos, pudiese ayudarte en cierta forma opusiese hacer un peso positivo en cualquier caso migratorio. satcha: mario villarroel, experto en declaraciÓn de impuestos, gracias por aclarar dudas en la "ediciÓn digital". borja: gracias. satcha: esta historia nos conmueve, con 110 aÑos, sigue viviendo de manera independiente, algo que para muchos serÍa impensable a su edad. mientras otros necesitan asistencia diaria, ya desafÍa el tiempo. borja: el secreto de su lon

social security is already. spending more than it takes in. a lot of examples of what needs to be fixed and quickly. rep. foxx: thank you. i yelled back. chair comer: the chair recognizes the representative from illinois. >> thank you. mr. schatz, on the campaign trail, president trump said grocery prices have skyrocketed. when i win, i will immediately bring down prices starting on day one. you don't dispute that? mr. schatz: that was a statement. >> the price of groceries and eggs have only risen since donald trump took office. according to the usda, the wholesale cost of a dozen eggs has increased from $6.59 on inauguration day to now, $7.53. again, you don't dispute that? mr. schatz: no. >> i assume you are not happy with this particular increase. mr. schatz: i wish the bird flu wasn't around but it is. >> i'm glad you brought that up. some of the reasons for high grocery prices and high egg prices are avian flu and recalls related to salmonella and listeria. nights -- my staff went back and looked at the hundreds of its acute divorce -- e

every american who has received federal money or paid into the federal government, with all the social security numbers and bank accounts and we don't even know if it's secure. i just want to tell republicans, for those who voted for him and disagree with this, please go t- [inaudible] put your zip code in and call your representatives and tell them this is not right. my personal information is no longer secure. host: all right, amanda, and this is in heyward, wisconsin, independent line. rick, you're next. caller: hi, good morning. thanks for taking my call. i fully support this doge effort. i think we have to start somewhere. i don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, democrat, republican, whatever. the first caller was awol, if you ask me. don't we need to start somewhere? exactly what it says, department of government efficiency. that's why we have so many problems in the country because we're inefficient. i was for vivek, also, and unfortunately he got put in the back seat or something and now wants to run for governor, whatever. he's a very smart man. you know, i don't care, if he were a dem

both because often they work and they pay into social security.you are undocumented, you can't collect what they have put in. approximately 50% or more of people we consider undocumented pay taxes. even if they don't have a social security number, the irs has a way for them to pay taxes which a lot of people feel they need to do in case they ever have a path to become legal here. they want to be able to show they have done their part paying taxes. it is much broader than that. i would say our country, for better or worse, has priced these people into being here. the example i always give is that there are people here picking our strawberries. if they were not coming and taking those jobs steadily, replacing each other, this is an exhausting job that a lot of people can do for very long. the price of our strawberries might double because we would not have anyone pick them. even more broadly than that, if you think about it, you always want the economy to be growing. you want more people to be coming in. more people are working but more people are a

to every american who has received federal money or paid into federal government, not only the social securityumbers, but their bank accounts, and we don't even know if it is secure. i just want to tell republicans, those who voted for him and disagree with this, please go to a website and put your zip code end and call your representative, your u.s. senators, representatives, and tell them this is not right. my personal information is no longer secure. host: all right, amanda. this is in hayward, wisconsin, independent rick is next. caller: thank you for taking my call. i fully support this doge effort. i think we have to start somewhere. i get it that i don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, democrat, republican, whatever. that first caller is awol if you ask me. don't we need to start somewhere? the executive order says department of government efficiency. that is why we have so many problems in the country, because we are inefficient. i was for vivek also. unfortunately, he got put in the backseat or whatever and now wants to run for governor. he is a smart man. if he was a democrat, i wou

american who has receiverred federal money or paid into the federal government and not only their social security number but bank account and we don't know if it's secure. i want to tell republicans for those who voted for him and disagree, go to -- [inaudible] 5calls.org and put your zip code in and call your representatives and tell them this is not right. my personal information is no longer secure. host: this is in heyward, wisconsin, independent line. rick, you're next. caller: thanks for taking my call. i fully support this doge effort. i think we have to start somewhere. don't he with have to start somewhere? the department of government efficiency and why we have so many problems is because we're inefficient. i was for vivek, also, but unfortunately was put in the back seat and now wants to run for governor. he's a very smart man. if he were a democrat i would think he's a very smart man. i don't know why we draw the line on what party you're from. i called before and voted for obama back in those days and i voted for championship. i don't care democrat or republican. and c-span spins it

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nancy mace called for huge cuts to social security, sing every thing is on the table. that brings me to my first question. dr. resh, i assume you're familiar with the constitution. all legislator powers shall be invested in the congress which shall consent -- bs and and house of representatives. article nine gives appropriations to congress. are you aware of any provisions that allow the president of united states to unilaterally take away the congressional authority? dr. resh: i am not. rep. min: are you aware of a special government employee able to do that? dr. resh: i am not. rep. min: they do not exist. efficiency, while important, is not some good founders thought was a constitutional priority. the founders were very aware democracy was a messy and inefficient way of running a government. it would be far more efficient to have a monarch or dictator decide how to fund programs rather than have 435 memories of the house and 100 senators debate and deliberate. this country was not funded as a monarchy or dictator ship because we decided democratic representation, in

and put elon musk in charge of going to the records of social security to eliminate people from socialurity and what that's can do is there going to eliminate people from social security and in the past we could call the federal government and get help, there will no longer be any help. so though go through with trumps and the billionaires forcing them down our throats and there will be no more recourse. benefits social security will start and then they will go on to v.a. and medicare cuts and there will no longer be any recourse in the billionaires are in charge. he is taking control of the fbi and federal law enforcement agencies -- they are no longer in place. the only thing that stands in his way now is the military and he's got pete in there. so it's either fascism or fight. host: puts out a lot of scenarios. the fbi we saw a lot of removal within. does that fall within the president's power because it's not an outside board? you would know more than i. we're just a power fall on that front? guest: the new stories about the fbi often make it sound like an independent agency and th

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having someone not elected having total access to everyone's social security number. secondly, on the tariffs, i bought a handmade guitar, quote unquote, in nebraska, a small family company. when you look at the part list, the wood comes in from canada, brazil, electronics from japan, they assemble in nebraska, so yes, made in america, but the products come in offshore. that company will be destroyed. it is not helping small business in any way. what are your thoughts on that? thank you. have a great one. guest: i don't have the exact information on elon musk and what all he has access to, but certainly the doge apparatus he has set up is taking a lot of liberties and getting a lot of information. there has been reporting about getting access to sensitive information. of course, like we were talking with democrats, causing alarm on that side about how much access he is getting. this is not a senate-confirmed position, just someone appointed by the president. how fast they are moving, they are reportedly working around the clock. i read another report about beds in the

the first is the using equities to fund social security. broached this idea under then-president george w bush. and, you know, a lot of people don't like the idea of the government having a big fund of equities, which telling people how to run their companies being majority owners, nationalizing companies. his approach was to let individuals make those equity investments. that sort of addresses the power issue, but it doesn't address the risk issue, which is equities are riskier than us treasuries. and as a result, you expose people with the possibility that you get a downturn just about to retire and they don't have the money. and that argument ultimately, i think won the day back 20 years ago. will we take another run at it actually. i hope so, because we need to deal with social security, which is an enormous fiscal problem for the united states. and having that debate would be healthy. but i don't think, you know, it worked the first time and i'm skeptical would work again the second time. >> interesting. well, it's still kind of fun to

it's social security payments, it's medicare, it's medicaid, it's federal government salaries to all of these people who are within the sights of the of the new administration. it's also government contracts. and so there's a profound conflict of interest that saturates the entire thing. you have elon musk, who himself receives billions of dollars in government contracts, now seizing control over the payment systems to government contractors, including himself, including potential rivals, including potential friends. and what could go wrong, right? >> well, and we don't know that this is happening, but he could have having access. they could cancel contracts in there and they could up their contracts. and there's also that's not legal, but there are decisions they could make in that system. >> we don't know exactly what the motivation is. they have ousted a long term treasury employee who is specialized in just supervising this program, and they've gotten rid of him because he stands in the way of their total and lawless control over the financial machinery of the government. we've n

the office of personnel management and the treasury department, where they gained access to our social security files and the contents of everything everyone working for the federal government put into their job applications and their applications for security clearances, their financial information, personal information, information about their families, and more. all of that private data is now in the hands of people that you didn't vote for and didn't give permission to have it effectively. elon musk, an unelected billionaire oligarch, now has access to the personal data of millions. really, tens of millions of americans. and the data of his of his competitors, his business competitors, giving his companies an unprecedented advantage in their existing and likely future lucrative government contracts while they develop and exploit ai technologies. that what you voted for? the office of personnel management has been completely taken over by elon's cronies. elon forced out the head of the federal aviation administration and the highest ranking career official at the treasury department, derek l

the last thing is social security.someone in this country that has been working all of their lives, ok, have an immigrant come from another country and get a social security and empty out our social security that we we worked all of our lives for? again, that is my statement today. thank you for your time. we will go to -- host: we will go to kevin in mechanicsville, virginia. line for independence. good morning. i have a quick observation, the senate hearings on cabinet nominations is the things that i want to speak to. these hearings are supposed to help the public be better informed, where the candidates get a chance to speak and he we can hear them directly. the republicans talk for five minutes and we learned nothing. the democrats ask questions and then cut off the candidate from answering the question. and these two parties make a good argument for an independent panel to ask the questions of these candidates so we can get a better understanding of who the president is really selecting to be part of his cabinet.

these are social security. these are tax refunds. these are bond payments. these are bill payments by the united states federal government. that's where these things can really get exciting. like i was looking through, i was thinking back through elon musk's twitter over the weekend or something he likes to use when things go wrong at spacex or at twitter or at tesla. success is uncertain, but you will. entertainment is guaranteed. i don't think people are going to be entertained if something goes wrong in treasury payment. >> it's one thing when you are doing that, when you are running a social media platform, obviously the stakes are much higher when you are launching rockets into the air, but when you are dealing with people's livelihoods, that is a completely different. >> i think that's actually where a friction point could show up. >> yeah. thank you for that understatement. nicholas johnston, i appreciate it. all right. also this morning, thousands of fbi agents are faced with a daunting demand. cnn has learned doj has given them a survey asking them

taken place in our government for too long, as was explicitly stated, this in no way affected social security, medicare, medicaid, or other entitlements americans depend on. i made it abundantly clear from the very first day that i ran from office, a long time ago now , 2015. i announced in 2015 and we won in 2016. we did very well in 2020. we did really well recently. i am restating now, to correct any confusion, that the media has purposely, for whatever reason, created social security, medicare, and medicaid have not been affected by any action we have taken in any way, shape, or form. we are merely looking at parts of the big bureaucracy where there has been tremendous tremendous waste and fraud and abuse. that process identified and stop $50 million being sent to gaza to buy condoms for hamas. do you know what has happened? they have used them as a method of making bombs. how about that. we stopped and attempt to make an illicit payment for illegal alien resettlement. we canceled $180 million in dei training contracts. for the training of people in de i completely terminated and we pause

interest is the single largest item in the budget, behind social security, more than defense, medicaren. >> we're borrowing money to pay the interest payments. what's wrong with that? maria: and therein lies the interest. that's why they can't come up with an agreement and house speakers keep getting caught holding the bag. great conversation, longer than our word on wall street allows. ken, great to see you. thank you so much for joining the conversation. ken leon joining us, adam and nancy, you're with us all morning. we appreciate it. quick break, nine fbi agents are filing a lawsuit against trump's doj in an effort to block the identification of employees who worked on the january 6th investigation. wait until you hear this. former fbi special agent, fox news contribute ernie coal parker is here weighing in on that. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. stay with us. ♪ where ya headed? susan: where am i headed? am i just gonna take what the markets gives me? no. i can do some research. ya know, that's backed by j.p. morgan's leading strategists like us. when y

your social security number, they're protected under irs law. so that's number one. number two, i am a member of congress. we do earmark funds for these agencies, and we don't like the way that these federal bureaucrats, quite frankly, are making these decisions. and so i think it is appropriate for the executive branch. >> legislate, i think. >> because because that's not the way the budget. >> but congress no, you a congresswoman, you have the power. you have the power. >> to budget for agency budget. >> you have the power to to spend, to take away money. you have the power to structure agencies. you have the power to create or destroy agencies. you can actually do all of those things from congress. >> yes. and if i could if i could answer that question, what i would say is we do we do do the budget, we allocate funding for specific agencies for specific purposes. it is when we see these federal bureaucrats spending this money and making decisions on grants and loans and making decisions that are not within what we anticipate or was intended for. and that is why i

"big balls" has my social security number. now i feel better.ained about our leaders being too old, but doesn't this go a little too far in the other direction? surely there must be a middle ground somewhere between crypto-bros and crypt-keepers. not only that, musk has been installing his big balls in a whole bunch of little-known agencies that are crucial in actually running the government: the gsa, the opm, the omb, the o.c., and svu. and of course, the big question about this takeover, and the question we'll be asking ourselves a lot over the next four years is: is this legal? which brings me to our new segment, "is that legal?" to help us out, we go to our very own troy iwata! [cheers and applause] troy, thank you for acting as our resident legal expert. >> you can count on me, desi. i'm versed in legal statutes, i have access to a network of law professors, and i'm wearing a bow tie. >> desi: perfect! can you help us find out if it's legal for musk and his lost boys to access the sensitive information of the federal government? >> that is

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mosk, this is in a tech startup these are public institutions that deal with things like social security and medicare national defense and provide for the well-being of the american people. and the american people have a right to be part of that debate, part of that debate. the elections occurred and one viewpoint got a few more votes than the other but that doesn't mean we throughout democracy. that doesn't mean what's been done for centuries in this country should just go out the window and the substituted by a small group of people who think they know a lot more than the wisdom of the american people. so that is why this week leader jeffries and i will join together to push legislation to prevent unlawful meddling in the treasury department payment system, to prevent everyone's records from being made available to a small group of people who can look at them at will when this has always been kept secret and always been protected, your tax returns and your payment systems and things like that. and it affects average americans. and who knows, maybe next day will say let's slash all that

number is collected, where your baby's social security number is collected on day one of your baby's life. most people working for the treasury department don't even know where that is. no one in politics, which very much includes every treasury secretary because they are appointed by politicians, has ever even shown an interest in trying to get at the actual payment mechanism. mechanisms operated by the united states treasury. and of all the horrendous things that have happened in the trump regime, just in the last weekend. nothing is potentially more dangerous than that. nothing is more corrupt than that. donald trump's treasury secretary is now the first treasury secretary in history who should be impeached, impeached for handing those keys to the treasury, to elon musk. it would be like having the richest customer of a bank telling the bank president, hey, i want to see everyone else's accounts at the bank, and the bank president just opens the books to let the richest customer of the bank see and do whatever he wants. and to extend this example a bit. imagine that the richest cu

when it comes to tips and social security, the president made it clear to allies on capitol hill that that is a critical piece of this reconciliation package and he expects his tax cuts from 2017, which put more money back into the pockets of the american people, those must be implemented. no tax on tips, the president is intent on delivering on that promise and will get it done. >> could this be sec. leavitt: sec. leavitt: considered a part of reconciliation? thanks. sure. >> you can guarantee that it won't increase prices, these tariffs? sec. leavitt: worried american should look at what trump did in the first term. he effectively implemented tariffs in the average inflation rate was 1.9%. when he left office, it was 1.4%. he is going to do everything he possibly can to cut the inflation crisis that the previous administration imposed and he will continue to effectively utilize tariffs. >> if it increases prices, will he reverse them? sec. leavitt: that's hypothetical. the president is adamant in the mentation while cutting costs. the media has this way of looking at everything in a