'Why Can't You Just Answer Me?': John Kennedy Grills Dem Witness

At Tuesday's Senate Budget Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) grilled witnesses about their views on the tax code.

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[cathleenhamby]

Inheritance taxes should be abolished completely! What a family is able to earn and preserve for their heirs has already been taxed many times over. What remains should never be taxed!

[Greghh]

Yep...people move to New York because of the free handouts. People leave NY because of the taxes to pay the free handouts.

[jamesmehalick]

Never fails to amaze me. People always want someone else's money but won't give their own.

[DrSkippy]

I'm in my 60s. I don't know anybody leaving Texas for California.

[shakey]

Just hearing “PRE TAX”…. It lets me know where they stand!

[TheSilentprayer]

When they talked about taxes (wealth taxes, using France as an example), Thomas Sowell just crossed my mind. Despite all empirical evidence on what works and never works, some so called intellectuals want to still push for what never works.

[macnewman]

Mr Kennedy is always so polite and respectful Calm, cool and collected when grilling people - a real gentleman.

[starshine]

No one should be paying tax on any owned property.

[donmacadam]

Just listen to these people for a few minutes and you know longer wonder why our country is such a mess

[mike]

Senator Kennedy is 71 years old and still kicking butt! One of my favorite in Congress for sure!

[justinmadrid]

When you avoid a basic question, you lose all credibility with me. It’s not like this is a criminal trial where you have to worry about going to jail.

[thrashmetal]

Her saying California has one of the best economies tells me all I need to know!

[freeman]

the threat isn't even hiding anymore - it's totally out in the open and this guy is the evidence.

[dallaspatron]

I know I shouldn't be laughing as our country goes down the toilet but John Kennedy makes me laugh hard when I watch him question people.

[richardkev]

It’s amusing listening to these people try to pretend that wealthy people do not flee high taxes.

[rdand]

This is the first pleasant exchange of ideas and information I've seen on videos of this type (I've been binge-watching them for a couple of weeks now), and I found it to be quite refreshing.

[pbrooks]

Pre-pay unrealized gains tax? That is preposterous.

[jeffw]

“There are no solutions, only trade-offs.” -Dr. Thomas Sowell

[sl]

WE ARE TAXED AT LEAST 8 TIMES ON A SINGLE $$. AND WE HAVE NO VALID REPRESENTATION

[ryland]

Texas native here, 40 years old. I know of one family when I was in 7th grade who moved from Texas to California. The amount of California, Pennsylvania, New York and other blue state license plates I've seen transplant here, especially post Covid, is absolutely insane. Tell every one of them, don't vote blue. You fled your state to come to mine.