Liberty Hangover & Taxation without Representation

[00:00:08] We are your lizard overlords. Stop listening to these. Preppers, eat your crickets. Fight in the streets. Own nothing and love it.

[00:00:36] The Great Liberty Hangover is upon America. The Great Hangover of Independence. Sitting on the, uh, probably on the skulls of many Americans if I had to guess. I didn't drink a drop. Um, not looking for a Medal of Honor or anything like that. I just, just telling you how it went down.

[00:00:58] It was a beautiful night, beautiful day, beautiful, the whole shebang, you know. It was pretty low-key here at Casa Liberty. Pretty, pretty low-key. The food even was kind of low-key. It was, it was really a low-key day. It was kind of nice actually, you know. It's rare for us to just have a chill holiday. We're usually like, you know, up at five, doing back flips. You know, it's, it's always a thing.

[00:01:25] I'm usually in the kitchen, you know, doing the chef thing for hours on end. It was kind of nice, man, to kick back. Like, we, I don't even think the kids got up till like 11. They got up at like 11. Me and the wife had been up already. I think we spent like a good chunk of the morning like cleaning the house. Oh no, you know what I did yesterday? I took my dad out fishing in the morning. That's what it was.

[00:01:49] And then, then helped out when I got back. But, um, yeah, me and dad went fishing. We killed. Oh my God, did we kill. Jesus. It was just like the old days. It was crazy. It was crazy. I thought those days were gone. I didn't know. You never know with life, you know. I will say, you know, err on the side of time. Forget about err on the side of caution. Err on the side of times running out.

[00:02:15] Um, and look at life that way. But some things have happened lately in fatherhood and now even as a son that have opened my eyes to the fact that you can plan. You can create this sort of narrative. See, I'm really bad at creating narratives in my own head. But you can create this narrative in your head where you're running out of time and, you know, this is how many times you're going to do this. And this is how much you're going to see your dad. And this is how much time you have left with your kid.

[00:02:43] But there is something to be said about nobody really knows what tomorrow holds. And, uh, the only thing that is certain is uncertainty, right? So we were out yesterday, you know, and it was, I'm like eight, I'm like nine again with dad. You know what I mean? I'm like nine years old again with dad. We're laughing. We're doing those things that just we spent our whole life doing. Catching bass, walking around, talking shit, laughing about.

[00:03:12] My dad and I are dementedly cynical when we go fishing. You know, it's so fun. We're at the same time dementedly cynical but eternally optimistic. It's really hard. I guess it's, you'd have to see it in action, I guess, to understand it. It is, but that's the best way to describe it. You know what I mean?

[00:03:34] You're talking about people who have 20 years of running jokes about weather conditions and different baits and different, you know, situations in the fishing world. And it's just, I don't know, you know. I got to the point in my head where I thought that me and dad would be fishing once a year up in Pennsylvania and we'd have X amount of times left to do that and that would be it for us. That would be our story, you know. He'd be laid up in the hospital bed and it'd be over.

[00:04:04] I was wrong. I was 100% wrong. And now I got to wrap my head around that too. Always been a hell of a month, PBN family. It has been. It's amazing that I can get on here and talk to you guys straight. It really is. With the things that have happened over the last three weeks. I mean, just insane. Insanity on all levels. But there's always a back burner for me.

[00:04:32] And celebrating yesterday, American independence, it's become clear to me, folks, that there is a new enemy. There is. There really is a new enemy that we have to work together against. You know, when I plan out the years for PBN, I try to take a threat that I think is a threat that we can manage as a community. And is a threat that we need, you know, is viable enough that we need to manage it.

[00:05:01] So, for the first time, and this is back burner, back burner. Like, don't get too wrapped up in this concept. Don't get too wrapped up in this idea. Because we are going to be on Prepare the Homeland for, you know, the rest of the year in our newsletter. The continuity is going to focus on it this month again. Like, we are in the midst of sort of wrapping our head around that threat. That it's not our responsibility. You know what I mean? The localities have to do their thing. But I do think it would be very helpful for people like us to have guidance.

[00:05:31] To have gone through these things in our mind, right? And obviously for personal preps. But I think next year we're going to take on a very different animal. You know? I think we're going to take on a very different animal. I'm not exactly sure how we're going to take it on yet. But I don't know if I can do another year of my life without addressing taxation in the United States. I mean, truly.

[00:06:01] Like, I don't know if I can do it, guys. And I started thinking about it selfishly a few months ago. I started saying to myself, I don't know if I can do this anymore. Like, I don't know if I can do handing money over to the government. I can't do it for the rest of my life. There's no way. There's no way I could spend the rest of my life handing over money that seems to increase. And it increases for no reason. You know, I don't know if I ever told you this story.

[00:06:28] But we pay personal property tax on vehicles in Virginia. Which, that's got to go. And they, the only people in the world that would do this is a twisted government. They valued my car last year at $5,000 more than I bought it brand new. Now, this is criminal. You know, this is criminal. This is a money grab. This is a tax money.

[00:06:56] If it was a private organization, you wouldn't even, you would report them to the government. If you had to pay a bill on something or a percentage or something on a, you know, a piece of property or a product. And they appraised it at $5,000 more than it was worth when you got it. And it wasn't, you know, if it was something that depreciated like a vehicle. I mean, it would be criminal. And it was criminal. And it is criminal.

[00:07:28] And it's time to do something about it. You know, so personally, well, here's my MO. And I know, there's so much. I'm so sorry, guys. You know, keeping up with me is bananas. And I'm really sorry. Because it's so much. You know what I mean? It's like, what the fuck, man? Like, he just put a book out last month. He puts a new book out. He's interviewing three different people a week. He's got 10 different, 13 whatever, how many hosts he's got for us to listen to.

[00:07:59] He wants us to join the newsletter. He wants us to sign up for a membership. He wants us to come to his silly-ass continuity meetings. He wants us to, like, it's a full-time job. And I'm sorry. You know? But it's me. It's all I can give you. You know, I've committed to giving you this, this James Walton on the platter. And I just got to give it to you now. You know, I got to go all in. That's just what I got to do, you know?

[00:08:25] I got to do it so that when we look back, we all can say, we really went hard for liberty. We really went hard for the American way. We really went hard to get people prepared. And I have a feeling that we'll look back and go, geez, imagine if we didn't do all that. Imagine if it didn't go that way. Imagine if it weren't for the Prepper Broadcasting Network and the PBN family.

[00:08:55] So, the best I can say is bear with me. Bear with me. And like I said, this is on the back burner. You know what I mean? This is not a thing that you need to worry about until 2026. Probably plenty more to worry about. Now, if we get in war, if we get in, you know, attacked missiles, stuff like that, then 2026 might become the year of the flea. And if you know what I mean, then you know what I mean. Look it up. It's not, it's a book. It's not called the year of the flea. It's called the war of the flea.

[00:09:23] But we'll call 2026 the year of the flea. And we'll go heavily into, you know, guerrilla operations and make sure that if anything follows missiles, any kind of, any kind of, even the thought, even the, the, even the glimmer of a thought of occupying any place in this country becomes like a hell that you could only read about.

[00:09:52] Do you know what I mean? Like, like a hell of a scape that you could, like, like soldiers skinned and hanging from trees like the predator. You know what I'm saying? Man, that's exactly the direction we'll go as a network. If some kind of war breaks out and we're dealing with any kind of occupied, I don't think it could ever happen in this country. But, you know, that's what everyone says and then it happens. So, you know, things along those lines. A much darker route.

[00:10:21] But for now, what's sitting on the back burner is kind of the opposite. It's not the, it's not the enemies of our liberty that exist abroad. It's, it is quite literally taxation. And I think, I think we're done with haircuts. The, the, the American public are done with haircuts. I know we just got a bill and the bill is going to do magic things. But you know what the bill is going to do also? It's going to be four trillion dollars more in debt. Four trillion dollars in debt. You know?

[00:10:49] See, I don't understand this stuff because if I had four trillion, I would at least spread one trillion throughout the population. You know what I mean? All right, we're going to, we're going to do four trillion. We're going to do some good things for the nation. We're going to line the pockets of some people. That's how politics works. You can't tell me otherwise. I know people got money that shouldn't have got money out of, you got that much money. People are getting money that shouldn't be getting money, right? People are getting money that are going to make no difference to me, to you, to your kids, to your grandkids, whatsoever.

[00:11:18] They're just getting money because there's so much damn money. Four trillion dollars is so much money, you can't wrap your head around it. You drown in it. You know what I mean? But if you really wanted to steep, really wanted to help out the economy, you really want to help out the American people, you take a trillion and you give it out, right? And I know some people don't want to take government money and all that kind of stuff. And, you know, I get that. But I'll tell you what. We did some really cool stuff with our government money from 2020. We did some stuff in 2020 that has been feeding us ever since.

[00:11:49] I'm serious. You know what I mean? Feeding us, making us money, all that kind of stuff, you know? Some people are going to blow it on leather jackets and nonsense. I'm sure, you know, I spend it on a lot of bowls of foe as well. But it is what it is. You know what I mean? It is what it is. Long story short, folks, I interviewed a guy named Paul Valone. If you haven't seen it yet on YouTube, go watch it.

[00:12:16] But he's just a guy who wins elections. That's his ML. You know what I mean? He wants to win local elections. He knows how to do it. He gets it done. And I think with the help of Paul Valone and with the help of an accountant, a real polished-up tax accountant, whatever, someone who knows the tax law really well, that's what we're going to shoot for in 2026. Do you know what I mean? Like, we know, the government knows, the IRS knows. It's no secret.

[00:12:46] If you know tax law, you can get around the tax code. Right? If you know the tax code, you can get around the tax code. So what we need here at PBN is just that. And, you know, we also have to change the minds of politicians and so on and so forth. And this is a fundamental threat. I mean, I look at this the same way I look at some group of Al-Qaeda monsters showing up on the 4th of July and shooting up a crowd of people. It could be a...

[00:13:15] It's actually a worse threat. Because the taxing is so out of control that you don't even realize it. And it's so sneaky, you don't even realize it. You know? And it'd be a different thing. Maybe I wouldn't be so up in arms if we hadn't been funding two wars. Because... And God only knows what else. I mean, I'm talking post-Doge. I know Doge did their thing and shut a bunch of stuff down. But we still got $4 trillion more in debt. Who's going to pay for it? You. Me. Right?

[00:13:46] So it's got to go. It's got to go. Whatever has to happen has to happen. You know, I look at this time in American history as... It's a time to break bones and to heal those bones. You know? That's what time it is. It's a time to do the breaking. So that we can get to the healing. That's what's happening in the streets with ice. It's ugly. It's ugly. You know what I mean? It's ugly.

[00:14:14] But when things go so far for so long... And you're sitting here in front of your phone or in front of a microphone... Yelling about it for a decade almost. Oh, too much taxes. Oh, too many illegal immigrants. How many times would I have said something like that? Let's go down a list of new taxes and things that the government's paying for that are bullshit. I've done countless shows on that. I've done countless shows on... Oh my God, there's people coming across the border. Oh my... And this was pre... Way before Joe Biden. And the taxes pay for it all.

[00:14:43] And then here comes... Here comes your paycheck. Here comes your... You know, everything. And everything's looking smaller and smaller. And you're looking around. And everything's getting more and more expensive. It's the reason I can't raise the membership price, guys. I literally can't raise the membership price. I know I could get more money for the membership. I'm not raising the price. I gotta raise the disaster coffee price. We have to do that. We have no control. I have control over $60 a month. I'm sure I could get double for that thing and people would buy it.

[00:15:13] Because it's so packed. But, you know, it's... If I can keep one thing reasonable for you, then I feel really good about it. I feel like, you know, let's keep one thing out there that people can say... You know, I can afford that and it'll be worth it. And I won't have to look at it and go like... Oh, I wasted my money. This sucks. You know? So, yeah. The hangover of liberty is upon us. I hope you're having a great day. Don't get down.

[00:15:42] And I don't mean to get you down or anything like that. It is what it is. It's just been allowed for too long. And, you know, you get close to the founding fathers and you get all fired up. You know what I mean? You get all fired up. You start thinking, oh... Yeah. Taxation without representation. Makes sense. You start wondering if Thomas Jefferson really is looking down on us. What kind of a grimace would he have on his face, right? What kind of a look would he have on his face right now?

[00:16:11] Staring down at us who are looking at our paychecks. Oh, taxes. Looking at our vehicles. Oh, taxes. Just looking at our houses. Oh, tax. Oh, tax. Oh, tax. Yeah, you fundamentally... In the land of the free and the home of the brave, you fundamentally can't own property. This was a fundamental, like, thing for women's rights and, you know, African-American rights in this country. Like, these were top-level items. Like, we want the freedom to own property. It's insanity.

[00:16:41] I'm a woman and I can't own property. Well, guess what? Nobody owns property in the United States. If you don't pay tax.

[00:17:17] You don't believe me? You don't own property. You can't own a vehicle. You don't pay the tax on it. Come get it. Can't own a home, a boat, whatever. Come get it. No. To hell with that. To hell with that. And I don't care what they do with the tax money. See, that's the thing that we got to get our head out of. You fall into this trap. Well, maybe if they were funding better things, I wouldn't mind paying the taxes so much. I'm not saying we don't pay any tax. I'm just saying there's a lot of taxes that got to go. They just got to go.

[00:17:46] And really, really what the answer is and what the rich people have to figure out before they wind up all hanging, because that's what's coming next unless they build an artificial intelligence army, you know what I mean? To protect their homes. What they have to figure out is it's got to be a flat tax across the board for everybody, and it's one thing, and it's one thing to worry about, and that's it. And burn the tax code and flat tax across the board. I mean, that has to be the answer. That's the only way it can be.

[00:18:16] And if they continue, I'm telling you right now, I mean, you're seeing the whispers of it, but... Well, it's not even whispers, really. But if you have a guy like a Bezos who's going to have... He's going to wind up with, you know, 90% of the wealth. If you don't think things are going to get bad enough in a country where everyone has guns, Jeff, and a group of those people aren't going to go,

[00:18:44] well, I think it's time we go get what's owed. I'm not talking about good people. I'm talking about lunatics. But, you know, desperation is what makes lunatics. How can you tell somebody who's struggling and has watched their parents struggle and has watched their grandparents struggle and has struggled themselves and knows that they went to college, they did the right things, they didn't break a law, they paid the taxes, they did everything everybody said,

[00:19:12] this is what you do, and they're broke. And they're struggling. And then their kid gets sick. And they can't afford the hospital bills. And the kid dies. And you know what I mean? Like, and then you look up and you see Lex Luthor up there and you're like, how? This dude has all the fucking money. Like, what? Hey, you know, it's inevitable. I mean, it's happened in history before. You know what I mean? I think of, like, the Russian Revolution type situation.

[00:19:42] It's happened in, and it's never good, you know? You put a flat tax in there, all of a sudden they can't get around it with a tax code and Canary Islands and the whole nine yards and lawyers and accountants and bank accounts offshore. And you can get the American people to say, all right, I kind of feel like I'm back in this game a little bit. Like, I know that it's all consolidating. The wealth is consolidating. And I'm the one who's eating it.

[00:20:10] But at least I'm not paying my whole life in taxes and the rich are, you know, sitting on an island somewhere flying private jets into Jeff Bezos' wedding, by the way. You see how many private jets flew into Jeff Bezos' wedding? There's 50 private jets flying in, polluting the air like crazy. And everybody in them gets off. It's got a pro climate change button on. We're going to save the world, Jeff.

[00:20:40] Hey, what kind of sustainable green practices are you doing over at Amazon? Good job, man. Good job. Let me fly my Cessna home and pollute the air and then yell at the commoners to pay their taxes and sip through, you know, melting straws their drinks. Ooh, I'm having fun this morning, folks. It's afternoon. It's good to be alive. Enjoy this life. That's what you're here for, you know?

[00:21:09] Never forget it. That is what you are here for, is to live and enjoy this life. And sometimes that requires cynicism. You know, I lost the queen of cynical comedy. My mother, she was just the queen of it. I mean, she was like impossible to surprise. You know what I mean?

[00:21:35] And just the queen of cynical, political yap and social yap. You know what I mean? It was, oh, she was so good at it. And I don't know if people experience this with their parents, but like what it was with my mom and my dad. And this was going on when I lived up there. You know, the time when you would be running from your parents, I would go over there on like a Friday night if I was off work or a Sunday night or whatever.

[00:22:04] And I'd go over there, man, and we'd just sit on the couch and talk about the world and laugh and laugh until we were crying. You know what I mean? And that's why I can get up on here and do this. That's one of the reasons, but. So get out there and do life. That's what we're here for. That's what you've come for. Not the bills, not the worries, not the problems with the kids and the spouse and the boss and the shit. No, no, no.

[00:22:33] You're here for life. You're here for getting outside and walking around in the sun and you know what I mean? Doing the hobbies and the things that you like to do. The work will come. The problems will always come. The money will always be an issue. You know what I'm saying? For very few of us, maybe not. But for the bulk of people listening, you're always going to have a bill. You're going to have a bill. It's always going to be a thing. It doesn't matter.

[00:23:01] That's just one foot in front of the other. But what matters is getting out. Getting out. Feeling. Like with each breath that you take in. Feeling. This life. Seeing this planet. Seeing what God has created and given you. To enjoy. So enjoy it.