The Jason Stapleton Program

Many of you saw Bernie Sanders tax returns that were released a few days ago. Now, let me just be clear about a couple of things. First, I think everyone should maximize their tax deductions. I don't think you should pay one red cent more in taxes than you should. Second, I think what you give to charity is between you and you. If you want to keep 100% of what you make and say screw everybody else that's your business.

With that said Here are the highlights from Bernie Sanders Return:

205,000 in income

13% in taxes

4% to charity

Here's the problem I have with Bernie. This is a guy who says you don't pay enough. He says you deserve, (heck you have a right) to all kinds of free stuff that other more successful and prosperous people should be paying for it.

But when it comes to his own pocketbook he isn't charitable. He isn't paying extra money into the system. Instead, we find he maximizes his own deductions to pay as little in taxes as he possibly can and then gives very little of his own income away to the very people he claims deserve it.

In truth, he's just like every other progressive liberal you meet. He's extremely generous with other people's money but stingy with his own.

From there we'll move on the threats coming from the Saudi government to dump billions in U.S. bonds onto the market if we release the 28 pages of documents that may implicate them in the 9/11 attack.

Also in the stack today is a machine being developed by the evil corporate giant GE that can turn C02 into energy. Yep, you got that right, we may be moving into an era where C02 is powering every home in America. Maybe we shouldn't be so quick to buy into all the global warming fears.

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Darren got an interesting mailer a couple of days ago. It was from the RNC, and it advised the recipient that they had been selected to represent their district in a census. Darren immediately recognized it for what it was, and he brought it into the studio so we could talk about it.

It's incredible that for all their shortcomings, for all their failures, politicians do one thing really well. They're great marketers. Being a student of marketing for many years, I can appreciate the amount of time and thought that goes into a great marketing piece. But I thought it was important to walk you thought the mailer and share with you a little about what they're doing. There's a lot of mental ninjitsu going on under the surface.

We're also going to talk about a recent article from VOX that I think you'll find interesting. It turns out Bernie Sanders voters lover free stuff, but most of them don't want to spend what's necessary to get it.

Now I know how ridiculous that last statement was. You might be asking, "If it's free, why do people have to pay anything for it?" Try to remember these are Sanders supports. Traditional, rational thought is not something they do well.

Finally, there a new Alabama law that just got out of committee that would essentially nullify all federal gun laws. It's a powerful piece of legislation that has the potential to start a title wave of similar laws across America. It's exactly what we need to win the fight for liberty!Support the show.

Paul Ryan is angry people are calling the plan to provide relieve to Puerto Rico a "bailout." According to him, it's a campaign from big Wall Street investors who don't want legislation passed that would allow Puerto Rico to write down a great deal of its debt.

The claim is that "The American Taxpayer" shouldn't be on the hook for the 72 billion worth of debt Puerto Rico owes and legislation allowing them to file a form of Chapter 9 bankruptcy is the only option.

What he won't tell you is the taxpayer will be on the hook anyhow since many of the investors in this type of debt are pension and mutual funds. What we need to do is force Puerto Rico to make some very hard decisions about its finances. It will likely have to cut all of its social welfare programs, cut salaries, lay off government workers, heck it might have to reduce its regulations and become a more attractive place for businesses to start and grow.

If the reconstruction is done correctly, Puerto Rico could return to a truly limited government where wealth could flourish. But for right now it's just one more example of out of control government spending and the realization that YOU, the average Joe, are ultimately the one responsible for government's recklessness.

From there we move to some talk on the recent stir caused by Russian SU-24's doing high speed runs across U.S. ships in the Baltic Sea.

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Today we're going to have a critical discussion about something you won't hear about in the news. I've been tracking several issues that will likely have a direct impact on your life over the coming months and years. We start in Japan.

It's no secret that the Japanese government has been doing everything it can to create inflation. They now have a debt to GDP of nearly 250% and an aging population that won't be buying up bonds much longer.

I addition they also made the decision to reduce interest rates into the negative causing trillions of Yen to be pulled from banks and stored in homes across Japan.

All of this is the result of following the flawed Keynesian idea of stimulating growth by increasing government spending during times of recession. In theory, it works great, but the reality has been anything but optimal. Instead, Japan now faces an economic crisis that could rip through world financial markets sparking another global recession.

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You guys know I don't do guests very often but after hearing a recent interview with Austin Petersen on Dave Smith's "Part of the Problem" podcast I knew he was the right guy to join me for a little post-debate coverage.

On the show today, we're going to break down the second half of the libertarian debate and give your our take on who won, who lost and who might do the best job of promoting our ideas in the general election.

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Congressman Thomas Massie said every year he is extorted by his own party who require him to pay a "tax" to keep his chairmanships. Apparently the Republican leadership calls them "assessments" but either way Massie says he's not going to pay them.

Massie says he's tired of being extorted and hasn't paid any of his "assessments" despite what he calls the "Wall of Shame" which attempts to publically ridicule congressmen by posting what people owe and what they have paid.

Could Washinton be any more corrupt? Not only do they steal from us every chance they get but they also extort money from each other. Even from those in their own party!

I do have a great story today about liberty, though. In Norway, a new town is forming based on anarco principles and the founders hope it will be an example for how free people can come together and live without government and heavy regulation.

I really like this because it will bring to light some the challenges that undoubtedly arise when theory meets practice. I should give us some good practical insights into what works and what doesn't and hopefully we learn and grow in our knowledge about liberty.Support the show.

I am too, all this "red-tape" all the time!

Today many of the stories coming out, as have been in the past, are about government's continual involvement in your life; telling you what you "can" and "cannot" do. As if they have some control over how you live your life or anyone elses. And frankly, I'm getting really tired of it!

As we say, don't hurt people and don't take their stuff. We should all be allowed to pursue our own self-interests as long as we don't hurt anyone and keep them from doing the same.

This is a great episode to share with others, so they can see how much the government is 'busy' telling everyone how to live.

Live for liberty and be free,

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That's right, according to a new report, obesity is a bigger problem around the world that starvation. The reason? As people come out of poverty, their new wealth gives them access to more food and less strenuous work.

What's the answer? Well if free market capitalism creates wealth, an abundance of food and a less demanding lifestyle then the need to look for some system that reduces wealth, empties store shelves and get's people breaking their back in the hot sun again. We need socialism!

I'm just kidding but you get my point.

I also want to take some time and talk about the comments presidential hopeful Austin Petersen said about me yesterday in his live stream. Here's the link to the entire discussion.

He wasn't very happy with my comments, and I can understand why but if you listen to this show I think you know I did my best not to be too hard on any of the candidates while at the same time expressing my reservations with each one. Sometimes telling the truth can lead to hurt feelings but that was not my intention.

Finally, we'll look at new app the TSA just purchased for 1.4 million dollars. You won't believe what it does.

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Well, we finally got our day, and I have to tell you I thought it went well. Huge thanks to John Stossel for taking two full hours of his show to bring light to the libertarian message. He did a terrific job moderating the event and for the most part I think the candidates did a good job of promoting the message of liberty.

But there were mistakes, and it became apparent to me after this debate that we are going to have an uphill battle bringing people into the third party camp with our current pool of candidates.

Johnson is awkward and always looks uncomfortable; McAfee is a current fugitive and Petersen comes off sounding like a street preacher on a soapbox. It doesn't matter which way we go the population as a whole are going to struggle with the messenger as much as the message.

Then it's on to women's soccer (WAIT DON'T LEAVE!) where we'll discuss the recent lawsuit four players filed against the sport for wage discrimination.

Finally, we'll look at the coming doctor shortage and see how a little free market choice could bring a more equitable distribution of physicians to the field. There's lots to cover today. Listen now.

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I remember when I first warned about the FCC's talks about regulating the internet. I took more heat for my position on that issue than any other issue we've discussed. I, of course, warned everyone that this was not, as the FCC suggested, an effort to "keep the internet free" but rather was a massive power grab by the government to regulate an industry it had no business overseeing.

Immediately they set about writing over 400 pages of new regulation, and they have now decided that if you're poor, you deserve to have your neighbor pay for a portion of your internet.

Government is so predictable and man so gullible. I will never understand how my neighbors can so easily delegate their power as free people to an organization that has shown so often to act against the interest of those it claims to serve.

From there we'll talk about the recent minimum wage hike in California and discuss some of the math small businesses will be forced to deal with over the next six years.

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