The Ledger, every show
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks, across all 44 shows. Pick shows below, then mix any filter with any other.
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every show 44 of 44
Shapiro: Qatar gave Hamas $2B and U.S. universities $6.3B recently
“They gave two billion dollars to Hamas over the course of the last several years. And have funded the American university system to tune a 6.3 billion dollars for a country that has a grand total of 2.6 million citizens.”
Shapiro: All net U.S. taxes are paid by the top income quintile
“All net taxes in this country are paid by the top quintile, all of them, because below the top quintile, you're getting as much back from the government or more than you are paying into the system.”
Shapiro: DOGE is avoiding means-tested welfare, the main national debt driver
“The systemic drivers of our national debt are not actually being touched at this point by Doge. I mean, it's the means-tested welfare programs that are really the systemic long-term drivers of our national debt.”
Shapiro: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was previously a paid Qatari agent
“The current attorney general of the United States, Pam Bondi, was a foreign registered agent for Qatar for a while, being paid by Qatar to do that sort of lobbying work.”
Shapiro: U.S. average tariff rate is highest since the 1930s
“The average tariff rate right now is higher than it's been any time since the 19 thirties.”
Shapiro: US border crossings have dropped to lowest in recorded history
“The numbers of the border have just Plummeted to almost zero. I mean, the lowest numbers in recorded history, and that is an unmitigated success.”
Shapiro: Israel removed US tariffs before Trump levied 17% tariff
“Yesterday, in anticipation of this, Israel, which had very, very low tariffs on United States goods anyway, announced they'd removed all tariffs. On American goods, right? There were no tariffs on American goods anymore. And the administration that afternoon l…”
Shapiro: US defense spending as share of GDP has decreased post-Iraq War
“Military as a percentage of the GDP, or as a percentage of the budget, has been, you know, relatively stable, and in some cases decreasing since, since the end of the Iraq War.”
Shapiro: Most US manufacturing job loss stems from technology, not offshoring
“The vast majority of job loss in the manufacturing sector is not due to offshoring. It's due to technological advancements.”
Ben Shapiro: The US middle class has shifted into the upper middle class
“The fib, the politicians always make bank on is the idea that, for example, the middle class in America is completely dissolved. That is not statistically true. The middle class has turned into the upper middle class.”
Shapiro: Magnificent Seven drive 60-70% of S&P 500 gains
“60, 70% of all S&P 500 gains are happening in the Magnificent Seven.”