well, the states, even though the federal government has increased the gas tax, the states have been doing it. seven states increased their state gas tax. oklahoma leading the way with a 3 cent increase. they already have gas taxes and they re raising the tax as a means of generating revenue. some people think we ought to race the federal gas tax to fund infrastructure. states, meanwhile, are already doing it. so happy independence day! good news is, we got the money to pay for it. that s the good news. people have jobs. economy is doing well. charles: that is the good news. be safe, buddy. thanks a lot. so with oil prices already up about 22% so far this year, what can drivers expect going
the main source of funding is not oil. the main source is taxation extortion. extortion, extortion of the people under their control. as people dwindle they have less they would tax every business. everybody who paid tax to somebody would pay isis. a farmer gives a percentage of their crops or money they made to it. this is why not having territory hurts them. yes. it s their main way of generating revenue. but al qaeda didn t have that form of revenue for a long time. while we didn t hear much about it, it continues to exist. the idea that it goes away doesn t mean the terrorism goes away. al qaeda had key moment in their past. they controlled the area the size of afghanistan for around year. in yemen a very important port which brought a lot of taxation. but al qaeda was forced to use other forms of revenue, namely ransoms from hostages, which they sold back to their governments.
refugees from syria, that s indefinite. that s not the 90-day ban. that appears to be in perpetuity. we don t know when it would be lifted. such a time we could secure those people when people are fleeing their home from aggressors whether they be terrorists or their own government, they don t go home and make sure they have their proper papers with them. there s about 250,000 syrian passports that are missing right now and we noah sad and the syrian government sell credentials as a form of generating revenue. so, anybody who presents us with a syrian pass toport, we have t make sure it s their passport and not one they bought from the assad government. during the campaign you objected to president trump s call for a ban on muslims entering this country. how do you respond to people who say this isn t a ban on muslims, it s a ban on seven countries, obviously muslims from other countries are allowed to come in. these are seven muslim majority countries and they re seven countries
spending time generating revenue for his companies, he will continue raising questions and conflicts that could cast a cloud over his presidency and, more importantly, over the independence of his administration. for more, i m joined by the chief investigative reporter for politico who has been on the story, ken vogel. ken, the money here. why does it matter if the president-elect is at this event generating this revenue? well, it certainly creates the appearance, ari, that what he is doing is essentially selling access to himself. sure, this club mar-a-lago has had these types of events before at major holidays, on new year s, on christmas, on thanksgiving. what it hasn t had is a featured guest who, by the way, is the president-elect of the united states of america. so the way that they explain this is just business as usual. this is the way mar-a-lago conducts business. and forget about the money that trump receives from this. and would have received whether
party. cell phone video showed trump giving him a shoutout during his speech and a spokesman for the transition said they had no formal meetings or professional discussions. their interactions were social. that may be true. there may have been only one business partner in attendance. or it may not be true. as long as donald trump keeps spending time generating revenue for his companies, he will continue raising questions and conflicts that could cast a cloud over his presidency and, more importantly, over the independence of his administration. for more, i m joined by the chief investigative reporter for politico who has been on the story, ken vogel. ken, the money here. why does it matter if the president-elect is at this event generating this revenue? well, it certainly creates the appearance, ari, that what he is doing is essentially selling access to himself. sure, this club mar-a-lago has