Ep. 2407 - HAPPY TAX DAY: Sex Changes For Illegal Immigrants?!

In this episode of The Ben Shapiro Show, Ben Shapiro delivers a blistering critique of progressive tax policy, focusing on New York City's newly announced 'Pied-a-Terre' tax on luxury second homes worth over $5 million. He argues that such taxes are not about fairness or public service but about punishing success and expressing political vengeance. Shapiro dissects the hypocrisy of Democrats who claim to care about the poor while enacting policies that drive away wealth creators, citing New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani’s gleeful rhetoric as evidence of a deeper ideological obsession with redistributing wealth through emotionalism rather than policy. He contrasts this with data showing that the top 10% of earners pay 70% of federal income taxes, and the top 1% pay more in taxes than they receive in services. The episode then pivots to California, where Shapiro condemns the state’s spending of taxpayer money on gender-affirming care for undocumented immigrants, citing a whistleblower report from San Francisco shelters. He frames this as emblematic of broader Democratic failures: waste, fraud, and a disregard for fiscal responsibility. Shapiro also discusses the dangers of immigration policies that allow violent criminals to remain in the U.S., citing the murder of a DHS auditor by a naturalized immigrant. He concludes with a foreign policy segment, praising President Trump’s aggressive stance on Iran, including naval blockades and economic sanctions, which he claims are crippling Iran’s economy and forcing negotiations. The episode ends with a conversation with Carl Truman on his new book, The Desecration of Man, which argues that the rejection of religious metaphysics has led to a dehumanizing culture that celebrates abortion, euthanasia, and gender transition as acts of liberation—when in reality, they stem from a nihilistic rejection of human dignity.