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“Bombshell” author Suzanne Somers on her successful career in entertainment and the impact of taxes on her businesses.
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It's gonna have social I worry I do worry I'm a capitalist.
I have my little organic skin care business is trying to make a -- doesn't cited -- -- fast enough that you should do that you're you're making money hand over fist.
You can easily afford to give you out but you know at certain point when your small business like Diana's -- not a small -- After the GDP a lot of yes just an economy that justify investing yeah up -- a quarter profit of Florida so yeah yeah I -- that you.
I can afford to -- more and that's what he's saying it's it bidding you reach a point if you get taxed to you know 75% which is being nabbed.
-- tossed around there how can you keep your employees at some point when you're not making any profit -- is there a level would you say Suzanne I can't do this.
-- in terms of -- -- 35%.
As a tough right now you're -- you bring it up to 39 point 6% whatever was under Clinton.
I might get a little of that or might not is -- -- low which is crunching numbers and it pretty good at math yeah you say this isn't working out.
I'm married to Canadian and to have the associated with the I can run to Canada -- how -- -- Canadian resident no actually he's it has dual citizenship.
That it will be very handy that would be doing yeah that is well I don't but I come along as baggage -- -- you know that.
So.
World -- -- -- industry yes.
You don't you have to understand my industry I am a celebrity.
But I'm not really I don't act anymore I I -- do you enjoy.
I do.
One writers and private private dates where -- like to put on Michael sat down in line -- piano insane.
Don't we all that we often -- it's a similar effect should.
Test -- so I mean I'm an entertainer brands.
I'm Dana Broadway tonight -- -- in the year.
I love you -- -- -- -- and you know I so appreciate I've always told you that.
You -- you know what my theory was that so that what is it you know would dilly creek site gets -- Tom Hanks.
Is he doing a one man I don't it's one it Larry not a -- -- woman in the show right.
But it's gonna -- when you ask my sense right.
Is that you have to be happy and like the -- over your past no matter how.
Tragic it is and -- about it joke about it and that's what audiences but yours was a little more sober.
It it it was -- -- leave it there are moments.
It to me it was triumph over the human spirit and -- and -- over adversity.
And -- I needed to do that for me cost me a lot of money do that because I might previews overall did really well but once the critics got a hold of me.
It was shut down real fast that got it was a great experience in.
That's what I chose to spend my money.
Carter was very clever but now right and feeling.
And I don't like to hold.
Broadway crap -- -- a lot of progress right.
And I see the wants to get nominated.
For Tony's -- Spiderman.
And -- -- wrong about producers -- assistance and -- Spiderman got no nominations.
More people so spider and then all these and rightly so -- to go right.
So it's very glitzy course a lot of -- -- in the early days to see people with hurt themselves.
-- but it was very different very novel right and Spiderman gets squat nothing.
-- -- how about me there are two people in my category.
And I would of one.
They eliminated -- category.
I'm just was to California and for them so I don't know what that is about -- I think they actually hated me -- then how could dance there's no I'm not.
Don't know but -- -- why I think a lot of -- due.
To -- -- you dismiss the political lesson.
And I think that they would never let go -- -- she was the ditzy -- right on that right that's -- right you know you you know you -- you know until right at this.
But that's a hard thing to break.
Probably hand you know it's great after all these years and all these books I've written and I have a very very large constituency -- wonderful.
Career that probably most people aren't really aware sold 25 million books around the world around the world -- those foreign masters.
We stopped counting after ten million.
Ten million yeah dollars and how Americans are fatter than ever get basic -- -- -- -- the forty well as you know obviously Donato -- I don't I don't how to get people then.
You have to stop feeding chemicals because the only thing that's what levels do you ignore is that at that yeah -- -- -- -- -- rock now she looks good.
Yeah I'm she's a robot and I don't have enough FF.
It didn't leaving even don't think -- iPhone and I'd accept that can exercise our right right exercising and all of that back I don't exercise like a fanatic I think I take I don't know.
So I was standing in my dressing room in my underwear.
And I put on the new issues -- Nothing's gonna be -- -- don't think -- stupid that was like paying 2000 dollars -- she's back then so I walked out in my bra and underpants and I said -- -- -- my issues in the UN.
Greece and -- that's.
And that was -- units and ten million.
That it won't happen.
You you know you're comfortable room where it would just advances that you've had the Boca averaging how's.
Your only concern is if we -- this president is still concerned about.
You're forcing you be political think yes I would say OK and that all the money you Mittal the prime minister and go away if you think it's -- Expect.
Why I am the capitalists.
And I work and -- -- I've worked hard for my money.
And I employ a lot of people -- -- do and I pay for their insurance and all I really want my government to do is keep he's -- and build the roads and Lorenzen.
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