(2016/04/29) In praise of higher taxes (Economics) (Repost)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 2 December 2016
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Edition #1010
Today we take a look at the way our current low-tax structure ends up redistributing the burden of funding society to those least able to pay for it while widening the already staggeringly-large wealth gap.
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: City Stealing From Citizens By Tampering With Traffic Lights - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 10-18-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: The fix is in - Ok Go
Ch. 4: Act 2: Cops Generating Money off Black Communities... - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 07-31-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Shakedown - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Ch. 6: Act 3: Billionaire Governor Taxes Rich, Increases Minimum Wage, Economy Explodes - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 02-28-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Trickle Down - Hayseed Dixie
Ch. 8: Act 4: Republican Governors Seek to Raise Taxes On Middle Class and Poor - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 01-28-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Class Warfare - Chris Priest
Ch. 10: Act 5: Details of how Reaganomics in Kansas has utterly failed - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 4-19-16
Ch. 11: Song 5: That’s all - Clare and the Reasons
Ch. 12: Act 6: How To Pay For Tax Cuts For The Rich (If You're A Republican) - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 06-20-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Robin Hood - Dick James
Ch. 14: Act 7: Don't Think the Poor Pay Enough Taxes? You're Living in a Fantasy World - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 04-25-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Work to Live - Serious Suicide
Ch. 16: Act 8: .@ryangrim on Mississippi's dependence on prisoners for revenue - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 4-19-16
Ch. 17: Song 8: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Ch. 18: Act 9: Why An American In Sweden LOVES Paying His Taxes... - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 04-12-16
Ch. 19: Song 9: Taxman - Nickel Creek
Ch. 20: Act 10: The myth of a heavy tax burden in the US - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date 4-24-16
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone, I have an excellent episode for you today. |
| 0:02.5 | It's one that came out a few months ago, |
| 0:04.7 | but I wanted to play it again, |
| 0:06.1 | and I wanted to tell you why. |
| 0:08.1 | It is the episode that turned out to be |
| 0:10.5 | the single most popular episode of the year |
| 0:13.6 | up until the election at least. |
| 0:15.5 | And I guess you've probably already seen the title of the show |
| 0:18.4 | so I can't keep you in suspense, |
| 0:19.9 | but can you believe that the most popular episode, |
| 0:23.1 | it wasn't about creeping fascism, |
| 0:25.7 | it wasn't about one of the hottest topics, |
| 0:28.7 | like gun violence or Black Lives Matter |
| 0:32.0 | or police killing, it wasn't any of that. |
| 0:34.8 | It was about making the case to raise people's taxes. |
| 0:39.2 | It must have gone viral or something. |
| 0:41.1 | I don't know how it happened, |
| 0:42.1 | but a lot of people tuned into this episode |
| 0:45.3 | way back when it came out. |
| 0:46.8 | And today with Trump filling his cabinet full of billionaires |
| 0:51.6 | and promising to cut everyone's taxes and services, |
| 0:55.6 | I thought this was a great time to revisit this topic, |
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