A Tax on Both Their Houses

The Gist

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🗓️ 3 November 2016

⏱️ 23 minutes

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We have (almost) survived a presidential campaign. Are we any smarter about taxes? On The Gist, Adam Davidson considers Donald Trump's apparent tax practices and explains the biggest barrier to bipartisan compromise on tax policy. Davidson covers business and economics for the New Yorker. For the Spiel, even Mike Pesca can't sooth your nerves over volatile polling. Today's sponsors: Placemakers, a new Slate podcast made possible by JPMorgan Chase. This podcast tells the stories of neighborhoods, businesses, and nonprofits who are working together to move their communities forward. Download and subscribe to Placemakers wherever you get your podcasts. And InterContinental Hotels and Resorts. Take a multisensory journey into the InterContinental life, and discover stories that will excite your curiosity by going to intercontinental.com/life. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Lionsgate Plus. The third season of the Lionsgate Plus
0:04.8	original series The Great is available to stream on Friday July 14 exclusively on Lionsgate
0:10.0	Plus. Follow Catherine the second play by L-Fanning and Peter The Great, played by Nicholas
0:14.4	Holt, as they hilariously attempt to make their marriage work after some seemingly insurmountable
0:18.7	problems, from attempt to murder and the imprisonment of close friends to their never-ending
0:22.6	legal responsibilities. The Great Season 3 is available to stream on Friday July 14 exclusively
0:28.2	on Lionsgate Plus. The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:37.8	It's Thursday November 3rd, 2016 from Slated to the Gestive Mike Pasca. The last time
0:44.3	the Cubs won the World Series, it was yesterday. Mayfly's born before the Cubs won the World
0:50.4	Series are still alive. Internet memes that were popular at the time the Cubs won the World
0:57.2	Series are still popular. Of the 12 top-grossing movies the year the Cubs won the World Series,
1:03.6	four were derived from comic books and six featured talking animals. In other words, the last time
1:08.7	the Cubs won the World Series, we had to go to the movies to see animals talk. Also, we said go to
1:15.5	the movies. That's crazy, right? Oh, you didn't hear the Cubs won the World Series? Pat Use of
1:20.5	670 The Score has the call. A little bouncer slowly toward Bryant. He will glove and throw the
1:25.4	Rizzo. It's in time. And the Chicago Cubs win the World Series. The Cubs don't pouring out of the
1:34.0	dugout. So you may think this says something profound or even transcendent about underdogs or
1:40.7	never giving up or perhaps more mundanely about overusing your relief pictures. Listen to Hang
1:46.0	up and listen to emergency Cubs win podcasts for more on that. But what this really says is this,
1:51.6	the Cubs have ruined their brand. You knew one thing. One thing about North American team sports,
1:58.6	you knew the Derek Jeter gave gift baskets to his overnight house guests. Maybe got one of those
2:03.5	gift baskets. Now, what you knew was this, A, the Yankees win and B the Cubs lose. But the Yankees
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