Research that resonates.

He's the president of the Government Accountability Institute, Peter Switzer.

Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer has spent many years.

In fact, probably done a more comprehensive job than anyone's ever done,

chronicling the corruption by the powerful in Washington. Be very prescient Eric Eggers.

Join me right now is Government Accountability Institute Research Director, Eric Eggers.

We're going to take information that we've learned that people like Peter Schweitzer have uncovered,

and we're going to try to go further.

Great investigative reporting, Peter. You're the only one doing it thank God Eric

Eggers from the government accountability Institute and co-hosts of that great podcast the

Drilled Down with Peter Schweitzer this is the drill down with Peter Schweitzer hi this is Peter

Schweitzer and welcome to the drill down we We're talking to you today and we're

kind of grumpy. The reason is it's tax season. In fact, we're recording this on tax date,

April the 15th. So we want to take this day to dissect the IRS, its abuses, its uses,

its other manifestations. And doing that, of course, on the set is going to be Eric Eggers,

the co-host of this program. Eric, two questions for you. Number one, did you file your taxes or did

you get an extension? And number two, how confident are you, you would survive an IRS audit?

So if you're listening to this, let me just tell you this, I'm 43, and I learned this a few years

ago. You know

you're succeeding in life if you have not filed your taxes because nobody who's worth anything

actually files on April 15th. Like go to the post office before midnight, that is for the birds.

You get your account to file an extension. That is the move. And so no, I have not filed my taxes.

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