Canadian Trade, Our Overton Window, Tax Policy, Is Libertarianism Realistic?

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this listener mail episode, Mike and Jay answer the following questions: How big of a deal is the Canadian dairy industry in the overall context of a renegotiated trade agreement, and should we be concerned about the effect of the USMCA on the Canadian dairy industry? Why doesn't the show place more emphasis on the views of 'rational alarmists'? Should corporate tax policy be changed to incentivize paying higher wages to workers? Are Libertarian ideas 'good on paper' but unworkable in real life? Show NotesWho should be the first non-guy Politics Guy? Let us know (and tell us what you think about the current Politics Guys) by taking this short Politics Guys Hosts Survey. We appreciate your feedback! Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Politics Guys listener mail show where we respond to your questions, comments, and criticisms.
0:06.8	I am, of course, Michael Beranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University,
0:11.0	and with me is my regular co-host, Jay Carson. Jay.
0:17.2	How you doing? I was like, I blank first. Wait, you're Jay. Yeah. We've got a long morning.
0:20.7	It's been a while, yeah, exactly. Absolutely like, I blank for some way. You're Jay. Yeah. We've got a long morning. It's been a while.
0:21.7	Yeah, exactly.
0:22.7	Absolutely.
0:23.6	So I thought we just plunge right in.
0:26.1	Before we do, I just wanted to point out that if you haven't yet taken the politics
0:31.5	guys co-host listener survey where you can weigh in on what you think about all of us really, but especially
0:37.6	our potential new co-host, Athena and Alexandra. We'd really appreciate you to do that. I
0:43.2	will put the link to that in the show. It's just like I did for the Saturday show. All right. So
0:48.2	brings us to our first question, which actually relates to this. After Tray's show with Athena King, a couple weeks
0:55.6	back, a listener, Mike, left the following comment on politicsguise.com. He said, where's Jay?
1:02.4	Are you seriously railroading him because you don't agree with his stance? The show is trash
1:06.9	without him. I love that comment. I love the passion. You know, Jay, you get a lot of
1:13.9	flack from people. I do. And in fact, just to be clear, no, I have not been railroaded, I have not
1:19.2	been railroaded, that I, the three-week hiatus actually just sort of coincided with a couple
1:26.9	other things that we're doing.
1:28.2	One, trying out some new folks on the podcast, which to some extent is made to be able
1:34.9	to let Mike take a break every now and again.
1:38.4	And second, I, gosh, I had a trial, and then I was traveling from work, and then I just
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