Death and Taxes: The ISIS Cash Flow Problem
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Increased bombing has the Islamic State struggling to maintain its oil revenue and hold on to the territory it's occupied. At the same time, a system of taxation enforced by increasing brutality may ultimately erode its ability to control and govern millions of people. We hear about a model of governance that could threaten the sustainability of the Islamic State from the inside.
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| 0:32.7 | this is To the Point. How long can the Islamic States stay in business? |
| 0:42.7 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
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| 0:49.0 | The richest terrorist group in history is financed not just by smuggling oil and selling looted antiquities. It may get as much as |
| 0:56.0 | a billion dollars a year from taxation of individuals and businesses subject to a system of brutal |
| 1:02.3 | enforcement. While increased bombing may deplete oil revenues, beatings and even beheadings are taking a toll |
| 1:08.3 | on formerly middle-class people. |
| 1:14.8 | We hear about a model of governance that could threaten the sustainability of the Islamic state from the inside. Today's talking point, all those hoverboards, where are they coming |
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| 1:51.0 | Increased bombing as the Islamic State struggling to maintain its oil revenue and hold on to the territory it's occupied. |
| 1:58.0 | At the same time, a system of taxation enforced by increasing brutality may |
| 2:02.6 | ultimately erode its ability to control and govern millions of people. Today's talking point, |
| 2:07.8 | three months ago, nobody had ever heard of the two-wheeled motorized scooters called hoverboards. |
| 2:13.4 | Now they're on millions of American holiday wish lists. We'll hear how they went from the |
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