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The John Batchelor Show

IRS: WEALTH TAX LEFT OUT. RICHARD EPSTEIN

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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IRS: WEALTH TAX LEFT OUT. RICHARD EPSTEIN
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secure. This is CBS. I on the world. I'm John Batchel, welcoming Professor Richard Epstein of the

1:06.5

Civitas Institute at the University of Texas. He teaches law at NYU and the University of Chicago.

1:12.6

And he writes about the big, beautiful bill, now the law of the land. And what is to be done

1:19.4

with two parts of it that damage it to my mind as a piece of successful legislation. But we'll see. Professor, a very good evening to you.

1:30.4

Nice to be here, John. You have praise for the big, beautiful bill, but I'm skipping past that to your

1:35.7

essay at Civitas, which was from real clear politics. The first objection you find when I applaud it

1:43.6

is the wealth tax. it is the wealth tax.

1:45.9

What is the wealth tax?

1:47.4

What is it that the big, beautiful bill tolerates in the wealth tax?

1:51.5

Good evening.

1:52.0

I think it's a little bit backwards.

1:53.8

Let me explain.

1:55.1

If you went to true tax reforms, circa 9th, 2023, you would get a large number of very left-wing pundits who would have

2:02.6

two major proposals to extract more wealth from the rich. One of them would be a wealth tax,

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