OA383: Trump's Taxes & The CARES Act (Or: Why Your Vote Matters)
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🗓️ 5 May 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode checks back in with the status of the consolidated cases pending before the Supreme Court regarding Trump's tax returns. As it turns out, this overlaps pretty strongly with the show's "B" segment about the potential for abuse in the CARES Act.
We begin with a colossal "Andrew Was Wrong" -- in which Andrew optimistically predicted we'd see Trump's tax returns in 2019. That... turned out not to be the case. So what are the odds that we'll see Trump's taxes before the November elections? Listen and find out!
After that, it's time for another semi-deep-dive, and this time we're checking back in with the just-passed CARES Act as Andrew talks about a provision we missed the first time around that has the potential to... well, you'll just have to listen and find out!
Then, it's time for the answer to #T3BE 176 involving burning a copy of the IRS Code. Is it illegal? If so, why?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | He's not even a lawyer and he's kicking your ass. |
| 0:19.0 | No! Bad lawyer! I need a loophole! |
| 0:25.0 | He's not Judge Judy and executioner! He is! |
| 0:31.0 | I'm sorry, but my mother always said if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. |
| 0:38.0 | Will that hold up in court? No, I've tried it before. |
| 0:45.0 | Stop. Ask a question a lawyer would ask, please. I am a lawyer. |
| 0:55.0 | Welcome to Opening Arguments, a podcast that pairs an inquisitive interviewer with a real-life lawyer. |
| 1:00.0 | This podcast is sponsored by the Law Offices of P. Andrew Torres, LLC for Entertainment Procoses, |
| 1:05.0 | is not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship. |
| 1:09.0 | Don't take legal advice from a podcast. |
| 1:18.0 | Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is Episode 383. I'm Thomas, that's Andrew. How you doing Andrew? |
| 1:23.0 | I'm fantastic, Thomas. How are you? |
| 1:25.0 | I'm good. I can't wait. I feel like I'm looking at our schedule here. |
| 1:29.0 | Andrew, I'm looking at the whiteboard as you call it, the spreadsheet. |
| 1:32.0 | This doesn't look like a happy episode. This looks like a very depressing episode. |
| 1:38.0 | Yeah, we've done a happy face episode before. This is a frowny face episode. |
| 1:43.0 | Yeah, we need to know just exactly how this administration is screwing us. |
| 1:50.0 | So then we can maybe factor that in when you're thinking both sides are the same or something. |
| 1:56.0 | Maybe factor that in. |
| 1:57.0 | Okay. We're going to talk about, you know, you made a prediction after the 2018 midterm when we won back the house. |
| 2:05.0 | You said we would see Trump's tax returns. |
| 2:07.0 | I sure did. |
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