Take Their Money And Run!

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Today's podcast takes up the so-called "billionaires tax" that is the hot topic in Washington and subjects it to scrutiny—is it constitutional? will it generate sufficient revenue? what will the consequences be for ordinary people?—which is maybe the worst (or best!) thing you could do to such a concept. Then, it's education and why Democrats and liberals seem unable to understand why it may be hurting them. Give a listen.

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0:00.0	Music
0:24.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine daily podcast today is Tuesday October 26th 2021
0:29.8	I am John Pudhoards the editor of commentary reminding you again to go to
0:33.7	Commentary.org slash roast 21 to get your tickets today to the roast of
0:41.9	Mayor Saliveta commentaries annual fundraising blowout event November 22nd
0:49.2	Monday November 22nd in person live with everybody together in New York City
0:56.4	at a nice Ritsey hotel it's an expensive ticket it's gonna punch a hole in
1:03.2	you but you're gonna want to come because there are hundreds of us there it's
1:07.2	a great event I'm not just saying that because it's our that one of the reasons
1:12.2	that we have this every year and that we sort of stumbled into it as our as our
1:18.3	lead fundraising event is that people love it so much it's a night of high
1:22.7	good humor teasing ribbing high spirits and and and particularly after the last
1:31.6	two years you're gonna want to be with us to have fun meet commentary writers
1:37.5	CS and person and watch as Mayor Saliveta cuz taking down a few pegs the
1:43.5	way we took down Jonah Goldberg and Ben Shapiro and Dick Cheney and Joe
1:49.3	Lieberman and the late Charles Krauthammer he was not then the late Charles Krauthammer
1:54.9	I should say it's not like we roasted him you know post mortem and my father my
2:01.6	mother Roger Hurtog dancing or one of the great events Bill Crystal before he
2:08.0	was Bill Crystal and and one of the great events in in in this world of
2:14.6	intellectual nonprofit fundraising everything so commentary dot org slash roast
2:22.4	21 or if you want to find out more you can email us at roast at commentary dot org
2:27.4	Monday November 22nd we are three weeks and six days out so we're excited and
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