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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Devil's in the Deficit

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.76.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Finally back from his escapades in the Midwest, Jonah invites Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and resident "debts and deficits" wonk, back on The Remnant. They discuss the necessity of raising taxes on the middle class, how much weed it would take to balance the budget, and the extinction of fiscally conservative Republicans. What can be done about the debt? What would happen if the IRS is abolished? Why is Jonah so afraid of monetary policy? Show Notes: — Brian's page at the Manhattan Institute — Brian: The Rich Aren’t Rich Enough to Balance the Federal Budget Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Can you, Jiggas? Greetings your listeners. This is Jonah Wilbur, coast of the remnant

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podcast brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media. I am on my heat, I will talk about it more on probably the solo but I

1:37.1

just got back from Ohio where I did a civic debate with Ezra Klein civic and civil debate with Ezra Klein, Civic and civil,

1:44.0

debate with Ezra Klein of the New York Times,

1:46.0

and had to be up at 4 in the morning to come back to teach you

1:50.0

or lead some seminar thing for somebody. Anyway, so I'm kind of bleary-eyed, I'm in a borrowed office, and, but in the grand tradition of this podcast where everyone is just zigging towards rank punditry because that's what everyone's talking about in the wake of the New Hampshire primary.

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