The White House lied about its IRS funding | Reason Roundtable | April 8, 2024
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Published 2024-04-09
00:00 - Biden's response to Israeli military forces killing seven aid workers in Gaza
27:04 - The IRS hires more workers, and more middle-class audits result.
36:16 - Weekly Listener Question
47:56 - Eclipse day!
53:25 - This week's cultural recommendations
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All Comments (20)
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I'm disappointed that the crew didn't even get into the question, why does the IRS basically force us to buy tax software rather than offering/providing a tax filing app of its own like every other government agency? End the collusion between the government and tax software companies!
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I paid my taxes for 2022 and now it took him a year to send me a notice telling me that I didn't pay and they've added extra charges tell me they're not a corrupt organization
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Matt, if you're so fond of Mr. Havel, frame him!
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More interesting is to stand in a wide space and watch the shadow eclipse come in across the wide landscape. Also to observe animal behavior when it happens.
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I remember all summer and a day, and I always also think about that each time an eclipse happens
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All summer in a day. One of my favorites. 😊
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If I were a rich man. Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. The I. R. S. would (edit) me in the bum, if I were a wealthy man.
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While I admit that Georgism may give you a new perspective on taxation, it's also based on some fallacies, like the idea that undeveloped land is worth anything, and ignores the subjectivity of valuation altogether. Yes, I remember reading All Summer In a Day. It IS a great story. But I'll be darned if I remember where I read it. It could have been in a Bradbury short story collection, but somehow I think it was required reading for some English textbook or other. I can't remember for sure. I had heard that Iain Banks was rather libertarian in his writing, but hadn't heard about him talking against libertarians. In any case, I did read a book in the Culture series, but I didn't get too excited about it. I'll have to try another book.
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52:30 Holy shit I remember seeing a show on HBO based on this story when I was a kid. Have always wondered what the story was. Thank you KMW!
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So when are the government officials who lied going to face consequences? Hahahaha, I'll see my way out.
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Does the IRS like Australia's version (ATO) do not & or can not define 'Income'?
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1:03:46 lol
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You guys are simultaneously saying that the US should be less involved in Israel/Gaza, yet we should continue sending the IDF weapons shipments — unconditionally — to use for war crimes because they’re our ally in geopolitics?
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@ReasonTV c/o Katherine Mangu-Ward - If your memory of that Ray Bradbury story is indeed a hallucination, please take consolation in the fact that my grade school was distributing the same hallucinogens as yours. Barely 4 pages long, but genius, and it's always stuck with me. Thank you for the reverie.
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The biggest problem is anybody between $200,000 and a million dollars. Could very possibly be a small business owner because they're claiming it on their personal taxes and have an incorporated
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What treaty do we have with Israel Nick?
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Flat Tax as a subject for the program?
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I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. What's more egregious is that they set aside $80 billion for hiring people, when that money could go a long way to modernize their operations.
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I recommended reading a former Trotsky inspired atheist who ended up as a Catholic philosopher, Alasdair MacIntyre. Start w After Virtue, then Whose Justice?, Which Rationality? He remains a profound critic of Modern Liberalism and ideas of the self. Charles Taylor (another Catholic) wrote the great Sources of the Self.
