This week The Justification Roundtableeditors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman analyze the presidential candidates’ latest batch of confusing ideas on tax policy before lamenting their various crooked media appearances over the past week.
05:21—Tax policy proposals
31:44 – Weekly listener question
43:38—Candidate creeps media hits
54:18 — This week’s cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
“Trump Panders to Auto Industry, Proposes to Make Auto Loan Interest Deductible” by Joe Lancaster
“Instead of vote-buying tax promises, let’s have real plans for tax cuts” by JD Tuccille
“How much will the major presidential candidates steal from you?” by JD Tuccille
“Doing a tax cut just for tips doesn’t make any more sense when Kamala Harris is doing it” by Eric Boehm
“Kamala Harris’ plan to raise corporate taxes would fall on all Americans” by Eric Boehm
“Harris: “Not one thing” she would have done differently than Biden” by Erin Doherty
“US Can’t Afford to Cut Social Security Taxes” by Veronique de Rugy
“Biden and Harris’ record on spending and debt is a tragedy of epic proportions” by Veronique de Rugy
“Where They Stand: The Presidential Candidates on Issues That Matter to Older Americans” by AARP
“Sources of Federal Revenue” by Tax Data/Treasury
“Vivek Ramaswamy is wrong about national debt: We can’t grow our way out of its devastating economic impact” by Nick Gillespie
“Budget Deficits Hit $1.8 Trillion After Huge Increases in Borrowing Costs” by Eric Boehm
“Trump’s proposal would add $5.8 trillion to the deficit” by Eric Boehm
“Free the art! Sell the art!” by Crispin Sartwell
“How will Cause Employees vote in 2020?”
“Show us your voice!” by Matt Welch
“Neal Stephenson’s Past, Present and Future” by Mike Godwin
“Neal Stephenson Will Tell Big Stories” by Tyler Cowen
“Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments To Freedom and Prosperity” by Nick Gillespie
“My biggest concern remains the carburetor eating” by IowaHawkBlog
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Sound production by Ian Keyser
Assistant production by Hunt Beaty
Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve
- Video Editor: Ian Keyser
- Producer: Hunt Beaty