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Harris and Trump’s Terrible Tax Ideas

Nick Gillespie, Kamala Harris | Lex Villena; Ron Sachs - CNP for NY Po/SIPA/Newscom

In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman parse the presidential candidates’ latest batch of confounding ideas on tax policy before lamenting their various cringe media appearances over the past week.

05:21—Tax policy proposals

31:44—Weekly listener question

43:38—Candidate cringe media hits

54:18—This week’s cultural recommendations

 

Mentioned in this podcast:

Trump Panders to Auto Industry, Proposes Making Car Loan Interest Tax Deductible” by Joe Lancaster

Instead of Vote-Buying Tax Promises, Let’s Have Real Plans for Tax Relief” by J.D. Tuccille

How Much Will the Major Presidential Candidates Steal From You?” by J.D. Tuccille

Carving Out a Tax Cut Just for Tips Doesn’t Make More Sense When Kamala Harris Does It” by Eric Boehm

Kamala Harris’ Plan To Hike Corporate Income Taxes Would Fall on All Americans” by Eric Boehm

Harris: “Not a thing” she’d have done differently than Biden” by Erin Doherty

The U.S. Can’t Afford To Cut Taxes on Social Security Benefits” by Veronique de Rugy

Biden and Harris’ Record on Spending and Debt Is a Tragedy of Epic Proportion” by Veronique de Rugy

Where They Stand: The Presidential Candidates on Issues That Matter to Older Americans” by AARP

Sources of Federal Revenue” by Fiscal Data/Treasury Department

Vivek Ramaswamy Is Wrong about National Debt: We Can’t Grow Our Way Out of Its Ruinous Economic Impact” by Nick Gillespie

Budget Deficit Hit $ 1.8 Trillion After Huge Increase in Borrowing Costs” by Eric Boehm

Trump’s Proposals Would Add $ 5.8 Trillion to the Deficit” by Eric Boehm

Free the Art! Sell the Art!” by Crispin Sartwell

How Will Reason Staffers Vote in 2020?

Show Us Your Vote!” by Matt Welch

Neal Stephenson’s Past, Present, and Future” by Mike Godwin

Neal Stephenson Wants To 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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Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.

 

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Audio production by Ian Keyser

Assistant production by Hunt Beaty

Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve

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