Episode Details

Part 1:
We talk with Bob Lord, retired tax lawyer and former Congressional candidate, currently serves as senior advisor for tax policy at the Patriotic Millionaires.
We discuss how the very rich avoid paying taxes that fall on working people. The US tax system favors the oligarchs, who have manipulated the tax code to favor themselves, and now control most media outlets. We discuss the mechanisms by which they avoid paying taxes. We also talk about what could help alleviate this situation.
Part 2:
We talk with Alex Sammon, feature writer atslate.com, who has written about the huge issue of the orange crop failures in Florida, and how this has impacted the agricultural businesses in Florida. This is an epidemic that is striking the citrus business, a huge proportion of agriculture in Florida, with no solution in sight. What will be the long term effects on the population of Florida and the effects on the US?

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Music: "That's how every empire falls," John Prine