Tax time at the culture wars
Episode description
Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind are joined by Washington Post reporter Toluse Olorunnipa (@ToluseO) to talk more taxes for our hot! tax! policy! episodes this month. Today’s topic: Sen. Rick Scott’s 11-point plan to rescue America. Dylan, Dara, and Tolu get into the specifics of Scott’s policy proposal and speculate if the culture wars have seeped into tax policy. Plus, a white paper about unemployment benefits and opioid overdose mortality rates.
References:
Preorder His Name Is George Floyd by Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels
The Tax Policy Center’s analysis of the Rick Scott plan
How many people don’t pay income tax?
The folk Republican morality behind the plan
White paper: “Unemployment Insurance and Opioid Overdose Mortality in the United States”
Medicaid expansion reduced opioid deaths too
The relationship between the economy and the opioid epidemic
Hosts:
Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox
Dara Lind (@dlind), Weeds co-host, Vox
Credits:
Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer
Libby Nelson, editorial adviser
Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts
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