Jesse Eisinger

So it was clearly a violation of the law just to leak one person's tax information. This was thousands of people. So you were like seeing how much they make in a given year. You're seeing what kind of deductions they had. You could see their gambling winnings. You could see their stock sales. I mean, it was an entree into a completely different world.

So it was clearly a violation of the law just to leak one person's tax information. This was thousands of people. So you were like seeing how much they make in a given year. You're seeing what kind of deductions they had. You could see their gambling winnings. You could see their stock sales. I mean, it was an entree into a completely different world.

So it was clearly a violation of the law just to leak one person's tax information. This was thousands of people. So you were like seeing how much they make in a given year. You're seeing what kind of deductions they had. You could see their gambling winnings. You could see their stock sales. I mean, it was an entree into a completely different world.

Yeah, yeah. Every person you can think of, the Waltons, was like, oh yeah, there are a lot of Waltons here. All the top hedge fund managers that you could think of. George Soros was in there. And you would be hard-pressed to name a billionaire who we don't have.

Yeah, yeah. Every person you can think of, the Waltons, was like, oh yeah, there are a lot of Waltons here. All the top hedge fund managers that you could think of. George Soros was in there. And you would be hard-pressed to name a billionaire who we don't have.

Yeah, yeah. Every person you can think of, the Waltons, was like, oh yeah, there are a lot of Waltons here. All the top hedge fund managers that you could think of. George Soros was in there. And you would be hard-pressed to name a billionaire who we don't have.

Yeah. Well, good. I was worried for a moment that we were going to be too hard on them. I just don't want to get all those emails from Jeff Bezos. Yeah. I... Well, first of all, I have been one of the people who's been naked at ProPublica because I've been lucky enough, fortunate enough to be in the 990 where they disclose some of the top salaried people.

Yeah. Well, good. I was worried for a moment that we were going to be too hard on them. I just don't want to get all those emails from Jeff Bezos. Yeah. I... Well, first of all, I have been one of the people who's been naked at ProPublica because I've been lucky enough, fortunate enough to be in the 990 where they disclose some of the top salaried people.

Yeah. Well, good. I was worried for a moment that we were going to be too hard on them. I just don't want to get all those emails from Jeff Bezos. Yeah. I... Well, first of all, I have been one of the people who's been naked at ProPublica because I've been lucky enough, fortunate enough to be in the 990 where they disclose some of the top salaried people.

And I'm sure that in my unproductive years, many people at ProPublica have felt that. resentful toward me. Maybe they feel resentful toward me in any year. But, you know, in fact, I go on. I'm able to work hard and work with colleagues. So you get over it and people aren't very conscious of it. Anyway, I think billionaires are special or let's say the ultra wealthy are special because they are

And I'm sure that in my unproductive years, many people at ProPublica have felt that. resentful toward me. Maybe they feel resentful toward me in any year. But, you know, in fact, I go on. I'm able to work hard and work with colleagues. So you get over it and people aren't very conscious of it. Anyway, I think billionaires are special or let's say the ultra wealthy are special because they are

And I'm sure that in my unproductive years, many people at ProPublica have felt that. resentful toward me. Maybe they feel resentful toward me in any year. But, you know, in fact, I go on. I'm able to work hard and work with colleagues. So you get over it and people aren't very conscious of it. Anyway, I think billionaires are special or let's say the ultra wealthy are special because they are

are often quasi-public figures. I think it essentially makes you a public figure once you reach a certain threshold of wealth, especially because of the power and influence that the wealth accords you. They donate to major institutions and fund political campaigns. And I think in turn, they should sacrifice a little bit of their privacy.

are often quasi-public figures. I think it essentially makes you a public figure once you reach a certain threshold of wealth, especially because of the power and influence that the wealth accords you. They donate to major institutions and fund political campaigns. And I think in turn, they should sacrifice a little bit of their privacy.

are often quasi-public figures. I think it essentially makes you a public figure once you reach a certain threshold of wealth, especially because of the power and influence that the wealth accords you. They donate to major institutions and fund political campaigns. And I think in turn, they should sacrifice a little bit of their privacy.

This is not written in the Hammurabi Code. You know, this was not handed down on Mount Sinai. These are just policy decisions that generations relatively recently made with some expertise and other blind spots. One of the struggles was to understand how income tax got to be the way it is in this country. And it's still a process. We're still learning about it.

This is not written in the Hammurabi Code. You know, this was not handed down on Mount Sinai. These are just policy decisions that generations relatively recently made with some expertise and other blind spots. One of the struggles was to understand how income tax got to be the way it is in this country. And it's still a process. We're still learning about it.

This is not written in the Hammurabi Code. You know, this was not handed down on Mount Sinai. These are just policy decisions that generations relatively recently made with some expertise and other blind spots. One of the struggles was to understand how income tax got to be the way it is in this country. And it's still a process. We're still learning about it.

I'm like, you know, among the seven people in the world who find it fascinating. and then tried to figure out why is this private? Why is it a secret? It turns out that's a policy decision and that originally in the Civil War, it wasn't secret, it was public. In the 1920s, it was public.

I'm like, you know, among the seven people in the world who find it fascinating. and then tried to figure out why is this private? Why is it a secret? It turns out that's a policy decision and that originally in the Civil War, it wasn't secret, it was public. In the 1920s, it was public.