Stephen Dubner

You make the point that Republicans typically campaign on this set of lower taxes, lower spending ideas. But if they win and especially if they control Washington, then they just spend like crazy, spend as much, if not more than Democrats.

You make the point that Republicans typically campaign on this set of lower taxes, lower spending ideas. But if they win and especially if they control Washington, then they just spend like crazy, spend as much, if not more than Democrats.

Now, for the Democrats, would you say that at least they tend to be a little bit more honest in carrying out their campaign promises in that they say they want to tax and spend and then they do?

Now, for the Democrats, would you say that at least they tend to be a little bit more honest in carrying out their campaign promises in that they say they want to tax and spend and then they do?

Now, for the Democrats, would you say that at least they tend to be a little bit more honest in carrying out their campaign promises in that they say they want to tax and spend and then they do?

And so you get spending without taxation, which just drives your beloved deficit even further. Exactly. Coming up after the break, we run through Jessica Riedel's 10 tax myths one by one. I'm Stephen Dubner. This is Freakonomics Radio. We'll be right back. OK, here are what Jessica Riedel calls the top 10 tax myths in the U.S. system.

And so you get spending without taxation, which just drives your beloved deficit even further. Exactly. Coming up after the break, we run through Jessica Riedel's 10 tax myths one by one. I'm Stephen Dubner. This is Freakonomics Radio. We'll be right back. OK, here are what Jessica Riedel calls the top 10 tax myths in the U.S. system.

And so you get spending without taxation, which just drives your beloved deficit even further. Exactly. Coming up after the break, we run through Jessica Riedel's 10 tax myths one by one. I'm Stephen Dubner. This is Freakonomics Radio. We'll be right back. OK, here are what Jessica Riedel calls the top 10 tax myths in the U.S. system.

OK, those are your 10 myths on the final one about corporate tax rates. I assume you were giving substantial credit there to the 2017 Trump cuts or no. I mean, that's where it came from.

OK, those are your 10 myths on the final one about corporate tax rates. I assume you were giving substantial credit there to the 2017 Trump cuts or no. I mean, that's where it came from.

OK, those are your 10 myths on the final one about corporate tax rates. I assume you were giving substantial credit there to the 2017 Trump cuts or no. I mean, that's where it came from.

When you're talking about the perception that if you just tax the rich a lot more, then everything will be fine, and you lay out in this piece why that is an absurdly narrow and wrong view, it does make me think of the famous quote, I guess, from Warren Buffett, talking about how, my secretary pays a lower tax rate than I do. Can you talk me through that?

When you're talking about the perception that if you just tax the rich a lot more, then everything will be fine, and you lay out in this piece why that is an absurdly narrow and wrong view, it does make me think of the famous quote, I guess, from Warren Buffett, talking about how, my secretary pays a lower tax rate than I do. Can you talk me through that?

When you're talking about the perception that if you just tax the rich a lot more, then everything will be fine, and you lay out in this piece why that is an absurdly narrow and wrong view, it does make me think of the famous quote, I guess, from Warren Buffett, talking about how, my secretary pays a lower tax rate than I do. Can you talk me through that?

I think this is one of the big misunderstandings, the difference between a salaried worker and someone whose earnings are coming from investment generally.

I think this is one of the big misunderstandings, the difference between a salaried worker and someone whose earnings are coming from investment generally.

I think this is one of the big misunderstandings, the difference between a salaried worker and someone whose earnings are coming from investment generally.

In promoting what you call this myth that high earners are underpaying, you talk about how the Biden administration recategorized a bunch of income from the top piece of the pyramid. Can

In promoting what you call this myth that high earners are underpaying, you talk about how the Biden administration recategorized a bunch of income from the top piece of the pyramid. Can

In promoting what you call this myth that high earners are underpaying, you talk about how the Biden administration recategorized a bunch of income from the top piece of the pyramid. Can