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The national deficit usually feels like an abstract talking point: America’s permanent credit card bill that just keeps getting bigger, without ever coming due. But suddenly, our national debt has a r...

13 Kesä 202543min

There’s a new evil genius on Capitol Hill, one that privacy experts warn could empower tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to issue their own private currencies. The Senate is poised ...

5 Kesä 202534min

He came in with a bang but is going out with a whimper. After his 24/7 role on Trump’s election stage and his high-profile rampage through the federal government, billionaire Elon Musk says he’s scali...

28 Touko 202535min

One of the most powerful Republicans in the country has been called a teddy bear. Grover Norquist, the head of the activist group Americans for Tax Reform, certainly doesn’t come across as an anarcho-...

9 Touko 202541min

Former President George H.W. Bush once thought supply-side economics was so ludicrous he deemed it “voodoo economics.” But that was before Ronald Reagan transformed the Republican Party into a trickle...

2 Touko 202558min

How a small group of economists shaped Reagan’s tax policy and the future of the Republican party.  This is Part 2 of Tax Revolt, a new miniseries from Lever Time revealing how free-market radicals hi...

25 Huhti 202551min

In the 1970s, an eccentric anti-tax crusader launched a radical campaign to dismantle California’s tax system — a movement that still defines American politics today. This is Part 1 of Tax Revolt, a n...

18 Huhti 202551min

Listen to the 3-min trailer for Tax Revolt, a new limited series from Lever Time. Part 1 of 4 premieres April 18.Learn more at LeverNews.com/TaxRevolt Get ad-free episodes and exclusive bonus content ...

11 Huhti 20255min