On this week’s The Motive Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman contemplate President Joe Biden’s up to date response to the struggle in Gaza following a strike by Israeli army forces that killed seven World Central Kitchen assist staff. And with tax day on the horizon, the editors replicate on how Biden’s plan to rent new IRS brokers is leading to extra audits of the center class.
03:02—Biden’s response to Israeli army forces killing seven assist staff in Gaza
27:04—The IRS hires extra staff, and extra middle-class audits outcome.
36:16—Weekly Listener Query
47:56—Eclipse day!
53:25—This week’s cultural suggestions
Talked about on this podcast:
“Biden Says Arab States Ready To Recognize Israel in Future Deal,” by Jordan Fabian
“Should pro-Hamas students be blacklisted?” by Nick Gillespie
“The West Bank Comes to New Jersey,” by Matthew Petti
Nancy Rommelman’s dispatches from Israel
“Russ Roberts on October 7 and the Future of U.S.-Israel Relations,” by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe
“Throwing Money at the IRS Won’t Fix Its Problems,” by Katherine Mangu-Ward
“Promise-Breaking IRS,” by Liz Wolfe
“In 2022, the IRS Went After the Very Poorest Taxpayers,” by Liz Wolfe
“Massive Scale of Improper Payments Show Govt is Too Big NOT to Fail,” by Veronique de Rugy
“3 More Reasons To Fear the IRS,” by Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg
“Remy: What Are the Chances? (An IRS Love Song),” by Remy, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg
“Remy: Best Song Ever! (One Direction Parody—Tax Code Edition),” by Remy, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg
“W-2 WTF?!?!: Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode!” by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie
“Velvet President,” by Matt Welch
“Was Foucault a Libertarian? Nick Gillespie Explains Why Philosopher’s Greatest Protégé Was the Free Market,” by Davis Richardson
“Libertarian Postmodernism: A Reply to Jordan Peterson and the Intellectual Dark Web,” by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie
“Goodbye True World,” by Nick Gillespie
“‘We Are as Gods and Might as Well Get Good at It,'” by Nick Gillespie
“Václav Havel’s Funeral: Why Truth Needs Love,” by Matt Welch
“Curb This, Mofo,” by Nick Gillespie
“Enthusiasm, Curbed,” by Nick Gillespie
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Audio manufacturing by Ian Keyser; assistant manufacturing by Hunt Beaty.
Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve