{"podcast":{"title":"How Money Works","slug":"how-money-works-7289568","podcast_index_feed_id":7289568,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN6866689826","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/1672d13e-0723-11f0-b46c-3fa26b71332f/image/b16c0074bb9aa03dd005f71d9fa14eb4.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"How Money Works","episode_count":166,"summary":"Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T16:18:48.862277+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-money-works-7289568"},"episode":{"title":"The Tax System is Broken... in Just The Right Way | How Money Works","slug":"the-tax-system-is-broken-in-just-the-right-way-how-money-works","published_at":"2026-07-24T02:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-money-works-7289568/the-tax-system-is-broken-in-just-the-right-way-how-money-works","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-money-works-7289568","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN6772271336.mp3?updated=1778656004","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN6772271336.mp3?updated=1778656004","summary":"The Tax System is Broken... In Just The Right Way Looking to grow your business online? Get started today with a free 14-day trial from Odoo: https://www.odoo.com/r/xwl Sign up for our FREE newsletter! - https://www.compoundeddaily.com/ Books we recommend - https://howmoneyworkslibrary.com/ My Other Channel: @HowHistoryWorks Edited By: Svibe Multimedia Studio Music Courtesy of: Epidemic Sound Select Footage Courtesy of: Getty Images For sponsorship inquiries, please contact sponsors@worksmedia.group Sign up for our newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈 All materials in these videos are for educational purposes only and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. This video does not provide investment or financial advice of any kind. #tax #finance #money The Federal Tax Code when written out from beginning to end is about two thousand six hundred [2,600] pages long. Depending on who you ask it can be as SEVENTY THOUSAND [70,000] pages IF you include all of the relevant legal rulings on the contents of the code itself. This snowballing complexity would be a big enough headache by itself, BUT the biggest problem of all, is that the Federal government only collects about a dozen different taxes… The guidelines on what these taxes are, how they are calculated and how they are collected take up a total of about 250 pages… everything ELSE in the code is allowances, credits, deductions, offsets, incentives and deferments. And that’s just FEDERAL taxes, things become EXPONENTIALLY more complicated when local and state taxes are included as well. Now it doesn’t matter if you believe that all taxes are theft, or if you think that the rich should be taxed out of existence, the CURRENT system is broken in JUUSSTT the right way. Ok so it’s no secre…","meta_description":"The Tax System is Broken... In Just The Right Way Looking to grow your business online? Get started today with a free 14-day trial from Odoo: https://www.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1051,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-money-works-7289568/episodes/the-tax-system-is-broken-in-just-the-right-way-how-money-works/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-money-works-7289568/the-tax-system-is-broken-in-just-the-right-way-how-money-works.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}