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    The Politics of Tax Day

    With conservative media pushing anti-tax "tea parties" on this day that taxes are due, President Obama addressed the issue this morning.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    With conservative media pushing anti-tax "tea parties" on this day that taxes are due, President Obama addressed the issue this morning. A former tax reporter for the New York Times, Syracuse Law Professor David Cay Johnston is author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill).

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sonya Geis

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      David Cay Johnston

      Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author, Daily Beast, Investipedia, DC Report

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    A New President Goes South of the Border
    1. 1:30The Politics of Tax DayYou’re reading this
    2. 7:21A New President Goes South of the Border
    3. 42:30French Navy Seizes Pirates of Kenyan Coast
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