OA701: Fox's Defamation F-Tussle and the Texas Broodmare Tax
Added 2023-03-03 07:23:00 +0000 UTCToday, Liz and Andrew break down two stories that are all over the news: a proposed new bill in Texas that is an assault on both marriage equality and families. And then we have an update on how Dominion is doing in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News. You won't want to miss it!
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Notes
Texas HB 2889
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02889I.htm
TX Biennial Property Tax Report 2020-2021
https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/Biennial-Property-Tax-Report-Texas.pdf
2005 IRS bulletin - Frivolous Tax arguments
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb05-14.pdf
2007 IRS bulletin - more frivolous Tax arguments
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb07-14.pdf
Flora v. US, 362 U.S. 145 (1960)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13305625317215905
Helvering v. Mitchell, 303 U.S. 391 (1938)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1082206999326140100
US v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15904210835021146815
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3833/text?r=98&s=1
Comments
It would also have been important to note that there is not a single cosponsor on this bill, and other than introduction, no action has been taken on it.
Steve S
2023-03-03 23:31:38 +0000 UTCAlso, in terms of who it benefits if it would pass, which it won’t, it would be Mormons, Muslims, Orthodox Jewish, and then Evangelicals in that order if you look at average family size by religious groups in the US.
Steve S
2023-03-03 18:43:32 +0000 UTCThat Texas law has no chance of passing, and everyone knows it. Never getting out of committee. Also, you do not have to pay to protest your property taxes in Texas, I do it every year and have never spent a dollar doing it and have one of the lowest values in my neighborhood. Also, Andrew was wrong. Texas has never had a state income tax.
Steve S
2023-03-03 18:38:06 +0000 UTCMore people voted for Joe Biden in Texas than there are people in more than half of the 50 states.
Jeff Steele
2023-03-03 16:39:21 +0000 UTC
