Oct 12, 2026 · 37 min · 9 segments
Send us Fan Mail Jeff and Scott talk with Annie Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the new book The Time Tax: How the Government…
Annie LowreyGuestScott DyrengHost
Jeff HoopesHost
I mean, I do wanna talk about the book, but as a tax accountant, the very first thing that-
... springs into my mind when you talk about this DMV thing, is there not some, like, tax haven equivalent to driving licenses where you could go for a day to some island nation, they'd give you some, you know, s-
But I think it's actually really notable to note that, yeah, there are a lot of places.
So when we think about building permits, you can kind of buy your way into workarounds is my understanding-
But, like, voting, short of having somebody stand in line for you, right, like, if you can't send in an absentee ballot or something, there really are some things where, where there are many surprising places where you can kind of finance a workaround, and then there's some places where you really can't, right? Like, you're gonna have to go through that process.
I mean, I do wanna talk about the book, but as a tax accountant, the very first thing that-
... springs into my mind when you talk about this DMV thing, is there not some, like, tax haven equivalent to driving licenses where you could go for a day to some island nation, they'd give you some, you know, s-
But I think it's actually really notable to note that, yeah, there are a lot of places.
So when we think about building permits, you can kind of buy your way into workarounds is my understanding-
But, like, voting, short of having somebody stand in line for you, right, like, if you can't send in an absentee ballot or something, there really are some things where, where there are many surprising places where you can kind of finance a workaround, and then there's some places where you really can't, right? Like, you're gonna have to go through that process.
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