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Joe Thorndike

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Columnist and historian @TaxNotes. Americans don't hate paying taxes: they hate other people NOT paying taxes.
thorndike.com Joined July 2008
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Joe Thorndike @jthorndike
What can we expect from a lame-duck Congress? Not every defeated party manages to pull off a last-minute victory; urgency does not necessarily make legislation easier to pass.

What Now? History’s Lessons for a Lame-Duck Congress taxnotes.com/featured-analy…
www.taxnotes.com What Now? History’s Lessons for a Lame-Duck Congress | Tax Notes Joseph J. Thorndike examines the history and tax policymaking implications of a lame-duck Congress.
Joe Thorndike @jthorndike
Have a listen to my interview with Anthony Infanti about his must-read book on the linkages between taxation and slavery.
Tax Notes @TaxNotes Sep 11
This week on Tax Notes Talk, Anthony Infanti, professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses how taxation helped create and uphold the institution of slavery in Colonial America.

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts. taxnotestalk.taxnotes.com/124942/episode…
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Joe Thorndike @jthorndike
My latest from @TaxNotes now outside the paywall.

When the tax collector came for Jefferson’s furniture…(well almost)
Tax Notes @TaxNotes Aug 31
"The law made federal tax collection a conspicuously public affair, giving taxpayers access not just to information about their own obligations but also to information about payments made by their neighbors," @jthorndike writes. forbes.com/sites/taxnotes…
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