#148: Tax

English Learning for Curious Minds

English - April 08, 2021 22:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 58 ratings
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"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes"

Tax might not sound interesting or exciting to most people, but it affects all of us.

In this episode, we explore what paying taxes actually means, and how it affects our relationship with the government and society.

And we'll do all of this through the story of two pen-pals, Arlette from Paris, France, and John from Austin, Texas.

A very brief history of taxFocussing on income taxExample #1: John in Austin, TexasExample #2: Arlette in Paris, FranceThe real cost of employing someone in FranceWhat lower/higher taxes mean in terms of government expectationsTexas winter storm in 2021The social safety net in FranceThe Gilet JaunesThomas Piketty & the idea of a wealth tax

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/tax

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