Ep. 159: Taxes - How Did We Get Here?

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">What started as a flat 3-percent tax on all income has evolved into 2,651 pages and 1 million words of tax code. When it comes to understanding the U.S. tax code, well, it’s complicated. How did we get here, and why do you care? With the help of a special guest, the guys are here to wrap up the history series and offer a little transparency into it all.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;">  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white;"><span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black;"> LINKS:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://go.cainwatters.com/l/467721/2023-12-07/kr557">Check out the tax season shirts</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white;"><span style= "color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href= "https://bit.ly/3ZXdKgX" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;"> cainwatters.com</span><span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br /> </span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white;"><span style= "color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href= "https://bit.ly/3zLTvIz" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;"> Submit a Question</span><span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br /> </span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: whit