For Good And Evil: The Teaching Of Charles Adams Lesson 4

<p>November 15, 2021 - Participants Include:</p> <p><a href='http://www.taxresidentabroad.com'>John Richardson</a> - <a href='http://www.twitter.com/expatriationlaw'>@Expatriationlaw</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.esquiregroup.com'>Jimmy Sexton</a> - <a href='https://www.twitter.com/jimmysextonllm'>@JimmySextonLLM</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Continuing our podcast series:</p> <p><a href='https://prep.podbean.com/e/for-good-and-for-evil-podcast-1-introduction/'>For Good And Evil Podcast 1 - October 25, 2021</a></p> <p><a href='https://prep.podbean.com/e/for-good-and-evil-podcast-2/'>For Good And Evil Podcast 2 - November 1, 2021</a></p> <p><a href='https://prep.podbean.com/e/for-good-and-evil-charles-w-adams-lesson-3/'>For Good And Evil Podcast 3 - November 8, 2021</a></p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode we continue with The Teaching of Charles Adams Lesson 4:</p> <p>_______________________________________________________</p> <p>4. "The ancient Greeks produced the first civilization without despotism; they achieved this by discovering that tyranny is the product of the wrong kind of taxation, especially direct taxation."</p> <p>_______________________________________________________</p> <p>In the last few years we have witnessed the proposals and actual introductions of a number of taxes where there has been no actual income realization event. These include:</p> <p>- the proposed Warren wealth tax</p> <p>- the proposed Wynden billionaires tax</p> <p>- the 965 Transition Tax and GILTI</p> <p>- the 877A expatriation tax</p> <p>Are any of these taxes "direct taxes"? If not "direct taxes" do they qualify as "income taxes" (even without an income realization event?</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>