NO ID Episode 31 - Mulan Avenue
Executive Producers:
Jack Cramer
Katie Prescott
This episode takes aim at the gubmint's favorite business model: Confiscate more money, hire more bureaucrats, and call the resulting payroll a "public service." From Boise's proposed maximum property-tax increase and lavish severance packages to the Kafkaesque experience of dealing with city hall over property rights, we examine why The State has so little incentive to spend your money wisely. Plus, a listener-built clipping tool, the economics of bloat, and a proposal to give Idaho's budgeteers a little more numerical symmetry.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Outraged mobs, NPCs, and the things taxpayers should actually be mad about
(01:25) Boise's proposed 3% property-tax increase
(04:00) Dude Named Jeff's AI-powered clipping tool Cliperoni
(08:00) 70% of Boise's general fund goes to payroll
(16:00) Scott's Post Falls property-line adjustment bureaucratic nightmare
(22:00) Why people defend the bureaucracy that takes their money
(26:00) Sheriff Bob Norris, a viral crash rumor, and the local media's coverage
(35:00) Ask Paul: the mysteries of North Idaho
(44:00) Scott Herndon's residency questions and the Bonner County GOP
(57:00) Value-for-Value
(01:00:00) Academia, credentialism, and the limits of expert authority
(01:10:00) The cost of the 2020 George Floyd / BLM riots
(01:17:00) Political tribalism, trust, and perceptions of protest damage
(01:22:00) The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee power struggle
(01:27:00) Ron Jacobson takes the KCRCC chair
(01:32:00) Conservative infighting and its political consequences
(01:37:00) Spokane's immigration-related prosecution and allegations of political bias
(01:42:00) Rainbow crosswalks, vandalism, and selective enforcement of the law
(01:44:00) Why Washington drivers cross the border for cheaper Idaho gas
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