29, and june 3rd on cspans and cspan. Org. Announcer this week on q a, author and journalist t. R. Reid. He discusses his book a fine mess a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system. Brian t. R. Reid, better known as tom, in your new book, a fine mess, you start out in Chapter Three under taxes what are they good for . With on one saturday afternoon, a great teacher of ethics told his students , do you remember the rest of it . Tom of course. Said,t teacher of ethics lets get out of the classroom and go over to the synagogue for todays lesson because he has a lesson on paying for community goods, for taxes. What happened if the teacher and his students went to the synagogue and halfway through the service, they passed the collection plate and a guy in the front row with beautiful robes, the rich guy puts 1000 ducets in the plate. Maybe two rows back, an even fancier guy puts 2000 ducets in the plate. Finally, a gets back to the public row, where the poor people
29, and june 3rd on cspans and cspan. Org. Announcer this week on q a, author and journalist t. R. Reid. He discusses his book a fine mess a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system. Brian t. R. Reid, better known as tom, in your new book, a fine mess, you start out in Chapter Three under taxes what are they good for . With on one saturday afternoon, a great teacher of ethics told his students , do you remember the rest of it . Tom of course. Said,t teacher of ethics lets get out of the classroom and go over to the synagogue for todays lesson because he has a lesson on paying for community goods, for taxes. What happened if the teacher and his students went to the synagogue and halfway through the service, they passed the collection plate and a guy in the front row with beautiful robes, the rich guy puts 1000 ducets in the plate. Maybe two rows back, an even fancier guy puts 2000 ducets in the plate. Finally, a gets back to the public row, where the poor people
Kristen sze. And it is reallies really cold. It is. A couple of degrees warmer than the past few mornings but, yes, inland valleys still experiencing a freeze warning until 9 00 and clouds are increasing and they are pushing into a very, very dry air mass with a slight chance of showers along the coast. Check out cloverdale and clear lake and guerneville, light showers are possible and a mix of that in the high early vacations. We will look for a cool day today in the mid50s heading out the door it is cold out there below freezing in many spots. Sue . It is light on the roads on monday morning, folks are making another day 50 for the long weekend with brick lights in southbound 680 towards north main to 24 but, mostly, traffic is through the San Ramon Valley is moving nicely, and san rafael, beyond lucas valley road and the marin ymca making the turn and the headlights headed southbound traffic flowing nicely from the city. Matt . Question, cyber monday is underway as more people avoid
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Nonfiction authors and books every weekend on cspan2. Here is a a lock at books being published this week. Host introduce you to somebody on the bus with us. This is the u. S. Poet. What is it a u. S. Poet lawyer rate . What do they do . Guest the job is simple. Bring poetry to a wider audience across the country. The only official duties i have are to open the literary season at the library of congress in the fall by giving a reading. A closing lecture in may to end the literary season, and to choose the two poets or the one poet in some years, who is to receive the foip. And introduce that poet for reading at the library. It host do you gate salary . Guest there is a siphon that comes with it. Its not funded by the american public. I think theres an endowment that does that. It host what is the scholarship that you refer to . Guest the fellowship. It just recognizes an american poet who is doing extraordinary work. Host how do you become the u. S. Poet . Are you a poet . Guest well,