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Callie and Hagana talk about "rich people" taxes and try to demystify how rich people end up paying such a low tax rate. We talk about President Trump's taxes, Jeff Bezos and Amazon's taxes, the huge difference between why both pay little in taxes, and the specific mechanisms by which "rich people" seem to play by a completely different set of rules. 

Let's say we have a safe, effective vacine... will we really be able to return to normal? We're lucky to get between 40%-50% usage of the annual flu vaccine - will people really take the vaccine? Can employers legally require people to get the vaccine? Callie and Hagana discuss! Hint: this does not end on a positive note...

Callie and Hagana talk about a new Netflix documentary called The Social Dilemma, and review their own experiences growing up with Facebook. They also talk about the state of social media today, and briefly touch on using Facebook as a marketing tool. 

Callie and Hagana talk about the recent NYT op-ed called "Disdain for the Less Educated is the Last Acceptable Prejudice." Biden is the first presidential candidate in over thirty years without an Ivy league background. Almost all Supreme Court justices come from three law schools. Is this the best way to govern and make laws? Callie and Hagana also share their own, very different personal educational journeys. 

Recorded on the evening of August 26th, 2020. We have a sobering conversation about what is happening in Kenosha after the Jacob Blake killing, and talk a bit about qualified immunity for police officers. 

Join Hagana as he learns a lot of new information about the American healthcare system from Callie, whose work as a lawyer often intersects with healthcare issues. They try to answer the questions, what would medicare-4-all really look like? How would it work? How much would it cost?

Callie and Hagana get slightly philosophical talking about capitalism, competition, and business. They discuss their own reasons for starting a business, the fitness industry, Amazon's growing power, and some prominent examples of market failures. 

Small business owners Callie and Hagana talk about the effects of Covid-19 on their barre & yoga studios in Philadelphia. What do possible solutions look like? How should the government intervene? Does small business have a future at all?