<p> Way back in the '70s there were country songs bemoaning taxes. Things have changed a lot since then -- for the worst.  In those days the rich paid their fair share.  Now ordinary workers pay far more than those who don't go to work at all -- fat cats living off dividends and capital gains.  To paraphrase another '70s ditty -- "they got the gold mine, we got the shaft."</p>

Way back in the '70s there were country songs bemoaning taxes. Things have changed a lot since then -- for the worst. In those days the rich paid their fair share. Now ordinary workers pay far more than those who don't go to work at all -- fat cats living off dividends and capital gains. To paraphrase another '70s ditty -- "they got the gold mine, we got the shaft."

<p> Way back in the '70s there were country songs bemoaning taxes. Things have changed a lot since then -- for the worst.&nbsp; In those days the rich paid their fair share.&nbsp; Now ordinary workers pay far more than those who don't go to work at all -- fat cats living off dividends and capital gains.&nbsp; To paraphrase another '70s ditty -- "they got the gold mine, we got the shaft."</p>

Equal Time with Martha Burk  Paying Your (Un)fair Share?

Equal Time with Martha Burk is a weekly 2 ½ minute podcast, with occasional 30 minute interviews on current affairs.  She covers political issues, how decisions in Washington and around the world affect ordinary citizens, particularly women (with no shouting), historical anniversaries of note, what’s changed and what hasn’t. Lively, pithy commentary on a wide variety of important topics with a light (and sometimes irreverent) touch: past progress, needed future advances, and what’s at stake now for women and men -- as citizens, as voters, and inhabitants of the world we live in and help to shape. And -- you'll almost always learn something you didn't know.

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Equal Time with Martha Burk is a weekly 2 ½ minute podcast, with occasional 30 minute interviews on current affairs. She covers political issues, how decisions in Washington and around the world affect ordinary citizens, particularly women (with no shouting), historical anniversaries of note, what’s changed and what hasn’t. Lively, pithy commentary on a wide variety of important topics with a light (and sometimes irreverent) touch: past progress, needed future advances, and what’s at stake now for women and men -- as citizens, as voters, and inhabitants of the world we live in and help to shape. And -- you'll almost always learn something you didn't know.

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