{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Wit & Wisdom with Tom Greene","title":"The IRS is Hiring 87,000 New Agents. Should You Worry?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d17f35e4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":530,"description":"The US House of Representatives passed the massive Inflation Reduction Act on Friday on a purely partisan vote. The $430 billion bill includes new taxes totaling $739 billion. Here are some of the highlights of the Schumer-Manchin bill:\n\n$9 billion for climate agricultural programs to reduce bloating in cows;\n\n$27 billion for local and state governments to procure zero-emissions technology;\n\n$60 billion for “environmental justice programs, and\n\nEnormous subsidies for wind, solar energy, electric vehicles and energy-efficient housing materials.\n\nI’m not an economist, but dontcha think if everything is getting crazy expensive it’s a good time for the government to put the Amex card away?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9M-KN8I8W_BprpLRNUhiqpoBTkPK5-YY9FGeiXgr0Kg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NjY3/Yzg2N2U1OWYyMGQx/MjAwOTEyNTgzNDM3/NTY2Ni5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}