The Frankish Reich

Larry Summers explains it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/16/republicans-house-irs-tax-service/ Paywalled, so here's a couple clips: In past work, we have shown that an investment in the IRS similar in size to that of the Inflation Reduction Act would generate more than $1 trillion in additional tax revenue over a decade by reducing the “tax gap” — the difference between owed and paid taxes. But this is, in fact, conservative, as recent research has emphasized a point left out of our calculation: Successful audit activity raises future collections from taxpayers who face enforcement activity. If their home office deduction is disallowed once, taxpayers do not attempt the same deduction again. Reasonable people can disagree about how progressive the tax code should be. But we cannot see any logical argument rules that operate differently for certain taxpayers. Most Americans have most of their tax liability automatically withheld and earn income in ways that are reported directly to the IRS — for example, interest income on the 1099-INT or dividend income on the 1099-DIV. But the most privileged Americans accrue income in opaque ways that are not subject to this type of reporting and, therefore, are a source of a large percentage of the tax gap. The whole thing is worth reading. Summers is no fool, and no puppet of any administration or agenda - he did manage to get himself fired as Dean at Harvard for saying some unwoke things. He's not offering a spirited defense of our system of taxation; he's just stating the simple fact that if this is our system, it ought to work fairly across persons from all income categories and ways of generating income. Right now, it doesn't.

Why exactly was it so long? It crawled. Was it lack of a running game and lots of incompletions? Miami using up every second of play clock and then some on every play?

Good point. I kind of disagree, but good point. The offense is now all boom and bust, big play or big turnover. The defense is still bend but don’t break, make ‘em out together a 12 play/70 yard drive, and watch the mistake come that means they don’t convert or even turn it over. It’s a weird mix since head coaches usually don’t like living in that mix of risk-taking/risk-averse worlds.

Miami: 231 yards of offense. QB held to a 44.7 QB Rating. 4 turnovers on offense. And somehow people find a way to blame Leslie Frazier?

Elam!! Worth the first round pick!!!

Blitz fail, almost a first down

Weird effin game. Nail biter, but the opposite of the great KC-bills shootout last year. This one is more a comedy of errors on both sides.

And here comes the INT/strip sack to save us….

Holy crap. Turnover machine saved by Brown.

Well, it took Andy Reid 15 years to become a good playoff HC …

Taron! If he’d broken free we’d be in trouble.

We saw Dorsey script some nice plays where Beaz got the ball last drive. This strikes me as 90% hero ball Josh.

Back to the Mad Bomber.

He’s a damn good offensive coordinator posing as a head coach.

Hah! Right.

Hey, the nerd adjusted and engineered a good drive. I can’t say that? now Dorsey, do likewise.

Good drive. This is why I like McDaniel. They still have athletes, and he found a way to get them the ball even with an ineffective QB.

I saw that too

Unpopular opinion, but: this is where Frazier’s defense will pay dividends. Make Thompson earn it on a long drive. The send everyone blitz thing is fun to watch, but Miami only scores of Hill/Waddle get past the secondary.

Now … no mistakes. Make skylar earn it on a long drive. (He’ll make mistakes himself. )

Baez’s Bivalent Bills Boost!

Good defense. Pathetic offense. Miami should have about 9 points max.

Actually a well designed play that went off as they drew it up! Good job Dorsey and Beaz

You KNEW it was coming.

Except for the first 4 games. Really, what happened??