Standard deduction
Subject in Government
Standard deduction has come up in 2 episodes across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jon LovettCo-host of Pod Save America; diarization split of the same speaker during the economics segment
Lovett worries that both parties becoming anti-tax will eliminate space for conversations about trade-offs.
“I worry about what happens when we have two anti-tax parties, because I worry about living in a society in which We don't allow conversations about trade-offs”
Pod Save America: Taxing Cory Booker's Patience (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:10:49
Lovett argues that citizens benefit from government services and should collectively pay into the tax system.
“don't we want to live in a society where everyone says, you know what? No, nobody likes taxes. Everyone would like their taxes to be lower, but I benefit from the highways”
Pod Save America: Taxing Cory Booker's Patience (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 49:36
Cory BookerDemocratic senator from New Jersey
Booker argues the plan lets ordinary earners enjoy the kind of tax avoidance long available to the wealthiest.
“they pay an effective tax rate lower than a teacher or a firefighter or the people that are soldiers who are fighting right now in Iran”
Pod Save America: Taxing Cory Booker's Patience (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 50:47
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 2 episodes
Episodes
Strait Up War CrimesPod Save America · Apr 7, 2026 · 1 h 37 min
Favreau, Lovett and Vietor discuss Trump's war-crime threats against Iran, the defense budget and deportations, then Lovett interviews Rep. Sarah McBride.
Taxing Cory Booker's PatiencePod Save America · Apr 5, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
Senator Cory Booker joins Jon Lovett to debate his $75,000 standard deduction tax plan, the Iran war, AIPAC, and Pam Bondi's firing.