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Need Help? Prepare for the ‘Time Tax.’ | The Ezra Klein Show
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August 26, 2026
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2:18Now PlayingA form that the Michigan state government asks people to fill out if they are seeking public assistance is the journalist Annie Lowrey’s favorite example of the time tax — the administrative burden the government imposes on those seeking public benefits. At one point, the form contained over 1,000 questions, though it’s since been streamlined. Lowrey walks through it— and what it signals to the people filling it out — on “The Ezra Klein Show.”
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