{"id":10984,"date":"2025-11-14T09:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiegelryan.com\/?p=10984"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:35:01","slug":"simplifying-tax-law-realism-or-utopia-paul-ryan-discusses-it-on-98-5-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiegelryan.com\/en\/2025\/11\/14\/simplifying-tax-law-realism-or-utopia-paul-ryan-discusses-it-on-98-5-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplifying tax law: Realism or utopia? 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