The Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank, and progressive publication The American Prospect have marked tax day with two very different videos. Cato offered an original video outlining a complex argument against the current tax code. The American Prospect's Alexandra Gutierrez took another tack, finding a video that responds to anti-tax demonstrations by Tea Partiers by showing a video of "your tax dollars at work ... the tax-supported PS22 Chorus singing 'This Must Be the Place' by the Talking Heads."
Here's Cato:
And here's Gutierrez's pick:
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