Lights, Camera, Taxes!

I sort of took yesterday off… to be interviewed for an upcoming documentary on taxes.

I met with the crew of An Inconvenient Tax at my home on yesterday to talk tax. It was great meeting the guys behind the film.

They posted a quick excerpt about filming me on their blog.

Hmm. I had a “different perspective” than the other interviews? That’s likely true. I suspect the other interviews also didn’t have a dog barking in the background now a rogue fly in the living room…

I’m really interested to see what the Tax Foundation folks have to say - I frequently find myself agreeing with a lot of their policy statements but I do disagree with the notion that our tax policy is fundamentally broken.

Things that were apparent during the interview:

1, My Southern accent becomes more pronounced when I am around folks from Georgia and I talk about my parents.
2, Out of context, I sound very conservative. This is largely because I actually do subscribe to a fairly conservative view of economics. I just happen to think that today’s conservatives are not fiscally conservative.
3, I flip my hair from side to side a lot. A lot.
4, I am really interested in the tax code as it applies to tax policy. This notion of directing behavior through taxation is most pervasive throughout modern history - and on both sides of the political spectrum.
5, It’s hotter than you’d expect in Philadelphia in July.

I’ll keep you posted as I hear news about the film!