Conversations and profiles — interviews with tax professionals, newsmakers, and the people shaping the world of tax.
Our next presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Mike Huckabee, a Republican and former Governor of Arkansas. I posed the following six tax-related questions to the Governor: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? 2. If you could only make one “quick fix” in terms of…
It’s Getting to Know You Tuesday! Today’s guest is Kay Bell, of Don’t Mess With Taxes (which you have to read based on the title alone). Welcome, Kay! 1. Where are you now? Austin, Texas 2. What’s your official title and what does it mean? CIAO, Chief Information and Administrative Officer Secondary title: Queen Tax…
Our next presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Ron Paul, a Republican and Texas Representative. Here are his unedited answers to my six questions: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? Simply put, taxes are too high. 2. If you could only make one “quick fix”…
Our next presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Joe Biden, a Democrat and Delaware Senator. Here are his unedited answers to my six questions: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? As I travel across this country, I see the middle class in trouble. For the…
Our next presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Sam Brownback, a Republican and Kansas Senator. Here are his unedited answers to my six questions: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? The most important tax issue facing Americans today is Social Security reform because the majority…
Our first presidential candidate to be featured in our series of interviews is Tommy Thompson, a Republican and former Governor of Wisconsin. Here are his unedited answers to my six questions: 1. What’s the single most important tax issue facing Americans today? The growing threat of the AMT to the middle class is the most…
Thanks to all of the presidential candidates who have weighed in on my tax policy questions – each of the candidates were asked to reply to the same six questions. I’ve really enjoyed speaking with the candidates and their aides and am very impressed by the thoughtfulness that seems to have gone into a lot…
I know, it’s a cheesy title, but I’m banging this out in the middle of a really busy day. Notwithstanding the Philadelphia primaries yesterday (for which I fully intend to follow-up with some en pointe tax questions), I was on the phone this morning with Governor Huckabee’s office getting some good feedback on his tax…
It’s Getting to Know You Tuesday! Our guest today is Professor James Maule, who teaches at Villanova Law School and authors a pretty cool tax blog. Here we go: 1. Where are you now? In my home office 2. What’s your official title and what does it mean? Professor of Law, and it means that…
It’s easy to listen to a few quick sound bytes from the presidential candidates and get confused. It’s also understandable – they have a lot to say and not a lot of time to say it. Following my review of the debates for the GOP and the Dems, I thought I would offer each of…
