Episode 20

Because taxes pay for things we like. Right?

May 14, 2021: Want to start a ruckus at a family dinner? Say: taxes. Okay you can say other things too, but the topic of taxes usually riles someone (I'm looking at you cousin K).

Yet, taxes also pay things we like: libraries, schools, roads, trash collection, and are a valuable tool for fixing income inequality. Today, Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, vice-chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, breaks down some of the significant federal tax changes and what they mean for Vermonters. 

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.