Episode 5

Taxes, fairness, and sustainability

January 28, 2021: Death and taxes might be two certainties in life, but on this show, we're about the taxes.

Vermont's Tax Commission has presented its [draft] report to the Legislature with several recommendations to change the whole system. Commission member Deb Brighton joins the show.

Read the report here.

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A note to listeners: sorry we had some techie sound issues. We hope to have them fixed soon.

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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.