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Dorothy Brown (Emory Law School) is featured in this segment of "Need to Know," a PBS show. Here's the program description:
Our tax code has been described as a morass of different rates, deductions, loopholes, and subsides that is different depending on each individual taxpayer’s situation. Homeowners are treated differently than renters; high earners are paying lower rates, in some cases, than middle-class Americans. And, on top of that, the nation faced a $1.3 trillion deficit last year.
So, how do we make our tax code simpler and fairer? And how do we produce more revenue without stifling job creation? Need to Know’s Ray Suarez hosts a panel of tax experts who debate how to fix the tax mess.
The show's guests, along with Dorothy Brown, are former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer; Bruce Bartlett, advisor to presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush; and Dan Mitchell of the Cat0 Institute.