22 May The Short Version: Presidential Tax Plans
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story The most recent debate on The Short Version was felon voting rights. Think the subject does not impact you? Really? In this wacky election year, a change in state laws could mean 4.3 million more Americans would be able to vote. But should they have that sacred right? This week the subject is Presidential Tax Plans. One of the big questions is this: Would increasing taxes on high-income people help or hurt our economy? Click into the Hardbound presentation and be enlightened.
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What’s happening?
Last month, on April 18th to be exact, we all filed our income tax returns.
While we were wrestling with tax forms, the presidential candidates were debating how much each of us should pay. Each has plenty to say on the subject. At the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton said “the wealthy pay too little and the middle class pays too much.” Bernie Sanders went further, saying “we need a progressive tax system in this country which is based on ability to pay.” Donald Trump, now the presumptive Republican nominee, countered by supporting tax cuts: “America will win by cutting the corporate tax rate to 15%.”
How does it affect you?
One of these candidates will be our next president. How much you pay in taxes will change (or not) depending on which is elected.
Beyond our individual bank accounts, new tax policy has the potential to shape our economy for better—or for worse.
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Why “The Short Version” on TIO:
Eight+ years ago, Telluride Inside…and Out began as a lifestyle webzine. Today, in the full knowledge that Telluride is a window on the world, we continue to bring the “zazz” (short for “pizzazz) of the region to a local, national, and global audience by covering everything from Telluride’s robust cultural economy – major events and festivals – to health and fitness and outdoor adventure. When Telluride travels, we write about places to go, people to meet too. (That’s part of the “Out” part of our handle, the other, obviously, Outdoors.)
And now, this new weekly column, “The Short Version,” which offers simple summaries of issues of national and global importance. (Though we won’t go political, or rather we won’t show bias in the upcoming election.)
“The Short Version” is written by Cleo Constantine Abram, the daughter of Telluride locals Eleni Constantine and Jonathan Abram (and therefore an honorary local and regular visitor) and a digital strategist at Precision Strategies, a political consulting firm.
Why “The Short Version”? Because, though we live in Shangri-La, our bubble is not impermeable and the rest of the world is only a click away. Because there is no inconsequential action; only consequential inaction. And because information is power in a moment so many of us are feeling powerless.
More about Cleo Constantine Abram:
Cleo grew up in Washington D.C., lives in New York City, and loves to visit her parents in Telluride. She authors “The Short Version,” a newsletter that explains each week’s most important issue and both sides of the debate around it.
Cleo is a digital strategist at Precision Strategies, a political consulting firm born of the Obama 2012 presidential campaign.
Cleo’s work focuses on ways to share, educate, and inform using online platforms. While in college at Columbia University, she guided the school’s entrance into online education through her role as the youngest elected representative to the Columbia Senate, which makes university-wide policy.
She continued her work on online education at TED-Ed, the educational branch of the nonprofit, building new programs and online tools to support high school teachers worldwide.
Continuing her work with TED, Cleo founded and led an early TEDx conference, the organization’s community-specific series.
Most importantly, Cleo loves to ski!
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