Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Summary: Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
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Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Opens to close up of woman saying that she has to pay taxes while other people get away without paying them, shot of Senator schmoozing with working class constituency, two unidentified men give differing opinions on corporate taxes, in tv studio Capital Journal host HODDING CARTER introduces show.
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Capital Journal title screen and animation.
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
In studio Carter introduces show's topic - tax simplification/reform, during explanation a graph and some charts are displayed illustrating the different figures associated with the tax proposals of the House, Senate and White House.
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Segment on Senator BILL BRADLEY (D-NJ) and his campaign for tax simplification, begins with clips of Senator Bradley being announced as a speaking guest on tv, at various meetings, and on the radio, various clips show Bradley traveling to his various venues by car and plane, clip of Bradley as New York Knick - Bradley receives a pass from a fellow Knick and hits a jump shot, Bradley in interview in an office explains his desire for tax reform
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
PBS reporter ERIC BURNS from a New York City street explains the incentive for Bradley's crusade - the thousands of pages that make up current U.S. tax code, shot of Bradley and Representative RICHARD GEPHARDT (D-MO) shaking hands with people to promote their tax bill, on screen graphic lists changes to tax code Bradley's proposal calls for
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Bradley on a radio show says the rich should pay taxes, more shots of Bradley speaking on behalf of his tax proposal, shots of tv crew setting up in studio and Bradley interviewing on tv new show, two more shots of Bradley as a Knick hitting jump shots
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Bradley shares his tax proposal with long lines of tax payers at post office on April 15 - he talks to them and hands out flyers
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Back in TV studio Carter talks about business' battle with tax proposals that increase their taxes, Senator HOWARD METZENBAUM (D-OH) tells the press many corporations make good profits but pay no taxes
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Segment on a small business - packaging manufacturer that feels threatened by new tax proposals, shots of Hodding Carter getting a tour of the packaging factory by president STANLEY MOAT - shots of mechanized assembly line churning out plastic pill bottles, shot of giant storage area filled with card board boxes, another shot of Senator Metzenbaum pointing to a sign which displays G.E.'s profits in relation to the taxes they pay, Stanley Moat speaks about tax reform from his company office, more shots of the machines manufacturing plastic pill bottles, on screen numbers display profit loss that Moat's business would suffer with proposed tax changes
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
CHARLES HULTEN of the Urban Institute explains impact on business of tax reform, shots of factory employees pulling excess plastic scraps off new bottles as they move down the assembly line, graph on screen shows relationship between individual and corporate tax rates, shots of the break room at the packaging factory where employees hang out and smoke - in interviews employees say they favor a tax break for the individual and don't believe their company to be in financial jeopardy if corporate tax rates are increased, shots of a factory fork lift operator using the machine to move boxes at the factory, more on screen numbers show what fork lift operator would save in taxes under proposed tax reform, CHARLIE BISIGNARO - fork lift operator - at home sitting on the couch with his wife - both of them express their frustrations with the current tax system, shots of the Bisignaro family eating dinner together - wife, husband and four children
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
BERNICE CARTER works on assembly line pulling plastic scraps off new bottles, interviewed in her home she talks about the factory's growth and about what new taxes would mean for the company and her, Stanley Moat in his office says that there shouldn't be any corporate taxes
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Back in studio Carter brings up issue of tax deductible charity donations
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Segment on the reaction of Charity organizations in Chicago to proposed tax reforms, quick shots of the magnificent mile - heading toward the old water tower, nice pulling out aerial shot of Wrigley Field - without baseball game, quick shot of Mayor HAROLD WASHINGTON, shot of fierce debate on some Chicago government floor, PBS reporter BRUCE DUMONT walks the streets of Pilsen, shot of people filling out tax forms, brief shot of soup kitchen
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Segment on the Latino Youth Center in Pilsen - young people are given educational and career guidance in this building, shot of an El train going by window of building, good shots of young people in classroom sprawled in chairs and on the window sill - many of them smoking cigarettes, shots of young people being tutored and counseled, shots of young people learning on computers, Latino Youth Center director RICHARD RUTSELMAN (?) in interview speaks of the consequences of possible decrease in funding because of proposed tax reforms, more shots of youth at center in classroom - one shot pans back from a close up of a tattoo on a shoulder reading "Hector" to a medium shot of the man wearing the tattoo
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Exterior shot of Chicago YMCA outside of which a group of children play together, aerial shot of the Cabrini Green project, shots of kid playing basketball inside the Y, shots of a kindergarten classroom in the Y, comments of WILLIAM KUNTZ director of this YMCA, shots of little kids playing on playground equipment, shot of kids eating lunch in classroom, comments of MARSHALL MONROE the Director of YMCA of USA Financial Development, shot of Lake Shore Drive - the road heads toward the Hancock Building
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Back in studio Carter introduces guests ARNOLD CANTOR of the AFL-CIO and Representative JACK KEMP (R-NY) they discuss Kemp's and other proposed tax reforms and their relation to progressive income taxing and the National deficit
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
In studio Carter closes out show
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
Credits roll over an Egg festival at which Speaker of the House TIP O'NEILL (D-MA) before a crowd makes a ham omelet
Capital Journal - Tax Simplification
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