Tax Policy Blog Not a Yawner

(originally posted on the morning of July 20, 2006)

My father-in-law likes to joke that for most people, all you have to do is spell the first few letters of the word, "prune," and it'll make them run to the bathroom. Well, I think that for most people, all you have to do is spell the first few letters of the phrase, "tax policy," and it'll make them yawn.

Maybe it's just me (it probably is), but the Tax Foundation's tax policy blog is anything but a yawner. You can find it at www.taxfoundation.org/blog , and what you'll find there is interesting posts on obesity taxes, gas tax holidays, and even a tax policy podcast.

At first, I detected a Republican and even Libertarian disdain for taxes. But the more I read, the more I saw a desire not necessarily for less taxes, but for less complexity in taxing. Sometimes that comes across in a partisan way, but all the times the message is consistent.

Tax policy may be a yawner of a subject, but with the exception of death, it's the only certain thing in our lives. And probing the who's and how's of taxing do make for interesting political and philosophical discussions. So check it out when you get a chance. And stifle that yawn!