Tax Guru – Ker$tetter Letter

From a Reader:

Subject: OUPblog and Rangel

Dear Kerry,
 
I am the blog intern at Oxford University Press, and I found your blog very informative and humorous (I love the cartoons!).
 
I noticed that you recently posted about the scandal over Congressman Rangel’s failure to comply with tax law.  Edward A. Zelinsky recently posted on this topic on our site, and I thought that perhaps you’d like to recommend it to your readers.

  http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/rangel_tax/
 
Zelinsky is a Professor of Law and the author of The Origins of the Ownership Society: How The Defined Contribution Paradigm Changed America. He discusses Rangel’s situation in light of the achievements of his predecessor, Wilbur Mills.   
 
If I can help you in any other way, please let me know!
 
Best,

My Reply:

That is a very interesting comparison of the differences in the Ways & Means Chairmen over the decades.

Even though I wasn’t yet living in Arkansas back in the 1970s, I remember following many of the exploits of Wilbur Mills, both on the tax writing committee, as well as with his friend, Fanne Fox.

I would be glad to post a link to this on my blog.

Thanks for sharing that and feel free to pass along other ideas you have for items I should add to my blog.

Kerry Kerstetter

Here is a short news video covering Rangel’s current problems.