An Inconvenient Tax is a 2009 documentary film produced by Life Is My Movie Entertainment. An Inconvenient Tax explores the history of the income tax and the causes of its many complexities.
The film follows the tax through wars, economic booms, and significant presidencies in U.S. history. Noam Chomsky, Steve Forbes, Joseph Thorndike, Mike Huckabee, Charles Rossotti, David Walker, Neal Boortz, Michael Graetz, Daniel Shaviro, Leonard Burman, and others discuss not only the problems America faces in the tax code, but also give insights on how to move forward. In a time when many Americans are concerned about the future of the economy, rising deficits, and unfair tax treatment, An Inconvenient Tax attempts to provide a crucial, honest look at the income tax. During the fall of 2008 the producers of An Inconvenient Tax opened a vent hotline allowing for everyday citizens to voice their opinions and possibly get their thoughts featured in the movie.
Plot: Explores the answers to these questions and more through interviews with world renowned economists, U.S. congressmen and average citizens across the nation. The pursuit of a better tax code requires a search for the nations identity. As Joseph Schumpeter wrote, “The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the deeds its policy may prepare – all of this and more is written in its fiscal history…” In order to shed light on America’s current tax dilemmas, the film will look at the history of taxation in America as well as current tax-systems in other parts of the world. It will also follow a middle-class small business owner as he tries to pursue the American dream. As every aspect of his life is touched by the effects of taxation, the film will pose both the benefits and dangers of change. The next direction for U.S. tax policy will be decided soon, and it is imperative that the country learn from its past and design a system that will benefit its future.
Cast
* Steve Warren – Uncle Sam
* Noam Chomsky – Himself
* Mike Huckabee – Himself
* Steve Forbes – Himself
* Neal Boortz – Himself
* Keith Allen Hayes – Himself
* Steven R. Weisman – Himself
* Robert S. McIntyre – Himself
* Steven Entin – Himself
* Dick Armey – Himself
* Scott Hodge – Himself
* J.D. Foster – Himself
