00:30:03 · Erika Beras, Doris Gomez, Jeff Guo, Riley Jano
[00:30:03] S2: Anzu. My name is One of the official spokespeople, Doris Gomez, kicked it off. [00:30:07] S1: I am proud to announce the release of the final report of the Connecticut Citizens Assembly on property taxes. [00:30:15] S2: No big fanfare at the State Capitol Building. No Sean flanked by citizens. In fact, Sean decided to not even show up, though he says he'll still support the proposal in the state legislature. In the final proposal, they had recommendations, including a 1% tax on earners who make more than $1,000,000 a year, a plan to consolidate school services for some districts, and a proposal to implement interstate tolls to reduce or eliminate car taxes. [00:30:44] S3: Riley Jano ended up being one of the spokespeople for the Citizens Assembly. He told us the citizens are proud and happy with their final proposals. But Sean, the comptroller postponing the announcement and that whole back and forth, that was not what they signed up for. [00:30:58] S11: It's almost rude to have all this work put in, all of... Everyone's aligned, and then at the last second to have them unilaterally change it. I I feel it undermines the entire premise of what we've done up to this point. [00:31:14] S2: Ellen says she's seen this before. Many of the citizens' assemblies that have been tried so far have run into this tricky step when these citizens' recommendations meet politics and politicians?
00:31:14 · Erika Beras, Helene Landimore
[00:31:14] S2: Ellen says she's seen this before. Many of the citizens' assemblies that have been tried so far have run into this tricky step when these citizens' recommendations meet politics and politicians? [00:31:28] S4: I think we considerably annoyed the citizens. I think there's no question. I think we lost a lot of goodwill and that they they... You know? But, anyway, this is what it is. It's kind of unavoidable when you are entering the political field where these proposals are gonna have to be exposed. Right? But my view has always been that we are not engaged in political calculations. We were trying to do something different that that takes seriously the view that citizens have a right to know what informed deliberative sample of them thinks on a very important issue. [00:32:05] S2: And that is the thing about trying to reinvent democracy. If you wanna do things in a new way, you still have to figure out how to do them in the old way. Basically, if you're getting into politics, you gotta be ready for all of the politics. Planet Money is doing a live show in Ireland, November sixth through the eighth at the Kilkenomics Economics and Comedy Festival. Yes. That is a thing. Yes. We will be there. Wish us luck. We'll be doing three different shows, two big stage shows, a smaller venue board game hangout. Find tickets at the link in the show notes or at kilkenomics.com. That's Kilkenny, the town crossed with economics. November sixth through the eighth in Kilkenny, Ireland. See you there.
00:32:05 · Erika Beras, Jeff Guo, S0, S12
[00:32:05] S2: And that is the thing about trying to reinvent democracy. If you wanna do things in a new way, you still have to figure out how to do them in the old way. Basically, if you're getting into politics, you gotta be ready for all of the politics. Planet Money is doing a live show in Ireland, November sixth through the eighth at the Kilkenomics Economics and Comedy Festival. Yes. That is a thing. Yes. We will be there. Wish us luck. We'll be doing three different shows, two big stage shows, a smaller venue board game hangout. Find tickets at the link in the show notes or at kilkenomics.com. That's Kilkenny, the town crossed with economics. November sixth through the eighth in Kilkenny, Ireland. See you there. [00:33:02] S3: This episode of planet money was produced by James Snead with awesome reporting help from Anya Panello of Connecticut Public Radio. It was edited by Jess Zhang. Sarah Juarez is our fact checker, and Jimmy Keeley and Travis Hagen engineered the show. Alex Goldmark is the executive producer of Planet Money. [00:33:18] S2: I'm Erica Barris. [00:33:19] S3: And I'm Jeff Guo. This is NPR. Thanks for listening. [00:33:29] S0: Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. [00:33:33] S12: This message comes from Edward Jones, where they believe rich means opening yourself to new possibilities. That's why your dedicated financial adviser meets you where you are, helping you move forward with confidence. Let's find your rich. Edward Jones, member SIPC.
00:33:33 · S12, S0
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