TAX POLICY - A VIEW FROM THIRTY THOUSAND FEET

55TH ANNUAL TAXPAYERS CONFERENCE
BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE, SUMMIT AUDITORIUM
9th and Front, Boise, Idaho
Tuesday, November 13, 2001, 9:30 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.

8:30 - 9:30 am
REGISTRATION

9:30 - 9:45
OPENING REMARKS

9:45 - 10:15
TAX POLICY PRINCIPLES
Stewardship Of Taxpayers Money - Guiding Principles To Follow Regarding Tax Collection, Public Budget And Distribution Of Tax Revenues - Public Priorities, Empowerment And Knowledge To Guide Tax Policy.
DR. CASEY B. MULLIGAN
Associate Professor or Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

10:15 - 10:30
BREAK

10:30 - 12:10
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF TAX POLICY
Why President Bush And Congress Did What They Did In The Economic Growth And Tax Relief Reconciliation Act Of 2001 And What Happens Next?
J. D. FOSTER
Senior Advisor (Economics), Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.
IMPACTS OF TAX POLICY
General Comments About Practical Application Of Tax Policy From A "Policy" Versus "Detail" Perspective - Tax Policy And Driving The Economy. Fundamental Tax Reform Views - The Future Of Federalism And National/State/Local Tax Policy
MARK A. BLOOMFIELD
President, American Council for Capital Formation, Washington DC

12:15 - 2:00 pm
LUNCHEON
TAX POLICY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Should Tax Policy Drive Economic Policy? Should Budget Wants And Needs Drive Tax Policy? More Or Less Government - Are We Doing What We Are Saying?) Also (Senator Craig's Thoughts On The Need To Make Tough Choices And Balance Budgets In Washington DC And At "Home") And (Governor Kempthorne's Thoughts On Idaho's 2002/2003 Fiscal Priorities And The "Ideal" Tax System
LARRY CRAIG
US Senator Idaho, Washington DC (Invited)

DIRK KEMPTHORNE
Governor, State of Idaho (Invited)