On April 6, Democracy and Third Way hosted a Happy Hour at Johnny’s Half Shell to promote the idea of a taxpayer receipt, as well as Third Way’s new online tool, the Tax Receipt Calculator.

In our Winter 2011 Issue [“Seeing Where The Money Went,” Issue #19], Ethan Porter, contributing editor at Democracy, and David Kendall, senior fellow at Third Way, wrote:

A well-structured, well-designed receipt would clarify to taxpayers where their money is going, disabuse citizens of many popular misconceptions about taxing and spending, and help restore a modicum of trust between citizens and their government.

Their idea has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, ABC News, and other outlets.

Read Porter and Kendall’s essay here.