Tag Archives : Laffer Curve
Taxes, Tobacco, and the Laffer Curve
More evidence that higher tax rates don’t always lead to more revenue.
read more...America’s Ever-Rising Tax Burden
The federal government is collecting a record amount of money, even after adjusting for inflation.
read more...Very Powerful Real-World Evidence for Spending Caps
More proof that a well designed spending cap can successfully constrain spend-happy politicians.
read more...The Laffer Curve, Tax Progressivity, and Government Revenue: What’s the Higher Priority for Leftists, Raising Revenue or Punishing Success?
A conundrum for the left: the best way of maximizing revenue is to minimize the economic damage of the tax system.
read more...Two Big Fiscal Lessons from Colorado’s Pot Legalization
The real lessons are about political greed and how to control it.
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The Left’s Position on the Laffer Curve and Dynamic Scoring: Being Exactly Wrong Is Better than Being Inexactly Right
A scorer admits the ideological, rather than scientific, reasoning used by CBO and JCT.
read more...What’s a “Fair Share” for Upper-Income Taxpayers?
Soak the rich? They’re already drenched.
read more...Debunking the Debunking of Dynamic Scoring and the Laffer Curve
Matthew Yglesias mostly attacks strawmen in his attempting debunking of dynamic scoring.
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Proper Staffing and Reform of JCT and CBO Is an IQ Test for the Republican Party
CBO and JCT wield tremendous power. They are also dependable allies of the left.
read more...The Real-World Impact of Higher Tax Rates on Upper-Income Households
New evidence confirms what we already knew: that Laffer Curve effects reduce expected revenue gains from higher taxes.
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