> > >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 __________________________=
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> >> Tax rate-------------
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ___
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 \\___
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 \\__
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=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0\\__
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>
> >> It's hard to get sociology majors to understand complicated dynamics
> >> like this.
>
> > There's nothing complicated about the Laffer Curve
>
> >
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> > but proponents of tax cuts who have cited the laffer Curve have found
> > that their tax cuts have lost them revenue. It does seem to be a
> > little more difficult to predict where the maximum of the Laffer curve
> > is actually located, and Bush and Regan both got it wrong.
>
> > --
> > Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
>
> =A0 =A0The government has a perfect record: 100% wrong.
He who Laffs last...
-- Cheers, James Arthur