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To: Taro who wrote (266565)	1/6/2006 8:11:24 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575360

Let's assume we have now solved this problem correctly for say a period of 10 years from now Yes, if we somehow knew the revenue maximizing tax rate for a 10 year period it likely would not result in that tax rate being in force for those 10 years. People who support tax cuts, while they are likely to recognize and argue that tax cuts can increase government revenue, are probably not for tax cuts for that reason. They aren't engaged for the purpose of maximizing government revenue. Those who argue for tax increases are more likely to be for it in order to get more revenue but many of them also have other purposes such as redistribution. The medium to long term maximum revenue rate would only be considered the ideal rate by those who put maximum revenue over that time frame above other considerations. Tim