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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (530289)	11/18/2009 1:27:27 PM
From: combjelly	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575341

"You're full of shit." When cornered, you always get abusive. "The economists I mentioned ALL recognized there is some point -- less than 100%, in which tax revenue declines as a result of incremental bracket rate increases. And the converse. It isn't about the end points." Here you go spinning. The end points, or even the extremes, are essentially the same thing. Even then, it isn't all that certain. Look at the old Soviet Union. They were taxing at essentially 100% and still managed to fight a world war, bring the country out of the 17th century into the 20th, build the largest military on Earth, explore space, etc. Granted, it wasn't the nicest place to live in, but it is a counter-example that disproves your blanket statement. "You've long since left any factual basis for your argument behind." No I haven't. You, OTOH...