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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (682131)	11/1/2012 4:30:05 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1578142

Nonpartisan Tax Report Withdrawn After G.O.P. ProtestBy JONATHAN WEISMANPublished: November 1, 2012 The report received wide notice from media outlets and liberals and conservative policy analysts when it was released on Sept. 14. It examined the historical fluctuations of the top income tax rates and the rates on capital gains since World War II, and concluded that those fluctuations did not appear to affect the nation’s economic growth. “The reduction in the top tax rates appears to be uncorrelated with saving, investment and productivity growth. The top tax rates appear to have little or no relation to the size of the economic pie,” the report said. “However, the top tax rate reductions appear to be associated with the increasing concentration of income at the top of the income distribution.” nytimes.com;

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (682131)	11/1/2012 5:48:10 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1578142

>> Then there's the question of whether Romney will actually be any better than Obama. I agree he can't be any wors I've never seen a person more qualified than Romney to walk into this situation and at least take a shot at cleaning it up. The more I have found out about him, the more qualified he looks. The man is perfect for the job. You're right, he can't be any worse. And it is possible he'll find himself unable to solve these problems. But they are serious and if they aren't solved this time around I suspect they're not going to be.