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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (16433)	4/27/2017 3:39:22 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 365179

Which, if it isn't in reference to something that is being argued, is totally meaningless. That's both false and irrelevant. False because "if it isn't in reference to something being argued" doesn't imply or suggest that its meaningless (people can make their own new assertions and argue for them). Irrelevant because bentway did suggest that revenue should be maximized (and others in different contexts, have suggested that even if higher taxes did reduce revenue they still would be justified in terms of fairness) As for the general subject of the Laffer curve, its a very important point. Higher and higher taxes will eventually reduce revenue, and before that happens you still get more and more private sector impact of each additional dollar of government revenue. Sure it would be even more meaningful if we could have accurate consistent specific numbers, but the general point is both true and important even without those numbers.