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0 pointsbediger40001y ago0 comments

Conservatives can't raise taxes. It's an article of faith, very literally, that taxes are bad, and that lowering taxes raises tax revenue.

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toomuchtodo1y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist#Americans_for_... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform

dave44201y ago

I don’t know what Republicans are these days, but they aren’t economic conservatives. That they think the Laffer curve kicks in at the level taxes are today is one of the giveaways.

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toomuchtodo1y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist#Americans_for_... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform

dave44201y ago

I don’t know what Republicans are these days, but they aren’t economic conservatives. That they think the Laffer curve kicks in at the level taxes are today is one of the giveaways.

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