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Higher taxes or higher tax revenue?


Cut tax rates on the rich?  

26 members have voted

  1. 1. Cut tax rates on the rich?

    • Yes, if it brings in more revenue.
      13
    • Yes, whether it brings in more revenue or not.
      1
    • No, even if it brings in more revenue.
      6
    • No, it can't possibly bring in more revenue.
      6


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High tax is a good thing

 

You are probably trolling but here goes:

For whom is it good? Good for the hard working individual? Good for their ex employees? Or good for the country which receives less and less tax revenue?

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According to whom? And what logic?

 

According to economics and maths.

 

---------- Post added 31-07-2015 at 00:52 ----------

 

You are probably trolling but here goes:

For whom is it good? Good for the hard working individual? Good for their ex employees? Or good for the country which receives less and less tax revenue?

 

It brings in more revenue.

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According to economics and maths.

 

 

Most certainly not according to the Laffer curve.

 

Let's start with something simple.

Would you agree that there are 2 top tax rates that would bring in zero revenue: 0% and 100% ?

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According to economics and maths.

 

Well, don't be shy. Go ahead and produce some links to economics texts that say "higher tax is good".

 

The maths you're talking about is presumably the simplistic calculation you already used, totally devoid from any real world use.

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Most certainly not according to the Laffer curve.

 

Let's start with something simple.

Would you agree that there are 2 top tax rates that would bring in zero revenue: 0% and 100% ?

 

Laffer curve is wrong.

 

---------- Post added 31-07-2015 at 11:31 ----------

 

Well, don't be shy. Go ahead and produce some links to economics texts that say "higher tax is good".

 

The maths you're talking about is presumably the simplistic calculation you already used, totally devoid from any real world use.

 

Question logic. Believe me its true.

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Laffer curve is wrong.
The Laffer Curve is a fundamental economic principle acknowledged by professional and academic economists the world over from a very long date.

 

Your claiming that it's "wrong" simply makes you look unreasonable (to put it kindly), and not worth debating with.

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