Taxes: Corporate Evidence
02/27/2009
Bruce Bartlett. Forbes. February 27, 2009.
"Higher Taxes: Will the Republicans Cry Wolf on Taxes Again?" explores the history of hard right opposition to raising taxes of any kind, showing that reactionary predictions of economic apocalypse didn’t come to pass under either Clinton or Reagan. (Bartlett was an advisor to Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush.)
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09/12/2008
Michael Ettlinger and John Irons. Center for American Progress. September 12, 2008.
"Take a Walk on the Wild Side" debunks the supply-side myth -- that lower tax rates on the wealthy and corporations will necessarily lead to higher economic growth. There is little, if any, correlation between supply-side economics and the benefits that its proponents promise.
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