When Beltway politicians claim they want a “balanced” approach to reducing the deficit, what they really mean is raising taxes to finance this new higher spending level. And the still-higher level that is coming with ObamaCare.
The reality is that the fastest way to raise revenue is with faster economic growth. To the extent that raising tax rates will reduce the rate of growth, it will slow the flow of tax revenue and increase the deficit.
http://www.truthfulpolitics.com/http:/truthfulpolitics.com/comments/the-laffer-and-armey-curves/
Even if Mr. Obama were to bully Republicans into giving him all of the tax-rate increases he wants, the Joint Tax Committee estimates this would yield only $82 billion a year in extra revenue. But if growth is slower as a result of the higher tax rates, then the revenue will be lower too. So after Mr. Obama has humiliated House Republicans and punished the affluent for the sheer joy of it, he would still have a deficit of $1 trillion.
Most of us know all this, but we thought you’d like some new evidence to rebut the kids who voted for your taxes to go up when they return from college forThanksgiving. Maybe they’ll figure it out when they have a job, if they can find one.
Timur Sümer 