http://content.ksg.harvard.edu/blog/jeff_frankels_weblog/2008/04/12/more-quotes-from-bush-white-house-affirming-the-laffer-hypothesis/ Views on the Economy and the World Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://content.ksg.harvard.edu/blog/jeff_frankels_weblog/2008/04/12/more-quotes-from-bush-white-house-affirming-the-laffer-hypothesis/#comment-409 Gerard MacDonell Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:47:17 +0000 http://content.ksg.harvard.edu/blog/jeff_frankels_weblog/2008/04/12/more-quotes-from-bush-white-house-affirming-the-laffer-hypothesis/#comment-409 I enjoy this blog. I notice in your quote of Bolten that he maintains plausible deniability. He says that the budget is improved, that there were tax cuts, that tax cuts stimulate growth and that growth raises revenues. But he does not actually SAY that the tax cuts made revenue higher than it would otherwise be. He leaves it to the useful idiots in the media to draw the inference. I enjoy this blog. I notice in your quote of Bolten that he maintains plausible deniability. He says that the budget is improved, that there were tax cuts, that tax cuts stimulate growth and that growth raises revenues. But he does not actually SAY that the tax cuts made revenue higher than it would otherwise be. He leaves it to the useful idiots in the media to draw the inference.

]]> http://content.ksg.harvard.edu/blog/jeff_frankels_weblog/2008/04/12/more-quotes-from-bush-white-house-affirming-the-laffer-hypothesis/#comment-382 Tax » More quotes from Bush White House affirming the Laffer Hypothesis… Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:58:08 +0000 http://content.ksg.harvard.edu/blog/jeff_frankels_weblog/2008/04/12/more-quotes-from-bush-white-house-affirming-the-laffer-hypothesis/#comment-382 [...] The Reality-Based Community wrote an interesting post today on More quotes from Bush White House affirming the Laffer Hypothesis…Here’s a quick excerptIn my earlier post, I catalogued some quotes from high Bush Administration officials asserting the supply-side claim  that a cut in US tax rates [...] [...] The Reality-Based Community wrote an interesting post today on More quotes from Bush White House affirming the Laffer Hypothesis…Here’s a quick excerptIn my earlier post, I catalogued some quotes from high Bush Administration officials asserting the supply-side claim  that a cut in US tax rates [...]

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