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Tax Cuts For The Rich Linked To Income Inequality, Not Economic Growth, Study Finds

Crabtownboy

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Another Republican myth shot down.

Note the report is from a nonpartisan service.

A new study by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has found that over the past 65 years, tax cuts for the rich have not led to economic growth and instead are linked to greater income inequality in the United States.

The study found that cutting taxes for the rich does not increase saving, investment, or productivity growth. "The top tax rates appear to have little or no relation to the size of the economic pie," the study said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/tax-cuts-for-the-rich_n_1889686.html?ref=topbar
 

targus

New Member
"...cutting taxes for the rich does not increase saving, investment, or productivity growth..."

Right, because everyone knows that the rich don't save, invest or spend their tax savings. They use the dollar bills to light cigars. :rolleyes:

Everyone remembers that the economy stayed flat and that no one's lives improved under the Regan tax cuts. :rolleyes:
 

Mexdeaf

New Member
Nonpartisan, eh?

"The Congressional Research Service (CRS) serves as shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. CRS experts assist at every stage of the legislative process — from the early considerations that precede bill drafting, through committee hearings and floor debate, to the oversight of enacted laws and various agency activities."

From: http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/about/
 

billwald

New Member
Not exactly. Rich people use their money to buy politicians and votes.

I understand how business activity increases money inflation. I understand how business activity helps the the rich to get richer.

I DO NOT understand how business activity makes the pie larger by raising all boats. Business activity raises some classes of boats higher than other classes of boats.
 
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