May 20, 2008

WSJ: You Can't Soak the Rich

The chart nearby, updating the evidence to 2007, confirms Hauser's Law. The federal tax "yield" (revenues divided by GDP) has remained close to 19.5%, even as the top tax bracket was brought down from 91% to the present 35%. This is what scientists call an "independence theorem," and it cuts the Gordian Knot of tax policy debate. Link Posted by Tim at May 20, 2008 09:08 PM | TrackBack