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On the recordDecember 1, 2010
You know, the gentleman referred to the meeting that we were both at today with Art Laffer, the brilliant economist who worked for President Reagan in the White House, who helped create a lot of those tax policies that gave us that unbridled economic growth. He goes into detail and talks about the decisions that went into that and what works and what doesn't work. {time} 1930 And there are things that don't work, but there are things that have been proven again historically throughout time. Going back to the 1920s, you can go before that, things that you can do that have always worked in terms of cutting tax rates. And there are levels where you get above certain levels, and in the 20s is where you are starting to get into dangerous territory. Right now the President is trying to bring the highest rate up to 39.6 percent taxes, plus he's going to try to continue to allow this death tax to go to 55 percent. It's at zero today.…
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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