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Starfury

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3. Even Laffer had his limits

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 01:19 PM

Jun 11

I can't find it off hand, but there was a tv interview with Laffer sometime after the TCJA was enacted. Even back then, he suggested that the tax cutting craze had gone way past his ideal tax "sweet" spot.

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