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Old 06-16-2008, 07:34 PM   #86
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Re: Taxing the rich - what is the cutoff?

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Originally Posted by onlydarksets View Post
I like how he says this:

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It should be stressed, however, that the economy of the 1990s has grown moderately, in spite of tax increases, not because of them.
Yet he provides absolutely no support for the statement.
Economic theory has generally ruled that statement to be true through trial and error, but it is a poor writing technique to just assume your reader is fluent in economic theory and move on.

It's not hard to defend a statement like that; a little effort would be nice.
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