Burden Quote by Lawrence Kudlow

There are lots of other things that affect state growth besides state taxes. However, the reason I look at taxes is because these are…

— Arthur Laffer

If you look at the performance of the zero-income-tax-rate states and the highest-income-tax-rate states, I believe a large amount of their difference is due…

— Arthur Laffer

The level of taxation is driven by spending. Less spending leads to lower taxes.

— Gregory D Hess

Let's take the nine states that have no income tax and compare them with the nine states with the highest income tax rates in…

— Arthur Laffer

The zero-income-tax-rate states have far faster growth in tax revenues than did the states with highest income tax rate over this period.

— Arthur Laffer

The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased.

— Michael Parenti

It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War II, US…

— Robert Reich

There are several states that move from Karl Marx-like policies to Adam Smith-like policies and back again in a weekend. So for the states…

— Arthur Laffer

Having a lower tax, simpler, fairer, flatter tax system is something that can drive growth.

— Rishi Sunak

Deeper state intervention in an economy means that bureaucratic waste, inefficiency and corruption are more likely to hold back growth.

— Ian Bremmer

The tax rate increases reduce economic growth; they shrink the pie; they cause more poverty, more despair, more unemployment, which are all things government…

— Arthur Laffer

Fewer people working means permanently lower tax revenues.

— Christina Romer