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RoccoRyg

(260 posts)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 08:59 PM Nov 2012

"Lowering marginal tax rates for the wealthiest Americans had no effect on economic growth."

"The New York Times reported on Thursday that Senate Republicans applied pressure to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) in September, successfully persuading it to withdraw a report finding that lowering marginal tax rates for the wealthiest Americans had no effect on economic growth or job creation."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/congressional-research-service_n_2059156.html

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