You want the rich to pay more? Dan Mitchell observed:I explained that “rich” taxpayers declared much more income and paid much higher taxes after Reagan reduced the top tax rate from 70 percent to 28 percent.
Liberals don’t understand good tax policies.
Against 3-1 Odds, Promoting Good Tax Policy on Government TV
April 12, 2012 by Dan Mitchell
With the clock ticking ever closer to the tax-filing deadline, this is the time of year we should be especially cognizant of America’s awful tax system.
Disdain for the corrupt tax code certainly motivates me. As such, even though the panel was stacked against me with three proponents of Obama’s class warfare approach, I hope I did a decent job of defending good tax policy against the statists in this debate on government-subsidized TV.
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Dan Mitchell Battling against Tax Hikes and Class Warfare on PBS
Published on Apr 12, 2012 by danmitchellcato
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My most effective moment (I think) was when I explained that “rich” taxpayers declared much more income and paid much higher taxes after Reagan reduced the top tax rate from 70 percent to 28 percent.
I also had a couple of good lines when discussing the value-added tax.
Nonetheless, I think I was disadvantaged by the editing process since many of my comments from our hour-long taping got cut out. If you are sufficiently masochistic, you can listen to the entire program at this link.
I’ll close with an observation. If you support freedom and liberty and work in public policy, you better get used to being outnumbered. When I testified to the Ways & Means Committee about the VAT, I was a lone voice against this pernicious tax while the other four witnesses supported making America more like Greece.
And when I appeared on an English-language French TV program to debate tax havens, I had to battle three statists.
But at least I have truth on my side, so that compensates.
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