Higher tax rates, lower tax revenue?

eflatminor

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France and the UK learned just a few weeks ago that raising tax rates can result in less tax revenue to the government.

Now it's California's turn...

...voters passed Proposition 30 to create the highest state income tax in the nation...resulting in over a $1 billion shortfall in corporate and income taxes last month...

Despite Tax Increase, California State Revenues in Freefall

Could Dr Laffer be right?
 
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Looks like the Laffer Curve stands unchallenged after again being proved correct.

I'm sure it will be different when Obama does it...:doubt:
 
Yep, the Dem-Socialists here in CA have already spent what they thought they'd get with this new tax increase. They never learn, and they'd make horrible farmers. They'd pick the apple orchard clean, then chop down the trees and burn them for for warmth, then the next year they'd be whining about not having apples. THAT is how DUMB and SELFISH liberals and unions are. They have NO idea how to nurture and grow the economy, only how to pick at it until it DIES.

They did the same under President Reagan, except it was his tax CUTS that actually DID increase revenue by growing the economy -- but Dems went out and spent it all and more.

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From your link:

Democrats thought they could hammer “the rich” by convincing voters to pass Proposition 30 to create the highest state income tax in the nation. But it now appears that high income earners have already “voted with their feet” by moving themselves and their businesses out of state, resulting in over $1 billion shortfall in corporate and income taxes last month and the beginning of a new financial crisis.

Passage of Proposition 30 set off euphoria and expectations of higher spending for public employees. The California Teachers’ Association (CTA) trumpeted: "California students and working families won a clear victory today as voters clearly demonstrated their willingness to invest in our public schools and colleges and also rejected a deceptive ballot measure aimed at silencing educators, other workers and their unions.”

State bureaucrats immediately ramped up deficit spending far beyond the state's $6 billion annual tax increase, with the Departments of Health Services and Developmental Services increasing this month’s spending by over $1 billion versus last year. The lower tax collection and higher spending drove the State’s deficit after the tax increase to $2.7 billion for the first 5 months of this fiscal year. State Controller John Chiang reported:

November's disappointing revenues stand in stark contrast to recent news that California is leading the nation in job growth, has significantly improved its cash liquidity to pay bills, and even long-distressed home values are starting to inch upward... This serves as a sobering reminder that, while the economy is expanding, it is doing so at a slow and uneven pace that will require the State to exercise care and discipline in how its fiscal affairs are managed in the coming year.
 
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