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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNonpartisan Tax Report Withdrawn After G.O.P. Protest
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nonpartisan-tax-report-withdrawn-g-144808999.htmlWASHINGTON The Congressional Research Service has withdrawn an economic report that found no correlation between top tax rates and economic growth, a central tenet of conservative economic theory, after Senate Republicans raised concerns about the papers findings and wording.
The decision, made in late September against the advice of the agencys economic team leadership, drew almost no notice at the time. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, cited the study a week and a half after it was withdrawn in a speech on tax policy at the National Press Club.
But it could actually draw new attention to the report, which questions the premise that lowering the top marginal tax rate stimulates economic growth and job creation.
This has hues of a banana republic, Mr. Schumer said. They didnt like a report, and instead of rebutting it, they had them take it down.
Waaaaah!
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Nonpartisan Tax Report Withdrawn After G.O.P. Protest (Original Post)
geardaddy
Nov 2012
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mnmoderatedem
(3,729 posts)1. when all else fails....
suppress!
I saw that article too and was about to post. Ya beat me to it!!!
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)2. What is their problem?
Can't the play for the nation instead of their party?
TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)3. Who withdrew it? Rolling over is stupid and counter productive.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)4. It looks like The Congressional Research Service office did.
I'm not sure why they did.