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muriel_volestrangler

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1. It's only a model

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:52 AM

Yesterday

We show that modeling distinct tax bases more accurately and incorporating these interactions lowers the revenue-maximizing top tax rate and the associated revenue gains, yielding “flat” Laffer curves.

https://www.davidsplinter.com/LafferCurves.pdf

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