[rightwingintelligentsia]

$15 mininum wage, 15% maximum interest.

Federal income taxes should be capped at 15%, too, then.

[HotHunt]

Arthur Laffer, an economist who supported Gerald Ford's tax cuts in the mid-70s, said that the tax rate to maximize the most revenue into the federal coffers, is 17%.

Rates about that, lowers revenues. Too onerous. Taxpayers avoid paying or use loopholes.

Rates below that, diminishes revenues because they don't bring in enough taxes.

His Laffer Curve showed that the prime tax rate was 17% across the board.

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“Federal income taxes should be capped at 15%, too, then.”

Yes. A broad, green-style modification of Cain’s of 9,9,9.”