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What costs did this dude think he found that could possibly increase each manufacture product item 20%-30%? Did you check his methods and numbers, or did you take his word for it?

Why don't you check his numbers and ask Joprgenson for youself.

These PDFs contain the results and description of methodology:

The Effects of Fundamental Tax Reform and the Feasability of Dynamic Revenue Estimation, in Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress of the United States, The Modeling Project and 1997 Tax Symposium Papers, Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, November 20, 1997 (with P.J. Wilcoxen), pp. 130-151.
The Economic Impact of Fundamental Tax Reform, in M. Boskin (ed.), Frontiers of Tax Reform, Stanford, Hoover Institution, 1996, pp. 181-196; reprinted in Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Roundtable Discussion on Tax Reform and Economic Growth, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, 1996, pp 98-112.
Lifting the Burden: Tax Reform and US Economic Growth; Dale Jorgensen, Harvard University; Office of Tax Analysis U.S. Department of Treasury, Aug 2 2002

Why don't you check his numbers and ask Joprgenson for youself.

I didn't use his numbers to make a point. I don't have to, I have written and implimented too many payrolls for small and large businesses. (Detailed in another post to you). Nor do I care to spend hours analysing out the errors of assumptions and omissions in the technical report of some economist.

Certainly you can tell me the exact process that causes 20%-30% to be added to the cost of each of tens or hundreds of thousands of items run off a production line. If it's too complex to explain in a few short paragraphs and requires several interrelated charts and graphs and lots of words, more than likely it's labored and produced to advance a previously held assumption. In which case I'm not interested.

Your charts and graphs mean nothing to me. If they are meaningful, provide the clear and concise explanation of how they relate to the topic at hand.