Laffer Curve Quotes & Sayings

The story of how the Laffer Curve got its name begins with a 1978 article by Jude Wanniski in 'The Public Interest' entitled, 'Taxes, Revenues, and the Laffer Curve.' — Arthur Laffer

It was, he thought, fine to be young and in love. Even in the graveyard which this world has become, it was fine. — Stephen King

Increasingly, I wonder if there are any outrages that would be sufficiently ominous in their effects upon liberty and unequivocal in their moral perversity to awaken the American people to the tyrannical spirit that envelopes the Clinton White House. — Alan Keyes

When you look at the government, when the government collects a buck, it's not free. They have to spend resources, the IRS, audits, all this sort of crap, to collect the dollar. I'm not assuming any Laffer curve effect here at all. There are just transactions costs of collecting that money. — Arthur Laffer

The Laffer Curve, by the way, was not invented by me. — Arthur Laffer

Why is it," Marasi said angrily, "that small-minded men must destroy that which they know is better, and greater, than they? — Brandon Sanderson

There's something very wrong with this world, and it isn't just the wars going on in Asia or the Middle East. — Paulo Coelho

My expectations for myself were never high. I had a very unusual way of writing songs and of thinking about music. I wasn't at all like Bob Dylan or Simon and Garfunkel. I was completely different - I didn't have a David Geffen at my side. — Don McLean

Without children, there is no careless play; the laughter has died. Only the gruesome reality of the day is left, an unchanging reality knowing no miracles, no breaks, no dreams. — Henry Martin

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes. — Peggy Fleming

We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London. — Sam Riley

The Laffer Curve illustrates the basic idea that changes in tax rates have two effects on tax revenues: the arithmetic effect and the economic effect. — Arthur Laffer

I used the so-called Laffer Curve all the time in my classes and with anyone else who would listen to me to illustrate the trade-off between tax rates and tax revenues. — Arthur Laffer

We must first note that economic factors are taken into account in a world in which ignorance, prejudice, and mental confusion, encouraged rather than dispelled by the political organization, exert a strong influence on policy making. — Ronald Coase

Love more. Love often. Love endlessly. — Debasish Mridha