An Alternative To Increasing Taxes

I hear politicians and pundits talking about the massive federal debt and assume that the only way to deal with the problem is to raise tax rates.   Raising rates in tough economic times can be very damaging to the economy and may in fact, result in lower tax receipts as tax payers can shift their behavior in response to higher taxes.  Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute put together a video on the subject.

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Lenore Hawkins, Chief Macro Strategist
Lenore Hawkins serves as the Chief Macro Strategist for Tematica Research. With over 20 years of experience in finance, strategic planning, risk management, asset valuation and operations optimization, her focus is primarily on macroeconomic influences and identification of those long-term themes that create investing headwinds or tailwinds.

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