The United States is a nation located in the global economy, and we get enormous, enormous benefits from dealing with foreigners. Arthur Laffer benefitdealeconomy Change image and share on social
It has always amazed me how tax cuts don't work until they take effect. Mr. Obama's experience with deferred tax rate increases will be the reverse. The economy will collapse in 2011. Arthur Laffer amazecollapsecut Change image and share on social
I feel very uncomfortable with respect to looking at inflation. Arthur Laffer feelinflationrespect Change image and share on social
We are having the single worst recovery the U.S. has had since the Great Depression. I don't care how you measure it. The East Coast knows it. The West Coast knows it. North, South, old, young, everyone knows it's the worst recovery since the Great Depression. Arthur Laffer badcarecoast share on social
People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies. Arthur Laffer changeearngovernment Change image and share on social
The states that have large in-migrations of Hispanics are Florida, Texas and California. And Florida and Texas are way above average in educational achievement, while California's the lowest, just about. Arthur Laffer achievementaveragecalifornia share on social
Obama is a fine, very impressive person. He really is. Unfortunately, everything that he is doing in economics is exactly wrong. He is a crappy president. Arthur Laffer crappyeconomicsfine Change image and share on social
A carbon tax by itself would make driving more expensive, that's very true. But in exchange for that, there are going to be more jobs, more output, more employment, and more products available. So really, as long as you're going to collect the revenues you're going to collect, you're going to have to trade off one tax for the other. Arthur Laffer carboncollectdrive share on social
People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response to changes in government policies. Arthur Laffer changecompositiongovernment Change image and share on social
The minimum wage is the black teenage unemployment act. It is the guaranteed way of holding the poor, the minorities and the disenfranchised out of the mainstream is if you price their original services too high. Arthur Laffer actblackdisenfranchise share on social