Tværpolitisk skatterapport trukket tilbage efter G.O.P. protest

Det tværpolitiske 'Congressional Research Service' har trukket ny skatterapport tilbage, der fandt ingen sammenhæng mellem top skattesatser og økonomisk vækst, efter protester fra Det Republikanske Parti.

New York Times skriver:

WASHINGTON — The Congressional Research Service has withdrawn an economic reportthat found no correlation between top tax rates and economic growth, a central tenet of conservative economic theory, after Senate Republicans raised concerns about the paper’s findings and wording.

The decision, made in late September against the advice of the agency’s economic team leadership, drew almost no notice at the time. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, cited the study a week and a half after it was withdrawn in a speech on tax policy at the National Press Club.

But it could actually draw new attention to the report, which questions the premise that lowering the top marginal tax rate stimulates economic growth and job creation.

“This has hues of a banana republic,” Mr. Schumer said. “They didn’t like a report, and instead of rebutting it, they had them take it down.”

Læs Nonpartisan Tax Report Withdrawn After G.O.P. Protest hos New York Times.

Læs rapporten Congressional Research Service: Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945 (pdf)