Book contents
- Pay Up!
- Pay Up!
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Conservative Myths About Tax Cuts
- 2 Too High, or Much Ado About Nothing?
- 3 Crippling Economic Performance?
- 4 Waste Not, Want Not?
- 5 What’s Fair?
- 6 Freedom under Siege?
- 7 The Persistence of Myths
- Afterword
- Appendix The Price to Pay for Low Taxes
- References
- Index
Afterword
Trump 2.0
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 June 2025
Book contents
- Pay Up!
- Pay Up!
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Conservative Myths About Tax Cuts
- 2 Too High, or Much Ado About Nothing?
- 3 Crippling Economic Performance?
- 4 Waste Not, Want Not?
- 5 What’s Fair?
- 6 Freedom under Siege?
- 7 The Persistence of Myths
- Afterword
- Appendix The Price to Pay for Low Taxes
- References
- Index
Summary
There are several downsides to having lower taxes that conservatives tend to ignore. Low taxes are frequently associated with worse health outcomes, such as life expectancy and infant mortality. Low taxes are also associated with worse educational outcomes. Less social mobility, lower human development scores, and worse infrastructure are also associated with lower levels of taxation according to cross-national and US data. None of this is good for America’s economic performance or society.
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