Re: "More Americans living in poverty now than there were in 1965...Economic realities on Main Street"

Foxtrot wrote:
> "Jas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Clinton raised taxes a bit in the 90s with a resulting boom (albeit one with
> > a false bubble). 

> WHAT?? Raising taxes leads to economic booms?? So if 
> we raised taxes to 100%, we'd all be wildly prosperous, right? 
>
> LOL, how amazing that anybody is stupid enough to make 
> such a claim! 

Let me teach you a word.  It's called 'non-monotonic'.  It means
that a function doesn't always go in the same direction.  For
instance, if something starts at 0, goes up, and then comes down
again, it is non-monotonic, because it changes direction.  HTH.

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