文档介绍：“Trickle  Down”
Theory
and
“Tax  Cuts  for
the  Rich”
Thomas  Sowell
H O O V E R   I N S T I T U T I O N   P R E S S
STANFORD UNIVERSITY      STANFORD, CALIFORNIA
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We fight for and against not men and things as they are, but
for and against the caricatures we make of them.
. Schumpeter1
At various times and places, particular individuals have argued that
existing tax rates are so high that the gover