Tax cuts don't "pay for themselves"

Recently Rep. Jim Nussle, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, argued against applying PayGo to taxes since "tax cuts pay for themselves."

Perhaps he should have had a chat with the Whitehouse's cheif economist...

Whitehoue Council of Economic Advisors Chairman Mankiw at the National Press Club - November 4, 2003

"Let me be perfectly clear here. Tax reductions are generally not self-financing. In the vast majority of cases, the behavioral responses to changes in tax rates just are not high enough to yield that result."

AP: March 17, 2004

"Taxes and tax cuts pay for themselves" by stimulating the economy, Nussle told reporters Tuesday. "You don't have to, quote unquote, pay for them."
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