really different assumptions you could kind of sort of maybe make mitt romney s math look like it might add up if you did some really weird things. and this was great news for the romney campaign. on meet the press with david gregory romney trumpeted these studies, said they closed the case on his plan. the good news is that five different economic studies including one at harvard and princeton, at aei and a couple at the wall street journal all show if we bring down our top rates and actually go across the board, bring down rates for everyone in america but also limit deductions and exemptions for people at the high end, why you can keep the progressivety in the code, remain revenue central and you create an enormous incentive for growth in the economy. the good news, and that would be good news. we can slice and dice. but if you take a look at some of those studies, things get a little different. in particular the harvard study
even though they re directed by one of george w. bush s top economists. then slowly right leaning economists began releasing their own studies showing if you made some really questionable and really different assumptions you could kind of sort of maybe make mitt romney s math look like it might add up if you did some really weird things. and this was great news for the romney campaign. on meet the press with david gregory romney trumpeted these studies, said they closed the case on his plan. the good news is that five different economic studies including one at harvard and princeton, at aei and a couple at the wall street journal all show if we bring down our top rates and actually go across the board, bring down rates for everyone in america but also limit deductions and exemptions for people at the high end, why you can keep the progressivety in the code, remain revenue central and you create an enormous incentive for growth in the economy. the good news, and that would be go
on the question of whether raising taxes or cutting spend something more effective. kevin hasset studies at aei and joins us. tell us about your study. we looked at something that economists rarely looks at to see what works. they ve gathered by the campfire, sung kumbaya and we went back to the last 37 years after people said they are going to do it which succeeded. if the u.s. would copy the countries that succeed wad would we do? you to reduce spending. if you try do it through raising taxes it doesn t work. dana: a lot of skeptics have argued we can t pay for everything if we don t raise taxes is it depends on how much you expand. the typical successful fiscal consolidation or deficit reduction measure had spending as a reduction of 85% of the
on the question of whether raising taxes or cutting spend something more effective. kevin hasset studies at aei and joins us. tell us about your study. we looked at something that economists rarely looks at to see what works. they ve gathered by the campfire, sung kumbaya and we went back to the last 37 years after people said they are going to do it which succeeded. if the u.s. would copy the countries that succeed wad would we do? you to reduce spending. if you try do it through raising taxes it doesn t work. dana: a lot of skeptics have argued we can t pay for everything if we don t raise taxes is it depends on how much you expand. the typical successful fiscal consolidation or deficit reduction measure had spending as a reduction of 85% of the