{"id":1491,"date":"2017-06-21T22:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T03:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2017-06-21T23:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T04:02:30","slug":"tax-the-rich-backfires-in-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therichdontpaytax.com\/blog\/tax-the-rich-backfires-in-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax the rich backfires in Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fox Business: Varney &amp; Co on\u00a0Connecticut&#8217;s dismal failure to boost tax revenue, by soaking the rich<\/h2>\n<p>[wp_video_ads id=&#8221;bejibabece&#8221; autoplay=&#8221;1&#8243;]<br \/>\nFour times in U.S. history, major federal tax cuts on the rich were tried and in <strong>every<\/strong>\u00a0one of those cases, tax revenue <strong>increased<\/strong>. That&#8217;s right. In <strong>every<\/strong> cases, where tax cuts on the rich were tried, revenue increased.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, we now have Connecticut, trying to soak the rich and seeing serious revenue shortfalls, as a result. Will liberals ever learn?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the rich, who pay the vast majority of all taxes, to begin with. 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