# Profits are a tax on labor

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**Created:** [July 12, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profits-are-a-tax-on-labor/663283 "2013-07-12T03:07:25Z")\
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> [@Lemur866](#):
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> We can all debate the shape of the Laffer Curve, but the results of 0% and 100% are pretty well established values on the curve, resulting in 0 revenues.

I dispute whether 100% would result in zero revenues; but the real point on Laffer is whether there is or was any government in existence that had income rates at such a level that lowering them would result in greater revenue for the government. And it is my belief that in the real world, that has never been the case.

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