All economists agree tax policy has an effect on the economy. The hard thing is to figure out how to measure these effects in the real world.
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Still, such a idea is political dynamite. The politics are impossible, ... Politicians do this at their peril.Leonard Burman
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If he is a ghost, then it's very disappointing for me, because he is banished in the story, and that could mean that he won't be coming back, and that would be terrible, wouldn't it?
Paul Darrow
For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.
Georg Simmel