@thespectatormagazine: 'I have never yet heard of an economy being taxed into prosperity. I have never heard of a poor person spending himself into wealth.' Economist Arthur Laffer explains why he believes Britain has a 'totally dysfunctional' tax system. #welfare #tax #poor #rich

Chege W. Chege :

He should study Kenya He will be amazed at our foolishness

Kneowell :

Never ever heard of an economy being taxed into prosperity!

Workers party uganda :

The idea is good for the people but bad for the bad political leaders...

bg1985 :

That's the problem with socialism, you eventually run out of other people's money to spend

Carol Weir426 :

Could someone tell the Labour Party! 😡😡😡

That one :

“I’ve never yet heard of an economy being taxed into prosperity” Try basically every single western society post ww1 and ww2.

Fanny Schmeller :

Get this guy into Government.

Gwenn Sutherland :

I totally agree the hard working tax payers of this country are on their knees

JoSto :

Arthur Laffer, the economist the Laffer curve is named after

imutablehorror :

Labour tax everything they look at

pseudointellectualistt :

101 taxes and still in perpetual debt

alfietofts :

Also there’s no trickle down economy from the billionaires

Pedro :

liebour ALWAYS BANKRUPT THE COUNTRY

fleagle :

who is this fella?we should make him Chancellor

_silav :

Nothing the UK gov does makes any sense unless you consider the idea they are working against us

Andrew Thom :

Couldn't agree more. but the Idiots in charge don't care.

BoredGamer :

I’ve never heard of the Spectator saying anything in the interest of most people as they just serve the rich.

whendidthathappen113 :

It’s crazy that people don’t understand what he is saying. It’s so obvious

moo :

I agree with him .

BrokenCrownThriller :

user3236017986375 :

Very wise words! The clowns of Liebour will struggle with understanding why they can't steal and misuse other peoples' money, which is why the are gone at the next election.

Bad Credit Mortgage Guy :

user7417298475996 :

“It’s about facts, not how you feel”👏

tryavnaB :

A brilliant man,listen to him he is spot on.

Mr Peanut Dust :

After the Second World War, the UK kept very high income tax rates, with the top rate of income tax remaining around 90% through the 1950s and 1960s, so he clearly doesn't know the facts 🙄