“His argument for a ‘9-9-9’ plan puts the current income and payroll taxes in the shredder and replaces them with a 9% personal income tax with no deductions, a 9% net business income tax, and a 9% national sales tax. That would be rocket fuel for the economy…”
—Steve Moore,
Wall Street Journal editorial page
(Wall Street Journal, Sept. 30, 2011)
“...with the 9-9-9 Plan both the demand and the supply of labor and capital will increase. Output will soar, as well as jobs. Tax revenues will increase enormously, not because tax rates have increased, but because marginal tax rates have decreased.”
—Dr. Arthur B. Laffer,
Chairman, Laffer Associates,
Senior Economic Adviser to Ronald Reagan,
author of the Laffer Curve






