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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Makes sense to me. I guess the only thing I’m missing is a theoretical explanation for why cutting taxes would hurt growth. What is the economic theory there?
gpt
Pure speculation, but a few ideas spring to mind:  
Income tax cut didn't negatively or positively impact growth, so the state remained on a miserable course.  


Huge income tax cuts signify the state is doing poorly and is probably a bad place to live/work, or makes it look desperate. Most people probably don't look heavily at income taxes of a state when searching for a job.  


Income tax cuts without adjoining budget cuts mean (people assume) they're going to raise taxes elsewhere, so people see it as a wash. Businesses may even see this as dangerous as they may get left with the tax burden.  


People could see the net reduction in taxes and assume that there ***will*** be spending cuts, but worry about where those cuts will be- worse roads for less quality of living? Worse schools? Some other form of government service becoming poorer? Less legal protections?  


My best guess is that it just looks like a desperate hail-mary and hearing about a states income tax just makes people wonder WTF is going on in that state that they try something like this. Nobody is going to hear "X state just lowered taxes by Y amount!" and suddenly quit their job to move there. Likewise, businesses are already established in locations and that income tax won't really affect them. Even if it does, uprooting and moving is a big risk.  
Any net effect will likely take years to pan out one way or the other, assuming there is one to begin with.