We're Number One!          Share This   Gary Jason  Reading some
of the responses to my piece--which are similar to the reactions
to my earlier piece on corporate taxes in January, called "At
Least Some People Get It"--I guess I need to express my views on
corporate taxes once again, slowly, for those who have a
tendency to read in things that I never said.  Let's begin with
an elementary logical distinction. A sufficient condition for a
phenomenon is factor which by itself alone produces that
phenomenon. A necessary condition for a phenomenon is a factor
in whose absence the phenomenon won't occur. So, for example,
water is certainly necessary for life, but hardly sufficient--
you need more things than water to live (food, air, etc.).  As
regards a prosperous economy, I have never argued that a low
corporate tax is by itself a sufficient condition for
prosperity, or even that a favorable business environment is.
Much less have I ever, in the HUNDREDS of articles I have
published in this journal, favored "corp