The zero-income-tax-rate states have far faster growth in tax revenues than did the states with highest income tax rate over this period.

The tax rate increases reduce economic growth; they shrink the pie; they cause more poverty, more despair, more unemployment, which are all things government is trying to alleviate with spending.

If you like the post office and the Department of Motor Vehicles and you think they're run well, just wait till you see Medicare, Medicaid and health care done by the government.

People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.

If you look at the performance of the zero-income-tax-rate states and the highest-income-tax-rate states, I believe a large amount of their difference is due to taxes. Not only is it true of the last decade, but I took these numbers back 50 years. And, there's not one year in the last 50 where the zero-income-tax-rate states have not outperformed the highest-income-tax-rate states.

Sound money is the sine qua non of a prosperous society.

You want to prove that Milton Friedman is a fascist? It's easy. Quote him.