13 Conservative Myths About Taxes -- Debunked

By Terrance Heath, Campaign for America's Future
Posted on May 1, 2011, Printed on May 2, 2011
http://www.alternet.org/story/150799/13_conservative_myths_about_taxes_--_debunked

"What do we think? What do we know? What can we prove?" That's a quote from "And the Band Played On," HBO's adaptation of Randy Shilts' book about the beginnings of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It's the mantra of Centers for Disease Control epidemiologists searching for the cause of the epidemic, using empirical evidence. In that context, what you think, what you know, and what you think you know is meaningless unless you can prove it.

In Washington, D.C., it gets turned around: How can we prove what we think we know? When it comes to conservatives and taxes, this couldn't be more true.

The problem is, all the evidence disproves what conservatives think they know about taxes. The latest example a study (PDF) that debunks the conservative talking point that rich people will run for the borders if their taxes go up.