That will trigger layoffs, decreased consumer spendingand reduced business spending on new plantandequipment.
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Put a 25 percent tax rate on individuals and corporations and see how it comes out in terms of personal consumption expenditures and corporate spending for plantandequipment, even research and development.
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If overall spending on plantandequipment merely stays steady, gross domestic product will drop by 0.5%.