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My family and I went to visit the new Hershey Story museum on Chocolate Ave. this weekend. It tells the story of Milton S. Hershey. They had a lot of great exhibits including one where you could design your own candy bar wrapper and mail it home. At home you can print the wrapper and put it on a full-sized Hershey bar.
Question: Can you tell me who said this?
In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone? Anyone?… the Great Depression, passed the… Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?… raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is? Class? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone seen this before? The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says? It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial.
Hint: It comes from a very popular movie in the ’80′s.
