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# Higher Taxes Will Not Reduce the Deficit
- URL: https://meme.aho.st/higher-taxes-will-not-reduce-the-deficit/
- Published: 2026-04-13T00:21:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-13T00:21:55.000Z
- Author: Meme Commissar
- Tags: quotes, friedman, economics, #Import 2026-09-24 01:11

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Higher taxes will not reduce the deficit, except for a brief interval. They will  
simply increase government spending. That is the lesson taught by past experiences.

\-- [Milton Friedman](https://miltonfriedman.hoover.org/internal/media/dispatcher/214966/full?ref=meme.aho.st)