In a 2007 study, Alex Brill and Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute found that the revenue-maximizing corporate tax rate is about 25 percent (click chart to enlarge).

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Revenue is maximized by an economic freedom that encourages as much free enterprise as possible coupled with a flat tax.

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