That will trigger layoffs, decreased consumer spending and reduced business spending on new plant and equipment.

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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 plant and equipment, even research and development.

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If overall spending on plant and equipment merely stays steady, gross domestic product will drop by 0.5%.

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He and other critics insist that there are more effective ways to stimulate investment: reducing the tax on corporate profits, increasing the tax credit that companies get on spending for new plant and equipment, and easing the tax on dividends.

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Consider: Since March of 2001 Cytyc's free cash flow (operating cash flow less spending on property, plant and equipment) has increased from 26 cents per share to 83 cents per share.

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