In the interest of fairness, Laffer associate Ford Scudder politely asked CPIs Heath for the data used in the Frontline report so LafferAssociates could recreate the calculations.
Mr. Laffer, chairman of LafferAssociates and the Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics, is co-author, with Stephen Moore, of "Return to Prosperity: How America Can Regain Its Economic Superpower Status" (Threshold, 2010).