Tax cuts
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Tax cuts provide a stimulus to the economy, because they reduce the cost of doing business and allow ordinary citizens to spend or save or invest more of their own money. Often cutting a tax rate will, paradoxically, result in a net increase of tax revenue. The best example is the tax on capital gains. This phenomenon is described by the Laffer curve, which states there exists a point when increasing taxes actually decreases tax revenue.