Tax rates and job creation in one graph

Posted at 08:49 AM ET, 06/28/2011

By Ezra Klein

WP

In theory, the GOP is so committed to resisting tax hikes because it’s so committed to creating jobs. “The fact is you can’t tax the very people that we expect to invest in the economy and create jobs,” says Speaker John Boehner. But Michael Linden’s chart comparing average annual job creation at different marginal tax rates begs to differ: