dr. art laffer. he's currently head of laffer associates and the laffer center for supply side economics and author of "return to prosperity," and he wrote an article published in the "wall street journal" the other day that refuted all false claims made against 9-9-9 the other night during the debate. before i say what he concluded was his own analysis, it never felt so good being shot at. never felt so good being shot at because as aveda king says, they didn't think of it first, and they don't have a credible plan. to the activation that a new sales tax could be raised in the future, dr. laffer responds so could any other tax. what makes that one any different? to the accusation that it is not revenue neutral, dr. laffer concludes, i believe his plan, herman cain, would indeed be stat tick revenue neutral and with the boost it would give to the economic growth, it would bring in even more revenue than expected. two, -- to the accusation that this will not generate economic growth, dr. laffer points