Arthur Laffer that U.S. tax rates had in fact reached such extreme levels." Laffer is currently an economic adviser to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, who in 2012 zeroed out state tax liability for approximately 330,000 of the top wage earners in the state. The state, which had previously had a budget surplus, experienced a budget deficit of about $200 million in 2012. Drastic cuts to state funding for education and infrastructure have been implemented because of the budget deficits. Brownback's tax overhaul was described in a June 2017 article in "The Atlantic" as the United States' "most aggressive experiment in conservative economic
According to Spike Milligan there are running gags about Dr. Frankenstein's sea voyages during which his ship sinks, the monster disappearing mysteriously because he runs at speeds of 100 mph, and notes by an editor (Milligan) making sarcastic remarks about events in the novel. "The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan" is a spoof of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The plot is almost the same as the original, the main differences being that the Spike Milligan version is considerably shorter, and there is more humorous content. Written from the viewpoint of Dr. Watson (who is accompanied