Laffer curve cited directly by Laffer. For example, in 1924, Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon wrote: "It seems difficult for some to understand that high rates of taxation do not necessarily mean large revenue to the government, and that more revenue may often be obtained by lower rates". Exercising his understanding that "73% of nothing is nothing", he pushed for the reduction of the top income tax bracket from 73% to an eventual 24% (as well as tax breaks for lower brackets). Mellon was one of the wealthiest people in the United States, the third-highest income-tax payer in the mid-1920s, behind John
Larry Laffer on their list of top "hoes of gaming" and GamesRadar included him among the "13 unluckiest bastards in gaming". In 2013, "Game Informer" called him "one of gaming's more infamous characters, at least among the people who still remember him by name," and "Complex" gave him their "Mr. Thirst" award for the most lustful video game character of all time. Larry made a homage-type cameo appearance in the "" episode "Grand Theft Starship" and was referenced by Charles Stross in "Asimov's Science Fiction". A "lecherous" octopus at the Seattle Aquarium was named after the character. Larry Laffer Larry Laffer is