{"id":44,"date":"2006-12-14T14:35:49","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T19:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=45"},"modified":"2006-12-14T14:35:49","modified_gmt":"2006-12-14T19:35:49","slug":"government-uses-copywriting-secret-to-triple-tax-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/government-uses-copywriting-secret-to-triple-tax-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Uses Copywriting Secret To Triple Tax Revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bensettle.com\/images\/tickled-pink.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 345px\" align=\"right\"> Who would have thunk it?<\/p>\n<p>Even government bureaucrats are realizing simple, easy-to-read language results in more &#8220;sales.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Think I&#8217;m joking?<\/p>\n<p>Then check out this<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/nation\/2006-12-09-plaintalk_x.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> USA Today article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Washington state lawmakers <u>tripled<\/u> the revenue they receive from one of their (many) business taxes simply by wording the tax in &#8220;plain English.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amazing, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>And let&#8217;s face it.<\/p>\n<p>If a bunch of dorky politicians can  use this &#8220;secret&#8221; to make money&#8230;anyone can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who would have thunk it? 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