So says Arthur Laffer in support of Newt Gingrich in The Wall Street Journal, here:
Mr. Gingrich's flat tax proposals—along with his proposed balanced budget amendment—would put a quick stop to overspending and return America to fiscal soundness. No other candidate comes close to doing this.
Here is a corollary I learned from a Harvard-trained philosopher, PJWM:
'Work expands to fill the time allotted.'