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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (564428)5/5/2010 12:58:36 PM
From: TimF   of 1577222
 
How does that derail the NY Times argument?

1 - Tax revenue has not declined as a portion of the economy, while government spending has gone up by the same measure. Its spending that's changed not tax revenue.

2 - Tax revenue was 40 percent of GDP, a very high figure, and well above what should be necessary for a national government except in times of major war.
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