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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J.B.C. who wrote (289769)	8/23/2002 3:16:37 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

Reagan did it and the tax base increased. Reagan cut taxes and the deficit exploded! The Reaganistas consistently forget that Reagan just raised taxes on our grandchildren instead of paying for purchases. All he did was engineer a massive transfer of wealth through time in the hopes all his supporters would be dead when the bill came due. TP

To: J.B.C. who wrote (289769)	8/23/2002 3:32:59 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Every tax cut has increased in the US has INCREASED the tax base." >>> So? The relationship only holds when the public is 'over-taxed' (which I, for one, believe we are now). But, iof taxes went to zero, you wouldn't argue that the tax base would still increase... so, at some point, the relationship breaks down. Re: "Clinton increased taxes and the surplus started disappearing in 2000." >>> You're skipping over about 6 or 7 years <LOL>. >>> The boom and high economic growth, productivity, and employment growth figures came first after they started paying off debt :)