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To: longnshort who wrote (358992)	11/16/2007 8:11:28 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1577902

"that's spending, not revenues. understand ?" Sigh. Obviously you have a comprehension problem. The previous record tax revenues were for 2001. The national debt was under $6 trillion. The new record is in 2007. The national debt is over $9 trillion. So, given that the money wasn't eaten, there has been over $3 trillion pumped into the economy over the past 6 years to restore tax receipts to somewhat better than it was before the tax cut. I dunno, I guess over $3 trillion doesn't buy what it used to...