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To: TimF who wrote (25970)	2/11/2008 3:47:55 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"Taken in isolation from spending issues, where the tax cuts a good, bad, or neutral thing, in your opinion?" From what levels? Tax cuts from levels that are so miniscule they provide no investment disincentive may not provide much benefit. Tax cuts from onerous levels would surely provide a great deal of benefit. Tax cuts from the high levels that Clinton had raised them to were a net gain or the economy when taken in isolation from spending.

To: TimF who wrote (25970)	2/11/2008 4:04:54 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Re: " What you said amounted to the same thing," No. It most certainly does not. (Please try to deal with what I ACTUALLY SAY... not what you imagine, or wish, or prefer that I'd said....) Re: "but rather than continuing to harp on that I'll ask. Taken in isolation from spending issues, where the tax cuts a good, bad, or neutral thing, in your opinion?" ALREADY ANSWERED (and: repeatedly, too!) But, I'll reiterate. (First though, a caveat: In the real world of government budgetary policies and actions... nothing is ever 'in isolation'. SPENDING and REVENUE are, and always have been, the two sides of every budget. So your question is hypothetical and or rhetorical....) Never-the-less, as to your question "were tax cuts good?" (Note: I've already commented that the Bush II tax changes represented just a "modest" tax cut....) And, I've ALSO already answered (several times) any possible questions about the 'goodlyness' of tax cuts: 1) Lower taxes GOOD. (Increase economic performance of the US economy & revenues) but, 2) But continual Federal Deficits BAD. (Lower economic performance level of the American economy & revenues).