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To: John Koligman who wrote (7266)	6/30/2009 12:28:30 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

>> The Reagan tax cuts have survived in large part for almost 3 decades now. More nonsense. The Reagan tax cuts reduced rates with a corresponding reduction in deductions. That was the concept; tax simplification. Within two years Congress began to increase tax rates, leaving the deductions behind. This has continued ever since.

To: John Koligman who wrote (7266)	6/30/2009 12:50:15 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Reagan cut taxes and simplified them. Since then taxes have been increased at least three times, and complicated many times. Reagan's tax policies as passed by Reagan early in his time in office didn't totally survive even to the end of his administration, and certainly taxes are very different now. Taxes change every few years, such changes just aren't comparable to new entitlements. Even if Reagan's tax setup had remained largely intact (and it hasn't) Reagan was much more recent than FDR, or even LBJ, so the entitlements still have the greater record of durability. Also the question was - "Can you give me an example of a piece of legislation the Rs have "rammed through"..." Message 25748851 With rammed through roughly defined as "with ZERO support from the other side of the aisle" Message 25748689 The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 passed with a vote of 323 to 107 in the House, and 89-to-11 in the Senate. As for tax cuts under Bush "The bill passed the House by a vote of 240 to 154, with 28 Democrats and an independent joining all Republicans in voting yes. The Senate then passed it by a vote of 58 to 33. Twelve Democrats joined 46 Republicans in support of the bill in the Senate. Two Republicans ? John McCain of Arizona and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island ? voted against it on a day when some members of Congress had already left town for the holiday weekend." nytimes.com