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To: Alighieri who wrote (517548)	10/1/2009 9:09:06 AM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1579025

This is bizarre.......a teacher brings out a cut out of GW Bush and puts in front of the flag and then the kids start saluting and shouting out to the cutout. Then the teacher starts speaking in some strange language. It must be some Christian school. Very weird. Hey, Beck. You want indoctrination? by Jed Lewison Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 04:30:05 PM PDT Well, here ya' go: [see video clip] Now, do us a favor, and keep your rants raging, because with every rung of the ladder you climb, you're taking the Good Ship G.O.P. down another notch. dailykos.com

To: Alighieri who wrote (517548)	10/1/2009 9:40:44 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579025

What a bogus, manipulated graph. It doesn't even chart revenue (you're looking at revenue vs. gdp). Here is a MEANINGFUL graph, where you can clearly see the income tax revenue, not a figure that is designed to provide a particular image. Because of the scale, it is a little difficult to see the benefits of the JFK cuts -- however, if you look at a graph that is scaled appropriately for the period it is evident. But the Reagan tax cuts caused a surge in income tax revenue that lasted into the 90s. And in fact, the Clinton tax increases early in his term could not offset the increased revenue that began under Reagan (although, econometric analysis has shown that those increases DID negatively impact growth and therefore tax revenue). But the sharp increase in revenue at the end of the 90s is a direct result of Clinton's tax cuts and the resultant surge in growth. Later, the first round of Bush tax cuts, which weren't appropriately targeted, could not offset the collapse of the dot-com bubble, but when the REAL Bush tax cuts came along, look what happened. It is unmistakable. Unless you cook up a bogus graph like you did which isn't even tax revenue and doesn't break out the income tax revenue from the PR tax revenue.