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Old 05-06-2008, 09:17 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bottomline1 View Post
I mentioned trend and guess what? We have some governors now who want to temporarily drop state gas taxes!

It's not going to change my life either way. What's fun is listening to the left argue over dropping taxes.

I suppose the best answer to all your rhetorical questions is, "whoever was in office up to the point." If you have a whole bunch of new-found data, why not share it? Sorry, didn't see any facts in your post I could feel bad about.

Remember that lower tax rates raise tax collections, so be clear about which one you are describing.
No "new found data" necessary. It is all nicely in the public record, BLS, DoC and has been published consistently for the past quarter century. But since you keep ignoring it to perpetuate your fantasy that it is the mean ol' liberals that cause high taxes and big government further publishing would, no doubt be a waste of time. You have seen it before.

As for "Remember that lower tax rates raise tax collections" I keep hearing that but have noted that the three Administrations that have attempted this clever accounting trick have also managed to be the same three Administrations which ran up the $9Trillion in DEBT. So it seems to me that the little tax cut concept failed to raise tax collections enough to cover the expenses of the government.

Apparently "lower tax rates raise tax collections" is nothing more than six words strung together because it sure isn't a proven economic policy.
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