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Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net@ wrote:


Is that why revenues have gone up faster than inflation since the tax
cuts? Actually they accelerated for the first couple of years. The only
thing going up faster than rev is spending. Cause, I'd like you to meet
effect.

They still were Not tax cuts, were they?

And the deficit still continues to climb -- at near record pace.

While revenues also hit record levels. The problems are not in the
revenue, but in the spending side. Actually if you look at the Joint
Commitee on Taxation "scoring" of the cuts, the revenues that came in
after the cut were larger than the scoring said would have come in if
the cut had not occurred. This is same scoring system they have used for
taxes way before GW came about.


Eventually the bill will have to be paid, and that will mean taxing
More than spending.
Actually studies have shown consistently that if you merely hold
spending to inflation, deficits disappear within 5 years or so even if
you leave taxes alone. It is obvious from the last 40+ years that
spending is the key.

Since Dubya and the Rs had no apparent need to cut spending when they
were in power for six full years, where should the responsibility to
do so reside?

With the Congressional GOP. And with the Dems before them and since
them.


Which federal expenditures that You support would you like to see cut
or eliminated? Be specific.
How about anything with an earmark to start. Those by definition are
projects that aren't good enough to be funded under the current
mechanisms. Then we have to define "cut".



NB: It is Not appropriate to recommend cuts in expenditures that
Someone Else supports that you do not. Turnabout and all - they can't
cut Your preferred expenditures either when they make suggestions for
spending cuts.

So, have at it.

Keep the increases to inflation and should be good to go.