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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 10:54 AM
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7. The reason why the Republicans failed is because we are all now
paying more for everything, and since the essentials have to be paid first, all those entrepeneurs who started their little businesses that sell non-essential things, are screwed.
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  -CBO refutes/disproves long standing GOP claim that tax cuts increase income niceypoo  Sep-19-07 09:06 AM   #0 
  - Well they are certainly being optimistic in their projections.  fasttense   Sep-19-07 09:24 AM   #1 
  - Your table is a little misleading  NYVet   Sep-19-07 09:26 AM   #2 
  - This isnt "my" chart, for one...  niceypoo   Sep-19-07 09:29 AM   #3 
     - Anyone, who think that cutting taxes will increase revenues  Blue Meany   Sep-19-07 09:38 AM   #4 
        - Do you have the tax revenue from the clinton years to post in comparison?  NYVet   Sep-19-07 10:36 AM   #5 
        - See the chart:  niceypoo   Sep-19-07 07:15 PM   #17 
           - The chart shows revenue in relation to GNP, it does NOT show revenue.  NYVet   Sep-19-07 08:43 PM   #18 
        - Small Correction...  riqster   Sep-19-07 10:44 AM   #6 
  - The reason why the Republicans failed is because we are all now  The Backlash Cometh   Sep-19-07 10:54 AM   #7 
  - Only if the initial tax rate was 100% would cutting the rate generate more revenue.  pampango   Sep-19-07 11:04 AM   #8 
  - $300 billion in repatriated earnings could be what is 'paying' for the Iraq adventure  EVDebs   Sep-19-07 11:38 AM   #9 
  - Everyone knows it  gaspee   Sep-19-07 11:45 AM   #10 
  - Yes, that's what american people want to see...more charts.  Pawel K   Sep-19-07 12:20 PM   #11 
  - Eh, that 1997 balancing of the budget shows up on that chart  EVDebs   Sep-19-07 12:41 PM   #12 
  - They reduce revenue?  hughee99   Sep-19-07 01:22 PM   #13 
  - Thank you Hughee for that chart  NYVet   Sep-19-07 01:47 PM   #14 
  - here is the actual chart from the link you cited that is includes  neoteric lefty   Sep-19-07 02:36 PM   #15 
     - Increased? lol  niceypoo   Sep-19-07 07:12 PM   #16 
        - well  neoteric lefty   Sep-20-07 06:01 AM   #19 
           - Looking at that chart what jumps out at me is that the main determinant  pampango   Sep-20-07 06:43 AM   #20 
 

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