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From: Mike Hunter on 14 Jul 2010 16:06 Don't you mean those the understand basic economics and those that don't. History proves that when Kennedy, Ragan and bus cut tax RATES, the income to the US Treasury went UP, not down. The more dollars in the hands of the producers and consumers the more often those dollars change hands and are taxed by the federal, state and local governments. "Cliff" <Clhuprichguesswhat(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in message news:fekr365ibkq2jg6efcoo4o8m172n976icl(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:47:57 -0400, Beam Me Up Scotty > <Then-Destroy-Everything(a)Blackhole.NebulaX.com> wrote: > >>On 7/13/2010 11:38 AM, Darrell Stec wrote: >>> Cliff wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra- >>> klein/2010/07/jon_kyl_gives_away_the_game_on.html >>>> "Jon Kyl gives away the game on deficits" >>>> [ >>>> "[Y]ou should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes," Jon Kyl said on >>>> Fox News Sunday. "Surely Congress has the authority, and it would be >>>> right >>>> to -- if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to >>>> have >>>> to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. You do need to offset >>>> the >>>> cost of increased spending, and that's what Republicans object to. But >>>> you >>>> should never have to offset cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax >>>> rates on Americans." >>>> >>>> What's remarkable about Kyl's position here is that it appears to be >>>> philosophical. "You should never have to offset cost of a deliberate >>>> decision to reduce tax rates on Americans," he said. Never! This is >>>> much >>>> crazier than anything you hear from Democrats. Imagine if some >>>> Democrat -- >>>> and a member of the Senate Democratic leadership, no less -- said that >>>> as >>>> a matter of principle, spending should never be offset. He'd be laughed >>>> out of the room. >>>> >>>> Back in the real world, tax cuts and spending increases have the exact >>>> same affect on the budget deficit. This sort of comment is how you tell >>>> people who care about the deficit apart from people who are interested >>>> in >>>> exploiting fears of the deficit to shrink the size of government. >>>> .... >>>> ] >>>> >>>> Advanced math for teabaggers? >>>> CAN Palin or Kyl even solve "1+1 = X" >>> >>> As you said, they would probably come up with 0 for very small values of >>> 1. >> >>Is this Base 6, 8 or 10? Is it Binary? > > How base can a rethug get? > They sure have problems with things like 1+1 already. > -- > Cliff > > "There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand > binary, > and those who don't" |