Marc2b
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Griswold said: quote:
Last time I checked...the Earth revolved around the Sun. (Call me if I missed something). Ring! Ring! You missed something. Look again at his first paragraph of his post. He made two examples of pseudo-science: meat producing flies and photographs stealing souls. The first example however, that the earth travels around the sun, is not pseudo-science. The point I believe he was trying to make is that the Laffer Curve is also pseudo-science (I disagree, but that’s not the point here). But his analogies only make sense for two of them. I concluded that he meant to say the sun travels around the earth (because that would be an example of pseudo-science) and that he had made a trans-positional error (one we all do sometimes and one I’m very prone to myself). minnetar said: quote:
As the tax revenue rises, isn't our spending increasing more than the tax revenues are? So what is the point? Bush has never vetoed any spending bill in his two terms except the latest democratic war spending bill. If you mean government spending then, unfortunately, yes. Regan’s tax cut led to a near doubling of government revenue but during the same time period, government spending nearly tripled. It doesn’t matter how much you’re bringing in, if you're spending more you’re going to have deficits. We don’t just need to cut taxes, we need to cut government spending too. Selfbnd411 said: quote:
Correct, my mistake. I can't argue with the rest of your post. How can my reasoned, fact based argument possibly stand against what you feel and know in your gut? I stand corrected Sigh. Fine... I get it. I disagree with you therefore I’m an idiot. It’s okay. I have a policy: when I feel the headache coming on I stop banging my head against the brick wall. If my calling your analogies nonsense offended you that much then you have my apology – but I stand by my conviction that the analogies are erroneous. Lower tax rates leading to economic growth and increased government revenue is not pseudo-science. It is historical fact. UtopianRanger said: quote:
No personal offense but, I don't think you get it... etc. The 1970's... that was massive inflation. Sure we’ve got inflation now but how often don’t we have inflation? The simple fact is that if people suddenly have an extra one thousand, one hundred, or even twenty, dollars in their paychecks each week, they will spend it (even if it isn’t spent right away, saved money is eventually spent anyway and also enters the economy as capital in the form of loans). The demand for products and services will go up. More people working, more people being independent, and more people paying taxes, is a good thing. RealOne said: quote:
yeh they have more money to spend because the fed pumped more money into the system thus your dollar buys less and you have to pay more dollars for the same amount of goods, including taxes. So it looks grand on the books doesnt it? SSDD my friend, just a different paint set and a creative picture. If by pumped more money into the system you mean printing more money, I would agree with you that that’s a bad idea and that we should not devalue our money so (hell, I’d like to see a return to the gold standard – I think, I haven’t really made up my mind yet) but tax cuts are still a good thing. Hey! Wait a second! Aren’t you supposed to be in your hole creating cold fusion? minnetar said: quote:
They continually tell us that the middle class is losing ground. And "they" have been telling us that for as long (and probably longer) as I can remember. "They" have been telling us a lot of things. What you need to do whenever "they" tell you anything, is to constantly ask yourself these questions: Who are "they?" Why do "they" think this? What’s in it for "they?" What is ‘they’s’ agenda? Do "they" really have my best interests at heart? And the most important question of all: Why should I believe "they?"’ Bottom line: Tax cuts are good for the individual who pays taxes and for the economy and I really don’t understand why some people seem to be so afraid of them. Seriously! What is it about the idea of the government not soaking you as much as it usually does that is so frightening to some of you people?
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