red viking

It's bad by definition. You can easily look up the definition of it.

Kinzinger really ripped Trump apart, didn't he? What a great speech.

Your chart shows nothing related to the topic. All it does is show generally increasing revenue. Yah, that happens when you have inflation. It doesn't even compare revenue to tax rates. Horrible. if that's the best you can do. That wasn't even what your article was about. Seriously, go look up something specific to this topic actually written by an economist.

See the Laffer Curve. This is VERY basic economics. We once had a 90% tax rate so you'd have a point several decades ago. We're not there anymore. Not even close. You should really take a basic economics class.

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/do-tax-cuts-pay-themselves

When I say other factors, I mean things like normal fluctuations in the economy. Any economics professor will agree that cutting taxes almost always decreases revenue. See the link I posted. That organization is full of tax revenue and economics scholars. Do you just disregard anything that comes from an economics scholar? The less educated the more trustworthy? Something like that?

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/do-tax-cuts-pay-themselves A. At current tax rates, the direct revenue loss from cutting tax rates almost always exceeds the indirect gain from increased activity or reduced tax avoidance. Cutting tax rates can, however, partly pay for itself. How much depends on how people respond to tax changes

...now I see even more why we continue to have bigger and bigger deficits. The wingers actually believe that, under normal circumstances, cutting taxes will increase revenue. That DOES NOT HAPPEN all other factors being equal. It's complete pie in the sky wishful thinking. I can have my cake and eat it too. Sure, it can happen once in a while when other factors lead to revenue increases (and the tax cuts aren't drastic), or if the taxes are already incredibly high like they were several decades ago (e.g. 90%). Most recently, Trump slashed taxes and the deficit skyrocketed while revenue bottomed. Any reputable economist will agree that the tax cuts were a big part of this. But just filter that out and listen to Fox News.

The Republican hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me. First, no complaints from the right, whatsoever, when he initially said he wouldn't debate her. No, Republican are screaming because she only agreed to 2 or 3 debates. We are truly living in the matrix. You can't make this stuff up.

OMG. You'd be correct if we were talking going down from 95% to 90%, possibly. But not when we're in the 30% range. Keep drinking the GOP Kool Aid.

If all these guys run on their masculinity, it obviously must work. A lot of the wingers out there must really like candidates that ooze masculinity. Maybe a lot more important than their actual policies. Just wondering why. Again, fascinating. Do you want to align your voting with Hulk Hogan? What an intellectual that guy is.

If I ran for President, I'd campaign on eliminating all taxes and all education would be free. Social security benefits go up 20% and start at age 55. Everybody gets a check in the mail for $1,500 every year, from Uncle Sam. Child tax credit jacked up to $7,500 per kid. You think that sounds ridiculous? I guarantee that I'd get quite a few votes, if people knew I existed. Those same people that complain about the deficit and debt.

OMG. You REALLY need to take econ 101. Cutting taxes increases the deficit, when spending stays the same. Cutting spending decreases the deficit, when taxes stay the same. The federal government always spends more than it takes in with taxes and the difference is the deficit. Politicians always strive to cut taxes but nobody is really serious about cutting spending. End result is that our deficit continues to get larger and larger, or at least that is the long-term trend. The deficit grows at a faster and faster rate.

Wondering what is going on with the Republican psychology. I think it's fascinating. Why you getting all worked up. This thread hit you in a soft spot, huh?