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Old 02-10-2018, 04:54 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by ITD View Post
Every time the taxes have been cut in the recent decades ( Reagan and Bush), taxes revenues, the amount of taxes actually collected, have increased markedly, a simple fact.
As is often the case with "simple fact", this is misleading at best. Very few if any believe the Bush and Reagan cuts paid for themselves.

But we can all agree on the short term impact (even before this week's spending bill!):

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/u...ebt-limit.html
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