| Kasz216 said: Yeah... well with government as it is. While passing a balanced budget ammendment. Followed by massive cuts to the goverment. Then transition into a reasonable flat tax.
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I'd be all for a balanced budget amendment. But people need to stop treating tax cuts like crack/cocaine. Just because people get one doesn't mean the heavens part and the suns starts to shine down. Look at how much good the Bush tax cuts did. It frustrates me how so many Republicans act like cutting every tax in sight will solve the nation's problems. Its just not true.
Supply side economics is BS as it has been practiced by Reagan and Bush II, especially when you couple it with ridiculous amounts of spending like the Bush Administration did. Any gains you get from your supply side policies are offset by the ballooning of the national debt, so you really accomplish nothing except giving rich people more money while slitting the country's wrists with the national debt.
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