The ammount of money paid in taxes is exactly the same as the government's spending ... You can't have a tax cut while spending is maintained/increased (unless the government is running a surplus) because the taxes are only delayed, and you will eventually repay the money (with interest) through increased taxes or increased inflation. Now, I know the "Progressive" thing to do is to increase the taxes on the "Wealthy" in order to cover this spending, but the "Wealthy" are already paying their fair share and any further disincentive for them to continue doing business in the United States will only translate into them moving their businesses to other countries.
Certainly, some would argue that the United States can easily just produce new "Green" jobs that all these politicians seem to think are so easy to create. Recently it was announced that Spain's attempt to create "Green" jobs resulted in the economy losing 2.2 jobs for every job they created, and the program only cost $775,000 for every permanent "Green" Job created.
