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Also, if one wanted to REALLY argue that there shouldn't be government manipulation of the economy, there would be found an optimal tax rate things were set at, with the proper set of deductions related to real expenses with out showing any favortism for one sector or another. And it would be left alone, and not used as a tool to manipulate or "stimulate" the economy. One would argue to find this tax rate, and leave it alone, NOT argue forever that taxes need to be cut more. Unpaid for tax cuts are as much of a faux stimulate for the economy as any other Keynesian program. And it is absurd to say that if you cut taxes, they pay for themselves, because they don't. Natural economic growth can make up for it. But if one follows the logic that "tax cuts pay for themselves", then you follow it to a conclusion if you have no taxes, that would generate sufficient income to pay for everything, because they pay for themselves.