How the US Government Buys Votes

[HappySqurriel]

kanageddaamen said:

HappySqurriel said:

 

 

Tax revenues have remained fairly consistent regardless of tax rates, while spending has steadily climbed. The high deficits are a result of irresponsible spending and cannot be resolved by increasing taxes because, as we have seen over several decades, increasing tax rates will not result in increased tax revenue.

And please, don't talk to me about reality.  I just checked your sources and you are comparing TOTAL government spending (State, local, federal) against FEDERAL tax revenues.

I love how the right wing, when their theories don't hold, fudge facts to make it look like they do.

According to the actual numbers, the FEDERAL percentage of GDP spending (you know, what we are actually talking about) ihas been fairly steady for the last 40 years (in fact it is lower now than under Reagan)

 

When you try to fudge things like this, all you do is shine a light on your hypocracy

First off, its spelled "Hypocrisy" 

Beyond that, if tax rates have changed dramatically over the years and revenues have not changed significantly in response to that (and most of the variability in tax revenue relates to economic output) what does that tell you about the effectiveness of tax increases at increasing tax revenue?

Since you wanted the Federal chart:

 

As you can see the same pattern emerges ...

If it was tax-cuts that were leading to deficits, wouldn't you expect to see tax revenue falling while government spending stayed stable? Being that the complete opposite pattern exists what does that tell you about your theory?