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It didn't with Reagan. Look it up

Posted on: December 20, 2017 at 09:31:11 CT

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He cut taxes in 80 and they went into effect in 81. When he left office revenues were up, even on an inflation adjusted basis.

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If the "slashing taxes = burgeoning growth" failed so - TigerJackSwartz MU

- 12/20 09:19:00

Out of curiosity, I looked up state per capita tax - ummmm MU - 12/20 09:56:04

RE: Out of curiosity, I looked up state per capita tax - MOCO SON MU - 12/20 10:26:18

Even after the big cuts Kansas is in no way a low tax state. - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/20 10:19:09

the graph in the upper right is the better - meatiger MU - 12/20 10:05:54

A couple of things - meatiger MU - 12/20 09:52:43

You have to remember republicans are fundamentally - JG A - 12/20 09:50:30

Kansas' unemployment rate was 6.8% when Brownback took - Spanky KU - 12/20 09:41:50

LOL - meatiger MU - 12/20 09:54:03

Kansas' Labor Participation rate is 67.1% (15th in the US) - Spanky KU - 12/20 10:04:03

It is a stupid game - meatiger MU - 12/20 10:07:19

I am just showing you actual data that refutes the OP - Spanky KU - 12/20 10:23:20

no..you are cherry picking data - meatiger MU - 12/20 10:42:00

I am using unemployment..which is what most people use - Spanky KU - 12/20 10:49:08

So by that metric - meatiger MU - 12/20 11:15:39

Not with your metric of Labor Participation Rate. - Spanky KU - 12/20 11:45:07

I live in JoCo. Some schools in W KS only can go for 4 days - shawnfennkc MU - 12/20 09:40:30

Don't worry, within 6-10 years, the Federal Gov't - MrBlueSky MU - 12/20 09:27:36

Obama just doubled the debt. YPAFS. - Coors4bob MU - 12/20 09:28:52

Reagan was the first president to triple the debt - MrBlueSky MU - 12/20 09:30:05

When you use percentages to argue a monetary case, you lose - Spanky KU - 12/20 09:44:17

180% but the payback extended into the next president - Coors4bob MU - 12/20 09:35:00

He also increased the revenue to the Gov - tman KC - 12/20 09:32:34

You say that like it's a good thing - pickle MU

- 12/20 09:35:49

He did it and lowered personal tax rates - tman KC - 12/20 09:47:21

"He also increased revenue to the Gov" - pickle MU

- 12/20 09:51:09

No it doesnt. If the economic growth - tman KC - 12/20 09:58:39

I'm sorry, but that didn't happen. And paying more - pickle MU

- 12/20 10:20:47

Lost *tax bounty* - ummmm MU - 12/20 09:28:23

No matter how you spin it with your - MrBlueSky MU - 12/20 09:29:43

I don't care about the deficit. I care about returning - ummmm MU - 12/20 09:35:21

It didn't with Reagan. Look it up - tman KC - 12/20 09:31:11

1981: $1 trillion debt. 1989 $3 trillion debt - MrBlueSky MU - 12/20 09:33:14

Revenue not the national debt. Try again - tman KC - 12/20 09:51:05

Every bit of gvmt increased under Reagan - pickle MU

- 12/20 09:52:20

So what this isn't the point of the thread - tman KC - 12/20 10:03:53

You're the one who brought up Reagan and is holding him up - pickle MU

- 12/20 10:14:28

Reagan didn't cut taxes - pickle MU

- 12/20 09:32:22

Oh ok(nm) - tman KC - 12/20 09:33:05

Here - pickle MU

- 12/20 09:34:27

He did cut taxes as shown by the initial revenue drop to the - tman KC - 12/20 09:45:14

That is not an example of cutting taxes. (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/20 09:51:28

He cut the rates and revenues dropped. - tman KC - 12/20 09:59:22

That's not true (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/20 10:14:51

Except taxes did not go down during his presidency, they - ummmm MU - 12/20 10:04:45

He didn't cut taxes (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/20 09:48:59

Have you ever heard of the logical fallacy - ummmm MU - 12/20 09:24:44

TEXAS - Coors4bob MU - 12/20 09:23:53