Reply #15: I like this rationale for tax cuts... [View All]

[KansDem]

The Bush Files : Economy

Page 150 - Trying to Keep O'Neill "On Message" (3 pages)

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6. We all know government is full of duplication--there are places we need to consolidate programs and spend the taxpayer's money more wisely. But we won't do that as long as we are awash in tax surpluses.

http://thepriceofloyalty.ronsuskind.com/thebushfiles/archives/000058.html

So do I infer from this that tax surpluses lead to program duplication? Silly me. I thought tax surpluses would be used to reduce the debt/deficit. So the Bushistas cut taxes (on the wealthy) and now we have the largest deficit in US history.

By the way, any DUers know how to "cut and paste" from these documents? The current format doesn't seem to allow this.