I clearly stated that corporations cannot donate to campaigns – and that unions contribute large amounts of money to campaigns (Democrat campaigns).

Both lobby.

You want me to debate whether corporations provide funds under the table? I am sorry, I am not going to debate something this silly. You can play your conspiracy theories on your own.

If you will recall, that when Reagan cut taxes, 1981, we were in the midst of considerably worse time (double-digit inflation AND interest rates – as well as serious unemployement and corporate woes). it certainly worked under worse conditions.

And, yes, your blog is bigger than mine.

and i am not disputing that tax cuts can help the economy. but if you go back and read my very first comment, i questioned whether current economic conditions would be good for our long term. i never said that tax cuts are inherently bad. but as usual you assume way too much about other people.

p.s. – sorry my blog only has 3 participants as you stated. please point me to your website so we can see how much traffic you get.

They stimulate and grow the economy.

p.a. – so we aren’t really in a huge debt to the Chinese? our are constant budget deficits not really occurring because our receipts are different?

1. Clinton cut the defense budget dramaitically – which is a consistent Democrat President means of cutting expenses. Carter did it to a massive degree and Reagan had to indure budget deficits in order to build defense to a degree that the defense department was effective.

2. Clinton was the recipient of the tech-boom and the buying/ selling that led to great short and long-term investment gains. (And please do not suggest that any politician had anything to do with this).

Also, you make a flaw in thinking that budget (balanced, deficit or surplus) necessarily equals Government RECEIPTS.

i agree that a divided system might be best, but currently each party ‘looks bad’ if they work with the other. the culture of hate has become too widespread. people now seem to see the other side like we used to see communists. simply as our enemies and less human than our side.

But like so much in DC, I fear there is no political will to change the tax system.

If I remember correctly, the last time there was a massive overhaul of tax policy was during the 80s and the Reagan era.

I just don’t hear any public outcry about the tax system, in part I suppose, because of the Bush tax cuts.