i am perfectly consistent, and so are you. you seemingly view more revenues as just something to spend, i view more revenues as something with which to reduce the deficit and debt.
Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought
Where have i ever promoted raising revenues simply for the reason of increasing spending? Let me quote the last sentence in your post:
read things a little closer please.
The logic in your post was very clear. You very clearly claimed that increased revenues from increased taxes are just wasted. Spent. So that's one reason you give for not raising taxes.
But then you claim that we should promote a "pro-business, pro-job, pro-capitalism government" (i read that to mean, amongst other possibilities, cutting taxes, but whatever) because (wait for it) it will increase revenues.
So what you did was you used "increasing revenues" as the excuse for why we should cut taxes (or, as you wish to claim, promote a "pro-business, pro-job, pro-capitalism government"). But in so doing, you ignore what you also said, in the same post, twice, no less, that raising revenues is senseless because it will only be wasted away on more spending.
And that's even before we get into whether or not your claim is correct, that revenues would be increased if we simply created a "pro-business, pro-job, pro-capitalism government". Current evidence strongly suggests otherwise.
We need to cut spending
and increase revenues. I think we can increase revenues by raising taxes. You want to think we can increase revenues by creating a "pro-business, pro-job, pro-capitalism government". If, per chance, you're not referring to cutting taxes when you say we need to create a "pro-business, pro-job, pro-capitalism government", then why can't we do both? Raise taxes
and create a "pro-business, pro-job, pro-capitalism government"?