OT: US deficit is shrinking

[url]http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0221/p01s03-usec.html[/url]
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dbu,, 2/21/2007,10:39:35 AM, wrote:
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The article makes a good case for the income to the Treasury. Lowering
tax rates has had an excellent effect on monies collected due to
corporations having more money to pay employees and create capital
improvements. The sour note of the article is that costs are projected
to go up because the social programs America has commited itself to are
due to increase exponentially.

It seems to me there are a few obvious choices:
1) Lower social program costs
2) Increase income by lowering taxes even more
3) (Add your own)

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Flannery O'Connor

"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You should read the article, not just the first four words.[/color]
Dbu doesn't understand big words, he doesn't even look at the whole title,
which adds the words "for now".
The whole article is based on very nebulous speculation, like "if there's no
recession...." and so on.
Which is a little like saying "If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle."

On Feb 21, 9:47 am, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...@gmail.com>
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> The article makes a good case for the income to the Treasury. Lowering
> tax rates has had an excellent effect on monies collected due to
> corporations having more money to pay employees and create capital
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The tax break had nothing to do with this. That's just a GOP fantasy
that has no basis in fact. In fact you can easily find data to explain
what this is not true.

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