XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, talk.politics.guns   
   From: lunch@nofreelunch.us   
      
   On Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17:23 -0500, RD Sandman   
    wrote in alt.atheism:   
      
   >Free Lunch  wrote in   
   >news:f8afp8trnqnk1gnco20rpnjbqdbhn5i60v@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 18 May 2013 11:10:06 -0500, RD Sandman   
   >>  wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>   
   >>>Tom McDonald  wrote in news:imClt.5$7h5.2   
   >>>@newsfe07.iad:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 5/17/2013 10:59 PM, linuxgal wrote:   
   >>>>> Free Lunch wrote:   
   >>>>>> They were only highest in nominal dollar amounts. Raising taxes on   
   >>>the   
   >>>>>> wealthy and raising spending will help the economy grow without   
   >>>>>> increasing deficits.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Sure.  The wealthy will be just SO incentivized to open new   
   >factories   
   >>>>> with higher taxes punching a bigger hole in the bottom of their   
   >boat.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> They don't seem to have been all that incentivized by previous tax   
   >>>cuts,   
   >>>> and the economy seems to be doing better with some tax hikes.   
   >>>   
   >>>The economy needs both more revenue and less spending.   
   >>   
   >> Not at the moment.   
   >   
   >It will soon.   
      
   Then we cut the deficit when we need to. In a strong economy, the total   
   debt/GDP should decrease over time so it can increase in a weak economy.   
   Reagan kept increasing the debt/GDP even after the recession was over. W   
   kept increasing the debt/GDP even after the recession was over.   
      
      
   If, as W was, you are adding half a trillion a year to the debt, it is   
   much harder to come out of a recession with added stimulus. W's deficits   
   after 2002 were irresponsible.   
      
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