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   From: lunch@nofreelunch.us   
      
   On Sat, 18 May 2013 22:00:24 -0400, "Scout"   
    wrote in alt.atheism:   
      
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   >"Free Lunch"  wrote in message   
   >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.   
   >   
   >So you approve of massive deficit spending then?   
   >   
   >And here you were bitching about Reagan.   
      
   Let me repeat: There is no _right_ solution. Deficit spending depends on   
   how well the economy is doing. Reagan was a perfect Keynsian in the   
   first few years as he raised spending and cut tax revenue. The problem   
   was that he refused to raise taxes and cut spending once the recession   
   was over.   
      
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