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  4. From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
  5. Subject: Re: DC Myth # 302 :  A tax increase will lower the deficit
  6. Message-ID: <1993Jan28.032938.4298@midway.uchicago.edu>
  7. Keywords: taxes, deficit, lower
  8. Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
  9. Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
  10. Organization: University of Chicago
  11. References: <C1JI84.7Cu@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  12. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:29:38 GMT
  13. Lines: 27
  14.  
  15. In article <C1JI84.7Cu@news.cso.uiuc.edu> kkopp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (koppenhoefer kyle cramm) writes:
  16. >  Why do people inside the beltway still believe a tax increase will lower
  17. >the deficit?  The following numbers would dispute this:
  18. >
  19. >         Year             Federal Taxes per person
  20. >
  21. >        1983                    $2,490
  22. >     
  23. >        1993                    $4,438     ( projected )
  24. >
  25. >( from a Tax Foundation report , Sept 1992 )
  26. >
  27. >   Of course, while the tax burden nearly doubled, the deficit spireled       
  28. >through the roof.  
  29.  
  30. Gee, you didn't happen to mention that inflation nearly doubled also in the
  31. same time period, did you?  Naaaah.  
  32.  
  33. >[ no need to flame Reagan/Bush, they tried to decrease
  34. >spending, but Congress wouldn't do it ]
  35.  
  36. Why do you pose such a canard?  Bush asked for *more* spending than
  37. Congress actually approved on *every* *single* *budget*.
  38. -- 
  39. ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
  40. standard disclaimers          | void where prohibited
  41. the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
  42.