hmm when i debated in high school we were suppose to have our evidence from legit sources like magazines and papers not websites...bye bye troll... "... legit sources like magazines and papers...."
Did you forget your < /sarcasm> tag?
Times have changed.
"Magazines and newspapers" are no longer "legit sources ". They are merely soapboxes for political agendas.
We, on the other hand, are not merely a "website".
We are a collection of thousands of conservative minds with real world experience who just happened to usher Dan Rather into retirement.
Give the kid a break.
She chose to ask us rather than trust Time, Newsweek or the New York Times.
If you had taken time to read down the thread I appologized... or perhaps like i was, you were quick to jump... I appologized and tried to help.. so perhaps we should all take a few minutes are read on before we jump again.
Thank you all for welcoming Sofia to FR and for the useful information. It's not easy being a 16-years old with a conservative world view.
Now, most of the answers here revolve around the idea that reducing taxes leads to economy growth and indirectly to increased budget revenues. This may be correct, but saying "we should have a smaller government now, so that we can have a much bigger government 5 years down the road" is not very conservative.
Where does Congress draw authority to tax us in order to provide for disaster relief in the first place? What ever happended to "Not yours to give"?