[TommyDale]

"A ballooning budget deficit..."

I guess the author hasn't bothered to read the recent reports of the quickly shrinking deficit, due to increased revenues resulting directly from the tax cuts!

[cinives]

Except that we'd have no deficit if 1) we didn't add a massive Medicare drug program and 2) spending from 2001 to 2005 was up over 40% from 2000.

Whenever revenues increase Congress finds a way to spend it - at least this time they didn't yet spend all of the increase.

[curiosity]

I guess the author hasn't bothered to read the recent reports of the quickly shrinking deficit, due to increased revenues resulting directly from the tax cuts!

I see, so according to you, the Bush tax cuts caused the deficit to shrink.

The revenues balloned and the deficit dissapeared after the Clinton tax increases. Did tax increases cause that?