Get this reality. Revenues never reached GWB predictions. They never reached CBO predictions.
The only sane way to budget is to not spend money we don’t have. If we cut taxes to stimulate the economy, we have to cut spending too.
Get this reality - projections are not reality they are estimations based upon political calculations and any number of other bullshit.
Get this reality - after Bush cut taxes government revenue increased - after Reagan cut taxes government revenue increased - after Kennedy cut taxes government revenue increased.
The only sane way to budget is to not have the government spend money it doesn’t have. Yes we need to cut spending - that wasn’t even the topic of discussion. Cutting taxes would also be a good thing. But that isn’t the argument you and the Democrats made - it was that we needed to INCREASE taxes (during a recession) AND cut spending.
This was their “balanced approach” - cut spending, supposedly, and increase revenue by INCREASING tax rates (which as I originally pointed out - may or may not actually increase revenue).