[Zhang Fei]

That's like saying prisons are full despite the fall in the crime rate. In reality, the fall in the crime rate is due to the imprisonment of offenders. Just as the rise in federal debt is due to the fact that less than 50% of income earners pays federal income taxes. Taking more people off the federal income tax rolls was one of Bush's greatest mistakes as a RINO compassionate conservative. People who aren't taxed to pay for government programs don't object when those programs are increased in scope and size.

[muawiyah]

Look, people who benefit from a government service that can't be paid for by the users of that service are FREE RIDERS ~ not the poor schlemiels who don't have enough income to tax.

You put the cart before the horse when you focus on what happens with the federal income tax rather than who uses the government.

Ronald Reagan did America a great favor by beginning the process of removing the personal income tax burden from the working poor!

[muawiyah]

Look, people who benefit from a government service that can't be paid for by the users of that service are FREE RIDERS ~ not the poor schlemiels who don't have enough income to tax.

You put the cart before the horse when you focus on what happens with the federal income tax rather than who uses the government.

Ronald Reagan did America a great favor by beginning the process of removing the personal income tax burden from the working poor!

[muawiyah]

Look, people who benefit from a government service that can't be paid for by the users of that service are FREE RIDERS ~ not the poor schlemiels who don't have enough income to tax.

You put the cart before the horse when you focus on what happens with the federal income tax rather than who uses the government.

Ronald Reagan did America a great favor by beginning the process of removing the personal income tax burden from the working poor!

[Poincare]

Taking more people off the federal income tax rolls was one of Bush's greatest mistakes as a RINO compassionate conservative.

Correct! Bush took people off the rolls and made the tables more progressive. And RINO's like McCain went along with the "taxcut for the rich" meme. Sheesh.