Everyone knows higher taxes lead to prosperity! And higher economic freedom for all!
Who is talking about higher taxes? I want to raise the tariffs and lower the income taxes by an equal amount. A 10% increase in the tariff would offset a $1500 per worker income tax cut. Americans would keep more of their money.
And with a protective tariff in place, American industry would begin to revive which would cause the 23% unemployed to go back to work. That would be a 30% increase in the workforce. Government revenues would soar, not from the tarriff/income tax change, but from all the additional workers.
Government outlays would go down as the unemployed went back to work. Food Stamps, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, etc would all drop, without arbitrary cuts blamed on the GOP.
And America would be a lot less dependent on foreign countries, and better able to defend ourselves.