Plausible as this might sound, tax rates are not tax revenues. The two things have moved in opposite directions too many times, over too many years, for us to take these clever talking points at face value.
Worth repeating!
. . . a reduction in tax rates has been followed by an increase in tax revenues . . . during the Reagan administration, the Kennedy administration . . . the Coolidge administration
. . . [and] not only at the federal level, but also at state and local levels [and] in foreign countries.
Tax rates are not tax revenues. Malignant NarcissistsTM know that, and don't care. It is irrelevant, at best, to their motivation.The Malignant Narcissist doesn't care about the size of the pie for the country or for his/her fellows - or even for himself. The only thing that matters to the Malignant Narcissist is being able to peck weaker chickens. They are bullies, and care about nothing else.