Ok Neo-Con, I looked at the figures again, and you are right. Touche. (Unlike you I am man enough to admit when someone else is right). Where the confusion was is that I was looking at tax revenues relative to the GDP, which still haven't returned to the 2000 peak. But as for just tax revenues, yes, they increased. However, as has already been pointed out by many other members, that does not reflect a positive for the economy because when you consider GDP, unemployment, deficit, etc., it is clear the tax cuts did not help the economy. Also, figures of course show that tax revenues would have increased even more had the tax cuts not been implemented. However there is no point arguing this because you said this...
You have admitted that you will never accept facts, even if they prove tax cuts aren't good for the economy, based on your conservative bias. Therefore, there is no point arguing facts with you. However, I actually agree with part of your statement "Individuals keeping more of what they earn puts the power where it belongs with the American consumer, not the govt. bureaucrats." I guess your reasoning is, neither democrats or republicans are going to cut spending, so the options are, either pay higher taxes to fund our out of control spending, or pay lower taxes, thus keeping more of our money and let the chips fall where they may. I actually agree with your reasoning. Its "the lesser of two evils" so to speak. But we must understand, that position is a philisophical one, not an economic one. Philisophically, I agree, Americans should be keeping more of their money even if the feds don't stop spending, economically however, it appears low taxes and high spending are bad for the economy.