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U.S. Deficit Decline to 2.8% of GDP Is Unprecedented Turn

That depended on whether the lower taxes did or did not offset the lack of deductions under the plan made by Reagan's Congress. Under Obama's Congress, a part of the tax cuts was in the form of payroll taxes, which does affect everyone who pays payroll taxes, which is virtually everyone.

As for the tax cuts under Bush, Obama approved an extension of those, didn't he?

Payroll taxes are a use tax, Reagan and Bush cut income taxes. Payroll taxes took money from SS and Medicare and that is something people like you don't seem to understand. If you cut Payroll taxes you cut the funding for SS and Medicare which are currently trillions in debt
 
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