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Whether tax rate increases also increase revenue is not really a debate except among right wingers who choose to ignore all the actual evidence in favor of crackpot theories contradicted by the evidence. If there is a debate, on one side is Math, and on the other side Magic Money Tree and we have a major party embracing the Magic Money Tree as legitimate theory.
There are legitimate differences of opinion about the size of government, and therefore the tax rates needed to sustain it, but there is no rational case that we can GROW government, and increase spending by CUTTING tax rates. It's just nonsense.
we get the fact you are wedded to more government is good government and that the wealth of individuals is really owned by the government. deep down,this attitude is based on the idea that if you cannot have as much as you think you deserve, the government should prevent those who have that amount from maintaining it
our government is way too big and starving the beast might not be the optimal way to cure a problem caused by cowardly judges and pandering politicians over the last 100 years, but it might be the only way