At 1:30 p.m. EDT today, chat live with Jim Tedisco at RedState


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Wednesday, March 25th at 11:15AM EST

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Pre-Game Question

RobW (Diary) Wednesday, March 25th at 11:57AM EST (link)

Representative Tedesco, I appreciate you coming on and talking to us. I won’t be around a computer at 1:30, but I still wanted to ask you a question:

You’ve made it very clear that tax relief is a high priority for you. Once our current crisis blows over and it becomes clear that government spending will continue to exceed tax revenues, will you still push for tax cuts, knowing that these cuts will further increase the deficit?

Put another way, are tax cuts (or stopping tax increases) more important than deficit reduction?

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False dichotomy. There is both.

Brian Hibbert (Diary) Wednesday, March 25th at 12:15PM EST (link)

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Been proven time and time again

Leopard1996 (Diary) Wednesday, March 25th at 1:04PM EST (link)

More revenues come in when taxes are lowered because the folks that pay those taxes have the savings to apply to investments, and hiring, hence more people start to contribute to the revenues. The problem with the govt is that they need to stop spending. Sorry, things like the GIVE act, and other things are what cause deficits to go up. If taxes get cut, so does spending on frivolous garbage.

That is what I beleive we advocate.

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Although tax cuts help economic growth, they don't bring in more than they cost

RobW (Diary) Thursday, March 26th at 8:11AM EST (link)

I think that what’s been “proven time and again” is that Reaganomics-style policies are good for the economy but result in a much higher national debt. Reagan increased the national debt from $900 billion to $2,800 billion ($2.8 trillion), more than tripling it in 8 years (these numbers don’t include inflation, but discussions of Obama’s budget deficits usually don’t either). Clinton, not Reagan, reduced the national debt (with GOP help) while still allowing for economic growth.

I agree that spending is a big problem, but the GOP isn’t going to have much control over spending in the next few years (fine with me, considering what we saw 2000-2006). It’s probably safe to assume we’ll be spending more than we take in; knowing that, is it still responsible to lower or even refuse to raise taxes?

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Yes RobW it's still responsible.

Brian Hibbert (Diary) Thursday, March 26th at 8:43AM EST (link)

Increasing taxes will hurt economic growth and reduce revenues from the projections given by the proponent. The “responsible” tax increases ultimately lead to more tax increases to make up for the difference which leads to even further reduced economic activity and reduced revenues. It’s a vicious cycle.

Also, increasing government revenue tends to feed the beast. This is more of a psychological response, but when legislators have more money available, they tend to spend it, and add to the spending at ever faster rates.

The only responsible thing to do is to oppose tax increases and attempt to cut (or at least slow the growth of) spending.

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When it's going to cost the economy now

Leopard1996 (Diary) Friday, March 27th at 7:34PM EST (link)

Yes it is responsible to to refuse to raise taxes, or even lower them. Keep raising taxes, and the ones that produce stop producing. Case closed.

“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen

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Rebuild the Party is having a concall with Tedisco tonight at 8pm EDT...

Aaron Gardner (Diary) Wednesday, March 25th at 12:23PM EST (link)

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