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1-Old-Man

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2. Your charts do not do much to support your argument

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:15 AM

Apr 2013

Look at the very first graph as an example. Just at a glance I notice that the two most recent and greatest decreases in taxes as a percentage of Gross National Product came during the Bush Administration and and that current rates are both essentially the same as they have always been but on the increase again.

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Show These Charts To Anyone Who Thinks Debt, Spending, And Taxes Are At All Time Highs [View all] xchrom Apr 2013 OP

Debt levels are too high. We should be getting more tax revenue. reformist2 Apr 2013 #1

i certainly think we should be getting much more from tax revenue -- xchrom Apr 2013 #3

Your charts do not do much to support your argument 1-Old-Man Apr 2013 #2

I object to the charts in a coupl of ways hfojvt Apr 2013 #5

I don't understand the midde graph: s-cubed Apr 2013 #4