Instead of arguing look at the numbers, specifically the increases year after year.....during years prior to tax cuts revenue is flat....in year following tax cuts we see dramatic increases.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals

Please pay attention to tables 2.1 and 7,1

Under Reagan revenues post tax cut nearly tripled in 6 years.

Under Bush revenues nearly doubled in the same period of time.

You cannot argue away a doubling of revenue in 6 years (Bush tax cuts) or a tripling of revenue in 6 years (Reagan tax cuts).

NOR can you argue away the corresponding increase in income at ALL levels

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/household/H01AR_20...

Been there, done that (for many years) and paid hefty taxes to support it (Commuter Rail)....

Commuter Rail is expensive, inconvenient and not feasible for NH due to the previously mentioned reasons and our distributed population.

Maybe this will illustrate your failure to read what was written.

1, The egg is white
2. The egg is NOT white
3. I never said the egg was white.

I've asserted with data and references to back up my assertion that Tax Cuts increase economic activity and in the end result in more revenue as a result of increased economic activity that is taxable. (The egg is white)

You're asserted that tax cuts result in a loss of revenue but offer no references or data to support that claim. (The egg is NOT white)

Laffer stated in the alleged quote you offer that he never made a claim that all taxes pay for themselves (I never said the egg is white).

How can it be any more obvious and still be written in english.....this is not a refutation but rather a statement that he never made the claim..

Actually your post is rather narrow and overly simplistic.

Business (ie business owner) can survive just fine without labor...they would simply be limited to whatever product they or their family are able to produce themselves

Labor on the other hand cannot exist without the business.....unless they are skilled and capable/willing to strike out on their own and become the above Business.

Your simplistic notions ignore the fact that each of us have no more right to a job than a business has a right to my/your labor.

I perform work for my employer and they in turn compensate me for that work.

If I'm a good employee with skills they need then its in the best interests (sometimes) that the Business provide incentives for me to stay and continue to work for them on a longer term business (benefits etc).....but at the end of the day I have no more right to that job and a continued paycheck in perpetuity than the business has a right to my labor.

These are simple realities that folks need to grasp if you expect to live in a free society.

How about some references to back up your claim?

http://www.miseryindex.us/urbymonth.asp

Many of your assertions are factually incorrect including the notion that Social Security Taxes were not included until Bush....THEY'VE ALWAYS gone into the General Fund....there is no Social Security Trust Fund.....never has been.....its the biggest Liberal Lie that exists

Take for example the chart from whitehouse.gov that shows historical revenues.....what inflation is really doesn't matter in this case because the increase from year to year following tax cuts FAR OUTWEIGHS anything that could be attributed to inflation....inflation is irrelevant.

Your claim that job growth during the Bush years was actually 1/7 that of the Clinton years is hogwash as well.

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/economics/non-farm-payrolls.aspx?Symbol=USD

Please do us all a favor and make an attempt to back up your claims with facts.

1. Iraq and Afghanistan were not about oil....if they were we would have TAKEN the oil....but we didn't did we? Please do us all a favor and check and see which companies/countries were awarded winning bids to service oil fields by the Iraqi Oil Ministry.

2. You don't "Mine" oil....you DRILL for it. The mere fact that multiple commercial operations around the world drilling in extremely deep water demonstrates that its economically feasible.

3. The price of oil is artificially inflated to a very large degree due to restrictions placed upon domestic drilling due to POLITICAL reasons.

4. Sure, amazing things have been accomplished by man with primitive tools....have you ever considered how many people died building the pyramids or great wall? The loss of life was staggering.

When some other fuel source becomes more practical (versatility and price) then it will come to market...until then Passenger Rail is inconvenient, inflexible and expensive.