The following article, from Thomas Sowell in Front Page magazine confirms what I wrote in my last blog.

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/12/02/the-truth-behind-the-tax-cut-lies/print/

I am not aware of a single Republican who seems ready, willing and able to explain this.  How is that possible.  I am really tired of listening to Democrats talk continuously about the high cost of tax cuts and watching Republicans sit there like a deer caught in the headlights saying:  “we shouldn’t raise taxes on anyone.”  If we lose this argument it won’t be because of the merits of our position but rather because our esteemed Republican leadership seems to be incapable of winning the argument.

Clearly the Democrats are much better at training people to stick with their core arguments.  If you watch any Democrat on any news show you know exactly what they are going to say because they give the same answer, almost verbatim, to every question.  Sadly, Republicans seem incapable of responding to this memorized spin.  All a Republican has to do is look the Democrat in the eye and say:  “your ‘theory’ sounds great, but fortunately we don’t have to rely on a theory when the facts are available.  History has shown us time and time again that cutting tax rates on the wealthy does not decrease tax revenue. “   The best way to increase tax revenue is to grow the economy.  Democrats are more focused on redistributing income than they are on growing the economy which increases everyones income.

TDM