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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

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    Income Tax Revenue (none / 0) (#11)
    by stevenstmason on Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 06:44:30 PM EST
    What does state spending have to do with tax revenues? Nothing.

    Conservatives claim, cut tax rates, tax revenue will increase. True or False?

    The state cut the income every year from 2000 - 2004. Here's the revenue from the income tax for that period.

    2000    7,246.5               
    2001    6,839.3               
    2002    6,260.3               
    2003    5,845.7               
    2004    5,912.0     

    Ah ha! 2004, the tax revenue went up! But that's because the state delayed the reduction of the rate reduction for 6 months leading to increase revenues coming in. If the state had cut the rate as planned, 2004 would have seen a decline as well.

    Let's review. Over a 5 year period, state income taxes dropped from 4.4% to 3.9%. In that 5 year period, there is zero evidence that cutting taxes led to increased revenues. The evidence shows the opposite.    

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