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					Originally Posted by  justplugit
					 
				 
				Cut current Govt. 10% across the board and use tax increase 
to pay down the debt only, and I have no problem with it.
  
			
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 Absolutely the antithesis of what an economist would recommend in times of recession or early in a recovery.  In spirit, you are right though that the business of cutting taxes and increasing spending at the same time, as was done in the 2000's, is terrible for short term and long term economy.