France cutting taxes

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

That is how politics works in a democracy,
not just one person gets to choose, remember Congress is elected by the voters also. Things don't just materialize in politics without a lot of work.

That is why this country was deliberately, with a lot of work, founded as a constitutional republic, not a democracy. It was to limit the power of government over the people's inalienable rights. And assuring that by limiting government's power to spend only on those enumerated powers constitutionally given to it. The Congress that opposed Reagan succeeded in passing, with a lot of work, social policies that "materialized" outside its enumerated powers, thereby assuring that the deficit and national debt would grow.

In fact, most of the top Reagan administration officials didn’t think the tax cut would pay for itself. They were counting on spending cuts to avoid blowing up the deficit. But they never materialized.

They didn't magically "materialize" simply because Congress did not provide the promised spending cuts.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

They didn't magically "materialize" simply because Congress did not provide the promised spending cuts.

Who promised?
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Who promised?
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You're right, it wasn't a promise, it was a ransom. In order to get his defense buildup and tax cuts, Reagan had to agree with the Democrat Congress's domestic spending requests.