... and if only taxes were LOWER, then there would be more economic activity and therefore they're generate higher revenues from a lower base... I mean duh.
Again... the fact that this deficit reduction is coming off the back of greater economic activity and NOT gutting spending any further is a good news story. But the ideologues will never be happy.
It has nothing to do with ideology.
If you eat 3,000 calories per day, you're going to have to burn calories to maintain healthy weight. You can lift weights to increase work output and gain muscle mass. You can run and do cardio training to increase work output and endurance. You can walk around in circles, which burns insufficient calories, and only makes you good at walking in circles.
Republicans are the people who say "If we're not going to change our workout regimen, we might as well cut government caloric intake to 2,000 calories per day, and stop walking circles". Democrats are the people who say "I can't believe Republicans think there is something better than walking in circles".
It's a bit more complicated than that
