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INTRODUCTION: Below are images that deal with the G. W. Bush (and Republican) tax philosophy --- namely, that lowering taxes will cure everything, including warts. Got a problem in Afghanistan? Lower taxes. Got a problem with steroids in major league baseball? Lower taxes. Got a problem with daylight savings time? Lower taxes. Got a problem with teaching evolution in public schools? Lower taxes. The Republicans keep justifying the huge tax-cuts-for-the-rich by saying 'IT WILL STIMULATE THE ECONOMY' --- to such an extent that the IRS will take in more tax payments --- thus offsetting the loss of taxes due to the huge tax cut. BUT IT NEVER HAPPENS. The National Debt (and the INTEREST on the National Debt) keeps going up --- for example, after Reagan and Bush1 and Bush2 --- as seen in the following graph. There isn't even enough benefit from the tax cuts to keep the INTEREST in check --- much less the actual National Debt. The Republicans keep repeating this 'it will stimulate the economy and pay for the tax cuts' nonsense on talk shows --- and they are never called 'on the carpet' for their lies. If the Republicans were required to present graphs showing the complete economic picture several years after the tax cuts, their flawed-logic would be proven false. For MORE Images and Data: For more images (and data) for this wing, see the WEB SEARCHES section below. Those searches may suffice in case I never return to add to the pictures on this page.

Whenever he is stuck, the
'go to' response is 'Tax Cut'.

There's the catch in the Republican plan.
They can say even the poor get a tax cut
because 'No Job, No Taxes'.

(This is a picture of a street in New Orleans
--- flooded after Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Aug.)

The simplified tax form for the other 95%.

WEB SEARCHES for MORE 'BUSH TAXES' IMAGES --- and for MORE INFORMATION on the subject: It may be a long time (years or never) before I get back to this page to add more images, so here are some links to WEB SEARCHES for more images and info. WEB SEARCH on keywords political cartoons george bush tax cuts WEB SEARCH on keywords images george bush tax cuts humorous funny comical WEB SEARCH on keywords george bush tax cuts issues WEB SEARCH on keywords george bush tax cuts national debt graph WEB SEARCH on keywords george bush tax cuts interest on the national debt graph Also, you can go to suitable Wikipedia pages and follow links from there, such as Wikipedia - 'Bush tax cuts' Wikipedia - 'Economists statement opposing the Bush tax cuts' Wikipedia - 'Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001' Wikipedia - 'Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003' Wikipedia - 'Economic policy of the George W. Bush administration' Wikipedia - 'Reaganomics' This is what G.H.W. Bush called 'voodoo economics'. Wikipedia - 'Supply-side economics' This is Republican-speak for 'lower-taxes-on-the-rich' and the benefits will 'trickle down' to others --- and thus stimulate the U.S. economy. But their new income seems to go to Germany for BMW's and Mercedes --- and to Italy for Lamborghinis and Ferraris ---- and to Europe and the Caribbean for yachts --- and to some of the 300-plus Cayman Island banks to hold the surplus that they couldn't spend. Wikipedia - 'National debt of the United States' Wikipedia - 'History of the United States public debt' Wikipedia - 'George_W._Bush#Domestic_policy' Wikipedia - 'United States federal budget' Here is a pie chart that shows 'Defense' as about 20% of the budget. BUT items such as 'military retirement' and 'veteran benefits' are distributed (hidden) in other pie sections. AND --- in which pie sections are the outlays for the CIA and FBI and NSA and Homeland Security and more?? It seems some Republicans provided the graphics for this Wikipedia page. On subjects such as mathematics and physics, you can depend on Wikpedia being objective. But when politics are involved, objectivity goes out the window. Wikipedia - 'Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008' This act is the result of the de-regulation & lack-of-regulation during the 2000-2008 Bush administration, which led to the 'toxic mortgage assets' of banks --- and then the 'Great Recession'.

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