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As predicted GOP tax cuts prompt record tax revenues

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US Treasury report for October 2018 shows tax revenues hitting record high.


Well, guess what? Just 47 weeks after Trump put his flamboyant signature on the bill, it’s all happening.
Unemployment is at an historic low. Employment is at an all-time high. Wagers are growing after years of stagnation.
And now from all that increased economic activity, the federal government has just reported historic record tax revenues in October, the first month of the new fiscal year, of $252,692,000,000.
That’s more than $11.4 billion above revenue for October of last year, which was the previous record tax revenue for an October.


And it did this by collecting more than $3 billion less in personal income taxes, thanks to the tax cuts.
The new revenues were the result of increased business taxes because of increased business. Here’s how much different it was:
Corporation income tax receipts to the U.S. Treasury this year in October were a whopping $8,000,000,000. This compares to the previous October’s $3.8 billion.


And, yes, as a few of us have been saying SPENDING IS STILL THE PROBLEM
 
And, yes, as a few of us have been saying SPENDING IS STILL THE PROBLEM

Whenever you're ready to join reality we'll welcome you back. Tax Revenues are almost always higher. So long as the population grows and the GDP grows they should always be higher. The question is are they as high as they would have been without the Tax Cut, and the obvious answer to that is no. Tax Revenues did not increase at the same rate they would have which is why we have a deficit. Quit wasting our time on this lie. Nobody that understands basic math is actually falling for it.

If Hillary Clinton was President we'd have the same strong economy, the same economic growth, the same low unemployment rates, but we'd be doing it while generating a surplus. In fact, without this stupid trade war, we might actually have an even stronger economy.
 
As predicted, conservatives again show they don't understand simple math

A few months before they passed, the Congressional Budget Office predicted the government would take in $3.53 trillion in revenues for the fiscal year. On Monday, the Treasury reported that revenue was actually $3.33 trillion for the year — $200 billion short, even though economic growth has outpaced the budget office’s forecasts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/business/trump-tax-cuts-revenue.html
 
FWIW: with a higher tax environment under Bill Clinton revenue as a % of GDP hit close to 20%. That's the more important number since, every single year, excepting economic downturns, the government will collect more revenue than the preceding year.
Clinton is long gone, as is the economy that drove that. IMHO, the more of GDP that stays in the economy rather than going to government - the better; it will be more productive and beneficial in private hands.
 
Whenever you're ready to join reality we'll welcome you back.pe
LOL, by reality you mean "MrWonka's weird words". Sorry, I'll stick to the words of economists and financial experts .

MrWonka said:
. Tax Revenues are almost always higher.
Not exactly true.
MrWonka said:
So long as the population grows and the GDP grows they should always be higher. The question is are they as high as they would have been without the Tax Cut, and the obvious answer to that is no.
Sorry, again, no. The boom in employment, wage growth, business expansion (capital expenditures also hit records), etc. wouldn't have happened without lowered tax rates.

MrWonka said:
Tax Revenues did not increase at the same rate they would have which is why we have a deficit. Quit wasting our time on this lie. Nobody that understands basic math is actually falling for it.
No, we have a deficit because we spend more than we take in, even when we take in RECORD amounts.
MrWonka said:
If Hillary Clinton was President we'd have the same strong economy, the same economic growth, the same low unemployment rates, but we'd be doing it while generating a surplus. In fact, without this stupid trade war, we might actually have an even stronger economy.
Pure bull****. All you did is regurgitate months-old LW crap that has been discredited completely. IF Clinton had been elected we'd still be limping along at Obama's sub 2% growth and the only revenues increasing would be "donations" to the Clinton Foundation.
 
As predicted, conservatives again show they don't understand simple math

A few months before they passed, the Congressional Budget Office predicted the government would take in $3.53 trillion in revenues for the fiscal year. On Monday, the Treasury reported that revenue was actually $3.33 trillion for the year — $200 billion short, even though economic growth has outpaced the budget office’s forecasts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/business/trump-tax-cuts-revenue.html
CBO also predicted we'd have a systemic budget surplus during the Obama administration. CBO is far better reporting historical data than predicting future events.
 
Whenever you're ready to join reality we'll welcome you back. Tax Revenues are almost always higher. So long as the population grows and the GDP grows they should always be higher. The question is are they as high as they would have been without the Tax Cut, and the obvious answer to that is no. Tax Revenues did not increase at the same rate they would have which is why we have a deficit. Quit wasting our time on this lie. Nobody that understands basic math is actually falling for it.

If Hillary Clinton was President we'd have the same strong economy, the same economic growth, the same low unemployment rates, but we'd be doing it while generating a surplus. In fact, without this stupid trade war, we might actually have an even stronger economy.
That's not how a deficit works.
 
I'll stick to the words of economists and financial experts.
I wish you would. They'll tell you the same thing I just did.

Not exactly true.
Absolutely true. Baring a recession, a massive tax cut or the population decreasing it will be true.

Sorry, again, no. The boom in employment, wage growth, business expansion (capital expenditures also hit records), etc. wouldn't have happened without lowered tax rates.
False. The economic boom started long before the tax cuts. 2014, 2015 and 2016 all showed roughly equivalent growth while reducing the deficit before the tax cuts. In fact, some of the best economic years of the Obama administration came after eliminating Bush's tax cuts.

No, we have a deficit because we spend more than we take in, even when we take in RECORD amounts.
Spending increases every year. It has to because of inflation. That is known and projected. Spending increased in 2014, 2015 and 2016 as well, however, without Tax Cuts, the deficit shrunk.

All you did is regurgitate months-old LW crap that has been discredited completely.
Nope. Still True. As long as you keep telling the same lies I don't have to change my rebuttal. I'm still making you look foolish. Try something different next time.
 
CBO also predicted we'd have a systemic budget surplus during the Obama administration. CBO is far better reporting historical data than predicting future events.

please back up what you are referring to. thanks in advance. Now bullseye, just to be clear, I didn't ask you to repeat it, I asked you to back it up.
 
Well, you've stirred up Vern. I'll leave it to you to decide if that's a good thing or not. In truth, nobody knows Vern's cycles, so it's difficult to assign blame.

oh humbolt, it never gets old when conservatives whine about me instead of addressing the facts I post.
 
oh humbolt, it never gets old when conservatives whine about me instead of addressing the facts I post.

Oh, Vern. I just wish you'd post some facts sometime and learn how to interpret them without getting insulting to others who appear to have a firmer grasp.
 
Vern, isn't the NYT talking about the 2018 fiscal year in your link?
Bullseye is talking about one month in the new fiscal year in his link from Hotair.
 
Oh, Vern. I just wish you'd post some facts sometime and learn how to interpret them without getting insulting to others who appear to have a firmer grasp.

first the insults then the dishonesty and then whining about insults. I have to assume conservatives have some sort of flow chart they have to follow. But to address your dishonesty: I posted an article discussing the CBO revenue prediction and the actual numbers. Please humbolt, attempt to treat this like a debate forum for once.

Vern, isn't the NYT talking about the 2018 fiscal year in your link?
Bullseye is talking about one month in the new fiscal year in his link from Hotair.

Yes Bubba, his link is talking about revenue for the new fiscal year. If you had bothered to read it or just the blurb Bullseye posted, you would see its giving credit to Trump's tax cuts for the modest increase in revenue. Maybe you forgot but "tax cuts pay for themselves" is a conservative narrative. Conservative editorials don't really say that anymore but obedient conservatives get the message. But bubba, even bullseye understood my point. that's why he obediently attacked the credibility of the CBO.
 
I wish you would. They'll tell you the same thing I just did.
Not the sober ones.

MrWonka said:
Absolutely true. Baring a recession, a massive tax cut or the population decreasing it will be true.
Only in WonkaWorld

MrWonka said:
False. The economic boom started long before the tax cuts. 2014, 2015 and 2016 all showed roughly equivalent growth while reducing the deficit before the tax cuts. In fact, some of the best economic years of the Obama administration came after eliminating Bush's tax cuts.
Well according to CBO, the deficits increased in each of those years. And, I'd hardly call sub 3.0% gdp growth a "boom".

MrWonka said:
Spending increases every year. It has to because of inflation. That is known and projected. Spending increased in 2014, 2015 and 2016 as well, however, without Tax Cuts, the deficit shrunk.
LOL, I'd love to have spending increase by ONLY the level of inflation. But it doesn't. Congress is in session and spending, spending, spending.

MrWonka said:
Nope. Still True. As long as you keep telling the same lies I don't have to change my rebuttal. I'm still making you look foolish. Try something different next time.
Nope, still mantras and basic lunacies.
 
Well, you've stirred up Vern. I'll leave it to you to decide if that's a good thing or not. In truth, nobody knows Vern's cycles, so it's difficult to assign blame.
Yeah, mea culpa. Probably time to let him just fade away.
 
Are you saying cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% actually increased corporate tax revenues to the federal government?
I think that's what the link says, yeah.
 
I think that's what the link says, yeah.

Id be interested to know the adjusted for inflation numbers and compare it to the projected revenues at pre tax cut expected GDP growth rate and compare it to now to see the difference. That's the only way to really compare to see if the tax cuts had an effect one way or the other.
 
Id be interested to know the adjusted for inflation numbers and compare it to the projected revenues at pre tax cut expected GDP growth rate and compare it to now to see the difference. That's the only way to really compare to see if the tax cuts had an effect one way or the other.
Projections are essentially wild-ass-guesses based on sets of assumptions that may or may not be accurate. As I mentioned above, at one point in the early 2000's CBO projected continuing surpluses somewhere during the Obama Presidency.
 
Whenever you're ready to join reality we'll welcome you back. Tax Revenues are almost always higher. So long as the population grows and the GDP grows they should always be higher. The question is are they as high as they would have been without the Tax Cut, and the obvious answer to that is no. Tax Revenues did not increase at the same rate they would have which is why we have a deficit. Quit wasting our time on this lie. Nobody that understands basic math is actually falling for it.

If Hillary Clinton was President we'd have the same strong economy, the same economic growth, the same low unemployment rates, but we'd be doing it while generating a surplus. In fact, without this stupid trade war, we might actually have an even stronger economy.

The obvious answer? Oh, YOUR obvious answer. Got any stats showing how much the revenues would have been without the tax cut?
 
Are you saying cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% actually increased corporate tax revenues to the federal government?

Yes. The proof is in the pudding.
 
Oh, Vern. I just wish you'd post some facts sometime and learn how to interpret them without getting insulting to others who appear to have a firmer grasp.

Insulting is all Vern's got. He's learned it from many others on the left. It's rule #1, when you've got nothing, insult.
 
Insulting is all Vern's got. He's learned it from many others on the left. It's rule #1, when you've got nothing, insult.

It does seem that way at times. Well, there are some few times when it doesn't seem that way. Maybe the latter is the better way to put it.
 
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