<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMtaalamu wa mawazo ya kawaida anaweza kusamehewa kwa kuhitimisha kutoka kwa rekodi hii kwamba kile kinachoongeza mapato ni kuongeza kodi, sio kuzipunguza.  <response>: A conventional thinker might be forgiven for concluding from this record that what raises revenues is raising taxes, not cutting them. 