claim: "never once did they (house republicans) actually cut spending or reduce the state budget. even when they cut taxes in 2005, they increased spending. they never paid for their tax cuts."
author: armond budish
evidence_1: jul 11, 2011 ... republicans howl that the deficit is president obama's fault, ... then he cut taxes,  growing the deficit to $400 billion a year. ... it. but president bush actually  increased federal spending by more ... on two things: first, the bush tax cuts,  which reduced revenue, and, .... international editions: united states us.
evidence_2: nov 8, 2018 ... in this backgrounder, we address: ... in most years, federal spending exceeds tax  revenues and the resulting deficit is financed through ...
evidence_3: jul 2, 2011 ... the republicans who walked out of budget negotiations the other week think  they know the answer. they insist that higher taxes would threaten our fragile  economic ... tax increases and spending cuts hurt the economy in the short run ...  a spending cut of that size, by contrast, reduces g.d.p. by about 1.5 ...
evidence_4: nov 16, 2017 ... it radically cuts taxes on corporations and wealthy heirs. ... a tax cut by 2027, a  whopping 24.2 percent would see their taxes actually go up, ... if the house  passes their bill and the senate passes theirs, they'll have to hammer out a ... tax  is first reduced (by increasing the exemption and applying it to an even ...
evidence_5: jun 27, 2011 ... yes, we will reduce unnecessary and wasteful spending at the pentagon. ... and  life savings, instead of the millionaires, who in many cases, have never had it so  good. ... to pay their fair share, if you believe that we need to reduce ..... to cut  back on transportation, while providing even more tax breaks to the ...