How does increasing taxes improve the economy or the American standard of living?

http://www.redstate.com/blogs/steve_fole鈥?/a>|||It doesn't. It increases the cost of just about everything. Get this, in California, Arnie is suggesting "new fees" because he promised not to raise taxes. He is starting to look at some non-traditional sources of revenue (for example, taxing cable tv and phone services) or adding a fee for people who use accountants, attorneys, etc - which would then be paid by the service provider to the State.|||It doesn't.....Getting taxed more when people are already dying of not having money is wrong....Republicans have the answer.... It's the wrong time now to tax more people.





Give tax exemptions and I'll do what I want!|||It doesn't. All it will do is make the fat cats and capitalism corporations richer.|||It improves the standard of living for those who are too lazy to earn it.


For the rest of us, it only costs money and productivity.|||It doesn't-that is why Sen. Obama has suggested middle class tax cuts-you know the people forgotten by the republicans.|||How does spending MORE but BORROWING instead of TAXING improve the economy?|||Your source is opinion, not fact. There's a difference, you know.


Actually, Ronald Reagan a Republican "hero" signed the largest US tax increase ever in the 80's. He was also pro-Amnesty for undocumented workers.


If the US government would stop giving our tax dollars away to the already wealthy as they've been doing for the last quarter century, the rest of us would see our tax rates reduced dramatically.|||Increasing taxes does not improve the economy or the standard of living. Taking the money from the people or the corporations and giving to the lazy, helpless or other nations does nothing for the economy.


Raising taxes does not and has not ever improved an economy, Many European countries are not realizing this and have started to reduce taxes on all taxpayers and their economy has been improving.





When the money is in the hands of the people in a capitalistic society, everyone benefits (except government officials),


but when the money is in the hands of the government it's up to the politicians as to who will share in their wealth and it is only used to surpress many so that it will insure their re-election.





Look at all the high taxed states, they are all having problems not only with their budgets but also keeping tax paying citizens.














Reagan when he raised taxes he did so since he has the assurance of both congress and the senate that they would reduce spending and such tax increases would not be permanent. But with a democratic congress who, like all liberals lied, they increased spending.|||IT DOESN'T HELP AT ALL. IT WILL BE A DISASTER IF THERE IS A TAX %26amp; SPEND DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS %26amp; A TAX %26amp; SPEND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.|||Raising taxes in no way could ever improve the economy. I have no idea why Dems think this way, but they do.





When anything gets higher, like gas, I don't go out to eat as much, I buy less stuff, I don't go to movies as much etc. etc. As many other people do the same. So now you have less money circulating and it affects everybody in a negative way. Higher taxes do just that same exact thing, they contribute to economic stagnation and also contribute to inflation.|||I'm with you, but you're inviting some liberal fantasies with this question|||THAT ONLY WORKS IN THE MINDS OF OF LIBERALS.|||I does for the poor people who live on welfare...