Total revenue growth, over the terms of all recent "two term" presidents (8-year cycle)
Source: OMB http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/pdf/hist.pdf
Note: FY 2008 and 2009 based on estimates
The Bush presidency and the Bush tax cuts have resulted in the weakest total revenue growth in modern times
Even the Eisenhower era, where we had those horrid 90% marginal top rates on taxes, performed virutally as well as the Bush 43 budgets.
Source: OMB http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/pdf/hist.pdf
Note: FY 2008 and 2009 based on estimates
The Bush presidency and the Bush tax cuts have resulted in the weakest total revenue growth in modern times
Even the Eisenhower era, where we had those horrid 90% marginal top rates on taxes, performed virutally as well as the Bush 43 budgets.
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