lets see, history shows that when taxes go down, people have more of THEIR OWN hard earned money, they buy MORE "stuff" when this occurs and this translates into MORE taxes being collected and the governments revenues going UP ! So why implement more and more taxes when this has the (proven) opposite effect ? could it be the politicians unquinchable desire for control over our lives by "taking" the fruits of our labor and thusley limiting our own ability to provide for ourselves and making the populace as a whole more dependent on ... government?