And AGAIN for the slow. Lowering tax RATES leads to INCREASES in tax REVENUE.. And that's a problem I have with most politicians. Some talk about lowering taxes, and some talk about raising taxes, but they NEVER say RATES or REVENUES. The following is a chart (that you can manipulate to get ANY range of years for tax revenue. Thos one shows JFK tax rate reductions-revenues for 1960- 1970. http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/revenue_chart_1960_1970USb_13s1li111mcn_10t