October 29, 2019 Ninhal Krishan The Washington Examiner 1152 15th St NW Washington, DC 20005 RE: Should tax cuts pay for themselves? Some comments on your heretofore thought invincibly ignorant article in today’s Washington Beacon.

October 29, 2019

Ninhal Krishan

The Washington Examiner

1152 15^th St NW 

Washington, DC 20005

RE: Should tax cuts pay for themselves? Some comments on your heretofore thought invincibly ignorant article in today’s Washington Beacon.

Mr/Ms/? Krishan,

One of the secret delights of an elitist education is that you get to use phrases such as “Deny the major premise” as throwaway lines. It is a Rhetorical device used by fans of the Trivium.

Where does it say, whether in the Torah, any of the Gospels, the Magna Carta, Canon Law, the Federalist Papers, or even any Democratic Platform of the last 50 years that tax cuts have to “pay for themselves”?

When taxes are raised do they have to “pay for themselves”?

If the Fire Department buys a new pump truck do they set a house on fire so the truck can “pay for itself”?

The Great Reagan beat the Russkies without firing a shot. He bought a lot of guns, planes, boats, and some cool space stuff, none of which he had to use. Can we consider that the coming down of the Berlin Wall and the raising of the Iron Curtain as justifications for those expenditures?

Take your time. There will be a test.

Next time we get to prove and disprove negatives simultaneously..

Kevin Smith

WARRIORBARDIT@BELLSOUTH.NET

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