These are matters of history and not up for debate. Even Stockman, if anyone remembers, had the good sense to scuttle down the anchor rope. The tax-cut card is so tiresome and such a load of malarkey, I'm surprised anyone still buys it. But since the fall of the Soviet Union, lacking any imagination, it's really all they have. Something easy for the voters to understand.
Lower taxes are that brand.
I remember an exasperating evening trying to explain this to a Republican plumber. Maybe, but in the meantime, I would advise Donald Trump wannabees to pay closer attention about which trees this apple will fall from. Also waiting in the wings is a plan to disburse 48 billion in block grants to the states to assist the elderly to buy medicine. And given Republicans' 30-year war on Medicare, I really would advise anyone who has an interest in their future to keep a close eye on the cash. In the mid-'90s, Norquist's group, Americans for Tax Reform, sent out a mailing that claimed that then Republican budget proposals weren't going to cut Medicare.