While the tax study at
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/tax-policy/library/ota81.pdf is a great resource... I find it confusing at times. Effects on revenues are show from year one through 4... what happens after that is not clear. Also, in the case of the 2001 tax cut... EGTRRA... there's no indication whether it started in FY02. I put it in FY01 because it was that summer the tax rebates went out.
In the case of the other tax bills I placed the implementation date in the next FY.
Any feedback or other insights on how to read these numbers would be appreciated.
IF IF IF it can be demonstrated that Bush not only broke his word on protecting SS first... and that tax cuts were secondary... all justified only because there was a surplus.... then he also exceeded his own tax cut proposal... then it's a damning indictment against him.