John Harwood: “As much as they hoped to avoid it, Republican senators considering their tax-cut votes now face a clear-cut choice between faith and evidence.”
“Faith in tax-cuts as the path to economic growth has reigned supreme within Republican theology since Ronald Reagan. The party clings so strongly to this belief that it has become the answer to competing concerns over the national debt; growth sparked by tax cuts, insist White House officials and GOP leaders, will reduce, not increase, annual budget deficits.”
“Evidence for that belief has long been weak. On Thursday, it got even weaker.”
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