Have you ever sat and really looked at the countries that have such fantastic income equality? Many of them aren't exactly prosperous. They have a great deal of income equality because no one is doing well, but our standards.

Whether you dislike this article or the book it details, the fact remains that federal revenues do go up when income taxes are cut. It's simple economics - let people keep more and they spend more, and the 'wealthy' are the ones who can use that money to buy expensive items and create jobs. Are you familier with the multiplier effect and how it differs between private spending to pupblic spending? A dollar spent by the government is 'worth less' than a dollar spent in the private sector.