... Furman and Peter Orszag question the validity of Chairman Greenspan's arguments in their article, "Tax Cuts Vs. Spending Increases: Is There a Basis for Chairman Greenspan's Preference for Tax Cuts?- In this article, they point out the following: "Overall, the evidence is not consistent with the belief that the level of taxes or government spending has a large effect on economic growth. There is no ... since World War II. We've got government surpluses. We've got an economic downturn. If we don't cut taxes now, I can't imagine when we might ever do so."" Virginia Postrel, editor-at-larg...

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... confident in their economy and in their government. Many Americans had experienced prosperity in the last decade, and believed that it would continue. On January 1, 1929, an editorial in the New York Times stated, "It has been twelve months of unprecedented advance, of wonderful prosperity. If there is any way of judging the future by the past, this ... and the wealthy that invested in it. He signed the Revenue Act of 1926 that lowered federal income and inheritance taxes. The Secretary of Treasury at the time, Andrew Mellon, was a main influence in cutting taxes, and he was able to low...

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