Clearly it does not... You reject the empirical evidence I have offered and persist in the belief that Higher Taxes = Greater Revenue without a single shred of evidence to support such a theory.
You pointing to periods of higher taxation and claiming higher taxation to be the cause of greater revenue is as absurd as someone pointing to periods of lower taxation and claiming it to be the cause of higher revenue. In both cases it was the GDP that ultimately determined revenue, a larger GDP, whether in periods of higher or lower tax rates, generated greater revenue than periods of lower GDP. That kind of math seems pretty basic to me, 18% of a larger number is more revenue than 18% of a smaller number.
The real goal should be focusing on ways to maximize the growth of our GDP - since that is the only historically and statistically proven way to increase revenue - But if you believe that Higher Taxes cause growth in the GDP then we'd like to hear you make that argument.
So spending more than we actually bring in has nothing to do with it? It seems that if I spend more than I make, that is the cause of my debt, even if I make half as much money, as long as I do not spend more than I make I will not go into debt.
However, if you believe that debts are caused by lowering taxes, rather than overspending, I can see why you would also believe that raising taxes will magically increase revenue and reduce the debt. It's not a logical or rational belief but few political beliefs are.
