[sickoflibs]

RE :”Why are we having this conversation? What’s your plan to increase federal receipts if you don’t want to cut taxes to spur the economy? I’ve advocated cutting spending too, and so far you haven’t jumped on that band wagon either.”

Cutting spending is the only option, that and making the 48% of the public (lower incomes) that pay no income taxes pay some so they understand what it is like.

But those things are unpopular. That is why no Republican is running on them, or at least few are. So I am skeptical they will do it. Where I live they wont even support tax cuts on themselves it's so bad.

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t believe in redistribution of wealth, so we’re on target there. The earned income credit is just stealing from one person to pay another.