[Alberta's Child]

That really doesn't make any sense at all. If the economy was strong in the late 1990s with these tax rates in place, and the economy is in trouble now with these same tax rates in place, then it appears that the tax rates have nothing to do with the performance of the U.S. economy.

[what's up]

In the 90's there was huge expansion going on.

When expansion diminishes because of lawsuits (like asbestos and Haliburton) or government regulation (such as energy price caps in California - in that case it affects not only Enron but the banks, etc.), yet tax rates remain high, there is trouble.