As per one of the headings: "So the spending cuts never materialized." The House was controlled by the Dems. As I said, and not debatable, Reagan's tax cuts almost double money to the Treasury. The Dems, led by that goof ball, Tip O'Neill, saw all that money and continued spending like a drunken sailor. But, the point, Big Girl, is that tax cuts work! We HAVE to control spending. The old saying, which do you believe: We spend too much or we are taxed to little?