The next time a liberal tells you the government needs more money, remind them of these facts that The Wall Street Journal highlighted over the weekend.  The tax cuts we passed in 2001 and 2003 continue to help improve our economy and create jobs.  I will continue fighting to make those tax cuts permanent and working to convince Americans that the Democrats' plans for the largest tax increase in history would be a huge mistake for our economy.

"Since Oct. 1, when the fiscal year began, the government has run a deficit of $157.3 billion, sharply narrower than the $239.6 billion in the year-earlier period.

The narrowing stems from a record $2.1 trillion of tax revenue that has flowed into the Treasury's coffers so far this year, up 7% from the year-ago period. Tax receipts for July totaled $170 billion, up 6.6% from July 2006." -- The Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2007