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Originally posted by Boron:
why are taxes increased in the future ? i don't understand that.

Because the money that the government borrows must be paid back with interest. Which means that if the government spends X dollars today for something (a war, tax cuts, whatever), then taxpayers must later pay taxes equal to X dollars + Y dollars of interest. X+Y > X

lower taxes mean more consuming.

A flawed assumption. The extra money might be hoarded. Or it might be spent on items that do not lead to job growth, especially if producers retain profits rather than create jobs or if they spend the profits on paying shareholders. This Last item means you transfer wealth from the lower and middle classes (most consumers) to the upper class (most shareholders). And the upper class hoards money far more than they spend it, so it doesn't cycle back. It just concentrates at the top.

the companies make even more profit and become even more competetive.

Companies are *less* competitive when profits are high because they aren't needing to work as hard at getting their customers to pay.