Today I witnessed a confluence of events that brought to mind the reasons for Bush's tax cuts. I was in the smoking room at the Fed (yes, I still smoke sometimes, and today I simply had to have a smoke) listening to two guys chatting about cars. One said that he had been looking for some sort of intake pipe for his Jeep and after doing some research he realized that the equivalent part for Honda Civics has the same curve, but is just a few inches longer, and $100 cheaper. He bought the Honda part, cut it down to Jeep size, and it fit in perfectly. The other guy suggested he buy and cut down a few mroe and sell them on EBay for $50 more than he paid, but still $50 than the actual Jeep part. The first man's eyes brightened, and he said, "I'll use my tax refund to buy the first set. Who knows, maybe I'll be able to turn it into some good income."

While there may not be exact numbers to prove Bush's point, anecdotes like this are a lot more prevelant than stories about, "How Bush's tax cuts ruined my life."