text: why can't republicans give the correct answer to this question, all politics aside? i want answers from republicans on this. we know through rove's talking points and the statistics that federal revenues from income taxes have increased at roughly 14% over the last year. we know that gdp growth has been about 3-4%, with pretty small inflation. how did we achieve the tax revenue growth of 14% with only 4% economic growth and with decreasing tax brackets?   hint:  has nothing to do with unemployment and the additional jobs in the economy.  those jobs are reflected in the gdp number. the correct answer is the gdp and the revenues are not related and will raise at different rates when the economy is good, as it is everytime there atre tax cuts.