As Government Revenues Reach A 60-Year-Low, DeMint Claims They’re At A ‘Record’ High

By Alex Seitz-Wald/Think ProgressIt’s an often-repeated talking point among Republicans as Washington debates taxes and spending: “We don’t have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.” It’srecycled, like much of today’s Republican thinking, from President Reagan, but Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) stretched the argument to its breaking point on MSNBC this morning when he said that government