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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (129839)3/2/2001 6:59:20 PM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (3) of 769667
 
The Democrats (led by Gore) proposed nothing except trillion of dollars in more spending initiatives.

Bush has set aside a trillion dollars in contingency planning which should assuage your fear regarding partial privatization. Remember he only proposed 2%.

I trust in people more than I do the government to invest their retirement savings. The money not taken by the government doesn't disappear. The money simply stays with the people who earned it to begin with.

As far as I'm concerned, Social Security, as it is designed today, is immoral. Someone could save for 40 years, then die, and nothing is left to their family.

We should reduce taxes for the same reason. Not because we have a surplus, or because we need to boost the economy. But because it's immoral to take so much money from hard working American families and transfer it to the government.

I agree with President Bush that 1/3 of someones income is the most we should ask for at the federal level. And we should continue to reduce the rate on lower income earners. "Tax day" has continued to grow and grow. Shall we wait until it's October or November before we scale back the cost of government?

In a nation founded on the principle of liberty and freedom, we are not free if we owe the state 50% - 80% of our life energy.

Michael

p.s. I agree Daschle is a fool. But for completely different reasons.
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