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To: Mephisto who wrote (4761)	2/4/2003 6:17:39 PM
From: Mephisto	of 5185

" The state of the union is that money talks and public policy is sold to the highest bidder" ………………………………… " For example, the top corporations that paid zero taxes from 1996 to 1998 --including AT&T, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chase Manhattan, Enron, ExxonMobil, General Electric, Microsoft, Pfizer and Phillip Morris -- gave $150.1 million to campaigns from 1991 to 2001. Public Campaign reports that they got $55 billion in tax breaks from '96 to '98 alone, perennial legislation to gut the alternative minimum tax and billions in rebates to select corporations." Article: Oh, the state of the union ... Author: Molly Ivins Source: dfw.com SI Reference: Message 18535549

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