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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: gerard mangiardi who wrote (382913)3/31/2003 2:58:40 PM
From: d[-_-]b  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
gerand,

re:So its ok to tax iraqi oil to pay for social services over there but not to tax income in the US to pay for social services here? Hypocrisy

No, you don't understand a simple difference:

Iraqi oil fields are a national asset - i.e. the money made from them pays for services to the Iraqi people - or at least after Saddam is gone they will.

American companies are not nationalized, therefore only the owners and investors make money from American companies. Citizens in the USA pay for services via their Tax dollars. Now if you'd like to let the government run all our businesses that would be different.
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