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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (10153)	1/3/2000 7:58:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

FNC reported that the government can't pay all the politicians their "matching funds" because so few people check off the box on their tax returns (last time I looked it was about 15%). A while back the politicians sought to get around this collective Bronx cheer by tripling the value of the checkoff. The overwhelming public rejection is a reliable indication that people don't want the government using public money to finance campaigns - a conclusion that runs into the usual Media buzzsaw. FNC reported that the government will only be able to give the politicians a fraction of their matching funds, the rest to wait until after what April 15 brings.