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Non-Tech : Who Really Pays Taxes? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: anyer who wrote (43)	8/14/2000 9:03:17 AM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 666

Oversimplification .... 1) In hard times people work hard 2) This hard work makes the future easier 3) In easy times people take it easy 4) This ease makes the future harder 5) To to 1 I don't envy the the experiences of the generation(s) which faced two major world wars, a few minor wars, the depression, the Civil war, and the Revolution. I doubt that cholera, plague, drought, flood, locusts, earthquakes, hurricanes, and slavery were much of a picnic to endure either. Our forefathers were a hardy lot to get us this far. What hardships do we face today: static cling, split ends, and loose dentures? It's simple really, as a society, we've ascended, peaked, and are now declining. We aren't the first, and won't be the last to experience this cycle. Cheers, PW.

To: anyer who wrote (43)	8/14/2000 9:10:28 AM
From: Montecristo No.2	Respond to of 666

Actually, your foreign non-resident alien spouse does not even have to reside in the U.S. If he/she came for an extended visit, she may meet the material presence test and be subject to U.S. taxes. On all other fronts, you are preaching to a convert I am afraid. People forget that tort reform was part of Clinton's platform when he ran for his first term. What ever happened to that? And look at how they messed up health care. He went from his ridiculous "on managed care and loving it" first term motto; to a patient bill of rights on his second term. Why the heck would we need a patient bill of rights to begin with if he had not screwed up health care? Yet, they have the audacity to claim that the country is better now than 8 years ago thanks to them (the Clintons). And more and more I hear this as the message their spin machine is hoping will resonate with the American voters. And I am afraid most will buy it because to quote Carville "it's the economy stupid". And please let's not even get started with the impeached, criminal, sexual predator, felon soon to be disbarred issue. Regards, mc2