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To: iowamann, Spam Queen who wrote (51107)	10/23/2000 7:12:29 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Well, truth be known, I really think a flat tax of 15% would be great for everyone! But the folks on the bottom ($35,000 and under) wouldn't think that "fair"....and frankly, I'm tired of hearing how unfair that is, and because of the "unfairness", we have all sorts of other programs to compensate. I really believe that foodstamps, free medical, free housing, and all sorts of other "entitlements" ought to be counted in the $35,000.... After all, most of us have to pay for those items, and with after tax dollars at that. But just so that you know....Mr. Gates wouldn't pay tax on $60 billion....how much DO you think he gets a year.... ??? And on top of that, look at the foundation money that The Gates' family has set aside for people literally all over the world... I think many people forget that...a billion here, and a billion there...pretty soon, you're talking real money...except Mr. Dirkson said, Millions, not Billions.... Just for the heck of it, does anyone know how much the United States spends in just one day? My bet is that it is Billions...with a Capital B....

To: iowamann, Spam Queen who wrote (51107)	10/23/2000 7:15:38 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 769670

<<See why the top 1% is going to get what looks like a bigger tax break. THEY PAY MORE. >> Kinda like rebates, the buyer gets them.

To: iowamann, Spam Queen who wrote (51107)	10/23/2000 8:30:56 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	Respond to of 769670

Do you think the pickpockets would spend Bill Gates money to better effect than he would? Message 14623877 I live in a very poor and nowhere town of 400 in N Idaho. The Bill and Melinda Foundation just gave 14 state-of-the-art computers to the libraries in a county of 26,700. They sent a team of three to spend two days each instructing staff in four locations and are providing follow up classes. There is free 24/7 support, and Encarta is so updated that folks hereabouts can watch even the latest debate online. This is going on all across the country. Their donations are insignificant compared to the wealth MSFT created while the Gates' were making their pile. If they're not destroyed soon, folks might get the idea that they don't need to support tax-everything dirtbags like Gore.