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

To: DMaA who wrote (124876)	2/1/2001 11:08:30 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I agree with you on the personal charity, DMA. If the Fed wants to help, a $500 tax credit to be applied to the tax-exempt charity of my choice would encourage giving. And President Bush should be careful about repealing the estate tax, or he may sharply curtail charitable bequests. If the Fed runs the WHOFBACI office, then the Federal Government will be in the business of licensing the faith-based charities it approves of (who makes the official list, I wonder?). And regulating them. Dumb idea.

To: DMaA who wrote (124876)	2/1/2001 7:57:22 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

It is a tad strange, isnt it? If you propose to cut welfare spending, the average Joe and definately the politicians string you up as a coldhearted bastard unwilling to help the downtrodden. Yet these are the same people who more often than not, wouldn't donate a dime or a second of their time to help their downtrodden fellow man. So, its fine for the federal government to confiscate income to redistribute to the downtrodden (read: anyone who sticks out their hand and announces their unwillingness to work), but its not ok to slash welfare spending and taxes, and let each American make the most of their sentiments in charitable giving. So, I can only see this as meaning one thing. Most Americans like welfare spending as long as they can believe its someone else's money being spent on it. Derek