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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (4989)	2/16/2001 1:13:24 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 59480

A poor person goes to the hospital. One of 46 million in the country without health insurance. Terrific stomach pain. Blood tests show he passed a gallstone. Has to have his gallbladder yanked. His total bill comes to around $12 grand. Hospital tells him he has to pay off the debt, $20 a month, basically for the rest of his life. Got to be a better way. In any event, looks like GWB's tax plan already is in trouble: Key US senator says votes lacking on Bush tax cut WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A key Republican U.S. senator said on Thursday President George W. Bush has been told he so far lacked the votes necessary to pass his $1.6 trillion tax cut proposal in a Senate budget resolution. U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico said, after a meeting between Bush and Republican budget committee members of the House of Representatives and Senate, ``We told him tonight at this meeting of the closeness of the debate in the Senate ... right now it would appear there are a number of senators who are undecided and there are between 47 and 49 that are absolutely committed (to the cut) and we're still working.'' It will take 50 votes to pass the measure in the 100-member Senate, with Vice-President Dick Cheney casting the tie-breaking vote in favor of the tax cut. Domenici also said Bush had informed the group that his proposed fiscal 2002 budget would seek to hold spending growth to around 4 percent.