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To: tejek who wrote (134932)	3/26/2001 3:22:07 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570268

Ted, I think you should just deal with the fact Bush is in the white house. Regardless of the popular vote, electoral vote, FL vote BS. The FL voting system was no worse than most every other state. It was just a very close election. Jim

To: tejek who wrote (134932)	3/26/2001 3:58:50 PM
From: John Goldthorp	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570268

Enough already, Bush has an MBA from Yale, he is not a moron, but you may be.... Some of us are really getting tired of this crap. I could question the intelligence of Richard Gephardt, but I haven't. Let go of this stupid us vs. them bs, and we can all go forward. Bush is the President largely because Gore is a lousy campaigner, and not nearly the politician his father was. Or that Clinton was. Don't even mention him in the same sentence with Kennedy or Johnson. Face it. The thing that Richard Gephardt and George Bush do have in common is a value system that guides them. This is what Clinton doesn't have, never has had and never will have. It is something Al Gore may have, but he didn't demonstrate it in his campaign. He talked about "my plan vs. his plan", not "my ideal vs. his ideal". If you don't get the drift of this, read a little bit about the 1960 election. It will be illuminating, I assure you. Don't bother trashing me: I won't respond. JG

To: tejek who wrote (134932)	3/26/2001 5:32:23 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570268

How can we ever get tax simplification? When our civilization becomes simplified....since I don't see that happening anytime soon, I don't think the taxation system can be simplified to the extent that "no tax" proponents would like. Who's arguing for no taxes? The tax code can be simple without civilization being simple. Government doesn't have to reward or punish every activity in a complex civilization. The attempt causes more harm then good, but where government intervention is necessary a direct law or regulation is probably a better idea. Simpler taxes would give us more freedom and waste less resources trying to figure out and comply with the tax laws. I would also like taxes to be lower but they could become simpler without being lower. Tim