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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (202805)	11/14/2001 4:55:01 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Has any business ever donated millions of dollars to the Dem party?

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (202805)	11/14/2001 4:57:25 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I'm anti only those businesses that don't respect the dignity of workers, that "cook the books" to deceive Wall Street, that reward incompetency at the highest corporate levels through multi-million-dollar severance packages. I'm anti-businesses that cheat/deceive/defraud shareholders I would agree with you about all of that. that donate millions of dollars to the Republican Party and then expect billions of dollars in tax rebates in return So it is wrong for companies to campaign against high tax rates ?!? Tim

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (202805)	11/14/2001 5:40:40 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

Hillary's 9/11 Insult May Cost New York Rebuilding Bucks When it comes to spending federal dollars to rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11's terrorist attacks, New York Senator Hillary Clinton wants all the help she can get from the Bush White House. But the problem for New Yorkers is their junior senator thinks she can insult President Bush in one breath - then turn around and demand that he bail out her state in the next. On Wednesday New York Democrats were agitated over rumors that Vice President Dick Cheney was lobbying Capitol Hill in an attempt to siphon off money earmarked for the city's 9/11 rebuilding effort. Rep. Jose Serrano, D-Bronx, told WABC Radio that one "horrible" rumor he's heard has the White House backing a plan to postpone reimbursing New York for its 9/11 expenses and raising the money later by cutting building projects elsewhere in the country. "I was just on the phone with Senator Clinton," Serrano said, "who believes, as Senator Schumer, that we just have to continue to push this." But if Serrano and Clinton's fears are accurate - and the White House is indeed backing away from President Bush's initial promise to bankroll New York's rebuilding effort with a generous $20 billion grant - disgruntled Democrats have only Hillary to blame. Just last weekend, in some extremely ill-timed remarks for a senator who is looking for favors from the White House, Clinton seemed to fault the Bush economic program for the terrorist attacks that devastated lower Manhattan. "If we hadn't passed the big tax cut last spring, that I believe undermined our fiscal responsibility and our ability to deal with this new threat of terrorism, we wouldn't be in the fix we're in today," she told CNN on Saturday. And if that comment wasn't inopportune enough, she threw more partisan gasoline on the fire by adding: "We had eight years of prosperity because we paid down our debt and we got rid of our deficit. We hit a rough spot, and it was turned into a terrible bump because of the attacks of September 11." Who could blame the Bush White House if, after hearing Clinton's comments, it decided she was behaving like a politican who didn't need its help very much. Clinton's opponent during last year's Senate race, then-Congressman Rick Lazio, warned during the campaign that with the GOP still in control of the House and former New York Senator Al D'Amato gone as head of the Senate Banking Committee, New York was in dire need of a senator who had a good relationship with GOP leaders. New York voters didn't listen. Now New York state may pay the price for Sen. Clinton's partisan antics. newsmax.com tom watson tosiwmee