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To: Ahda who wrote (3888)	1/5/2002 2:49:33 PM
From: Ahda	Respond to of 24758

Study Finds Savings Picture Not So Glum By Jonathan Nicholson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Measures of personal saving by Americans may be extraordinarily low, but that does not necessarily mean households are putting too little aside for retirement, according to a new study by two economists. Increases in wealth -- in the form of rising home values and, until recently, advances in stock prices -- mean many households now have more than traditional savings to fall back on. Gees stock prices did fall i do hope real estate stays up of course that means wage inflation, as few can afford to buy here where i am located. Then what happens if unemployment figures continue to rise? Does that equal an over abundance of supply and limited demand?

To: Ahda who wrote (3888)	1/6/2002 12:53:37 AM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

Straight Talk About Dissembling Dorgan The Internet tax moratorium expired on October 21. It did so because one U.S. Senator–Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota–blocked a vote on a House-passed bill that would have extended the ban on Internet taxes for two years. No voice has been stronger or clearer on the need to maintain the moratorium than that of the Center for Individual Freedom. When Dorgan obstructed extension of the moratorium, the Center ran an ad to identify that responsibility. In response, a Dorgan spokesman attacked the "center for misinformation" and, of course, added that the Senator opposes access taxes and new Internet taxes. Well, let us explain this bluntly. The tax moratorium was exactly that. Dorgan blocked the vote on extending it because it did not include provisions for the notoriously euphemistic "simplification plan." That plan would give congressional cover for the states to sidestep a Supreme Court decision and force all Internet merchants to collect sales taxes for them, which they don’t have the political courage to do themselves. So, you see, Dorgan is not for taxes, he’s for something called simplification. That may sell in North Dakota; it may sell in Washington; it may confuse the already confused media. But we’ve got a prediction: It ain’t going to fool anyone who can maneuver a mouse, and if you’re reading this, you can. Internet Tax Man. That’s what we called him; that’s what he is.