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To: Skywatcher who wrote (303408)	10/2/2002 4:01:56 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

And so Laptog Blair begins to PAY THE PRICE: Black Day For Blair As Party Revolts Defeat On Public Finance: Retreat On Iraq By Philip Webster, Political Editor Tuesday, 1 October, 2002 TONY BLAIR suffered his biggest setback at a Labour conference since becoming leader as he was yesterday defeated over the private financing of public services and faced mounting disquiet over Iraq. The Prime Minister will stage a defiant fightback today by telling his uneasy party that Labour has not been bold enough in its reform programme and that the pace of change must be speeded up rather than slowed. He will tell delegates that his five years as Prime Minister have proved that the right decisions are the hardest ones. But in some of the rowdiest conference scenes for years the minister defending the controversial Private Finance Initiative was slow-handclapped and booed off the platform.The ritual humiliation for Paul Boateng, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, preceded a heavy defeat for the leadership as the unions voted for an independent inquiry into the Private Finance Initiatives (PFI). It was only Mr Blair¹s second defeat as Prime Minister but one which he will make plain today he is determined to ignore. Mr Blair avoided a defeat over Iraq only by staging a tactical retreat. The leadership withdrew its own statement on Iraq as unions threatened to defeat it because they felt it failed to tie Britain and America sufficiently to the United Nations. Even so, he was almost embarrassed when 40 per cent of the conference voted for an anti-war motion. On an uncomfortable day for Mr Blair there were strong hints that Gordon Brown is preparing to cut his growth forecasts for the British economy. At the time of the April Budget, growth this year had been expected to run at 2 per cent to 2.5 per cent, but informed sources suggested yesterday that the target would not be met. Mr Brown¹s officials insisted that there was no danger to Labour¹s spending plans which were based on ³cautious assumptions². CC

To: Skywatcher who wrote (303408)	10/3/2002 8:49:20 PM
From: Dan B.	Respond to of 769670

Tax cuts allow allow more freedom for individuals. This simple truism permeates every thought and scenario we can dream up, as it is an ever present natural result of cutting taxes. People will drive the work society does more truly than Governmental spending of tax monies collected, can allow. The addition to the power of the masses of individuals in the marketplace, is an always positive aspect of cutting taxes. Tax Cuts? Everyone ought applaud them all(and not bitch when a tax cut is "fair," and thus fails to make the system more "tax the rich" progressive than it already is). For best societal results to all, we need to strive for a government under which the wealthy(and all) aren't taxed much. To have such a government, we will have to know we don't need to tax much, right in the bottom of our hearts and experience. In my opinion, this will happen(hopefully sooner rather than later). Freedom Works, Dan B