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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (307395)	10/11/2002 11:13:52 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

"Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize" Count on the cowardly Swedes to take an insulting shot at America and its people, whenever they can get away with it...

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (307395)	10/11/2002 11:19:44 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The Washington Post makes their usual obligatory campaign contribution to the Marxist/Leninist treason lobby, under the cover of a "news" story... washingtonpost.com

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (307395)	10/11/2002 11:56:33 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Dear Thomas: He has done that and DASHOLE has torpedoed it. Remember fast action on "fast track" (nothing happened), remember Terrorists insurance so commercial building activity can resume (nothing happened), remember Pres. request to speed up tax breaks to get money moving back into economy (nothing happened), remember proposed bill to allow I think it was 30,000 in capital losses to be applied against current income (nothing happened) <this IMHO would help encourage people to sell and buy other stocks establishing activity in the market>. The list goes ON AND ON. I truly believe this Senate is NOT going to pass ANYTHING that even REMOTELY will help the economy until AT LEAST after the election. They want the Republicans to get NO CREDIT prior to election. DISGUSTING. jdn

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (307395)	10/11/2002 12:27:13 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

How about tearing up the corrupt, most-complicated-in-the-World, U.S. federal tax code and starting with a clean sheet of paper? No more National Industrial Policy, Special Interest tax loopholes, pork, draining the blood of competitive free market industries to subsidize well-connected 'sunset' sectors who have come to rely on their handouts. No more $200 billion each year in 'compliance costs'... no more armies of tax accountants and consultants needed to game the system... no more need for off-shore shelters and cooked books. The money saved in compliance costs and forgone loopholes for fat cat special interests can be returned to the people in LOWER OVERALL RATES for everyone. And how about considering ALL federal taxes as a whole? Reducing both income and payroll taxes! They can keep three deductions: 1) the home mortgage 2) charity 3) R&D for business, and toss all the rest. The BOOM in investment and productivity ignited by ending the attack on free market industries (by corporate welfare receipients, and fat cat loophole lovers) would cause growth rates to soar and middle class income growth to restart. Any chance of that happening? Or will it just be more handouts to special interests and favored industries?