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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (317374)	11/10/2002 10:51:15 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769670

" will bet you Nancy Pelosi does pay a lot of taxes. I remember when Republicans challenged Geraldine Ferraro on this issue - Turned out she paid huge taxes." Not to forget that extra tax Geraldine Ferraro and her husband paid. HBITT

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (317374)	11/10/2002 11:51:38 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I bet Pelosi hates paying taxes, and I bet her accountant does everything she can to avoid paying them. But, since she's rich, she can have a nice lifestyle anyway.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (317374)	11/10/2002 1:39:43 PM
From: D.Austin	Respond to of 769670

Ferraro found herself having to defend her family against allegations that they owed more than $50,000 in back taxes. Furthermore, her family had donated more than $100,000 to her Congressional campaign (the legal limit is $1,000 per person). Although she weathered the media interrogation and convinced many new women's groups to contribute to and support the Democratic ticket, Mondale and Ferraro suffered a huge defeat in the November election. President Reagan won re-election with 49 states and 525 electoral votes, the highest electoral vote total in the nation's history. -- The media wondered why she had consistently avoided listing the business interests of her husband, a New York developer, on congressional financial disclosure forms. Then The Washington Post reported that John Zaccaro was renting warehouse space to a company that distributed pornography.Ferraro promised full income and tax disclosures, but later had to inform the press that her husband refused to comply, leaving the impression that he had something to hide. The press besieged her with questions, while the Mondale camp sent an army of attorneys and accountants to peruse all relevant documents. As she was quickly becoming a liability, there was some discussion in the Mondale camp of taking Ferraro's name off signs and bumper stickers -- though removing her from the ticket was never a serious consideration. ---- and remember this one-- Barbara Bush characterizing Ferraro as "a four million dollar -- I can't say it but it rhymes with rich" because, in the opinion of the vice-president's wife, Ferraro was masquerading as a working-class wife and mother. --