To: tejek who wrote (155386 ) 11/28/2002 5:45:50 PM From: hmaly Respond to of 1579131 Ted Re...First, I hardly think the Dems sit around thinking of programs they can come up with so that taxes on the rich stay high....<<< Are you kidding. That is exactly what the representatives from both parties do; figure out how to give benes to the right constituents to get the most votes. the portion of their constituency that's rich would be pissed. Ha Ha, good one. That is what lobbyists are for, to make sure their bribes make the other guy pay. Secondly, the Dems are not trying to re-instate welfare because it never went away. Say it isn't so. I thought that was Bill's greatest accomplishment. Now you tell me it was a pack of lies. Figures. There was no surplus surplus.....the budget was running a surplus but because we are up to our eyeballs in debt, those surpluses during the Clinton years went to help retire our monumental debt. Unfortunately, we no longer run surpluses. Many economists, Kudlow and Kramer, Greenspan, for examples, felt that the gov was retiring the debt too fast, and creating shortages of money, which impeded money flow, and therefore slowed the economy down. It is a good thing to retire gov debt, but at a slower pace. No link needed.......its my pure, undulterated opinion. And btw, its probably right on the money...... Like your prediction that the FLA voters would avenge the 2000 elections, and kiss Jeb goodby. Like your prediction Al would kick a$$, because of how he was wronged. Give me a break. Niceguy has a better prediction record. Al is as dead my grandmother. He just doesn't know it yet. Speaking of Al, he was on Leno last night. Frankly, he looked somewhat better than the old Al; well, certainly fatter, not necessarily better; but Leno's and Al's fat jokes bombed, and his explanation about the conservative press sounded dumb. Go back to sleep Al.