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To: reaper who wrote (215222)1/16/2003 9:55:31 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
Understood...I wanted to be sure no one thought I was criticizing Softee or Gates for initiating a dividend, or against it being tax-free. Agree with you on the political realities, it's strong ammo for the opponents of the dividend tax elimination.



To: reaper who wrote (215222)1/17/2003 1:37:42 AM
From: Oblomov  Respond to of 436258
 
That's a good argument against democracy, that under democracy an ignorant public is just herded from one so-called issue to the next. The public does not have a choice or a vote in the true sense of those words, and quite possibly cannot. -ng-