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To: haqihana who wrote (27444)	4/1/2003 7:09:15 AM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62558

Bush "Just Kidding" About Tax Cut President admits tax plan was "just a joke" April 1 -- Speaking from the White House Rose Garden today, President Bush barely suppressed chuckles as he announced that he was "just kidding" when he proposed his massive $726 billion tax cut that would go overwhelmingly to America's wealthiest families. "Man, I had you guys going," Bush said. "My fellow Americans, I can't believe you fell for that. Did you really think I would propose a tax cut that big while we're at war? I mean, that's just crazy talk." Bush laughed as he recalled the absurdity of his tax plan, especially the elimination of taxes on dividends. "C'mon! Almost no one was going to save any money from that one! Billions of dollars going to a tiny sliver of super-wealthy folks? And you fell for it?" "Remember when I said 92 million Americans would get an average of $1,000 dollars? I loved that one," Bush continued. "Hey America: on average, you and Bill Gates are worth billions of dollars! You're rich!" According to Bush, the April Fool's Day joke was a closely held secret. Even the majority of his own advisers weren't in on it. "You should have seen Colin Powell's face when I first brought it up at a Cabinet meeting," said Bush. "I thought he was going to blow a gasket right then and there. Then [Vice President] Dick [Cheney] winked at me, and I almost lost it." Cheney was one of the few people that knew about the bogus proposal, according to Bush, along with Treasury Secretary John Snow and White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. Fleischer stepped to the microphone. "Remember when I tried to justify the tax cut with the war?" Fleischer laughed. "I used that line three times. Three times!" "Oh yeah, I still owe you ten bucks for that," responded the President, nudging his spokesman. "I didn't think there was any way you could pull that one off."