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

To: American Spirit who wrote (416696)	6/19/2003 1:05:40 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

John Kerry's To-Do List For Today 6 am - 9 am - Work on hair. 9:30 am - 10 am - Meet with stylist regarding new tax proposals. 10 am - 10:30 am - Make sure hair reflects my position on Iraq. 10:30 am -12 pm - Work on hair some more. 12pm -1 pm - Stress the differences between my hair and that of Al Gore's and Joe Lieberman's. 1pm - 2pm - Lunch. Chance to find some spare time to work on hair. 2 pm - 4pm - Campaign appearances. Impress on voting public that there is more to me than my hair. (Note to self: Bring extra gel in case there is a strong wind.) 4 pm - 6 pm - Meeting with campaign staff. Discuss war on terrorism, corporate fraud and trimming the edges off a bit. 6 pm - 7 pm - Eat high-fiber dinner. Good for hair. 7 pm - 8 pm - Appearance on Crossfire to discuss hair foreign policy. 8 pm - 11 pm - Rent a video. I haven't seen “Hair” in a while. 11 pm - reread Cristophe's new hairstyle catalogue before going to sleep.

To: American Spirit who wrote (416696)	6/19/2003 1:25:15 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I see. So you ignore the clear intent to say that the rich can get into Heaven by grace, in order to score a political point, but consider a clear condemnation of divorce "outdated". Better leave theology alone. No one is taking from the poor. Arguably, it is the Democratic Party, through its anti- growth policies, that is the most "anti- poor", in any case. Practically ruining the Northwest timber industry to save the spotted owl is not exactly pro- labor, but destroys a lot of jobs. The restaurant industry in major cities was severely dislocated by the sudden pulling of the business lunch deduction, which mainly threw waiters and busboys out of work. The yacht industry was devastated by the imposition of a 10% luxury tax on yachts. Whole tracts of land are protected against gas and oil exploration, primarily so that some yuppies can go camping, while the rest of the country worries over energy prices. Democratic mayors in cities like Washington D.C. played to the poor, feathered their nests, and drove out taxpayers. A welfare system was created that rewarded out- of- wedlock pregnancy, discouraged marriage, and had no incentives for workforce preparation, or seeking employment. I argue that the GOP is better for the poor, in the long run. Besides, Republicans contribute a lot to charity........

To: American Spirit who wrote (416696)	6/19/2003 1:33:40 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Why does the "Christian" GOP give to rich and take from poor? Why do you continue to spout these kinds of lies?? Do you think that repetition of such will eventually create a reality?? BTW, I'm not a Christian, nor are many others who are economically literate. Religion (or lack thereof) has nothing to do with economics. polls.yahoo.com It's sometimes thought that affluent individuals generally escape U.S. taxation--through, for example, better access to resources like tax attorneys and accountants. The reality is quite different, at least in general. According to the 2000 individual income analysis from the IRS, authored by David Campbell and Michael Parisi, the top 5 percent of returns (by AGI) accounted for 35.3% of all the AGI reported, and paid 56.5% of the total income taxes, for tax year 2000. Another way to look at the same behavior is to analyze the effective income tax rate paid by dividing the actual tax paid (after credits, etc.) against adjusted gross income. For returns with AGI less than 50,000 USD, this rate was approximately 9% or less; returns with AGI of more than 100,000 USD, by contrast, saw effective rates of approximately 17 to 28%, and these returns are approximately 10% of all returns. For the 9 tax years ending with 2000, the proportion of total income tax paid by the top 5 percent of taxpayers has increased each year...