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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (454566)	9/8/2003 12:51:26 PM
From: laura_bush	Respond to of 769670

Asian debt withdrawal threat to US deficit news.ft.com. I saw another link over the weekend regarding Asian investment in US. Will post. lb

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (454566)	9/8/2003 12:57:44 PM
From: laura_bush	Respond to of 769670

Asian holdings in US: There are some great graphs -- by country -- in this article. safehaven.com lb

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (454566)	9/8/2003 1:10:21 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Respond to of 769670

Because taxes are still too high, especially on high-wage earners. In the future, we are going to be competing with countries like Russia which has a FLAT 13% income tax! The military is not the cause of our increasing deficit. Read my post yesterday (#454145) and you will see that today's defense spending is still very low by historical standards.