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

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (499894)	11/28/2003 4:17:32 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

What would it take to eliminate the fiscal imbalance? Here are some options? -- double the current payroll tax of 15.3 percent, with no cap; -- increase federal income taxes by two-thirds; -- cut Social Security and Medicare benefits by 45 percent; -- eliminate all federal discretionary spending. quote.bloomberg.com

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (499894)	11/28/2003 4:35:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 769667

Bush: We will have a small and temporary budget deficit. Yes, that's what he said in 2002 State of the Union - after 9/11/01.

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (499894)	11/28/2003 5:23:48 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769667

america.ath.cx nov_26

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (499894)	11/29/2003 8:06:45 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Dreamin'! So what have we got on tap for the MidEast. More nations like those in Latin and South America? Or will it be more like Canada? How come no one talks enough about the what the so-called democracy will bring in Iraq? If the votes get counted--unless there's a rig of some kind, either in rules or procedure--the sixty percent Shia population candidate will win and establish a government similar to that of Iran, ironically a government religiously-rooted similar to the kind that Al Qaeda likes. By the way, what do you know about The Crusades?