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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (180618)	1/15/2004 7:29:28 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572314

Wealth redistribution is underway now from the middleclass to the rich. That is very clear. And you're right, it doesn't work. In the 90's EVERYONE got richer because the middleclass were fully employed and everuyone was chipping in enough taxes to pay for everything. Nowadays it's just a credit card mentality in DC, as if debt or jobs don't even matter. I really dont understand the mentality. Why give Bill Gates a hundred million dollar tax break? He doesn't need it or even want it. Meanwhile all services are being slashed across the board or funded with pure debt someone else will have to pay off after Bush is gone. BTW: the average factory worker now pays more in tax percentage than a hugely rich heir. Make sense to you?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (180618)	1/16/2004 12:37:34 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572314

Tenchusatsu, you're right, so what do you think of this: Cut costs by increasing volunteers. And: a) require all companies to offer health care that employees may buy (right now, some people who want to get health care cannot get it, if a health care package isn't offered --- even if the employee wants to pay the full insur premium.) This means, tax payers are unduly paying for uninsured that didn't want to be uninsured. I know for a fact, it doesn't take too much time to sign a form that enables your company's employees to have insurance. Of course, the health insur companies will delay sending you the form because they only like business from the large companies... b) Remove fica cap c) Start replacing some government with volunteers. When the boomers retire, there will be lots of volunteers. There are park functions we're doing as volunteers that saves the gov't lots of money. I see no reason why that can't be expanded to other areas. d) Increase technology to drive down labor costs. e) Allow the head of a State Dept to fire an employee for poor performance. Currently, it's really hard for government heads to fire people due to poor performance. Make the govt more competitive, including K12 schools. f) Increase funds to fbi, cia types of organizations that can be proactive in avoiding attacks, rather than spending huge amounts of money stirring up the pot in the middle east. The fbi/cia actually knew the identities of the two terrorists in advance - while the media attacked them for this, I actually felt it was a good indicator that the fbi/cia is able to identify terrorists in advance. My contacts in Israel say the problem in teh middle east would go away if countries would employ the unemployed Palestinians. Put pressure on Saudi Arabia not to be so oppressive - most of the terrorists came out of this area, an oppressed area. g) Make stock options mandatory at every company, so everyone starts becoming an investor, so they gain as the country gains. h) Make anyone who earns more than $35k, pay $2000 into a savings account when they get married. (The median cost of the American wedding translates into a million in retirement, so why not require the people to spend some of their wedding money on their retirement savings!) PS You avoided answering: are you empathetic to the disabled. Regards, Amy J