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To: American Spirit who wrote (180643)	1/16/2004 5:06:08 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572202

AS, The problem is Bush rewards idle wealth and punishes hard work. Gee, I thought it was the Democrats and their income tax addiction. If you are already wealthy, and have no desire to get any wealthier, vote Democrat, if you are of modest means and want to get wealthier, the only way to get there is through income, which Democrats want to take from you through their income taxes. I think the country should seriously look at a consumption tax, to correct these perverse incentives Democrats left us with. A side benefit of consumption tax is that importers, out-sourcers would have to contribute something, they would not get a free ride they currently get. Joe

To: American Spirit who wrote (180643)	1/16/2004 10:23:50 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572202

Your statements are internally contradictory and frankly nonsensical. High taxes punish hard work, IMHO. Your comments about the "rich" or "idle rich" are also the usual rhetoric ultra liberals use as narcotics for the base of voters they're targeting. If you were to confiscate every red cent in assets, etc. of every "ultra rich" person in this country, how many budget years would that cover? Probably not even 1. Let's say, it's as much as 2 or 3. Then what? While people like you would "feel better" to see formerly "ultra rich" types in the street, it changes nothing. My overriding point is that if you want improvement, increasing taxes is not the answer regardless of income level. The lowest earners pay little, if anything, anyway. Taxes go to the government. I think people at any level of income should pay as little as possible and keep as much of their hard earned cash as possible. These politicians spend just to keep their jobs. I really resent that. Your funniest comment was that "Bush likes to spend other people's money." That, my dear, is the slogan of the Democratic party...LOL I'm critical of Bush in the spending area, particularly the drug bill. I think he should have opposed a drug bill, since that had been Ted Kennedy's thing for years. I shudder to think what the Kennedy version would have been. Bottom like: if the Dems have nothing better to offer than a campaign of divisiveness and hatred, which appears to be the case, it has zero chance of success.