To: Lucretius who wrote (295284 ) 9/30/2004 8:27:55 PM From: YourKing Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258 Subject: Confused??????? > > This was passed on to me, but I can't understand it. Maybe you can, > > I'm trying to get all this political stuff straightened out in my > head so I'll know how to vote come November. Right now, we have one guy > saying one thing. Then the other guy says something else. Who to believe. Lemme > see; have I got this straight? > > Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good... > Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad... > > Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good... > Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad... > > Clinton imposes regime change in Serbia - good... > Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad... > > Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian > terrorists - good... > Bush liberates 25 million from a genocidal dictator - bad... > > Clinton bombs Chinese embassy - good... > Bush bombs terrorist camps - bad... > > Clinton commits felonies while in office - good... > Bush lands on aircraft carrier in jumpsuit - bad... > > No mass graves found in Serbia - good... > No WMD found Iraq - bad... > > Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good... > Economy on upswing under Bush - bad... > > Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden - good... > World Trade Centers fall under Bush - bad... > > Clinton says Saddam has nukes - good... > Bush says Saddam has nukes - bad... > > Clinton calls for regime change in Iraq - good... > Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad... > > Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good... > Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad... > > Milosevic not yet convicted - good... > Saddam turned over for trial - bad... Ahh, it's so confusing! > > Every year an independent tax watchdog group analyzes the average > tax burden on Americans, and then calculates the "Tax Freedom Day". This > is the day after which the money you earn goes to you, not the government. > This year, tax freedom day was April 11th. That's the earliest it has > been since 1991. It's latest day ever was May 2nd, which occurred in 2000. > Notice anything special about those dates? > > Recently, John Kerry gave a speech in which he claimed Americans are > actually paying more taxes under Bush, despite the tax cuts. He gave > no explanation and provided no data for this claim. > > Another interesting fact: Both George Bush and John Kerry are > wealthy men. Bush owns only one home, his ranch in Texas. Kerry owns 4 mansions, > all worth several million dollars. (His ski resort home in Idaho is an > old barn brought over from Europe in pieces. Not your average A-frame). > > Bush paid $250,000 in taxes this year; Kerry paid $90,000. Does that > sound right? The man who wants to raise your taxes obviously has figured > out a way to avoid paying his own. > > Pass this on. Only 61 days until the election.