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

To: JBTFD who wrote (648129)	10/19/2004 5:27:04 PM
From: Kenneth V. McNutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

What is the result? The biggest deficits $wise the nation has ever seen. Not so. The deficit is about 3.6% of GNP. World War2 budgets were higher in relation to the benchmark, the GNP. Also Reagans, as he had to rebuild the military after their demise under Carter. A similar condition exists here. President Bush, after years of neglect by Clinton, had to rebuild our military to meet the terrorists threats, that were ignored by Clinton. The EU's standard, which few of the EU countries meet, is 3% of GNP. France and Germany, even now, are asking for release from the 3% standard, as their social welfare programs are beginning to bankrupt their countries. Remember, Kerry is a traitor. It is very important. KM

To: JBTFD who wrote (648129)	10/19/2004 5:30:57 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Okay, good start... he cut taxes for everyone... who are the rich? They got the same tax cut you got, $300.00, and that's it... and the rich pay a much higher percentage of tax, 36.8%, so 300 bucks is much less of a return for them, so if they also received 300 bucks, so what? You make it sound like it's a crime to be wealthy... besides, the purpose of the tax refund was to stimulate the economy, which it indeed did... even Greenspan said that without the tax refund we would now be in a depression... you also have to realize that most of "the rich," whatever that really means, don't even pay taxes, they have all kinds of tax incentives to create jobs... also, most any successful small business owner is generally counted among "the rich," so don't take aim at some distant label as if those people are some kind of monsters... kerry wants to tax those same people who could use that money to hire new people and create jobs, but he's taken a populist position to ignite emotions, like yours, but when you stop and think about it for a moment, kerry's tax increase will effect everyone, including you... GZ

To: JBTFD who wrote (648129)	10/19/2004 5:33:55 PM
From: Kenneth V. McNutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

What is the result? The biggest deficits $wise the nation has ever seen. I observe you used dollar wise. An unfair comparison. Most everything costs more today dollar wise. The deficit is about 3.6% of GNP. World War2 budgets were higher in relation to the benchmark, the GNP. Also Reagans, as he had to rebuild the military after their demise under Carter. A similar condition exists here. President Bush, after years of neglect by Clinton, had to rebuild our military to meet the terrorists threats, that were ignored by Clinton. The EU's standard, which few of the EU countries meet, is 3% of GNP. France and Germany, even now, are asking for release from the 3% standard, as their social welfare programs are beginning to bankrupt their countries. Remember, Kerry is a traitor. It is very important. KM