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To: michael97123 who wrote (148502)	10/21/2004 11:42:46 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Didn't you know? Educating the nation's children is not a "real" job, but missing 90% of senate votes is!

To: michael97123 who wrote (148502)	10/21/2004 3:58:59 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 281500

Please note the following: 1. Bush uses filtered "evidence" (including forged evidence and plain lies from Chalabi, the man paid to tell stories) to justify going to war. Just like Vietnam, an ideological war started based on sketchy and incorrect intel. Ideology trumps facts. 2. Bush spends 120B; lines up another 80B for next FY and there are still bills for the years to come no matter who is there. Even a conservative estimate suggests that one HALF TRILLION dollars, at least, will be spent on Iraq between onset and the end of the decade, due Bush decision to go to Iraq. 3. Individuals, not corporations, will pay for this, since individuals, not corporations, pay the lions share of tax in the US. Then show some photos of working class americans with $2000 bills facing them end of year. Not technically possible in a single year. Bush's massive tax cut was for $350 billion -- over ten years. For most Americans to face $2000 in additional tax bills, Kerry would have to jack up taxes by almost ONE HALF TRILLION dollars in a single year. (there are approx 225 million tax payers, you do the math) You really think he's going to do that, or is your comment just hyperbole? Meanwhile, Bush has spent the country into a deep deep pit, the current account deficit is growing by leaps and bounds, the value of the US dollar is in danger of plunging (guess what that will do to oil costs) ... the list of issues, some of them directly attributable to Bush ... goes on. Griping about Kerry and finance is a specious argument unless you also volunteer to examine Bush policies and their failures.