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

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (711133)	11/4/2005 4:36:33 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 769667

There is one problem with reducing existing taxes to low rates. The mechanism continues to exist to raise taxes without much pain. An example is the DEATH TAX; if it is reduced rather than eliminated it will be ratchet up in future administrations. If we abolish whole tax programs, then taxpayers notice that there is a new tax, rather than just complaining about their taxes going up. We need to set the a single flat rate tax and only tax income once rather than the multiple times that it is now taxed. If 5% is sufficient then so be it. If it requires 17%, so be it. If it requires 33%, then we need to revolt against our spendthrift government.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (711133)	11/5/2005 10:45:38 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 769667

"'Scooter' Libby Wishes He'd Ditched Nickname Before Media Coverage WASHINGTON, DC—I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the indicted former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, wishes he had stopped answering to his nickname before it was featured so prominently in the news, he confided Monday. "Scooter's fine if it's just the president or Mr. Cheney," said Libby, whose involvement in the Valerie Plame case has made his name notorious. "But when I see it on CNN, I want to hide." If implicated in the Plame leak, Libby could face up to 30 years in a facility where he would almost certainly be given a new nickname."