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To: Road Walker who wrote (266569)	12/30/2005 1:44:27 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575783

Now I know something very weird is going on........ Record 27th storm brews in Atlantic From correspondents in Miami December 31, 2005 ANOTHER tropical storm formed in the Atlantic overnight, one month after the official end of the year's record-smashing hurricane season, forecasters said. Tropical Storm Zeta developed in the eastern Atlantic, about 1,600km south-southwest of the Azores, the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre reported. The extended hurricane season in the Atlantic has broken several records, with 27 tropical storms, 14 of which became hurricanes. For the first time since authorities started keeping tabs in 1851, three hurricanes ranked at the topmost category five on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale, with sustained winds of 280 km/h. One of those, Wilma, which hit Florida in October, became the most intense Atlantic hurricane ever, with its central pressure falling to 882 millibars. The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to November 30, and it is rare for cyclones to form after that. dailytelegraph.news.com.au

To: Road Walker who wrote (266569)	12/30/2005 3:16:55 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575783

The New Year in Taxes A surprise awaits the nation's highest earners when they file their 2006 tax returns. Their taxes are going down again - whether or not Congress passes the investor tax cuts the lawmakers have been promising. On New Year's Day, two additional tax cuts will kick in, allowing people who earn upward of $200,000 a year to claim bigger write-offs for a spouse, their children and other expenses, like mortgage interest on a vacation home. I am beginning to understand why the Dems have this bad rap about taxes. While in power, the GOP irresponsibly cuts taxes down as much as possible and so when the Dems get back in power, they have no choice but to raise them. ted

To: Road Walker who wrote (266569)	1/13/2006 6:51:02 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575783

exploding to $146 billion from 2010 through 2019. Per year of for the whole period? If its the whole period I hardly think it reasonable to say that they have a "high cost". I wouldn't even use the word "cost" at all with tax cuts. The costs are what the government spends. Taxes aren't the costs but how the costs are covered. BTW - Is this tax cut you are talking about a change in the alternate minimum tax? If so it isn't a new tax break that Bush Jr. is giving the rich but rather the removal of a special tax penalty against them. Of course that penalty was put in place to keep them from taking advantage of too many other breaks. I'd just as soon see a lot of the deductions removed so that the alternate minimum tax (and its removalor reform) would have minimum effect, but only in exchange for lower rates. Tim