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To: longnshort who wrote (319405)	1/8/2007 5:46:02 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578131

The budget deficit, in turn, has fallen by $165 billion in two years, Funny math...the national debt has been doubled in 6 years, the interest we pay alone is enough to fix SS and medicare, and this "un-biased" fellow finds the most benign figure to put in his editorial...a reduction from enormous deficit to just big now. ...despite $70 oil and $3 gasoline, and lately despite the worst housing slowdown in 15 years. The dividend rate would snap back to 39.6% from 15%, the capital gains rate to 20% from 15%, and the top marginal income tax rate to 39.6% from 35%. These few tid bits alone should tell you volumes why the average working joe is so miserable ... that is if you were paying attention or actually gave a sh_t. Al