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To: Slagle who wrote (16130)	3/29/2007 7:51:02 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217573

Why shouldn't I believe it? I know all about the war, I followed it while it was going on with very little coverage in the west. At the time Saddam gassed the Kurds he was considered a friend of the US, or at least a useful tool against Iran. I recall fruitless efforts being made to get the US government to condemn Saddam's actions, but Iran was considered to be the real enemy of the US. So people like me knew how cynical it was for Cheney et al to use the Halabja attack as part of the campaign to justify invading Iraq, although in the scheme of things it didn't stand out. I don't understand your comment about Helen Clark at all. It will be to her eternal credit that she refused to go along with the immoral and disastrous attack on Iraq. BTW, "Helengrad" in reference to Wellington is amusing, but in reference to Clark it's just silly. As is often the case, I find it very hard to get on the wavelength of your post.

To: Slagle who wrote (16130)	3/30/2007 8:50:54 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217573

The Brazilian tax burden is similar to the one of Belgium, while that the offered public services are as of India, compared the tax specialist Pablo Carnaúba. This means that the Brazilians pay as a country of first world in taxes for the government, while that the repayment of the State for the population is imperfection, since we do not have adequate services, as he happens in the Índia. "In European countries , for example, the tax burden is similar of Brazil, but the population does not need to invest heavily in private schools, private health insurance, social of security atc. In these countries, the government returns the money of the taxes in good public services ", said Carnaúba. The high Brazilian tax burden is not the main problem for impediment of the growth of Brazil, but what is made with collected tax money.