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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104563)	8/4/2007 6:04:05 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 173976

Under the Unified Budget Act passed by Congress in 1974, all such special taxes like payroll taxes,gas taaxes etc that go into a so called trust fund and these trusts or special fund accounts are required to give (lend) all the funds not spent to the US treasury for spending on any other items needed under Congressional appropriations and budgets. In effect all taxes of any kind go into one pot and the Government spends the monies as it sees fit according to its priorities. These special trust funds such as highway, airport, social security are really just an illusion and no fiduciary requirements exist or corpus. Rich

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104563)	8/4/2007 6:18:22 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 173976

Yes, you have confirmed that we are not spending enough...Your point is...?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104563)	8/4/2007 8:35:11 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Demorats Feel Pressure on Spy Program By CARL HULSE and EDMUND L. ANDREWS Published: August 5, 2007 WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — Under pressure from President Bush, House Democrats on Saturday grudgingly prepared to move ahead with approving changes in a terrorist surveillance program despite serious reservations about the scope of the measure. With time running out before a scheduled monthlong break and the Senate already in recess, House Democrats confronted the choice of accepting the administration’s bill or letting it die. If it died, that would leave Democratic lawmakers, who have long been anxious about appearing weak on national security issues, facing an August fending off charges from Mr. Bush and Republicans that they left Americans exposed to terror threats. There was no indication that lawmakers were responding to new intelligence warnings. Rather, Democrats were responding to administration pleas that a recent secret court ruling had created a legal obstacle in monitoring foreign communications relayed over the Internet. They also appeared worried about the political repercussions of being perceived as interfering with intelligence gathering. But the disputes were significant enough that they were likely to resurface before the end of the year.